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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

PROF. Won GNEIsT, of Berlin, was made an
honorary member of the Swiss Society OF
Jurists.
THE Postmaster General is having his Wash.
ington house redecorated and refurnished in a
sumptuous manner.
AT Concord, N. H, the project of a statue
to President Pierce is discussed. 1t is to stand
in State House Park.
Mr.. SIDNEY COOPER, the well-known En-.
glish artist and Royal Academlcian. was SO
years old yesterday He is in capital health.
and is as fond of his work as ever.
Mr., FREDERICK PERCIvAL FARRAR, a son
of the eminent English Archdeacon. has been
initiated into the Sigma Phi fraternity at
Lehigh University. where he is a student.
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
CLARKsoN, accompanied by Colonel Swords,
of the Treasury Department, left Washington
yesterday for a weeks rest at Warm Springs,
Va.
MR.. WILLIAM SHARP, the London poet and
critic, and editor of THE Canterbury Poets" {"
is spending fortnight In New York, on visit
to Mr.. Edmund Clarence Stedman. He will be
q guest of the Authors Club at its first meet
ing in october.
THE Art Association Of Montreal sent this
summer an agent to England to solicit paint
ings and sculptures from leading artists The
exhibition in December will contain a goodly
number of works by Leighton, Poynter, Alma
Tadema, Watts and others.
Mr.. ARTHUR NIKIsCH, the new leader of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, landed at
Boston on Sunday last and went straight to
Mr.. Higginson's home at Manchester, all so
quietly that the Collector of the Port had
never chance to stop him as contract
laborer."
PROF. JEBB, OF Oxford, has issued in pamph.
let form his lecture before the Art Club of
Glasgow on the text, HAS Art ThriEen Best
In an Age of Faiths He thinks that art
should possess certain moral suggestiyeness,
but inclnes to the belief that it has not thriyen
best in an age of faith.
EX-GOVERNOR WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG
thinks he has broken the record as a trans
Atlantic traveller. He turned up at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York the other day after
an absence of 2S days. during which he had
spent two days in London, week at the Paris
Exposition, and half a day at Berlin. ''Many
people believe that trouble with Boulanger has
been averted by the Exposition" said he, "but
I believe it has only been postponed. A revolu-
ton is sure to come in France"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
PowDERLY ON THE CORPORATIONS.

Mr.. Powderly's assertion that the Read
ing strike of year or two ago was planned
and inspired by the Reading officials, in
order to permit a stock manipulation, is a
very grave charge. 1t is such direct at
tack on the integrity of the management of
that company that it ought not to be made
unless it is backed up with the most con.
vincing evidence. 1t is the presumption
that Mr.. Powderly appreciates this fact, as
well as anyone, and will be prepared to
produce the proof of his assertion when
called upon to do so by ycompetentlegala author
Itv. However that may be his declaration
that the corporations must be brought into
subjection to the State Constitution is an in
disputable one. That has been the need of
the State for years. 1t is good sign that
men of Powderly's stamp are beginning to
perceive the need.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
A CASE OF SELF-INTEREsT.

General Howard struck the right note at
the Army of the Cumberland reunion,
when commenting upon violations of the
rights of citizenship in the South, he asked
for union of the men who wore the gray
with those who wore the blue, to put down
every manifestation OF lawlessness, or en-
croachment of the strong upon the weak.
This is really more vital to the South than
to the North. Every infringement of lib
erty, every showing of race hostility, every
act that disturbs public confidence in the
perfect reconstruction Of the South works
injury to that section. At a time when the
young generation through the Southern
States are anxious to share to the full the
prosperous fortunes of the country, the mis-
chiel-makers should be put down by the
common sense of the Southern commun-
ities.
Bitterness of partisan politics is no excuse
for violence either to the persons or to the
rights of citizens. When the South fully
understands that every deficiency of good
government, or of good spirit, counts against
her own interests, General Howard's appeal
will meet with a hearty response from all
sensible people below Mason and Dixon's
line
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
ALLEGHENY's ISSUE.

