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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
DIsAGREEING vERD1CTs.

The outcome of the last Doodle trial in
New York has left matters in rather auom-
alous position. Through the efforts of
Colonel Ingersoll and Colonel Fellows, it
has been decided by picked body of jury
Ignorant, that Kerr was not guilty of
bribery. Colonel Ingersoll was the recog-
nized advocate of Mr.. Kerr; but Colonel
Fellows services in securing this outcome
of the affair, have been so important that the
New York Herald which, year and a half
ago, was shouting for Fellows, now declares
that, il there is public prosecutor who
would do less than he has done, "Mr.
Barnum ought not to let him run around
loose any longer"
But the declaration that Kerr is not
guilty leaves matters in an unique shape.
Sundry Aldermen are in Sing Sing because
previous juries decided that they had taken
bribes of Kerr. Numerous other Aldermen
are residing in Canada because heretofore
they have considered it very undesirable to
permit the question whether they took
bribes from Kerr to be passed
upon by any jury. But now comes
this jury and declares that Kerr
did not give bribes to anyone. This indi-
Gates that the Aldermen in Sirg Sing are
martyrs, and that those in Canada rest un-
der delusion as to what they did. Were
the old juries in error and are the Canadian
residents deceived? Or, is this verdict an
elaboration of the fact that political bribery
is just about in line with the New York
idea?
The doubt on that point is apparently the
only obstacle to letting the convicted AL
dermen out of Sing Sing. But there does
not seem to be any valid reason why the
Canadian contingent should prolong its
residence in the land of superabundant
snow and fugitives from justice. They need
no longer remain in that undesirable char
acter. Justice has nothing to say to them.
In fact justice ismore than usually blind
in their case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
DON'T WANT AN ADJOURNMENT.
A Number Of Parties Interested in a Longer
Session of the Legislature.

A Number Of Parties Interested In Longer
Session of the Legislature.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
HARRISBURG, March 1.-THE Labor Com
mittee appointed to wateh legislation affecting
the interests of workipgmen and to advance
that intended to promote their welfare is be-
ginning to realize that the measure whose
passage is particularly desired may be wrecked
by the proposed early adjournment. One of
the active members of the committee says that
there is great danger of having them crowded
out if the programme of the Republican lead
ers should be carried out. AS result Of the
Andrews resolution increased efforts will be
made to impress on the Legislature the i'm
portance Of prompt action on i've of the more
urgent labor bills. These are the employers
liability, semi-monthly pay, factory inspection,
coal dockage and company store bills.
The same member who entertains fears for
the safety of the indicated legislation is very
indignant at the remarks of Senators that
there are no bills of importance outside of
those referring to revenue and appropriation
on the calendars when all the members of the
Legislature have been informed by memorials
from all over the State of the necessity OF the
passage Of the acts enumerated. 1t is set forth
by him that at least 800 900 people are deeply
interested in the passage of these bills.
The State Fishery Commissioners are becom-
ing little nervous about their five bills before
the Legislature, because of the advanced stage
Of the session. One of these provides for an
appropriation of ST, 900 for the expenses of the
commission in propagating and purchasing
fishes for the stocking of the streams of the
State, and for the employment Of bailiffs to ar
rest violators of the fish laws Another appro-
pirates s., 500 for the repair and construction
of fish dams and the erection of additional
Matching facilities.
Other bills regulate the fishing in the streams
of the State. One act is a counterpart of bills
that have been under consideration in the
V1wIr Nlrrr IA-1 nn1o ouraro arriC 10
lures, and relates to fishing in the Delaware
river
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
PITTsBURG, MONDAY, MAR. Is, 1853.
sTATEsMENs SALARIES.

