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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

The resolution of Senator Call looking
toward the acquisition of Cuba by the United
States is reported to have aroused indignation
in Spain. As it would burden the United States
with the breeding place Of yellow fever and
bandits it would also arouse indignation in the
United States, IL it were not recognized as q
bit Of harmless buncombe
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

nsws Manufactured for such purposes being a
thrilling account Of the discovery Of the re.
mains Of Mr.. John E. Rake. burnt to q cinder
in an oven. which after the news had been
STOLEN was shown to amount to no more than
piece Of burnt Johnny cake.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
AN EXPERIENCE IN PITTSBURa.
Chnuncey Depew Tells How He Was Mis-.
tnken for Forepnugh.
From the New YORK StarI


From the New York Stsr.l
Chauncey NJ. Depew tells good story about
his experience in Pittsburg during the Ma
tional campaign in 1884 that has never yet
been told in print. He was stopping at the
MononGahela House. at which hostelry Adam
Forepaugh, the well-known circus man. was
also guest. Depewand Forepaugb.as has often
been remarked bear a striking resemblance
to each other. Depew had just returned to the
hotel, after making stirring Republican pro-
lection speech at the Opera House, when he
was approached by an intoxicated Pennsylva-
mia mossback, who said:
"Mr. FOrepaugh. if you believe in (hic) pro-
lection as much (hicl as you say (hic) you do,
theu, you ought to chain up (hicl that elephant
Hannibal the next time thic) your circus
comes to CsnterviIle. as he didn't leave 'nough
o. my fence standin' to make shoe-peg the
las time you (hic) showed there"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
FOUND APTEK 25 TEARS.
A BnIIet That Struck soldier During tlIe
War Recovered.

War Recovered.
R1ADINe, December 14-Rsv. N. P. Doyle,
Of this city, has just undergone a surgical oper-
alton tpon his left leg. He was q lieutenant In
the Twenty-hrst Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was
shot ID the left knee at the battle Of Thatcher's
Run. Va The army surgeons probed for the
ball 1t the time, but being unable to ind 1t con
eluded that it had rebounded
Lately il manifested its presence By unusual
Inflammation, and an examination by surgeons
enabled them to locate 1t When out out Il
proved to be large explosive minnie bail,
which had been considerably torn by the bone.
Rev. Mr. Doyle never suspected the presence
Of the ball and has scarcely yet fecoSefed from
hissurprise. BE will be LAID up for some time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
DEATHS OF A DAY.


NEW YoRE, December a.AJhdke Ambrose II.
Mcneil died at his home st TisO s'eisek, Heit was
who was RECENTLY Implicated as counsel with
sheriff Hack, OF ihls city. in the now h0teti0hs
divorce case His implication I'D us case Is said
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

Mr.. CLEVELAND has added another to
his record Of telling phrases by referring to
the prominent quality uf spoils politics as ''the
habit Of elamorous Importantly" The phrase
will not make the spoilsmen less clamorous
against Mr. Cleveland.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
TRI-STATE TRIFLES.

on Tuesday afternoon John Bartges, while
hauling load Of stone of the mountain Just
east of Bedford, started up Six-pronged buck
deer. 1t trotted along in front Of the team
until East street was reached. IL then passed
Ieisurely up that street, passed the Catholic
graveyard, jumped over the fence into field
and went back to the mountain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
What You Escape.

From the Detroit free fEessst
II you were subscriber to Halifax paper
you would be expected to believe that diA-
mond ring lost by young lady who was out
sailing in 1889 was found in the stomach of a
Goldfish caught 40 miles away this last October.
Consider that you have had q narrow escape.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
Undoubtedly IT'S solvent.

