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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Gorgeous Hotel In London--Why Fair
Weather isf be Feared-4Wets and Drys
-Strnwberrfes Without Sunshine.

strawberries without sunshfne.
THE Hotel Metropole, in London at which
Mr., Carnegie entertained Mr.. Gladstone, Min
lister Lincoln and other distinguished people
on Tuesday evening" is one Of the newest as it
is one of the finest of the big hotels built in the
last few years in the English metropolis. A
good many Americans stop there. and have
heard many stories of its inngniicence and ex-
pensiveness. From personal observation 1
should say that the proprietors of the Hotel
Metropole prefer to cater to millionaires or at
least rich men only.
One evening last summer 1 remember call
ing at the Hotel Metropole, which is situated
splendidly on Northumberland avenue close
to Trafalgar square ON the one side and the
Thames embankment on the other. A gorgeous
lackey opened the swinging doors for me. and
passed Immediately into what answers to the
rotunda of our hotels but sitting around which,
to my great surprise, number of ladies in
regulation low-cut dinner dresses were seated,
and comparatively few men. all of whom wore
spike-tail coats and singlebarreled eye glasses
with combinations in keeping, of course.
80
INQUIRED of another superb being in plush
shorts and white stockings, upon whose coat
was enough gold lace for three field 1narshals,
where the office might be. He raised finely
padded arm and rather speotrally pointed to a
side room on the left. followed the direction
and almost collided with handsome young
man in full evening regalia. He asked me
very politely what 1 wanted. was tolerably
well scared by that time. and felt like saying
Nothing" prior to swift retreat, but the
aspect of my opponent was so reassuring that
confided to him that 1 wished to see Pitts
burger whom supposed to be stopping there.
The books which in some sort answered to the
hotel register In an American hotel were ex-
amined, but the man 1 sought was not found
there
From the Hotel Metropole carried away the
impression that it was comfortable place to
stay, if one could stand good deal of Hum
merry and hunkeyism with the board and
lodging.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
A LITERAL QUARREL.

Whenever the noise of dispute about
some scientific question fills the land 1t is
safe to say that. Chicago or st. Louis, or both,
have hand in it. There is regular tin
pan fight on just now between the editors of
the Chicago Tribune and the St. Louis Re-
public as to the pronunciation of the letter
''r." Mr.. Medill, ofthe Tribune, maintains
that the ''r'' should be trilled, while the
mighty genius who keeps down the lid of
the St. Louis journal insists that the trill is
improper. According to the st. Louis
authorities, for Prof. Allen, of the Missouri
University, has gallantly come to the rescue
OF the editor, the letter ''r" should be pro-
nounced in such way. for example, as to
render the final sound in sofa and father the
same. Prot.Allen quotes several English YER
balists and writers on phcnetics to support
his view, and the editor of the Republic
gleefully asserts that the Republics poem,
o Dana
Be saneri
stands as model of rhyme.
The trouble about questions of this sort
is that the people of every locality in En-
glish-speaking countries imagine and insist
that the only simon-pure, orthodox and ab-
solutely correct English is spoken by them.
And they can all prove that they are right.
Doubtless it is true that all dudes, darkies.
Southerners and many Yankees do not trill
the "r," and the English they speak sounds
sweet and pure in their ears. There are also
millions of people who do trill the "r," not
only in Chicago, but all over the globe.
The rolling of the "r' seems good to them.
Singers of English everywhere would be
Mortified if asked to abandon the fine rip
pling sound of the terminal 'ir" we'll rolled.
In operate love-making, rolling his ''r's"
is almost as potential from the tenor's views
as rolling his eyes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

A MAN who lives near Piatt. Sullivan county,
Pa, claims to have scheme whereby he can
manufacture shoes with movable soles, so that
when one sole wears out the old one can be re-
placed with new one without any trouble,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
AM Emphntlc Indorsement.

