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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
IT WORKS WONDERS.
Astonishing Effects of DR.. Brown.Sesuard's
Vitaiizing Elixir.

Astonishing Effects of DR.. Brown.sesuard's
vitaiizing Elixir.
From the New York world.I
CHATTAHoocHE, MISS, August 9.-Dr. P. D.
Squills. of this place. yesterday injected into
bedridden negro, age 70 years. one dram of
elixir taken from healthy goat. The old man
is amusing himself to-day by dancing horn
pipes, butting down fences and chewing tin
cans.
RIcHBURd. MISS. August 9.-An error re-
markable in its effects was made here on
Thursday by DR.. Koon, who is an ardent disci-
pie of the Brown-Sequard life elixir. The
Doctor entrusted the slaughter of a lamb to an
ignorant negro. who. through ignorance or ma
hciousness, killed the bell-wether of the flock.
Thevital organs of the animal, after being
macerated and iquefed, were used as an injec-
ton on the experimenter himself, who is about
IS years Of age. One hour after taking the
liquid into his own veins DR.. Koon,s hair fell
out his gums became bare, and with a hoarse
"Ba-ahri he leaped nimbly over fence into q
stubble field and began nibbling voraciously.
The unfortunate gentleman belongs to one Of
the first families of Mississippi. The ignorant
negro will certainly be lynched.
SAN FRANCISCO, August t9.-Veterinary Sur
geon Graley injected three fluid grams of
ostrich into the veins Of an aged turkey COB
bier. The result was marvellous. The gobbler's
feathers in half an hour assumed the texture
and beauty of those of an ostrich. The COB
bier made meal of a wheelbarrow of cobble-
stones. broke the leg of the surgeon with one
single kick, and, on being chased, outran the
having hidden his head in a mound of sand
Experts pronounce the feathers genuine os-
tIich. An English syndicate has cabled S., ,0QO-
turkeys has jumped to So each. The discovery
caused Robinson, McClise q Co., leading
feather importers, to assign; liabilities $500 600
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
MOVING WITH DELIBERAT1oN.

We are glad TO learn from the New York
Tribune that the trouble with the Grant
Monument at New York is not lack Of funds.
Gas for TIE Grant Monument" the Tribune
says, "the committee in charge long ago ex-
planned that it was making no effort to
collect funds, because it proposed first to
decide upon plan for the memorial. This
is matter requiring careful thought and
investigation, and long preparation" This
is reassurIng. Five years ago the work Of
raising the monument fund was commenced
and less than quarter the sum named was
subscribed. The committee has since then
been pondering for the space of 65 lunar
months the question of plan. The thought
full consideration and long preparation
which it has given to it, warrants the e1-
pectation that neither the money will be
raised nor the plan adopted with that rash
speed which would finish up the job within
the present generation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
A MOST REMARKABLE DOG.
As Good ms Time Table to the People
Yankee Town.

As Good ms a Time Table to the People of
Yankee Town.
SWho-o-o, who-o-o, who, who! in a way which
sounded very much like the regulation whistle
of the Consolidated Road locomotive and down
to little station on the Shore Line division
hurried an old gentleman, says a Bridgeport
special to the New York Sun. Anxiety and
perspirat1on were on every part Of his face. for
he fully expected to find the train already
putting and blowing at the station, "Well, I'll
be darnedr' he said as he looked in either
direction AMI could see nothing of the train.
~ believe it is that cussed dog again."
"You see," said the ancient granger later.
''this town has one Of the most wonderful dogs
in the world. His owner lives near the station.
One day gentleman waiting at the depot for
a train heard what he supposed to be it ap-
preaching. He listened, but no other sound
came for fully five minutes. when the train
came in sight. It happened that in a short
time another train would be due from the op-
posite direction. About five minutes before
the time of its arrival across the lot toward the
track trotted large handsome dog. When
about in the center of the lot the dog stopped,
and lifting its head high in the air, proceeded
to announce the coming of train. Who-o-o-
who-o-o, who, who, foated through the air
an exact imitation Of the whistle of the loco
motive Of an approaching train. Dropping its
head and taking q look all around the dog lei
surely walked back to the doorstep and went to
sleep. For more than year the dog has kept
that up with unfailing regularity, exactly imi-
tating the peculiar whistle of many engineers
on the road. He has learned the tune of every
regular train, and about i've minutes before
each one is due you can see him in the same
position going through the same actions.
whistle as he is called. has fooled great
many people,"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
A NEW YORK SCANDAL.

