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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCTS.

AN Erie girl named Bear has married man
named Bacon.
MISS JULIA HILL, of franklin, discovered
minnow two inches long in plate Of restau-
rant ice cream.
A MAN named Heffner. who died recently at
Allentown, was the father of Al children, 2S of
whom survive. He was married three times.
A FRANKLIN county man backed up against
circular saw. The seat of his new 81 pants was
removed IN jiffy, but the man escaped with
out q scratch.
]. SHAN MARGERUM, of Washington, has
road cart which was once owned by Ephrfsm
Blaine, the father of James G.. Blaine. It is
still in good condition.
A BRADFORD man found nest and FIVE
young mice IN his last seasons straw hat when
he removed 1t from the closet on recent warm
day. He concluded to get new hat.
MRS. JACOB RUcH, Of Newton, went into her
kitchen one evening without light While she
was about to take something from the table q
rat bit her hand and nearly scared her into fits.
THERE is a pet coon in . Washington. (Pa.)
hotel which exhibits q strange fondness for
cats. Every time he gets hold of one he
squeezes it until it howls, and seems to enjoy
the sport greatly. He was never known to
harm one.
Ex-DIsrRIcr ATTORNEY HARRY $. MUIR
FITT of Doylestown, lives in a house in Upper
Makefieid township. Bucks county, in which
George Washington made his headquarters
while the patriot army was crossing the Della
ware en- route to the battlefield Of Trenton dur
inn the Revolution.
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operation once more and we have an oc-
tofoon who can hardly be distinguished
from the white race. One more generation
with white father and octoroon mother
and the offspring is white. Here, Mr. Grant
Allen triumphsntly claims is a proof that
the qualities OF the father predeminate.
The argument is amusing as an example
ofthe curiosities of logic The predominance
of the qualities of four fathers of one race
against single mother of the other, three
being the different grades of mixture, is
conclusive to the writer because his theory
is made up. Otherwise he might be able
to see that if it is true that ''the male is the
race" the offspring in the first case should
have been white. 1t does not occur to him
to imagine the case somewhat differently.
Suppose that the offspring of the first cross
has been male mulatto; that he marries q
negro woman, and that his male offspring
marries another negro woman, and so on.
Will Mr.. Grant Allen hold that the super
ior predominance of the males, will make
the sixteenth of white blood triumph over
fifteen-sixteenths of negro blood that
comes wholly from the female side?
This is what is called scientific deduc-
ton. Its principal value is in demonstra-
ting what nonsense can be perpetrated in
its name. Mr.. Grant Aliens theory might
be accepted by the women with the remark
that it affords satisfactory explanation of
the superabundance of fools
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

privacy of the voter in preparing his ballot,
such as the provision of private compart-
ments where he is to do so without inter-
ference from anyone. But he points out
very forcibly that this can be secured
without loading it down with the other
hampering restrictions of the saxton Bill.
This may be case of the political father
Of lies, stealing the arguments of truth for
his own benefit; but, nevertheless, there is
a great deal of truth in it. The privacy and
purity of the ballot can be secured in good
many ways without importing an exotic
system designed for altogether different
elections than those which must be held in
this country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
A CHICAGO BELLIES SCHEME.
She Will Help the Poor by Introducing Them
Into Swell Society.

She Will Help the Poor by Introducing Them
Into Swell Society.
CHICAGO, May 1a-Miss Jaae Adams,
wealthy young lady, has her own ideas of
philanthropy, and is of the opinion that the
true way to be philanthropic is &c assist In rails
ing the social status Of the poorer classes. In
order to carry out her idea she has rented the
handsome residence Of the lats millionaire,
j. O. Hull, at the corner Of Polk and Halsted
streets, and proposes to entertain largely. She
will not only invite her swell friends of Chi.
cago's good society, but she will have the Poles.
Bohemians, Germans and other nationalities
who reside in the neighborhood. The district
is not exactly tough" one, but Is peopled by
the lower classes Of foreigners, with whom
cleanliness is not virtue,
Miss Adams doesn't propose to play the part
of the Lady Bountiful, but means to do what
she can toward the elevation socially of the
people among whom she is shortly to take up
her residence. Her friends are awaiting the
outcome of her experiment with interest, but
confidently predict she will weary of her new
friends. Miss Adams has but recently re-
turned from three years. sojourn in Europe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
A HAYSEED MADE HAPPY,
Mr.. Squash, of New Jersey, Has Talk With
Mr.. Wanamalser.

