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the detessed Hessians were once brought over
to fight against us.
A Game with Diamoud..


THE other day man stepped into pawn
brokers' shop and looking over the valua-
bles on sale selected diamond ring he fancied.
He knew something about diamonds and made
the purchase. Then he took the ring to Tif-
fany's to be reset. Tiffany's experts turned to
their register, which contains full description
of all of the principal diamonds that ever
passed through their hands and found that it had
been stolen from them long time ago. The firm
refused to return it. Now there is three-cor-
nered suit in court. with fine prospect of more
interesting Developments. The case calls to
mind an extensive system of swindling con-
nected with the pawnbroker diamond against
which no amount Of public warning seems to
avail. The supply of suckers keeps pretty even
pace with the demand. Advertisements offer
ing to sell the pawn tickets representing valua-
bic diamonds pawned in their owners extrem-
ity for fifth of their real worth catch good
many of these suckers. The game is very ex-
The diamond broker and his supposed victim
with the pawn tickets are confederates. The
diamonds are of the usual speculation sort, off
color, or badly cut, or with flaws. They are
often set in old-fashioned settings that can be
disposed of only in this trade. The jewelry has
never been really pawned at all. The ticket
scheme Is the bait for customers. Now, the
latter are soft-headed spectators who are
browsing around trying to get something for
nothing. They want to turn an honest penny
on anybody's distress, and an advertisement of
sucn nature catches them In shoals. They go
and see the unhappy victim t?) of pawnbrokers,
get his story, look at his ticket. see that say
SlUO was loaned on certain diamonds, or a dia-
mond ring. He knows that the pawnbroker
Will never advance more than a quarter of the
value of such an article. But he takes the
number and goes and cautiously examines the
1ewelry. Here is where the diamond trader
gets IN his fine work. He thinks the stone is
worth 500 or $3.50, but his customer can see for
himself, etc. The latter buys the pawn ticket
for SO or $40 or s. and redeems a SIS diamond
for sl0O. The fakir gets the margin on the
pawn ticket and all are happy.
CHARLES T. MURRAY.
NEW YORK, August 2.
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DAvY CROCKETT.
Hero Neglected, but Not Forgotten by His
Fellow Countrymen.
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Hero Neglected. but Not Forgotten By His
Fellow Countrymen.
From the Nashville Herald.I
While the people of the country are building
monuments to generals and statesmen, the &C.
centric hero of the Alamo bas not shaft
erected to his memory. The Davy Crockett
Monumental Association, lately organized at
Lawrenceburg for the purpose of building a
monument to his memory, is move in the right
direction, and ought to receive the hearty sup
port of the thousands of patriotic men all over
the country who admire his sturdy virtues
Lawrenceburg, Tenn, is above all places the
most appropriate for the monument, as it was
many years his home and there he first entered
public life. From Lawrenceburg he was elected
to the State Legislature. and afterward to the
Congress of the United States. The early
records of the courts at that place are filled
with judgments and DEGREES of his framing
while acting as Magistrate and County Judge.
In and about Lawrenceburg are living to this
day many men who knew Davy WELL and relate
many pleasing and entertaining anecdotes re-
garding him never vet given to the public.
These will be printed in a neat book and put
before the public by the association. Mr.. w.
r. King the Secretary, is a young man Of
energy and perseverance,, and the enterprise
will succeed from the start. The monument
will be carved in Italy from pure white marble
and shipped to Lawrenceburg to be unveiled at
the annual celebration of Davy's birthday next
year-August l9
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FIXING UP THE SHOWING.

