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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
SHUTTING OFF BUSINESS.

An interesting illustration of the charac-
ter of the bill before the Legislature, which,
under the pretext of inspection for meat,
proposes to make meat scarce and dear by
shutting out all beef dressed beyond the
State lines, appears in the fact that it
would shut out legitimate business, which
has been pursued in the cities of this State
for many years, without the slightest COM
plant from anyone. The business of buy
ing green meats in the West, and bringing
them here to be cured and packed, has been
an undisputed one for the last generation,
and is pursued by a number of leading
packing houses Without knowing it, the
people who drew up this piece of legislation
put it into language which would prohibit
our packing houses from curing and pack
ing their own meats.
This is really minor point beside the
main issue of decreeing that the supply Of
cheap meat for the working masses of Penn
sylvania shall be cut off; but it affords q fair
example of the stupidity which draws up
State legislation for excluding the products
of other States. As to the main issue, that
has been stated clearly enough already. 1t
is yelled behind the gauzy pretext of secur-
ing healthy meat; but the purpose ofmaking
meat more costly is clear enough in the pro-
visions, and is openly avowed by the sup
porters of the bill. No one asks for the bill
except those who are interested in keeping
up the prices of meat; and its provisions are
exactly those which have been urged by the
interested classes for their own benefit.
The DISPATCHES position on this matter is
plain enough and has been frequently stated.
Let us have all the inspection, both in and
out of the State, that is necessary to secure
safety against diseased meat; but there must
be no restriction on the food supply of the
people
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
SLEEP AND DEATH.

o gentle Sleep, who oft hast Graded me
In weary hours,
Hast laid thy still palm on my heated brow
And bound thereon, when was sad as now,
The silent poppy flowers!
Thou canst not aid me here; but there Is One,
Brother of thine,
Who holds q medicine that will ease all pain;
Tell him, pray thee, straightway, would fain
Be eased of mine.
Blessings on thee,
Thou guardian angel to the lost child, Time!
All sorrowing hearts
Beat thanks to thee, but look with longing eye
To where thy brothers. kinder ministry
The lax cord parts.
Paler than thou,
Elder and far more beautiful is he,
And on his brow
Sits the high calm that warrants all redress;
Abiding home to hearts all shelterless
win he allow.
Go, gentle Sleep,
Tell him the woes of time come thick and fast:
Tell him we lie
Within the shadow Of the ebon gate
And tor the music ofits opening wait
Longing to die.
MRS. ELLEN HOOPER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES IN STREETS

The explanation of the traction motor bill,
Just introduced in the Legislature which is
offered by its putative author in an inter-
view elsewhere, calls attention to the essen
tial vice of the theory that exclusive owner
ship can be obtained by private corporations
in rights of way through the highways dedi-
Gated to the use of tine entire public for
streets.
Thus, iii stated, certain streetrailway COM
panles having been granted the privilege of
laying their tracks along the streets, claim
an exclusive ownership, and have by that
means forbidden other passenger railways,
traction and otherwise, from reaching the
center of the city. This ownership of the
public streets by street railway corporations,
is disapproved by the authors of this bill.
1t is proposed to correct it by a measure
which, at least, creates suspicion that it
will transfer the ownership of the streets,
for the future, to the traction corporations.
The absurdity of such conclusion would
show the persistent survival of the idea
that corporations must be granted monopo-
lies. The fact that exclusive privileges in
the public streets enable corporations to
stand in the way of progress should show
the necessity of the principle that no cor
porations shall have exclusive privileges in
the public highways. They must have, of
course, ownership of the property they put
down in the streets, namely, the railway
track, with the right to charge tolls for its
use. But the way to amend the present
state of affairs is not to shift the exclusive
privileges from one class Of corporations to
another
If the bill provides that no corporations
shall have the monopoly of any street, but
that the tracks shall be open to the use of
all, on equitable terms, suited to the nature
of the enterprise, it will be in accordance
with fundamental constitutional principles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
YESTERDAYS DISPATCH.
Brief Summary Of the Leading Features Of
the Mammoth Double Number.


