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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
THE FIRESIDE SPHINX
4 Collection Of Enigmahcd Nuts for
Home Cracking.
address communications for this dspdrtnss's
TO E. R. CHADBoURN Let0iston, Maine.
707-CHARADE.

7W-CHARADE.
Our one and t,Oo are two fine boys
As ever you would caro- TO see.
As full of life, as full of noise
As all such boys are apt to be.
OF foreign lands they love to read,
The curious things that there are dones
To what is strange they give most heed,
We see 1t In their work and fun.
Last week they read Of the sedan chair,
In Ceylon, yet so often seen,
In which the gentry ride out, there,
By two strong coolies, borne between.
So they have rugged total up,
And round about the house they 60,
A-seeking for passenger,
Hard work to make them take no.
The cat and dog get many ride;
Their little sister likes it well;
But older folks have not yet tried
How they would like 1t; cannot tell
n. c. WooDFoRn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
A Cheap Kind of Fun.

Somerville Journal
A mean man can have a good deal of
fun by yawning conspicuously in a we'll
filled horse car, and the watching the in
voluntary yawn run down the car.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
710-CURTAILMENT.

Graceful and stately the WHOLE in her pride,
Floats on the water her nestlings beside;
Out Of their element. like many another,
Awkward and clumsy are nestlings and
mother.
Graceful and swift as the fight Of bird,
Dashes the LAST. He's king of the herd
But the hunter has smitten the pride OF the
plain,
And spite Of his beauty and strength he is
slain. TRANZA.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
ANSWERS.

fore"
70-Mosquitoes.
70l-Bran-died.
702-The ace of spades was the twenty-second
card in the original pack, and is the only card
which fufills all the requirements of the
puzzle Its position in the three successive
distributions Is shown below:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

7o6-L Crowd. 2 Brought. g. Jail.
Likely TO Get Full.
Boston Herald.i
Wife-Is the moon full tonight.
Husband Cooking out)-No. From In
shape, though, I should say it was On Q
bender.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
713-TRANsPosITIoN.

Language clothed in first If terse,
Often Is replete with meaning;
Then, again. it may disperse
Truths which we would fain be cleaning.
It may second sound and sense,
It may third as .wisd om's teacher, i
Or it may make vain pretense
Like q wordy, brainless preacher. AL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
712-DoUBLE LETTER ENIGMA.

11z@DOUBLE LETTER EN1GMA
In "disharmony;'
In grand jubilee;"
In much "wickedness:
In long, "thick black" tress.
An inconsistency of words
There seems in one and tlUo;
They are as different sorts Of birds
As ever swan or flew.
First is q fowl, quite often tame,
Last Is a wild. fierce bird;
Join. and they form one fond of game,
Fish and small birds, I've heard.
BITTER SWEET.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
PUGrLIsTIc WOMEN.

The eminent Egyptologist, Roselldini, in
his work previously referred to, depicts only
one representation where the inference can
be drawn that the ancient Egyptians were
devoted to the fistic art. The positions of
the figures indicate unmistakably q pugilis-
tic encounter, but it is painful to
observe that likewise here the prin-
cipals were of the female sex. It
is, therefore, with some hesitation that
we declare it an exposition of bona fde
pugilism. Perhaps the ladies represented,
suffering from some temporary domestic
misunderstanding, were simply settling
matters between themselves In somewhat
Sullivanic style.
Illustrations Of archers and archery were
not uncommon, but whether they repre-
sented pastime only or genuine exploits of
battle, is equally hard to decide. Most of
the illustrations previously described were
discovered in tombs, places regarded by the
ancient Egyptians with great reverence.
Figures abound representing calisthenics
and rhythmical motions, indicating that
dances occupied prominent part of honor
ing the dead and of other religious ceremo-
nies. Dancing, in the more primitive and
popular form, usually excites ambition and
competition. The evolution of dance into
gymnastic and athletic pastime is easily
comprehended.
Unlike the Greeks, the ancient Egyp-
tians had not acquired any conception Of or
higher sense for the beautiful. Not only
their architecture, sculpture and painting,
but also the subject at present claiming
our attention, bear witness thereto. Their
culture was confined within limited castes
and did nowhere penetrate into the masses
It Is not without touch of sadness the
student glances ct the historical life of this
people, with its great endeavors in certain
respect, but without corresponding results.
1t Is melanchol to behold such a
vastness of work petrifed, as it
were, its monuments only destined to
testify before the world to the futility of
power and despotism. Still our thoughts
would fain linger with this mighty remnant
from ages long passed by.
AXEL @. HALLBECK.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
711-BorAN1cAL rRELLIs.