The Sheriff of New York, and the Grand
Sachem of the Tammany Society, has been
very much put out because the newspapers
have lnterfered in his private affairs. The
unbridled and icentious part of the press
discovered that this high political character
had got divorce by collusion with the
court Of which he is an officer, and were un-
reasonable enough to make fuss over it
Sheriff and Tammany Sachem Flack
thought, as Mr.. Blaine did about trusts,
that it was "a private affair" but he could
not get the press to take that view, and so
he throws tub to the whale by resigning
his position in the Tammany Society.
This indicates consistent tmisunderstand
ing of the position on the part of Sheriff
Flack. 1t was evidently a misunderstand-
ing which made him regard an abuse of the
instrumentalities of justice as private af-
fair, and his letter resigning the Tammany
position complains of the disposition to "try
his case in the newspapers" when the real
trouble is in the way it was not tried in the
court The virtue of consistency is, how
ever, shown in the judiciousness with
which Mr.. Flack resigns his unsalaried po-
sition in the Tammany Society and holds on
to his very fat salary and perquisites as
Sheriff.
But the action has its commendable feat
ures. His failure to resign the public posi-
tion makes it practicable to have some supe-
rior power to do his resigning for him. If
there is any desire to maintain decency in
the administration of the law, New York
will see that all the parties in this scandal
are kicked out of Office, if not landed in
prison.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

Mr.. TERENCE v. PowDERLY has recovered
from rather serious illness, and has taken up
the work of his office again.
KING IA IA, of West Africa who is impris-
oned on one Of the islands of the West Indies
by the English Government has become prey
to melancholia. He refuses 10 eat and has
grown extremely thin. He would have died
months ago if he had not kept up on wine and
tobacco.
DIR. CHARLES g. EAMns. of New York, Owns
an old stone house up in Berkshire county,
Mass, and close by 1t is the veHtable black
smith shop of Elihu Burritt, the lnguist. A
communicating shed it is, discolored from ex-
posure but 1t is vested with interest Until
recently, Burritt's identical sign swung there.
MALIocK. the author of "Is Life Worth
Living" is described as having deep-set eyes,
rather small and almost weird in their alterna-
tions of fire and dullness. His face is dis
tinguished by lines of unhappy thoughtfulness,
and is of that peculiar pallor which is some
times born of illness and sometimes of mental
misery.
GEORGE GRANVILLE BRADLEY, who sue
ceeded Arthur p. Stanley as Dean Of West
minister when an undergraduate at Oxford. is
said to have read nine hours and to have run
nine hours a day. He was an early riser. and,
in his capacity of Master of University College,
often looked over and corrected scores OF Latin
prose-copies before breakfast
MRS. MACKAY, the wife Of the Bonanza
Kingn of California, is the owner of the superb
robe presented to the Empress Eugenie by the
municipality of Paris in the time Of the second
empire The robe is of lace, entirely covered
with flowers. 1t was made at Chantilly, and
took five of the first hands of that celebrated
fabrique IA years to make 1t, at cost Of 100000
francs.
IT is remarkable how soon q family loses
what might be called its marketable value
after it falls from power. Publishers no longer
make handsome offers to Rose Elizabeth Cleve-
land, photographers have left of importuning
Mrs. Cleveland for sittings and ex-President
Cleveland is not considered a valuable card by
summer hotel proprietors. There is more
money to the Spectator in Baby Mckee than
in the entire Cleveland family.
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN was something Of book
man and good deal of q dandy. He was one
of the best patrons of the tailors of New York.
In the books of fashionable uptown tailors for
1871 Mr.. Tilden's name appeared in them for
bills amounting to $4,000 in that one year. He
kept one of the best private tables in the
United States. for he believed the fat Of the
land and the fruits of the vine were made to
be enjoyed. and he had them in profusion. He
was very careful of his health. and was what
may be called sort of hygienic high liver.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
WANTED-PLUCK.

