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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
JoTTINGs IN NEW YORK.
He Was No Count, Nor Of Account.
THEW YORK BUREAu spvm.rs,


NEW YORK. September 3.-Anton Schwarz-
waelder married Bertha Stark, daughter of a
Bavarian army officer, IN Munich, last winter.
He told his father-in-law he was a German
Count, with property in America worth So, ,OOO,-
600. A few weeks after the wedding he and his
young wife started for his American home.
This home, he said, had been desolate since
the death Of his first wife, Countess Schwarz-
waelder, some two years previously. During
the voyage Mr.. Schwarzwaelder confessed that
he had exaggerated his wealth, and was in fact
worth only s3OO,00C. Upon arriving in New
YORK he acknowledge that he was no Count.
He and his bride travelled West to the alleged
mansion, which turned out to be a very modest
cottage in Belleville, Ill. As Schwarzwaelder
ana his wife walked up to the cottage door,
Q informed her that he had another wife liy-
ing and was all but dead broke. Then the door
opened, Mrs. Schwarzwaelder No. appeared
and Mr.. Schwarzwaelder sneaked off to let the
women settle their claims to him. Mrs
Schwarzwaelder No. ! bulldozed Mrs. Schwarz-
waelder No.. 2 into leaving town on the next
train for New York. Here the young bride
found a home with her brother Ferdinand
Stark. She heard nothing more of Schwarz-
waelder till one week ago, when he turned up
at her brothers house with the news that his
first wife was dead, and he was anxious to live
with his second one. His second wife refused
to talk with him, and her brother ordered him
out of the house. Schwarzwaelder has now
got writ of habeas corpus, directing Stark to
produce his sister In court. he claims that
Stark has influenced Mrs. Schwarzwaelder
against him. Schwarzwaelder cannot be held
for bigamy, because he married both wives
abroad.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
THE TOPICAL, TALKER.
The Preacher Of the Dress Reform--A Dem
yer Coutrivance IN Foster Peace

1he TteacueF oI tue Uress hefOrm--A Den.
ver Contrivance TO Foster Pence.
MRS. JENNEss MILLER, who is to tell Pitts.
burg women how to dress healthily and yet
fashionably, will reach this city to-day. She
will be likely to have large and appreciatiye
audience this afternoon because the subject of
dress is interesting to most women, because she
has the reputation of being a good talker, who
dresses richly and in good taste and because in
Pittsburg there are multitudes of women who
dress well and are wiling to learn how to dress
better. .#..s
But it is very questionable if Mrs. Miller sue
ceeds in convincing any woman who wears
them now to discard those instruments of some
use and often of no little torture, the hustle
and the corset. They say that the dress re-
former has a very winning way with her. and
that she exhibits such good results in her own
personal appearance with neither rattrap nor
cuirass to aid her that she makes some converts
wherever she goes.
THE notice given to gentlemen who may
chance to be in the audience Mrs. Miller will
address. that they must retire during the last
half hour of the lecture. will produce an anus
ing effect if many gentlemen are present. If
there should happen to be among them any
desperately deaf and dense MAXWELL, it will
ue uoClutuly aWkWaru.
Es*
IN Denver they seem to be wide awake to the
needs Of man, especially of the man who has to
explain whore he has been when he spends a
night away from home. The dust which so in
cessantly futters or sweeps in binding clouds
about Denver and the surrounding country
makes the bath very important necessity to
the civilized man who finds himself there.
Turkish baths are greatly sought after and a
certain Denver hotel, the best probably in the
city, prides itself on this department of its
equipment So popular are these baths that it
is not seldom that man is known to spend
good part of his time there.
For evideut reasons the hotel has therefore
caused to be printed in very elegant style
card or certificate to the use of which any fire.
quenter Of the Turkish baths is entitled One
of the cards is in my possession, and as curl.
osity transcribe the inscription upon it. Here
1t is:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
When venus nnd Mars Are Visible.


