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OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE.
Steve Garrison's Aged Dog and How He
Got a Swelled Head.

Steve Garrison's Aged Dog and How He
Got a sweIled Head.
GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y, August 25.-Steve
Garrison, a veteran of he Rebellion, noted as
the Oldest guide at the lake and as the father
of Tom Garrison. of Lakeside has dog q
years old. Tom was years old when the dog
was born. Its mother was a full-blooded En-
glish hound and its father was Scotch collie i.
The dog is deaf and bllnd and Steve thinks
seriously of putting his shotgun to its head and
pulling the trigger with his eyes shut In its
younger days the dog was the indomitable
enemy of rattlesnakes and could scent them
/. for a long distance. He killed an average OF
six or seven every summer and he usually
dispatched them without getting bitten, but on
three or four occasions he was struck by the
fangs and usually on the lips. Once he was
wounded on the left leg. In every case the
dogs head and body swelled up enormously
and nobody thought he would recover. In tell
ing about the dog Tom Garrison said:
81 was out a-blackberrying one day when l
was a little fellow, and heard the dog a-bark-
ing as if he had rabbit holed. l went to him
and found him circlin' round a fourfoot rat
tier. Bimeby he made a jump for the snake,
ketched 1t by the neck, and chucked it over the
fence. Then he run under the fence after it
and the snake hit him on the lower lip, but he
clinched with it and shuck the life outen it in q
minute. 1 see that the dog was bit. and run
with him to the Lakeside Hotel Will De
Graw's father kept it then, and he lowed he
could cure the dog. He put half bottle Of
washing blueing on the bite and then poulticed
it with white ash bark. The white ash was to
hold the poison back and the blueing to kill it.
The dogs head swe led up biggern a peck
measure, but the stuff cured him, and after
that we used tn same medicine every time he
got bit. If was to get bit by a rattler would
hunt for white ash and blueing every time, and
rather trust that than whisky; but reckon I'd
hoist in the whisky too, If am Gooo Temp
lar. You can see yet where the dog was Bit"
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nations against them," and of seeking
remedies against the exactions of trusts
and pools, is referred to by some of our
contemporaries as shadowing the organization
of Wheat Growers Trust which is ex-
pected to control the production of wheat
and "to secure better prices for the same by
a systematic regulation Of the supply and
demand"
The mere appearance Of such an assertion
is an evidence of the Ignorance which pre-
walls concerning the possibilities of the
trust or combination device. 1t is perfectly
legitimate, and may prove quite valuable,
for the farmers to hold a convention to see
how they can relieve themselves from the
exactions of the trusts; but the idea that
they can form trust themselves, which
will prevent competition in the supply of
wheat, is nothing more than absurd.
Supposing that half the farmers of given
section should JOIN a combination to ask for
higher prices for wheat than the law of
competition would establish, what would be
the result? Simply to hand over the market
to their neighbors who are outside Of the
trust. A combination of this sort to be
successful must include, not only every
farmer in the Mississippi Valley, and every
farmer in the United States, but it must
take into Its control the peasants of Russia,
and the half-fed yots of India. All talk
about Wheat Trust is fapdoodle.
Another point is worth putting down
here. The trusts never advanced the prices
received by the actual producers and they
never will. They are for the exclusive
purpose of concentrating the profits of pro-
duction in the hands of the middlemen.
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NOTES ABOUT CENTENARIANS.

JAMES TUNNY, of Boston. died the other day
at the age of 10l.
HULDAH ELwooD ROCKWELL, of West
port, Conn.,. recently celebrated her Tooth
birthday. She has borne 10 children.
LYDIA BRITToN, aged los years, died at the
farm of Harvey Make, near Nicholasville, KY.
She was the mother of 10 children, the young
est now 60.
MATTHEW GIBBS, supposed to be the Oldest
man in the State. died at his home near Center,
N. C.. recently. Mr.. Gibbs was los years old,
and died of sheer old age.
ROBERT HARVEY. of St Jaseph, claims that
his mother, living in Randolph county, near
Salisbury, is the oldest person in Missouri.
She was born in 17s4. and has lived in Ran
dolph county over so years. She is hale and
hearty, has good eyesight and enjoys life very
much.
MRS. Boston, the oldest woman in North
Carolina, died In Cherokee county recently.
She was born in 176s, which made her age l2l
years. She was quite large girl and distinctly
remembered seeing the Continental soldiers
drill while in rendezvous near Kings Noun
tain, and she could narrate many incidents Of
the revolutionary war, of which she was PEN
sioner.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
MAINE SQUATTERs IN LUCK.
The State Prevents Their Eviction and Be-
comes Their Landlord.