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hore eaekshie mas "ison - i.ssei s, uoienuink
nlmse1 for having answsreo .ne Murcnison
Ietter, ana accusing MI. naya,u oi ahiairness. , ness
many lmita.ors Oh .he nseonape - 1nu I" seem
70 pe sPilhging Up IN salioue p"..' y. anu,
Inc tories are denghteu poe"uso 'no aineh
1und In America Is growing smaher' ueraio-
Inc ulmar, an American prima uonna, Is Deing
nonored py the attentions Oh roSa, pessonages @
Inc beiglan queen anu neI arg
going INTO business as pnDnsners u nou'o-
noid magazine party Oh ohcefs ohsHseo IN
evlcting tenants IN county Aihasn nnes
with vigorous resistance. tne oc'upanss an,
mouse assahIng
poling water and pitcn1orks, i"o Po.s ~
were injured In the melee. In france giea. III
1erest cehters upon tne result oi Snn nea',oa-
.-:,, r.-----.,- r.. a o-riyod in
Berlin and viii addrsss tba Reicbstar and at
temnt to forward his favor,te measures. Berlin
pevsnaners coutinne their attacks on Morier
but the nnblic is Getting vearv of the subject
The usual Interesting budoet of continental
gossip was furnished in other cable dispatches
A delepation of Virginians called ON General
Harrison to urge him to give Malone a place
in the Cabinet Weaver,s sobstrnctionistt tactics
have succeeded in the House and
the Oklahoma bill will be called
up under a suspension of the rules.
The Pennsylvania Legislature finds plenty to
OCCUPY its attention and a long session Is pre-
dicted. The uuestion of a proh1bition amend
ment and the appropriation bills are subjects
most discussed at present. As result of .
county seat war in GAY county. Kansas. two
persons were killed and a large number in
iured. West Virginia Republicans seem con-
Ndant ,bat noff ,ui11 bo dan1arod ravarpor
Interesting statistics regarding the growth OF
the Cathol1c church In this country during the
past ioo years were furmshed Dy New 1ork
correspondent Inc steamer mercedes LETT
Ne" L OK Ior haytl, Ior tne purpose, IL Is sup
poseo, OF assisting Hlppolyte. Inc arrival OF
seVerai treasury agents at tpe Ne" 1ork ap-
praisers ONCE has created CONSERVATION
among omclais Inc result Oh tnelr ln4estlga-
tion ls awaited with interest,"
II.
There is a scheme on foot for converting Ne
VILE Island and six miles of the south shore of
the Ohio into wards for the Lake Erie Railroad
Owners of the property in that vicinity are pre-
pairing to make vigorous opposition. T. b.
Barry addressed a meeting of workingmen. and
in three-hours' speech numerically scored
Powderly and other prominent K. of /. officials
The funerals of several of the victims of the
Wood street disaster were held on Saturday,
Law students conducted mock trial at the
Court House. ALLEGHENY is still torn up over
the charter question. City Solicitor Elphin-
stone and George Shiras rave their views on
the subject to the Citizens Committee. An
Allegheny boy Il years of age committed sui.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
TO TEST A GLUTTON.
One of the Most Remarkable Eating Com
tests on Record Outlined.