1t is a rather singular example of the
different views of things that prevail in diff
ferent communities, that while New York
is rising up in protest against the temporary
occupation of part of Central Park for a
public enterprise like the Worlds Fair, the
proposition to permanently occupy portion
ofthe Allegheny Park with an electric light
plant is entertained in Councils. The con-
trast indicates an undue jealousy of any
encroachments on the parks in New York
and almost as marked carelessness on that
score in Allegheny.
1t is true that the corner of the park be-
low the railroad is rather unimportant and
obscure one, as well as that the use of the
ground for a plant which is to be the
property of the city has not the damnatory
characteristics which would be present if
the plant were to be private property.
Nevertheless that segment of park is
bit of green grass extending down
into section of the city where it is
of most use; and the cost of leasing or buy
ing property sufficient to accommodate q
boiler, engine and dynamos is not so great
in Allegheny that there is any need of
breaking over the very valuable rule that
the parks are only to be used for park pur-
poses. That rule was decidedly applied
when it was proposed to use the old penI-
tentiary site for different purposes; and it
ought to be as valid to-day as ever.
Pittsburg has found in its crowded bust
ness quarter room for electric light plants,
sufficient to light the whole city, without
encroaching upon its park spaces. either on
Second avenue or in front of Municipal
Hall. With cheaper land and much less
electric power required. Allegheny should
be able to do as we'll.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
QUE MAIL POUCH.

The Relative Cost of Building in PIttsburr
pud EI.awhor.-An. c...
.,. " o'n'raclor'
You have in your issue of to-day communi-
cation from Contractor as to Ibe relative cost
of building houses in pb;ladelnbio and pit,s.
-. Io0o II nilSueiphia anu ltts'
same kind of houses as the Philadelphia houses
10 to 15 per cent cheaper here than thew cost in
Philadelphia That is exactly what has been
believed bero for ,nonv zoo. "a 80. - ~.
-,', ~, An"n5 1o"i0, anu 1e' ho' con'
IracGor mere VIII attempt to doit. The rooms in
the tenement houses in PHILADELPHIA are small
but the material is as good as is used in the
same class of bouses here or eIsowboro Tho
cost of motor;oI al iobo, e .,Sa..,oaI,.. .t.
eO0' "a i"'eii"i anu iapoi 10 practicaily Lne
same and YET contract could not be let here
for the same class of buildings at the same
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
BETTER THAN THE ELIXIR.

The grotesque fable of Brown-Sequard's
elixir of life has had its little day, and the
credulous man who supposed that a way of
staving off old age and even death had been
discovered, is naturally disappointed. But
there is good deal of comfort left in the
genuine progress OF medical and surgical
science, if men but knew it. DR.. W. W.
Keen, in the October Harper's Magazine,
very plainly shows how marvellous the
recent progress in surgery has been. Oper-
ations which were not thought Of, or if
known were deemed too perilous to make
less than twenty years ago, are to-day re-
sorted to in common practice. The knowl-
edge of the human system has increased i'm
mensely in extent and its accuracy has been
established firmly. America seemingly
has led the world in effectlng the grandest
changes in the practice of surgery.
Some of DR.. Keen's figures are almost in
credible. For instance, in the matter of
antiseptics, or guards against poisoning. en-
ployed in surgical operations he shows that
in the days before the necessity of these safe
guards was appreciated the rates of mortal
ity in amputations in different hospitals
ranged from % to 80 per cent whereas the
mortality in such cases now ranges from to
per cent. During our civil war surgical
fever was expected to follow an amputation,
and serious operation from which the pa
tient recovered in less than month was re-
garded as a remarkable case. Since the
adoption of antiseptic methods surgical
fever has been abolished, the temperature of
the patient scarcely rises above the normal,
day after the operation the wound is we'll.
Secondary hemorrhage is unknown, and no
complications of any sort ought to occur.
A marvellous advance has been made in
the treatment of the head and abdomen.
Twenty-Five years ago the surgeon dared not
open either with his knife; now it Is con-
sidered not only justi6able to open either
region for the removal oftumors or the like,
but in many cases it is the duty to make
such exploratory operations merely for
diagnosis. Surgeons of eminence to-day do
not hesitate to venture into any part of the
human body. They can remove the wall of
the skull and treat an abscess in the brain
itself as confidently and safely as their fore
fathers would have abstracted thorn from
finger. The spine, most delicate Of human
mechanism, cannot defy them, and the
lungs are not secure from their interference
behind barricade of ribs. And all these
steps forward in the science of surgery tend
to prolong the lives OF men. The promise
of even greater triumphs yet in this depart
ment of human knowledge is very bright.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
A Fortune Arrive. Too Late.

