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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
A CURIOUS FANCY.
A Poor Mother Acts as Nurse to Her EIe-
Enntly Attired Child.

From the New York SUM-
What pretty child: whose is itF' said one
lady to another. as they crossed Madison
Square. II noticed you nodded to the nurse"
Thereby hangs tale" responded her COM
panion. "The nurse used to be in my employ,
and left it to become the wife of coaehman.
They live over his stable, not far away, and the
child is theirs. She dresses it like million
aires baby, in the finest and most dainty Of
clothes, which she faithfully copies from Fifth
avenue children. She cannot dress herself to
correspond, SO she wears the nurses livery for
her own child, and is proud to have passers-by
stop and admire him as some favored darling
Of wealthy home. Curious fancy for one Of
her sort, isn't it, who, as rule. are so eager to
drop the regalia of serviceY'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07

THE Allegheny wharf park scheme is
starting at the right end of the city. Let
us go ahead and open up some breathing
places in the center of the city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
Not a Bad Investment.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
New York spent some 500, 900 in her Centen
NAL demons tration, and it is reasonably esti-
mated that she took in $3,0OO,OOO 1t was not a
bad investment
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
TWO ANTHEMS.

1nO ANIh1Mos
Brightly the light in the chancel fell,
And the perfumed incense rose
From altar high to the rafters dim,
And the golden figure enshrined of Him,
Who died for the world He loved so well;
While the choir chanted thun 'drous hymn
In praise of Him,
In glory of Him,
His love and His might to tell
And out in the churchyard's shadows gray,
On the bouRh of an aged tree,
An oriole sang his vespers too,
While from afar came the low, long SCOOP
of dove at the close of day;
And the robins sang as they're wont to do,
Now one, now two,
The orchards through,
TIL the twilight waned away.
And the sweet sounds flew to heavens gate,
The hymn from the stately church,
And the song OF the birds, the pine and triIl
Bent with the scent the flowers spill
When spring finds daylight lingering late.
And the song BIRDS psalm is echoing still,
And ever it will,
On heavens hill,
While without man, hymn shall Waitl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07

IT is reported that before President Har-
rison appointed Mr.. Frank Palmer, of Chi
cago, to the position of Public Printer, he
telegraphed to the gentleman and asked him
whether he would accept the place. This
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
She Wa, Long I.Iand,. Oldest.

Mary Nolan, who died ats-Glen Cove, this
morning, was over lO4 years old, and the oldest
woman on Long Island. II she had lived three
months longer she would have celebrated her
105th birthday. Up to the time Of her death
she possessed all her faculties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07

From the Philadelphia Press.I
After the Centennial mismanagement in New
York it was hardly necessary for the 400 to get
up an exhibition which was specifically an
nounced as circus
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07

ADMIRAL PORTER and Ben Butler are
trying to find out which of them has the
most unsavory war record. So far as the
country can find out it is dead heat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
rhs our, I'm and ths IN. our.

Colonel Joel B. Erhardt entered upon his
duties as Collector Of the port OF New York
this morning. Daniel Magone. the ex-Collect-
or, received Collector Erhardt in his office, and
wished him pleasing and successful admins
tration. Collector Erhardt has appointed
Thomas Hunt as his private secretary. There
were no other new appointments, and it is i'm
possible to say how soon the work Of decapita-
tion will commence. Mr.. Magone will resume
his law practice at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
"A RHYME rnn nonNrr


Give me some new rhyme for bonnet!
Fit to help along the sonnet,
Some poor poet pens upon il
Or the girl who haps to don 1t.
For to-day II you should con it,
You will find in such a sonnet
Very fearful rhymes for bonnet.
Such as won, and done, and shone It
Ton, and gone, and sun, and shun it.
Pun, and run, and spun, and stun it
Or some Latin word as 'tMonet''-
All supposed to rhyme with bOnnetI
THE surgeon of the Inman steamship City
of Berlin, who committed suicide day or two
ago. was known to good many Pittsburgers.
What they think of him, have no means of
knowing. He seemed to me to consist princi-
pally Of waxed mustache, and to be thoroughly
conscious that he had nothing else to live for
That's about the limit of the average steam
ship surgeons ambition.
Nothing is more pitiful than to see a young
man of the least merit slipping down into the
position of surgeon for passenger steamer.
As far as my experience goes, and it happens
to be rather large in this direction, only doctors
who cannot make living on land take to the
sea. Recently, that is to say within the last six
ness or ignorance of the surgeons on board
transatlantic liners have been reported in the
papers.
1t is said that Surgeon Armstrong of the City
of Berlin disliked womenj the newspaper re-
port says so. Travellers on the City of Berlin
never were aware of this. The reverse holds
good as to the expressed hkings of most ship
surgeons. Filtration is their strongest point.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
One Hundred Million Dollar. for Europe.