Froln the RhHnueIpnIA FFtsstJ
Now that the Brazilian Republic has been
recognized by the ROthschilds 1t may be re-
garded as q reasonably solvent institution.
Brazil will probably therefore proceed to pile
up a national debt big enough to make it an
object to fnahciers to guarantee her political
integrity
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

OF course the influenza epidemic will ex-
tend to this country. 1t is impossible for
Europe to have q cold in the head without
setting the fashionable world of the East to
snuflinp
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

From the Philadelphia Record
It was all very well to present the former
Clerk Of the House Of Representatives with
watch and chain; but why was not the Ser
Ceant-at-Arms' cashier watched and chained?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

AT Jeromeville, O.. DR.. Davis went to the
postoffice, which was filled with villagers, and
requested the postmaster to make him post
office order for $500 The money was counted
out, placed on the counter and recOunted BY
the postmaster. BE tthe postmaster) turned
his back to make out the order and regalning
his former position the money had disap-
peared No one was aware of the presence Of
the thief and none could tell by whom the
theft was Committed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
ON THE .IXsTALLMENT PLAN.
How a louisville Justice IL to be Paid for
Marrying a Couple.

Marrying Compile.
LOUISVILLE. December 14-John Henry
Beck and Sallie Duweese were married last
evening by Squire Olmstead. The groom Is 10
Years of age. and works In the st. John restaur-
ant at FIRST and jefferson streets. His bride
is an apple and banana peddler. After the
ceremony. at which Ohicefs Cave and Vein
stock acted as gr0omsiben, the young couple
made an agreement with the Squire e pay him
fee.
aud there was nothing fer the squire to do bat
to accept their terms.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
THE woRLD'S FAIR QUESTION.

How the suBject is Viewed By n London
Newspaper
rBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.1
LONDON, December 1.-the London Globe
observes to-day. sin the great squabble be-
tween Chicago and New York as to the site OF
the great Worlds Fair in 1892, the Chicagoans
have been much comforted by telegram from
Paris. Paris is for Chicago-a fact which Is
about as important as the intelligence that
Chicago is for home rule is to Mr.. Gladstone"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

The burglarious industry in Allegheny
seems to be getting its full share of the general
activity. The only dull interestin that connec-
ton consists of the officers who ought to catch
the burglars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

FRANCES prompt adoption of Russia's
epidemic influenza may be due to the alliance
which makes it necessary that when Russia
catches cold France begins to sneeEe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

ELECTRIC roads which kill horses by
means of tracks charged with electricity sng-
gest unpleasant possibilities; but so far as the
horses alone are concerned, it is safe to say
that electric roads will never kill as many
horses as the old horse-csr lines have done.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
Listcn Atten.IveIy.

From the Chicago 1fmeS.1
Dom Pedro says he will go back to Brazil as
Emperor when the people call him. Now just
keep still and listen for that Macedonian cry.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

POsTAGE-AH persons who mail the
Sunday Issue of The Dispatch to friends
shouId bear in mind the fact that the post.
age thereon is Two C2) Cenrs. All double
and triple number copies of The Dispatch
require n 2-ceut stump TO insure prompt
delivery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
Hector c. Havemetef

Nkw YORK December Il. H...Advices received In
tins city state that Hector q. Hayemeysr, Presi.
and cousin to the President Of the sngaf Trust d
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

Pniti's Former Husband Dead.
PARIS, December lA-Marquis De CauE, for
merly the husband Of Adelina Patti. is dead.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
Golhe Home Wen Satisfied.

Count De KeratrN who came here as the rep
resentative Of the French Government and
French men of letters to advocate the passage
by Congress of an international copyright law,
sailed for Havre this morning. He had en-
joyed himself immensely, he said. among the
American authors. and had $50 of their auto
graphs packed away in his trunk. In alludlng
20 his semi-diplomatic mission to Washington.
he said: "Tbere seems to be good prospect of
til passage. in Congress, of the bill providing
for international copyright, which Senator
Platt has introduced. President Harrison
recommended the consideration of such law
to Congress in his message. Vice President
Morton, whose sympathy with our efforts Is
especially appreciated In France, and Secre-
tary of State Blaine have assured US Of their
cooperation. have obtained from the Amer
ican Copyright League resolutions indorsing
the object of my mission. and have commu-
nicated these to Secretary Blaine. The French
Government is meanwhile negotiating directly
with Secretary Blaine on the subject" About
dozen of Count Keratrv's American friends
carried him flowers and said good-by to him at
the wharf.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

