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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
THE LATEST ENGLISH VENTURE.
Syndicate Wants to Control the Book
Publishing Business.

Publishing Business.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcH..
NEW YORK. August H.-There is to be
Book Trust. English capitalists are once more
willing to invest their pounds sterling in
American enterprises. The next venture is
said to be to secure control of the business of
the publishing Of cheap literature in the
United States. Such scheme would involve
the floating of at least $40 600 900 and it is as
serted by no less an authority than Mr.. Samuel
Untermeyer, of the firm of Guggenheimer &
Untermeyer, that the syndicate is ready to put
up the requisite S15000,000 While the syndl-
cate has not been completed it has assumed
tangible shape. and Is the subject of universal
discussion among the New York publishers.
The plan as already mapped out is that the
English syndicate shall buy outright the busi-
ness OF the leading publishers of cheap novels
George Munro Co., who have placed their
price at Sl25, ,000 the John w. Lowell Company,
which concern would not sell out for less than
". W. L % AiiisOn N Norman ANN Munro. | J. B Alden and and
McNaiiy Co. and I 8 Bedford, li Clark f Z Co., Of
Chicago. Representatives of most Of these
concerns have already been approached and
their figures obtained. John s. Ogilvie talked
freely about the proposed enterprise. He
frankly acknowledged he had been approached
by a representative of the English syndicate,
ana had been asked to name his price. He did
@ SO and placed his figures at the modest sum Of
$500, ,0O0
~ do not understand that the scheme Is to
form Book Trust, though" said Mr.. Ogilvie.
las understand it, the scheme is to form a
corporation to buy out all the publishers of
cheap publications., and think it will succeed,
for the simple reason that majority of the
publishers in our line are willing to sell out
The scheme, in my opinion, is practicable, and
while don't pretend to have an immensely
long head, 1 would feel perfectly satisfied in
guaranteeing Is per cent dividend to the ip-
vestors the first year, il the scheme is put in
operation as sug gested, and L see no reason
why it should not be-"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
THE CHAMPIONS DISASTER.

The pride of the prize ring and the cham
pion of pugilism in the United States SEN
fenced to year in the Mississippi Peniten-
tiary! After this Jersey justice will have
TO surrender the palm for tartness to Mis-
sissippi law.
Naturally the pugilistic fraternity stands
aghast and Mr.. Kilrain calculates in
dismay at this intimation of the fate to
which he has incautiously surrendered
himself The idea that the law is stronger
than the sluggers, and that the men who
were the heroes of the public a few weeks
ago can be thrown into prison and taught
an honest trade, penetrates the short haired
icrania of the fistic heroes like an electrir
bolt and arouses the question whether this
is land of liberty or blasted despotism.
AS for the rest of the public it will find
interest and satisfaction in this demonstra-
tion that, on the subject of prize fighting at
least, Mississippi law means something.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

LAST week was pretty lively one for
killings. On Tuesday a man named Glen
DENIM shot and seriously wounded Judge
Pierce, of the Superior Court, at San Diego,
CAL; on Wednesday Marshal Nagle shot
and killed Judge Terry; at Covington.
Herbert shot and fatally wounded Haines;
on the same day mob at Arlington, Tex,
hanged and shot Jim Brooks, an escaped
negro convid&; band of negroes shot and
fatally wounded the Chief of Police at
jackson, in Tennessee and on the same
day the rival branches of the Clan-na-Gael
held their picnics in Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
LITTLE PLEAsANTRIEs.