MEDIA, PA, January 13.-Everybody in
Media who had heard of it are laughing over a
wager that was made to-day between we'll
known business man of the town and two other
parties, who are backing Winfield Blakes, a
colored driver for Brodheads line of stages, in
regard to his ability to eat very large amount
at one meal or sitting.
A bet Of SO has been made and the money
put up that Blakes will eat in one hour II a
bushel of turnips, Il a peck of white
potatoes. 8 cups of coffee, loaves of bread,
Il pound of stewed prunes, pounds of beef,
6small pies, 8 spring chickens, 8 oyster stews
50 raw oysters, can of salmon and wash all
this down with pint of whisky.
The bet was made in good faith and articles
of agreement drawn up. The turnips and
potatoes are to be measured whole; and, of
course afterward cooked and mashed. The
loser of the wager is also to pay for the pro-
visions. The feat is set down for February q
Blakes will make an attack upon the big pile
of provisions at o'clock P. NJ, and to win will
have to clear the table by o'clock The
parties who are backing Blakes offered to put
up $50 that he would get away with the stuff in
the time allowed him. He is reported to have
done some big eating recently with pies and
oysters and is said to have never yet got
enough. He is young man of "a or 25 tall
and angular, with nothing about him to denote
his big feeding qualities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
FRIGHTENED BY A SPOOK.
Ghost Causing an Exodus of Negroes In
Alabama.

n Sau5Au8 hu cAouuS VI ENOBEoCb IN
Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, January 13-A ghost is
causing an exodus Of negroes from Lawrence
county. Last July Calvin Mooday drunken,
worthless negro, murdered his wife. The crime
was most brutal one. Three nights after the
murder Mooday was taken from the county jail
at Moulton and lynched by colored men. The
colored men of the county boasted that no
white man had anything to do with the hanging
of Mooday. Most Of the lynching party were
known, but no effort was ever made to prose-
cute them for it. Recently the oolored people
living in and around Moulton have been seeing
ghosts at the house where the Mooday family
formerly lived. The ghost visited the scene
every night. and soon the negroes became much
alarmed. Those who had taken part in the
lynching were the first to leave the country,
and others are following as rapidly as possible.
A correspondent writing from Moulton says:
'1f the present exodus continues Lawrence
county will soon be without a coored citizen.
They firmly believe the ghost of Calvin Mooday
is lurking about the old cabin and will bring
fearful curse on all colored people who were
in any way connected with the lynching The
1ynching Of Mooday was the first and only time
In the history of Alabama where q criminal was
1ynched by colored men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

THE petition of the commercial drummers
that they be allowed special privileges on
the railroads, by an amendment to the
Interstate Commerce Act, on the ground
that they are commercial evangelists, =" is
typical of the noted characteristic of that
class which numbers SdmI of POSen as the
most retiring and modest man on the road
They will next be claiming halt-rate tickets
by virtue of their clerical character as
f'eyangelists."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
SHIPBUILDING AT HOME.
Doctoring the Tariff So as to Encourage
American Enterprise.

Doctoring the Tariff So as to Encourage
American Enterprise.
WASHINGTON, January 13.-Several minor
and technical changes were made in the tariff
bill to-day, after which Mr.. Gray called atten-
ton to section Oslo. which permits the impor-
tation, in bond. free of duty, Of lumber, timber,
ETC.. necessary for the construction and
equipment of vessels built in the
United States for foreign account and
ownership, or for employment in the
foreign trades; and he offered an amendment
SO as to include plates. deck beams. forgings,
composition metal and all structural shapes,
including machinery and parts of machinery.
The existing law, he said, as well as section
25l0 were intended to encourage shipbuilding
in the United States, but only affected wooden
vessels while his amendment would encourage
the building of iron and steel vessels.
Mr.. Sherman objected to the including of
machinery and parts Of machinery as that
would interfere with American machine shops.
After short debate, and without disposing of
Mr.. Grays amendment the Senate proceeded
to executive business, and soon adjourned
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

A LETTER from California to the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette, which is largely
devoted to booming M. NJ. Estee for Cabi-
net position, concludes with the following
prediction: with Mr.. Estee in the Cabi-
net as Secretary of the Interior he would in
augurate policy that would give out no
uncertain ring" We should think so !
With such a control of the Interior Depart
ment the most prominent thing around that
institution would be certain ring-the
Central Pacific ring.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
A NEW AMBITION,

