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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
THE EFFECT REVERSED.

It would be hard to reconcile the charges
that the monetary stringency in New York
is produced by syndicate that wishes to
sell Government bonds to the United States
Treasury at high rate of premium, with
ANYTHING but a belief that the Treasury
would take particular delight in flying in
the face of public opinion and the natural
results of the money market.
The tendency of strlngency in the money
market is to lower the premium on Govern
ment bonds, and that of ease in the money
market is to raise the premium. This is for
the simple reason that high rates of interest
give banks and lenders more attractive in
yestments than Government bonds at a high
premium; while low rates of interest make
the Governments most desirable. If the sup
posed syndicate wished to get up an excuse
for the Secretary of the Treasury to buy
bonds at q high rate, therefore. it should
make money easy and thus permit the de-
mand outside of Government purchases tC
put up the quotations.
The financial stringency, if continued fol
any length oftime, should enable the Tress.
ury to buy lots of bonds; but they should bt
bought at lower premiums. The fact is tina
the money furry has passed by with only I
slight reduction of the premium on Govern
ment securities; but if it should return so a
to establish twelve per cent money marke
for any length of time the United State
ought to be able to buy AIS at very nearl.
par, and As below 125.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
PITTsBURG, MONDAY. OCT. 2s, 1889.
STREETS AND WIRES.

The Chief of the Department OF Public
Safety is quoted as saying that comparison
Of the conditions in Chicago with those OF
Pittsburg does not call for the burial OF the
electric wires, because Chicago streets are
so wide that one side Of the street can be
kent available for business while another is
torn ND to admit of the construction OF con-
duits. while the narrowness of Pittsburg
streets renders it impossible to do so.
No doubt the narrowness OF Plttsburg
streets will increase the Inconvenience OF
putting the wires underground, just as 1t is
iuconvenient in other respects. But that
does not afford any good reason for conclu-
sion that the streets shall not be torn up
when considerations of public welfare re-
ouire it. They have been torn up to permit
the construction of cable condults and
natural gas pipes, on the ground OF public
benefit from these enterprises; and 1t Will
hardly do to take the ground that the safety
of the streets is less important
than the convenience OF rapid tran
sit or natural gas. Beyond that
the theory that the narrowness OF the streets
would cause traffic to be suspended while
electrical condults are put in, is wrecked by
Collision with the fact that at the present
time two of the principal business blocks Of
Wood street are torn up on one side for the
construction of cable conduit, while traffic
is going on on the other side, 1t is neces-
sary to put cable conduit near the center
of the street, while an electrical conduit
could be put entirely to one side, leaving
threefourths of the street available for use
during the construction.
The consideration suggested by Mr. Brown
is a valid one for adopting an adequate
and permanent system Of conduis before
commencing work; but it is also valid as
showing the greater necessity of the work
The obstruction, Disagreement and danger
of overhead wires are greater in narrow
streets than in wide ones, in fully as impor'
tant a ratio as is the difficulty of putting
them under ground.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
NOT 10 BE NEGLECTED.

The report which comes from the physl-
clans out in the Bloomfield district that
the health Of the residents there is seriously
affected by the bad condition Of the streets,
certainly calls for prompt investigation;
and. if the statements are well founded, for
a thorough remedy. Next to the prOtec-
tion of the citizens from lawlessness, there
is no more clear duty of municipal gov
eminent than protection from an unhealthy
condition of the streets, and imperfect
drainage. At time when the city is en-
gaging in large and costly works for the i'm
movement of new streets, it cannot afford to
neglect the proper care of the older ones.
The complaint should cause action at once
in remedying the evil wherever it may be
found to exist.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
A WISE SOLUTION.

tits reported from Washington that the
Republican leaders are generally in favor
of the entire abolition of the sugar duties,
and that this policy will be recommended
in the Presidents message. This is politi-
cal intelligence of the class that is gener-
ally too good to be true. The DISPATCH
has pointed out the advantages of the course
in the fact that the sugar duties afford pro-
lection only to domestic production that
has proved inadequate to supply the de-
mand, while the enhanced cost of the article
of universal consumption, which the people
nav, is divided between about S3o, 1000, 600
paid to the Sugar Trust and S6O,OOO,OOO of
revenue of which the Government desires
to get rid. The repeal of these duties, TO-
gether with the readjustment of the inter
nal revenue taxes, would do away with the
surplus revenue beyond what is needed for
the sinking fund, and would remove de-
cided burden from the mass Of the people.
The wisdom of that solution of the surplus
problem is what makes its adoption appear
quite doubtful.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

