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The Philadelphia Times says: Bath
ers at Atlantic City inaugurate the reg
ular summer season." This shouldn't
be taken to mean, however, that At
lantic City bathers have not had a bath
since last summer
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-01

The last generation of Kentuckians
is seemingly too sensitive, A Bowling
Green young man shot himself because
his mother chided him for marrying
against her wishes.
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A Philadelphia has invented a car
riage on which both the remains and
the mourners can ride. 1t is very hand
some, but will probably never become
excessively popular.
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The notables Of this country are
warned that Chulalongkorn has very
violent temper. He flew into a great
passion the other day because he was
not permitted to touch one of Buddha's
teeth.
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Is this a speck of war? An inquiry
has been instituted in the British house
of commons as to whether Great Brit
ain proposes to allow this most import
ant coaling station (HawaiD to pass
INTO the hands Of the United States
without protest"
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United States senators have formed
a base ball nine and will play a game
with members of the house next week.
The people Of Washington will go as
far from the park as possible on the
day of the game.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

HaveI, Bremen; Megantic, Rotterdam. Sailed:
Paris, Southampton; Majestic, Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived: Scythia, Boston.
BREMEN-Arrived: Munchen, Baltimore.
QUEENSTOWN-Arrive Rhynland, Phila-
delphia for Liverpool
SOUTHAMPTON-Arriv st. Louis, New
York.
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An Eastern Sunday school has pur-
chased a string of frecrackers contain
ing 100000. Isn't that rather an odd
thing for a quiet, peaceabIe Sunday
school to do?
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A fellow over in Peru with name
only fit to be put in the directory as
serts that the moon is planet and
not a satellite of the earth. WE'LL cross
off one satellite from our list, and let's
proceed to other business.
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Don't overlook the fact that the "odd
kinds of fireworks" on exhibition this
year are quite as likely as any other
to knock off a hand or put out an eye.
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Fargo must be getting to be quite a
town. \ crowd Of it's citizens chased an
umpire the other day.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-01

Chicago has a man who sheds his
skin every year. He may be a snake
1t is said there are several snakes in
Chicago who wear good clothes.
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Three Texans fought in cemetery.
They We're all killed. Perhaps they
fought in the churchyard for the sake
of convenience.
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The most unique reason for marrying
IS given by a young Englishman, who
announced that he took a wife to get
good company for his dog.
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The st. Louis GIobe-Democrat must
be trying to get the BOBBY prize on
cartoons. 1t is cutting them out with
an
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-01

John L. Sullivan was knocked out be-
fore he reached Fitzsimmons. John
Barleycorn did 1t.
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Don't get too fast with your fire.
works. boys. The Fourth of July does
not come on the 1st.
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In Austria nearly all the BARRIERS are
women. 1t is not so hard to get the
men to shave every day in Austria.
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Any way you figure it, the outlook
for the Pacific ocean is anything but
pacific.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-07-01

