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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

THE Hon James Russell Lowell will soon re-
occupy his old home at Cambridge.
GENERAL DANIEL E. SIcKLEs, of New
York, who was in Congress IN 1857, is talked OF
as Tammany candidate for State Senator.
COLONEL WILLIAM L BROWN, who, like
Sunset Cox, was born in Ohio. is now spoken
of as candidate for the latter's seat in Con-
gress.
Ex-SEcRETARY BAYARD's wedding with
Miss Mary Willing Clymer Is to occur early
next month; the exact date has not yet been
announced.
Mr.. WILLIAM W. THURsToN, President Of
the Bethlehem, Pa, Iron Company, finds
his health failing and on that account will pres
entity go to Cuba for the winter.
A FEW days ago at the meeting of the Kan
sas Equal Suffrage Association, Susan 3. An
thony said that every State in the Union within
the next 40 years will accord women the liber-
ties asked for by the association.
ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY PRUDKN
has been at the White House for Is years. He
asserts, and he is high authority, that Ruther-
ford b Hayes was the most liberal entertainer
who ever occupied the Executive Mansion.
This is contrary to popular belief Mr.. Pru-
denis word is not to be doubted, however.
COMMODORE JOHN G. WALKER, who has for
several years been the real head of the Navy
Department, has been ordered to sea as CON-
mander of the European squadron. The Com
modore is every inch sailor and looks it He
is about feet 10, solidly built and his gait
shows that he has trod the deck for years. He
pays little attention to dress, but devotes some
care to his "Dundreary" whiskers and wavy
black hair. He is considered a martinez by the
drones in the service but he is nothing more
than conscientiously faithful to his duty.
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THE NEW GAS LINES.

Amid all the talk of shortage in gas and
possible failure of the supply, the record of
new lines laid furnishes the most convincing
evidence of the opinion of those who are in
the best position TO judge of that question.
The men who lay gas lines and put hard
earned money in them are not likely to do
1t without satisfying themselves that their
money is not thrown away.
We have already alluded to the construc-
tion of the big steel main by the Philadel-
phia Company at a cost of nearly a million
dollars. Including this, the Philadelphia
Company is stated to have laid hundred
miles Of pipe this year. Five competing
companies have laid mains costing probably
s., 500, 600 from different fields to the CITY.
The total mileage of pipe laying is stated
70 be 15O, and the total cost in the vicinity
of $4,000, 900.
These facts convey not only the assurance
of permanence in supply but also the prom
Use of competition. Both are equally graft
fying to the public of Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

logic in support Of an even more remarkable
policy.
The same rule holds good with regard to
silver. Whatever public need there is for
more silver coinage, the Government should
meet by the purchase of silver bullion. But
it is not the business of the Government to
bull the silver market any more than to
bull the prices of East End real estate. The
sole question to determine is whether the
increase of silver coinage is needed to sup
ply the public with convenient and suita-
BILE currency. or whether it is not.
This question may be answered in differ
ent ways, according to the extent and pur-
pose of the coinage. When the proposition
is to retire,the legal tenders, which for nearly
twelve years have been convertible into
gold, and which for convenience and popu-
larity have never been surpassed, in order
to let silver take its place, there is little in
it to show how a public benefit would be
secured,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
PARAGRAPHIC PLEASANTLY.

SYRACUSE Herald: Nothing will so soon
make person hot as cold treatment.
BOSTON Herald: The next Commissioner of
Pensions is preserving discreet silence.
BALTIM ORE american: The popular actor
mounts the ladder Of fame on rounds of ap-
plause.
CHICAGO Times: General court news''-ac.
count of the engagement Of one young man to
several young women.
LOUISVILLE Courfer-JourndI: All the Koffs
Of Russia sympathize with the Czarina in her
recently acquired cold.
ATcHIsoN Globe: When girl falls in love
she stops saying her prayers. but after she is
married she begins them again.
YoNKERs Statesman: When husband
comes home with powder on the sleeve of his
coat his wife is very apt to show FIRE. Then he
is blown up.
ST. PAUL Pioneer Press: Nowadays most
dinner eaters start from given point-a Blue
Point" And most good diners wind up with
embonpoint
YoNKERs Statesman: The nights are get
ting longer, but the young man who occupies
half of a Darlor chair with his girl every even
ing doesn't realize it
BOSTON Transcript: Frances Hodgson Bur-
netts husband is an oculist of reputation and
Mrs. Burnett herself has produced things
which are good for sore eyes
HARTFORD courant: Some of the COM
pound Kalamazoo Greek names suggested for
the killing OF murderers by electricity are more
terrifying than the thing ITSELF j
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
LIFTED Up BY HIS HAIR.
Scranton Mans Locks Made the Subject
of a Novel Bet,

