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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
HALsTEAD's HONEST BACKDowN.

The rapid exchange of compliments in the
line of accusations OF jobbery, which the
Ohio campaign has developed between its
a position where he has to take it back.
Having made the charge that Mr.. Camp
bell, the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor, had while member of Congress been
engaged in patent ballot box job, and sup
ported the accusation by the publication of
alleged signatures, contracts and subscrip-
tions, Mr.. Halstead has been forced to
acknowledge that, upon further examination
he finds the signature OF Mr.. Campbell is
forged. The frankness with which he
makes this avowal while the campaign is
pending shows that, when he is convinced
he is wrong, he is ready to make amends.
Thus he presents favorable contrast to Mr..
Campbell's course with regard to charge
which he has made and refuses either to
retract or support by evidence before an
investigating commission.
Nevertheless the fact that Mr.. Halstead
has been obliged to take back a charge
which he had made with a great deal of
IuIOIS Will lueNlIdUly TeuOuuU III ldNOE VI
the Democrats, and should not be without
its lesson to campaigners of the red-hot type.
The lesson is that it is not wise to be too
quick in taking up roorbacks. 1t is worth
while to believe even your political oppo-
nents to be honest until the opposite is quite
clearly proved. If you have any charges to
make, be quite sure OF your evidence before
you fire them off with all the pomp and cir
cumstance of double-leaded type and "scsre"
headlines. Beware of entrance upon the
quarrel of political charges, and therefore
do not go in until you are sure that you can
make your opponent beware of such cam
paign duels in the future.
This is good policy both for its individ-
ual and political effect. The Democratic
party leaders who vouched for and circu-
lated the Morey letter forgery in 1880 not
only lost by it. but have had reason to feel
small ever since. Mr.. Halstead Is more
honest than they, in exposing the forgery
before the campaign is over; but he would
have been much bettef off if he had taken
time to detect it before hurting it into the
melee of the Ohio campaign,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
when to Consult nm OeulI,t.

'sNot realizing this the middle-aged person
keeps on straining the eyes until they become
somewhat damaged for want of artificial aid in
reading or sewing, and finally the glasses are
adopted-bought, in nine cases out of ten. from
the Ignorant opticians. to cause more trouble,
very likely, later on. And all the distress
might have been saved by simply going to the
oculist when the annoyance first began to be
felt, and procuring the proper glasses. This is
what every person at As years Of age ought
to do, for there is no one that arrives at the
age of so, at the utmost, who does not need as
sistance for close vision.'
SIS it true that near-sighted eyes improve as
they grow olderf'
"Pahl That is another popular delusion.
Near-sightedness NAV grow worse with age
but not better. Likewise it is nonsense to sup
pose, as is so commonly asserted, that the near
sighted eye IS unusually strong. How should
the abnormal eggshaped eye be stronger than
the normal spherical eye? The near-sighted
eye is not necessarily weak, but it is sick eye,
In the sense that it usually belongs to person
who is imperfect constitutionally. The reverse
of near-signt is oversight, which Is occasioned
by fiatness of the orb of vision.
sit is the case Of nearly all cases Of weak
eyes, and of nine out OF every ten cases of
squint.' Any child afflicted with either of
these troubles should be taken at once to the
oculist and have glasses prescribed for it.
Thousands of people go through life without
half the use of their eyes, when the whole
trouble is SIMPLY due to slight malformation
which proper convex glasses would remedy at
once,n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
In A SOCIAL WAY.

Mr.. THEODORE THOMAS, the great Ameri-
can conductor, will give testimonial concert
In this city about the 1st of November. This
will be pleasing to all the music lovers Of the
city, number of whom joined in petitioning
him to visit here. Among the names are
found j. NJ. Schoonmaker, W. Devices Wood,
Henry Holdship, Henry Kleber, John D..
ScuIly, A. NJ. Byers, W. E. schmertz, Oliver
McClintock, G. /. Wade, Chas. q. Mellor, G.
Phipps, VIM. Schoyer, ]. H. Cuttings, George
A. Kelly, George L Whitney, VIM. A. Heron.
A NUMBER of friends and former pupils of
Prof. Gross, who has been school teacher in
this city for the past II years, and is about to
depart for Brooklyn, N. Y, gave him very
pleasant little surprise party at the residence
Of John II. Detker, on Davis street, Thursday
evening. As a testimonial of their regard,
they presented him with handsome silver
medal
RECEPTION and donation day at the Child
ren's Temporary Home and Day Nursery, at SO
Washington street, will be Thursday, October
II. from 10 A. N. to 6P. N.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
A BELGIAN BALLOON RACE.
Nine Airships, Engaged In a Contest, En-
counter Terrific Storm.