Mr.. Squash, of New Jersey, Has Talk With
Mr.. Wanamaker.
From the Philadelphia North Americap.1
Mr.. Hayseed Squash, of Squashville, N. j..
was coming down Market street yesterday
afternoon, when he met one of the men who
run John Wanamaker's wagons Mr.. Squash
looked at the man from head to zoe, and finally
his eye rested for while on the cap the man
wore, on which was inscribed "John Wana-
maker"
BE you the Postmaster General?" inquired
Hayseed anxiously.
The driver took in the situation at glance
and he answered gravely.
"Ye sir. What can l do for your"
II don't want nothin' for myself But my
brother Jim would like to get a place at Wash
ington. think he might get job as Senator
or Congressman, or some sich business. He
amt proud. He'll take anything. Mebbe you
could get him some place. He's a mighty
powerful speaker and he might help you some
time"
The driver responded earnestly.
Your brother shall have Matt Quay's snap.
Send him to me-"
"And Mr.. Hayseed Squash, Of Squashville,
N. j., went away entirely satisfied with his In
teryiew with the Postmaster General.
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A PLUCKY MAIDS SAD FATE.
A Spanish Amazon With Romantic His
forv Diving Au,ars S,..r~...


tory Dying Among Strangers.
KANSAS CITY, May 15-Tnere lies in the
Oklahoma Wild West camp at the Exposition
very sick woman, who has a strange history.
She is a handsome and daring little Spanish
woman, 1.-THE of form, regular Of feature, with
flashing, jet black eyes, dark hair and bright,
plump cheeks. She has the charm of youth,
being only .S years old, and is dashing rider,
a skillful wielder Of the lasso and dead sure
shot with pistol or gun. Yesterday afternoon
this little woman, whose real name Is Susie Es-
pinosta, but who is down on the programme as
Miss Malo, rode bucking pony in the pro-
cession and the performance at the park. At
the close of her act she complained that she
had been hurt internally by the plunging Of
her horse and took to her bed She was soon
in such agony that DR.. Ford was sent for. He
prescribed medicine to ease her of her pain.
When the effect of the drug had worn off she
commenced crying and moaning again from
pain. To-day she Is much worse, and the camp
10 In gloom, for they fear that she is dying.
Miss Epinosta is of pure Spanish blood and
an aristocrat In the Wild West camp, feeling
herself far above the ordinary Mexican women
of the troupe. -Four years ago her lover was
killed while engaged In smuggling horses at
Laredo, and she was herself shot through the
shoulder in melee which resulted. Two years
later, at San Antonio dance house, her
brother was killed She was sold of it, and
rushing into the midst Of the crowd she shot
three men who had been concerned in the kill.
ing. She received at that time a second bad
wound. DR.. Ford is of the opinion thar the
work of outdoor show life on these old wounds
have more to do with her severe illness than
any injuries she received from the bucking Of
her pony yesterday.
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NOT MAKING so MUCH MONEY.
The Baltimore and OEio's Receipts Fallin,
OF the Present Year.

The Baltimore and OElo's Receipts Failing
OF the Present Year.
BALTIMORE, May 15.-Fhe monthly meeting
of the directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company was held here to-day. j.
T. O'Dell was appointed general manager of
the entire system, and w. w. Peabody was ap-
pointed general superintendent of the lines
West of the Ohio river, with the same duties
and powers as he has heretofore exercised as
general manager. He was also appointed gen.
eral agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio at Chi
cago.
The statement Of the earnings and expenses
for last month show a falling of in the earnings
of S34 4S9 on the lines east of the Ohio river an
increase of 50. 372 on those west thereof, and a
net decrease in tho earnings on the entire sys-
TEN for this month of S25,117. For the seven
months of the present fiscal year. there is a
falling off in the net earnings on the entire sys-
tenn of Sl00,593 The report of the committee
which has been investigating the affairs of the
road for nearly year past was adopted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