The Call says: 1t is an emphatic Endorsement,
not only of the law, but of the courts which
have so rigidly enforced it, and demand at
the same time that there be no backward step
from the severe regulations of the liquor
traffic. Many thousands of people who, year
ago would have worked and voted for the
amendment, yesterday did not hesitate to work
and vote the other way, simply because they
prefer certain temperance measure to very
uncertain one. Politics had nothing to do with
it. Party managers could not have controlled
the voters even II they had tried. 1t was
matter of personal judgment entirely, and pol
iticians could have done nothing with 1t and
would have been impotent had they attempted
TO direct the voters. High license Is preferred,
and it will be so long as il remains an effective
temperance measure, SIMPSON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

COLONEL ELLIOTT F. sHEpARD declares
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

WILLIAM MOONEY. of West Pike Potter
county. Pa, has a peculiar head of hair. When
a storm approaches every hair in his head
stands out straight, and as he wears his hair
very long he is quite a ridiculous sight. On
that account he never leaves the house when
1t is cloudy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
A Democratic view.

The Herald says: What answer has Matthew
Stanley Quay to make now to the Prohibition
lists at whose request his Legislature submitted
the amendment? The Republican party adopted
the amendment as its own special offspring (as
it in reality was) yet with the great majority
of 1900 in the State. that party could not or
would not carry out its contract and make law
of the measure. To evade the responsibility for
this grossly dishonest juggle is simply impossi-
BILE. 1t is perfectly safe to say that the Prohi-
bitionists will accept no excuse, nor should
they. In all this fight the position of the De-
mocracy has been perfectly consistent. The
traditional policy of that party has been
one of opposition to sumptuary laws.
In the present campaign it simply kept
hands off. The sole official action taken
was by the Democratic members of
the State Senate, who. in April last, formally
protested against the star chamber method of
the G. o. P. in the Legislature, in dealing with
the amendment. as a caucus and partisan
measure. In the voting of yesterday the Dem
ocrats. whether staying at home and letting
the Republicans kill their own offspring. or in
going to the polls and helping in the slaughter,
have been perfectly consistent. The RESPONSE
bllity was not theirs, and they could afford to
do as individuals what each saw fit. The result
cannot help but be beneficial 20 the Democracy.
Pennsylvania is, and of right ought to be, a
Democratic State, and If the result of yester-
days grand display of Republican faithless-
ness and dishonesty shall be to accomplish the
grand result of bringing the Democracy again
into its own it will not have been in vain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
TRI-sTATE TRIFLEs.

A FARMER by the name of Josh Virgins. of
Lancaster county, PENNSYLVANIA, who is short
of stock, works his boy instead of mule.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

A TITUsv1LtE, Pa, merchant advertises
that those who pattern after him are no better
than monkeys.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

JAMES Ross a prisoner in the Pottsville
Pa, jail, yesterday opened an artery in his
arm with nickel spoon, and nearly bled to
death.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

JOEL W. KECK. OF Western Salisbury, Pa,
had brood of young turkeys and colony Of
bees The two failed to harmonize. and when
the turkeys a few days since ventured too near
the bee-stands the bees buzzed out by thou
sands and stung the whole brood to death.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

A LITTLE girl in Preston county West Vir-
ginia, was recently poisoned by eating straw
berries, and now when she goes near or sees
them she goes into spasm.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
sa,ara the chnrel, IseiI.

A lady friend takes for text the state
ment that a young lady was run over and
killed the other day, and that the horse
received its fright from the ringing Of
church bells. She then suggests that the
ringing be stopped, saying that it is un-
necessary In these days Of costly clocks
and gold watches. Well, perhaps 1t is.
but when we consider thas SO many
things of the past are being swept aside
In tho march of progress we do feel like
elinging to few Of the old traditions, and
keeping up some Of the customs our nm
cestors inaugurated. Nothing of 4 clear,
bright Sunday morning giyesrofig half SO
much pleasure rs the music of the bells
of dozen churches floating out upon
tho air. They tell q story of eomething
better, something Of the mystical future
that even sermon cannot impart. But
to return to the frightened horse. Any,
thing else might have produced the same
result, for horse that would take fright
at church bell ringing would be Liable.
to run away on slighter prorocation.
This is the first instance of the kind ON
record. Paul Pioneer Press,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
NUMBER sc.
a Diamond Among tho marbles.