Nine Airships, Engaged In Contest, En-
counter Terrific Storm.
A balloon race took place in Belgium recently
over course between Brussels and the town
of Diest. Twenty balloons we're entered for the
race. Thirteen started. The largest balloon,
guided by NJ GODDARD, had a capacity Of 1000
cubic meters. The other IL balloons had ca
pacities ranging between 800 and 800 cubic
meters each. The aeronauts sailed away from
Brussels at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Shortly after all had disappeared
who had gathered to see the start a tremen-
dous storm swept across their course. The
greatest anxiety was felt for the safety of the
aeronauts, and the women and children who
had gone up with them, and kilograms of in
Quiry were sent out all over the country from
Brussels.
Early in the evening, however, dispatches
announced that all the aeronauts had landed
their balloons with all their passengers unhurt,
although some of them had had pretty hard
tussle with the storm. Not single balloon
reached its destination in Diest. Captain Portet
won the first prize. He arrived at Waenrode,
near Diest, at 8 o'clock in his balloon Pro
Patria, which has capacity of $50 cubic
meters. NJ. GODDARD. with his big balloon. took
the second prize. M. Vuaquin, with his balloon
Tricolor of 800 cubic meters capacity received
the third prize. The prizes were given by the
city of Brussels
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
LITTLE pLEAsANrR1Es.

e"Beastly weather, isn't it?"
Eyes, been raining cats and dogs all day. ~
Time.
A laundress is something like heavy
sea. She Is always washing things overheard,
-Baitfm0rs American.
There is nothing remarkable, after all, in
the rejection Of prohibition in the Nutmeg State,
Who ever heard Of Conn. that was not opposed
to PROF Washington Star.
Hooker Crook Ito ehum) m)-So YOU We been
getting married duying my absence-who was
best mani
Hen Peck CsorrOwfuIly) -Maria.-zfms.
Mrs. Grubb-Have ye any more sugar
like the last ye sent mee
Grocer (briskly)-Yes, madam. plenty Of it.
How much DO you want2
Mrs. Grubb-None.-E York Weekly.
Ofall the sad and gloomy words
That mankind ever writ,
There are no sadder ones 10 ma
Than these two: s.Piease remlt.o
-Puazsutusonsv Spfrff
A physician in Harrisburg is being sued
BY another to whom he sold HIS practice ana then
declined to give II up. This enrsged the pur.
chaser: but then almost any doctor gets into .
temper when he loses his patients.-BdiffnOrs
american.
His One Accomplishment--'My young
friend, said an tive man Of affairs, addressing
youth Of dudish procllvities and languid graees,
"What have you accomplished in this world?
What can you do better than any other man7''
ssWeI, for one thing 1 can keep alive easier
than You can."-TtHe.
Young Lady from Boston--I notice that
you always personify the shIp-eall t 'She"
ssher. ~ etc.
Jack kservenmalet-Aye, mum.
ssWhy so2''
The ship reminds US Of our mothers, num-"
Indeed What Is there about ship to remind
you Of your mothera''
'1he spanker, mum. ',-Hsao York Sun.
Young Husband Tin railway car EMILY
you can hold some Of this baggage on your own
lap while. The next time you 20 on tip Win
whole carload OF useless traps and calamities by
jocks you'n 20 alone!
Interested Observer, two seats back (handing
haIf-dollar TO friend)-You've won, Grindsfqne,
This Isn't their wedding trip-not Dy year 4 the
yery least. -Chtcago Tri5sas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
Indications of Failing Sight.