From the New York Herald.l
1t is estimated that 100000 Americans will
visit Europe this summer. Suppose they spend
$1,000 each on an average. That is not too
much, is it? Now reckon the amount Of money
that viii be dropped in different parts of the
continent. One hundred thousand persons at
$1,000 each. That makes grand total of sloQ,-
100000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07

seems to indicate the necessity of informa-
tion for the head of this administration as
to whether ducks will swim or not.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
Some ceIebrated IndlyiduaI..

VIII Somers, the court jester to Henry VIII.
whose efigy is preserved at Hampton Court,
had his memory perpetuated by the establish
ment of the "Win Somers Tavern in Old Fish
street. When tavern tokens were allowed to
be issued, the landlord of this hostelry used one
bearing figure of Will Somers. In the reign of
the Stuarts, the court testers were allowed
serving men to wall on them, and some of these
were pensioned for their good services. Archie
Armstrong. who was jester to James I and his
son Charles, was a sort of gentleman Groom of
the Chambers to the first King, preceding
him when IN progress, and looking after the
royal quarters. In this capacity" we read,
Armstrong was made free citizen of Aber-
deem, and held that freedom till his death.
James must have loved him at one period; for,
despite his hatred of tobacco, he granted
patent to Archie tor the manufacture of to-
bacco pipes. The position of Armstrong, who
vas on most familiar terms with his second
master, Charles, is significantly indicated by
his demand, when appointed to accompany that
Price to Spain. He claimed to have the service
of an attendant, the same as was awarded to
the gentlemen of the roy al suit"
The claim caused tumult among the gentle
men in question, and Archie was fam to go
abroad in less state than he thought became
him. l have quoted this from a work by DIR.
John Doran, published in 1853 The same au-
thority, speaking of court jesters tells us that,
although they were not to be found in the
household list of Oliver Cromwell, there were
occasions when buffoons, hired for sport, aD-
peared at Whitehall. One of these occasions
was on the marriage of the protectors daugh-
ter with Mr.. Rich. At the festival which fol-
burnt cork, to blacken the face of Sir Thomas
Hillirgsley as he was dancing The gentleman
usher to the Queen of Bohemia was SO enraged
at the liberty thus taken that he seized his dag
the jester's life had not others present inter-
fered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
TESTERS TO ROYALTY.
An Important Appendage Of the Courts In
the Middle Ages-A Number of Anecdotes
CONCERNING naI.hru Al parnounuea.

tue mIddle Ages--A Number OF Anecaotes
Concerning Celebrated Personages.
Court fools, or royal testers, are happily
Things OF the past. Wallet, the Queens Jes-
Ter, was the last of his kind, but he was only SO
In name, having none of the functions TO per-
form exercised by Will Somers or an Archie
Armstrong Inded, although he styled him
SeiI ana was known as such, scarcely th1nk
he was able to produce the Lord Chamberlain's
warrant. We must bark back to the days Of
"DluH King Hal" if we would behold the jes-
ter at court. Henry Will, probably to ease his
troubled mind, took great delight in the mtrth-
provoking qualities Of the mountebanks. When
these merry serving men were first recognized
as auxiliaries at court it is difficult TO deter
mine, but it is known that not only in England
but in Eastern countries they we're in much
vogue with monarchs and mobiles. Like chat
ting over dinner, so laughter is said to aid
digestion, and it was probably in this belief
that the clown in cap and bells was called upon
to play his part before royal and distinguished
parties.
Chambers, in his Book of Days." treats
som ewhat extensively Of these court testers,
and brief summary of the article may inter-
est your readers. During the middle ages the
court fool became an indispensable officer He
usually had his head shaved, and wore FOOLS
cap of gay colors, with asss ears and a cocks
comb. he often had bells attached to his cap,
and carried scepter or bauble. "The fool was
a very humble person, haunting kitchen and
scullery, messing almost with the dogs, and liza
Dle, when malapert, to a whipping" The
jester, on the other hand, was generally WELL
educated man, and comparatively a companion
to the sovereign or noble whom he served, a
man full Of wit and keen imagination, whose
iests ''were wont to set the table IN a roar" OF
English royal testers we have the names of
Scogan, Will Somers, John Haywood, Pace,
Tarleton and Archie Armstrong, who served a
0f
Court testers disappeared with the last-named
dynasty, one of the latest examples being
Archie Armstrong who died in 1916. After
ward half witted persons were employed by
noblemen as court fools; but toward the end of
the seventeenth and beginning of the eigh-
teenth centuries the custom was abolished.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
HOW We ARE AMUSED.
New York Phllharmonic Club Concert, Davy
Crocket and nfher Affrncfinna

