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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
A FINE INSTITUTION.
Formal Opening Of the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital In Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, May THE Johns Hopkins
Hospital, at Monument street and Broadway,
was formally opened this morning. 1t is one
of the finest and most complete institutions in
the world, embracing II buildings, which cover
four acres of ground, and surrounded by 10
acres more of beautiful grounds which will af-
ford healthtul exercise to the patients. Its
construction was begun more than 10 years ago,
and the total cost was So, ,050, 900.
To the munifcence of one man Baltimore.
owes this great institution-the late Johns
Hopkins. twas he who also founded aud pro-
vided for the Johns Hopkins University. Over
], 200 invitations to attend to-day's ceremonies
were sent to persons in various parts of the
United States, exclusive of those issued to Bal
timoreans No one was admitted without
card of invitation. One of the most interesting
parts of Mr.. Kings address was quotation
from letter written by Johns Hopkins to his
trustees, which clearly sets forth in few
words the good he purposed to accomplish
1t is as follows: "You shall receive into the
hospital the INDECENT sick of this city and its
environs, without regard to sex, age or color,
who may require surgical or medical treat
ment, and the poor Of this city and State of all
races who are stricken down by any casualty
President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, then spoke, after which Governor
Jackson declared the hospital open to the peo-
pie.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08

highest social standing made the hit of the
performance by appearing, in tights and
tulle skirts, as a queen Of the arena. This
is proof positive of the abilities and tastes
of the leaders of the haut ton.
Envious critics Of the world Of fashion
have asserted that our new aristocracy is
made up of useless people, without ability
to do anything, or the industry TO accom-
plish any achievements. Mr.. Berry Wall
has tried to put down this foul aspersion by
demonstrating that he could wear more
clothes than any other man. But this show
surpasses Mr.. Wallis most glittering dreams,
by an organized and universal movement in
the direction of showing that the circles Of
fashion. can turn out serviceable circus
riders and clowns.
With that evidence before us the sneers
upon the gilded inutility of our New York
aristocracy must cease. They are useful as
well as ornamental. If the professional
circus riders do not object to the company Of
the New York dudes, we may hope to see
the travelling shows recruited by large
accessions from the training schools of the
-Four Hundred.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08

public obligations might have led to pro-
posal to complete that long-promised
structure, before proceeding to put up an
arch for the eommemoration Of the recent
blowout. Have not the deeds of the Cen
eral whose services preserved the Union as
true relation to its Centennial celebration
as the parades and balls of the celebration?
Would not the campaigns and final triumph
of Grant furnish as good a subject for mon
umental celebration as the wars of Meal
lister and Fish, or the all-conquering charge
of the Centennial dancers upon the fortress
of free champagne?
New York may glorify itself with a
granite arch if it chooses; bnt very faint
perception of what is necessary for its real
credit will lead to the perception that it is
necessary to first do something in the way
of fulfilling its promise of monument over
Grants resting place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
PAYING THE PIPER.

1t is not quite plain from the reports
whether that little bill of S. 900 for the solids
and liquids consumed by the Legislators
during their New York picnic is to be paid
by the State or out of the Legislators private
and individual treasures. In the latter
case, we would commiserate our lawmakers.
In the former, the tax paying public would
only have another item added to the ex-
penses of Legislature which has already
cost more than it comes to. From the recall
eitration in which the lawmakers indulge,
however, we conclude that they have got to
pay it themselves. So much kicking over
bill which the taxpayers have got to foot
would be entirely out of harmony with the
Legislative precedents.
On that view we present our sincere con-
dolence to our statesmen. A bill of SIG &c
each for six meals, or an average of 81 75
per meal, is too rich for the legislative
blood. Our Solons find themselves in, the
embarrassing position of the man who with
a slender purse and more than correspond
ingly large appetite ate everything in sight
at railroad restaurant under the impress
sion that the charge was 30 cents for full
meal, only to be confronted with bill of
S. 25 after his hunger was stayed. Roti,
fromage de Brie, clam soup and ice cream
are all very well, but to be expected to pay
nearly So each for the semi-diurnal meals is
likely to take the profits off session of do
ing nothing at $40 per diem. Champagne
is an undoubted refreshment, but when the
bill is brought in for 1t the lawmaking
mind is bowed down by thinking of the
amount of beer that could have been bought
for the same money.
No wonder that the legislators support
Governor Beavers vetoes of appropriations,
with this practical evidence before them
that reform and retrenchment are necessary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
PERSONAL POINTS.