The Mother of Loyes' is still to be seen in
the east in the early morning, but she is
waning being only two-ffths as bright as when
she was at her best IN June. Her apparent d.
ameter on the 10th is l4'.2 and the phase is
gibbous. On the 26th. at S:lS A. NJ, Venus is in
conjunction with Saturn. Saturn being 81
north of Venus.
r. A. Declination. Rises. Transits.
Sept. s.. h.Hm. $50 4YN. 2:S6 A. NJ. 9:7 A. NJ.
Sept. Is. oh. Ism. 16o 0TN. 2:56 A. NJ. 9:56 AN.
Sept. @.l0h .02m. 100 4YN. S:l6 A. NJ. 1O:O4 A. NJ.
Mars is beginning to make himself visible in
the morning, but he is still far away and not of
much account. He rises nearly an hour after
Venus in the early part of the month. and at
about the same point on the horizon. His ap-
parent diameter on the 18th is A., and his dis
tance %, $50, 700 miles.
r. A. Declination. Rises. eliminates,
Sept. g.. Oh. 26m. 1Bo IGN. 3:45 A. M, l0:46 A, M
Sept To-. Oh. sim. 14o IGN. 3:3s A. M 1O:3I A. M
Sept. 25...lOh Ism. 12o ION. $3.50 A. N. l0:l6 A. M
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
AN S-YEAR-OLD LIFE-SAVER,
A Brave Boy Jumps Into the River and
Rescues Playmate.


NEW YORK, September 4-Robert Trail-or
Bobby, as the boys call him-of No. 48 Pearl
street, is only years old, but on Monday after
noon he jumped into the East river and rescued
drowning playmate. While Bobby and Frank
Conln aged 2, also living at No. 4S Pearl street,
were playing on pier East river, young
Conlin lost his balance and tumbled overheard
and sank. Bobby watched for the boy to come
up and then made big spring, landing in the
water with frankie between him and the pier.
He grabbed his little comrade around the waist
just as he was going down the second time, and
manfully struck out for the pier. Some truck
men who had seen the accident ran out on the
pier, but no one offered to jump over to help
the little swimmer. Bobby reached the side Of
the pier and caught hold of a fender just as a
rope with a slip moose was lowered.
''Take him up first" said Bobby, in his piping
voice. Il can climb up"
The moose settled around Franks limp form
and he was hauled up, while Bobby followed,
climbing up the fender. The rescued boy was
nearly unconscious. but vigorous rubbing soon
restored him, and both the little chaps were
taken home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
A MISSING COMMISSIONER.
The Bureau Of Education is Being Run By
Subordinates.

Ane nureuu OI EuucatlOn II betnR Nun by
Subordinates.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
WASHINGTON, September Alt was gravely
proposed to-day, by some Of the few officers
left in the Interior Department, that an adver-
tisement be issued inquiring the whereabouts
of the gentleman named for Commissioner of
Education, DR.. Harris. He has not been heard
from for some time. Colonel Dawson, Presi-
dent Cleveland's appointee was permitted to
serve out three years of his term and then the
administration accepted his resignation" to
take effect on September g. DR.. Harrls.was
appointed to succeed him, with the understand.
ing, Of course, that he would take possession Of
the office on the 4th. To-day Colonel Dawson
wound up his affairs and moved out, but his
successor has not yet turned up to move in
When last beard from Dr. Harris was in
Paris for the benefit of his health. Whether he
has fallen i'll there, or has lost his way on the
homeward route, or is merely lettering, indif-
ferent to the fight Of time, there is no telling.
For the present there is no Commissioner of
Education, and the bureau is run entirely by
subordinates. Fortunately no undertakings of
very important character demand the pres.
ence Of head.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

THE death of well-known New Yorker
the other day from contact with loose cleo
trio light wire puts the protest of the electric
light companies against theu use of electricity
for capital punishment, decidedly in the
light of a declaration that the only death
which electricity can properly deal out is
that which it visits upon unwary wayfarers
on the public street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
A Misery Old Woman,

This morning Annie O'Brien, 20 years old,
was found helpless from paralytic stroke in
the attic Of downtown tenement house. She
had eaten nothing for three days. The room
was filthy and almost without furniture The
old woman said she was penniless and friend
less. Two policemen, who were called by the
landlord, forced her to 60 to hospital. They
then examined the old bureau and bed, the
only bits of furniture in the attic. In the
bureau they found $3.50 worth of small silver
coins. From the mattress Of the bed they
drew $500 in bills and two bank books contain
ing credits for about 81 800. The wealth of the
starving old woman was given to the property
clerk at police headquarters. If she dies the
city will get il.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Mercury Coming In Sight,

