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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
A SPLENDID INVESTMENT.

The discussion as to the practicability
and cost of canal to connect the head
waters of the Ohio with Lake Erie, which
appears in our local columns, gives clear
idea of the importance of the project, and at
the same time indicates the possibility of a
surprisingly small cost. The statement
that water transportation to the lakes could
be secured at but little more than the cost
of railroad for the same distance puts the
case in strong aspect.
If a canal OF that sort can be built for
anything like the figures given, there should
be no delay in urging the project to a speedy
realization. 1t would be satisfactory to
have the United States Government build
it; but if there is any difficulty about that,
Pittsburg should be prompt to supply the
comparatively small capital needed to Sc
cure its great benefit. A demonstration OF
this is afforded by our experience with the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie road. About the
amount stated as necessary to construct the
canal was put into that railroad project,
and within five years, besides the value of
the stock as an investment, the road gave
Pittsburg an increase of industry and values
worth several times its cost. Yet the cheap
ening of freights for Pittsburg's funda-
mental industries by the railroad YVES about
one-fourth what it would be by the canal.
Such a waterway as is outlined in our
local columns would make Pittsburg inde-
pendent of railroad combinations on coal,
ore, coke and iron freights. Five cents per
ton toll on the freights which Pittsburg
alone could furnish would pay interest on
the cost of the canal, and with that toll the
cost of the freights could be cheapened one
half With such a benefit in view, it
would seem plain that our industrial inter-
ests should lose no time in taking steps to
secure its completion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
CAMPBELL HAS A RIVAL.
Either Kline or Hurd as the Candidate of
the Free Trade Element.

Either Kline or Hurd as the Candidate of
the Free Trade Element.
CLEVELAND, July 3--A movement was
started here to-day, the object of which is to
force Congressman James E. Campbell out of
the race for the Democratic Gnbernatorial
nomination. Virgil P. Kline, ESQ. of this city,
is the man who will be expected to lead the
fight A meeting attended by score or more
of prominent Democrats was held to start the
Kline boom. Among those in attendance were
Hon. NJ. A. Foran, Judge John G. Hutchins,
Judge E. j. Blandin, Arnold Green, Esq, L.
M. Heisley and United States Commissioner A.
sentation of the Free Trade Club of Cleve-
land.
The availability of Campbell. Neal and the
other Democrats who have been mentioned for
Of Mr.. Kline SET forth. The object of the
Cleveland Democrats is to get man who will
correctly represent the Democratic tariff idea,
and Mr.. Kline is said to be such man. He is
ly in sympathy with the tariff ideas of Grover
Cleveland He Is an able lawyer, and is un-
trammeled by factional quarrels. 1t was OPEN
ly asserted that Campbell is Br1ces man, and
Mr.. Foran declared emphatically that there
must be no mixing of the Senatorial. question
with the Gubernatorial fight. 1t is believed
here that Charley Baker will get the compli-
mentary support OF Hamilton on comfy; and that
choice. ---.--
1t was decided that united effort must be
made to secure for Mr.. Kline the solid support
of the Northern Ohio delegation to the State
his nomination. Mr.. Kline has consented to
permit the use of his name, and from this time
on the fight Tor the Northern Ohio candidate
will be an aggressive one 1t is also said that it
Is not improbable that an effort will be made
to induce Frank Hurd to accept the nomina-
ton if these means of beating Campbell fail.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
TOO OLD TO LEARN.