SENATOR INGALLS, will spend the summer
among his Kansas constituents.
THE late duchess of Cambridge left Tosti,
the composer, life annuity of 81 500.
THE Chicago Ne,cs says Chauncey NJ De-
pew is said to have horror of death, doubtless
because he knows that he will not be per-
mitted to make speech at his own funeral
PRINCE FERDINAND of bavaria is really
quite useful and manly aristocrat. He prac-
tices as physician at Munich and never re-
ceives a fee for his services. A few days ago
he risked his life to save a woman from drown
ing.
AN omen for the British Liberals. Sarah
Bernhardt changed the name of Algie Balfour
to that of Lord Ramsay in her adaptation of
"As in Looking Glass" She says the French
public Will not stand a name that terminates
with -four"
RIDER HAGGARD, not content with serving
up highly favored conception of Cleopatra to
a bored public contemplates visit to Asia
Minor and Persia SO that he may use Queen
Esther for a heroine. The only thing which
excuses this kind of cropping in the remote past
for basis for fiction consists in scholarship
such as that possessed by Becker OF an Ebers.
Haggard's efforts in historical fiction are about
as valuable as would be a commentary on the
decalogue by Sarah Bernhardt.
The late Duchess of Cambridge was of sim
gularly commanding presence-talla and majestic
lool1ing-and although her manner seemed
tinged with an air of sternness, she was of
most gentle and amiable disposition, and suf-
fered scarcely any diminution of spirits from
her enforced physical inaction of later years.
Indeed she seemed rather to gain in 1iveliness,
md txrae 1v xrhn fo xy;eiI,
that her habitual viyacIty showed signs of de-
clining. Her CHEEKY fortitude never forsook
her. She was very fond of conversation and Of
entertaining friends and prominent personages,
and to great charm of manner she added an
unfailing and well-stored memory. AS a lin
guist she was exceptionally accomplished, and
she conyersed with equal fiuency in English,
French and German, betraying in none of them
any trace of foreign accent. She had also a
competent knowledge of Italian.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCTS.

SQUIRE YEAGER, of Snowshoe, is 70, and all
his hair is coal black.
QUANTITIES of F-year locusts are being
turned out by Lycoming county ploughs
BENEFITS Branch, Glearfield county, is
clogged with millions of dead fish killed by
tannery water.
SAMUEL OBERLIN, of Norwood, near Colum-
bia, is recovering from the fracture of several
ribs at the age of SO.
Mr. HALL, of Meadville, has a wooden
watch charm made from piece of the old
currying table which was used In old John
Browns tannery.
FRED BARRAcKMAN, of Mead township,
Crawford county, has lost COW oddly. She
got on buckwheat stack and full through
where it had been eaten out on the under side,
breaking her neck in the fall.
AwHITE gander owned by Mr.. Breen, Of
Bridge Valley, near Doylestown, has formed a
strange attachment for Charles wilkins, who
feeds the fowls, and follows him around his
farm continually That gander is no goose.
Two Chester sparrows saw a piece of twine
which they needed for nest fastened to
timber. For over two hours they tugged and
pulled and chewed it with their bills At last
the string broke. and they few off with it in
jubilant twitter.
THE river near Harrisburg is filled these
days with sea gulls, and their shrill cries can
be heard afar. We see gulls in Pittsburg every
day, but they are SO common that they attract
little attention, except from bunko sreerers
and green goods men.
The clerk at the Tarbell House, Montrose,
oiled the counters the other day and threw the
rags in a closet. Two hours later the closet
burst spontaneously into flame, which was
soon extinguished. 1t is thought that the
clerk had stored some sire water" in the
closet.
DAVID WITHERow, of New Millport, Clear
field county, was leading q horse, when it
caught him by the right shoulder with its jaws,
flung him to the earth and began to chew him,
after which it dragged him through the woods
till the reins caught and held it. Its victim
gaining consciousness crept out of its reach,
but will lose the arm and probably die.
AN escaped performing bear shambled int
Mr.. Billiards. sheepfold in Brooklyn. Susque-
hanna county, the other day, and squeezed the
life out of a young lamb. Its piteous cries
brought the whole population to, the spot, in
cluding the owners Of the bear, who paid the
damages. 1t is very seldom that owners Of
'lambsn get damages when they are squeezed
by "hears"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
HE. KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.
Secretary Rusk Demonstrates his Ability
in the Harvest Field.

