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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

MRS. LIvERMoRE, the lecturer, Is q woman
Of large frame and powerful physique Of unu-
sual height, with iron-gray hair. beautiful
complexion and q gracious presence.
Mr. FRENCH, the sculptor, is making a
statue of Louisa NJ. Alcott for the Fine Arts
Museum of New Orleans. It will represent her
seated in rustic chair, girl and boy near Dy.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ("Uncle Remus'' }
was a typesetter on Georgia country news
paper before he became an author. His first
venture IN verse was made in the days before
the war.
THE ex-Emperor Of Brazil is member Of the
Paris Academy Of Sciences under the name of
Dom Pedro de Arcantara. He has been in the
habit of sending reports to the Academy from
his observatory at Rio Janeiro. He has many
friends among European scientists.
Mr. PHIL LIPS the late President Arthur's
Private Secretary, is New Yorker, who has
made his home in Washington. Heis a man of
leisure. living on his income Every afternoon
he is found at the Metropolitan Club discussing
National topics. He is eminenrly ''cIubbable
man"
DURING the Christmas vacation Prof. Dana,
Of Yale. has been hunting over the country for
botanical and geological specimens, and IL Is
reported that he has succeeded in discovering
some most rare and valuable ones. Although
nearly 20 years old, Prof. Dana is in full physl-
cal vigor. and is able to endure longer walks
than the majority Of his pupils.
CARDINAL NEWMAN has all his life been
vigorous worker, but now he rarely breaches
and writes little. He still rises early as be has
always done. and his mornings are given to de-
votions and TO looking after the affairs Of the
OraTory that he loves SO we'll. and which he es-
tablished some years ago The love that the
efs1dnsafa and s4rtoafe f,4ns
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

was cruel and uniustiaable murder. Deeds
Of this sort show that the white race is laps
ing into barbarism in localities where the
complaints Of the savagery of the negro are
loudest. 1t is not anything like war. The
negroes are taken at disadvantage, andare
slaughtered like sheep The returns Of the
killed and wounded in these campaigns
show only too plainly that the negroes suf-
fer all the casualties
This state of affairs cannot last. The
clamor of certain Southern white men for
Federal aid in removing the colored popu-
lation of some Southern States. heaven
knows to what place, is ridiculous, while
such lawless slaughters prove the white
men to be most in fault. The South should
rather be on its good behavior. seeing that
the majority party in Congress is contem-
plating a reopening Of the trace problem, I"
and possibly readjustment Of the election
laws. There is no telling how serious the
situation may become if the relations of the
white and black population IN the South
are further strained.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
OYER $500 In THE POT.
An Exciting Poker Game In Which Re-
marEahle Hands Were Held.

An Exciting Poker Game In Which Re-
markahle Hands Were Held.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.1
At leading hotel last week six prominent
gentlemen sat down 70 q friendly game of
poker. The ante was so cents. with IS limit.
In the party were a well-known doctor.
cigar dealer and wholesale
liquor merchant The gentleman to the
right Of the doctor opened jack pot
which had passed several times, and which
contained $50. The M. D. squeezed down his
hand and found four mines pat, and traiied
along. The third man came in, and the fourth
who was the cigar dealer-raised the opener.
with aces and kings The fifth player raised
again, with three queens. The sixth man and
the opener went to the deck.
1t was now the doctors chance and be raised
again. The cigar dealer came to the front and
another raise came from the liquor dealer who
held the three queens, and who was again
raised by the doctor Both men stood the last
raise and the cards were drawn The doctor
and the nah with aces up took one
and the man with three queens drew
two cards. Betting now went fast and furious.
Nothing could be heard but the click of the
chips, and the excitement rose to fever heat
when over $500 was in the pot. The doctor was
the hrst to call. When the hands were exposed
It was found that the doctor had four nines. the
cigar dealer an ace full on kings, and the LIQUOR
dealer four queens.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
1EsANgs OF 4 oOsrA kIcA HUE.
Taranlulns. CsniIDedes. Bats and Scorpions
Around sick Mans Bed.