We have already remarked upon the won-
derful bravery Of o train-load of passengers
and railroad officials who allowed a single
robber to plunder them without protest;
but the full humor of the incident and Of
the two other railway robberies under like
circumstances, is only just beginning to be
appreciated. There is every reason to be-
lieve that the western railroads are blessed
with brakemen and conductors who are fero-
cious and fearless enough when they deem
the occasion fitting, but are decidedly averse
to disputing the rights of any well-armed
person to run train and rob the passengers
1t is not to be supposed that the Pullman
car porters regard this incursion of amateur
thieves into their presence with even mind.
Doubtless their sufferingsw the highway
men were emptying the passengers pockets
were piteously poignant. But the sleeping
car porter is nothing If not discreet, and
discretion is the better part of valor, they
say. So the seasoned robbers de o6isio did
not deem it their duty to interfere with the
incidental marauder.
We presume that this train crew in each
of these cases was unable to contend with
the band of robbers, or the one robber, be-
cause it had exhausted its energies bullying
the passengers and smashing baggage. We
should suggest to the railroads concerned
that if they capture the masked gentry who
have held up three trains in q week they
should employ them at once as train hands.
At least then the Wholesale melodramatic
plundering of trains would cease, for other
robbers would know that some courage ex-
listed among the officers of the road.
The equally beautiful exhibition of valor
offered by the passengers seems to indicate
that the West is no longer wild but only
woolly. A sheep is not spunky as rule.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. MONDAY, AUG. L, ISsa.
AN ERROR OF FACT.

A local clergyman, who evidently de-
votes a powerful stock of energy and
earnestness to the social questions of the
day, is reported as saying in a sermon
Yesterday that the laborer of to-day is no
better off than the negro slave before the
war.
Without any intention Of discussing the
views of this gentleman on the labor ques-
ton, or his proposed remedy of dividing up
the land and fixing Governmental scale Of
wages, it is worth while to take exception
to the statement that the wage laborers of
to-day are in any state of subiection at all
approaching that of chattel slavery. That
there is great injustice in the operation OF
the social system of to-day THE DISPATCH
has often said; but as this comparison has
before been made it is necessary to point
out that it is equally at war with the facts,
and belittling to the workingmen.
A measure of the tyranny of chattel slav-
cry is afforded in two particulars, which we
take at random One was that the slave
had no family rights, but his wife and chill
dren could be sold away from him whenever
it suited the master. The other was that in
the slave States the man who undertook to
preach to the slaves that they had any rights,
and that slavery was wrong, would have
been tarred and feathered, and would have
been lucky if he was not hanged to the
nearest tree. Any person who intimates
that the laboring masses are under such
control that they cannot call their families
their own, or meet to discuss their rights, or
travel in search of employment, does injus-
tice to the spirit and independence of the
American workmen.
1t is well in discussing social problems to
keep within speaking distance of the facts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
FUNNY MEMS FANCIEs.