John Hicks. son of Alfred Hicks, coal mer-
chant in Sheffield, England, ran away from
home at the age of IS and shipped before the
mast. He deserted his ship at Melbourne,
Australia, After roughing it on the Australian
coast for some time, he worked his passage
back to England Trouble with his father and
his sweetheart sent him of again shortly to
South Africa. Three years later he returned
home, married his old love and tried to reform.
He couldn't do it. At the end of three
months spree he decided to bring his wife to
America and begin all over again. He came
and was employed as driver on the Broadway
street railway. Hewas discharged for drunken
ness few months ago. He disappeared shortly
aferward. To-day's papers contain an adyer-
tisement for him to the effect that his father
has died, leaving him $4,000. Hicks is thought
to be in South America.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
In THE EXPOSITION WHIRL.
How the People Who Attend the Great
Show Dress and Act.

How the People Who Attend the Great
Show Dress and Act.
Last night was fashionable night at the Ex.
position as the tnrongs of stylishly dressed
people proved. Seine of the street costumes
worn were decidedly new and natty. In no
portion of the building did they show to such
advantage as in the room containing the plant
exhibit. There the uniform greenness threw
in bold relief the pretty colors of the toilets
and the constantly moving throng presented a
strikingly interesting picture.
Young ladies in groups, and young ladies at
tended by gentlemen-young gentlemen in
groups and young gentlemen attended by
ladies. and occasionally young lady or gentle
man Observation-Disclosures. One of these poor
unfortunates in desperation endeavored to get
up Irritation with the dummy bride exhibited
in one OF the show cases, and only dessted
when policeman informed him that the bride
smiled just as sweetly on everyone as she did
on him.
The interest at the phonograph was just as
great as ever, and the gentleman in charge ex-
planned the workings OF the machine in such
clear, forcible language that all felt what was
A B Q to him was K Y q to them just the same.
The sextet of colored singers drew around
them large crowd by their pleasing rendition
of real darky melodies. On every corner and at
every turn was little boy or girl ready to give
away cards-yes, nothing but advertising cards;
that's all they give away at the Exposition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
In A SOCIAL WAY.
Little Bits of Information Interesting to the
Society People.

Little Bis OIL lnIOrmutf0n Interesting to the
Society People.
AVERY excellent method of making tha
hands white is TO moisten them well &C night
with glycerine. and draw on pair of gloves
This must be done Cor many night, and to
stop for a little while may counteract the good
effect Of weeks of care. A pair of soft, un-
dressed kid gloves are the best for this pur-
pose.
Mr.. AND MRS. JOHN KEEFE, who live in
the Eleventh ward. celebrated their thirteenth
anniversary Thursday evening, or rather their
friends did for them. A surprise party of
about rs couples invaded their home, and with
good music and appetizing lunch the evening
was very delightfully."- spent.
A swINDLER is quilting people in the southern
part of the State. He sells "Ceylon roses"
which are nothing but milkweed or other
plants. sprinkled with attar-of-roses, at from
ST. to 81. he sells them as fast as he can handle
them.
A STRIKING feature of the birthday party
given at c. G. Mellor's residence in Edgewood
Thursday evening was that the gentlemen
present were all specialists in science and
music, numbering Is in all.
The Waukenphast shoe is the popular one
for street wear among Pittsburg ladies. Bronze
and russett slippers are still in demand for
housewear. Undressed kid being preferred.
The first of the monthly soirees that are
given by the young ladies in the Pittsburg
Female College was largely attended last even
ing and proved very enjoyable affair.
MISS DAISY CARPENTER, OF South Hiland
avenue, has arrived at Peeksville, n. Y, where
for the next three years she will be member
of st. Gabriers College.
AUTUMN house dresses of deep red cloth
striped with black velvet are shown. The
bodices are trimmed with black velvet and
lace.
THE Industrial School of the Fourth Avenue
Baptist Church will have its opening session
October l.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

