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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
PERSONAL FACTS AND FANCIEs.

THE great historian Kinglake writes manu-
script as beautiful as engraving.
THE late ancient chemist M. Chevreul, did
not have picture taken until he was 81 years
of age.
A CONSIDERABLE gathering Of literary folk
is expected at Camden next week to celebrate
Wal: Whitman's birthday.
THE Yale University crew is now in the en-
joyment of Mr. "Bobp Cooks tutelage, and
that famous oarsman is confident of coaching
it to victory.
THE popular impression of Mr.. ParnelI, that
he is cold-blooded and phlegmatic, is said by
one of his Parliamentary colleagues to be in
correct; he really is highly nervous and excit-
able, but has the great gift Of absolute self.
control.
AUTOGRAPH hunters will do well to let Dr..
Hans Won Buelow alone He has engaged a
clever young Russian to write replies to such
bores for him, and she does so in Russian. gen.
orally with touch of satire, as, Hans Won
Buelow, commercial traveller in Beethoven"
TsUI Kwo YIN, who is to succeed Chan Yen
Hoon as Chinese Minister to the United States.
is not as wealthy as his predecessor. but is much
livelier. In fact he would be called lone of the
boys" in this country. He is short, thick-set
and extremely affable, with a great fondness
for the gentler sex. He speaks few words of
English, but is very clever and will soon have
command of our language. He has travelled in
Europe and is a well-read man.
ALFRED TENNYsoN received 10 shillinrs for
his first poem, says Current Literature. The
remuneration was given him by his grand
father as the reward of industry, but apparently
not of genius, since the old gentleman took the
slate on which Tennyson had written his blank
verse, wiped it clean and handed his youthful
relative the coins with the remark: There is
the first money you have ever earned, and
suppose it will be the lastr' The Poet Laure-
ate's next venture was a volume of verse, writ
ten with his brother, published under the title
of Poems by Two Brothers"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
THREE JOLLY SAILOR BoYs.

Among the passengers who sailed fol
Europe on board the new greyhound, Of
the Atlantic, Augusta Victoria, were Edi-
tor Murat Halstead of the Cincinnati Com
mercidl Gazette, Editor E. L. Godkin OF
the New York Post, and the Baron and Bar
roness H. Won Munchausen. A happy
family indeed, as the monkey said when he
saw the lion and the tiger disputing which
should eat the little eve lamb. The posi-
bilities of fun in that family during the
voyage are many and great. It is to be
hoped that Baron Munchausen will main
tain the superb reputation of his ancestral
namesake, and if he does there is some
hope, scintilla merely, for the eve lamb.
The redoubtable editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial has always been an admirer Of
tall fiction. and If Baron Munchausen
spins incredible yarns continuously, Mr..
Halstead may forget that there is Mug
wump editor on the bill of fare.
The Saturday cablegram which is such a
feature of our esteemed contemporary, the
New York Post, will be more interesting
than usual a week from to-day. It will
contain Mr.. Godkin's experiences during
the voyage, possibly an editorial applaud
ing once more the action of the United
States Senate in rejecting Murat Hal
stead's nomination, and half dozen of
Baron Munchausen's choicest stories We
congratulate the Post on the good. fortune
in store for it, if its editor lives to reach a
telegraph Office, in Southampton or Ham
burg. And we will strive to stihe our fears
the meanwhile.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
TOO MUCH 10 EXPECT.

Mayor Grant, of New York, whose recent
vigorous work in making the electric corpo-
rations obey the laws requiring them to put
their wires under the streets, won approval
all over the country, has recently developed
the other side of his official character by
his appointments to various important
places in the city government His nomi-
nation of men yho are notorious machine
politicians, to occupy responsible positions,
is such decided declaration of machine
politics that even the World, heretofore his
warm supporter, cannot indorse his actions.
The fact of political leader making ma
chine appointments is so commonplace that
it hardly requires any especial notice; but
the contrast between Mayor Grants vigor-
Gus assertion of the popular rights against
the corporation and his adherence to the old
policy of distributing the honors for the
benefit of a political machine, naturally
evokes some comment. 1t seems to be one
OF the fatalities of public affairs. that the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
LITTLE WOULD BE LEFT OF IT,