L To characterize. 2. Foolish. s. A kind OF
cherry. 4. Turkish inns. 5. A species of wil-
low. 8. An Alderman. (Eng.) z. Chapped-
6 A leguminous plant. y. Want of tone.
(Med.) 10. Wagons. IL. Bunches.
A slender, climbing plant twInes upon the
three inner posts. RAINBOW.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
714-CONUNDRUM.

Without proyocation spoiled Caroline struck
her friend, Daisy. Said q young yachtsman
to his lady friend:
I'm what PARTICULARS that ill-tempered child
like me?'
And quickly she responded:
Because she is -. and so are you"
And he said:
You are daisy" CARL GREY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
VOTES MEAN MONEY.

Great as this abuse is, there has been no
organized effort to reform it, for the reason
that most institutions find it would not be
to their interest to do so. So many votes
mean so many pounds to the institutions,
and the institution is not supposed to know
anything about this tramping around town
and begging for votes to secure candidate 8
admission. A vote means to the institution
an additional subscriber. A man who gives
his ESQ or a100 becomes life governor, with
power to elect one applicant each year. OF
course this system of giving Is entirely
foreign to the idea of Christian charity; 1t
leads the givers to be ostentatious, while the
main idea of the society is the state Of its
prosperity; that is all the societies think
about.
In regard to the Church Of England, I
would say that, within its fold, there are
three parties-the Ritualistic, the Broad
Church and the Evangelical. I think that
the Evangelical party is constantly gaining
ground. Through that division of the
Church of England think disestablish-
ment is more sure to come than in any other
way. That branch. in their efforts TO get
hold of the people, are more and more adopt
ing ncn-centormist practices and making
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

Il0-RIDDLE.
Take large part Of Europe,
And then perambulate,
Now IL you have attention paid
You'll see the truth, as here state,
A whole Is where our first is made.
D. A. II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25
Nothing here.

Nothing has come over the special wire up to
this hour. Microphonic tests at Pocatello in
dcate that the train is still moving. Electrical
tests indicate that the current is unbroken.
Finally there was a special message from the
Worlds correspondent at Cheyenne, dated IL
P. NJ. 1t was about to this effect:
tine current on the Government wire was
broken at l0:40. Delicate tests show that the
wire is now grounded. The dire conclusion of
experts here is that the train ran from some
point west of Minidoka from about 6:l5 to l0:40
without human control and then met with an
accident At the rate at which it was moving
the train must have reached Shoshone. Ter
rible excitement here"
My keen sense detected in the newspaper
itself certain infalible little signs that the news
had disturbed the precision and routine of the
Office. Lines of type were in the wrong place,
and typographical errors made it difficult to
get the exact sense. Dispatch after dispatch,
all bearing the same import of panic was
huddled into the column. From st. Louis the
announcement was: AN unprecedented ex-
eitement here over the news from Cheyenne.
The authorities appear to have lost their heads
and are unable to preserve order. Eastward
bound trains are carrying away people at mob
rate. We are in the midst of chaos"
From Chicago the intelligence was similarly
appalling. "a panic prevails here" said the
dispatch. '1mpelled by senseless apprehen-
sion of disaster people have lost their reason.
The Mayor has Just issued q call upon the best
citizens to assist him in preserving order"
1t required no news expert to see that all the
issues of life were temporarily suspended by
the tremendous and growing interest in this
smooth by the placid streams Of everyday
platitudes began to show the roll of this new
freshet. A dispatch from Washington was un-
intentionally significant 1t read like this:
'The only explanation forwarded by Colonel
Sanford of the abandonment or the Pixies
Peak signal station by himself and party is
that of coward. He says that the wind pres
sure indicated that the place would speedily
become untenable."
turned over the sheet in which these dis
heartening facts were presented and looked at
the editorial page. There was a double-leaded
leader evidently written late at night, and its
conclusions were more gruesome than the facts.
for while the facts could be interpreted in vari-
Gus ways according to the readers condition OF
mind, there was no mistaking the official tone
of the editor whose business 1t was to weigh
and estimate the public value of news. 1t
seemed to me that this umpire to whom we in
stinctively looked for opinions had thrown up
the sponge SO to speak. Let me recall his
words as they were impressed upon me that
morning: THAT grave crisis has arrived in
the conditions of life on this planet" said the
paper sit would be folly and is impossible any
longer 10 deny. 1t is not our province, Nor Is IL
within our power, to offer any solution. OF the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