Some Door, foolish men, who have no use
for such burden, seem to want the earth, All
the earth axis something to turn n.--Eer0 Orleans
Picayune.
A Sad Sltuation.-''He owes everything
he has to me.n
.sThat,s bad. He owes a great deal more than
he has to me. '--Harper's BGsar.
"Miss Passee only just had her eighteenth
birthday? Ridiculous.''
'It's true. You know she born on the 18th
of February. "--Harper's Bdzdr.
Ted-Why are you so sure Miss Lonely
hasn't beau?
Ned--Is called on her the other evening. and
therewasn't an armchair in the parlor.--Epoch.
Very Much So.-"I never could under
stand Smith. There is something far away about
him.''
$50 hear. He's in Egypt isn't hea''--Har-
per's Bdzar,
Bodkins-I am convinced that my gro
ceryman would make first class highwayman: z
Bisby-What put such an idea into your head?
Bodkins-He knows how to lie in weight, any
how. -kedrney Enterprise.
1t is seriously stated that it takes fly
two billionth part Of a second to wink. II a mans
wink was sudden as hy's he would never get
anything but plain soda at the fountain in q drug
store. --NorrfStotcn Herald.
"I'm feeling miserable" replied Jimp-
.'No wonder, after playing poker all nIght.''
s'Yes lost NV white and red chips. and all that
remains is a stack Of blues. ~ Washington Capt
tai.
THE ANNUAL RISK.
The lover is lucky
Who gets through the summer
Without having his ducky
Elope with drummer.
~. Y. Evenfn1 Sun.
A Terrible Burden.-Clara-What q ter
rible noise thar wagon makes.
George--Yes; it's dreadful. isn'tit?
''What makes it groan so, GeorgeY''
''Why, it is nlled with green apples. 49, Yonkers
Statesman.
HI Pedigree.-Englishman Ito stran-
ger)--Excuse me. sir. but aren't you foreigner2
stranger--foreigner? No. SIR, I'm an Ameri-
can pure and simple.
Englishman--Ahi and what tribe do you belong
to. please?-Aarper's Basdr.
Nearly a Stranger.-Mr. Ciubman-My
private secretary, young NicefeIlow, says he Is
acquaintance Of yours.
Miss City ybelle--What impudencei never meet
him except at the seaside, aud last summer even
refused to become engaged to him again. ,--Ss's
xork Weekly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
THE'SUPPLY OF CAVIARE.
Put Up In This Country ir is Sent TO Europe
and Returned.

ana heturne0-
DELAWARE CITY, August 1.-THE great in
dustry here is the catching of sturgeon and the
making of Russian caviare." There are three
firms engaged in the work, and during the
spring there were 400 surgeons caught, the
aggregate weight beingi about $4,000 pounds.
They were valued at S22.56 OF the total catch
2820 were roe fish, which netted TO kegs of
caviare of 140 pounds each, valued at sl9. 40
This caviare was nearly all shipped to Ger
many, but some of It will return to this country
in small tin cans and be greatly increased in
value on account of the duties and foreign
reputation.
The surgeons are put in large nets, and the
roe must be removed while the fish is still
alive, or 1t is of use. The is in large dark
fakes 1t is carefully rubbed through sleeves to
separate the eggs, about the size of duck shot,
from the film or membrane that holds them
together. Great care is taken to prevent the
crushing of the eggs. They are salted and
packed in kegs.
There is nothing wasted of the sturgeon.
The meat is cut into steaks and kept cold, later
in the season being shipped to New York and
Philadelphia, where it sells from IL to p cents
pound. The hides are used, and the refuse is
sent to New jersey, where it is converted into
oil and compost.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
THE MODERN ADVERTISEMENT.
1t is Made the Subject of n Very Interesting
Pamphlet.

Messrs John Manning & Co., OF Philadelphia,
have published pamphlet entitled 'The
Modern Advertisement; Its Resources and
Curioslties." by John Manning and Arthur H.
MacOwen. In 40 pages some verg interesting
facts are told about newspaper advertising.
Many suggestions are made which. If acted
upon, will assure Better results to business men
who resort to the use Of printers ink. One of
these relates to originality in matter and in
dividuality Of style in getting up the ''ad."
Some curious samples are given in the book.
The next thing recommended is to select
newspaper the circulation of which guarantees
to the advertiser that he may expect a profit
on his investment. To this branch of the SUBJ
ject the pamphlet devotes considerable atten-
ton, pointing out very clearly how much infiu-
ence the methods of a publisher may have on
the advertiser, and giving list of newspapers
in the United States and Canada, among which
is of course, THE DISPATCH, as examples of
public journals that are pre-eminently OF value
to business men. On the whole, Manning &
Co.'s little book is well worth reading.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

A CHICAGO merchant. visiting New York
the other day was taken in by bunko
steerers, and of course the press of the two
cities necessarily make the incident signifi-
cant as bearing upon their respective claims
for the international exhibition. They are
foolish to do 50. They do not perceive the
obvious fact that it shows Chicago to be too
conhding and New York to be too thievish
to permit either of them to take the job of
running a show on which the reputation of
the country depends.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

earnings 6sS per cent, and the total pay
ment of interest and dividends, 6 per cent.
The past year has not been an especially
prosperous one for the railroad interest, but
the above figures show that if the prevailing
railway vice of watering capital were thor
oughly squeezed out of the railway bust
ness, it would have surpassed the average
of business enterprises in the amount of its
returns
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
TRI-STATE TRIPLES.

