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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
PATTI AND THE MARQUIS DE- cAux.
How They Came to Get Married and How
They We're Dressed.

How They Came to Get Married and How
They We're Dressed.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.1
twill beremembered that Patti, at the insti-
CATION Of the Empress Eugenie, in May, 1858
became the wife Of the Marquis de Caux. The
Marquis was one Of the gentlemen who deo-
GRATED the court Of Napoleon III. with his els-
CANT supereilious presence, and he was ex.
tremely useful to Patti in the Investment Of her
earnings He was able at any time to place all
the gold that was paid by the opera-goers In
the capitals Of Europe. It seemed his manifest
destiny and accomplishment to do this at the
gambling tables. Eventually Patti did not like
1t, and her domestic arrangements were, to
some extent, broken up. Among other things
the Marquis was very Jealous little man. It
was said he and Patti had very romantic
courtship. The way it all happened is related
as folloWe
swell, what is there new-what Is Paris
"'T6e newest thing, was the answer. is that
we are engaged" :.
Il must admit that this answer startled me.
and that looked at Adelina with my curiosity
on tension. Her features seemed enliYened
by an inexpressible loveliness-smilingly she
said to the Marquis:
".And why not? I hope it would not be nm
pleasantfor your
"At first embarrassed, then joyfulIy moved,
the Marquis was only able 10 stammer the
words:
"No, certainly not would be the happiest
Of mortals if it were true.'
"BlushingIy Adeltna extended her hand to
the Marquis. who was almost beside himself
with Joy, while she said:
too, would be happy
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
THOSE CHICAGO DIVORCES.
An Easily Secured Decree Set Aside By th'
Judge who Made 1t.

An Easily Secured Decree Set Aside By the
Judge Who Made 1t.
CHICAGO, December 20.-Pretty Mary Albee,
of Rutland, VT, would never have known until
it was too late that she was divorced but for
the newspapers Lawyer Bisbee appeared in
Judge Tuley's court before hours on Novem
Der q last, having in tow well-dressed client
% years old. The young man was Charles s.
Albee, and with the ease peculiar to Chicago
divorce courts when he went out ten min
utes later it was with the judicial assur-
ance that he would be free man as soon as
decree could be entered Young Albee charged
his wife, Mary w. Albee, with desertion. be
said he married her in October. 1885 at Bellows
Falls, VT, and that she several times left him
and returned to her home in Rutland. He did
not know where she was now. He had adver-
tised his divorce suit in the usual way, in
legal publication whose circulation Is confined
to the Chicago bar, and he affixed his name to
an affidavit that he did not know his wife's
whereabouts. sHe said he had lived here
year.
Attorney White presented to-day bunch Of
her family in Rutland, Vt. The lawyer claimed
that Mrs Albee never deserted Albee at all, but
that he deserted her. He said that Albee was
not resident Of this State, but had gone back
to the White Mountains. Mr.. Albee was the
son of one the richest Vermont farmers east Of
the mountains Mary W. McDonough was
milliner in Rutland. Young Albee married her
against his fathers protest, and ever afterward
it was the old gentleman's aim to part them.
The afhdavits presented to-day in Mrs. Albee's
behalf were, in addition to her own, those of
George w. Hillard. manufacturer, and P. NJ.
Meldon an attorney of Rutland, VT. The gen.
tlemen gave Mrs. AIbee very high character
Judge Tuley lost no time In setting the divorce
aside. BE said that he would also allow solic-
itors' fees, so that Mrs. Albee could make
conteaf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
ELECTROoUT1NG RATS.
An Omnhn Electrician Who Has an EIee-
trlcaI Death Trap.

fricaI Death Trap.
KANSAS CITY, December 20-Victor Pois-
SAINT, young electrician Of Omaha, has been
practicing an electric method Of killing rats at
intervals for the past three years, and may be
fairly credited with having anticipated the
New York scientists, who are now puzzling
themselves and the rest Of mankind as to the
propriety of sending Mr.. Kemmler out Of the
world by electricity. The rodents are caught
in an ordinary oval trap, the bottom Of which
is covered with tin. Poissant has q small
dynamo of his own manufacture. One wire,
connected with the dynamo, is fastened to the
tin lining OF the trap. The well-known pro-
pensity Of Gagged rat to show fight asserts it
SELF and he seizes the wire between his teeth.
In so doing the circuit Is completed, his Jaws
close on the wire with death grip, and with
out squeak and almost without culver he
passes into state Of eternal desuetude.
The process Is equally effective with mice,
but somewhat more dificult to apply as these
little animals will not take hold Of the wire IS
the rats do. No mark Is left or either. In both
cases death is practically instantaneous.
: Insects are more difficult to kill. Poissant
thinks this is due to the fact that they have
fewer nerves to act upon. Grasshoppers die
very hard. One popularity about their "elec-
trOcution" Is the fact that as soon as the cur
rent is applied their hind legs hy of. This Is
usually attended with more or less violence,
and the discovered limbs are frequently shot
several feet away. These legs are attached to
the body by q very delicate ligament and the
sudden contraction Of the big muscles in the
thighs, produced BY the electric current pulls
them on.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
THE DEAD LETTER SALE.
Lessons to be Drawn From the Constant Ac.
cumuIatIon Of Such Matter.