PRINCE HYPPoLITE, of Hayti, has ordered
an 81. 800 carriage from New York hrm.
PROF. LANGsToN, of Virginia. has In the
grounds of his home near washington Tree
that he prizes greatly, because 1t was given TO
him by Charles Sumner.
THE monument to General Caesar Rodney,
one of Delaware's signers to the Declaration OF
Independence, will be unveiled at Dover, tne
capital of Delaware, Wednesday.
THE late Sir Charles William Skies was tne
founder of England's great system OF postonce
savings banks, and it was in recognition OF
that important service that he was knighted.
MRS. MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT is resting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Florence Howe han,
at Scotch Plains, New Jersey. MRS. 1uHa
Ward Howe intends to continue her western
Journey to California
SENATOR KENNA. of West Virginia, has
hitherto been the youngest man in the United
States Senate. If the newspaper biography OIL
Senator-elect Petngtew; of South Dakota, is
to be relied upon, he will succeed 10 'la' n0nOA
in December. He is only 40.
A CANDIDATE for the Iowa State Senate Is
the Hon. George W. Jones, He is the only
man living who represented the Ierii1ory VI
Michigan in Congress, and the TERRITORY "
Wisconsin. IL was ne, Culehy, "Ao
organization of the Territories of Wisconsin
and Iowa.
In January next Louis Kossuth Will oecome
man without country. He Will on tne nih'u
of that month complete the period OF aDsence
from Hungary which will terminate anu loriei'
his citizenship of that country. His two sons
have become Italian citizens, and the veneraole
patriot has been strongly urged to do likewise
but he probably will not do SO.
PROBABLY the largest returns, everything
considered, that come to writers are thos'
which are received in royalties for text rooKi
for schools. The late Prof. Elias Loomis' o.
Yale, was supposed to be comparatively poo
man, yet his estate, on probate the other Gay !'
revealed wealth that is pretty near half mil
lion dollars. This represents the returns ne re
ceived in royalties for his text BOOKS Whici
have always.been popular.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
WHERE A TORY PREACHER HID.
Discovery of Secret Room in Historic
Yankee Mansion.


Yankee Mansion.
WATERBURY. Conn.,, October IA feW Gays
ago there was fire in the old Botsford house,
occupied by Frank Judson, In woodbury.. TOT
years there has been legend connected Win
this mansion of Revolutionary fame and, until
recently, the mystery connected with IL was
never cleared up. In the struggle OF the
American colonies with the mother country,
certain prominent citizens were suspected OF
Toryism, Among these was the heV. Jonn n;
Marshall, the first Episcopal clergyman VI
Woodbury.. He was summoned Delore Pro-
,,orlv onn.;nted committee and was forbidden
to 90 beyond certain prescribed bounds. DE
was at that time living in the Bots1oro mouse,
but could never be seen except on SUNDAY. AS
he was free from arrest on that day, ne usually
went to neighboring parish to hold service,
but during the rest Of the week ne was never
seen, although close watcn was keps, ,;ch ~ We fo
surmised that he had secret room IN wnlcn 70
hide himself. After his death careful search
of the house was made, but no secret room
could be found.
The discovery Of the secret closet was MADE
few years ago by Deacon +. 4. HltcncocK,
who lived in the house Tor SNORT sme IN 1air sne
way, which was allotted to Mr. HlIcncocks
children 70 store their valuables. While Mr..
Hitchcock was putting some shelves In the
closet he discovered trap door in the back OF
it. With little exertion he forced this open,
when he discovered the secret room, which had
SO long been the hiding place of the Tory me
room was about six feet square, and nlgn
enough to allow person to stand erect IN II,
and there was passage from 1t to the cellar.
| The house is also famous as the place Wnere
Samuel Seabury, the first Bishop in America,
was elected. At the One Hundredth anniyer-
ssry of this event, which was held at the house
some time ago, view of the room was given TO
the Right Rev. Bishop Williams and the large
number of visiting clergy by placing candle
| on a table in the secret apartment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
A SOCIAL SKIRMIsH.
An Incident That shows How Mrs. Blaine
Stands Up for Her Rights.