Around sick nIah's Bed.
From Longman's Mhgazlne.1
Go and live there. inhabdt that picturesque
adobe dwelling for "a hours, either with or
without jungle fever. and your enthusiasm will
possibly be considerably modified The breeze.
tepfd and languorous, brings little refreshment
to the heavy. steaming atmosphere, charged
by blazing sunshine in brief alienation with
torrents Of rain, deadly miasms from the
rot-laden lagoon steal like ghosts through the
moonlit night. and every type Of winged and
creeping abomination that earth produces
there teens and sWelters in luxuriant viru-
lence. Great hairy tarantula spiders, cent?
pedes foot long and scorpions like miniature
Holsters had their being Ia the banana leaf
through the fungus-grown floor to visit my
couch; huge t0ads and venomous reptiles came
frankly in at the door. Alligators and enor-
nous serpents infested the lagoon hard BY and
might be expected at any moment. did not
see an anaconda while was there, but blow
from the tail of an alligator struggling with
some creature il had captured actually broke
away some OF the wall Of my hut one night.
Beastly bats sailed in occasionally, and were
found by daylight pendant and pugnacious
overhead, while more than once yell, scufae
and rush proclaimed the disturbed intrusion
of some unidentified delegate Of the cat tribe.
Respiratory air seemed to have acquired a
third constituent in addition to its nor
NAL oxygen and nitrogen in the stifing clouds
of mosquitoes which filed the darkness--and
Central American mosquito is as mereiless an
organism as any of It's accursed kind found out
side the Arctic circle, which is saving good
deal Strange things wliizzed and buzzed and
doomed through the obscurity dropping with
a sharp thud as though shot, or alighting with
sticky feet. reluctant Of dislodgmentl on ones
face; all night long there was q ruStling and
cracking and creeping suggestive Of unseen
invertebrate horrors all around; walls, floor
and roof crawled, and were horrent with hide
Gus animation. I am q naturalist by instinct
and can love and cherish the rneanest reptile,
butt would not voluntarily OF f0rethought
and design choose hut in Costa Rica swamp
as a shelter for my sick bed during the delifi-
um of intermittent fever.
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THE Akron Beacon disputes the remark

The Akron Beacon disputes the remarks
of THE DISPATCH. that the radical Republi-
can journals of Ohio have been comparing the
record of Senator Payne with that of Calvin
Brice to the advantage of the former. The
proof of the statement is contained in the fol-
lowing from yesterdays Cleveland Leader, a
paper whose party fealty will scarcely be ques-
toned: "An the men who have heretofore
been elected to the Senate from this State had
at some time been active and prominent as
political speakers among Ohio people. MIR. H.
B. Payne ran for Governor once and had been
conspicuous as Democratic worker in this
State for 40 years before he aspired to repre-
sent it in the United States Senate
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
CHINESE EVOLUTION THEORY.
How the Celestial Scientists Trace the Ori.
gin Of Man.

How the Celestial Scientists Trace the Ori.
gin Of Man.
From the Popular Science MonthIy.1
The rocks are the bones of the divine body,
the soil is the flesh. the metals are The nerves
aud veins; the tide. wind, rain, clouds, frost
and dew are all caused by its respiratio1s. pull
sations and exhalations. Originally tbs noun
tains rose to the armament. and the seas COW
cred the mountains to their tops. At that
time there was in the divine body no life be-
sides the divine life 1nen the waters subsidized;
small herbs grew, and in the lapse OF cycles de-
veIcped into shrubs and trees. As the body Of
man, unwashed for years, breeds vermin. so
the mountains, unlayed by the seas, bred
worms and insects, greater creatures develop.
ing out of lesser.
Beetles in the course Of ages became tor.
toises, earth-worms became Serpents, Nightly
ing insects became birds, some of the turtle.
doves became pheasants, egrets became cranes.
and wildcats became tigers. The praying
lnantis was by degrees transformed into an ape,
and some of the apes became hairless. A
hairless ape made a fire by striking crystal
upon rock and with the spark struck OFT,
igniting the dry grass. With the fire they
cooked food, and by eating warm victuals they
grew large, strong and knowing, and were
changed into men,
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COMIC cULLINGs.


The Duke Of Marlborough grows dearer
TO his wife every day. She Is paying on his debts
-Tszas Sfftia0s,
He Got the ouarter-sIf gave You 4
rant Robbie. what would you do with itg,'
s.I,d buv 4 postal card and write to you for
,n.rter,-- -HarDer5s Baznr.
,--,s 49,. =.
Mr. Lookaneao-Does my uausn'eE si'o
yon any encoalagemsn' nIn
I.sss mh = nersss,pE % that YOU can soon SUP
Dort rs in the style we both nks-Munssvs
WeekEv.
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represent firm Of eruteh manufaeturers.-TotO
Topics.
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
INA HIGHLAND sCHooLROOM.