AGBoOuu COu0tunk acc
cumuIatlOB Of Such Matter.
WASHINGTON, December 20-The Dead
Letter Office sale. which is now in progress,
directs public attention afresh to the need of
greater care to be exercised by the public in
handling its correspondence. Although the
articles now being cleared of under the auc-
Honeer's hammer are for the most part Of no
great Intricate value, yet to some one they
were sufficiently important to be worth the
money spent on postage. The reason they
found their way to the Dead Letter ONCE was
that the address on them was insufficient or the
wrapper not strong enough, so that they
dropped out and could not be identified and re-
placed. There is, of course no help for insecure
wrapping, except an expenditure Of more care
and perhaps more money. But the danger
from inadequacy Of the address may be pro-
vided against by very simple precaution,
which the Postoff1ce Department has been
urging upon the public for years-the inscrip-
tion upon every envelope or package Of the
name and address of the sender. This would
save the Government vast deal Of expense to
which it is now put in maintaining its dead
letter establishment, while each person would
have the satisfaction of feeling that what he
had mailed would at least be delivered some
him.
Various devices have been resorted to for the
accomplishment Of the same end. One con.
cern, for example, makes business OF selling
to its customers q kind Of adhesive stamp
which, II letter or package goes astray. viii
insure its being returned to q central head
quarters, whence, In turn. It is restored to the
sender without opening. the number on the
stamp furnishing key to his identity. This,
however, is more or less expensive luxury,
while precisely the same results would follow
the simple plan of writing or printing few ad-
ditional words on the envelope or wrapper, and
letting the GoYernment do the rest
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
RATHER IMAGINATIVE.

That story which comes from London
about a proposition which the King of
Portugal is reported TO have made to the
Spanish Republ leans, for the consolidation
of Spain and Portugal under 9 single re-
public, sounds very interesting, but is
wildly improbable. The Portuguese
monarchists, who are among the last relics of
the reigning Bourbon families. are neither
so prompt to perceive the drift of popular
opinion, nor so liberal in their efforts to
meet the popular demand, as to originate q
policy at once so popular and so surprising.
The story will probably be found to have Its
source among the Spanish Republicans who
have their representatives in London, and
whose desires can give the tinge OF hope to
the most improbable ideas. When stable
Republic Is founded in either Portugal or
Spain, it must have basis of popular de-
sire and popular intelligence which is still
far from assured.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

s. s. Cox left the manuscript of a book,
which Mrs Cox win edit
JEREMIAH RUsK, Secretary of Agriculture,
has become great friend of the new Chinese
Minister.
Mr.. STEAD has resigned his position as editor
of the Pail Mall Gazette. he proposes to
start review.
1T is said that Lord Tennyson received s., $50
for his poem, The Throstle," in the NeD Re.
UfetD for October.
DR.. Low, the. President-elect of Columbia
College, will be the guest of the Boston Boot
and Shoe Club this evening at dinner.
FRANKLIN B. GowEN had a marvellous
memory. After reading long poem through
twice he could repeat it without the text, word
for word.
KING HUMBERT, of Italy, has inhaled so
many cigarettes that his bronchial tubes have
become affected. He now sucks camphor In
stead of tobacco smoke.
TUPPERs writings are declared to have
brought him for several years past a revenue
equal to that received by Tennyson, Longfellow
and Browning combined.
YESTERDAY morning First Assistant Post
master General Clarkson returned to Washing
ton from the West, and was at his desk in the
department during the day.
Rev. EDWARD ABBOTT, who has been elected
as Missionary Bishop to Japan, is said to be the
original "Rollo' of the ''Rollo Books" written
by his father, Jacob Abbott.
THE tenor Narconi, who sang in the Cam.
panini troupe, upon hearing that he had lost
his entire fortune through the failure of
bank, lost his voice also, and is now under
treatment
AN American lady who managed to see some
thing of Count Tolstojs real life AYERS that the
Russian Socialist, In his apparent resolution to
live among and like common people, manages
to get good deal of comfort, not to say luxury,
out of it.
DR.. JAMES McCosH has severed entirely his
connection with Princeton College, of which he
was the head for 20 years The venerable ex-
president is living quietly in little cottage
overlooking Princeton Valley and is devoting
his remaining days to literary work.
JUDGE s. NEWTON PETTIs, of Meadville.
Pa, has opened a branch law office in Wash
ington and associated with him Colonel T. l.
Devices, also Pennsylvania. Another legal
matter of general interest is the admission of
Corporal Tanner to practice at the District bar
The motion was made by Thomas s. Hopkins
q war veteran.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
THE WITS AND wAGs.