The colored Republican "vicinity Associa-
ton" has fled protest with Clarence W.
Mead, the Republican leader Of their district
against the insuficiehcy OF the pay Of the asso-
ciation's workers at the election, last fall
The most remarkable Of several remarkable
paragraphs in this protest is as follows: "Our
walking delegate, @. B. Campbell. when In the
act Of voting some men, was accosted BY Mr..
O'Larkin and asked to get the Eve colored men,
then on their way to the polls to vote. with a
promise Of g man. He then copied their
names in his book. After the men had voted
he instructed them tn meet him, after the polls
had closed, at 27S West Twenty-third street.
and they would receive their money. They
went to the place at the tina appointed, and
were ordered out and the gentleman whom
they found at the place informed them that it
was not pleasant to have men running 70 his
place for money, and that there had been three
men there beforei he was satisfied they were
fooled also. The trouble Is, this matter is quite
serious, from the tact that these men are SEEK
ing to compel the association to pay them,
claiming that our walking delegate assured
them that Mr.. o'Larkin was man Just and
true to his word"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
FaIIure to Avoid Hard work.

Charles Wilson, who was sentenced to 20
years imprisonment yesterday for numbering
his wife last May, tried to-day to kill himself
with dose Of paris green. He was found un-
conscious on the floor Of his cell by a night
keeper. His liDs were covered with light
green paste and an empty paper stained with
green lay at his side. A stomach pump was
quickly applied and Wilson was restored to
consciousness. He refused positively to tell
how he had obtained the poison. II is supposed,
however, that It was smuggled to him by
friends who have been to see him several times
since his imprisonment. He will be recovered
sufficiently in day or two to go to Sing Sing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

Mr.. JENKfN JoNEs, Of Bramwell, W. va,
has invented and applied for patent for an
improved coke oven, which the inventor claims
will not only rsdnes the time from n hours to
48 hours over the old beehive oven. but will
reduce the price Of drawing each oven from 55
cents to about cents
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
WANTS $4,000 FuR LOST BEAUFY.
The Singular Claim Ur Lady Against n
Rniisnnh loninnnH.

BUFFALO, December 14--Agnes Borket is
suing the Western New York and Psnnsyl-
vania Railroad Company in Supreme Court for
sl8eOO damages for the loss Of her beauty. The
plaintiff was injured on the defendants tracks
last March by being struck by train.
Her face was badly cat and SCARED and ine-
tatt0oed appearance
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

THIEVES stole the clothes OF Thomas Giles
near Phnlipsburg. and he had to put on his
wife's dress TO 20 out and borrow . pair Of
trousers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

ACHHsrEH woman ealls her husband '-Tsls-
phone when he gets mad And wonst answer
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

DANIEL r EDWARDS, Of EdwAFdstille, Pa,
has Just been left klsOOO the proceeds Of the
sale Of two ships owned by his ancestors two
generations ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

Voluntary contributors should Keep copies Of
articles. II compensation is desired the price
expected must be named. The courtesy Of re-
turning rejected manuscripts SciH be eIteT1ded
sOhen stamps for that purpose are enclosed but
the Editor Of THE DISPATCH toiu under no
circumstances be responsible for the care Of t'-
solicited DldnuScTfptS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

JoHN HUsBANBB, farmer In Bfandywine
Hundred. had several hives Of bees swarm on
Monday
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

A HUNG jury in the Cronin case is likely
to meet with public disapproval as an example
Of misplaced hanging.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

This issue of THE DISPATCH cOntnins
20 pages, made up of THREE PARTS
Failure on the part of Carriers, Agents,
Newsdealers or Newsboys to supply pa
irons with n Complete Number should be
promptly reported to thnlis Oce.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-06
OVERWORk ON RAILROADS,
A Practice Which Should be Prohibited
by state Lepjslation,