PORTLAND. August 25.-About the easiest
.'squatters" of Aroostook county. Maine. They
live on land which they neither own nor pay
rent for and are lords Of all they survey. They
are composed of people who moved into the
county from over the border or from the older
parts of the State 20 or 80 years ago. Formany
years the squatters were rot disturbed by the
owners of the land. but since Aroostook county
has made such rapid progress, and numbering
operations have begun to penetrate far north,
the property becoming in some degree accessi-
increased value that the proprietors not long
ago decided to clear the intruders out.
But when the land owners came to evict the
squatters they found that 1t was thing easier
said than done. These people, SO long undis-
turbed In the possession of their little holdings
they were aghast at the prospect OF leaving
They would not lcave-in fact they h9d 40
means to take themselves away. The State
authorities found the job Of removing them
rather too much of an undertaking, and the
last Legislature passed an act providing for the
purchase and the appointment OF three Com
missioners to meet the owners of the land and
arrange the details of the sale. The act con-
templated the payment of so cents an acre for
the land. but the appropriation was found to
sary. The land owners kicked at the reduc-
ton, but a few days ago they agreed to accept
the price offered them, 35 cents an acre. OF
course the land Is worth moro than this, but as
the men who have just sold bought it for a
great deal less. they have lost nothing.
So the squatter remains in peace in his log
house. The State may get him to pay for his
little farm piecemeal, and meantime he lives
serene and dirty, a happy dweller in the BOOM
ing land of the Aroostook.
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AN IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT.
Prof Bigclow Photographs Stnr Transits
In n Perfect Manner.


In n Perfect Manner.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsrArcH.i
WASHINGTON, August 25.-On a hill in the
magnificent grounds of the Jesuit University,
in Georgetown, stands an observatory which
has been practically unused for long years.
The advent of the new Catholic University, so
richly endowed, and which will soon open un-
der such favorable auspices, has apparently
impelled the Jesuit fathers to take new start
in their own ancient institution, and the OBJ
servatory is being rehabilitated under the su-
perintendence of Father Hagan and Father
Richards, the President of the university
The repairs are now completed, and most of
the instruments are in proper position, in
clud1ng cnronograph, which is recent ac-
QUESTION.
very important experiment has recently
been successfully tried at this observatory by
Prof. Bigelow, now OF this city. which will be
interesting. Heretofore it has been found i'm
possible to photograph the star transits with
the reticule, or spider lines. on the same plate;
by very simple device the difficulty has been
overcome, and the first plates have been Sc
cured by the new process. During the expert
ment the camera was connected with the side
real clock by means of an electro-magnet.
which caused the plate to move every second,
thus breaking the track of the star, in order to
ascertain the time of the transit on the spider
lines. These breaks in the track are easily
discovered by means of a microscope
One of the most practical results of this in
vention will be that it does away with personal
equation, that is. the time lost by each observer
in recording observations is saved by Prof.
Bigelow's invention. Father Hagan considers
this most valuable discovery, and expects it
to be eventually used by all the leading OBJ
servatorIes.
The Catholic University, now rapidly ap-
preaching completion, beside the munificent
gifts OF Miss Caldwell and E. Francis Riggs,
of this city, has received two handsome dona-
tions recently. Mr.. Sylvester Johnston, of
Louisville, KY, who died on the 10th, among
his numerous bequests to charitable purposes,
gave $4,000 to the new university. Another
gift, though not in money, yet Just as valuable,
is the donation of the Rt- Rev. Michael j.
O'Farrell. Bishop of Trenton, of 1000 volumes
of great value to the clergy and clerical stu
dents, and will be the nucleus of what promises
to be one of the greatest libraries in America
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
A SERPENT'S PARADISE.
Big Snakes without Number in the Vicinity
Of NewburR.