Letter In Chicago Herald
Another good story is told Of Mrs. Blaine,
and people who are pretty familiar with that
lady's somewhat imperious manner give full
credence TO it. A stranger in Washington, .
lady. happened TO be stopping at the same
hotel. but was unacquainted, even by sight,
with the Secretary's wife. Intending to 90
from the parlor 60 the dining room. the lady
stepped inside the elevator, saying to the boy:
Down.
"Up p and the first lady was confronted by q
second one, who had Immediately followed
her.
The stranger flushed, but stood her ground.
saving. rather tartly: DOWN.
'Upr' interposed the severe looking elderly
lady staring blandly over the others head.
HDownr'
.Upp'
The bewildered elevator boy just here caught
sight Of the clerk and called him.
"What is itf' demanded that gentleman
glancing from the pale face Of one lady to the
burning cheek Of the other.
IT stepped into the elevator and ordered the
boy to 20 down. This woman followed and
ordered him to 20 up"
The clerk turned to the boy and sald, with
severity: "Take Mrs, Blaine mp at once, and
hereafter never hesitate in obeying her order =
A very angry and very much chagrined lady
is said to have made an unwilling trip 20 the
upper floor, while another, coldly triumphant,
went "up,' as she had desired.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
FOLLY As IT FLIES.

Algy showing photograph How 40
YOU Ike my bride that is to bet
Kaustic-she must be very richi-Wdsp.
81 am surprised at Chsrley's squandering
an mueh money on photograph
ssWell. I'm not. He always did Ike % hear
himself talk. '-Ptck.
First shoemaker-Tm 50 discouraged
Second shcemaker-I hardly dare say my sole Il
nv n.-Nsp rors SUM-
When man once starts out to explode
the mvsterv Of a haunted house he does not pro-
cssd nv chfcksn-hearted methods. He matches
his plsn nrst and then lays the Knost- -5dttlnors
AmericuH.
Mrs. PoortabIe-It is raining fearfully
outside. Hadn't you better star and take supper
with as, Mr. SMITH
smith-O, no, Mrs. Portable; the weather cAn't
he AZ bad as that--Tsrns SVtfngs
Tried and Proven.-Her Old Man.
And could you support my daughter, sirf
Her Lover-1 have two strong arms
Her old Man--But can they support her,
Her Lover-They often have. sir.-Toisee
Blade
She Has Every Opportunity.-Miss Bos-
ton 10 Miss Laker, OF fChIcagc)- is Miss LiveHaV
rehned LADY,
Miss Laker-well. she ought 70 be. Old man
Livewayt runs one Of the biggest iAro renhelie' =
the city. -EsD Xork Sun.
They Were Business Men. : firs'
stranger (burgIar) What Is your business 81.
Second Ditto (counterfeiter)- Making '''n'r-'
And ycursl -.,.a \
savings bank.-NsD xork 6sa-
A becoming Dress.-"Did you
Charley in sing sings''
i ssYes.n
.sHow did the poor fellow looks" a .<-,~.-
s.Lovely. He always did look well ~
you know. .,s-Es1o rork sun
This is the season Of The year wne1 mere
are suspicious cases OF fever sugeesnss =.
Fever. ID Is very difaenlt 70 distinguish n-',f1-
49, -.',,- seye- galveston, Texa4 -
who /. an authority on the suDjeot ssy.;
/ Gas general hing. you can 49, - % ~ -, =
1 You have had IT, II you are NOS alise. "'1 =
most iikely yellow tsvsr'P--& go ''''',-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
BRIGHT LITTLE BENNY M'KEE.

The White House Pet Gets a Letter and
Puts on Airs.
From the Indianapolis sentinel.]
Baby Benjamin Harrison Mckee is just three
wears old. and il course he can't read, but he is
an exceptionally bright youngster for his age
The other day he happened to go to the door
when the postman rang the bell. He looked
courteously up at the mail carriers big packets
of letters as he sorted them over. Finally the
carrier handed him one Inscribed BENJAMIN
Harrison McKee," in the Presidents own hand
writing. That's for you," said the postman.
The little fellows face frightened up and he
ran to his mother.
Then he suddenly felt big. He threw his
shoulders back and, grasping the envelope in
his hand, he ripped off the end as he had seen
older folks do. Drawing out the letter and
unfolding it, he studied 1t q moment as if de:
ciphering his grandfathers chirography and
then read: Come to Washington at once;
grandpa" He knew what be wanted his grand.
father to write.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
THE LATEST SLOT DEVICE.
A Penny Dropped in Secures the Use OF
City Directory.