A comparison of the form of debt state
ment published in yesterdays DISPATCH,
with the form for the preceding month, shows
that the liabilities are decreased by the
omission of the navy pension fund, the
Pacific railway debt and the interest ac-
crued but unpaid. On the other hand the
cash assets added is that of fractional
silver and minor coin which were excluded
from the statement BY Secretary Fairchild.
The national bank redemption fund is
added to the liabilities and assets both, so
that the changes on account OF that item
balance each other. The effect upon the
current statement of these changeR will be
as follows.
Lfa6fltties excluded:
Navy pension fund..................S IA, ,0OO, 600
Pacific Railway bonds............ 64,623, ,5l2
Interests accrued and Unpaid. 5.O52, ,622
Total. ..........S So 676, ,lS4
Cash assets added:
Fractional currency and minor coins q 54l, III
Total enhancement of apparent
surplus-..-..-....s..... lVo,Zlf,eoS
The purpose Of these changes is shown
by the fact, that with the exception Of the
national bank redemption fund, every
change is in the direction of making the
debt appear less and the cash assets of the
Treasury appear greater. The national
bank redemption fund is added to the liza
bilities, making the net decrease of debt by
these changes S29, ,46S, ,159, but the same
amount is added to the cash assets, making
the apparent swelling of the available
surplus SIC, 749, ,694, the total enhancement
of the apparent surplus by this change
being the same as stated above. But the
purpose of this change, which may be per-
missible simply as a matter of accounting,
is shown by the fact that while the amounts
entered On both sides of the account are
identical, the addition of S54, 600, 900 to the
cash assets increases the proportion of cash
IN hand to greater ratio than the addition
{ the same amount increases the total OF
iebt. The entire change thus appears to
,e for the purpose of making the condition
= the Treasury appear more favorable than
1t would under the old statement.
This purpose although plainly inspired
BY party e1igencies might be a proper one
if the changes were in the direction of
accurate bookkeeping. But some of them
are in decidedly the opposite direction. OF
the items Of debt excluded the navy pension
iaud is the one which is most questionable.
Nevertheless, if We mistake not, it is a
statutory liability put in that form by act Of
Congress, and held in the Treasury, the in
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tention Of Councils to the urgency Of the re-
form. Persistent agitation will bring the
desired reliei we hope and believe.
TIE VALUE OF CANALS.

A note which THE DISPATCH has been
somewhat persistently sounding for months
past, is struck by the Philadelphia Press in
the following paragraph:
The sault Ste. Marie Canal carried 100000
tons Of freight In the fiscal year just closed at
rates so far below the lowest railway rates that
81, ,00O, 600 were saved on the years business.
This is the way money would be saved to busi-
ness il the Atlantic coast and the great IN
terror were properly provided with ship canals,
reducing rates on the railroads and saving
freight on the canal shipments.
Both the illustration and the conclusion
are indisputable. The greatest benefits to
commerce and the most complete solution OF
the transportation problems of the day are
to be found in the construction OF adequate
canals connecting the natural water ways OF
the land. Beyond that it has been carried
nearly to the point Of scientific demonstra-
ton that the cost of connecting Lake Erie
to the Ohio river, and the head waters OF the
Ohio with the Atlantic sea coast would not
exceed the cost of single trunk line OF
1.-THE the importance to commerce. Such
water ways would bring tens of thousands
of miles Of the cheapest transportation into
the active operation which is now hampered
and stifled by the railway control Of the out
lets to the water routes
1t is one of the monumental blunders of
the past generation that our canal system
was permitted to pass into railway control
to be strangled to death, instead of being i'm
proved and enlarged to meet the demands OF
commerce. It is possible to retrieve that
blunder now. If Philadelphia will cooper
ate earnestly with Pittsburg there is no
reason why the new century should not see
an adequate system of water transportation
through Pennsylvania, connecting the sea-
board with the lakes and rivers of the west
ern end of the State.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