I am sumthin' of avet'ran, just turnin' eighty
year,
A man that's hale and hearty and q stranger tew
But i've beerd some news this morn,n' that has
made my old head spin,
And I'm eoin, to ease my conshuns IL never
speak sg'in.
I've lived my four score years Of life, and never
It'll to-day
Was taken for jackass or an ign'rant kind o.
jay.
them crawlin' bugs and worms
That's killin' human bein's with their micro
scopic germs.
They say there's 'mikrobes'' all around huntin'
There's nothin' pure tew eat or drink or no safe
There's '.miasmy'' in the dew fall and '.malary''
in the sun;
Tain safe to be outdoors at noon or when the day
Is done.
There's s'bactery'' in the water and tricheeney''
in the meat.
"Ameeby', in the atmosfeer, s.calory', in the
heat;
There's .'corpussels and pisments' in a human
bein's blood.
And every other kind Of thing existin' sense the
food.
Terbacker's fun of ''nickerteen. ~ whatever that
may be,
And your throat will all get puckered with the
'rannin'' In the tea;
The buffers .'oily-margareen, 1t never saw q
COW.
And things is gettin' wus and wus from what
they be just now.
Them bugs is all about us, jest . waitin' for
chance
Tew navigate our vitals and tew nav us on like
plants.
There's men that spends . III etime huntln' worms
Jest like goose,
And tackin' latin names to 'em and lcttin' on 'em
loose.
Now, don't believe sech nonsense. and don't in
tend to try;
fittings has come tew such pass I'm satisfied to
die.
IN 60 hang me in the sullar. for won't be sech
Az tew wait until I'm pirened by . anny1Daliy-
cool. -Ssw york Evs4tng Sun.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
THE PERUVIAN NITRATE KING.
Once He Was q Poor EngIishman but No
He is Worth 100000.

Once He Was Poor EngIishmau but Now
He is Worth e10,O0O,OOO.
NEW YORK, July 3-There is now at the
Victoria Hotel boiler riveter who left his
native country, England, 23 years ago with a
few pounds in his pocket to seek his fortune
in South America. He is now worth $40 0OO,-
900, and within the last few months he has ac-
quired literally potentialities Of wealth beyond
the dreams of avarIce. His name is John
Thomas North. He is commonly called Colonel
North. He is the honorary Colonel of the
Volunteer Engineers of the Tower Hamlets.
He is also known in England as the Peruvian
Nitrate King"
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland when they
boarded at the Victoria, and their friends
have .he surrounding rooms on the Same floor
fiorid Complexion and % auburn sccessoriss access ri 81
He hadn't much to say of his trip when a re-
porter called. and DR.. Russell, at his request,
did the talking. The famous correspondent
longer writes for the Times, having been put on
its pension list. He is part proprietor of and
editor OF the Army and Ndvy Gazette. He
accompanied Colonel North's party, if not
exactly as historiographer. at any rate with
the intention Of writing about the parts of
Chilli he visited. There was yellow fever at
Rio when the Galicia arrived there, SO Colonel
North and his friends were quarantined on
reaching Montevideo. On their arrival in
Chilli, the FIRST place they visited was Coronel,
Wnere COl0noi N Ortn OWnS O square miles OF
coal and iron lands, which apparently will
richly reward their developer. In order to
bring them nearer market Colonel North is
building railway along the Rio Bio to Ccncep-
tion, which is to be opened in the autumn.
After inspecting this railway, Colonel North
and his party went to Santiago. There Colonel
North made an offer to President Balmaceda
for concessions Of the remainder of the nitrate
deposits in Tarrapaca. the province which Chill
wrested from Peru in their recent war AL
though Colonel North has made f20O0.0O0 out
of the concessions he already had, he got what
he asked for, despite Balmacedas policy to
have Chilli develop her natural resources. OF
course the Colonel is to pay handsome sum
for the privileges he thus obtained.
A week was spent in Santiago and then the
party set out for Tarrapaca. On the way it
stopped at Huasca, where Colonel North used
to work as a boiler riveter. Iquique and Pisa
qua, towns on the coast built on sand banks to
which water as well as provisions have to be
brought were next visited. They were but
hamlets before the nitrate deposits were de-
veloped. and now the first contains over 90 900
inhabitants and the second half as many
Colonel North's only competitor in the nitrate
business is the famous Sonora Consino, the
richest woman in Chilli, who is now living in
Paris.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
FUNNY MEMS FANCIEs.