Our shining cotemporary, the New York
Sun, says in answer to the inquiry of cor
respondent, that Mr.. Cleveland cannot by
any possibility be candidate of the Demo-
cratic party in 1892 He may be the candi-
date of the Free Trade party, the Sun ad-
mits, but "the Democracyis not for him and
he is not for the Democracy"
This declaration that if the organization,
known as Democratic, should nominate Mr..
Cleveland in 1892. it would cease to be the
Democratic party, is retroactive in its char
acter. If, by turning itself into the Free
Trade party, it ceases to be the Democratic
party, it accomplished that revolution last
year. IT nominated Mr.. Cleveland on a
Free Trade platform and consequently, ac-
cording to the dictum of our bright cotem-
porary, it has already wiped the Demo-
cratic organization out of existence.
But does not this rather strong assertion
destroy the existence of the Democratic
party for good while back? That organi-
cation was the Free Trade party in 1874, in
1S4S and, with comparatively short inter-
walls, for greater part of the last half-cen-
tury. II the SUMS rather rigid principle is
to be applied, there has been no real Demo
cratic organization during all of these
years, and the assumption of the name by
the party claiming to be Democratic has
been reduced to barren ideality.
We have great faith in the ability of our
brilliant contemporary, but we fear that the
task of reading the entire Democratic organ
ization out of the Democratic party will
prove too large contract for it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
QUAY'S SOLACE.

Senator Qusy's incursion into Allegheny
politics may not have yielded him any very
grateful returns;but eappears to have known
where he could find solace. Notwithstand-
ing reports that he was getting taste Of
cold shoulder at the White House, he landed
his most ardently fought for plums, yester-
day. Gilkeson's nomination for Second
Controller and Martins for Collector at
Philadelphia, will probably enable the
Junior Senator to take pleasant view of
political matters, even though Presidents
are tardy and Allegheny county politicians
perverse. But can Senator Quay, or anyone
else inform an inquiring public as to who in
the world is IS. S. Holiday of Pennsylva-
MIA" who is reported to be appointed as
Commissioner of Customs? Which Of the
wings of the party will answer for him?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

THE rioting reported yesterday from the
new town of Guthrie, in the Oklahoma
district. is noe SO surprising as the fact that
something on larger scale did not occur
there before. English writer's describing
the march of the boomers" compared it to
the race movements by which Western
Europe was peopled. But it speaks well
for modern progress that the ''claim-jump-
ing" and forceful acquisition by which the
ancestors OF European aristOcracy estab-
lished themselves find few parallels in
Oklahoma. So far the settlement out there
has been rather orderly, taking the circum-
stances into account
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
A KENTUCKY BONNET SHOW.
Attempt to Break Up an Old Custom of the
Blue Grass Country.

Attempt to Break Up an Old Custom of the
Blue Grass Country.
owNGsv1LLE, KY, May 24-There is a
great stir among the good people in the south
ern end of this county. In that vicinity is one
of the most fashionable country churches Of
the State, known as the white Oak Church.
because it stands In beautiful grove Of white
oaks. Annually on the fourth Sunday in May
it became the habit for all the pretty women for
miles around to array themselves in their best
new clothing, regardless of expense, and go to
the services at White Oak Church. They wore
good clothes on other Sabbaths, but the fourth
Sunday in May was always an especial occasion.
By and by this rivalry among the Kentucky
ladies centralized itself on bonnets. 1t was the
particular aim of each to wear new bonnet
which would eclipse that of any Of her neigh
bors. Thus the day came to be known as the
'sbounet show" and was famous throughout
this and surrounding counties.
On "bonnet show" day the church would not
hold the people. Many of the young men who
never neglected the occasion were forced to
stand at the windows outside, and watch the
congregation of beauty and fashion. The
''show" caused feuds among the female por-
tion of many families in the vicinity. and
nearly all neighborhood quarrels dated from a
bonnet show. The While Oak ministers en-
deavored to stop the singular observance, but
they failed 1t was too popular with the young
women and the young men, and the fathers
themselves.
This year they have new minister at White
Oak and he is decidedly straightlaced. He OBJ
iected very strongly to the bonnet show" and,
as it caused more than the usual number of
ouarrels last year many Of the older church
members agreed with him. Two or three
weeks ago they issued manifesto that every
body was expected to observe the fourth Sun
day in May just as they would any other Sab
bath They were informed that this would not
have the desired effect, and now they have de-
cided to hold no services at all on that day.
An the ladies in the county are indignant, and
have declared that they will choose some other
day for the exhibition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
CAUGHT BY A HUNGRY CLAM.
A Bird Captured and Drowned by Greedy
Biva1ve.