THE report that the disease of the grape
vines in the French vineyards has been
cured by the importation of cuttings from
American vineyards states an interesting
International fact; but the French wine
crops are under greater obligation to Amer
lean vineyards that that. If full credit
were given, it would probably be found that
the greatest half of the supply of French
wines comes from American vineyards in
the first instance. But the American vine
yards that sell their wines that way are too
modest and retiring to make that claim
public.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

AS The DISPATCH referred editorially
the other day to the story that the firm of
Harper & Brothers had kept a poem of
james Whitcomb Riley's in its drawers for
eight years, it is only fair to say that the
report is denied by Harper & Brothers. The
Chicago NeUS, which first gave publication
to the report, upon investigation finds it to
be unsupported by evidence. So far as
Harper g. Brothers are concerned, their
reputation for fair dealing with writers re-
mains unimpeached.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
SCIENTIFIC Stiffness.

Mr. Grant Allen, in recent magazine
article, indulges in a large amount of
learned nonsense intended to prove that males
constitute the race, and that females are
only part of the race told off for pro-
ductive necessities. The logic by which
this evidently precOnceived conclusion is
reached is of the following remarkable sort.
Suppose female child to be born of q
white father and black mother. She inter-
marries with another white and the result
is a quadrOon female offspring. Repeat the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
A REMARKABLE CRUISER.
England Fails to Secure n aWonderful War;
ship Built for ftnly.

England Fails to Secure 1;WOnderful War;
ship Built for ftnly.
WASHINGTON, May l5.-With some interest,
naval architects IN Washington are waiting
further particulars of the performance of
remarkable cruiser built in England by the
Armstrong;. She is named the Piemonte, and
said to have made 1917 knots under natural
draft, and over 2l knots with forced draft. The
vessel measures $500 tons and carries engines
of II, 500 horse power-nearly treble the proper
tionate horse power Of the new gunboat York
town.
From the information received at the Navy
Department it appears that the hull of the
ship weighs but $40 tons, and the lightest pos
sible construction, verging closely on weakness,
is indicated. Elements of safety and con-
venience, such as complete double bottoms and
handy coal bunkers, have been sacrificed for
the sake Of lightness in the new vessel, which
accounts in large measure for the wonderful
speed said to be attained Nevertheless, al
though the ship was built for the Italian Gov
ernment, the British naval authorities made
strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to purchase
her from the builders.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
MUST BE DONE ECONOMICALLY.
Establishing n Refuge Station In Behring
Straits on Lutte Money.

GBlhbh9nAuH AhcAukc 0bHtlOu IN A1cHEhu8
Straits on Little Money.
WASHINGTON, May 15-Secretary Window
has directed Captain Heaiy, commanding the
revenue steamer Bear, at San Francisco, to
purchase the necessary lumber, provisions and
fuel for the construction and fitting out Of q
refuge station at Point Barrow, in Behring
Straits. He has also appointed Captain Gil
bert II. Borden. Of New Bedford superinrend-
ent of the station and authorized him to en-
ploy two assistants. The men, material and
supplies will be transported to Point Barrow by
the steamer Bear, which will probably sail
from San Francisco on that mission about the
first of June. She will proceed first to Ouna-
laska, where she will be Joined by the United
States steamship Thetis. The Commanding
officers of the two vessels will then consult as
to their subsequent movements.
The money available for the establishment Of
the refuge station, $4,000, is regarded at the
Treasury Department as sufficient only for the
erection of a small house. with supplies for one
years maintenance of 100 men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
A SUCCESSFUL MATRIMONlAL UNION.

A Society of YounG Ladies Who Vowed
They Would All Get Married.
NEW HAVEN, May I6-The elopement Of
two young people of the western part Of the
city brings to light the existence Of queer or
ganization. Miss Lizzie Fletcher. the daughter
of prominent purYeyor, on Fast Day eloped
with Carl Treitlein, an intelligent and good
looking German. and journeyed to Port Ches-
ter, N. Y, where they were married. Miss
Fletcher Is the member of society called the
"Secret Union"
1 When organized it consisted Of II young
ladies. Six of the IL are now married, and four
of the six eloped. The girls are very close
mouthed. but their companions say that when
the Secret Union" was formed each girl made
a VOW to get married within a year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
q, s. Navy Yards.