On q dead pull, being put in harness,
one Of Barn um's elephants lately drew . load
Weighing over four tons. Ifa coal dealer had him
he could be made to draw six tons Of coal.--Ds-
troft Free Press.
Kentuckian-Sir, come Of heroic stock.
My father. grandfather and great-grandfatEer all
died with their boots on. Octogenarian hargman,
at the other end Of the bar--Fact, sir. hung 'em
myself = Phfiadstphta Inquirer.
Didn't Want the Earth.-Subscriber at
the telephone--Heilo, Centrall
Central-Helloi
subseriber--Give me the First National Bank.
Central--Anything else?--P Philadelphia Press.
THE BIG HEAD.
These spreeing mortals often find
In painting objects red;
They often come out way behind
Because they got head.
Philadelphia Press
Miss Boston-Papa, md our Professor Of "a
thology very interesting.
Mr.. Boston--Our what2
Miss Boston--our Professor Of Pathology-our
guide you know.-NeU York Sun.
He Knew That Observation-Disclosures,
my dear. what did the magnetic physician say 10
YOU?
wife-He SAYS I am sick woman, and that my
nervous system is not In equilibrium. He says
am too positive.
Ausband-Humphl 1 could have told you that
and saved . couple Of dollars. s.--Sele York Sum.
Practical Cooking School-Young Hus-
band--So you want 3 cook. / thought you at
tended cooking school before I married you?
Young wife--So 1 did, but we studied only
ornamental cooking. 1 know nothing about
breads or meats or the comm on courses, but can
make lovely tint of cake frosting, and know how
to arrange an exquisite. bouquet for the dinner
table. Omaha WorLd.
"Now, grandpa" said little Chicago j.
year-oid, as she entered her grandfather's study,
IF you are not too busy wen play school
awhile.n
'sAn right my child" said the professor
good-humoredly, II am ready. Where are your
books2',
That is for you to say, said the little one
severely. "rm going to be the teacher.''
The professor collapsed. Chicago Tribune.
Love and Economy.-"Laura," said the
young lady's mother not unkindly. at seems
to me that you had the gas turned rather low last
EVENING"
1T was solely for economy, mamma. IS answered
the maiden.
There Is no use trying to beat the gas COM
pany, my daughter. have noticed that the shut
ting on Of the gas is always followed by corre-
spending increase or pressure
''Weii that lessons the waist DOESN'T II
mamma, dearf' replied the artlese girl. And her
fond parent could and no more to say.-- Tsrry
Haate Erpress. E r4k
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Large-sized Small Mnn-A theatrical
Iujusrice-Mr. Rieby's Rise.


Ipjusfice-Mr. Risby's Rise.
THE food of May and June destroyed or
gravely damaged no less than 15 bridges in
Dauphin county, this State and 1t was business
connected with the rebuilding OF these bridges
that brought George w. Cunkle, the Demo
cratic County Commissioner Of Dauphin, to
this city day before yesterday. He was accom-
panied by his Republican colleague, and all
yesterday spent many hours IN negotiations
with the Pittsburg bridge building firms. All
the new county bridges will be of iron, and
Pittshurg will have a chance to bid for all of
them. An unusual demand for iron bridges is
one of the results of the food that Is not harm
full to Pittsburg.
Mr.. Uunkle is not q large man physically; in
fact his best friends would confess that he is
only a medium weight, but ali che same he cuts
large figure in Harrisburg politics, and en-
Joys the distinction of having won the County
,Commissionership by q handsome majority on
the Democratic ticket in a Republican county.
Mr.. Cunkle's success may be attributed.in part
to the power of the press, for Mr.. Cunkle has
the reputation of being the best pressman in
Harrisburg. He has been pressman in most of
the Harrisburg newspaper offces--and still is
in charge Of The 7ele0ram's pressroom. He is
pleasant and large-hearted man, and the
Democrats of Dauphin ought to keep such
good representative in Office as long as they
can.
THERE is disposition again this summer
among the New York dramatic critics to make
nasty nings at Margaret Matner, tne IRA
gedlenne Tne usually 1alr CHo1 "o' Is tne
latest to abuse Manager HlPs caston protege.
says tne paper Win frencn nAme' Inc
neaithy part OF oramatc managenen. can pe
round In the results attaiheu py tne Two
american actresses Margaret ma'her ana
Juha Mariowe. The FORMER was managed
Tor nearly nve years before sne was put ON Ine
stage. her reception was pougns ior ner. Inc
decline OF patronage was steady: Inc woman
was not great actress. IN HAllo"e case we
She began as an unknown. In Boston she
opened with less than 500 in the house. At the
end OF the first week the box once reported
nightly receipts OF over si,No ms speaks
well Tor critical and popular opinion. Inc only
success OF utter incompetency tnat our stage
has had IN recent years has peen tnat OF MIS-.
Langtry
1T is not true that Margaret Matner played to
less prontable business last season tnan sne
had previously enjoyed under the astute man
agenent OF Mr.. Hill, because the public sud
denly mad rush OF dlscernment and resolved
tnat she was not a great actress, put simply
because her company was INFERIOR. sne carried
no scenery and was otherwise handicapped by
incompetent management In Pittspurg MISS
Mather is as popular as ever; ana all sne needs
to draw crowded houses again Is generous and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