New York Philharmonic Club Concert. Davy
Crockett and Other Attractions.
The New York Philharmonic Club, long
known as one of the foremost chamber music
organizations Of the land, made its first appear
ance IN Pittsburg last evening at Old City
Hail. THE audience was fairly large and mani
Tested hearty appreciation at almost every op-
portunity during the course of the following
programme;
nitrate; nocturne,
Composed for and dedicated to N. Y. Phil. Club.
VioloncelIo solo{ Adagio. ....... .Golterman
Vocal solo-'Thou art Mine Alp. Bradsky
Miss Elizabeth Norcross.
Mr.. Richard Arnold.
Sextet, Rhapsodie No. List
Quartet, variations, ID minor. Schubert
tAAssro,; ::.;......'',s.TersenaK
Mr.. Eugene Weiner.
so,+e+ Evening Song. Wagner
Cuban Dance...............!9.R Hoffman
Go. r...,, MISS Norcross.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
THE ELECTRIC GIRL.

A Famous Young Lady Who Will
 Make a Public Test of Mind Read
 ing To-Morrow.
 A reporter of the DEMOCRAT had an interview to-day, in the Franklin house parlors, with Miss Lena Loeb, the fla nous electric girl who performs many of the feats done by the late Mir Bishop. He found Miss Loeb to be a very pretty and charming young lady of nineteen years and weighing a hundred pounds. She said it was about two years ago, while at her home in Denver, Col, that she discovered the possession of the wonderful power she has and which she does not attempt or pretend to explain. She explained that she felt no strain, fatigue or excitement after her tests, and said that after her performance in the opera house she steps down to the piano and sings song. She is of opin- ion that it is her mind which wills her to accomplish what she does, and claims to have as much success with her tests as Bishop had with his. Tomorrow at 2:8O o'clock she will start from the post office to find certain articles that will be secreted by committee of citizens in various parts of the city. This is certain to be very interesting exhibition, and will be pleasant preliminary to the more diversified entertainment given at the opera house in the evening.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
Lena Loeb.


 Dr Black Gin his mind) commanded Miss Loeb to lead Dr Allen out of the room by the ear and she did so and the Dr didn't get ''on his ear''about it either. After he had seen her trials of strength with Messrs Bockery, Black and Wood Hamilton he was doubtless glad that he didn't. Miss Loeb only weighs ninety pounds, but these gentlemen who are tol- erable heavy weights were unable to re- sist Exchange. At the opera house Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.
 Dr McGlynn.
 The noted Dr Edward McGlynn lec tured to some 800 people at the New Ha- ven opera house last evening in an en. deavor to explain ''How to Abolish Pow. erty." In an eloquent address lasting about three hours the doctor presented his views on the land question. New Haven Courier. At the opera house next Tuesday evening,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
ANOTHER SCREEN LAW CASE.
Henry Ramp Found Guilty of Main
 taIninP a Partition.

Henry Ramp Found Guilty of Mn1n-
 talning Partition.
 Whenever Attorney Root and Liquor Agent Colley are pitted against each other the meeting is sure to be an inter esting one. This morning Brother Root appeared as counsel for Henry Ramp, screen law victim ,and succeeded in ex- citing Agent Colley to such an extent that he offered to wager $1 ,OOO to 8 that jectionable partition.
 The fun began when the prosecutor offered what he called "presumptive evidence" Officer Reid was asked to testify that he saw partition in Ramps saloon Monday and again on Tuesday, Colley's presumption being that the par tition must have been there all night. MT Root was on his feet in an instant claiming that such evidence was not ad- missible. He said it was Colley's old scheme to assume that a man was guilty | and try to place the burden of evidence upon the accused.
 Judge Cowell said he would admit the evidence, but that he did not think a man could be convicted upon such testi- mony.
 Officer Reid then testified as to the nature and dimensions of the partition. It is a permanent diversion cutting off a rear room from the saloon proper.
 MT Ramp and Martin Hellmann said that the rear room was used as a store room and that the partition could not be removed without serious injury to the building.
 In giving his decision Judge Cowel said that the law which said that 8 license was not contract and gave its holder no vested rights was 8 mean con l temptible one, but it was not for the court to make the law and he could dc nothing but find the accused guilty. A fine of $5 and costs was imposed. An appeal was taken.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
WORLD OF SPORTS.

Brouthers leads the Boston club and the league, with .431.
 It is said that the Hartford club has lost $5, ,0O0, thus far, this season.
 Pittsburg has got to do better against Boston than against New York or else give up all claim to sixth place.
 Manager Lang of the Hartfords refused to take the percentage of gate receipts offered him Monday in New Haven claiming fifty per cent, under the league rule giving visiting clubs that psrcen tage at holiday games. The New Haven management offered him only one-third of the gate receipts.
 Herty's Kid and Fox have dropped out of the 36 hour walking match at Spring field and the score at the close of Il hours last night stood Cartwright 10s miles 9 laps, Hegelman, 107, 1a; Engel drum 102; Malone 100; Guerrero 9s, 8 Connors, 94, 12; Herty's Kid 92, 3; Tracy 9S, 10; Taylor 96, 10; O'Brien S4, 1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
A CLOSE RACE.