Copyright 1850; all rights reserved.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

the rushing atmosphere could now be heard
above all else. We stood there in silence a
few moments, and then 1 said. 'It's terrible.
What do you suppose is taking placer
''I suppose" replied the Judge, shat We are
losing our atmosphere. Keeling it OFF, SO to
speak, slowly as we revolve. Our planet has
entered some portion of the ETHEREAL space
where the conditions are sucking us dry of our
oxygen. As it recedes from the earth the water
the moon, without air and without liquid, and
consequently without life."
He said this medfatively, less as il he were
answering my question than as If he were
formulating his own fears.
"Then," l remarked, 'if this takes place
gradually, the millions have got to struggle
and writhe and fight together in sutfocation.
We can at least blow our brains out and cheat
such fate"
II should hate" said the Judge. ito think
that the man who was to marry Kate had NOT
the bravery to face his destiny"
That was all that was said. We came down.
and some ripples of intelligence reached us
during the afternoon from one or two persons
who made their way into the house. We
learned that in the frenzy of fear the populace
were committing the most extraordinary ex-
cesses. The shore line OF the Atlantic was
crowded with people, many of whom plunged
into the ocean in the vain attempt to get away.
The scenes in the city were too revolving to
narrate, for large class of the community re-
leased from all restraint of moral and civil
law. were bent on securing all the law
less pleasures that force could command.
during the few hours that were
left to them. And the line was steadily coming
east. Chicago was cut off at II o'clock And
at intelligence had ceased coming from Buff
falo. At this time the sound of the wind was
like the roar Of the sea. l had torn myself
away from the window where had been star.
ing at the now packed and struggling masses OF
people, and had locked myself in the room with
the dead body of Kate. There was q vial of
opium on her table that had been used for neu.
ralgia. / swallowed it and sat down by the
bedside. know not how long remained there.
But a loud report as of discharged cannon
reused me. remember staggering and pant
ing in the dark. with a semi Consciousness that
the end had come, and now know that report
was occasioned by the bursting of the drums Of
my ears.
remember nothing more. I have given Won
plain statement of my experiences In that
crisis and dare say they are uneventfui
enough by the side Of the experiences Of
millions.
Copyri0ht 1850. ali riOhta raeexvad
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-25