stituents on the tariff. by appointing him to
the RoumanIan Mission. This credits Presi-
dent Harrison with an unwonted degree of
liberality in appointing Democrats to diplo-
matte posts. The esteemed Journal fails to
perceive the vital difference made by the
introduction of an extra 'n" in the name.
There is a decisive distinction between
Congressman Sowden and Mr.. A. Louden
Snowden, who has received the Roumanisn
appointment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
PENSION BUREAU RULES.
Secretary Noble Writes a Little Letter TO
Commissiouer Tanner.

COmmi0el0nor Tannefs
WASHINGTON. July 2-Secretary Noble has
addressed letter to Bon. James Tanner, Com
missioner of Pensions, in which he calls the at
tention Of that oAicer to the following regula-
ton, applicable to the Pension Bureau Order
No lGS, January "a. 1885:
lowing to the pressure brought to bear from
all quarters to take cases out Of their regular
rder, and as at this late date poverty and hard
ship from further delay can be alleged of al
most every applicant alike: therefore cases will
be taken out Of their order only when such cause
therefor is shown to the Commissioner in
writing as would satisfy the other worthy:claim-
ants whose claims precede them, should they
know the facts. that such action is proper.
Hereafter no case will be advanced that Is not
clearly within this rule"
The letter Of the Secretary continues: 1T is
hereby further ordered that this rule be ex-
tended SO as to embrace cases only where the
applicants In very great destitution or at the
point Of death. This regulation will not only
be strictly enforced, but attorneys, agents or
others persisting in applications contrary to its
language and spirit will be disbarred from
practice before the department You will
have this made public"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

RHODE ISLAND is disguised at the dis
covery that the repeal Of its prohibitory
law will require an extra session of the
Legislature to provide some regulation foi
the liquor traffic. As that body has met
twice already this year, Rhode Island can
hardly be blamed for feeling that it ID
likely to have too much of good thing.
Perhaps the vote of Pennsylvania on pro
hibition may be partially accounted for by
the knowledge of tie public that, by voting
the way they did, they escaped the calamity
of an extra session of our Legislature.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

SECRETARY NOBLE gives the administra-
tion certificate of character by testifying
that not a. word of profanity has been heard
atthe Cabinet meetings since the administra-
ton was organized. We are glad to know
that the Cabinet is so exemplary, but still
the certificate is likely to create our special
wonder, as to whether it did not require the
prompt adjournment of the Cabinet meet
ing when it was learned that Montana had
gone Democratic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

THE industrious efforts of some Of our
Chicago contemporaries to represent that the
wages of Pittsburg ironworkers are being
cut down, and that the Pittsburg Relief
Committee is stealing the supplies for the
Johnstown people, which Chicago did not
send, may be taken as proof presumptive
that expansion of area does not produce q
proportionate largeness OF mind.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
Lace. Arc somewhat CombusribIe.

While lighting the gas to-day in the Palais
Royal, q fashionable millinery store, Bertha
Abels, a young shop girl, dropped a burning
bit of paper into mass of laces In a minute
everything near the girl was ablaze She was
too frightened to run. Her screams sum-
moned the bookkeeper to her aid just as her
skirts began to burn. He wrapped a blanket
around her and shouted to the other employees
to run for their lives. The building was event.
uaily cleared of 50 girls and 20 men without
accident. Miss Abel, was.only slightly burned.
Firemen extinguishei the flames after an hour
of hard work. Loss. $4,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
GENERAL SHERMAN recently indulge,