SARATOGA, May A-Harvey Cook is the ira
ditional fisherman Of Saratoga Lake Perch,
black bass and other toothsome denizens Of
these waters, which furnish so much material
for the delicious second course at the hotel
dinners, that shun every other hook. are
prompt to bite az his bait and are easily hooked
by him. The regular Saratoga summer visitors
have known Harvey Cook, or Of his name and
fame, for the past half century. He is plain,
oid-fashioned man, a shrewd observer, and In
the course of his long experience as fisher
man has become familiar with the habits Of al
most every living thing that crawls on the
borders or swims in the waters, or flies over the
surface of the Saratoga Lake.
II have lived on these waters. so to speak, for
"a years." said Mr.. Cook to a reporter, but
never before saw anything like what saw
few days ago. was moving along the shore OF
the lake when saw q sand snipe, or tipup.' as
the boys call them. standing at the waters
edge, and struggling as If its feet were in
trap. Soon the bird arose q little way in the
air and few as far as the road, where it fell and
futtered as though calling on me, as on an old
saw that one of the birds feet was clasped by
large fresh water clam, but before could rem
der aid the bird again with great effort arose
into the air and made few wild circles unfor-
tunately over the lake, but the clam held on,
and in minute more both were in the water.
After a brief hutterfng resistance the poor
sand snipe succumbed to the weight Of the
clinging clam, and was ignominiously drowned.
/ have seen good many queer things" said
Mr.. Cook, but never saw anything like that
beforen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

THE fact that some influences are at work
in New York, in favor of enforcing the laws
against the corporations, is attested by the
report that the New York, New Haven and
Boston Railroad has been ordered to pay
$1,000 in fnes for the violation Of the law
prohibiting stoves on passenger cars. This
is an encouraging indication that in some
quarters the instrumentalities OF the law
place the safety of the public above the con-
venience of the corporations. 1t also seems
to place New York ahead Of our own State.
In Pennsylvania the law prohibiting car
stoves is still conspicuous by its absence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCTS.

BEAVER FALLS boasts Of the only girl paper
carriers in Beaver county.
AS fast as the locusts come out of the soil Of
Mifflin county they are snapped up by wild
turkeys.
the earthworms which have emerged freely a.
result Of the rains.
FRANK CRoIL, of Middletown, has q full
blooded English mastif pup, two months old,
that is 82115 inches tall
LIGHTNING killed full-blooded Jersey COW
at Titusyille during the last storm without
leaving mark upon her.
GEORGE HENNNGER, aged 90, and Henry
Geist, aged SO, are among the warmest baseball
zealots in Bethlehem, Pa.
WARDEN WALTON, of the Easton jail, has
patented ''poor mans carpet" the two sides
have different designs. The jail cannot make
it fast enough.
H. l. CLOSE, of Siglerville, Mifilin county.
captured a mink recently which measured rs
inches from tip of nose to end of tail and
weighed 81 pounds.
FRED JOHNSTON, . photographer, Of New
Castle, recently broke an egg which had been
set on for some time and found chicken with
four well formed legs.
cut the head of chicken recently and when
she let it go il ran up the road. She ended its
career by lassoing it with the clothes line.
AN Armstrong county man has been sent to
jail for 10 days for singing. His musical per-
formance took place on o railroad train, and he
wouldn't stop when requested by passengers.
A MAN up In Venango county froze his hand
the other day when the Thermometer stood 800
in the shade. He was helping transfer some
ice and his hand was so badly frosted that he
had to wear it in sling for several days after.
A MONUMENT to the victims of the squib
factory disaster at Plymouth was to have been
unveiled on Decoration Day. 1t is found that
the name Of one victim has been misspelled,
which will involve postponement and the taking
down Of the monument.
A HORSE wandered on to the railroad bridge
at Canonsburg few nights since, and got his
legs wedged between the ties. His owner
found him thus, but could not extricats him.
Then he heard the thunder Of coming train,
and frantically waving newspaper he ran
down the track and tagged it after which the
horse was pried ontlof his hx.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