After a man has been married few years
he never docges when his wife throws anything
at m.--Lasorsnce American.
"What shall call my play?" asked the
man who had stolen one from the French: and his
friend advised HIM to cap 1t Elijah, because IL
was translated. - The Beacon. '-.--.. -
The Good Old Way.-Clergyman-H
shall we reach the young men of the present dayS
Father of i've daughters-What's the matter
with the old-fashioned way with u bootg-TsEGs
SVtiags.
Mr.. Sampson-I have spoken to your
father Miss Clara, and he has given me permis-
sion to speak to you. Miss Clara-Excusei me,
Mr.. sampson, but cannot entertain any second
hand offer OF marriage.
TO A LOVER.
Don't be bashful, my boy; If you'd get her
'Tis the mans place to WOO
A girl likes you to kiss her much better
Than she likes to kiss you.
-Bso York Eueafng SUN.
The August Century contains advice
ssHow to Act When Bitten by . Rattlesnake.n
We knew an actor once who was bitten by rAttle-
snake, and he hasn't been able to act any since.
We doubt about this advice helping him any,
Teras Stlrings.
Cautious-Ted-Are you going to call
on that heiress this evening.
Ned-No; not with this terrible cold.
Ie0-Mn1t ulHtEcuCe oOts tuAI maker
Ned-Why, my boy, In these days an helress is
not TO be sneezed at.-hdrper's Bdsdr.
Knocked Out in One Round.-Wagg, to
his sister-The young man with whom you came
home last night was thoroughly disreputable
fellow.
sister--So inferred. He said poor fellow. that
he had been intimate with you for many years.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Do you know" said DeCloot, 'thas
when was q small boy was saved by blow. I
became suddenly unconscious, and father, believ-
ing that was shamming. applied = shingie with
great yigor." "a lick. sir. Of nfe," said the
ONCE boy, softly. as be shooed the cockrosehes
out Of the paste pot Washington Capital
"0h, George" she purmured, 81 know
you are strong and will protect me; yet even now.
as We recline In this swinging hammock. am
surrounded By fear.n
s.Fesr. my dariings- said George De Romely.
stWhat fear can surround youfs'
"Atmosphere, y she chuckied. and the hammock
broke down to punish her. -LasorsBce Ansrtcass
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
SAILING UNDER FALSE C0LORs.
Made Lord High Admiral Of HIMSELF But
Couldn't Play the Part.

Made a Lord High Admiral Of Himself. But
Couldn't Play the Part.
From the st. James Gaxette.l
In England we do not dote quite so much
upon uniforms as they do in France; and little
incidents of this kind are therefore not very
likely to occur on this side of the channel
Still a well-known English Cabinet Minister
did once get into difficulties, not through going
about in mutt, but through wearing too much
uniform. We will not mention the gentleman's
name. for he is still extane The distinguished
politician - not even his friends ever
thought he was a statesman-was once
upon time First Lord of the Admir-
atty. Full of the importance of his
office he determined to wear the gorgeous uni
form Of Loro High Admiral. whose representa-
tive he was. The 6rst time he had official busi-
ness with the feet the right honorable gentle
man put on his uniform and went aboard one Of
Her Majestys ships. The Minister, who liked
to look upon himself as Lord High Admiral,
had his flag run up and the vessel started In
a few minutes one of the officers came up and
politely touched his hat to the First Lord.
IF you please sir, what are your ordersr' he
asked.
"Orders! what ordersf'
"As your flag is flying you are in commandf"
"But don't understand at ALL"
"Well, sir, you are in command, and IN few
minutes we shall run into the Queens yacht.
Will you give me my ordersT
The unlucky First Lord became crimson with
vexation, and the Lord High Admiral's pen.
nant was promptly hauled down.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
TRI-STATE TRIPLES.