Mnster MacTnggarfs Flock and His
Method Of Keeping Order.
From Murraf's Magazihe.1
The floor Of Che schoolroom was Of hard black
earth, studded thickly and irregu1afly with
smooth round stones about the size Of cricket
ball, and projecting about an inch from the
ground, in which they were firmly embedded.
Over this / clattered with my mother Tiny
boots had thick soles covered all over with hob
nails) till we reached the schoolmaster's desk.
There we halted. Mr.. MacTaggart, wholly abb
sorbed in his occupation of pen mending, did
not appear to notice US. When be had finished
he gave a slight start at seeing Us, whereupon
my mother explained to MIN in Gaelic that we
were new arrivals in Glen Bue Yellow Valley,
and that she had brought me, her only SON, as q
pupil to his school.
Meanwhile some eight or nine killed, bare
legged youngsters, with eyes squirting eau
ti0usly leftward toward the schoolmaster's
desk had softly left their seats and formed
seniic1rcle in front of the lre. Presently others
also glided from their places and endeavored
to squeeze themselves into the semicircle.
Their attempts being resisted by the first
corners, a scuffle occurred, which, gradually
getting more and more noisy. at last attracted
the attention Of Mr.. MacTaggart The old
schoolmaster, grasping the situation in mo
ment, suddenly laid down his pen, seized his
leathern hve-ingered laws" which lay con-
vebiently near his elbow, hurried down the
steps, and applied this instrument rapidly and
vigorously to the naked calves of as many of
the delinquents as had not succeeded in re-
gaining their seats before his arrival.
This punishment administered, he returned
slowly to his desk, leisurely ascending the
steps, and calmly sat down as If nothing had
happened. OF the boys who had received a
taste Of the "taWs''' some were rubbing their
calves and crying; some were rubbing their
calves and looking generally uncomfortable,
but not crying, and some were rubbing their
calves and smiling as if they did not care bit.
The smiles of these last, however. struck me
as being somewhat forced. As for the rest Of
the school, though here and there detected
smile or grin of amusement, the generality
looked on with indifference as on an incident
of very common occurrence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
se..lon. I'D Conrre...

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
How often does Congress meet? Why are
the Congresses 80 numbered? II.
YOUNGSTOWN, December 2S
1.-THE Congress Of the United States must
by constitutional provision, assemble at
least once in every year, and that
meeting shall begin on the first Mon
day in December unless by law different day
be appointed. Under the Constitution the
President has power to convene on extraor-
dinarY occasions. both houses Of Congress. or
either Of them, and in case Of disagreement
between them with respect to the time Of ad-
journment the President may adjourn them to
such time as he shall think proper. The First
Congress in the United States under the Con-
stitution met March 4, 17S9. The numbering Of
the Congresses followed naturally. as First,
Second, Third. ETC.. or, as they are very often
written, !, II, III, and the sessions were indi-
Gated as first, second, third. etc. The States
have generally followed the examplel
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
ASKING IN GOOD FAITH.

Mrs. George WashinEton Wants q Present
From Mrs. Benjamin Harrison.
WASHINGTON, December 29.-The custom Of
giving New Years presents has apparently not
died out in the South YET, as a woman in that
section lately wrote the following letter to
Mrs. Harrison:
am very desirous to get New Years present
from Washington City, and consequently have
located on you for the present, as gave all the
Office. My son John cast his first and only vote
for Harrison through my influence and many,
many others. and now New Years keepsake
spond to my desire please dc not express It, as 1
have vowed never to pay express again unless
pressage when you ship the present 30 shat l will
not have to break my vow. A dress pattern or
anything Your true friend,
MRS. 9EoRGH WASHINGTON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
WASTED MOMENTS.
WRITTEN FOR THE D1sPAzcH.