The only walking match Paris has known
for some time Is Bernhardt. -Teras Stftfn0s.
That horse so prominent in the Cronin
trial can give the leopard cards and SPADES In
changing his spots.-7hs Commoaer.
A Observation-Disclosures is your
sons name?
Misunderstanding P. Smith; but we call him
Socks for short.-JHd0s.
For the benefit of its readers In this city
It is announced that the CongresssondL Record
Philadelphia Record,
With Boulanger still in Jersey, the Cronin
trial at an end and McGinty on his way to Europe,
there is nothing to interfere with the enjoyment
OF merry Christina. -PhttGdstDhid TSHss.
Women may not love him,
Men may not adore him;
Yet be who wheels the barrow
Carries all before him.
philadelphia Inq.sSrsr.
A Sticklsr for Facts.-Squire Gruf-Hey,
hey boyst what's this2
Bobby-I hit Tommy and he hit me back.
Tommy-'Taint so, sir; didn't hit his back: Il
just punched his nose.-Tszas 6Vtta0s.
Never Yet Heard Of-women and Wine
are Often clasSed together by the poets, but We
have never yet heard Of poet who claimed that
both ofthem improved with age. .-Bxrtfa0ton Frss
Press.
She Knew. What She Wanted. old
Lady-rd like to buy some plasters, young fsrsr.
Drug Clerk-Yes, man; porousP
Old Lady-Do ye s'pose want to ketch nv deafh
o. coldG Let's see yer winter styles.-FEdos,
Not Much on the Bible.-A Ksntuokv
gentleman who recently came to Washin9tou 70
consult with his member OF Congress about an
once under the new administration was asked
yesterday by . gentleman from Boston whether
1t was really true that the people or Kentucky are
SO very bibulous.
'tBibulousri said the Kentuckian. ssBfbulouai
don't reckon you could ind dozen Bibles IN
the whole State. - Warrington Post.
THE PASTORS APPEAL.
have sixteen pairs ofslippers,
And they're all Of them too snail;
own tWenty-one wateh-cases,
And they're mostly on the wall;
have thirty five penWipers
IN my desk quite safely stored;
80 modestly request you,
When you add unto my hoard
OF sweet Christmas gifts and wishes
rorecall fhese facts are %;
Ind "a humhly like TO mention
I've one watch which doe1n't 60.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
A BEGGAR FROM CHOICE.
Paying Scheme Adopted by a Frenchman
70 Avoid Work.

70 ANolu WOrks
NEW YORK, December 2O.-Charged with
being a professional writer of tegging letters
Charles Sampson, stout, healthy Frenchman
of As, stood up in court and declared that he
was beggar from choice. he said ne could
make more money and make 1t more easily
that way than by working.
Agent Rebbard, who knew the man, saw
him Wednesday afternoon enter the home Of q
benevolent lady on East Twenty-second street,
near Broadway with q begging letter in his
hand. The letter was left. the writer intending
to call for it in an hour. The letter was in
French and begged for the sum Of 81 so to take
the writer to Cleveland, O., where he would
get work on the National soldiers monument.
He said he had not eaten anything in twenty
four hours, nor had he slept in bed the last
night.
Thanksgiving Day he called as the home Of
Mr.. Fulton Cutting and sent in a begging letter.
Mr.. Cutting had been warned by the society
and declined to do anything for him. Agent
Hebbard resolved to follow Sampson. He
walked down, the street and saw Sampson smoke
three cigars at Third avenue and Eighth street.
The beggar walked to the Carlton House, 252
William street, where he took q two-dollar bill
from roll of money in his pocket and paid for
a room. Sampson had small book containing
clippings from the newspapers showing what
monuments be had worked upon. He had also
a list Of names, some Of whom he had called
uDOn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
VERY CHEAP ALUMINIUM.
Another Man Thinks He Has Solved the
Problem of Producing 1t.