LORD TENNYsoN is now In better health
than he has had for years.
THE recent dangerous illness of Count Kali
noky was induced by his reckless eating and
drinking of rich food and iced champagne.
CHANCELLOR Won OAPRrv1 Blsmarck's sue.
cessor, is said to be betrothed to niece of
General Won Waldersee, Commander In Chief
of the German armies.
EX-GOVERNOR ALooRN. of Issaquena, and
Judge Simrall Of VIcksburg, are the only Re-
publicans of the ll5 members elected to the
State Constitutional Convention of Mississippi.
OF the Rev. Dr. Theodore Pryor, who died
last week in Nottoway county. Va. it is related
that in half a century of ministerial work he
never missed an appointment to preach on &C.
count of ill health.
NINE. PATHS new theater at Craig-y-Nos
Castle is still in the hands of the working men,
but is expected to be ready for occupation
toward the end of August. Mr.. Irving has ad-
vised the diva concerning all the decorations.
THAppEus 8. sHARRETrs, of Baltimore.
the ninth and last Of the General Appraisers
appointed by the President, is a native of
Montgomery county, and 40 years of age. He
was LEGAL appraiser by appointment of Presi-
dent Cleveland.
NINE. BERNHARDT lately told Paris news
paper man that upon her return from an
American tour her French friends can dis
tinctly discern the Yankee twang she catches
over here. She then bade him bang swareT
in the choicest Vermont style.
MERRILL EDWARD GATES, the newly
elected President of Amherst College. Massa-
chusetts, is AZ years of aye. and since 1882 has
been President of Rutgers College, New Jer-
sey. He succeeds DR.. Seelye. who resigned
last year on account of age and i'll health.
In accordance with curious Austrian Gus
tom. one of Archduchess Valerie's wedding
gifts has been collection Of articles Of cloth.
ing worn by her in her days Of babyhood. Her
first wee pair Of boots. preserved for this put.
pose by her nurse, was brought to her at Vienna
by that worthy woman.
WILLIAM GRoEsBEoK, Of Cincinnati, who
looks like the picture of Julius Caesar, is at
Saratoga. He defended President Andrew
johnson in his Impeachment trial and was Til.
den's choice as a Democratic candidate for
President. Mr. Groesbeck Is we'll advanced IN
years, very wealthy and he has said that he
would not give up the pleasures OF his home
for Presidential honors.
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RELIGIOUS NOTES.

If your piety does not make you more manly
and lovable, it is certainly not the genuine ar
ticle.-Zion's Herald.
ACCORDING to the recent census of Switzer-
land the Republic contains 700 900 Protestants,
200, 900 Catholics, 800 Jews and 10 100 adher-
ents of no religion.
THE experiment Of electing woman Presi-
dent of synagogue is being tried by a congre-
cation near Paris. There is no reason why it
should not succeed, as the recipient of the
honor has ability and enthusiasm.-Jetotsh
Messenger.
IT requires q certain amount Of virtue to
make one capable Of certain kind of vice. In
other words. a mans faults may be true indi-
cation of the nature of his attainments. But
the higher one gets in the standard of his at
tainments the less excusable are the faults and
failings which presuppose those attainments.-
Sunday School Times.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN. of Philadelphia. enters
on his duties as editor-in-chief of the american
Catholic Quarterly ReviesD with the July octo-
ber number, Just issued. In his admirable sal u
tatory he informs us that the new management
will work on the lines marked out by the great
pioneer editor of the RevieW. Monsignor Cor
coran.
OF the priests of the Catholic Church in this
country. numbering in all S,332, only PIT, or
about one-fourth, according to recent report,
are members of religious orders. or this num-
ber 6S7 are Jesuits 1923 Benedictines, 231 Fran
ciscans, 1873 Redemptorists, 96 Dominicans, 50
Capuchins, the remainder being divided among
10 other religious orders-Neao York hide
pendent.
A CONFERENCE is to be held in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, shortly, to consider the question OF
forming union of the Anglican Church in
British North America. At present the church
is divided into two ecclesiastical provinces,
that of Canada and that of Rupert's Land.
There are, besides, four Independent dioceses
under the Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of
Canterbury. There are in all 10 dIoceses north
of the United States.
The Reformed Episcopal Church is COM
posed chiefly of what is known as the slow
church" element of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. It uses the same book of common
prayer, but purged of its priestly and sacra-
mental teachings. 1t has the same historic
succession in its ministry, but acknowledges
the validity of other churches than the Epis-
copal, proving its sincerity by o free exchange
of pulpits, and by the reception of their men,
bers and ministers by letter, without either
confirmation in the one case or reordination in
the other.-Hartford Religious Herald.
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IT IL optimistioalIy remarked by the New