A very novel theory of crime is presented
by the New York Tribune in an editorial
comment to the effect that as the man who
stabbed his friend fifteen minutes after the
New Year came in will be the first to test
electricity as an executioner, ''it would not
be the strangest thing in the world if that
thought had place in his mind when be
determined to become a murderer" Apart
from the question of fact whether the man
who did the first killing in 1889, or the one
whose execution comes first in that year,
will have the proud distinction, the idea
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

THE Philadelphia Press notes that "an
individual likely to be prominent in the
Pennsylvania Legislature this year is
familiary known as Revenue BILL" But
it omits to state that in the last Legislature,
between the Governor and the President OF
the Senate, the same individual was reduced
to condition that can only be described
by the title of Horizontal Bill"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

1t is instructive to observe that VOORHEES,
and Turpie voted against the amendment
proposed in the Senate, putting coal on the
free list. The fact that Indiana is produo-
ing considerable coal nowadays gives these
eminent Democrats considerable new light
on the tariff question.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

THE Cramps seem to have demonstrated
that American builders can turn out a
cruiser that surpasses in speed anything
which foreign governments can show. This
is step toward restoring the relative posi-
tion occupied in old days when Yankee
clippers made us the second sea-faring ma
ton of the world,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
SEA-CALMING CARTRIDGES.
The Ingenious and Valuable Invention of q
Hartford Man.


From the New York Evening SUM-
A cartridge has been invented by Mr. Albert
n. Walker of Hartford, Conn.,, which, when
filled with oil and discharged, will pacify the
stormiest of seas.
The receptacle is of ordinary cartridge size,
but is made of heavy paper. and is weighted
at the further end with small piece of lead.
1t will hold about two ounces of oil. It is fitted
in an ordinary cartridge SHE'LL and fastened to
it by means of cotton shreds
The cartridge is put into a breech-loader and
the trigger is pulled. The cotton connecting
the cartridge and the shell is ignited by The
powder. 1t is burned, and the cartridge, filled
with oil, is sent spinning away over the waves
Then, at any point the navigator may wish, the
cartridge, because of the lead at its head, will
sink into the waves.
The oil being lighter than the water rises to
the top of the sea and spreads over it like
film over the waves. By means of these cart
ridges path an eighth of q mile broad can be
made through the heaviest of seas
Seafaring men are much delighted at this in.
yentiOn,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
WOMAN'S COURAGE.
The Doughty Deeds Performed by Members
~ ho

How many men are there, asks the New
York Sun, who would have the courage to do
what women left alone at home all over the
country are doing every night of the year?
They hear strange noises in the houses. and
without hesitation take match or candle or
lamp and go in search of burglars. L heard of
one the other day, living in a detached house
up the Hudson, who heard sounds as of some
one breaking In, and. who went out of doors
and walked all around her house in cloak
thrown over her night dress. Footprints in the
snow showed that burglars had been at work
and had fed. Another lady heard a scratching
sound at in the morning and went down.
stairs to find that man had peeled all the
putty from around parlor window pane.
Women do these things without thought,
and usually go wholly unarmed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
GREEK TOILETS.
The Tendency of Woman's Dress Toward
Studied Simplicity.

Noticed some dresses quite la grecque at
the opera, writes Paris correspondent. They
were worn by several young married women;
they were made of gauze or tulle. with gold
stripes and Greek pattern, low bodices draped
rather in the peplum style. and gold bands in
the hair. For evening dress the hair is worn
very low at the back of the head, but never
smooth. always either frise, waved or curled,
almost fiat on the top of the head. and have
seen a few ferronnieres worn. The ornament
is composed either of a small chain or flexible
band, jeweled or dull gold. with large jewel
in the center which falls slightly on the fore
head the chain encircling the head giving the
appearance of small necklace worn round the
head. This fashion dates from the time Of
Francis la Belle Ferronniere), and was re-
vived in France about 1875.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