Only Two Points Between the Giants and
 Place in the League-St. Louis Making 8
 Plucky Fight Against Overwhelming
 Odds-scores of the Games and Standing
 of tho Clubs Now Playing.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-The result Of this afternoons League games will be anxiously awaited as the New York Club is now only two points behind the leaders, and victory for the Giants and defeat for the Bostons will re- verse the present position of the two teams now struggling for the champion ship.
 The race in the American Association is the most exciting of the season. Brooklyn has gained the lead over St. Louis. Baltimore Is still dark horse, although it lost yesterdays game with the Browns. This series will, should the Orioles win the next two games, almost determine the champion ship race. The Athletics are also mak' | ing a rush for third honors. Cincinnati has failed to keep up it's reputation and | is dropping behind. Columbus is the l only club in the tail-enders that has made any showing, and it gained slightly.
 The only question now is how the first three clubs will finish the season All that the remaining five clubs can dc l it to embarrass the calculations Of the leaders. The old cry, Anything to beat St. Louis," is now forcibly brought t< the surface. While 1t would be against the best interest of tha American Association to have St. Louis again vii the pennant, still everybody has the ut most respect and admiration for Capt Comiskey, and cannot help but wisl him the best of luck for the pluoky fgh
 he has made this season against seem
 ingly overwhelming odds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
COOKE STREET RESERVOIR.

A Prospect Street Resident Rec1tes
 A Tale of Woe.
 The people who are obliged to drink the water from the swamp at the upper end of Cooke street are becoming des- perate A prominent citizen residing on at the DEMOCRAT office to-day and beg ged of us in the name of suffering hu- manity to take up the cudgel and compel the board of water commissioners to do something for the relief of the people in that neighborhood.
 The gentleman who makes the con- plaint is republican and every one of dozen others he named who spoke to him of the condition of the water are of the same political faith, yet one and all are disgusted with the way the business of the water board has been conducted for years. In the first place he said the engineers who constructed the reservoir | blundered, it being found after the pipes | were laid that the top of the reservoir | was higher than the East Mountain stream from which it was intended to supply the new reservoir. This made it necessary to pump in the water, which after standing became impure and stag nant and dangerous to drink.
 A few weeks ago, after repeated con- plaints had been made, President Vel l tOu duuOuuC0u CIldt Cuo 1oSoIfOAA "OuAu be emptied and cleaned. The slimy surface was drawn off and the pipes were flushed, and for a few days there was noticeable improvement in the quality of the water. But the relief was only temporary and the water is to-day as bad as ever.
 It is alleged that the bottom of the pond is covered with dead fish-worms washed in by heavy rains and other de- cayed vegetable and animal matter, mak- ing the water not only disagreeable to taste and smell but actually dangerous.
 In conclusion our informant declared that he stood ready to back up every thing he said m this matter and that all of his neighbors were with him.
 A complaint of this nature coming from staunch republicans is refreshing. For years the people have suffered from the errors of judgement of the president of the board of water commissioners and former street surveyor and have been powerless to help themselves. A change is gradually coming about, however, and the office of president of the water board may not be a life one after all.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
ROADS AND SEW FRS.
Business Transacted at Last Nights Meeting of tho Board.

Business Transacted at Last Nights
 Meeting of tho Board.
 The road board at their meeting last evening adopted layouts and building lines for South Leonard, Charles and Fifth streets. 1t was voted to give the property owners on Fourth and Fifth streets hearing on the question of lay outs and building lines on the evening of October 2.
 Clark M Platt was given permission to open new street between Cooke and Pine streets. The board voted to visit Farm street and old Waterville road on Friday afternoon.
 In the sewer board it was recommended to the board of aldermen that the sewer assessments on the property of Messrs McGrath, Guilfoile and Fruin, at the junction of South Main and Scoville streets, be abated. James Dutton was given permission to make sewer connec- tiOnS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-05
BREAKING FAITH.

The innocent citizen puts his money in the hands of the bookmaker. If his choice in the race loses, he is out, if his favorite wins, the bookmaker jumps the town. The innocent citizen is out and the bookmaker is out of town. Here you put your money in good Philadel- phia made clothing; you are out your money, but you are in new suit or an early fall overcoat. Either way you save the middleman's usual proft-fully thirty per cent.
 Hirshs Ten Per Cent Clothing con- pany, Waterbury's New Lively Progress sive Low Price Clothing House who manufacture their clothing. 72 Bank street, opposite the postofice. Look for the White Front.
 W Our factories are located at 43 North Third street and 3O6 Market street, Philadelphia, Penna.