Secretary Rusk Demonstrates Bis Ability
in the Harvest Field.
WASHINGTON. May 7.-As Secretary Rusk
sat at his desk yesterday afternoon his gaze fell
upon the workmen engaged in moving the first
crop Of grass on the grounds of the Agricul-
tural Department Something in their move
ments did not satisfy his eye, and turning to
Chief Clerk lockwood, he said: "Pd like to go
out there and give those fellows points"
you'd better turn that over to me-" re-
sponded Major lockwood. II can NOW all
around you."
'Not much" replied the Secretary. "As the
boys say, you amt built that way"
This morning, as they rode up the avenue to
the Department building. the sight Of the
mowers alongside brought to mind yesterdays
banter, and without word the Secretary and
Chief Clerk leaped from the carriage to the
lawn, and grabbing each scythe from the as
tonished laborers, began to swing them in the
most approved style. The tall form OF the
Secretary moved rapidly along wide swath,
amid the plaudits of an admiring crowd at
tracted by the unusual spectacle. while Major
lockwood more modestly held his own in the
contest But he didn't make good his boast of
moving all around the Secretary. In fact, the
latter demonstrated his staying qualities by
going to the Department after finishing his
stint and cutting of few heads with the off,
cial guillotine, while the Major failed to show
up at his desk at all during the day. 1t was ex-
planned that he had gone to Mt. Vernon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
ERrsToCaATrC ABILITIES.

While the press which chronicles the
doings Of the ultra-fashionaDle circles of the
East have duly chronicied the delightful
nature of the event, there seems to be
danger Of overlooking the social signif-
canoe and evidence of aristncratic aptitudes
furnished by the fact that the select circles
of the Four Hundred gathered to witness
and applaud the achievementsof their num-
Der as circus performers.
We are told by the enthusiastic Jenkins,
who witnessed the great performance, that
It opened with aquadrilleOn horseback, bya
selected list from both sexes of our aristoc-
racY. The programme was filled out with
tumbling, bareback riding, trapeze and bar
feats and "all the rest of the regular circus
attractions" One young gentleman Of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
Rushing in Wool Tops.

In report to the Department of State on
wool, waste and broken tops. Consul GrinneI,
of Bradford, says that since it became known
there in November that broken tops, laps,
rovings and slubblngs of wool, with to Is per
cent of genuine waste scattered in. would be
admitted by the United States Customs Service
at 10 cents per pound duty, the quantity ex
ported from that consular district has risen
6964S pounds in November, 1887, to 334, lsS
pounds in November, 1888. Careful inquiry,
he says. has developed the fact that the total
shipments of this class of wool from Great
Britain to the United States during three
months have exceeded by 1,O04, 500 pounds the
production of genuine Botany Tor Australianl
waste for the whole year. The prac-
tice of breaking up wool tops for
the United States market has become
notorious. Originally the tops were broken up
by hand, but the enormous development of the
shipments to the United States has caused, it
is stated, machinery to be used for the pur-
pose. The wool-combers, as rule, will not
lend themselves to the practice, but deliver the
tops to the waste dealer in their regular form,
and the latter either break them or cause them
to be broken up. The temptation to prepare"
genuine tops here for entry into the United
States as waste at 10 cents per pound is very
great as may be judged when ! mention that
one of the larger firms in Bradford, Of un-
questionable reputation, informed me that they
had been offered cents per pound profit over
their regular price for all the Botany waste
they could supply"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
CAUGHT AT THE CAPITAL.

