Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-22

The existing Chesapeake and Delaware
canal, connecting the heads Of the bays, is
one of the deepest canals In the country,
and II shortens the water route from
Philadelphia to Baltimore by at least $50
miles.
1t appears that there Is already O corner
In the higher denominations of the colum-
bian postage stamps, and the postof6cs de-
partment has been asked to make q supple
mental issue of these stamps to break the
corner. There Is precedent for this re-
quest. When arm cornsred all the four
cent and ave-csnt stamped envelopes of q
certain issue and demanded $5 for . single
envelope such Q request Was made,
and the government printed 10, 900 Of these
scarce issues.
A visitor who recently saw Tolstoi In his
study says that the Russian author looks
in real life Just as his portrait portrays
HMM peasants smock, girdled with .
belt, and u~tth white beard, melancholy,
deep-set eyes and coarse gray hair. His
brow is wrinkled, and his strong hands,
accustomed to manual labor, twitch nsi-
vously ct bis belt while he talks. Toll
stois study Is convent-like In its simplici.
ty. The walls are vhitewashed and unem-
bellished, and few black leather chairs, Q
cheap table and number of books form
all the furnishings.
The silver wedding of the emperor and
empress of Japan was celebrated with
great pomp few weeks ago. There was
review of the soldiers In the afternoon,
and in the evening there was q gala dinner,
to which all the prominent officials and
their wives and foreigners were invited.
Afterward there was o reception and dance
In the throne room. Male dancers pro-
duced the famous "BsnzAiraku," 9 dance
which was composed by the Emperor
Yomsi 800 years ago; the "Tsihsiraku," I"
which was the fashion l,037 years sgo,
and the "Bairo," dance brought from
India about the year 600, which In Its
various evolutions represents the sub
jeotion of all enemies of the State. An
the guests received silver mementoes of the
celebration.
Aheml Jonathan Young and his con
Livy, well known and reputable farmers
of johnson county, Indiana, were out In
the woods last week when their dog episd
a small ground squirrel and chased 1t un-
der a log. The father and son drove the
little animal from beneath the log with q
pole, the dog standing at the eide of the
log ready to grab his prey. Suddenly the
squirrel dsrted out from under the log
and the dog made grab at him. Like
fash the little animal disappeared down
the dogs throat For an instant the dog
stood and trembled as If suffering great
pain, and then began to howl and roll over
and over in agony. For a half hour he
continued his signs of distress. and then
gradually returned to his normal condi-
ton. The master expected to see the dog
die, but he has now fully recovered and
appears az we'll as ever.
A great sensation has been caused in st.
Petersburgby the suicide of Prince Ksnta-
kuzep, Count of Sperenski, q member Of
one of the most famous families in Russia,
and one of the highest officers In the Min
istry of the Interior. A year ago one of
the Catholic churches in the province of
Kowno was condemned, and the congregs-
tion ordered to leave 1t. The psople de-
clined to do SO, and were finally driven out
of the church by soldiers, in obedience to
the orders of II. Orschewski, formerly
chief of the secret police. The pope, hsar-
ing of the outrage, protested to the Car,
who ordered a report of the occurrence.
Prince Ksntakuzsn was induced to make q
false report, it is said, and, this being dis
covered, the empsror summoned him to
his presence. The prince was 30 overcome
by the discovery of his fslsehood and the
anger of his imperial master that he ended
his life few days later. He made the
false report, 1t is now said, to cover up the
doipgs of some of his friends.