"You will perceive that after looking at an
object across the street. to examine your finger
attentively requires distinct effort Of the eye.
You have to exert the muscles that control the
shape Of the lens in order to make the focus
right for the near point. Ii the lens has got
hard, through advancing age, continuous
effort of this sort, as in reading, becomes tire
some, and thus it is that the middle-sged man
or woman finds the first indication of what Is
ignorantly termed failing sight in the blurring
Of the letters in the book or newspaper. Now,
the fast is, of course. that the ocular organ is
Just as good as ever, save for the fact that it
needs little help in the way Of glass lens to
make the focus right for reading and thus save
the muscles work. The sight for distance, un-
der such circumstances, still remains as good
as ever, because the lens in its natural focus
and shape is adapted to distant vision.
s.But the middle-aged person as a rule
imagines that the blurring of the letters signi.
fes impaired sight He hesitates to get
glasses on account of the general belief that if
be once puts on spectacles, he must always
use them The truth at the bottom of this, lies
in the fact that, when ones sight has once
been restored by artificial means. one is not
disposed to throw the help away again.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

IT is with feelings of surprise and delight
that we note new discovery in history
made by our esteemed cotemporary the New
York Press. Speaking of the reported
Boulanger project for descent on France,
that journal says: sit sounds as play bill
might read for performance founded on
Napoleon's flight from st. Helena" The
announcement that Napoleon made fight
from St. Helena will be news to the world
at large, who have heretofore rested under
the impression that, however the great EN-
peror may have lett Elba, he was carried
out OF st. Helena in his coffin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

one knew in the frst place, that fund must
be raised. how many years will it take for
the much more arduous task of inducing the
millionaires to come down with their SUBJ
scriptions?
A negative light is thrown on this ques-
tion by the omission of the report to say
anything about the sums which the MEM
bers of the committee, representing from
$500, 900, 900 to 81, 900, 600, 900 of New York's
wealth, will subscribe for this fund. The
New York exposition project is fzzle in
the index.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
LOCAL PRIDE RUN RIOT.

Here in Pittsburg we are not wont to
think i'll of man because he happens TO
live in Allegheny, but out west river that
separates two towns separates natural enc
mics. Witness the rivalry between ST. Paul
and Minneapolis, rivalry that has even
affected the phlegmstic geniuses who com
pose the directories of those cities and
urged them to poetic flights of fancy. But
the elimination of this singular feeling has
been reached in another Western city. In
5rainerd, Mimi. the boys living on the
east side Of the Mississippi have long been
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
NEW YoRRs FINANCIAL FIzzLE

New York's finance committee has labored
with tbe problem Of the money for the
Worlds Fair, 10 these months, and has at
last arrived at the deliberate conclusion that
some one in New York should raise guar
antee fund of five million dollars.
As this was evident to everyone from the
start with the addition that if New York is
to make any figure in the competition the
fund should be at least $40, ,OOO. 900. it is per-
missible to infer that The metropolitan
finance committee is not going to sweep
everything before it. Ifit takes months for
the authorized body to find out what every
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
TRI-sTATE TRIPLES.

A NOVEL case Is to be tested in court In Mil
lersburg, o. Some Is or 20 years ago preacher
named Andrew Miller took from the county in
firmary girl baby Is months old, and entered
into written contract by which she was to be
provided for and receive good education. A
young man named Hochstetter has married the
girl, and he finds she has no education. Young
Hochstetter has been consulting his attorneys.
and has q copy of the contract between Miller
and the authorities made years ago.
AT Waynasburg, o.. burglars went to The un-
necessary trouble Of blowing open . safe that
was unlocked. They got sS5.
A CACTUS at the Chester county prison has
grown 20 feet high.
PRUDENT Farmer Conrad, of Whitpain. Pa.
collected large sum Of money on Saturday,
and cautiously secreted his wallet in one place
and the money in another. A thief broke in and
stole the empty wallet.
]. R. HmLB1sH, an Orwigsburg, Pa. ice
dealer, says he cut fish from piece Of ice,
and upon being thrown into the water it proved
to be alive He still has 1t upon exhibition.
MAJOR JAMES WREN captured rebel lieu-
tenants sword at Bull Run, and has Just for
warded it to the widow of the original owner at
Stroudsburg.
FOR the larceny Of three flowers Annie R.
Watt, Of Chester, has been arrested by Martin
Hall
THIRTY bushels Of apples have been picked
from tree at Pottstown by Daniel Yost and
the tree il still filed wish fruit
A WEST VIRGINIA farmer has M-year-old
mare that presented him with nne twin colts
last spring.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
THE NEVER. ENDING HARVEST.