NEwBURG. N. Y, August 25.-While Theo-
dore II. Clay. of Suffern, and w. w. Bowman.
of Port Jervis, were out walking near the
former place, recently, they discovered a large
black water snake near the old trestle on
Mack's pond 1t measured So inches in length
and had 43 young ones with it measuring from
s to II inches each. All We're captured alive,
Clay, Jr.
Michael Galligan killed blacksnake in the
manger OF his COW stable near Pine Bush, the
other evening, that measured Y feet inches
in length. There was hens nest in the
manger, and it was the eggs that the snake
seemed to be after, as one Of Mr.. Galligan's
sons mad seen seven eggs in the nest about an
hour before, one OF which was a china nest egg
All OF the eggs had disappeared when his snake
snip was found excepting the nest egg.
A track walker on the New York, Susque-
hanna and Western Railroad between Ogdens-
burg and Two Bridges, reports the finding of
IA copperhead pilots that had met their deaths
on the rail between those points by swift
moving trains. The recent heavy rains COM
PEELED the snakes to forsake their habitation in
the lowlands and crawl to higher ground. The
result was that many of the yipers had to cross
the railroad tracks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
WINSTON AND THE SHAH.
He Accepted Four Elephants and Went the
Shah One Better.

He Accepted Four Elephants and went Inc
Shah One Better.
From the st. Louis Republic.1
The revival of the rage about the shah Of
Persia has led to q story on the Hon. Fred
Winston, of Chicago, who for a short time
represented the United States at the Persian
court. When he arrived at Teheran he was
met outside of the city by the Chamberlain of
the court, who In the name of the Shah, pre-
sented him with four elephants. Winston, who
had never seen an elephant outside of a men
agerie, was paralyzed at his situation. but man
aged to express his thanks for the Shah's great
Kindness. After he had been presented, and
had assumed the duties Of his office, his great
est official burden was the care Of his ele-
plants. Relief came on the second day when
the intimation was politely conveyed that the
Shah expected a present from him.
Certainly" said Winston, as smile
wreathed his face. 81 have only been waiting
to secure one worthy of so great a ruler"
That afternoon he proceeded in state to the
palace and presented the Shah with five ele-
phants The chamberlain seemed to regard
the animals with suspicion, but Oriental polite
ness prevents the inspection of a gift horse in
the mouth. and. anyhow, the extra elephant
removed all doubt.
"The extra elephant cost me $780," said
Winston, in telling the story afterward. But
considered myself getting out of a bad scrape
cheap at that"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
THE KING OF CLANS.
An Enormous Shellfsh Sent General Sher.
man From the Pacific Coast.

An Enormous Shellfish Sent General Sher-
man From the Pacific Coast.
New YORK, August 25-It was high tide to-
day when the biggest clam that ever came to
New York was placed before General Sherman.
But big as the clam was and as high as the tide
was he was not happy. Its journey had been a
long one from Washington Territory. 1t had
been Theoretically sealed in can as big as
hatbox before it was started.
"Who sent him to the General?" was the
query put by representative to friend of the
old hero.
Don't you dare to ask him. know that
clam was eight inches long aud four inches wide
and about as deep from the top shell to the bot
tom as he was wide. The sender was man who
had met the General during his recent trip to
Pixies Peak, and he has funny way of singing
a song about CLANS The General one day
laughed at the idea that there was such thing
in Washington Territory as bigger clam than
myselfn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26