Another Man Thinks He Has Solved the
Problem of Producing Il.
From the Atlanta Constitution
If all that is claimed for it proves true, At
lanta will come to the front with one of the
most valuable inventions Of the age. It is
process by which aluminium can be produced
without the use of sodium, and at cost SO ex-
ceedingly low as to be only nominal. Mr.. Sam
uel w. Goode, one of the four gentlemen who
control the new discovery, is confident that it
will prove an entire success, both as to the pro-
duction of the metal and the cost attendant
thereon. In fact, experts have already tested
the process, and yesterday evening, Mr.. Goode
showed to the reporter and several other gen.
tlemen at his otfice samples, both in the rough
and finished, OF the metal as produced by the
invention IN which ne IS interested.
The secret OF the process, said Mr. Go0de, was
discovered by Well-knOwn Atlanta man., q
chemist, who has experimental with it TOR
eight years OF more before anaiiy bringing it TO
perfection. Mr.. Goode, accompanied by Mr.. p.
II. Harralon, will leave forHNew York to-day,
where he goes to negotiate with capitalists for
q test of the process. The gentleman with whom
Mr.. Goode is to confer has already achieved .
large fortune indirectly from the manufacture
of this metal.
The largest manufacturing establishment in
the world where aluminium is made is located at
Newbury, England. 1t covers eight acres of
ground. and represents an invested capital of
5000 OO0 There the minimum cost of produc-
be made for less than s. per pound. In very
large quantities it wnolesaled at 81 80 pound,
and retails In many instances at ell and Sl2 an
ounce.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
NAMED AND CONPIRMED.
A Number Of Appointments, and the senat
Agrees 20 Some Others.

Number Of AppolnfmenfB, and the Senate
Agrees TO Some Others.
wAsH1HeTos, December 2O-The President
sent to the Senate to-day the following noniina-
tions:
To be Collectors Of Customs-John Price. Of New
Jersey. for the district Of Great Egg Harbor, \.
j.; Henry W. DalngerhsId, Of Virginia, for the
district of Tsppahannock, Va; Thomas B.
Johnston, of South Carolina. for the district
o. q Charleston, 8. e.; Charles Y. Osborne Of
Michigan, for the district of Superior, Mich. :
Merchandise for the port Of Cincinnati O.; Ed
ward q. Frothingham, OF MASSACHUSETTS,, to be
cSS n tSs dstret of Bostos snd I
Mass. Postmasters-Peter G. Van Matre at
Holden, NO.: c. H, Gere, Lincoln. Neb.; D. h.
TsSa SS ina, SInno b. BTfam. n IibestV snegand gind
Ttlton, Ottumwa. Ia. Also large number of re-
cess appointments.
The following were confirmed by the Senate
to-day:
Comptroller; Benjamin F. Gikeson, Of Pennsyl-
vania Second Com ptroller; Edward N. Harris
Thomas B. nS Gouterp u oSC fS0n audiSorp for ne
Kansas, Deputy second Auditor; Aug. d. shaw,
lam H. Bart. OF Indiana, Third Auditor; John r.
kS6er smith sSpeatsndeDS Of the MS Ne%
Orleans; Oliver =. Bospysheu, Superin-
kenoent OF tnS Mint fnnaoelpnla; EdWaro ":
Leech, of the District Of Columbia, Director Of
the Mint; John /. Rankin, OF Pennsylvania, Dep
uty Auditor Postofhce Department: William 81.
Dfmond, superintendent Mint. San Francisco; G.
N. Wright, Superintendent Mint, Carson City;
MichaelF r. Smith. Assayer in charge Of Mint,
Denver: Pearls B. Ellis, Assayer Mint. Carson
City; Charles II. Polburn, CoIner Mint Carson
City; Henry H. Lawrence, Assayer Mint, San
francisco: and the following Collectors Of Inter-
mai Revenue; James w. Hearne Fourth Texas;
David W. McClung, First Ohio; John o. Cravens,
Sixth Indiana; John Feland, Second Kentucky;
Daniel Hogan, Thirteenth Illinois; Cyrus Leland,
Jr., Kansas; Julius y. Starr Fifth Illinois; James
Il. Stone, First Miehigan Horace W. Byington,
Fourth California; George p. Waldorf, Tenth
Ohio; Marcus Boggs, Eleventh Ohio.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
WHERE THERE IS CoMpErlrIoE.