The expiration of the New York Graphic
this week after lingering moribund condl-
tion of some years shows the result of con-
verting live newspaper into an organ. AS
an independent journal the Graphic won
great fame and wide circulation. This
made the politicians conceive the project Of
using 1t as a political organ. 1t was bought
for that purpose, and from that day its de-
cay began. It has been used as an organ on
both sides of the political fence, and with
each change Its character has deprecated
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
A METROPOLITAN MELANGE.
Panic Caused By Carelessness.
tNEw YORK BUREAU sPEcrALs.1

NEW YORK. September N.-The carelessness
of old Mrs. Russell. while drunk last night,
almost caused the death of 13 families who live
in the same uptown tenement house with her.
She lefta burning lamp on trunk in her room
when she went to bed. About midnight the
lamp tumbled to the floor. and in minute the
room was ablaze. A man who saw the flames
through Mrs. RusselPs windows shouted fire.
The other tenants awoke in panic. Three
men came down fire escapes, three dozen
women and children ran screaming into the
street in their night clothes, and ten Others
crawled through the roof scuttle onto an ad-
jacent building. A policeman, after turning
on fire alarm. broke into Mrs. Russell's room
and carried out the drunken old woman. Many
shins were barked and many nightshirts were
scorched and torn during the panic, but no one
was severely injured. The fire was extinguished
without difficulty.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
MERRY MOMENTS.

Nature is about at that notch Of the year
where she draws the color line Yoakers Gasstts.
Smokeless powder is not a new
idea. Manufacturers Of cosmetics have had 1t on
the market for hundreds Of years. Chicago Trio
une.
Minister-Jo Johnny, is your father Chris
Johnny-Not since last week., sir. He has
bought him . cheap typewriter Burtiagton trss
Press.
A Wit Bit.-old Bullion (entering lamp
store)--Have you got gas globe9
The New Clerk--No; we don't keep balloons.
Old Bullion--Dear boy, II i were your employer,
YOU wouldn't keep your job. eitherl--Puck.
Aerial Flights.-Russell (relating his ex-
perience)--In the Eifel tower, Benny, I went
Benny--That's nothing. You ought to have
seen grandpa go into the air when he heard you
had been dining with the Queen.-Puek,
DEFINITIONS.
A Chestnut-The family tree.
Shoplfter--A cyclone.
Eastern Tlme--Arabian nights.
A Base Metal--Forged steel.
'Pickie'' Dish-The family jar.--Puck.
Mr.. Boozy-Boy, what's the score?
Boy-Can't you see the bulletin board?
Mr.. Booty "a moment later In front Of cheap
restaurant)-
Sirloin, 25c.
Pork chops, l5c.
'Rah for sirloin. Judge.
Nothing Wrong There.-''Too bad about
Denio, isn't ita''
'.what's the matter? hadn't heard
''Since he went into the grocery business be
hasn't made his salt.''
lis 1t possiblel How does that happen?"
''Why. he buys it. ''--Jud0s.
Caught at Last.-Head Waiter Gas guest
rises)-Excusem me, sir. but my customary zee 10 .
dollar.
Stranger-How much do you get . week.
Head Waiter-rwenty dollars.
Stranger-An right. Come out to the oesk ana
I'll pay you on. I'm the new proprietor OF tnis
caravansary.-Jud0G
Stewart" he said feebly, in the small
hours ofthe stormy night trying to turn over In
his berth: s'stewart, what's thsts''
sThe sailor ON deck. SIR"
Eyes, but what did ne say just nows''
ssAIl well. sir.''
sMy, what lisri,s And then he turned over
and moaned NAL de mer moan. -0eeda.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

brought promptly under control. amounts to
an eloquent sermon on the necessity of con-
slant precautions against fire. By some un-
known oversight great establishment,
crowded to its capacity with the work of
supplying one of the latest needs produced
by this age of invention, is brought to a
standstill and its valuable plant ruined. OF
course the factory will be replaced, and
operations commenced again at the earliest
possible date; but the loss from stoppage in
addition to the direct destruction of S70,-
600, will cost more than the most costly pre-
cautions could have done. Everyone should
be on the watch against fire, especially at
this season when it is the best of servants
and the worst of masters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
THE LATE WILLIAM THAw.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.I
Father died this morning."
PARIS, August 1889,