ACCORDING to the Meadville Tribune a man
in that city owns o dog that has weak tail-so
weak that he can't curl 1t up over his back, like
other dogs, and all attempts to wag 10 prove
fruitless. The gentleman Is tender hearted,
however, and has arranged strap harness by
the aid of which his CANNES tail Is carried
with that peculiar upward curl Of which all
well ordered dogs seem so vain. The outfit
g,yes one the idea that the man intended to
muzzie his dog and made mistake, but that Is
not the case.
SOME bows of New Wilmington, Pa, chased
rabbit into hollow log. In getting the rab-
bit out they came across a sheep, the property
of r A. Crawford. The sheep is supposed to
have backed into the log and could not extri-
cate itself. It had been lost from the flock
.about a week, and in all probability had been
confined there that time. From the end of the
lop to where It was cut out was Is feet. What
induced 1t to back into the log is not known.
A FEW days ago mention was made that
Henry Wood, farmer living near Trenton,
O.. had drawn good-sized live snake from his
stomach that had been troubling him for years.
The snake has become pet in the family, and
is preserved in a large glass jar. 1t drinks
milk like kittensand is very fond of Mr..
Woods society. 1t was IA inches long when re-
to be Is inches in length.
MRS. g. O. WATTS, of Harrisburg, has two
plants called Elephants Ears, the leaf Of one
measuring feet II inches in length, and feet
inches in width. The other plant has leaves
measuring o few inches less. Is In bloom with
its fourth successive flower and two buds form
ing. The flowers are deep. rich cream color,
shaped like calla lily, only very much larger.
ALBERT BEcHTEL, Of Akron, while fishing
at Turkey-foot Lake, had q rather peculiar ex-
perience. After catching several blue-gllls his
supply of bait became exhausted, and taking
piece Of common chewing gum he rolled It into
an oval wad and stuck il upon the naked nsh-
hook near the top. He threw In the line and
was struck speechless to see it snapped up by q
bass weighing about three pounds. which he
succeeded in landing safely.
FARMER STEPHENS drove into Athens, Pa,
q couple Of mornings since and carefully tied
his handsome gray horse beneath q shed. Re-
turning for It later in the day he found 1t gone
and hitched In the same spot wretched-look-
ing little donkey. Having no other alternative
he hitched up the changeling and drove sadly
home.
A CITIZEN Of Fairview. W. Va, declares
that he saw, the other night the ghost Of his
arandfathezs Bho has been dead q yearA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12
THE REASON WHY.
How It Happens That Mixed Drinks Are
Worse Than Straight.

How It Happens That Mixed Drinks Are
Worse Than Straight.
From the Memphis Avalanche.I
"Why does a; man weaken quicker under
mixed drinks than straight" a barkeeper was
asked. "For two reasons" he replied. I'm
the first place, good deai more liquor goes
into mixed drink, like a punch or julep.
than you think. In the next place, the liquor
used in making 1t 10 generally of worse quality
or newer any way than that set out for cpsto-
mers who take theirs straight. There Is not one
man in twenty who can tell the difference after
the drink is mixed and favored.
.sThe mint julep is the most ticklish tipple Of
all, because you suck 1t through q straw and
inhale the fumes Of the liquor. Mixed drinks
are not as popular in Memphis as they are
North. The result Is that there is a much bet
ter article Of whisky sold in good saloons here
than you can find In most Of the finest places
in New York, Chicago or Cincinnati. !
know it, because I've practiced on both sides of
the bar In nearly every big city in this country.
The meanest whisky is always to be found in
beer town. Cincinnati, st. Louis and Milwau-
kee, for instance. New Orleans sells mostly
offended" stun, but IL Is better than you can
Cat North.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12

TO tna EdlIor Oh Inc Dlspatcn: -
Please tell me something about the Congo
Free State. its area, boundaries and history.
UNIoNTowN, august 10. NJ y.
lThe Congo Free State originated in sug-
gestion Of the Belgian Society of African Ex-
ploration, which was encouraged by the King
of the Belgians. and by Explorer Stanley. Its
object was to open the upper Congo country to
trade. to prevent its annexation by European
powers, and to oppose the slave trade. 1t
would take too long to relate the various steps
and processes through which the project ma
tured. 1t was finally recognized by different
European governments, by the United States
Government and by an African conference at
Berlin, in which nearly all the governments of
Europe were represented. This conference
virtually established form of government for
the free State. This was In 1884. King Leo
pold Of Belgium, Is the head of the government,
which Is now fairly well established. The
state embraces q strip on the north bank OF
the Congo from the mouth of the river to
Moaryanga. Its area Is estimated at l066. 200
square miles, and its population at N,0v0, 900.
The creation and establishment Of this State
has been one of the most interesting incidents
of recent history.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-12

complete and unprejudiced views OF what
the political parties are doing, and of tell
ing in the editorial columns the truth, the
whole truth. and nothing but the truth, con-
cerning the attitude and character of the
leading politicians. To subordinate this
duty to the mission of being tan inner
guiding force" is to make political wire
pulling superior in public Importance to
open, fearless and outspoken journalism.
In other words, Mr.. Halstead is himself
developing the principal objection to his
Senatorial candidacy. 1t is converting a
very able editor into the usual conventional
type of politician.