IT is optimisticslly remarked by the New
York Tribune, that SIT would not be 80 surpris-
ing IL Canada, after the first sting of her NOR
tification has left her, should incline still fur
ther toward friendship and affection for Gov
ernment which has shown by its mastery treat
ment of the Behring Sea controversy how
abundantly able it is to take care of itself" In
other words the theory of the Tribune is that q
good way to conciliate people is to kick and
quarrel with them. With that view the South
should recognize the conciliatory motives of
the Tribune toward that section. But some
how or other mankind is SO stupid that 1t never
recognizes that kind of conciliation. even to the
long-suffering being who sang:
.'Perhaps 1t was right to dissemble your love,
But why did you kick me downstairs?''
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MY ANARCHIST BOARDER,
rwR1rTrN FOR THE p1spArcH., =,

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.1
Would l consort with Anarchist,
And mix and drink and diner
oh. yes, board an Anarchist
He is chnm of mine.
A ruthless enemy to law,
This boarder that mention.
A friend to lawless unconstraint
A foe to all convention.
And though 1 diligently try
To keep my home in trim,
Iharbor this wild Anarchist
And grow attached to him.
His lncoherent creed by day
He busters and he babbIes;
BY night he howls 1t in our ears,
Or garrulously gabbles.
The right to private ownership
He strenuously denies;
He rends and tears my property
> Before my very eyes;
And In his fierce and lawless moods
He'll pound us and belay us;
Oh, he's confdslon's cham pion,
A hierarch of chaosl
There are no rights that he respects,
No sanctity reveres;
Regards not customs cfeeds nor texts,
Experience nor years.
No laws nor constitutions bind
This Anarchist Of ours,
Nor popes, nor princlpalitles,
Nor potercies, nor powers.
He is hopeless RADICAL
A sworn iconoclast-
No plan nor purpose for to-day.
NO reverence for the past.
You ask me why keep him, then;
Well, can answer, maybe
Because-.because he calls me 'Dad"
And IL call him ''Babys"
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A RICH HERMIT DIES IN saUALoR.
Found In a Miserable Cabin With Wealth
Within His Reach.

BRIDGEToN, Aug. 2-Henry Martin, a native
of Hesse Cassel, Germany. was found dead in
his miserable cabin this morning by neighbors
who had missed his familiar figure. No marks
of violence could be found upon him. and,
though the Coroner has not yet held an exam.
ination, it is thought he died a natural death.
He was known to have possessed considerable
wealth, said to be several thousand dollars,
much of which he always kept locked up In q
large chest in his hut.
"Old Dutch Henry" as he was familiarly
called, was about 60 years old and was an old
soldier and pensioner and has been a resident
died alone. covered With rags and filth, but with
gold enough within his reach to secure all the
comforts of life.
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PITTsBURG. SUNDAY, AUG. 8. 1890.
THE DISPATCH FOR THE SUMMER.

Persons leaving the city for the summer can
hare THE DISPATCH forwarded By earliest
mail to any address at the rate Of 90 cents per
month, or ss 20 for three months, Sunday eds.
tion included Daily edition only. zoe per
month, 81 for three months. The address mag
be changed as desired, II care be taken in all
cases to mention both old and netC address.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

In view of the repeated assertions that
with the lack of Notifications a foreign feet
could ''sail up our coasts and burn every
town and city," it is pertinent to remark that
only civilized nation could reach our shores
with a feet, and there are certain rules of CIV
ilized warfare entirely opposed to the burning
of unfortifed towns and cities. Under these
circumstances, may it not be that our towns
and cities are safer unfortified than fortified
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03
THE pRoD1GAI,s RETURN.
His Mother Recognizes Him and Gives Him
n Kiss of Welcome.

Kiss Of Welcome.
READING. PA, August 2-Anthony Steiger-
wald, the prodigal, whose return has caused
such Joy to his aged parents, gave an account
of his wanderings to-day. He is now Is years
of age, being but II when he left home. after
made up my mind to 60 West" he said, II
got as far as the Rocky Mountains, then went
down into Mexico, then crossed over and lived
among the Indians and miners. Twice I
thought owned gold mine, but each time I
was disappointed. never cared about writing
home, because knew was all right. After
numerous wanderings west of the Mississippi
made up my mind to go home and see whether
my parents were living yet. longed once
more for the old place on the mountains IN
tered the old gate. My aged mother was first
to see me. She knew me at once, and her KISS
of welcome shall never forget. When lett
they were poor, but now, thank fortune, they
are worth $4,000, which will come in good In
their old age"
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The explanation of the words "not nego-
TABLE" printed on the new railway bills of
lading. as rendered by the railway authorities,
is that as the bills of lading are to continue
negotiable, the words must be taken in purely
Pickwickian sense.
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A REMARKABLE COLONY.
The Census Man Discovers an Island Full
of Educated CoIored People.