men who have the backbone to uphold the
interests of the people against the corpora
tions are among the foremost in main
tanning the interest of the close
corporation of political organization in
the distribution of offices, to the detriment OF
the public interest. Mayor Grant is, per-
haps, the most signal example of this char
acter; but there are many like him who be-
lieve in strictly upholding the law against
corporations and are pronounced spoilsmen
in their political affiliations. On the other
hand there are numerous eminent reformers
of political abuses who obstinstely turn
blind eye to the Infringement upon public
Interests which take the form of corporate
abuses.
1t would be an approach to millenial
condition of politics il class of political
leaders should arise who believe in reform
ing the abuses both of patronage and corpo-
ration management; but perhaps it is too
much to expect Of practical politics, that a
class will ever rise that will uphold the
rights of the people against both the cOrpo-
rations and the spoilsmen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

good reasons are wanting. The dimindtion
of the suns power may be the long-sought
cause. If the victory Of Mr.. Harrison and
the Republican party was due to solar assist
ance, the nation would like to know 1t. We
have suspected that there was some extraOr-
dinarv influence behind the resurrection of
the hideous directoire cape and collar in
feminine fashions, the too long survival of
the society actress, and the elevation Of the
long-haired poodle. Prof. Virgins will
oblige us greatly by furnishing more light
on these matters. Surely he has lots Of
Imagination left
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

PROF W1GG1Ns' latest discovery is to the
effect that the earth is constantly receding
from the sun and, therefore, being less and
less subject to solar attraction, it must be
constantly expanding, so that our oceans
are gradually becoming more shallow. This
is likely to necessitate the carving out of
the continents with canals, as is done in the
planet Mars and possibly in the planets
Saturn and Jupiter. This style of predic-
ton creates suspicion that Virgins has
been retained by the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
TIMELY TOPICS.

Small Opening for an Apology.-I hope
you will pardon me for yawning, Miss Silver.
Don't mention it, Mr.. Orwell, it's quite .
preparation. expect to spend the summer at the
Delaware Water Gap.''
Rolling in Success.-That carriage con-
tains the most successful poetess or passion in
America. All Of her verses have been prin ted.
"Friends in the publishing businessG''
emo. Uses typewriter"
On the Road to Success-Friend-Ho
are you succeeding at literatnre9
writer-Very well. Last year made enough "a
pay for postage stamps. and this year I hope u
realize enough to pay for paper and ink.
Van Ambergian Enterprise-Mrs. Kidd.
let-Why, children, what's all this noise aboutP
Little Jamie-We've got Eran'pop and Uncle
Henry locked In the closet for an hour, an' when
they get little madder, I'm going to play going
into the lions cage
Rumly-Ah, Gumlyl Hear about Lum-.
ly? Poor chappy's dead.
GumlY-Dead? I thought he was In Europe,
Rumly-Yes, board. Didn't go to Europe a
all; but you know the hotel he lived at2-and the
board9-thst's what he died on.
A Grammatical Eror-Scene: School,
room at public exhibition. Elderly Lady-John1
sis yhat is the present third singular Of 20
Johnnie-He fees.
Elderly Lady-That's right. Now give the per,
feet third singular.
johnnie (promptly)-He has neas.
elderly lady is carried out in hysterics.)
Inconsistent-"Don't you think music
rather inconsistent, Miss Bangy''
sswhy?"
cat least it looks rather queer to see in the LIST
OF the recently divorced, the name Of NJ La Scala,
with the designation added, Professor Of hars
mony.'"
A pushing man always gets ahead in the
world. So does cabbage.
Not That Kind.-Little Samuel-Mr.
6noodles, may Ihave some preserves?
Mr.. Snoodles (regarding with interest the little
fellow)-Why certainly, Samuel. But what made
you think we had any?
Little Samuel-Oh, I've o ften heard pa and ms
speaking about your family jars.
And when little Samuel and his pa and ma
reached the paternal domicile there was q nmny
lar, and 1t was not preserved, either.
The Leading Attraction
Mr.. seaview, I'm representing Mammoth q Cor
manufacturers Of resort attractions-minerat
springs, meteors, sea serpents--
Professor (of summer resort)-Cant DO any
business with you this season, SIR
'swhy you wrote us that our sea serpent was
your drawing card last season.
'sMy dear sir. I've q card worth dozen OF it
this summer. I'm designing lovers lanes, train
ing up my bowers, locating hammocks, blasting
natural seats In the rocks all about here and have
agents out offering-on the quiet-incomparabie
terms to bridal couples. Sea serpentl Ny dear
Mr.. Mammoth Co.. what Is your sea serpent to
fresh Paul and Virginia sor the edIacation OF
your guests on every trxing'
-Ag5Fsm zsms
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
who Would Be n Kings