heard there that Denver is cut off now! 1t looks
as if it was every man for himselfP"
so terrible was this announcement, and so
engrossed was with the despairing thoughts
that it gave rise to that TOOK little heed of
what was going on about me until reached
Canal street. The one dull conviction that it
was useless to fight against now was that anni-
hilation had set in; that some destroying wave
had started out to encircle the globe, and that
the race was doomed. Something, God alone
knew what, had happened to our planet, and
humanity was to be swept away in one of those
cataclysms with which soulless Nature prepares
for a new order of existence. Paralyzing as this
reflection was it did not numb me with the
sickening despair that grew out of the other re-
Election, that in the presence OF this encroach-
ing mystery men would forget all the moral re-
straints and heroic impulses that had made ex-
istence worth lighting for. and that had been so
tollsomely won out of barbarism by the conflict
of ages. A man of ordinary hardihood can meet
the Inevitable and die but no man of the slight
est spiritual development can see the ideals,
the safeguards, the hopes and the promises of
humanity all break down together in mockery
and ruin without a despairing shudder and q
sinking of the heart
was rudely awakened from this reverie of
wretchedness by the crowd which surged
against me with blind unvindictive violence,
My one desire was to get up town to the woman
I loved and had neglected, and saw that
every minute was adding to the difficulty.
How / reached the Brevoort House do not
know. But there found number of citizens
who had not utterly lost their heads. and who
naQ come LOI6Iu6T IOT COunclL 1lere was a
private wire in the house, and they were re-
ceiving intelligence from several central points
in the city. The looks of these men, who we're
huddled into the parlor, were enough to dismay
the most resolute observer. Their pale faces
and painfully set mouths indicated the sense of
an awful crisis which wisdom did not know how
to meet or TO avoid. A Unknown citizen read
the dispatches to them as they were received,
and torn as was by impatience my curiosity
held me there to hear. 1t was now about ii: 80
in the morning. The rapidity with which
events had moved since got up was made
startlingly apparent by the information here
furnished. The authorities. together with a
number of influential citizens. had come
together as If by common instinct at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. The Mayor, the Police
ana Fire COMMISSIONER several wealthy bank
ers and q number Of prominent clergymen
out appeals for cooperation and ADDRESSES to
the public, which latter were entirely un-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-31
BRIGHT BITS.

NOT RESPONSIBLE. -Mother-To think that
my little Ethel should have spoken so imperti-
hently to papa to-day at dinner She never
hears me talk in that way to him.
Ethel (stoutly)-Wen, but you choosed him
and dldnt.-Harper' Bazdr
THERE are several ways Of addressing a
woman, according to her severaI stations in life
II she is married, without children, praise the
ausoana; II she is mother, praise tie chii-
dren- II she IS not married, but engaged praise
the betrothed. If she is fancy free, praise her
self Montreal Gazette
Or Equal TrRNs-"Sir," said she do Won
expect me, q salesladY in Tapelv & Jaxon's tirv
GOODS emporium, TO marry common clerka'
am an, not common clerk, he answered; 4
am a SaleSgent.N
She fell into his arms, and murmured, II am
thine .'-IeTre Ha1te Express.
one KIND OF LoGIc.-Pe 1agogue-If one dis
mond IS worth $50 low much are five diamonds
worth?
Boy-Two hundred and fifty dollars.
dagogue-COrre,t.
Thus we are taught in childhood many things
mat we have to unIearn in maturity. -Jelcelers'
Weekly.
Mas. YoUNov1FE tearfully)- Charley has been
just as cross and mean 10 me for the last week
as he can be- some times almost wish that q
woman could have some revenge under such
circumstances.
Mrs Parvenu (sgnifcantly)-Y know how
to make angel cake, don't you, my dear?-Bur-
itngtOn Free Press.
LADY TaYRA (reading catalogue)-Two dogs,
after LandSeer
Lady Myra-But where is Landseer? don't
see him.
Lady Thyra-Why, surely. you don't suppose
he would stay there with those two ferocious-
looking bruteS after HIM. | know shouldn't if
were in his place.-Ptck Ne Up.
A RATHER Small PRACTGCE-Young Doctor
Yes, expect that it VIII 90 pretty slow when
first open an Office until get started little.
Old Doctor-WeIl, you bet it will Why. when
| first hung out my shngle, sat in my office
for three months and only hal one case.
Young Doctor-Nnew That was pretty
tough, wasn't it? Only one easel And what
was that a case Of"
Old Doctor-A case of instruments.-Puck
SECRET SOCIETY," SECRETs.-Wife G1:3O o'clock
p: n. )-"Whats that horrd odor? Smells like
alcohol"
Husband Yes, my dear; we use alcohol at
the lodge for mutations. Take some alcohol
light it, put salt in the fame, and it gives a
CHASTITY yellow light; makes folks look Ike
ghosts you know.
But that odor comes from your breath
~ -e-s m dear; in the thirty-seventh degree
personate the chief demon, with flames com.
ing from his mouth ! take mouthful of alco-
hol and swallow of salt, and then set fire to it,
But, m dear, you mustn't tell these things
Secret s'ciety secrets very sacred you know. =
Philadelphia r cord.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-31