Mercury gives us flying visit this month.
He appears in the western skies for few
days. reaching his greatest eastern elongation,
26o ly on the Goth, at p M, but it will be diff
cult to catch sight of him, as he is farther
south than the sun. C9terts paribus, the far
ther south heavenly body is the sooner it
will set, and if Mercury reaches an eastern
elongatlon when he is south and the sun is
north, he will set little less time after the
sun than it he were north and the sun SOUTH
1t may be stated in general that Mercury is
best seen as a morning star in autumn, and as
an evening star in spring. On the Goth, the
minutes after the sun. His diameter on that
date is 6n6
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

THE opening exercise Of the Exposition
last night was oratory under difficulties.
The sound of hammers punctuating
speakers remarks do not aid the material
effects. Nevertheless, Rev. W. J. Holland
and Rev. Father sheedy did their best
under the circumstances, and earned the
thanks of the Exposition managers,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

THE remarkable indisposition of the
dressed beef magnates to appear before the
Senate Committee and testify with regard
to the peculiar feature of a reduction of 100
per cent in the prices of live stock. and no
reduction at all in the prices of meat, indi-
cate that there is some foundation for the
suspicion of full-grown colored gentleman
in the dressed beef wood pile.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Ducks Tint Don,t Fear Guns.
From the Baltimore SUM-

pIOu the bdltlmOre oun.J
Mallard, teal and wood ducks can be found
in limited numbers in the marshes along the
rivers at the head of Chesapeake bay at this
season, but the grass Is too high for the sports
men to get any shooting. The ducks seem TO
comprehend the situation, and will quietly feed
while guns are being fired nea- them. As soon
as heavy storm beats down the tall weeds and
exposes the game to view the sportsmen will
be paying their respects to the wild fowl.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

THE device of sympathetic strike"
which u,eans that because the workmen of
one industry are suffering from enforced
idleness, the workmen of all other industries
must also suffer, did not appeal successfully
to the opinions of the labor leaders in Lon
don. So much the better for the discretion
of the labor leaders,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Used a Hntched ON Hi. wife.

Peter Hayes, peddler, jumped out of bed at
6oclock this morning, caught up hatchet
from the wood boxes, and struck his sleeping
wife on the shoulder with 1t. She screamed
and tried to get to the door. He dragged her
back by the hair and struck her on the shoul-
ders, head and neck with the hatchet till she
fell bleeding and unconscious to the floor.
Then he went to police station and reported
that he had killed his wife. He was locked up.
His wife's recovery is simprobable, as her skull
is fractured in two places. The couple had
frequent quarrels, and had recently been sepa-
rated. The execution Of four women slayers
here week ago does not seem to have had
much effect
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
CRAZED BY A REVIVAL.

Pretty Young Woman Proclaims Thnf She
is the Savior.
CHATTANOOGA, September 4.-Miss Lula
Barker, daughter of Howell e. Barker, lead
ing member of the county court, has been ad-
Judged insane, and passed through the city to.
night en- route to the asylum at Nashville. Miss
Barker has been attending an excited pro.
tracted religious revival at Lakeview, near her
home, and her mind has been affected for more
than a week.
-Four or five days ago she began preaching
through the neighborhood, saying that she was
the embodiment of the spirit Of Christ, and
She was bright, pretty woman and had quite
number of admirers. She seems to be ration
al on all subjects; but maintains that she is
the Christ Spirit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

Mr.. ANDREW CARNEGIE, in a recent
interview in New York, declared himself
as New Yorker in favor of that city as
the site for the Worlds Fair; but pointed
out very distinctly that New York ought to
raise fund of several million dollars before
applying to Congress for aid. "New York
is known to be rich," said Mr.. Carnegie,
''and any application for assistance would
be ridiculed." This is very timely point.
The only criticism upon Mr.. Carnegie's de-
sire to save New York from ridicule with
regard to its tardiness in raising public
funds would be in connection with the pro-
verbal impossibility of doing any serious
damage to aged hen fruit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

IT is not particularly hard to make bar
rel fab down Niagara Falls, although hav-
ing man inside of it is a somewhat unu-
sual feature. If Mr.. Graham wishes to ac-
complish feat which will be of some use to
the world, let him invent barrel which
will go up Niagara Falls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
To Vary the nIonotony.