Mrs. c. Abraham, then living on
Euclid ayenaa, lost diamond which
was one.of . pair of ear rings, the pair
being valued at $1,000. The diamond
when lost Was neased In a gold ball.
More than ten months passed, and, as
there was no response to the adyertise-
menfs, it was given up rs lost. But
strange things happen in this prosaic
world. and Mrs. Abraham is again in
possession of her diamond. It was re-
turned to her last Friday, and 1t came
about In this way. About the time the
stone was lost a workman named John
Scott happened TO look into the gutter
and tlaare saw the small golden ball He
picked it up and the next day showed il
to some Of his fellow employees. Heeven
offered it as gift to the workman at
the next bench to him, but he said:
What do want with the thing? It's
no good; only brass daything. y
So Scott took it home and gave It to
his children The little ones had a bag
OF marbles, and they added the golden
bali to the collection, rolling 1t about the
Hoor. This sort of thing was Kept up fog
ten months. One day last week a woman
living in the neighborhood called on the
Scott family and the youngsters were
rolling the golden ball about the floor.
The woman picked it up, examined Ii.
closely and said: why, there's crease
right around the center of it." The two
women went to work on it until the gold
bull was opened. and right IN the center
of it was dazzling and precious gem.
a consultation was held among the
neighbors and Scott took the diamond
down 20 Chafer & Becker's and showed
1t to Mr. Becker, who advised him to adj
vertise 1t. Finally the advertisement
was read BY Mrs. Abraham. Her hus-
band went down 30 see it, and could
scarcely believe his eyes when he beneId
the sparkling gem lost by his wife nearly
year ago. He gave the finder reward
Of 800 and restored the missing earring
10 his wife.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
ConyicE Ingenuity.

Tho Detroit police have in their posses.
sion number OF remarkable articles. the
workmanship of convicts. Among them
aresix oil paintings By Ben Moyler. a for
ger; finely carved bone toothpiek, the.
work Of Al Little, well known crook,
cut with a jack knife: colored imageofs
o red wing blackbird in fight. also carved
By Little from q meat bone; very grace.
fs1l mirror frame, the work Of Con Kane,
another notorious crook; a work box COM
posed Of 5000 pieces Of wood, made by
Clarkson. forger; and . curious bottle,
containing miniature tree, o.. wliose
branches sit gayly colorcd birds. THIS
tree was made in pieces by famous
crook named Joe Coycyeau witiaa broken
bladed jack knife and a piece Of wire and
put together inside the bottle Detroit
News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
Goastisg Without Snow.

Many Of the streets OF Astoria. Oregon,
are as precipitous "a those OF otlr rugged
New England. md furnish ample grades
for the prosecution Of tlat old pagtime,
sliding down hill
Snow seldom if ever falls. but the cli-.
mate is 50 moist that. at the freezing.
point. nights and mornings. n thick coat.
OF white frost cosers the rIa1aed road
ways. which are tlssslcd into extemporo
to5oggan slides. The amusement is so.
enjogahIc that it is Kept up into the small
hours OF !n' morning l..y old and young.
the speed attained frequently exceeding
that of the orainary railwas tain. :
Scientific lssncricap, - =
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
An Alabama Ghost

A ghost has caused divorce suit and
broken up once happy family in Bloant
county. Alabama. About five years ago
James Martin married Miss Noel. one
OF the bellies of the county. The Young
couple went to live at the old Martin
home and all went well until about g
year ago. Mrs. Martin. naturally very
timid, heard ghost rambling through
the old house one night and vas badly
frightened. She told her husband about
it, but he could hear nothing, he said
From that time it became q nightly
visitor at the Martin home. Mrs. Martin
wanted to leave the old house at once.
but her husband objected. declaring the
strange noises heard were made by rats.
Several times Mrs. Martin, SO she sars,
saw a white robed figure wandering
through the old house. and soon her
nerves and health began to give way
under the strain. She was finally pros
trated by her fear of her ghost, and went
to the home Of her parents to recover
her health and strength. Fear Of the
ghost overcame love Of husband. and
Mrs. Martin refused to live with Lin
again Martin tried in vain to induce
his wife to return to the haunted house
TO live. utske refused, and iae Gled d suit
for divorce on the ground Of abandon
ment. Chicago Times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
Coal as a Factor In Civilization.