From the New York SUM-
Umberto and Wilhelm met and kissed each
other yesterday after the mannerot Righteous.
ness and Peace. Royalties do a number of
amusing things, but their frantic embraces at
railway stations are perhaps their greatest con-
tribution to the humor fund. After all, who
would be king or kaiser, and change his
uniform n times day, and be q professional
layer of corner stones, and obliged to kiss and
embrace visiting kings, kaisers, czars and
crown princes on their hard and cold cheek, and
dodge their mirific mustaches?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

The Board of Trade of st. Louis is all
torn up over the suspension of number of
its members for indulging in the blowing of
tin whistles during business hours. The
practical declaration that the members can
not give vent to their natural relaxation of
making fools of themselves is, of course, re-
garded as a grave Infringement upon the
vested rights of gambling in the food
products of the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
DEATHS OF A DAY.
SamneI Lnrd.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH,i
NEW YORK, May 24.-Dispatches from England
announce the death at Ashton-on-Merseyi in that
country, on Thursday. of Samuel Lord, the founder
Of the drygoods house of Lord & Taylor In this
city. Mr.. Lord was born in Yorkshire, England,
in 1908. He was left an orphan, came to America,
borrowed g. COO, started small store in Catharine
street, and used to deliver the goods himself.
After two years his wife and child Joined him, and
He retired rich about 1851 returned to England
and settled down near the place of his birth, where
he built himself q magnificent house.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

THE fact that the directors of one of the
Fall River, Mass, mills have decided to
adopt a system of sharing profits with the
employees of the mills is an evidence of the
progress of a good idea. When labor is
honestly given direct share in the profits
of capital, great advance toward the set
tlement of labor difficulties will be made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

KING HUMBERT and Emperor Will
Jams mutual display of their respective
armies and navies to each other will doubt
less fulfill its purpose in convincing both Of
them that they will be wise, instead of fight
ing each other, to act in common and direct
their resources of war material upon, the
rest of the world.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25
A PETRIFIED HUMAN HAND,
Found Sixty. Five Feet Below the Surface
in a Railway Cut.

Found Sixty.Fiv0 Feet Below the snrface
in n Railway Cut.
The New Lexington. o., Herald gives the
following account OF the finding of a petriied
hand in a cut on the Shawnee an d Muskingum
Railroad: E. E. Taught, of Shawnee. this
county has on exhibition in his saloon petri-
fed human hand. It Is about 13 inches in
length and in width, and Is perfect in all its
It was discovered by Mr.. Taught and some
workmen while making q cut on the new rail-
road, and was found 65 feet below the surface.
No other parts OF the body were seen, and
where the hand came from, and to whom It be-
longed, will forever remain mystery. Whether
it swayed a scepter or was engaged in erecting
ancient mounds, is more than we can tell 1t Is
a curiosity, and should be sent to the Smith,
sonian Institute, or some other archaeological
concern.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

THE news that Chicago audience hissed
Kyrle Bellew is generally received all over
the country as an encouraging indication.
It is certainly reassuring to learn that a
limit exists to Chicago's endurance of the
exhibitions of great scandals and the actors
in them. This disapproval permits the hope
that the day will come when Chicago will
object to turning a divorce case into an i'm
proper drama for the delectation of the
public.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

The announcement that both sides think
they have won the victory in the electric
trial reveals the idea that in patent itiga-
tions as in elections, something is to be
made by claiming everything with conf
dence,