Ninety Millions Locked Up for a Month
Where No One Could Get Them-A Prae-
tice Becoming Notorious-A Number Of
Important Territorial App pointments.
Special Telegram to The DIspatch.
WASHINGTON, May For several months
and until to-day, vast sum Of money in the
Treasury has been so secured that not even the
Treasury officials could get at it. About q
month ago the time-lock on the outer door OF
one of the large vaults was taken apart and
cleaned, and on being replaced became disar-
ranged SO that when the door was closed it was
found impossible to open it. The vault con-
tanned nearly $90, 900 in gold and silver coin
The money was not needed in the current busl-
ness or the Department, so that there was no
particular hurry in opening the Vault. Several
attempts, however, were made to open the
door, and all kinds Of experiments were tried,
but to no purpose. AS final resort, two vault
experts in Philadelphia were sent for and put
to work on the lock. They worked for several
hours, and finally succeeded in releasing the
bolt and opening the door. 1t turned out that
the lock had sustained no permanent injury,
and that the accident was due to the failure to
observe certain precautions in closing the
door.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
A METROPOLITAN 1p1osYNcRAsY.

And now we observe that the enthusiastic
public of the metropolis is proposing to
commemorate the commemoratior by a
monument which shall reproduce in granite
one of the temporary arches which adorned
the streets. 1t is strictly according to pre-
cedent that New York should propose an
other monument and there is no reason to
suppose that the precedent of not doing SO
will be broken. The arch, therefore, seems
destined to attain fame only as thesubject
OF another of New York's monument fizzles.
Nevertheless the idiosyncrasy developed
in this proposition is one of the New York
traits. For some years the ability of that
city to make the maximum of promise to
the minimum of performance has been dis
played with regard to the still inchoate
Grant monument. A moderate sense of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
A DEFENDER OF TRUSTS.

Colonel Thompson, of the White Lead COM
bine, Speaks for His Business.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
ST. LOUIS, May Z-Colonel W. D. Thompson
and II. H. Rogers, the New York agents of the
White Lead Trust, are trying to induce the
Collier White Lead Company and the South
ern White Lead Company to join the trust. A
conference was held yesterday. and If the COM
panies named join the trust it will have COM
plete control of the market Colonel Thomp-
son says the trust now controls half the works
and more than half the output of the country.
He denies that the Standard Oil Company con-
trolls the trust, but says some of the Standard
stockholders own large lines of white lead GER
tI6cates.
Colonel Thompson says the object of all
trusts is to economic in the cost of making
and selling an article, by combining in such
way as to reduce the expenses Of manufacture
and do away with expensive competition. By
this means the cost to the consumer is lessened,
the public gets the benefit of reduced price,
and the manufacturer, at the same time, gets
good profit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
A SAILORS REVERE.
The morn is over the world,

The morn is over the world,
And the sunlight floods the sea;
sit and dream as the waters gleam,
OF the dear, dead past and thee
Of the fair dead past, too fair to last,
And the heart that lived for me.
o heart that loved me so!
Still in your dreamless rest;
You are not dead, and lay my head
Once more on the tender breast
hide my face in its olden place,
In the place loved the best.
Dear lips, pressed close to mine !!
You are not cold in death,
For close in my car sweet words hear,
And feel on my hair your breath,
And voice says low, II love you So!
With love that knows no death"
Iopen my eyes and look
Far out on the sunlit sea,
And the waters CLEAN, but my tender dream
Has passed from my heart and me,
And the grasses wave on lonely grave
That holdeth my heart and thee.
But the love that blessed US so
In the beautiful years gone by
Is more than flower, to bloom an hour,
To droop at the noon and die;
Twill brighten the years in far-of spheres
Under strange, bright sky.
1pray God hold thee fast,
Close in his strong embrace,
And some fair day will come and say,
Viewing thy radiant face,
s'Dear one, stoop low, for love thee sol
With 2 love that time nor space
Nor all the tears Of desolate years
Could rob Of It's heavenly grace
--BostoR Transcript,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Colonel Fosters HenIth-- AlIegheny's Fair,
DauEhter-A Word TO Old Fogies.