To the Editor of The Dispatch;
How many navy yards are there in the United
States, and where are they? A. A.
BRADDocK, May Is.
There are seven of them. They are located
as follows: Brookly'+ N. Y; Charlestown
Navy Yard, Boston, Mass; Gosport Navy
Yard, near Norfolk. Va; Kittery Navy Yard,
opposite Portsmouth, N. H.; League Island
Navy Yard, seven miles below Philadelphia,
Mare Island Navy Yard. near San Francisco:
New London naval station, New London,
Conn.,; Pensacola, Fla; Washington, D. C.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
THE LAY OF A BRASS BAND.

THE LAY OF A BRASS BAND
The sentinels who silent stood
And caught the evening air,
And any other thing they could,
That chanced to wander there,
A'shout heard in the nelghborhood
That raised their level hairi
Before the shout had died away.
The soldiers heard again
A band Of brazen music play
A martial march amain;
And then q fearful shout Of "Quay
U'er Pittsburg comes to reigni"
The sentinels together clung,
So did their shaken knees;
And some away their muskets hung,
And hid among the trees.
While one said-he was very young
81 pity the Mageesr'
The warlike Andrews held the van;
He talked in cheerful vein
About such things as chairmen can,
Meier to be heard again.
Then came quiet gentleman,
They call him Colonel Bayne.
But. OIL the flags and banners fine,
The torches and bassoons;
Some fifty ffers in line,
And drummers in platoons.
May fourteen, eighteen eighty-nine
VIII live for many moonsi
The chronicler has yet to tell
How Jared the braZen band
In its attempt to sound the knell
Throughout the blooming land
orc. L. M-and here tits well
To let the legend stand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
LOTS OF MONEY IN SNAKES.
Connections Farmers Getting Rich by KILL
Ing Rattlers for Their Skins.

OOAAcCGouS nAIHcES OetLhuB ANcm " Alils
Ing Rattlers for Their Skins.
NEW HAVEN, May 16-Del Reeves. Bristol
farmer, has killed eight large rattlesnakes this
month with his shotgun. Near his house are
several dens in the rocks, where the reptiles
resort In winter and sport themselves in the
sun in the summer. The hunter has to shoot
quickly to get them before the rattlers get into
the rocks. The oil of the ratElesnake is good
for external use, and is saved unless the reptile
has bitten itself while in pain, in which case 1t
is not taken. The oil brings 2 cents per ounce,
and fat snake will sometimes yield more than
an ounce.
Since the bounty on rattlesnakes' rattlss was
declared off, it is said, these dangerous reptiles
are increasing in the back woods lodges Reeves
has been shooting them for years. The sides
Of his barn are frequently adorned with snake
skins and rattles. Good rattler skins sell for 81
apiece in New York, where they are made into
pocketbooks, ladies' belts and slippers, while
the rattles will bring 81 q string. They are
mounted In jeWelry.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
For the peOple who claim that going

For the people who claim that going back
to the punishments of a past century and
using the whipping post will check crime,
the fact that one county in the little State
of Delaware, with population half that of
Allegheny City, has to whip and pillory its
offenders in blocks of dozens, does not seem
to be very satisfactory. The reports of Del
aware's whippings only prove that Della
ware is century or two behind the age.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

GOVERNOR TAYLOR, of Tennessee, an
nounces that at the conclusion of his pres
ent term he will retire from politics.
Whether Governor Taylor's conscience
troubles him from the infliction of large
amount of fiddling upon the voters, or
whether he intends to give his exclusive at
tention in the future to torturing the cat
gut, requires further explanation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

The Chicago Socialists are discounting
all the old jokes at their expense by rising
in wrath at the order of street car COM
pany requiring its employees to wear clean
linen hereafter. The Socialists are boiling
over with wrath at the idea of forcing the
workingman to wear any such badge of
servltude as clean collars and cuffs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
THE PITTSBURG STAGE.