SCRANTON, October ga Scranton man,
whose hair is uncommonly thick, lately won
bet for one of his acquaintances and lost 1t for
another. They were talking one day in Sep
tember about the mans remarkably thick
hair. when one Of them said he would bet the
oyster suppers for six and three quart bottles
Of champagne that the thick haired man could
stand to be lifted a foot from the floor by the
hair of his head. The other took him up. and
off they went to find out whether the owner of
the hair would consent to be handled in that
way. He said he was willing to let them make
one trial on him, but he was very much in
doubt, he declared, whether his scalp would
stand his weight of 15S pounds. Anyhow, the
man who bet on him might try.
Then the bettor got upon carpenters bench,
and the man with the thick hair backed up to
the bench, stuck his hands In his trousers
pockets, set his jaws, and was ready. The man
on the bench then grabbed the bushy hair with
both hands andlifted slowly. The owner of the
hair made all sorts of faces, but he had lots of
grit and he didn't squeal. BE was lifted IA
inches from the floor, and the third man owned
up that he had lost the bet fairly and squarely.
They had the, suppers and the champagne
that night three others joining them. For
week after that, the thick-haired man said, a
circle of his scalp just above his ears. felt as
sore as boil.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
ROT A GOVERNMENT FUNCTION

One of the arguments by which Mr.. St.
John, of New York, supports his PROPOSE
ton to make silver coinage take the place
of the legal tender issue, is that the increase
of silver coinage to the amount of s., 600, 900
monthly will importantly enhance" the
price of silver bullion by increasing the
total consumption Of silver somewhat be-
vond its present production.
But what right has the United States
Government to undertake policy for the
purpose of enhancing the price of silver as
q metal? 1t would be very pleasant for the
interests which produce iron to have the
Government buy 81, 600, 900 worth of iron
every month; but the people whose money
pays for it would interpose the objec-
tion that it is not the Governments business
TO seek to enhance the price of iron any more
than of grain, beef, pork or cotton. What
ever effect the Government purchases of iron
or steel for its proper needs, such as the
building of ships or the manufacture, may
have on the,market islegitimate enough; but
to urge that the Government should 60 into
wholesale purchases of iron merely to bull
the market would be remarkable effort OF
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
PITTsBURG, SUNDAY, OCT. 6, 1889.
BoULANGER's BURST BUBBLE.

Poor Boulangerl The hardship of having
10 come down to a pitiful score and half of
members in the Chamber, as the sum total of
the party which was to take possession of
the Legislature, was bad enough; the disap-
pointment of running away with the expec-
tation of being called back again, and fail
ing to receive the call, was bitter; but neither
of them has half the sting that attaches to
the announcement that the people who were
putting up the money for his campaign have
got tired of the job, and will let the bold
Boulanger 60 on his own resources hereafter.
1t also comes out in this connection that
the people who were furnishing the funds
which made Boulanger's campaign so great
an attraction for the political adventures,
were no less than the wealthy leaders of the
monarchist party. The stories about rich
American who was backing 'le brave gen.
eral" or the enamored duchesse who was
elevating him to greatness prove to have
been alike pleasant examples of French
political fiction. Boulanger was simply a
paid agent of the Orleans princes, hired on
his own representation that he could sweep
the French elections and turn France over
once more to the representative of the Bour-
bon and Orleans dynasty. Having failed
20 deliver the goods, he loses the supplies
and his political light is blotted out
This puts both parties to the transaction
in an unenviable light 1t exposes Boulan-
ger as making merchandise of a bogus
political power, and the Comte de Paris as
buying his way to the throne. and at the
same time exemplifying the old proverb
about the promptness with which fool and
his money part company.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR p1rrsBURe.