A Penny Dropped in Secures the Use OF
City Directory.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW YORK, October N.-People will soon
cease pestering the drug clerk by asking for a
directory. The person who wishes to look up
an address will only have to go TO the corner
of the store or step in front of any hotel or
public place, or 60 almost anywhere in
fact drop penny in the slot and
then read the interesting column for hours
if he wishes. The directory lies on its side
on a small, wooden box-like platform. The under
side is nailed fast to the box, while curved,
nickel plated iron bal, which runs into the box,
presses down on the upper cover. Then the
penny is dropped in; catch which holds the
bar is released; the bar can be pushed back and
the book opened.
The reader, however, must held the cover
down tightly for the moment he lets go the
bar snaps back and only another penny will re-
lease it. A great many of the machines are al
ready in use in Brooklyn drugstores, and soon
thew will be all over town. 1t is proposed to
nut them on all the elevated road stations, too.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
THE BOSS PICKEREL OF THE YEAR.
A Genesee County Fisherman Lanas
Beauty Fonr Feet in Length.

A Genesee County Fisherman Lands q
Beauty Fonr Feet in Length.
CoNEsUs. N. Y, October T.-Ex-Sherih
Young Of Genesee county, came to Conesus
Lake the other day to troll for pickerel There
have been some very large ones caught here
this summer. and the Sheriff thought he could
beat the record. He went out alone in MS
boat and it wasn't long after he got his line
ont that he was seen to be laboring with some
thing very large that had got on his hook:
Sometimes the Sheriff would have the most OF
the line in the boat, and then the hsh would
turn to and pull it out into the lake again.
This sort of thing was kept up for upward Of
an hour until at last people began to think tnat
the famous Silver Lake sea serpent had resuf'
rected Itself and got over into Conesus
Inst as a couple of men were jumping into
boat to 60 oat and give the Sheriff hand and me ne
raised shout Of victory, stuck his gan INTO tne
nonstsr he had been struggling with. and with
one supreme effort lugged It into the boat. Il Il
was pickerel that weighed between anu 10
pounds. Itmeasured four feet In length ~
was the boss pickerel Of the year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
4 SONG OF THE SEASONS.

T., mechanically measure, would sing the fading
year
Sing the falling leaves in melancholy tone;
Sing the hazy days of autumn, with It's coiors
And the breezes that through leaness branches
moan.
I would sing the coming winter and Its shroud OF
cold, white snow,
I'D anticipate the terrors Oh tne fio'' AA'As
For all the other poets do that, too.
But they can do it better-much better than
can /;
And 60 IN leave 1t to their practiced art
Let them for summers glories like hard-worked
bellows sigh:
For the glowing days of autumn, Ienjoy them one
and all; ~
Their garnered stores are just the thing for me.
And winter has its pleasures that make otner ioys
seem small.
In fact, like all seasons as they be.
When Winter comes with drifts Of snow,
And makes the frozen hills his throne,
The merry sleighers come and 60
when winter comes with drifts OF snow
And fields and rivers makes MS own.
The merry sleighbells ring wild tunes
The freight shines with cheerful glow
who sighs for pleasures that are June's
when merry sleighbells ring Wild tunes
And merry sleighers come and gof
And Christmas cheer and Christmas mirln
The season light with joyous glow,
And kindlier feelings have new birth
Mid christmas cheer and Christmas mlrsns
tFor then Savior came to earthly
oh who would bid King Winter goi
In a melancholy measure I'm resolved will not
sing. - "A.
Though autumn fade the green leaves from the
And i,il TV VOW the SHOWS OF winter are just the
proper thing
--Robsrt S(mgso5. n on Cfty Derrtek.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
TRI.STATE TRIPLES.