The resignation of Senator Chace, of
Rhode Island, on the plea that he could not
afford to retain the position any longer, is
made the text of another argument in favor
of increasing Congressional salaries to
S1O,O0O The usual argument is heard that
the statesmen cannot live in Washington on
the salaries allowed them, and that the
immense correspondence which they have
to attend to requires them to hire clerks at
their own expense.
If ten thousand dollars a year would in
crease the intelligence and disinterested-
ness of our Legislators it would be the best
investment that could be made with the
peoples money. But it is worth while to
notice that there is an element of humbug
in the logic BY which it is urged. There is
no public requirement that Senators or
Representatives shall live in style costing
over S., 600 year. A statesman can get
very comfortable quarters, wear decent
clothes, and provide schooling and susie
nance for his family out of that sum. He
may not be able to support a grand mansion
and give immense entertainments on that
income, Dat Inere IS no cOnSIlVuGlOnd1
necessity for him to do so, and if he wishes
to cut swell of that breadth it is just that
he should pay for it out of his private
purse.
The talk of the immense correspondence
of the Legislators is good deal on the same
order. They have, no doubt, a large cor
respondence concerning their legitimate
duties; but the burden of it is caused by the
vice of our politics which makes them er-
oficio private claim agents and patronage
brokers Let them forswear those functions,
and their correspondence will be much less
unwieldy.
Salaries which will be fair for men of
frst-class talent ought to be paid by this
Government in executive, legislative and
judicial positions; but the advance should
not be made for the purpose of paying for
ostentatious entertainments, or to enable
them to transact an immense amount of ex-
ira constitutional business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
GOFF SHOULD STICK.

There certainly does not seem to be much
room for doubt that General Golf was
elected Governor of West Virginia. The
refusal of the Legislature to count the vote
is practical confession that this formality
would show him TO have ereceived majority
of the suffrsges of the people. The country
stands aghast at the simplicity Of the West
Virginia plan by which the success of OBJ
noxious party opponents can be prevented
and the old party kept in power, solely
by the legislative bodY's conclusion that it
will pocket the returns and let this election
go for nothing. But General Gof hardly
evinces a true appreciation of his position
in accepting his defeat as final and appear
ing among the ofice-seekers at Washington.
He represents free expression of the peo-
pies will. The Supreme Courts decision
has only been against his assumption of the
Office until the vote has been counted; and
he should keep on demanding the count
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18

Manslaughter never excites mans laugh.
ter.-MTtaodpkse Wtsconstn.
At one time the earth had only "a float,
ing population''--in Nosh's day.-HoteJ Nail
Fine dog that of mine, Doc" "Ye-es,
but isn't he eonsumptive9'' ''Consumpt1ve?''
''Yes--he's spitz blood, you know. ''-HotsL Nail
A South African chief has sold a gold
mine to an English speculator for a hand organ.
If the African adopted the practice of Christians
and ''salted' his mine, before disposing of it he
is about SO in pocket EorTtstolon Herald.
When Women Hold Otfice-Female Sher-
in is your husband at homer
Wife (suspiciously1-He is not. What do you
want Of him?
'Thave an attachment for him."
''You have! Why, you shameless thingF'-
Teras SUtin0s.
ST saw at once" said physician who
had been called in consultation. "that Dr. Pei-
let's diagnosis was wrong; but, as he was In
charge Of the case, Of course 1t WOULDN'T 90 Tor
me to interfere
'Did the patient die?f'
''Oh, yes; died of professional eourtesy'-A
very common and fatal disease. ''-HGrper's
Basdr.
"You are not engaged to Miss Smith,
then. JackP''
''No, she refused me.'
Him. Sort of conjurer, ehf'
''How sog'' a--,.r .f...s-f1
''why. she performed sIeight of hand trick,
didn't she?"
And then great silence fell upon them
Minneapolis Tribune.
The New York boy is not preciselya child
Of the devil but for malicious mischief he is hard
70 beat One Of them was overheard initiatin0
strange boy from the lawless South into the rnTs-
teries of New York life winter is the best Eifne
to- throw stones at windows.'' said the New York
boy. ''why is winter the best timer, asked the
unsophisticated youth from the South. s.Be-
cause, You see, the houses have double windows,
and you can break two paaes with one throw, and
yoa only get one licking, Just the same As II you
had only broken one pane.''-Tszas SVtfngs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
JIM BOwKER,s LUCK.