Professor J. s. Newberry. of Columbia
college, New York, in recent lecture on
Goal. the Dominant Factor In Modern
History" aaid: Few persons have real
lied the magnitude and dignity OF the
work coal is doing in tho world, and
fewer still have thought that It is really
the sunshine OF by gene ages, and that Il
has once composed the tissues OF various
strange plants, some of which are among
the most graceful and beautiful OF veg
etable forms. Buried in the earth or
covered with water, vegetable fiber de-
Gays or oxidizes slowly, forming, in sue
cessive stages of decomposition, peat,
Ignite, coal, anthracite, graphite, the
hydro-carbon gases and petroleum. BY
regulating and controlling the further
oxidation of these we are able to utiliza
Eesl1lt1ag force us Iiss,Irs ar heat or
motive pow ar.
s.sI'o help, ye,,a TO realize the lsote4lcy of
this wonderful substance. coal, let mo
recall 10 your memories the measure
nents OF the power evolved la its COM
bustion. t is estimated that with she
average engines now in use, about 1.5OO,-
600 foot pounds are practically evolved
from the combustion of a pound OF coal,
and are available in the performance Of
any work dene. Now, this is about the
power exerted In a days labor of an
average man. Hence ton Of coal Is
capable of yielding a,a amount of force
equivalent to that of six and two-thirda
men, or of six men and well grown boy,
throughout the year. Or, the annual
production Of coal in this country and
Great britain is equivalent to thousand
million men working for a. year"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
DoNALDsoNyIILE LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1885,
Why THEY GET IT WRONG.

| A Specimen Interview Which ExpIatns
How Hnfosmatson Il Not Given.
It was the evening Of the graduating
exercises N q philanthropical institution.
Said che reporter to the lady in charge
rustling around Id the dignity of a new
black silk:
How many graduates have your
"oh. dear me, are you a reporter? |
just dread 60 sea one coming In They
| never get anything right. never knew
| one to. think theg do It on purpose.
It is too mean for ytIling. I hate'-
But will you tel me the number of
graduates5n s.
"Oh. ever SO many, and sisey are just
the brightest girls Oh. It IS such won
derfui thing that this institation can
educate them as it does. It is perfectly
splendid. ! don't suppose it's any use to
tell you about il. for you won't get 1t
right any way.
What do they graduate in2"
"Wily, everything most. That's the
idea Of the institution. to make them 60
self reliant and ready for emergencies
and"--
Who are the patrons os the institu-
tion?'
''0h, nice people, Everybody ought
to be interested in Ii. They would be.
too, if the papers took it up in the right
way, but they .on't. They never get
anything right, the repoEters-oh, Ican't
tell you how they twist tllinga."
How many instructors do you en-
ploy?"
"Oh. We have the loveliest teachers.
I'll go and ask Miss b to come and
tell you about them. She knows them
personally-all the little family history,
you know. But Of course we don't want
you to publish TINT. Papers are lust
filled with every ones private affairs
now i is just hDrrid, but suppose the
reporters don't care what they say il
they just get their pay. Excuse me, I'll
go and speak to hiss Smith" and she
rustled away. Thereporter waited while
they counseIed together, and approach
ing, heard: oh, ! think she's lovely in
that dress You know I advised her 10
put those revers ofa-so much more be-
coming than a plain waist Oh, there's
that dreadful reporter I'm tired to !
death telling him about these things.
You tell him about the teachers, won't
you, dear, and put those violets up lit
tie nearer your chin
III Why, don't know anything about
it, ard I'm too busy; I'm on the flower
We'll, we might IS well let it GO, I've
told him all about it, but he'll get it all
wrong, anyway. It is perfectly awful
The way those reporters misconstrue
.lings and never get anything right, p
New York Sun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04