remember when a child that
Would sometimes stand and stare
At aged persons passing by,
With snowy, silvered hair.
An inner voice my reason told,
They had not long to stay;
sighed to think that soon the old
Would all be laid away.
The SHOWS of sixty winters rest
Upon my furrowed brow;
The sun, low sinking in the West,
Is almost setting now:
But vet the sere and yellow leaves
Are bout me everywhere,
And DEATHS still garnering his sheaves
Of ripened, silver hair.
-Chicd0o Herald.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

ONE of ftheremarkable examples of therev-
olutions of time, is that afforded by the vio-
lently Republican New York Press with its
indignation over the Infamous charges" to
the effect that Malone was not as good a
Confederate soldier as he might have been.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

ENGLAND's alleged inquiry as to what it
costs to transport troops through Canada,
caused some agitation. Yet, when similar
inquiries are made concerning the expense
of transporting the Pennsylvania militia on
their various picnics, it never causes a
ripple of excitement in England or Canada.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

Mr.. A. OAKEY HALL alleges that his
character has been damaged $50, 900 worth
by casual reference to him in Bryce's
American Commonwealth" as having been
connected with the Tweed ring. After he
has won this suit he will of course proceed
to sue the Harpers and Thomas Mast for
about the amount of the national debts of
England and America, in order to keep
things in due proportion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
woMAN'S UNERRING INSTINCT.
A Lady Saves House From Burning by
obeyins an Epulse.

LoGANsPoRT, IND, October n.-While at
dinner to-day ex-Attorney General Daniel P.
Baldwin and wife were discussing the Stude-
baker fire at South Bend. Like most women
who take an interest in home affairs Mrs. Bald
win was much concerned about the fire, and
fearful lest such disaster might befall her
own home. She told Mr.. Baldwin that she
would 90 upstairs and ascertain if all was Sc
cure In the upper chambers.
Upon reaching the second floor she was ap-
palled to find the house filled with smoke. The
fire had originated from the gas pipes, but was
extinguished after considerable effort. Mr..
Baldwin had his right hand quite severely
burned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

Mr.. JAY GoULD's visit to the st. Louis
fair is said to have ELECTED from him expres-
sions of great pleasure at the condition of
the stock exhibited there. This relieves the
apprehensions of the St. Louis people, who
feared from the antecedents of Mr.. Gould
that he might regard the stock as insufici-
emily watered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

THE use of sewage in poisoning our rivers
instead of fertilizing the productive lands
of this vicinity forms the subject of local
interview. The former is the easier course,
and therefore it is generally adopted; but
the latter would pay great deal the best.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
Philosophy in n Decimal Point,

From the St. Louis Republic.1
One of our contemporaries, in a late issue, by
putting tail on a decimal point, made Goliath
1852 feet high. OF course, 1882 feet was
meant. But the wrong point points right
moral. 1t takes very little mistake in this
world of blunders enormously to magnify or
dwarf a man,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

The widening of Cecil alley is bound to
go through-if the property holders do not
ask too much for the ground which is to be
taken. There is much danger as well as
much virtue in this example OF the ''if."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Senator Lorenzo Dow whiting.

TIsK1LwA, ILL.,, octoberH1. Senator
Lorenzo Dow Whiting died at his home in this
place yesterday. He had been falling in health
for two or three years, his trouble being con-
sumption of the blood. Senator Whiting was
prominent figure in Illinois politics for nearly 40
Years He was the trusted lieutenant Of Owen
i,oyeioy. the famous Free Soiler, and when Lin
coin made his first race for the Presidency Mr.
Whiting was one of his ablest counselors, Mr.
Whiting was 70 years old.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

FRANCE is imprisoning its bank directors
who upheld the copper combination. The
example might not be without profit as
applied to the combinations and trusts of
this country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
$15O,OOO IN ENVELOPES.
An Administrator Refuses to Deliver the
Money to the Persons Addressed.