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.1
The grand Old year lay dying
Full of honors, woes-aRd dread,
For the voices of his Moments
Circled round his hoary head.
And those Moments seemed to say
1--WE were wasted, thrown away,
Vain to think Of what's accomplished;
Vain to boast OF mighty deed;
Vain to point to bright achievements:
Vain to show uprooted weed
With those Moments there to say,
"We were wasted, thrown away
Though in such and such an hour,
Opportunities were seized
And made much OF in ayailment
So that God and man were pleased;
Yet those Moments staid to say
1--WE were wasted, thrown away
And their voice, in iteration,
So incensed the grand Old Year.
That he ran his tempal gamut,
Loudly thar they all might hear.
And the Moments ceased 70 say,
We we're wasted. thrown away.
'sIn this month. ameIioration;
In that week great deeds were donel
On that date rare discov'ryl
At that hour q battle wonl
How then can ye stand and say,
Ye were wasted, thrown awayI
sslt was possible that nothing
Would have come to fill my span;
Or that mankind, stationary,
Would have ceased to work and plan.
I'm astonisbed that ye say
fe were wasted, thrown away
Then spoke soft Wasted Moment
In the dying monarch's cart
'gTrue, your span has been productive;
You can leave bright records here.
IT'S regretfully we say,
We were wasted, thrown away.
Though 50 grand were your achievements
That world has been surprised;
What could not have been accomplished
With each moment utllized2
Think what might have been to-dayi
We we're wasted. thrown away
In royal glow Of sunlight.
Clothed in purple robes OF Dawn
Came the lusty monar,h, New Year,
Came rejoicing in his Drawn.
And he heard the Moments say:
1--WE were wasted, thrown away"
s'Have NO fear, my jolly feIlowsi''
Cried he In q voice Of cheer.
''fou can quickly be recovered;
Am I-not the glad New Yearg
Pessimistlc, then. to say
He were wasted thrown away
Pointed, then those Wasted Moments.
TO the Old Years lIfelesh clay,
In sppulchral strains they chorused
s'hlke him, we must pass away.
New Year, farewell, we have said.
We we're wasted, we are dead. .
lzoNARp WALES.
PTTTsBURG, December ~ 1859.
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LlQuOR sMUGGLRp IN HAY.
Remarkable Charges Against Alleged VIO-
Iators of Customs Laws.


BOSTON, December 29.-Ths city of Haver-
hill is great deal disturbed over a remarkable
case which has just come to light there. 1t is
generally understood that a warrant has been
sworn out by Customs House Inspector ]. E.
Morris against Ferdinand Duptes, of Haver-
hill, on a charge of smuggling in liquor from
Canada in bales of hay and straw. He is sup
posed to have accomplices. and to be one of
ring that takes In the cities Of Haverhill, Law
renee Manchester. Nashua and Lowell.
Dupres left Haverhi1l last Tuesday. ostensi-
bly, on business trip to Canada. He is the
junior member of the firm of Joseph Duptes &
Brother hay and grain dealers. Joseph Du-
pres, the senior member of the firm, has been
in business in Haverhill IL years and is well
known and accounted an honorable business
man. Moreover, he is opposed to liquor sell.
ing. and 1t is not thought that he is connected
with the business. This morning at the store.
Mr.. Joseph Dupres was found in the Office He
said that he knew nothing whatever Of the
matter, and supposed his brother had gone to
Canada on business which he does every two
months as most of their hay is Canadian. If
any smuggling had been done it had been done
outside the firm and as firm he was ready to
face any charge or warrant
1t is supposed that Ferdinand Dupres had the
cars consigned to him at Lawrence, and with
the aid of some one there unloaded the goods
which he brought to Haverhill over the road
as 1t is known that he made several night trips
to that city The liquors seized are known as
Geneva gin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
Improvs .hs Counlry Roads.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
With no little interest and pleasure have
noticed your late articles on "Country Roads. y
If the press would take up this matter aud not
let It rest until the State Legislature should
take hold Of IL and work thorough reforma-
ton in the management Of our roads and turn
pixies, 1t would result in untold value to farms
and the commercial interests Of the people
Governor Beaver brought up this subject IN
its true light with great spIurge, then let it
die. Our County Judge did the same thing
Occasionally county paper breaks out spas
medically on the snbject. and quits when some
growing, short-sighted taxpayer threatens to
withdraw his subscription.
Go on with your good work. Every reform
must have pioneer. The press generally viii
inevitably fall in line. The subject has already
been too long neglected in this age Of advance
ment FARMER.
INDIANA, PA, December e.
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TWO BROTHERS, FIRST MEETING.
John ana wIIlIan RsllIy Mss. ana na1s