The old talk about the importance of the
Russian petroleum field, in the markets of
Ihe world. is thought by an Eastern CO.
temporary to be reduced to very little value
BY the statistics Of petroleum expectation
iTom the United States for the past eleven
months. So far as that talk took the form
pf predictions that the Caspian product
would drive our oil out of Europe, it is
thoroughly disprOved by the figures. The
exports, for the eleven months ending with
November, amounted to a total value Of
-, ,29s, 900 against S4s, ,997, 900 for the same
period in 1883, gain Of little over 10 per
sent; while the quantity exported is about
Is Per cent greater.
This certainly shows that the cheap and
Inferior Baku petroleum cannot drive the
product Of the Pennsylvania field out Of the
ioreign markets; but it does not prove that
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
Church Plaaauraa.

A FAIR and bazaar will be inaugurated this
evening in the West End Gymnasium Hall on
Main street. The proceeds will benefit st.
James Church. West End. The booths are all
to be exceedingly pretty and the han will be ap-
propriately decorated. The Leader Italian
Orchestra win furnish the music. and the
reign Of festivity will continue on the following
days, December n, q, 25, %, and January
and 4
THE W. O. 7. o. Of the East End will cels-
brate the sixteenth anniversary Of the ITEM,
perance Crusade" in their hall on Frankstown
avenue, tomorrow ct 230 P. NJ. Rev. @. v.
Wilson VIII deliver an appropriate address, and
several other eminent ministers viii do like
wise,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
QUE MAIL POUCH
WI, Doe. AIIeshsnz Hold orr

Why Docs AIIegheny Hold OnF
To the Editor OF The Dispatch;
The Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester
Traction ordinance came up in Select Council
last night. and without single amendment
being offered it was referred back to the Rail-
road Committee from which 1t came two weeks
ago. This is little singular for people who
are continually clamoring for rapid transit.
The two things Allegheny City most needs Is
rapid transit throughout the city. and good
water. both Of which the Allegheny City gov
ernment seems to be getting further away
from. The reverse is true of Pittsburg, which
quickly welcomes any new street car project,
The result can be seen In the difference in the
value Of property and the rapidtty with which
Pittsburg Is growing, anu the slow rate Of
speed with which Allegh eny City Is growing.
ALLEGHENY TAxPAYER.
PIrTsBURG, December 20
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

IT seems to be certain that the tobacco tax
viii 60. as both parties seem to be agreed to IL.
But the sugar tax should go with it. 1t would
have a rather singular look to relieve the
smokers and chewers from taxation and to
leave the so per cent taxation OF. the food of
fha uaopla
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

The esteemed Washington Press thinks
that the occurrence Of the Presidential election
in 1892 makes it politically unwise to give vast
patronage to the cities of New York, st. Louis
and Chicago during that contest" AS the
patronage would exist In Washington just the
same, this profound argument makes it neces-
sary to impeach the thoughtlessness of Chris
topher Columbus in not waiting until 1892 and
discovering America in q non-presidental year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

Ineton. He was accompanied BY George n.
Won Bonnhorst. Mr.. Magee revealed no con-
suming desire 70 utter his sentiments IN regard
to the appointment Of James 8. Mexican. He
simply said: .The result has been understood
for a long time, and It was only question Of
having the appointment made. i am glad 1t
has been settled" In Washington, TO an inter-
viewer, Mr.. Magee named Major e. A. Mon
tooth as his choice for Governor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21
DEATHS OF A DAY.
MichneI Kelly.

Michael Kelly died night before last at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. Cornelius KERN, No. "a
Vine street, in his 90th year. Mr.. Kelly's mental
faculties were unimpaired Until within an hour
Of his death. He was born in Sligo, ireland, in
1900 and came to this country in 1870 on what has
since been known as the cholera ship, nearly all
the passengers having the disease during the six
weeks of the voyage, and 81 dying and getting
ocean burial. MIR. Kelly lived In Center and
this city three months ago to reside with his
daughter. The funeral services Will be at St.
Bridgot's Church, Center avenue, this afternoon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

Mr.. JOHN W. BooKwALrER takes es-
pecial pains to make public the fact that he is
not candidate for the United States Senate,
but that he is In the hands Of his friends. Mr..
Bookwalter being . millionaire, it may be in
ferred that his barrel is also in the hands Of
his friends, which will serve every purpose.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-21

"IT is to be hoped that the new extradi-
tion treaty with Great Britain will establish
complete reciprocity in the interchange Of
criminals" says the Providence Journal The
more correct way of putting it might be that
we have free trade in criminals between the
two countries, and we propose to establish
protective system against its pernicious results.