Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-24


Good story-somethIng About OIeo-
margarine and Butter-A Double Taxa
tion.
rFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
HARRISBURG. March 23.-Representative F.
w. Hays is one of the few men who never
dodge vote. Il don't like to vote against any
mans bill" he said, ''but I must do it some
times. That's why voted against CampbelIs
bill to put tax on alien laborers, Mr.. Camp
bell is nice man, but couldn't conscien-
tiously vote for his measure, ard I didn't.
That's why someone up near me wanted to
know whether or not / was an American. /
think l am too good an American to vote for .
bill like that. Just think what it will do! Why
the title of it ought to be changed to read: AN
act to promote crime and I'LL the almshouses.'
That's what 1t will accomplish. Its intention.
of course, is to prevent the employ Of alien
labor, and these people are not going to stop
living just because the bill is passed. If they
don't stop living and can't get employment the
other quickly follows"
The Boss Story Teller.
Tom Kilrow, of the Senate transcribing
room, is the boss story teller of the Legisla-
ture. He lives at Great Bend, Susquehanna
county and has reputation as a narrator of
facts that spreads far beyond the boundaries
of the shrievalty. 1t Is said that he is either
suDpGnaed as witness or drawn as a juror at
every term Of court, simply on the strength of
his reputation in this line. When he doesn't
appear promptly in answer TO his citation the
Judge OF the court always issues bench war
rant for him.
They Haven't Caught Up.
1t takes some people of Pennsylvania long
time to learn about change of officials at the
State capital. The Department of Internal
Affairs frequently receives letters addressed
to ]. Simpson Africa, and letters to Aaron
Dunkel come often. Most curious, though, is
the fact that within year and a half two let
ters have been received addressed to Daniel
Brodhead. who was Surveyor General Of Penn
syivania almost 100 years ago.
Tricks In All Trades.
Once in while we inadvertently learn what
is mixed with our victuals. Representative
Robison's bill develops this with regard to but
ter. Frequently when we think we are buying
butter we don't get it unmixed, even if we don't
get oleomargarine. The Robson bill, by pro-
hibiting their use, shows that there Is often
mixed with bad butter to purify it such chemi-
calls as borax boric acid, boracic acid, salicylic
acid, biborate of soda, tartaric acid saleratus
alum, saltpetre, nitrate of potassium, bicarbon-
ate of soda, hypochloride of soda, salieylate of
soda, sulphate of potassium, phosphoric acid,
bromo chloralum, sulphuric acid, nitric acid,
of alumina, hydro borate, sodic diborate and
glacialine.
A Good Measure.
A. M. Watson, of Pittsburg, spent consider
able portion of last week here. He has hope
yet that he may knock out the oleomargarine
prohibitVry law but it is fast vanishing hope.
Mr.. Watson was asked whether he wasn't
really here in the interest of Representative
Robison's butter bill, and repled that he
wasn't, but that he considered it a very good
bill. This measure is before the Committee on
Health and Sanitation, and one of the MEM
beIs said he hoped it would pass. ut is in
line" he said, with the anti-oleomargarine
law. The latter bars out bogus butter; this bill
bars out the bad article"
A Long Way to Church.
A great many members of the Legislature go
to Philadelphia each Friday afternoon or Sat
urday morning for the purpose of being able to
attend church there each Sunday. Harrisburg
consequently is quiet place on the Sabbath
day.
Wants Good Fishing.
and fishing, and talks learnedly, at times. to in
terested groups concerning the various kinds
of game fishes of American and Canadian
waters, of rods lines, flies and the various de-
vices well known and dear to the anglers
heart. He says the Fish Commission is doing
good work and is in favor of their recommen-
dations of fish ways for dams, and of their
work in general for the distribution and propa-