Jim Bowker he said, ef he'd had fair show,
And big enough town for his talents to grow,
And the least bit assistance in hoein' his row,
Jim Bowker he said,
He'd filed the world full Of the sound Of his
4. name,
An clim the top round In the ladder Of fame;
Itmay have been so;
dunno;
Just so it might been,
Then, ag'in-
But he had tarnal luck-everythin' went ag'in
him,
The areas er fortune they allus 'ud pin him;
So he didn't get no chance to show off what was
in him;
Jim Bowker, he said.
Ef he'd had fair show, you couldn't tell where
An the feats he'd a-done, an the heights he'd
a-clumb--
1t may have been SO;
dunno;
just SO 1t might been,
Then, ag'in-
But we're all like Jim Bowker, thinks I, more or
less
Charge fate for our bad luck, ourselves for sue
cess,
An, give fortune the blame for all our distress,
AS Jim Bowker, he said.
If Ii hadn't been for luck an misfortune an sich,
We might a-been famous, an might a-been rich;
1t might be jest so;
dunno;
Jest SO 1t might been,
Then, ag,in-
IS W. Foss IN Yankee Btdds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
Something About sponge..

To the Editor OF The Dlspatch.
Do sponges belong to the animal or TO the
vegetable kingdom? HENRY.
BUTLER. March l6.
The question was long debated by scientists,
but it is now generally agreed that the sponge
belongs to the lowest order Of animal life.
Sponges may be regarded as aggregations of
animals Of the lowest type. If a sponge is
divided with knife, the parts when placed
together again. even if not in the same form,
readily unite, though sponges of different
species will not unite at all, When sponge
becomes fixed to rock it increases in size by a
regular process of growth. The surface of
living sponge is generally covered with min
ute pores, through which water is taken in.
which carries with it both the air and the or
ganic particles necessary for the support Of
life. Prof. Huxley describes a sponge as a
kind Of sub-aqueous city, where the people are
arranged about the streets and roads in such
manner that each can easily appropriate his
food from the water as 1t passes along. The
sponges used for domestic and other purposes
derive their value from the elasticity and
porous nature of their fbrous framework; it is
necessary that a good sponge be quite free
from sandy spicules. The sponges fit for use
are found generally in the seas Of warm
climates.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
TALK THAT BUILT A HOUSE.
Sale of the House Which Henry War
Beecher's Lectures Paid For.

sale OIL the House Wn1cn henry Har0
Beecher's Lectures Paid For.
NEW YORK, March l7.-Boscobel, the beauti-
full country retreat of the late Henry Ward
Beecher at Peekskill, has been disposed of by
private sale, through Phillips & Wells, real
estate brokers, to C. H. Butler, of this city, for
$4,000. The property covers S6acres of ground,
on which is beautiful, large three-story man.
sion of Gothic architecture, built only few
years before Mr.. Beecher's death. 1t stands in
the midst of one of the most charming spots on
the Hudson river, commanding view of the
surrounding country for nearly 25 miles.
Thirty years ago, when Mr.. Beecher first
bought the ground it was a patch of plain
meadow land, with an ordinary little cottage
as a residence. This he inhabited during the
summer for many years, and he became so
attached to the little domicile that when the
larger and more imposing residence was built
he deemed it a duty to preserve the cottage as
an old landmark. The new house is magnifi-
Gently proportioned, and it is fitted with all the
latest modern conveniences.
Speaking of it to visitor not long before his
death, Mr.. Beecher said: 81 love this house. II
is very pretty, but do you know how built it?
wanted it, had set my heart on it. but I was
poor. So 1 went and lectured until l earned
the money. You have heard of castles in the
air. Here you find one, a regular castle of
wind. That's how l got it."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
F0REWARNED is FOREARMED.

Rules Of Conduct for Umpires and Specta-
tors of Baseball Games.
From the Philadelphia Record.]
One shot allowed with each reserved seat
ticket.
Dead heads must shoot with their mouths.
Fresh umpires will be kept in stock.
The umpire is there for nine innings, so take
your time.
Dynamite bombs not allowed.
Mr.. Anson will not be permitted to use more
than one gatling gun.
Umpires should kiss their wives and girls
goodby at the gate.
No insurance taken on umplres
Particles of the umpires clothing will be dis
tributed by the peanut boys after the firing.
Boys up a tree will be allowed three shots for
5 cents.
If there is a balloon over the field spectators
will please not perforate it-be sure to hit the
umpire.
The Coroner is engaged for the season.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
WILD BOARS IN NEW YORK.
Genuine Black Forest Terrors in the sha-
wanRunk Mountain Region.