A fitting tribute-the check that pays for
your suit of clOthes.- Washington Capital
A Question of Time-"Well, no, he's not
what you would call a great liar. He'll tell .
dozen little lies every day, though"
.'Oh, see. and 1t would take him II days to be
guilty of gross lying. "-Detrott Journal.
Eastern Mani do business in New
York, bu. live in the suburbs. Do you live in
the suburbs, too?''
Chicago Man. ''The suburbs of Chicago? Great
snakesi DO you take me for a frontiersmanS''-
Nslo York Weekly.
"Don't you know how to spell?" asked
the exasperated teacher of the extremely phonetic
boy.
'.Oh, yes, - said the boy, 81 know how to spell
well enough, but the men who made the diction-
aries don't seem to. ''-Somerritte Journal
Dude-Are you waiting for somebody,
Miss?
Lady--Yes, expect to meet my husband here.
didn't know you were married.
of course amt Didn't tell you 1 expected
to meet my husband heres-Terd Siftings.
Talking about wheelmen, when they toll
not neither do they spin.--Bing ghamton Repub-
ticun.
The pedagogue keeps school until the
heated term comes on, and then he keeps cool
somewhere else.--Gisnns rails Republican.
Taking Him Litefally-"Always be up
right my son, - said the sententious father, and
the spoiled young man replied:
'.All right. father. 1 will; but IL You want me
never to stoop to an ignobie act, guess you'll
haye to black my shoes. ''-Somervilts Journal.
A Serious Case-Mrs. Briske-Johnny.
did the doctor call while was out?
Little Johnny (stopping his play)-Yes'm. He
felt my pulse an looked at my tongue. and shook
his head and said 1t was very serious case, and
he left this prescription and said he'd call again
before night.
Mrs. Briske-Gracious mel IL wasn't You I sent
him to see; il was the baby.-EeU York Weekly.
$50 this is prohibition town." said q
drummer to the landlord Of a small local option
town In Texas.
''Yes, we don't allow any liquor to be sold II We
can possibly prevent; but, sir, there are men In
this town utterly devoid Of honor and principle
that for 20 cents they will pedde out this liquid
damnation. What do you think Of such an un-
principled scoundrelg''
III strikes me It Is a mere matter Of business,
Where can find that unprincipled scoundrely,,
al am the man. Follow mei',
When the drummer returned his mustache was
moist, and he was out quarter Tspas SVfinss,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
A FIRsT-CLAss NUMBER.
Brief Summary of the Interesting Conten
of Yesterdays Dispatch.

Brief Summary OIL the Interesting contents
of Yesterdays Dispatch.
An excellent number of the best paper in
Pennsylvania was issued yesterday. AS usual
on Sunday, it consisted of l6 pages, all filed
with the latest and most important news, and
choice original matter from the pens of numer-
Gus gifted writer's All the features Of CON-
plete newspaper were included.
London is disturbed by the greatest strike of
modern times. Forty thousand laborers have
Joined with the dock men in demand for
higher wages. Public sympathy is with the
strikers. Mrs. Maybrick is nearly overcome.
and it is believed that short spell of penal
servitude will end her career on earth. A
nine -year-old girl vlolinist is astonishing
the English by her clever performances.
syndicate to buy up American gas
works is the latest. 1t is thought that about 40
Parnellite members of Parliament will fail to
be returned Their leader is very indignant at
so many of them being absent when they could
have defeated the Government. Emperor
William has been making fiery speeches to the
Westphalians The Cars visit to Berlin win
be a purely formal one. Russia is seeking
strength to counteract the new alliance.
Ex-Collector Bigler is believed to be sure of
the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer
If he wants it. The leaders of that party pro-
fess to believe that they stand chance of win
ming next fall The revenue cutter Rush has
made several more seizures OF British ves-
sells in Behring Sea. Manfred Paine, a noted
desperado of Washington Territory, has sur
rendered to the authorities. The Butler coun-
ty Coroner's jury, investigating the late disas-
ter at Savers station, finds the West Penn
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The result OF the Alegneny county primaries
on SATURDAY nao not peen ueternineu at ,lilu-
nlght. some Oh tne uls'[ic's were 'eiS 'iose'
Omcer Williams Oh tne oou'nsiue patroi' was
arrested on cnarge Oh ropolng PRISONERS. me
lrades Councii hau stormy "ee'ing. anu pro-
tests were entereu agalhs' olssni.ns nen- mem
pers Oh the Srea. estern nanu In.o lapor
assembly, rev. w. D. Onaiiant writes nome
grapnic description Oh tue noous IN Ohina
Chle1 Evans points OUT ueiec's IN 'ne nre sss-
tenn ana urges the estapnsnmen' ol gylnnas,
lums Iestlmony IN court agalnst .ne Law anu
order League createo something ol a sensaslon
A cnlio salu ne nad peen enpioyeu as spy W
puy cigars, canoles, etc., on Sunuay.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26