nome In 1854 no was appointed assist
ant postmaster in the legislature at Al.
bany, and in 1855 received cIerkshiI
in the ssur department at Washington.
HE remained there one year, when he
returned 70 schoharie county and en-
tered she law Office OF William 6. Lamont,
where he staid till admitted to the bar in
the spring Of 1869. Soon afterward he
received an appointment as clerk in the
New York custom house. Here he rose
from one post to another by competitive
examination till he was made deputy
collector under Chester a Arthur. hay-
ing served in that capacity three years
He resigned it to take the more response
Bile one of receiver of taxes for the citv
of Brooklyn
Inc. A. R. circles Mr.. Tanner is a
willing worker. and in any part OF the
state where a charitable fund Is to be
raised BY post he has responded to
asy cali on him for help, and Iais SER
vices have been willingly rendered when
his business would permit. For years
he has been member of the committee
on pensions. and has made frequent
journeys to Washington in aid of his
disabled coansa6less La assss "a
elected department commander OF N. y
G. A. r. and reelected in 1877. During
his administration funds were raised for
the Soldiers home and beautiful build
ings were erected at Bath. He labored
for this work night and day. travelled
thousands Of miles and addressed hun
dreds of meetings from Montauk Point
30 Buffalo. When the buildings were
erected he went before the senate COM
nlittee and successfully labored to the
effect that the state should take and
support the institution.
While on IL visit to Richmond, Va. In
conversation with several ex-C Confederate
soldiers, mention was made of the suffer
ing condition of MANNED and disabled
ones of the south. Mr.. Tanner suggested
that the citizens take the matter in hand.
build and equip home and then ask the
state to care for it. Upon his suggestion
the work was undertaken by pllilan-
thropic men Of Richmond. To assist
them IN their work appeals to the old
soldiers of the north were made. In
Brooklyn, under the direction of MI. Tan
ner, o meeting was held in the Academy
OF Music, addressed by Rev. i. Nj. Foster
and Mr. Tanner, at which s1.Go0 was
realized to assist in the erection OF a
home. The suggestion thus made re-
suited in securing S25, ,o00
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
CORPORAL TANNER.
He Wants TO BE Commissioners of Pensions
and His Friends Think He VIII.

s~AA~A $40 a A@SAA&aS @AaASsSs A4U W AiAs
Corporal James Tanner, of Brooklyn,
n. Y, is mentioned for commissioner of
pensions, and his friends thank hewill
win the prize. He has been intensely
interested in the welfare Of the wounded
soldier ever since the close Of the civil
war, and had much TO do with the build
ing of the New York state soldiers home
at Bath, and is said to have aided in the
building OF the home for disabled Con-
gederate soldiers at Richmond, Va.
James Tanner is native of schoharie
county, N. Y. IN September, 1851, he en-
listed in the Eghty-seventh regiment, N.
KS. Y, at the age of II years. He was
al through the Peninsular campaign.
taking part In the battle OF williams
burg, Fair Oaks, Yorktown and the
seven days fight before Richmond.
After leaving the Peninsula the Eighty
seventh fought at Warrington, Bristow
Station and Manassas junction.
In August, 1862, while under COM
mand Of Gen. j. C. Robinson, he was so
badly wounded as to render necessary
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1889-05-04
Lost .az Dsss,s.. sas..,a i 1sassa..

Lost In Dosx<zss& Espssssd Ia Escsfssss.-s--.
There Should Besa moral with . SHARP
point to the following episode, and, an.
Hsop like. it will not be appended, but
left to the reader to affix. a Fall River
gentleman was last spring in Detroit.
He went on Sunday evening to attend q
fashionable church, taking with him his
religious views and handsome silk UNI
brella. The latter he left in the inside
yestibule in an umbrella stand with
numerous others, while tho former he
kept with him. The service being long.
he went out a few seconds in advance Of
the benediction, and, on looking for his
umbrella, found it not So, being an
honest man, he took the next best one
and went to his hotel Last Friday
while in Boston he stepped into the
Parker house. There with others on
large settle hat rack stood his umbrella.
He knew it. for besides the peculiar
handle there on the gold plate were his
name and address. He claimed his prop
erty, explaining TO the clerk at the desk.
So the two watched for the man who
should walk in and take the umbrella.
Soon he caane, lighted cigar. blastoned
his top coat, took the umbrella. and was
stopped. Whose umbrella is that, you
want to know he said when asked.
Last spring was in church ono even
ing IN Detroit and some sneak stole my
umbrella out of the vestibule, where
left it, and l took the next best one.
Next morning found fellows name
on it, but that didn't make it leak, 50
kept it. . There was an explanation. and
while the Fall River man got his tin-
brella back. the other one gotta new one
at the expense of the man from the city
OF spindles. Providence journal.