If we are TO accept in evidence the
figures of a contemporary, the minds of
railway directors do not seem to feel
severely their responsibility for the
OverworlS OF their employees. A state
ment lately published by this authority
informs us that during last month al
most all the signal-men, engine-drivers,
tiremen and goods guards on one line
were at some time or other on duty for
longer than the usual period. rrob-
ably as much might be said of the men
employed by many other companies
On the line in question thirteen or
fourteen hours appears to have been
quite common term, fifteen and even
eighteen by no means unusual. 1t is at
the least very doubtful whether the
practice of working overtime should be
permitted in the case of railway Off
cials. The conditions Of their calling
are very different from those of other
worl1men. The responsibilities, the
need OF alertness and vigilance, and the
perpleXities of their position are much
STcdter, Wlllle III lllc same blllle une ulIll-
culties and risks interposed by changing
weather, fog and darkness are increased
also. In these circumstances most un-
prejudiced persons will admit that
working day of twelve hours, with lit.
tie or no interruption of duty, must
try materially the senses and energies
of any ordinary man. If the teaching
of repeated and disastrous mistakes
hitherto attributed to fatigue is of any
value, there is danger to public safety
when this limit is much exceeded. We
are well aware that pressure of busi-
ness, weather and the like may occa-
sionally necessitate overtime work, but
such apparently systematic excess as
that above mentioned is not to be ex-
planned by merely accidental circum-
stances. The very prevalence of such
u condition is proof that a department
is doing its work short-handed. What
is really needed is a larger staff of en-
ployes. The lack of these may, in
deed, effect present gain to the divi-
dends, but this might prove too dear a
saving if it were secured at the cost of
a railway disaster, and experience
teaches that this contingency is not
improbable one.-LOndon Lancet.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-06
EVERGREEN HEDGES.
Estimates of Arbor-Vitae Cedar, White
Pine, Tree-Box, Etc.

Pine, Tree-lSox, Etc.
Judging by the preference of Western
writer's, the list of evergreens suited
to their climate differs widely from
ours on the Atlantic coast. One paper
recommends Chinese arbor-vitae and
red cedar, neither Of which are adapted
for hedging with us, and are not especi-
ally desirable as ornamental trees. The
Chinese arbor-vitae, when planted
! thicllly soon loses it's lower branches,
and besides, is often quite tender, dy-
ing out in spots aud irreparably injur-
ing the appearance of the screen or
hedge. The red cedar does not take
kindly to this service, and rarely forms
a slight row Of even plants. The COM
mon juniper is even worse than either
of the foregoing, and should never be
used for this purpose. In forming list
of available evergreens for hedging
with us, the Norway spruce should be
placed first, as the most reliable species
for all places. and as easily kept within
bounds as any Understanding a
wall of living green when properly
pruned almost impenetrable by birds,
thoroughly hardy, and remarkably
dense in structure. For general pur-
poses, perhaps the American arbor-
vitae should rank next, yet hardy us it
is, close planting has II weakening ef-
feet on the individual plants, and IA Sc
we're dry winter will occasionally make
gaps in the hedge. The variety known
as the Siberian arbor-vitae is of n
richer, deeper green than the above,
and does not grow quite SO tall as the
species.
Could the bemloclI spruce be de-
pended upon during very cold, windy
winters, il would certainly be the ever
green hedge-plant par excellence
but unfortunately it is liable to be in
jured, Notwithstanding it is native of
the North. Close planting is what does
the mischief in this case, as it is re-
sponsible for the injury to the arbor-
vitae, as previously stated. Among
pines, the native Pinus strobus is the
most satisfactory species for tall screens
or windbreak. bearing the shears with
impunity, and disregarding the ex-
tremes of cold; in fact, the white pine
really forms u beautiful light silvery-
green barrier when properly cared, so
that it may be classed among the Or
namental features of II well-kept place.
For very low hedges, or rather borders
the different varieties of tree box are
admirably suited. In addition to the
ease with which they are preserved
within proper bounds, their naturally
dense structure and deep green, glossy
color, are strong incentives touse them
more frequently. No plant disregards
shaded spots so perfectly as the family
of buxus, or box, although there is. OF
course, limit to its endurance. The
dwarf forms of arbor-vitae make pretty |
little hedges, but they are not very en-
during. Retinispora obtusa and X.
.pisifera are well adapted for orna
mental screens, the price alone being
in the way OF their general use.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-06
CONSTANT READINESS.