From the Chicago News.l
Every time things get little dull over in
Ireland the British Government arrests Mr..
William OBrien and puts him in jail.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Sharks Instead Of RIua Fi,h.

Captain William Mills, William Hoy and two
others, drew seine in the sound off Milford,
Conn.,, for blue fish. The net met with sud
den resistance, and when it was hauled near
the shore two sharks were found in it. Both
were killed. The largest was feet long, the
other feet. DR.. Downs, the medical examiner
of bridgeport, cut out the jawbone of one of
the sharks for q specimen. Afterward he
opened the larger shark and found mans leg
with boot on the foot. The leg was buried,
but the boot has been brought to this city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Come to Pittsburg, Mr.. Stein.

From the San Francisco CALI
Bob Stein, of Phoenix, Ariz, has made for.
tune in mining and wants to make visit to his
old home in Germany. He is now looking for
newspaper man to accompany him as private
secretary The salary will be $1,000 month
and expenses paid.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

REPORTS from the Findlay end Of the
window glass business warrant suspicion
that the frmness of the manufacturers on
the wage dispute is beginning to degener-
ate into wabbllng.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

EVEN as half-fnished display the Ex-
position last night made an impression
upon the spectators that it will be we'll
worth while to come later on and see the
complete show.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Biggest supflover in Indiana.

BRAZIL, IND, September 4-Valentine
stenerwald in jackson township, reports that
he has sunfower which weighs eight and
half pounds, the stalk measuring l5 inches in
circumference at the ground. He has another
bearing Just so flowers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Those Thirsty EneIishmen.

From the Boston Herald.i
Having purchased most of our breweries.
the flush English capitalists are now buying up
water works over here. Their thirst appears to
be something unquenchable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Jupiter Getting Farther Awuv.

The prince Of planets still holds the palm,
though he is getting farther away from US. He
is the first star to appear in the south in the
evening. His apparent diameter on the 18th is
3S".
X. A. Declination. Transits Sets
Sept. 5....I1h. 64m. 2So us. 7:13P.M. u:49 Pm.
Sept. 15.... ..1h sem. 23o 2YS. 6:36 M. 1l:f2 p M
Sept. 25.... 1Sh. O0m. $50 SOS. 600 PM 10:36 IN
Saturn is now travelling toward the region
of visibility. He is morning star. Toward the
latter part Of the month the three planets,
Venus, Mars and Saturn. will be within few
degrees of each other, but Venus will be the
only conspicuous one. The apparent diameter
OF Saturn is 1874.
R. A. Decllnatlon. Rises. eliminates.
Sept. 5...9h. Som. 13o 51 N. 4:22 AN. Il:I4 IAN.
Sept. Is. .1Oh 0lm. 13o 2Y N. 3:49 AM 1888 A. M.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
THE SEPTEMBER SKIES.