From sunny France the cable bore
These cru el words TO his loved home.
To tho usands of our citizens,
Within whose hearts his memory
VIII only die, when life shall cease.
Through all our city's busy marts.
In church, in schools, in all our homes,
These four short words, that said so much,
Were read with sorrow and regret.
The wise, the good, the noble man,
Who left our shores to seek the rest
His actiye life denied him here,
Whose deeds of charity and love
Were fr ee as are the dews of heaven
To every child Of want and woe,
Had died upon a foreign shore.
Men paused, and read again, the line
That sent the blood from cheek and lip;
With fearful eyes and bated breath,
with aching hearts and tones subdued,
Said to each other, can It be
That William Thaw is dead-is dead?
''Therc is no death! the stars 20 down,
To rise upon some fairer shore
And bright in heavens jeweled crown
They slime forevermore.
There is nc deathl an angel form
Walks through this earth with silent tread:
He bears our best loved ones away,
And then we call them dead. -
MRS. LEVI WADE.
September %, 1859.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
How About the sidewaIkss

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
Business men in some quarters of the city are
beginning to notice that the Department of
Safety is not so particular as it was in keeping
store boxes off the sidewalks. In some in
stances merchants are allowed to set their
goods on the sidewalks crowding pedestrians
into the gutter and obscuring their neighbors'
premises. Ii one is allowed to do this so should
all; so Chief Brown should instruct the police
to keep the sidewalks clear, or give all permis-
sion. PEDESTRIAN,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

tainment given in the lecture room Of the
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church last evening.
Rev. II. B. Grose is pastor OF this church. The
entertainment was given under the auspices OF
the Christian Endeayor Society. A novel idea
was carried into effect by each and everyone
wearing his or her visiting card attached to
their clothing in conspicuous place, thus
making introductions unnecessary. Al vast
amount of amusement was created by the read
ing of the cards.
The talent Of the church was utilized in the
rendition of the programme which consisted
principally Of musical selections Refresh
ments OF cake and cocoa was served.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

A BLACK and tan terrier dog-one of the
kind that seem all nerves and bark-came run
ming out of yard in the neighborhood of
Muench street. Harrisburg, carrying in his
mouth a shoe and followed by woman with
but one shoe on. 1t did not take long for the
spectators to connect the shoe in the dogs
mouth with the woman, though courtesy for
bade hilarity under the circumstances. 1t was
q funny spectacle. The dog kept just out of
the woman's reach until She mad chased him
for about square, when he relented and sur
rendered the missing footgear to the owner,
who doubtless failed to see where the laugh
came in.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

THE highway robber of Northern Michi-
gan is on top once more, having made
general Jail delivery of himself and other
inmates of the Jail. 1t remains to be seen
whether the Michigan law will lay its
clutches on its desperate as pro mptly as the
Somerset county officials did on theirs. 1t
is certainly time for the law everywhere to
make sharp demonstration of its ability to
suppress robbers and murderers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

The nomination of Chalmers, of Fort
Pillow fame, for Congress by Republican
convention in Mississippi is an evidence
that the Republicans, like the Democrats of
the South, are likely to consider a mans
past record odious or not in accordance with
his adhesion or opposition to their political
organization.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

THE goose-bone weather prophets are now
in the field with a prediction that the
coming winter is to be an open one. As the
goose bone last year predicted a hard winter
this makes things about even. But as
the result last year was an exceptionally
mild winter, the public may be pardoned
for reversing the goose bone and preparing
for cold weather.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
All Qule, in the Black Republic.

Among the passengers which the steamship
Oranje-Nassau brought into port from Portau
Prince to-day, were Count De Sasmaisois,
French Envoy Extraordinary to Aayti, his
wife and son. The envoy and his family will
sail for France tomorrow. The Oranje-Nassau
was in Port-au-Prince only two hours. Her
Captain says that everything was apparently
quiet and peaceful in the black Republic.
Several United States men-of-war were lying at
anchor in the harbor, and the Haytian war
steamer Belize, once the flag ship of the
Legitime navy, was also az anchor close to
Portau-Prince.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

COLONEL JOHN MCLEAN denies that he
Is a candidate for the United States Senate
from Ohio. The unanimous opinion Of
Ohio Democrats of the Mclean, Brice and
Payne stamp is that they are not candidates
until they find whether the seat is in the
market or not.