The reply of President Roberts to COM
munication from the officers of the Belt
Line Railroadin Philadelphia, says that sit
has always been the policy of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to open its tracks
to all railroad companies which will in re-
turn afford it equal facilities"
Possibly the exact amount of faith to be
placed in this profession may be somewhat
minimized by the fact thatrhe Pennsylvania
Railroad has rushed through Philadelphia
Councils an ordinance permitting it to build
tracks where the Belt Line is planned to 60.
But the assertion Of such policy is so i'm
portant to Pittsburg that it would be well
worth the trouble to make the attempt to see
if it cannot be put in force here.
A large share OF the difficulty and cost of
shipment in Pittsburg is the time and labor
expended in bringing freight to and from
the terminal points of different railroads
With free transfer between all the railroads,
or the joint use of terminal facilities, such
as President Roberts processes thatthe Penn
sylvania Railroad is ready to make, the
trouble and expense of shipment would not
only be minimized, but great expenditure
in parallel lines could have been saved.
Since President Roberts declares the will
ingness of the Pennsylvania Railroad to
make such an arrangement, the Chamber of
Commerce, the Grain Exchange and the
City Councils should take prompt steps to
secure its realization here. And if Penn
sylvania Railroad ethics do not apply the
same rules to Pittsburg as to Philadelphia,
the sooner that fact is made evident the
better
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
MIR. BLAINE AND THE CONGRESS.

1t is little difficult to estimate correctly
the reports that there was objection among
some of the South American delegates, to
the election of Mr.. Blaine to the Presidency
of the Pan-American Congress. The dis
patches leave no question that there was
some dissent, but whether it was of such
serious character as to be any obstacle to a
successful attainment of the objects of the
Congress cannot be judged at this distance.
1t should be evident, however, that if
there is any serious dissent as to his Presi-
dency on the part of minority even, it
would be wiser for Mr.. Blaine, both person
ally and for the public interests, to decline
to let his individual position in the Congress
become stumbling block. The clear pur-
pose of the Congress is to conciliate and cul-
tivate the friendship of the South American
nations. Especially in view of the attempts
made by European nations to put the Con-
gress in the light of an attempt to establish
Anglo-Saxon leadership over the Latin
nations of this hemisphere, it is indiscreet
to let any personal issues hamper
buS suCCCsS VI buC COmmeEClal puI-
poses of the assemblage. AS the
objections are reported to come from Chilli
and the Argentine Republic, the two most
progressive and important of the South
American republics, and are conjectured to
grow out of Mr.. Blaine's position toward
South American politics in 1881, the i'm
portance of even extreme steps in the direc-
tion of conciliation, is evident.
This is the more plain, because Mr..
Blaine's personal credit is most involved in
the complete success of the Congress.
Whether he serves as its President or not,
nothing can rob him of the prestige of or
iginating and constantly urging the policy
that has brought the Congress together.
That prestage, simply for him personally,
will be much greater, if the commercial and
diplomatic aims of the meeting are fully
realized, than if they should be only partial
ly attained, on account of personal feeling
and international susceptibilities.
1t is probable that the importance of this
feeling has been exaggerated. But if it ex-
lists to the extent intimated, Mr.. Blaine's
personal credit in the matter will be greatly
increased by graceful retirement.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
CLIPPED BITS OF W.T..