THE peculiarities of organism can hardly
be more strikingly illustrated than by the
editorial effort of the New York Tribune
to prove President Harrison's superiority
to President Cleveland, because the former
visits his old home at Indianapolis while
sidering the somnolence and other character
istics of those cities, discreet orgar might
remember that public man could appeal to
the sympathies OF a vast majority of the
American people by staying religiously
away from both Buffalo and indianapolis.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
AN ONION-EATING CONTEST.
Two Men Busy for an Hour Devouring the
Strong Vegetnb.e.

Two Men Busy for an Hour Devouring the
Strong VeRetnb.e.
NEW YORK. August 25.-There was novel
and interesting contest In Steve Brodie's Bow
cry saloon Friday night between John Coffee
and Louis Ledger. They ate onions for an hour
upon a wager of $40. Pretty Mrs. Brodie was
the stakeholder; Harry Pickett. timekeeper;
Steve Brodie was Coffee's second and Billy
Costello performed the same service for Led
ger.
Thirty Connecticut "weepers." not one less
than two inches in diameter were dumped into
two water pals and seasoned with pint of
vinegar and few pinches of salt The first
agreement was that they should eat from the
pals without knives or forks, but this promised
such an early strangulation of both contestants
that they were allowed to use their fingers.
There was a lively champing, and the odor was
SO strong that the spectators were all dissolved
in tears.
The contest was decided in favor of Ledger
when he had eaten his seventh onion and Coffee
had begun his sixth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
PITTsBURG. MONDAY. AUG. 26, 1889.
A NEW IDEA IN WATER.

The proposition of a local corporation to
supply the city of Allegheny with water
taken from above the inlets of any sewers,
and both filtered and aerated, at cost Of
$50, 900 annually for term of 20 years, in
troduces a new element in the water ques-
tion as we'll as in the principles of public
administration. The proposition claims to
offer water free from sewage, filtered to q
clearness claimed to be superior even to
Pittsburg's water supply, and at cost
much below that of any other plan That
promises equal results, 1t is presumed that
the corporation is able to guarantee its per-
formance of the work; and, if it does not do
it, no expenditure is asked from the city.
An interesting feature of the proposition
is its bearing OF the respective merits of
private and governmental performance of
public services. The supply of water to
the people of a city is probably the one
service of all others that has been most gen.
orally conceded to belong to the sphere of
city government. Yet here is a private
corporation proposing to perform the main
portion of the work in a better manner and
at less cost than by the city government. 1t
is worthy of notice that this company has
not been granted any exclusive privileges.
The corporations of that sort in this vicinity
are not bestirring themselves to improve or
cheaper the water supply. 1t is because
this corporation can make money in compe-
tition with other methods for securing the
same end, that it makes its proposition.
Whether Allegheny can do better than
this is of course to be decided by the future;
but the proposal affords decided support
to the principle that in the great majority
of cases the best and cheapest public serv-
ice is obtained by preserving the competi-
tion of private enterprise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-26
WRITING AS A LOST ART.
A Prediction That Peumanship Will be Un.
known TO the Coming Man.

A Prediction That Peumnnship VIII be Un.
known TO the Coming Man.
From the Boston Traveller.I
Will the coming man write? Not at all.
There will be no more need of his learning to
write than of his learning to spin. Writing
will have become one of the lost arts, and a
wholly unnecessary art. by the time the coming
man appears. His writing will be done by the
phonograph, which will be placed on his desk
as pens and inks are now: and whenever he has
a story a poem, an essay, OF private letter to
indite he will simply talk into the phonograph
and send on the plate which has recorded his
words.
The teaching of penmanship will be unknown
in the school Of the future, and writing, in the
present fashion, will be regarded as much
among barbaric methods as we now hold the
rude hieroglyphics of the ancients to be.