Old Sol Approaching Librn and Lima
Nearing the Earih-The Aufumnal
Equinox-why the Sun Appear. EIlIpti.
cal in shape-The Planets Phases.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.J
The sun is now rapidly making his way
toward Southern climes, and the days grow
shorter and shorter. On the I'D of the month,
at 3:3S P. M, he crosses the equator, and enters
the zodiacal sign Libra, which marks the be-
ginning of autumn. This is called the au-
tumnal equinox-equInox from the Latin equa,
equal, and nox, night because then the days
and nights are considered equarin length. AS
matter of fact the days are still longer than
the nights at that time. Twilight, of course
prolongs the daylight for an hour or two in the
morning and evening" but even II we consider
the days length as the time between the suns
rising and setting, the day is several minutes
longer than IL hours, on account Of the refrac-
ton the suns rays caused by the earth's atmos-
phere. The effect of refractlon is to make OBJ
Jects near the horizon appear higher than they
really are, the displacement being greater the
when we see the sun or moon apparently lust
above the horizon, IL is really below 1t, and
could not be seen at all if the atmosphere were
removed.
Why the Sun Does Not Appear Round.
The reader may have noticed that the sun or
moon does not appear perfectly circular when
near the horizon, the figure being something
like an ellipse, the vertical axis shorter than
the horizontal. This is due to the fact that the
lower edge Of the disk is nearer the horizon
than the upper. and is therefore more acted
upon by refraction, being raised a greater dis
tance than the upper edge, and thus brought
nearer to it. 1t must not be supposed that re-
fraction has anything to do with the apparent
size Of the sun or moon when rising or setting
Refraction does not alter the length of the
horizontal diameter, and the apparently larger
size OF the disk on the horizon than on the
meridian is Is merely an optical delusion.
Tor when the sun or moon Is near the
zenith 1t is small in comparison with the of
the space around it. while when near the hori-
zon It is compared with terrestrial objects and
Is taken to be larger. As matter of fact, the
moons angular diameter when near the hori-
zon Is considerably smaller than when on the
meridian, because in the former case it Is sew
eral thousand miles farther away. The same |
Is true of the sun, but on account of the suns |
much greater distance few thousand miles |
are inappreciable. On the 18th the suns dis |
lance from the earth is 92S30 000 miles, and his
apparent diameter is 81 54i.
r. A. Declina- |
tion. souths. Rises. Sets.
Sept. s. .1Qh. 5sm. 60 3YN. OILS Pm. 5;52 6:44PM.
Sept IS. .1lh. 34m. 20 AN. 0:5 Pm. 8;O2 6:28 PM
sept D..l2h. lOm. 1o0S. 0:11P.M. cali GIL Pm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Business and PIeasure.

Mr.. George Gould and his wife left to-day
for Europe on the City Of Paris. The couple
will go direct to the Paris Exposition, and from
there Mr. Gould will go to Glasgow, Scotland,
to inspect the new Pacific Mail steamer China.
Mr.. Gould is President Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, and the China is new
steamship that has just been completed for the
company. She will be the fastest boat on the
Pacific Ocean, her builders guaranteeing a
speed of Is knots an hour. Mr.. and Mis-. Gould
will be gone about six weeks. They leave both
their children with Mrs. Kingdom, Mrs. Gould's
mother, at her place in the Catskills.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
Not Numerous Enough.

From the Baltimore Amerscan.I
The Boston Herald speaks of poets who
never write" There is only one fault to be
found with their kind. There are not enough
o. them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

harvest has. been in most parts of the coun-
try decidedly good. We do not suppose
that every farmer has enjoyed the extraor-
dinary good luck of the tillers of the soil in
Southern Kansas, who have been obliged to
rent the public roads in order to get room
enough to stack the wheat crop; who have
had to use stepladders to gather roasting
ears, and whose children have made prac-
tice of climbing the cornstalks to hunt for
eagles nests. These veracious chronicles of
the harvest in the Arkansas bottoms show
that the liar crop is abundant also But in
spite of the wet June, the erratic July and
the hardly more unreliable weather of
August, there is still fair harvest report
from this part OF the country. Illustrating
the contrasts of the continent in weather it
may be pointed out that the excessive rain
fall noted for so many months this summer
was paralleled by prodigious drought in
many of the Western States. The Affections
and the afflicted are widely separated, but
conditions are nearly equalized in the long
run. 1t may be too much to expect the
farmer to confess that he knows that this is
so. but he realizes it as quickly as anybody.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

Good Subject for the Experiment.
From the New York Graphic.l
Graham has gone over the Falls in barrel
and offers to do it again for consideration.
Why not hire Graham to be practiced upon
with electricity? 1t would probably be as safe
as his proposed barrel ride.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
TRI-STATE TRIFLES.

scRAToN boys have novel method of lay
ing ghosts. They saw phantom. in an unoc-
cupied house and threw stones at 1t until they
had broken nearly every pane of glass In the
dwelling.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
OPEN ALL NIGHT.

1t is to be presumed that this certificate pro-
notes peace and confidence in Denver's domes.
tic circles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
A Precautionary Measure.

From the Washington Post.5
If Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago, is, as he
says he is, out of politics, this would be good
time for some body to bolt the door and shove
the bed up against it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Roberr 4. Morris.

Robert X. Morris, special agent Of the Con-
troller's Office. Pennsylvania Company, died at
his home yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-05

A TOMATO weighing two pounds has been
shown to Wilkesbarre editor. 1t was grown
in Mrs. ]. s. Ely's garden.