Soi0net rosters Aenith--AIie8nenys Fair
Daughter-A Word TO Old FoRies.
COLONEL FOSTER, of the Boston ideals Com
pany, is not sorry to see the end Of the season
looming up behind next Saturday. 1t is hardly
necessary for him 10 tell you that he has been a
very sick man for months. You can see that in
the greenish paIlor of his face, in the limpness
of his robust figure, and in the listless manner
of the man. He has been suffering intensely
almost without an intervalsinee last Christmas,
From what Colonel Foster said to me on Mon
day night judge that he is indebted to DR..
Bingaman, of this city, for the first and most
accurate diagnosis of his case.
~
ALLEGHENY county has not produced so
many actresses of ability that she can afford
to treat the latest to appear cavalierly. Miss
Burriss not only pleased the public and the
critics on Monday night, but she charmed sew
eral professional actors who were present. She
certainly lent very fresh grace to the old
story of Davy Crockett. Mr.. Bainbridge, of the
Ideals, spent the evening at the Bijou with sew
eral other members of the company, and he
voiced the sentiments of the whole party when
he said to me; "Miss Burriss is a very charm
Ing and clever young woman. Her voice is
sympathetic, and her face will win her lots
of admiration"
1t is extremely pleasant to be able conscien-
tiously to praise daughter of Allegheny City.
1t may be added that such grateful tasks are
rare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
TO PREVENT ALPINE DISASTERS.
Precautions Taken to Prevent Tourists
From Plunging Over Precipices.

Precautions Taken to Prevent Tourists
From PIunging Over Precipices.
From the New York Sun.1
Last year was more prolific of Alpine dis
asters than any season since the Alps became
the playground of Europe. In some cases it
was the fault of incompetent guides but
usually foolhardy and inexperienced tourists.
who rushed in where old stagers like Tyndall
and Freshdeld would hesitate to tread, were
themselves to blame for the disasters that over
whelmed them.
The precautions just taken by the authori-
ties in Tyrol and Vorarlberg toprevent tourists
from plunging over precipices will be unpop-
ular with many climbers, though they are like
ly to reduce the death list. No climbs can be
taken, even with experienced guides, unless
the paths are previously declared free from
danger by Government inspectors; and only
such paths can be used as are reported to be
perfectly safe without the aid of guide.
These rigid restrictions are calculated to yex
the soul Of veteran climber, who will thank
his stars that they were not adopted before the
Matterhorn and a dozen other formidable
peaks had been scaled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
Overrun WIth Applicant. for omcs.


The new Collector of the Port, Joel B.
Erhsrdt. was kept pretty busy shaking hands
and listening to Endorsements and applications
all to-day. The callers began to Arrive at the
Collectors office at o'clock this morning.
About 20 of them were before the door when
Colonel Erhardt appeared, one hour later.
They continued coming till o'clock, at first in
pairs, then in little knots, and at last regular
squads. They filed the two waiting rooms to
sufocation, and those who couldn't get in held
little overflow meetings outside. Colonel
Erhardt saw all of the prominent callers, but
denied himself to the rank and file. Neverthe-
less, he wore himself out before i o'clock.
Altogether, about twice as many applications
were filed as there are places In the Custom
House. Two big drawers in the Collectors
desk were filed will heletters of recommenda-
tion. Colonel Erhardt told the majority of his
star callers" to come again in two months.
For short time he will leave the personnel of
the Custom House service unchanged.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
A Sight for to See.
From the Chicago Tribune. ]

1t must have seemed queer to the average
English visitor at the New York celebration
last week to see the members of the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature dancing hilariously on their
chartered boat and testifying with great
unanimity and heartiness to the he's-all-right-
ness Of George Washington. But the English
visitor who has seen only the PENNSYLVANIA
Legislature has not the fsintest conception Of
what America is really able to turn out in the
legislative line. He should penetrate to the
interior of this wild and woolly country about
two States west of Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08

The fact that the Hon. William W.
Miller is going into the revived American
Meat Company is an evidencet that hegot out
of the trenches, where he was alleged to have
fallen last fall, without much bleeding.
Both Miller and the meat company, though
supposed TO have been very close to the
soup. are now going to occupy the superior
position OF furnishing the soup meat.