Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07

coat, laid the toy on the table near him.
linen tearing the wrapper from fresh pack
OF cards, he said briefly, but with great
warmth: Gentlemen, we will now proceed
with new pack. do not wish to charge
any gentleman with cheating, or to call any
names, and I will not do SO, but, said he,
taking pecan from his pocket and crack
ing 1t with the butt of his revolver, it any
gentleman should again undertake to stock
the cards or monkey with the tardy, but
natural growth of straights and fushes, we
will shoot out his other eye
HANDY IN EMERGENCIES.
$50 you will see that the Colonel is cool
man at trying. time, and though preterrlng
generally. to endure great wrong rather
than to do one. he would not hesitate
in case of difference between
rival powers or hot words over the relative
values of crowned heads, to climb over the
table and make you show your hand or 60
home with an italicised nose upon you.
'I say all this for your sake, Mr.. Guelph,
for you don't know what morning you may
be called suddenly by the first assistant
custodian of the reigning tools and told to
jerk the scepter over a great nation. Keep
friendly with the American people and do
the square thing by the press. When you
are called upon to assume the throne 1
honestly think it would do you no harm to
run double column ad in the the leading
papers for year or two, until you felt Sc
cure as king, then you could gradually Or
der out these ads and call attention to your
reign by means of announcements on the
fences.
with these remarks I will close, thank
ing you in advance for any courtesy shown
to Colonel New, and hoping to hear from
xyNrI of oor1ia
The letter, of which the above is a copy,
has been forwarded to the New Consul Gen
eral at London, and sincerely hope may
be of use in opening up more friendly rela-
tions with country which certainly has
had the laugh on us ever since Lord Sack
vile West was made to contribute himself
to our campaign fund.
INDIANA A sCENTER.
Indiana, among other distinct features, is
the proud possessor of the only successful
skunk ranch in the world, of which we
know, at least. If there are any Other skunk
ranches now on a paying basis 1 have not
yet visited them. The domestication of this
little rhododendron has so far been left to
Mr.. Joseph Lininger, near Huntington. He
has ranch there of this kind, and goes
into society very little indeed I am told.
Few go to see him, and his groceries are
handed over the fence to him by means of a
fishing pole.
Skunks are most priced for their fur and
also their oil. The oil is not used on salad.
as many suppose, but as remedy for Group.
Skunk's oil is worth 10 cents an ounce, and
the contest between a tablespoonful of it
and case of Group is said to be entirely
one-sided. Mr.. Lininger began with IA of
these animals. He now has several hun
dred of them, and can buy any of the ad-
joining farms at his own price.
Last summer he used to 60 to church at
Huntington every SUNDAY morning, but
this year the church is paying him S.
week to pray in secret.
The skunk is said to possess strong affec-
tion for the human being, but in most in
stances it is not returned. The skunk re-
sembles the elephant in one respect, viz.
because he cannot climb tree.
Mr.. Lininger says this little animal does
not require much food, and even that little
is of the plainest kind. And yet he is an
ofal eater after all.
NEW TANGLED PET.
The sac which supplies the little hello
trope with his all pervading sentiments
may be easily removed, says Mr.. Lininger,
and then the animal is as harmless, and
even more devoted than the common house
cat Possibly that may lead to the general
adoption of this animal as house pet some
day, and along with the stingless bulldog
our houses will be filed with delight. Then
the Pittsburg landlord who cannot let us
have house if we are injudicious enough
to be parents and pIblicly admit it can let
his high stoop brown stone front to poodle
dog infrmary or a skunk aquarium, and
thank heaven that he is not encouraging
American children in our great industrial
center.
Here in Indiana there lives at Fairmout
an honest and deserving green grocer and
tradesman, whose name did not succeed in
getting. He deserves to do we'll. He does
not prevaricate. He does not try to mis-
represent. Ranged along the front of the
store he exhibits vegetables of all kinds.
fruit in season, butter and eggs. All look
sweet and clean. Everything is neatly ar
ranged. Hung over these articles are the
price marks. Coming along the egg coun-
ter you discover a shingle on which is
painted with shoe blacking: Eggs, cts;
good, 15cts."