John and william Reilly Meet and Make
Each Others Acquaintance.
NEwBURG, n. Y, December 29.-John and
William Reilly, brothers who had never pre-
viously met made each others acquaintance in
this city yesterday. John is the elder. Twenty
four years ago his parents came to America.
leaving him in the old country. At the ags Of
s John came to Providence and from that time
earned his own livelihood. Knowing that his
own parents had settled in Newburg be adver.
tised for them, but received no reply. Last
summer he came to work at Fort Montgomery,
end in September removed to Newburg
Yesterday he told his story to friend. and the
result was that the similarity of name, Of
features and other points satisfied the friend
that he knew the whereabouts Of the missing
brother
Accordingly he sought out William Reilly,
who was born in the United States and who
lives only few doors distant from John on
the same thoroughfare. Thus the brothers
were united. Their father died about the time
John came to this country. The two brothers
had passed each other on the street almost
daily for months without knowing It. John
Reilly, in addition to discovering a brother,
has also found two half sisters, of whose exist
ence he knew nothing.
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KILLED By BIS EIEGLAss.

A Pair of Improper Lenses the Causo Of u
Boys Death.
WILMINGTON, DEL. December 29.-Albert
H. Connaway, aged IL years, was buried in the
Riyerview Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The
boy died on Christmas Day under peculiar cir.
cumstances from meningitis. He was an
Albino, and being near-sighted went to an
optician in this city about six weeks ago for
glasses. The latter. instead of furnishing the
proper lenses, fitted the lad with strong far
sighted glasses. and as result Oonnaway had a
hemorrhage OF the eye.
Ar ocullst was then consulted, who advised
that the far-sighted glasses be discarded. It
is thought this was done. but hemorrhage
caused meningitis and the boys subsequent
death. The oculist who was consulted says the
death is directly due to the wearing Of the
strong eyeglasses.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
TIE PRESIDENTS PHYSICIAN.

DR.. Sewers One Of rhs Busiest Men In
WashinGtop.
The presidents has doctor. but does not
often have occasion to send for him, says the
Philadelphia Netc& 'Tis a curious fact that
one call to the White House brought or Is in a
fair way to bring, fortune to a Washington
physician.
Since the President made Dr. Sewers his
physician this young gentleman, already popu-
lar and successful, has found his practice
quickly doubling. He is now the hardest
worked man in the city of Washington, his
White House patIent probably excepted Dr.
Sewers is no more than IS years old, and his
income Is 81, coo year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

10 the Editor OF Inc Dtspatcns
Can foreigners vote in certain States for
President and other officers Of the National or
State governments on the mere declaration Of
intention Of becoming citizens even though it
requires four and a half years before they be-
come naturalized citizensf HENRY.
GREENsBURG, December 2&
tYes. The following States allow foreign
born persons who have declared their inten-
tion" in the usual way Of becoming citizens to
enjoy the privileges of the franchise: Alabama,
Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana. Kansas
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri
Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Wiscon.
read English exclude the voter from participa-
tion IN the franchise.1
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NOT RACE WAR.

It is not race war that is raging in
Georgia; the butchering Of negroes at Barn
well. S. G., is not warlike proceeding. The
truth has to be told about the matter: law
less spirit. finding its vent in murder, is
ermeating white society in certain parts of
ie South. All the facts which have come
. hand in regard to the shooting of eight
colored prisoners in BarnWell show that 1t
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ALL The ORDERS He WANTS.
The Pointer on the sovsrnor.hiD Dropped

The Pointer on the Governorship Dropped
By Quay Man.
Harrisburg Dispatch to Philadelphia Record.l
The MANIPULATING that numerous newspaper
people have been given in the matter whether
Quay has or has not expressed preference for
Governor was brought to the attention of a
prominent State official tonight. This gentle
man is one Of the quartet that made Quay's
fight against Cooper for Chairman, and trav-
eled the length and breadth Of the State to do
it. He was asked: "Have you got your orders
yet on the Governorshfp?"
I've got all the orders want" was the an
swer.
'Who are you for for Governorr'
''At the present time rm for Delamater."