An Accomplishment Essential to Profess
sional or Literary Success.
Some of the dragon-aies are always
prepared for flight. Even while rest
ing they keep their wings expanded,
so that if disturbed they may instantly
fly away. Canning. the English orator
and statesman, seems to have initiated
these dragon-iies Once in the House
of Commons, Lord Castlereagh having
made an effective reply on being unex-
pectedly attacked, Canning turned to
friend, and said:
What wonderful man Castlereagh
is! Never at loss! Now for my part /
own like to know some time before
hand what have to say"
Then after pause, he added: "Noth-
ing can be done without great deal Of
pains. prepare much on many sub
jects; "A great deal of this is lost and
never comes into play, but sometimes
an opportunity arises when | can bring
in something l have ready, and a.
ways perceive the much greater effect
of those passages upon the house."
Daniel Webster, while young law
yer, prepared an elaborate opinion
upon a knotty question of law, which
the courts had left unanswered. For
some reason the opinion was not called
for, and he threw it into his desk.
Years after he was suddenly called
upon to argue this very question.
There was no. time for preparation.
But he recalled that old opinion, hunted
it out from his papers, and argued the
point so elaborately that those lawyers
who knew the suddenness of the call
said to him: webster, how did you
do itp"
Ovid, the Latin poet, says to his
readers: "Let your hook be always
ready, as fish may be in waters where
you do not expect to find him."
sin the morning SOW thy seed," says
the Hebrew preacher. "and in the even
ing withhold not thine hand; for thou
knowest not whether shall prosper,
either this or that, or whether they
both shall be alike good. ."-Youth'e
COmDaniOn
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-06
THE MoLLusK WORLD.
What a Naturalist Saw on "a shelI-strewn
Spit of Sand.

-
Spit of Sand.
But how shall we describe the wealth
OF the mollusk world which meets us
in our researches in the treasury of a
coral reef at low tidep Let us land ON
this shell-strewn spit of sand. Why,
the whole place is alive! Can il be
that the mollusks we have just been
visiting in their quiet homes among the
sea-weeds have taken to walks abroad,
and on dry land, too, in their leisure
momentsP For as we jump ashore
nnmberless shells of all shapes and
sizes start suddenly into life on the
beach and run aside to give us place.
Legs they must have to go that pace
over the uneven shore. There goes u
turritella! We shall be safe in hand
ling him by reason of the spiral pyra-
mid which those legs-legs they must
be--carry upon their back. Moreover,
he makes comparatively bad time in
getting out of our way, for turritella
is an unwieldly thing for legs to carry
over an uneven shore. We lift him up
gingerly with thumb and forefnger to
look for those legs, and the secret is
out. OF legs we can see nothing, but
closely fitted into the opening of the
shell, as If originally made for the
place, we discover the brilliant scarlet
and white mandibles of the hermit
crab. These, then, were crabs that
were in such hurry to get out of our
way-crabs, certainly, and of consider
able size, too, some of them; some
babies among them only big enough to
fit the smallest whelk; others large
enough to fill with their mandibles the
opening in marbled turbo, largest of
its species. But why call these gentle
men hermitsP So far as we can Judge
they are the most gregarious of their
kind. OF their battles to secure
coveted tenement we could tell some
stories. = Blackwell's Magazine.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-04-06
Customs of the Coreans.

The home-life of the Coreans is said
TO be in most things poor copy of the
Chinese. The dress of the Coreans is
the same as that worn by the Chinese
before the NIanchu conquest, which
made the pigtail obligatory as u sign
of submission. The only signs of wor-
ship seen are wisps of straw and bits of
cloth hung in the doorways to delude
the devil and keep off evil spirits. a
trace of the old dragon-worship exists
in their liberation of snakes, and il is
impossible TO get II Corean servant to
kill the snakes that drop from the mud
roof and slip out of the crevices in the
walls. Until the arrival of the Ameri-
can physicians, the King and Queen of
Corea had a perfect army of necro-
mancers and wizards in attendance upon
them, and these were always consulted
in matters of state policy as well. On
n certain day in June, the strict. seclu-
sion of the women is relaxed, and they
may go anywhere with uncovered faces;
the homes of foreign residents are then
visited by thousands of curious women.
-Demorest S Monthly.