We don't see why, if Pity is achin' to
love, Pity don't love.-Harpsr's Bazar
The woman who cuts her hair short rarely
applies the same process to her speech.-TsrTs
Hauts Rrpress.
1t is the man continually cramped who
finds difficulty in keeping his head above water
Ierds SVtfnos.
Mamma-What did you do at the cook
ing school to-dayf Laura--O. we roasted the girls
who weren't there.-TsrTs Hauts Express.
Some of the daily papers are commenting
on the appearances in active life OF lady burgiars
This Is no novelty, however. Only few years
ago almost every lady you met regularly held upa
train.-Ba1fnors Amerscdn.
smith-The City of Paris, 1 hear, con-
sumes more coal than any other ship.
Jones-1hat's mistake.
Smith-What ship beats It then?
s-Courtship.-Munsey's Weekly.
THAT man has had the entree to many of
our best houses,
''what, that Misunderstanding ereaturei Who
is ne?''
Jimmie Faith, the burgIar."- Ksnssy's
Weekly.
Been saving wood? inquired the caller
Worse than that, - painted the bank president,
wiping the perspiration from his brow and throw
ing himself exhausted into n chair. II have
been talking 70 lady depositor. Whewl',-cht-
cG0o Trttuns.
Maternal ancestor (sorrowfully)-Willie,
you have been willful, disobedient and selfish to-
day. III you don't become . better boy you VIII
90 to the bad place when you leave this world.
Willie (renectivelyl-Do people do any travelling
In the bad place. mammal
Mammal presume they do, Willie-
Willie (triumphantly)--Then IN travel in . re-
frigerator car.-Chtcd0o Tribune.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
A PHENOMENAL WE'LL.
Its Strange Antics Astonish the People Of n
Hoosier Town.


WABASH, IND. October 6-Mr. JohnH. PEI.
fey, a resident of Dora, this county, has we'll
on his premises which is cutting up some of the
most peculiar capers ever heard of. The well
was bored last spring. is 90 feet deep, and tiled
for the entire distance. 1t furnishes an abund-
ant supply Of water for the family, and in many
respects is superior well. But it has period
ical spells, when it appears to be bewitched.
They can best be designated as "blow-offs" and
''suck-ins." During the period when the latter
phenomenon is noticed the air appears to be
sucked into the well around the pump and
through the crevices with great force, making
a noise that can be heard for rods.
This continues for a few day., and then comes
the blow-off, when the confined air rushes out
of the top Of the well with noise like that pro-
duced by miniature gas gusher. Mr.. Pef1ey
has closed all of the apertures around the
pump and bored an auger hole in the platform
over the well, into which he has placed the
neck Of large bottle. The air is forced into
the bottle making shrill noise like factory
whistle, which can be heard for over mile
when the mysterious well is blowing OF. There
is no gas about the place.
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of course tine Standard will appeal from
such an infringement Of its vested rights.

The statement is made by R. 81. Dana that
the postmasters OF this country hold the
balance of power In national politics and
the party in power controls the postmasters.
This looks plausible enough on the surface;
but when we come to reflect that in the last
two elections each party, in power and con-
trolling the postofices at the time, has been
beaten, there would seem to be exceptions
which disprove the rule.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
AN AUTUMN STORM.

The poplar shows the silver of its leaves;
The giants that have slept are all awake;
The lightnings split the oak; the thunders shake
The hills and mountains; and the great wind
heaves
Bis breast almost to bursting, and achieves
By one great effort, o,er the sea and lake,
victory. Loi the white-capped warriors
break,
And, in their fight, make havoc that 1t grieves
The mind to think of-such is Natures storm,
And, in the storm 81 human passions its the
same.
The great arise then from obscuring sleep
The kings of men whom only gods can form,
And nations, staring, wondering whence they
came
See them reach glory's SUBMITS by leap.
-Rittiam Bronson lie Due, in Washington Post.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

"THE Congress of American States con-
vened in Washington on Wednesday, had
its photograph taken, and then started for
Pittsburg to be interviewed" remarks the
Chicago Ne,0s. 1t Is true that Pittsburg
will try to interview the delegates and will
do it to some purpose. But the esteemed
Ne,Os is hereby informed that tbe important
thing in that line will be to let the dele
gates interview, our steel and glassworks,
gas fuel and coal mines. Thus we will
eiTace the unpleasant impression left in the
minds of the visitors by the memory of
Chicago's art in slaughtering hogs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Richard v. Barker.