Money to the Persons Addressed.
NEW YORK, October u.-Securities to the
amount of sl5O,0OO were found in the box of
the late Maltby G. Lane at the stuyvesant Safe
Deposit Company by Henry y. Crane, the ad-
ministrator Of the estate. They were in differ
ent envelopes and addressed to several per-
sons Mr.. Crane refused to deliver the parcels
to the persons addressed, and yesterday they
applied to Surrogate Ransom for an order d.
recting him to do so.
The application was opposed and q reference
asked for. The Surrogate decided to look into
the matter himself.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

THERE seems to be some doubt about the
cause of the collision on the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad yesterday; but there is
no question that the poor miners who were
caught in the smssh-up were much bruised
and mangled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

The announcement is made that the live
stock yards will not be removed from East
Liberty. So much the worse for East Lib
erty without being much better for the
stock yards.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

The Yelled Prophets OF st. Louis had
great jubilee the other night; but it is under
stood that Hicks, the weather prophet, did
not join in the festivities. He has reached
the rank of an unveiled'piophe. by the fail
ure of his great storm to turn up in any
quarter of the world where he could claim
-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

EIGHT Cronin jurors have at last been
secured. AS this is at the rate of nearly one
per week, there is hope that after the pre-
iminaries have gone on for three months
the trial will begin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
The Eight Hour Day in England.

BIRMINGHAM, October 1.-THE National
conference of miners to-day declared in favor
of working day of eight hours, the rule to go
into operation on the LIST Of January next. The
miners throughout Great Britain have taken
ballot on the question, and 1t has been decided
to 60 on a strike If the demand is otgranted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
In a BrotherIy Way.

From the Detroit Free Press.i
Say, General Boulanger. late of the French
army, late of Paris. and late Of several loca-
tions outside Of France, II you care to keep
your head on your shoulders, and if you want
to live till Christmas to hang up your stocking,
drop your tomfoolery and 60 to saving wood.
You are backing up against the cage Of hyenas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

The railroad president who has started
out on foot to inspect the 400 miles of his
road inaugurates a gratifying departure
from the usual method of letting the stock
holders do the walking.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
ceorae II. Bu,bfieId,s Som.

The little 4-year-old son of George T. Bushfeld
OF No. 226 Fifth avenue, died suddenly at an early
hour this morning from an attack Of diphtheritic
croup. The child was bright boy and his death
have the sympathy OF host of friends in this their
time of sorrow,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

In New York City the public has the
alternative plainly presented, whether it is
cheaper to bury the electric light wires or
to bury the people who are killed by them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
Mrs. Fanny Josephine Cody.

WASHINGTON, October 1.-THE Department Of
State is officially Informed Of the death, in the
sahlRrens Hospital, at Gothenburg, Sweden, on
August "a 1889, OF Mrs. Fanny Josephine Cody,
nee Gothe. an American citizen Of Hahn's Peak,
Rouft county, Col.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

ANOTHER advance in iron makes it per-
the market is not starting on the road that
may eventually make it necessary to look
out for reaction from the boom.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
Judge Robert RaIey.

CANTON, o., October 11.--Judge Robert Rsley,
OF Carroton, who fell from tree last evening and
was impaled on picket fence. died this morning.
The affair has cast gloom over Canton, where
Judge RaleY was highly esteemed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
He Appenr. ysrr Conflaent.

From the Albany Express
Bismarck thinks the maintenance Of peace
Is certain. Bismarck IL In the position Of the
woman, who being asked If her husband ever
quarrsled with her, replied fervently: "Td Ike
to see him dare ~
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12

PITTsBURG should devote especial at
tention to capturing its share of the mari
time steel trade at the Boston Exposition
next month.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
A Scarcity Of Marrying Men.

From the Punxsutawney Spirit.l
A woman of "a, and boy IA years of age,ran
away and got married up in New York State
the other day. Men must be scarce up there or
women entirely too numerous.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-12
Merely Kickers, Tnes.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.l
Manitestoes, John Henry, are the toes a
Frenchman always uses when he wants to kick
the Government They are usually bootless