MIDDLETowN, March l7.-Any sportsman
who wants to enjoy the royal pastime Of wild
boar hunting needn't journey to the wilds OF
Europe in search of the noble game, but can
find 1t here in the deep recesses OF the Shawan-
gunk Mountains that border Orange and Sulli-
van counties. He can enter on the hunt with
the assurance that the wild hogs Of this lati-
tude are Of the genuine Black Forest breed,
and as ugly ferocious and dangerous as their
congeners on the other side of the Atlantic.
Banker Otto Plock, Of New York City, owns
an elegant country place in the Neverslnk
valley. about six miles north of Port Jervls,
his lands extending back up the wild and
rocky slopes of the Shawangunk Mountains.
A considerable tract of the rough mountain
land in question is Inclosed by a strong and
compact wire fence, II feet high, and is set
apart as park for deer and other pet and
fancy animals and game BIRDS
But Banker Plock found the holes, ledges
and thickets Of his park inhabited by aborigi-
nal tribes Of vermin, including rattlers and
other venomous snakes, that played haYoc
among his choice fancy stock. After trying
various plans for exterminating his noxious
tenants without success, 1t occurred to him TO
bring over from Wurtemberg, Germany, lot
OF the famous wild hogs of the Black Forest
region, which are known to be the deadly foes
of snakes and remarkably expert in destroying
vermin. Accordingly Banker Plock imported
nine hogs including two old boars Of formida-
BILE size and phenomenal ferocity, and turned
them loose in his park.
The vicious hogs exterminated the reptilian
pests, but when that job was done the restless
brutes turned to and undermined the strong
wire fence and escaped to the soltudes OF the
adjacent mountains, almost inaccessible to
man.
The escape occurred last fall. The wild hogs,
particularly the boars, are of formidable aspect,
with big heads and shoulders, lank hind parts
and huge tusks and long, erect bristles, and
daytime they keep close in their hiding places
in the mountain, but at night they sally down
into the valleys and make the lives of the farm
ers miserable by devastating the growing crops
or winter stores Of roots and grain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
BUDDING NAVAL OFFICERS.
The New Regulations Concerning the
Academy ut Annapolis.

The New Regulations Concerning the
Academy ut Annapolis.
WASHINGTON, March I7.-At the last session
of Congress, the Senate and House had under
consideration for long time bill that makes
important changes in the course at the Naval
Academy, and respecting the assignments to
the service upon graduation. As finally agreed
upon and enacted into a law the bill reads as
follows:
The Academic Board Of the Naval Academy
shall on or before the 30th day of September in
each year separate the first class of naval
cadets then commencing their fourth
year into two divisions, as they may have shown
special aptitude tor the dutiesof the respective
corps, in the proportion which the aggregate
number of vacancies occurring in the pre-
ceding fiscal year, ending on the 3Oth day OF
June in the lowest grades of commissioned
officers of the line of the navy and marine
corps of the navy shall bear to the number OF
vacancies to be supplied from the Academy
occurring during the same period IN the lowest
grade of commissioned officers OF the en-
gineer corps of the navy; and the cadets 80
assigned to the line and marine corps division
of the first class shall thereafter pursue
course of study arranged to fit them for
service in the line of the navy, and the cadets
SO assigned to the engineer corps division OF
the first class shall thereafter pursue sepa-
service in the engineer corps Of the navy, and
the cadets shall thereafter until hnal gradua-
tion, at the end of their six years course, take
rank bymerit with those in the same division,
according to the merit marks.
From the final graduates of the line and
marine corps division, at the end Of their SIX
years course, appointments shall be made
hereafter as it shall be necessary to fill
vacancies in the lowest grades of commissioned
officers of the line of the navy and marine
corps; and the vacancies in the lowest grades
of the commissioned officers OF the engineer
corps of the navy shall be filed in like manner
by appointments from the final graduates of
the engineer division at the end of their six
years course.
After March 4 1889 the minimum age of ad-
mission of cadets to the academy. shall be Is
years and the maximum age 20 years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
HE SEES TOO MUCH.
A Montgomery County Man Constantly AZ.
fiicted With Double Vision.

Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
PHILADELPHIA, March F-Levi H. Ger
hart, a Schwenksville carpenter, has a curious
affliction. He is temperate man, but he sees
double. For years he has calculated with all
the nicely of men Of his craft the dimensions
of doors, walls and ceilings, but now he is sore
ly embarrassed when he attempts such tasks.
Gerhart's gift of second sight came to him
all unsought and unforewarned On Sunday
afternoon three weeks ago, while deep in the
enjoyment of his postprandial pipe, he let fall
a casual remark about quartet of men who
were passing on the opposite side of the street.
The lady that owned him said there were but
two, whereupon her good man stamped his foot
and bawled out -four" There followed a wife
ly remonstrance, but the carpenter soon became
convinced that something was wrong with his
eyes. Ever since then he sees two objects
where others see but one. He finds himself
newly endowed with several sets of twins, and
beholding pair of matrons parading through
his home, lives IN mortal dread of prosecution
for bigamy. His fingers present a strangely
complex appearance when held before his eyes,
and he can only assure himself that he is no
Montgomery county Briareus by the convenient
expedient of turning his right cheek, when all
things assume an orthodox aspect even though
little indistint.
He has sought medical advice in vain, and
oculists are sorely puzzled to account for his
singular malady.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18

Mr.. DOM PIATT's ferocious declara-
ton that "the vast sums collected from
millionaires, and the very significant
amount assessed on office holders, we're for
the one purpose of returning Benjamin
Harrison to the Presidency" reveals a
serious state of the once brilliant cor
respondents mental faculties, ''Dion Pott, -
as Zach Chandler used to call him, has evil
IDENTIFY got under the delusion that the S1O.-
900 check of President Cleveland's and the
larger contributions of Messrs. Whitney,
Scott and-Brice were perverted and misap-
piled by the willy and unscrupulous Quay.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
A FARMER KIDNAPPED.
Remarkable Case of Mistaken Identity
Reported From Georgia.

A hemarkaDle CaSe OF MISTAKEN 1dentlIy
Reported From Georgia.
ATLANTA, March ia N. Hill, farmer
of Heard county, first appeared there several
years ago. He married the daughter of John
Mingo, farmer. Mingo intrusted the sale of
his cotton crop to his son-in-law last Novem-
der. Hill disappeared with $3.50. In the early
part of February he returned, saying that
while standing on the streets of Lagrange he
was suddenly seized by two men, bound hand
and foot and carried of into the wilds of New
Mexico, where he was chained in a cave. He
remained in the cave until January g. when
he was aided by an Indian to escape, and finally
reaching Georgia, where his story was laughed
at. He said the men claimed that his name was
White.
Last Wednesday, while Hill was at work in
sawmill, he was violently seized by three men,
thrown into a wagon and driven rapidly away
The interference of some countrymen brought
the whole party to halt. Detective Atkinson
at the head of the party, said that in 1888 q
man named White murdered a citizen of Las
Vegas, N. Mex, and a reward of 81 500 was out
for him. A photograph Of White, which the
detective exhibited, was perfect likeness of
Hill. As Hill liveu in Heard county at the
time of the murder, the citizens held that he
could not be identical with White, so they ar
rested the detective for kidnapping The case
is more mysterious than ever.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18

IT is worthy of notice that the Duke of
Westminster, who sold Mr.. Gladstone's pic
ture sometime ago, to mark his disapproval
of the Liberal leader, turns out to have
contributed e45O to Pigott's scheme. No
body is likely to inform the ducal magnate
that he has made consummate donkey of
himself; but it is not necessary. The facts in
the case convey the information with stun
ming force without any assistance from
mortal vocal organs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-18
A FAITHFUL MAID.

Andrew Carnegie Pays Tribute TO His
Wife's Maid Mary.
From Harper's Bazar.1
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has given some very
entertaining talks, with Photographic illustra-
tions concerning his recent coaching trip to
Scotland. The photographs, which were made
by Mrs. Carnegie. were thrown up to life size
on the canvas arranged in the Carnegie draw
ing room, and gave q most admirable idea of
the trip. In the course of his talk Mr.. Carnegie
paid high compliment to the faithfulness and
efficiency of his wife's maid Mary. He said
he felt as tnougn sne owned an % tne inns m o.! OF
stood at the door, between the landlord and
landlady, smiling them welcome, and as the
coach rolled away she stood on the porch wav-
ing farewell. The coaching party left every
thing behind them for Mary to pack, and when
they arrived in the next town Mary was there
ahead of them, with everything unpacked and
in readiness. She travelled by rail. while they
went by the old-fashioned coach.