After that senate wool tariff is adopt
ed the four-year-old spring lamb is
likely to be more numerous than ever.
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Perhaps Pettigrew viii talk less, but
more to the point in future.
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Steel Mills Shut Down.
Wage Scale Conference Ad-
journed Without an Agreement.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., June 30.-Every
mill in the United States, whose wage
scale is under the jurisdiction Of the
'Arnalgamated Association Of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers shut down to-
night. These mills altogether employ
$4,000 men, who are members of the
analgamated association, besides
those who are not. The general shut
down will take place on account of the
failure of the association scale COM
mittee and the manufacturers to agree
on a pudding rate, at the conference
held here today. They were in session
all the afternoon and did not get eny
further than the pudding rate. The
committee held out for $3.50 a ton for
pudding, and the manufacturers re-
fused to bulge from their stand for 81.
An adjournment was finally taken,
each side to let the other know when
1T had experienced a change of heart.
All the visiting manufacturers and
delegates left at once for their homes.
Just before he left, President Garfield,
of the amalgamated association, re-
ceived kilograms saying the new scale
had been adopted by the Newport
Rolling Mill company, of Newport,
KY, and the Peninsular Car company,
of Detroit.
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The June wedding is out of date to-
day.
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PITTSBURG, June 0.-The wage
struggle promises to be protracted be-
cause of the wide divergence between
workers and manufacturers. The sus-
pension of work in the steel mills, with
the addition of the coming big strike
will be the biggest suspension of bust
ness ait one time for years past. The
tin plate manufacturers will hold an
other conference with THE workers
wage committee Saturday. Every tin
plate plant in the country closed down
this evening, throwing about 10000
people out of work. The shrewdest
guesser cannot tell when the tin plate
scale will be signed There will be
trouble when the flint glass workers
seek to have the chimney scale signed.
No trouble is anticipated over the re-
naming glass scales. There is no tell
ing when the window glass scale will
be settled, and the manufacturers and
workers are in no hurry to come to-
gether for conference. About $4,000
men are involved in the scale. If the
coal miners strike materializes on Sat
urday the number of men out of en-
plcyment this week by reason of these
labor agitations, will reach the high
figure of at least 100000 men.
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EVENTS TODAY.

Mct-East Lynne, SIS.
SneIIing-Guard Mount, $40 a. M
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Dark Horse Wins Out in Ohio.
Horace Chapman the Nominee of the
Silver Democrats.

Governor :. .......... HORACE L. CHAPMAN
Lieutenant Governor. MELVILLE D. SHAW
Supreme Judge Joseph II. SPRIGGS
Attorney General :. w. H. DORE
Board of Public Works. PETER H. DEGAN
School Commissioner ..... BYRON H. HURD
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GREHTEST SUBMARINE TUNNEIa EVER PROPOSED

project was carefully considered, for the
Unsuitable commercial eye of this country
overlooks nothing. Marine engineers who
were questioned concerning the matter
were emphatic in their statements that
any such idea was impracticable because
OF the exceptionally stormy nature and
powerful currents OF st. Georges Channel.
For this reason the first suggestion has
been held in allegiance until the fate Of
tie second one shall be decided. 1t may
now, however, be said to be practically
dead, as the plan which the Government
is considering seems entirely feasible.
The quickest way to get from England
to Ireland at the present time is from
Holyhead to Dublin, distance of sixty
four miles. The direct route by rail from
London to Liverpool is 1873 miles. From
Cork, which is practically Queenstown, to
Liverpool it is 263 miles. On basis of
miles the land and tunnel route according
TO the proposed plan would be somewhat
longer than the more direct water route of
to-day. Considering the fact that no
storms would be met with and that stress
of weather would at no time interfere with
traffic. this apparent drawback disappears.
Not only that, but it is far easier to ship
goods by rail than by water. The saving
of time in loading and unloading is tre-
mendous. Again, there could be a regu-
larity in the transhipmento of freight, no
matter what the amount might be, which
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MONSTER SEE-SHW