LEAv1TT's Lily clsy Company at Harry
Williams next week.
The next attraction at Harris will be Gray
and stephens in repertoire opening with ''The
Old Oaken Bucket"
DoCsTADTERs' minstrels, one Of the most
noted troupes Of the kind, will be at the Opera
House next week. There are many old favor
ties in the company.
RICE's melodious and beautiful burlesque,
''Evangeiine, j" viii be presented at the Grand
Opera House tonight and for the balance Of
this week, This production will be given with
handsome costumes and elaborate scenery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

THE statement is now going the rounds
that the American sugar beet is 331S per
cent richer in sugar than any foreign produc-
ton. For this or some other reason the
Sugar Trust makes the American public
pay about twice 3S1S per cent more for its
sugar than the foreigners have to. This is
is the richest sugar beat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
A CLERGYMAN DRINKS BEER
And is Suspended From His Pastornte By n
DakOtn Presbytery.


Dakotn Presbytery.
PEMBrSA, N. OAK, May 15.-Rev. Charles
Mclean, of this place, who has been suspended
from his pastorate by the Presbytery at Grand
Forks, has had his trouble brought on him by
taking glass of beer in saloon. Mr.. Me-
Leans defense was that he had taken the beer
on the advice of his physician, and he thought
that it was better to take 1t openly than to
sneak home with it. pull down the curtains and
drink it in the dark. The reverend gentleman
has always been strongly in favor of high
license as against local option and prohibition,
and he had quite controversy last fall,
through the local newspapers, with several
other ministers on this question.
Pastor Mclean stands about feet inches
in height, weighs about 200 pounds, and has
pair ofhands and arms that champion athlete
might be proud of. He is well liked by the
majority of his congregation. who support him
in his present trial. It Is only the hot prohibit
tion element that is against him.
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SOME INTERESTING FIGURES,
Showing Uncle Sans Probable Expenses
and Receipts for the Year.

and Receipts for the Year.
WASHINGTON, May Il, 5,-Statements showing
the results of the acts of the second session Of
the Fiftieth Congress upon the finances of the
Government have been prepared by Thomas
P. Cleaves and James @. Courts. clerks, re-
spectively, of the Senate and House Commit
tees on Appropriations. They show that the
total amount appropriated by Congress was
S2S6, ,846 400, while the permanent specific and
indefinite appropriations were estimated by
the Secretary of the Treasury at S108. .691, ,0t6,
making the total estimated expenditures of
estimated revenues for the same time are $780,
5O9,658.
The acts provide for $50 new Offices the
salaries of which aggregate S443, 800, while the
81 025 $50. Sixty-nine offices are abolished, the
salaries of which are Sl27,972 and salaries Of
other offices are reduced $500.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
Greut Ocenn Steamers.

To the Editor ofThe Dispatch:
Please give the dimensions and tonnage Of
the largest steamships that ply between New
York and Liverpool. Also the tonnage of the
celebrated Great Eastern. READER
BUTLER, May 10.
10y City of New York, 10,500 tons, $50 feet
long; Etruria and Umbria, each IT'S tons and
501 feet long (2) The Great Eastern could
carry 5000 tons Of merchandise and 1000 tons
Of coal She was almost 700 feet long.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
A COMPETITION NOT DESIRED.
Mayor Filters Insurance Bill Foughf By the
Regular Companies.

Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
HARRISBURG, May IA large delegation
of representatives Of fire insurance companies
from Philadelpbia and Pittsburg were given .
hearing before the Governor on the bill amend
ing the act OF 1915 relative to insurance COM
panies authorizing insurance companies, or as
sociations commonly known as factory mutual
insurance companies conducted on the mutual
plan, to transact business In this State.
The insurance men asked the Governor to
withhold his signature from the bill, as its ap-
proval would result in great injustice to the
companies they represented, from the fact that
they were obliged to pay tax, while the fac
tory companies would escape taxation. This
measure is known as Mayor Filters bill. The
Governor took no action on the act
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16

The compromise verdict again puts on
the man who is acquitted, the costs for try
ing him. on the charge of which he is de-
clared not guilty. In this case the in
congruity is not lessened by the fact that
the man seems rather glad to pay the costs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-16
Made speeehIe.. b. Frlsh,.

PHILADELPHIA, May 16-The power Of
speech has but just returned to Mrs. c. n.
Nier, Of No. 1903 Passayunk avenue, after she
had lost the use Of her voice for several days
Mrs. Nier was SO frightened at the great wind
storm which swept over the city on Friday
last that she was struck dumb. She possessed
all her other faculties, but the vocal cords were
paralyzed, and not until Monday evening could
she make an articulate sound, and then only In
whispers