AFRANKLIN man. whose cup of happiness
seemed to be filed to the brim and whose de-
meanor was one of great joy, was observed at
the depot this afternoon. He had rattlesnake
in glass-covered box and was drunk.-OR City
Blizzard.
PERRY PETHTEL, of Green county, Pennsyl-
vania, few days since killed very large
snake It was surrounded with III other snakes
of the same species, each about nine inches in
length. Mr.. Pethtel succeeded in killing the
whole batch. They were Of the garter-head
variety.
MISS THEKLA STEUBER of philadelphia, Is
a hustler. She testiies that on August a
certain man promised to marry her. On Aug-
ust IL she sued him for breach of promise.
BEpFoRp is the home of enc Of the oldes
Masons In Pennsylvania. Daniel Minnich wat
"a years old on tho 2lst of June and has been as
member of the Masonic order So years,
ALARGE retriever dog owned by DR.. Beaver.
of Conshohocken, walked into the residence of
Mr.. Robert Stewart a few days since, retrieved
a cold roast OF veal from the dining-room table
while no one was around. and took 10 home to
the Beaver family.
LIFTING the sick is knack. After bag
gage smasher, employed at the Broad street
station, had vainly tried to lift his invalid
father, petite girl. graduate Of the Nurses
Training School Of, Philadelphia Hospital, came
silently floating into the room, like bit of
zephyr, and gave the burly sick man just the
turn he needed.
A WKLLsBURG. (w. VAL dog jumped
into the water and rescued half-drowned
chicken. -
An ohio sirI, 10 years Of age, has become
baldheaded.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

THE accident on the West Penn Rail-
road is another example of the necessity Of
constant vigilance in keeping the roadbed
and rolling stock of railroads in the best
condition. The exact responsibility for
the fatality has not been clearly located by
the reports; but it seems tolerably plain
that there was q weak spot in the track.
A greater degree of watchfulness might
have discovered it in some other way than
by an accident which may cost a half
dozen useful and honorable lives.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

THE capabilities of the human mind for
fault-fnding are illustrated by the fact that
numerous of our esteemed contemporaries,
who were criticising the recklessness of hav-
ing an ocean race between the transatlantic
steamers, are now finding fault with the af-
fair because the race was slow proceeding.
1t is impossible to satisfy some people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
COLLECTING MAIL In TUBES.
A Novel Scheme for Gathering Up Letters
About 10 be Tested.

About 10 De Tested.
PHILADELPHIA. August ia commotion
has been caused among the letter carriers in
the Philadelphia Postofice over a rumor that
the pneumatic tube system for the collection
of mail matter will probably be introduced in
this city. 1t is said that the experiment will
first be tried in the business section of the city,
and if found to be successful there the pipes
will be extended to all parts of the city. The
Postmaster General has been investigating
this scheme, and is said to be favorably i'm
pressed with its feasibility. In private busi-
ness he has found that by a generous use Of
wind dollars can be made to roll from the four
points of the compass into one big money box,
and he sees no reason why the same agency
cannot be made to serve Uncle Sam and bring
mail dropped into the letter boxes in all parts
of the city into the central office.
The plans for the new system have not yet
been thoroughly digested, but the general idea
is to lay q system of pneumatic tubes in ali the
main streets of the city and connect them with
the letter boxes located on those streets. The
connection would be by means of a pipe run
ming underground and up the inside Of lamp
post where 1t would be fitted to box of peculiar
construction. This would place all parts of the
city in direct communication with the general
pOstofice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
THEN AND NOW.