adjusted with such mechanical nicely.
Yet {. II. Devallos of Nashville, whose
idea it Is, says that were it not for that
same delicate adjustment the seesaw
would be an utter failure. The question
naturally arises is it possible for the steel
beam 10 slip and thus destroy this bal
ance and get beyond the control of the
machinery? The inventor says however
that owing to the tremendous prehensile
strength of the structure, especially at the
points where any strain may possibly de-
velop, an accident OF the sort suggested is
absolutely impossible.
At the time of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition in Chicago. or rather some
months previous thereto, an idea some.
thing like that which has resulted in the
construction OF the seesaw was preached.
I The builders and mechanical experts who
were asked to lass upon the idea laughed
al the plan and said that even in this era
OF wonderful creations, the successful car
rying out OF such a project was entirely
out of the question. 1t simply could not
be done. Mr.. Devallos has, however,
shown that the seeming impossible is
clearly practicable, and his seesaw prom
Uses to be one of the greatest, if not the
greatest, attraction at the Tennessee CEN
tennial.
The contractors promise to have the
seesaw finished early in May, for the ex-
position opens May l and continues until
the 1st OF Novem Der. From present indi-
cations their task will surely De ompleted.
and it is likely by the time this reaches
the public the first trial will have taken
place. There is no reason to doubt that
the seesaw will be an entire success. Mod
els W hich are exact duplicates IN detail OF
the towering structure have worked per-
fectly. All sorts of experiments have
been tried with them Tor the purpose OF
meeting in advance any difficulties which
would be likely to assail the com bination
that stands on Vanity Fair in the exposi-
ton grounds.
The only seeming i'm pedimect to the
entire success and great popularity of the
seesaw seems to be that on the face OF it
it is what the Tennessee mountaineer calls
''scary." When one stands on the ground
and looks up at the top of the tower and
rene bers that the swing OF the grea,
truss-beam would take him 200 feet from
the earth, with nothing bur air between
him and terra frma, he is apt to hesitate.
There really will be no danger, but the
trouble is it is likely to seem as if there
were, and to most people that is as bad as
if what was feared really existed.
II the career of the seesaw at the Ten
nessee Exposition is success it will mean
a new era in amusement enterprises, for
there is no reason why these mechanical
teeters cannot be constructed on a much
smaller scale. There are a great many
people who possess so many years that
they cannot bring themselves TO confess
that there still clings to them that innate
love of lettering which, when children,
they were able to crafty. If the see-saw
makes its appearance in the great cities,
the chances are that there will be no age
limit upon the passengers.
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PRINCE OF SLISSINGHAM TERRACE
By Nadge Morris.