Richard v. Barker, the well-known printer.
died at his home, No. 81 Vickroy street. about $50
yesterday morning. The cause of death is said to
be heart failure. When MIR. Barker was going up
stairs on Friday evening he fell and was hurt in
ternally. He went to bed shortly afterward, his
family little suspecting that the shock was fatal
Yesterday morning Barker was called at his
usual hour, but he complained Of feeling unwell
and desired to remain In bed awhile, saving hee
would rise later. About O'Clock he got out of
bed and attempted to walk across the room.
VIZ. ne %Ss A In M Ine tb sc ao, His
ward.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
Sister Mary Glare.

Sister Mary Clare, of the Convent ofSt Michael.
Southsde, died on Friday, at P. NJ, to the great
grief Of her pupils and friends. The Sisters
name when in the world was Mary Rose. She was
a native of Buffalo, and was sister to the Rev
Mother of st. Michael's Convent.
Sister Mary Glare had been q member of the
Franciscan Order for 10 years. most of which time
She spent in st. Michael's. Requiem mass will be
sung at A. NJ. to-day, and the SISTERS remains
will be buried at in the afternoon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

THE New York Ora mt Monument Asso-
citation has been reused by the comments on
the subject to the extraordinary activity of
expressing the hope that the corner stone
can be laid by 1892. This creates the hope
that by the next centennial of the discovery
of America, New York will have the mon
ument fnished-if it has not forgotten its
promises in the meantime.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
$500 FOR A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
Mulatto Confidence Men Cleyerly victlmize
Georgia Farmer.

MuIHltO C0nnuencB Nen C1BVefIy FIctlm1Ze
n Georgia Farmer.
SUMMERvLLE, GA, October 6-Edward
Bollings, living on farm near here. has been
swindled out Of $500 by two clever mulatto con-
fidence men. The latter came here two weeks
ago and claimed to be looking for buried treas
ure. They said they were Creeks from the In.
dian Territory. One of them had a chart with
the spot where the alleged treasure was buried
plainly marked, and this spot proved to be on
Bollings' farm.
The swindlers produced musty documents to
prove that S. 900 worth Of silver in bars was
buried there six feet under ground. They pro-
fessed to believe the State would not let them
keep the treasure, and offered to sell the claim
for $500. Bollings gave them that sum, and as
they disappeared he began digging. The de-
luded farmer, after sinking hole 20 feet deem
has just come to the conclusion that he has
been victimlZed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
COTTON BAGGING WEDDING SUITS.
The Queer Costumes 70 be Worn By a South
Carolina Couple.

RALEIeH, N. c., October 5.-The Farmers
Alliance is jubilant over its triumph over the
Jute Trust, and as q fitting celebration Of that
important event. it has been arranged that Mr..
A. NJ. Batemal Of Washington, N. C.. and the
young lady tdvwhom he is engaged. shall be
married on Tuesday. the 18th Of this month, in
the grand stand Of the North Carolina Agri-
cultural Society in the presence of the multi
tude who will be in attendance at the State
fair on that dag.
The costumes to be worn By bride and groom
will be made of cotton bagging. which Is now
known as the alliance uniform."N The Secre-
tary of the alliance has issued . card to this
effect. People from all over the State intend
the married couple with all kinds Of
presents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

WITH prohibition adopted in, South
Dakota and defeated in North Dakota, a
fine opportunity will be given for studying
its practical results. -Four States, K ansas,
Nebraska, North and South Dakota have
alternately accepted and rejected that m cas-
ure. The respective effect in each ought
to furnish decisive test of its value or
inutilitv
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
Built for Business.

From the Chicago Tribune.l
Jay Gould has not mobile face but his I'm.
gers are wonderfully prehensile. Nature made
no mistake in fitting him out for business,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

The career of Burke, the Louisiana de
faulting treasurer, is recounted elsewhere
as "a meteoric career" AS meteors are the
greatest possible examples Of irregularity,
the term is decidedly descriptive of Burke's
wholesale financial Irregularities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

The description of the fine organ which
is to form leading feature of the music
hall in the Carnegie Library building.
shows how splendidly the Northside people
are to be supplied in that respect 1t also
emphasizes the abiding poverty of Pitts
burg's music hail and library facilities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

The discrepancies between the form in
which the Michigan high license law was
passed, and that in which it appears, looks
as if the same hand that monkeys with reve-
nue. bills In this State must have got in its
work in the Michigan Legislature.