A pair Of laughing. loving eyes,
That memory might well treasure,
A look of welcome, and surprise.
OF friendship. fun and pleasure.
A look as warm, look as bright
AS bloom OF sunlit heather,
Where youth and innocence unite
With beauty-all together.
You were little girl in pink,
So well can remember,
Twas late In August. as think,
Or earliest September.
The sea that day was calm and blue
lin every mood 1--we IT.,
The sun shone bright on 1t and you
From the blue sky above 1t.
We spoke some words OF flight import
Talked Of the summer weather:
Parted, and smiled, and little thought
Our fates were linked together.
And low let wild waves rest or roar,
Skies smile. or frown with thunder,
We twain on life's mysterious shore
NO more shall part asunder.
-Gsorgs Forsste,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

THE United States naval officers are able
to very pertinently answer the criticisms for
putting one man as a prize crew on board
the "Black Diamond" instead of putting
enough of the crew on to navigate the YES
sci to Sitka 1t was more important to keep
the United States vessel than to maintain
the captured one; and if they had put three
or four men on the Canadian bark, what
would they have done with the revenue
vessel?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
Will Sue for Damages.

A dispatch from Cincinnati says: The doc
tors have decided that the man Steele, named
in recent kilograms, has blood poison. He will
sue for 5000 damages Felden Weir, the first
man experimental on here, and whose wonder
full cure was telegraphed broadcast, Is in bed
again. Great, hard Jumps appear where the
incisions were made, ard he is delirious. DIR.
Longfellow. who made the first experiments. in
published statement last night said he has
lost faith in the elixir, and that a local paper
paid all the expenses of his experiments for the
first news.
Dr. Langinpeck, the chemist who prepares
nine-tenths of all the elixir used here. says 1t is
dangerous if used after an hour and rank
poison after two hours. This case amounls to a
craze. There are reports that the workhouse
physioions have experimental Unfortunately
with frightful results.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

The energy with which our esteemed CO.
temporary, the New York Sun, is calling
upon General Harrison to remove Postmas-
ter General Wanamaker, in order to save
the administration from failure, creates the
impression that Mr.. Wanamaker's delay in
abolishing the sickly green postage stamp
has been fatal to him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

MRS. SARAH ALTHEA HILL-SHARoN-
TERRY is stated to be an attractive young
widow; but in view of the history of her
previous husbands, either alleged or ac-
knowledged, the man who would contem-
plate a matrimonial alliance with her may
be set down as deciding that this life NO
longer has any charms for him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

THE Georgia duel was ridiculous enough
already, and the assertion of some of our CO.
temporaries that it was entirely fought out
with blank cartridges is adding an extrava-
CANT and superfuous element of absurdity to
it. People should not gild refined gold, or
paint the lily, even with regard to bur-
lesque duels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
A FLOATING Rum SHOP.
Novel Scheme 20 Evade the Liquor Laws In
Dry Ohio Town.

CELINA, o., August H.-Shane's Crossing at
a local option election a few months ago went
dry. One of the saloons promptly moved
across the river. which forms the corporation
line, and, taking possession of an island, fitted
up beer garden. The proprietors rugged up
dummy elevator with which to supply farmers
passing over the bridge who had not time to 20
below.
Last Saturday the township also voted on the
question, the result being dry" but the pro-
prietors of the saloon have discovered that the
st. Mary's river, which flows at the foot OF the
street and was formerly used by fiat boats to
transport supplies from st. Mary's to Ft
WAYNE, Is still q navigable stream. So they are
building hat-boat for their liquor traffic and
from haIf-mile above the town to a halfmile
below, anchoring at the foot of Main street
every night.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
THE LARGEST EVER CAUGHT.

A Rochester Fisherman Captures n Brown
Trout Weighing Over Six Pounds.
ROCHESTER, N. Y. August 1.-THE largest
brown trout ever caught on this continent was
landed last evening at Spring Greek, Mumford.
The fish weighs pounds ounces, and its pro-
portion and completion are perfect This is
one of the species of brown trout, the spawn of
which was imported from Germany, and re-
ceived at the New York State hatchery on
February l8,' 1884. go that its age cannot be
more than between and years. The largest
ever caught previously weighed trifie over
pounds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

THE argument is presented against the
Henry George theory, that some enter
prising proprietors of theaters are giving
away town lots with theater tickets. The
town lots are not worth anything, but the
probability is that each one is worth more
than the argument and the theater tickets
put together.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

THOUSANDS of acres of wheat fields are
reported to be destroyed by the prairie fires
in Northern Dakota. The farmers consid-
cred it great misfortune until they read
the report that the two railroads Of that
section had formed an elevator trust, which
puts the destruction Of the grain crop in the
light of blessing in disguise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
Lady Tourists Robbed.