GENERAL SHERMAN recently INDUCED
in some sarcastic remarks to d
Chicago reporter on the policy of Chicago
in annexing all the outlaying agricultural
districts. The consequence is that the Chi
cago press is unanimously beginning to in
innate that the General pursued an entirely
uujustifable course in whipping the South
ern armies so thoroughly as he did.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

WHAT the Governor of Mississippi is say
ing to the Governors of Louisiana and Ala
bama will be regarded by the pugilistic
crowd as much less appropriate than the
proverbial remarks that passed between the
Governors of the two Carolinas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

THE remark of the Providence Journal
that President Harrison has Roumania
for every Sowden," indicates that the
esteemed Journal has not yet mastered the
personal aspect of Pennsylvania politics.
1t seems to have an idea that President
Harrison is consolIng that Democratic Con-
gresham, Mr.. Sowden, of Allentown, who
was suppressed by President Cleveland for
voting according to the interests Of his Con-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
pepev No. in a story.reIIln. Mood.

Chauncey M. Depew. with his wife. young
son and several servants, sailed on the steam
ship Adriatic for Liverpool this morning. A
score or more of his friends were at the dock
to give Mrs Depew flowers and to hear DIR.
Depew tell farewell story. But DR.. Depew
was not in storytelling mood He looked
tired and worried. He will visit London and
Paris, will pass August at the Exposition and
return early In September.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

A CLoUD-BURsT at Peoria, ILL.,. last
week, is reported to have ruined many
thousands of gallons of milk. From the
character of Peori product the presumption
is that the water made the milk too rich.
Peoria's fame as whisky center is calcu-
lated to create the opinion there that il
water gets into anything it will ruin it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

The sporting columns seem to be unani-
mously of the opinion that Sullivan sand
Kilrain are not going to fight with their us
ual offensive weapons, namely, their
tongues. But before being very confident it
may be wise to wait till the returns are
all in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

Now that gubernatorial dignity has got
on its ear over the question of the introduc-
ton of President Harrison at Woodstock,
Mr.. Henry c. Bowen may well feel that he
has nothing further co ask for from this life,
in the way of getting himself advertised.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
Chicaeo,s Bicycle Craze,

From the Chicago News.!
The bicycle craze has flied the boulevards of
this city with a confused jumbie Of spiderylegs
and skeleton machines for deyouring distance.
Apparently 80 persons out of every 100 habit
ually ride bicycles. The Tooth person rides
tricycle.. Not only does every one ride those
noiseless contrivances but every one rides
them at great speed
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

Mr.. HENRY GEORGE and the Socialists
seem to be having pleasant time in Lon
doD. He tells the Socialists that all the re-
suits they aim at can be achieved more
speedily by the single tax idea; and the
Socialists cheer the announcement in a
manner which indicates that they are as
trustful as Mr.. George is sanguine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

CONCERTS in the parks form a summer
night feature which will add greatly to the
attractions of Allegheny. and which will do
the same for Pittsburg-when Pittsburg
gets some parks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
scnIped by the Machinery.

Mary Muldowney. in the employ of the Gen.
tral Carpet Mandatory. at Plainfield. had her
hair torn completely from her head by belt
and shaft near which she was working to-day,
and the hair came out by the roots and large
pieces of the scalp were wrenched OF with it,
She Is in critical condition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

YESTERDAY was the kind of day that
is calculated to restore human belief in the
benigpity of nature. If we can have such
weather as that for the Fourth of July, the
previous meteorological transgressions of
1889 can be given.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

THE railroads are doing good business.
and if they can break themselves Of the bad
habit of cutting each others throats and
laying it on the interstate commerce law,
there is no reason why they may not do well
this year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

The people in the streets Of London seem
to have entertained pardonable doubt as to
whether the Shah or Salisbury was most de-
serving of their jeers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
Easily Pleased.

From the Phiiadelphia Pressl
Fashionable people at the seashore are more
than ordinarily Indifferent to the character and
extent of their bathing suits this year. In
word, little or nothing Is good enough for
them,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04

THE action of the trustees of the Polytech-
mic Institute, reported elsewhere, indicates
that the new institute will soon materialize
into an actual and gratifying fact.