The opening of the semi-tropical exposi-
ton at Ocala, Fla, on Tuesday was very
successful one in every respect. The
weather was fine, the attendance was large
and the exposition fully met public expec-
tation.
Tho exposition, having been opened so
auspiciously, will doubtless be so well ap-
preciated that it will much more than meet
expenses, besides being an advertisement
for the state that will do her an immense
amount Of good
The exposition will draw many strangers
TO Ocala, and it is quite safe to say that all
OF them will be pleased with what they
see. Tine display of fruits, flowers and
vegetables will show them what Florida
can produce, and impress them with her
advantages for home seekers.
There will be meetings of several societies
during the progress of the exposition, but
no one of them will be more important than
that of the American Pathological Society,
which will bee on Feb. 20, n and %.
This society is composed of the ablest
pomologists in the country, and ita proceed
ings in Ocals will have deep interest for
the whole Of Florida.
The society has never yet met in the
south, and the meeting at Ocala will be full
Of valuable experiences to some Of the dele
gates. 1t is certain that the delegates will
have every attention paid them, and will be
shown whatever of interes. there is to be
seen in Florida
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-31
Dsnraroua Gem ency.

The reasons which influenced the Presi-
! dent to commute the sentence OF James D.
Fish were the couvict's age and the num-
| Der Of prominent citizens who asked for his
pardon. Fish is now 90 years old, and
he Will be released from the Auburn, y. Y,
state prison in May Had his sentence not
been commute1 be would have died in
prison. His physical condition is such that
he could not have lived to the end Of his
term.
EThere are a great many prominent bust
ness men in New York who have always
insisted that Fish never had any criminal
intent and that he was used by Ferdinand
Ward % further the latters schemes. He
was president OF the Marine bank, and,
through his connection with Ward, ruined
that institution. Gen Grant was another
Of Wards dupes. There is not much prob
ability that Wards sentence will be coDl-
muted. He does not expect any clemency.
He is comparatively young yet, and it is
believed that be is looking forward to the
time when he will be free to enjoy the
wealth which, it is believed, he has aid
away somewhere.
w ME IL - pIODdDle L0dt Il-u has Db5D
sufficiently punished for the part he took in
Ferdinand Wards swindling schemes there
may be a question whether the good Of
society did not require that he should not
be granted clemency. Dishonesty among
business men is becoming fearfully COM
mon. The announcement is made frequently
that business man Of more or less prom
inence has gone wrong, and has departed for
Canada OF been sent to prison.
Only a few days ago an insurance man Of
indianapolis admitted that, he had stolen
from MS company nearly 100000 and the
dispatches yesterday stated that the amount
might reach 81 ,O0Oc 900. He cannot be found.
1t is supposed that be has gone TO Canada.
Two Wall street 6nanciers, Ives and
Stayner, were locked in Ludlow street Jail
Monday night, on a charge of having
robbed a railroad of over $2,0O0,0 900. In
stances like these are occurring all the time.
Unless business men who are guilty Of dis
honest practices are punished as promptly
and severely as common thieves, big thieves
soon will be as common as little ones.
Doubtless great deal Of the sympathy
expressed for James D. Fish is sincere, but
will not the committing of his sentence
have a tendency to make crimes Of the
kind Of which he was convicted less
odious?