Miss Fanny Losey, of Lacrosse, Wis, a
passenger on the steamer Werra. was robbed
this morning of jewelry worth $500
and q purse containing sl00. While she
was bidding farewell to some friends
her stateroom was entered and her trunk
broken open. An excitable French woman
to-day in the Pennsylvania Railroad depot
across the river complained to the officer that
she had lost satchel containing money, dia-
monds and frst-class ticket to France. She
gave her name as Mrs. De La We're. Of Chicago.
She said that she had two trunks and the
satchel checked by Dodds Express. When
she got to the New York side the trunks were
there but the satchel was missing. 1t con-
tanned $50 in money. diamonds valued at $4O0
and her steamer ticket.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

~ The vigor with which several leaders Of
the political world find it necessary to deny
the existence of that deal may be generally
taken as evidence that there is some fire
under all that smoke.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
BALLAD TO A SIGNATURE.

BALLAD 10 a SlGNATUhE.
We've quarreled-I know it Annette
But only as true lovers may
You'll forgive, dear, as well as forget
Let anger be done with the day.
In fancy I'm hearing you say,
You never my equal have met
For naughtiness-well, dear. you may
You, only my little Annette.
Perhaps. dear, was in q pet
To see you so cruelty CAV
With Charlie-the lirt of our set
When you thought your own knight was away.
I'm made Of NO wonderful clay
Twas hasty and bitter, and yet
Well love you, that's all can say
You, only my little Annette.
Dear lady, I'm still IN your debt,
And shall be whatever pay
Let love all my failings o'erset
And send me comforting ray.
Forgive me-'tis all that pray,
Nor say like proofreader ''stetp'
Idon'twant to stay for q day
Away from my little Annette.
ENvoI.
30 write me o letter to-day,
Any kind, dear, SO long as you let
Your sweetest CT signatures stay
'I'm ever your little Annette"
HEPBURN JOHNS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

WHETHER the new elixir is able to give
the human race long life or not, there is
foundation for the hope that it is very rap
idly nearing the point where it can give us
q raet
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
CONSCIENTIOUS, FORsooTH!

There be strange mortals in Boston City.
Just now some of our Boston cotemporaries
are congratulating their bailIwick on pos
sessing At least one conscientious man. 1t
10 great boast, The rarity at the Hub is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
A NEGR0'S MAGIC TOUCH.
He Claims to Cure Chronic Diseases by lay
ing on of Hands.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, August H.-Frederick
Stern, a colored doctor of Scotsboro. has made
a sensation among the people Of his own race
by the cures which he processes to have made
by the laying on of hands. He rubs the ailing
portion Of the PATIENTS body, and the patient
has a tIngling sensation like that produced by a
mild current of electricity. The otEer doctors
and the newspapers of Scotsboro denounce
Stern as q fraud.
Several persons afflicted for years with
chronic diseases shy they have been cured by
stern in a few hours without the aid of medi-
cines. The negroes almost worship Stern, and
are firm in the belief that he possesses super
natural powers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
Tho Huppiest Man.

From the st. Louis Republic.1
The Marquis Of Lorne has written a volume
of poems entitled "Who is the HappiestY"
When his answer comes along it will probably
be, The man who has not married into the
Royal family.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18

TEXAS is evidently taking up the reputa-
tion which South Carolina has cast aside
for the survival of that sort of barbarism
known as race conflicts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-18
pl.armipg EngIIsh Crit,cs.

From the Pm iladelphia Times.s
In advan ce of any enlightened British crit.
cism upon Deputy Sheriff Nagle's defense Of
Judge Field let us take occasion to say that it
is none Of the enlightened Briton's funeral.