DAY or two ago fine young pheasant
came whirling through . window IN the
kitchen of ex-Sherif Handlan's residence,
in Wheeling. The bird was promptly cap
tured and put where 1t would do the most
good
MRS. SARAH HILL, of Mercer county, u the
mother of lS,children, IL Of whom are living.
She is now 50 years old.
AN infant in Barnsrdtown, near Beaver
Falls, eats half dozen raw oysters every
night.
TIME and wedlock wait for NO man. A
Mauch Chunk juryman was excused that he
might go and get married, the lawyers agree
ing to continue their case before IL good men
and true.
WHILE hunting partridges in the woods near
oakland. the pointer of Orrin ID. Slocum, Of
Scranton. flushed q bird that looked queer to
Mr.. SIocum's practiced eye. he biazed away
and killed the bird. Ready retrieved it and
then Mr.. Slocum saw that 1t was large hen
partridge, the dark feathers OF which. instead
Of being brown, were as black as the plumage
of crow. Mr.. slocum has hunted birds for
Is years. and says he has never before seen
partridge with pure black feathers on IL
ON his way across Red Ridge the other day
Leopold Baermann,. of Clifton. Pa, saw two
cock partridges fighting one another for all
thew were worth. They pecked each other on
the head. pulled as each others throats and
tired themselves out. Then they rested for q
few minutes, and went at it again. MI Baer-
mann said he watched the spunky birds for 70
minutes. Both were game through and
through, and they fought until one OF them
| was killed.
THE other day Cheat river (West virEinia)
hunter named Smith fred at fox that was
| running away from him. His bullet didn't
| touch the fox, but the crack Of the ride seemed
| to confuse sly Reyhard as to its direction, foI
! he turned right about and ran toward Mr.
| Smith as straight as q bee line. Seeing that
the fox was puzzled, Mr.. Smith struck AZ key
! nard with his rifle when he came bounding
along, hitting him in the left foreleE. 1her
the fox wheeled on three legs hmped under
rock and got away
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

The declarations of D. B. Hill, Grover
Cleveland and President Eliot. respectively.
that each is Democrat, evokes the COM
ment of the New York Sun in the assertion
that zone only OF these statements is fact,
another is humbug and the third is de-
luSion." The classification may be true;
vet it is likely to occur that the definition Of
a Democrat as something which David B.
Hill is, and Grover Cleveland and Presi-
dent Eliot are not, is particularly severe on
the Democrats.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

1t is a rather unpleasant conclusion, but
the public will find it hard to regard
the removal of Conrad, the special agent
who had worked up the cases against the
Pacific coast land ring, in any other light
than a notification to ofice-holders that they
must not attack land thieves under this ad-
ministration, if the land thieves have COM
biuation of United States Senators, bonanza
and railroad kings behind them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
Really Beautiful Girls.

Front the Cincinnati Times-Star.]
The women writers for the press are bother
ing themselves over furnishing receipts Tor
girls to lie beautiful What folly! The girls
who make home beautiful, whose lives are
sweet and whose speech is gentle, the girls
who shed around them q tangible atmosphere
of purity, love and refnement-they are the
haautiful girls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

THE announcement that ''the sickly
green postage stamp" is to be replaced by a
bright carmine one on January indicates
that the efforts of our stamp reformers have
changed the coloring of the postal depart
meut from @stheticism to loudness. An
enemy must have induced Mr.. Wanamaker
to paint the postage stamps red.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28

The New York journals which first
started out to have the Worlds Fair guar
antee fund raised in one day, extended the
time to five days. and are now indulging in
appeals to get the fund subscribed in ten
days, In the meantime, the subscriptions
on Saturday amounted to less than $40, 900.
If that rate were kept up, the money would
be raised in ebout no days, or some time
next February, by which date Congress will
probably have located the fair somewhere
else
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
NOT ONE BIT A FAILURE.
Marriage Such Success That Two Old
Eutmegs Repeat II.

M1DpLETowN, CONN, October T.-Marriage
has not been a failure with venerable Luther
S. Smith, of Cromwell nor with the widow
Ruth NJ. Smith, of the same place. The
Rev. F. M. North was called upon by
these two aspirants for matrimony's yoke last
week. and they were duly married. Mr.. Smith
is "a years old, is hale hearty. and, as he says,
'hankerin' arter another wife"
THE nresent Mrs. Smith is the fourth blush
ing bride he has vowed to love, honor and pro-
tect. while he is the third groom Mrs. Smith
has promised to obey.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
I'm Memory of Mrs. HAYES.

CHARLESTON, s. c.. October H.-Memorial
services were held in the Centenary Methodist
Episcopal Church tonight in honor OF the late
MIS- r. r. Hayes. who was prominent in the
work of establishing women's missions among
the colored people in the South: The congre-
cations of all the other colored Methodist Epis-
copal Churches Joined in the services,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-28
A Friendly suggestion.

From the Chicago Times.]
A man who was caught writing his name in
the Eiffel tower has been fined 20 francs. Here
is an 'idea" for the New York committee.
Put up o tower on stick" Let the people go
up, write their names on it, and be fined "a
therefor, and put the money into the guaran-
100 fund