business" and he went in and shut his
door, but he listened.
1t was Friday morning when two let
tiers came for the Prince. One was an
ordinary letter, and the other was large
and had legal look. Anybody who
CHANGED to be in the hall took the letters
from the postman at SIissingham's. The
pretty, young girl carried the Princes
letters up TO the SKY parior. She looked
quickly about, kissed the letters and
slipped them under the door. The Prince
climbed the stairs that Friday night more
YEARLY and heavily than he had done be-
fore. He was decidedly shabby now
Notwithstanding his carefully brushed
clothes; his hair. for want of barbering,
curled III mutinous freedom to his neck.
There was long silence-a half hour
passed, another and another. The grumpy
man said We'll not have that Home,
Sweet Home business tonight" and he
shut his door with a bang. He wanted 10
hear it, he knew he did, but he liked not
to see the ladies listen so absorbedly 10
another man.
The young girl was listening; her room
was directly under the Princes She was
had brought the Prince fortune-she
knew he was reading the letters. She
heard the Prince tuning his violin, and
the strain of listening Ioosed its tenseness
in sigh.
Never had the Prince played as he
played that night. Those who heard it
will remember that music until they die.
1t was the lost chord in the soul of music,
it was a living sound. TIE terrace vi
brated with it, the shadows trenbled on
the walls. The people crept out into the
halls and huddled together and bowed
their heads. The hoodgate OF harmony
was suddenly slipped wide, and all the
heartaches of all the world that had gone
up 10 heaven in prayer issued forth from
that one sweet, wild wall of Home,
Sweet Home" A string snapped; they
heard it, those people that listened below.
The silence that followed hurt their ears.
They stole away to their rooms without
looking at each other.
When the cham bermaid went to the
Princes room it was late-she never got
to that room early-the lamp still burned
She turned 1t down quickly. The Prince
lay on the bed asleep; be had his clothes
on, his right arm was crooked over his
eyes. The little roll of luncheon was
under his pillow. the violin with its
broken string on the caair. She tip.toed
across the room and looked at him, and
taen fed shrieking down the stairs.
The Coroner's jury opened the little tin
box and read the few letters that 1T con-
tanned. They were several months old
and vera monthly raouests for u,opav or
w-re reproaches. The two letters that
came on the Friday morning were laid on
top of them. The ordinary one was signed
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is no. at present enjoyed and never can
be by water route.
The mem bers of the syndicate who are
willing to discuss the matter say they
have reason to believe the passenger traf-
fo would be very considerable item in
the profits. With reasona BILE railroad
fares and an all-land passage, it is de-
clared the travel between England and
Ireland would be at least fifty per cent
greater than 1t is at present. The Irish
Sea is at nc time gentle body OF water
and one is almost as certain of violent
attack of seasickness as when crossing
from Dover to Calais The railroad lines
of England and Scotland run direct to
Point Patrick, or at least some of them do;
therefore the only railroad building that
would be necessary would be the extern
sion of such lines as do not at present
reach the terminus OF the proposed tun-
mel. Passengers from London would of
necessity have to traverse almost the en-
tire length of England and ride over bit
of the southeastern portion OF Scotland,
but that Is not such long journey.
Emerging from the tunnel in Ireland, a
short distance north and east of Car
rckfergu., to which town they would pro-
coed by rail, passengers could journey
down to B.liast. to Armagh, Dunda!k
and Dublin, or if preferring 10 go west or
north could travel to Londonderry, Done
gal or In any other direction in which the
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Work Is being pushed as rapidly as en-
and time will permit upon the greatest
seesaw OF which any one ever heard. 1t Is
2 nightly enlarged affair that is exactly
similar in principle to the sport almost
every child has enjoyed, which is known
as lettering" 1t is The nineteenth GEN.
. fury evolution of the pine board and the
rail fence to the mighty steel columns
:. that support two huge cars each of which
will accom- modate fifty persons.
The seesaw, as the accompanying illus
trat.ons show. IS composed OF central
tower and bull steel beam. This steel
tower is thirty feet square at the base and
.seventy-fve feet high TO the upper pin.
On this pin the beam, which is of steel,
swings vertically. 1t is rectangular in
sections, IS thoroughly braced and 100 feet
long. 1t is swung on It's axis by means of
two steel segments, which are affairs re-
semping huge croqust wickets, the ends
Of which fasten into the beam, and the
= rCanded center slides over a portion OF the
tower which is prepared to- receive such
~actoa: Technically speaking, pinions
driven by the operating machine engage
the two segments.
70 the ends Of the big steel beam cars
are suspended, one at each end Each car
is.cspabl Of holding fifty persons and can
be Lifted alternately 10 a point 200 feet
ebove the ground. This is the maximum
height. The length of the steel beam is
also 200 feet. The cars used are similar to
those attached 10 the Ferris wheel in Chi
cago. AS the Illustration given herewith
SLOWS, when one car is al it's maximum
height the other rests upon the earth.
The beam viii move very slowly, the time
necessery-for the ascent and descent from
the ground 10 the maximum height and