REPRESENTATIVE WEAVER has ceased
tosqueeze the House, having got what he
wants out of it. The next man who wishes
something and can't get it will, we hope,
squeeze it until it perceives that self protec-
tion can only be secured by abolishing all
special Jobs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

GOVERNOR HILLS official recommends
ton that Ex-Presidents be made life mem
bers of the United States Senate has not
been received with especial enthusiasm.
The suspicion that David Bennett Hill re-
CARDS it as possible provision for his
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

A NEW and professedly comic paper has
been started in New York, bearing the title
of Lies. 1t is evidently based on the belief
that, since the campaign is over, the busi-
ness indicated by its title can be made a
specially. 1t does not claim to be the
special organ of Wall street, notwithstand-
ing its name
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

The announcement that Mrs. Potter has
"scandalized" New York by the revelations
of her costume in Cleopatra, is evidently
intended to give the play an immense boom.
The public will be quick to leap to the con-
clusion that any costume which can scan
dalize New York must be sumner.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Rare Good Luck.
From the Chicago Times. J

From the Chicago Ttmes.1
1t was singularly In accordance with the
eternal fitness Of things that well of pure
flowing water should have been struck at an
Illinois milk factory. Now If chalk mine
could be found in the back yard cows could be
entirely dispensed with and the cheese could be
marketed for blackboard use. But too much
good luck invites misfortune.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

The American Duchess of Marlborough
asks the custodians of the New York estate,
which purchased her that title for $3.50, 900,
to support her rank. The ducal rank ap-
pears to be very high, but some Of us must
have it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Ill Luck Follows.
From the st. Paul Globe.l

From the st. Paul Globe.l
The fortune that follows the number ID has
Dakota illustration. Three young women met
December 13 and resolved never to marry and
to renew their pledges on that day an
nually. On the 18th of January each of them
will show up with husband at the reunion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Congress Not All-Powerful.

from the Boston dl0be.I
General Weaver, of Iowa, has succeeded in
blocking the entire business of Congress, but
the country seems to get along pretty comfort
ably, Notwithstanding. 1t may be humiliatlng
to the Congressman's self-love, but it is so.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

SENATOR INGALLS, was left out of the
but Calvin s. Brice was there. This shows
that the bounds of Presidential forgiveness
are broad, but have their limits.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Warriors TO BE Feared.

From the Chicago Herald
A Chinaman with seven arms is one of the
freaks in Philadelphia dime museum We
don't want to getinto fight with China if it
has got many such army men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Wonderful Vitality,

From the New York Telegram.I
Justice Stanley Matthews appears to be un-
commonly robust He manages to improve in
spite of two doctors and the efforts of IL WASH
ington correspondents to remove him TO
another sphere.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Our Navy secomins Formidable

From the Dallas News.l
If a few more OF our old wooden, germ-nurs-
ing vessels are sent to Hayti during the con-
tinuance of the yellow fever in that island, the
American navy will soon and at last become
the terror Of the seas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Preparing for 1892.

From the Albany Argus.l
James G.. Blame, Jr.. has decided to become
a mechanical engineer. Perhaps he can in the
future, help his father manipulate the wires.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
Why is Ite

From the Oil City Blizzard.I
Since the Pennsylvania Legislature convened
there has been o marked falling off in the
number of tramps in this section.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
A Comprehensive Definition.

Fr0m the MIIWaukee SeEtlneI.J
An intoxicating drink is any beverage which,
taken in such quantity as men usually drink,
will produce on obfuscation of the cerebral
centers with consequent hypertrophy of the
the tongue and a general bewilderment of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14
The Other Fellows' Turn Then.

The Other FeIIOWE Turn Tnens
From the Philadelphia Times.
Those who are laughing at the ice men now
will sing different song when July comes
along.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-14

political future, renders it impossible for
the rest of the country to regard it in any
other light than that of joke.