OF EuucHteu OuIvreu II Ieopfes
CHARLESTON, 8. O.. August 2-The census
man who has been assigned the enumeration of
the Sea Island coast of this State has made a
most remarkable discovery. Kiawah Island,
which is some miles down the coast, is owned
by two of the families of the antebellum Sea
Island barons. The census man expected to
find there a handful of American citizens, I"
white and black, but he was wonderfully disap-
pointed.
He found a large black colony of about 150
souls and that he had struck region, the only
one in the world, in which all the inhabitants
negroes. Every negro he met could read and
write. Every child of suitable age could also
read and write, and the women were Just as in
telligent as the men. All were prospering
under the wise rule of mulatto cacique named
Quash Stephens, whose wife was responsible
for the education of the people In her eight
years. residence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

IT is declared by Speaker Reeds admirers
that his North american Reuiew article "com-
pletely floors" X. M. Q. In that case the
anonymous critic of the Speaker is better
treated than men like Rogers and Struble who
criticise the Speaker in the House. Their
complaint is that he silences them by taking
them of the fioor-de-fooring them as it were
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

The tendency of some of the Eastern
theaters to give premonitory symptoms OF
opening about the middle of the dog days is an
unexpected indication to the effect that the
theater managers run their establishments for
the fun of the thing without any reference to
the money.
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Wallace In the Fight.

PHILADELPHIA, August 2-Ex-Senator
William A. Wallace has written ia Phiadel.
phia friend from London saying that he was
gratiied at learning Of the progress of the
Democratic campaign, and promises to return
home in the fall In time to take an active part
In the canvass. The ex-senator has enjoyed
excellent health abroad.
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AGAIN IN THE RANKS,

Ex.secretnry Baynrd Resumes HIS Place In
the Ranks of HIS Party.
WILMINGTON, DEL, August 2-At the re-
quest of Democrats Of the Eleventh ward, ex-
Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard will at
tend the convention as delegate from that
ward. The invitation was given and accepted
last evening. Mr.. Bayard saying that he was
now private citizen. and. feeling very deep
interest in the success of his party, was willing
to serve 1t in any way that would promote its
success. The convention will assemble at
Dover ON the 18th inst. to nominate candidates
for Governor and Congress and to adopt plat
form.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

THERE is something of a smack Of hyper
criticism in the newspaper attacks on Post
master General Wanamaker for excluding
Tolstofs "Kreutzer Sonata" from the United
States mails Nevertheless we can hardly fail
to stand dumb and awestruck before the theory
of literary censorship, which will put Tolstoi
under the ban, and never interfere with Edgar
Saltus Zola or Daudet
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REPRESENTATIVE CUMMINGS resc

REPRESENTATIVE CUMMINGS resolu-
tion Of inquiry into the Kitlery Navy Yard, is
thought to put Speaker Reed into tight place
because be will have to either suppress investi-
CATION against himself. or stand the fire. Peo
pie who think that will trouble the Speaker
cannot be very well acquainted with Thomas
B. Reed. Having cnoked off investigation fol
others he will be able to squelch this motion
with the most supreme unooncern.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

The Republican cotemporaries, who, for
reasons best known to themselves, are revamp-
ing the old charge that Secretary Whitney
"ruined'' John Roach. should add an explana-
tion of the fact that the estate of the 'ruined''
man is now valued at several millions. A great
many people would like to be ruined that way.
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Making Two Bites Of a Cherry.

From the New YORK Sum-
Colonel Frank Hatton. Of the Washington
Post has performed public service in reveal
ing to Speaker Reed the fact that the keeper
of the House restaurant thinks that six pieces
make pie IL is an accepted principle Of
American measure that
pieces make pie,
pies make gorge,
gorge makes trouble.
It is the duty Of the Hon. Thomas Brackett
Reed to hold that foufbieces constitute quo
rum pie, be the contents thereof what they
may.