vic. versa being about five minutes.
So. slowly will the peam move that the
sense Of motion to the occupants OF the
p car will be. almost entirely lost. This is
so arranged in order that very many per-
sons whom journey into the air of this
sort would be apt TO annoy with nausea
may be. free from any such internal dis
tbrbance. The view 10 be obtained from
these = cars. Will be of extraordinary
beauty. The scene of tne battlefield of
Nashville is visible 10 the passengers, as
Is The Hermitage the former home of
Andre Jsckson Belle Meade, the famous
STOCK farm of Tennessee, and many other
points Of interest.
4 nc 4udCHA4-e4S tildb viii LnbFe GHS mugs
seesaw IS located at the bottom of the
steeltower and. inclosed in a small house
It Is very simple, for while the tower and
the huge truss beam are monsters of their
sort so delicate will be the adjustment
that the task of the machinery in moving
them wiIl~be comparatively easy. Every
one who has ever teetered, and that means
q most all the persons who will read this
article. understands how necessary it was
that the board used should be nicely bal
anrea upon the fence or upon whatever
object was its central point OF support
This is the idea which has been observed
in the construction of the giant seesaw.
1t seems wonderful when one thinks OF
.it-thaI<so great an affair as this could be
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Although the Puritans bestowed the
name of Devils Picture Books upon
playing-cards, they have survived the
execration and will abide as a means OF
innocent amusement.
Playing cards have been factors in the
making of history, and some antique re-
productions by modern artists bear deli
cacy of design and elaborateness of detail
that ecIipses anything now shown for sale
either in Europe or America.
No definite proof has been established 10
show in what country paying-cards
originated, bu; China trium phantly claims
that honor Cards according 10 tradition,
were invented in China during the reign
of Leim-ho, in Il20, and were devised for
the amusement of his wives.
The ordinary Chinese card is long and
narrow and like finger. The cards are
print in black on very thin cardboard.
and there are thirty of them in a pack,
segregated into three suits of nine cards
each, and three single cards, which are
named respectively: Tseen-wan, mean
ing. "a thousand times ten thousand" (;
.heenghwa, ''the red flower" ana pi hwa,
1.-The white flower" These three cards are
regarded as superior in denomination to
ell others.
= It is stated by some authorities that
cards are played by the lower class of
Chinese only. and that the aristocratic
" native INDUCES in the play of kew-ma-
paon, or chess, only, haughtily disolaim-
ing. any knowledge of pleDelan cards.
There is conflicting report, however,
that cards is a popular game with all Chi
@ nese, of high and low degree.
: INDIA nation of card players
at Very early date. and there are anon
some European curio collections packs of
cards OF Hindoo antiquity which are
really works of art. Some of these are
painted upon ivory, with gilded backs.
They number seven suits, which bear the
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railroads that grdiron the Emerald Isle
undoubtedly give tremendous impetus
10 railroad building in Ireland, conserva-
tive business men say, and tuis would
mean the infusion of com mercial spirit
which is at present sadly lacking. mas
much as close commercial ties generally
become sinews of friendship the advocates
of the tunnel declare that their plan is
well worthy OF patriotic support as pos
sible key to the solution OF the Irish
problem.
The statement made in the beginning
OF this article that the tunnel is the larg-
est conception OF the sort IN the history
Of the world is shown beyond perad-
venture by comparison with the great
tunnels completed or in prospect The
tunnel between Dover and Calais or
England and France, would be no more
of an undertaking, so far as the building
of the tunnel is concerned, than has been
accomp iished half dozen times. Be-
sides that the Dover-Calais tunnel is in
statu quo. In 1881 some 1000 feet OF ex-
perimental borings were made through
the chalk and mari, beginning at Folke-
stone, out that is about all that has been
accom- plished.
We have our tunnels under the Mersev,
the Severn and the Thames, the second
being the greatest of the three, but the
building thereof was as child's play COM
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by the elders of church far away in the
indolent South. 1t was cutting request
that he withdraw his name from the
church. They opened the legal document
last. 1t was notice served upon him OF
an application for divorce on the ground
OF 'iailure to provide" In the inside
pocket of his coat they found a photo
graph of family.
When they had all gone away and the
Prince in his ragged glory lay straight
ene upon his bed the young girl, whose
face had been like new wild r. Sc. came
into the room. Her eyes were swollen and
red. She came timidiy to the side of the
bed and looked down upon the Princes
face. She slid down on her knees and hid
her face on the bed, then arose calmly and
went away.
A woman paused before the entrance to
Slissingham terrace and looked at the
number. She wore long black cloak and
hat with rich, dropping plumes. A statu-
esque shadow in black she looked, but her
face was as pale as the new-fallen snow,
and it sb one through the meshes of her
thick, black veil a sanity beauty. She
asked to see the man who had been found
dead that morning in his room. When
they showed her TO the door and would
have entered with her she said: II would
be alone with him. and she closed the