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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07

There was a very close community of inter-
ests. But one dark day shadow settled
on this earthly elysium. The Browns de-
cided to keep chickens. They had read
about "money in chickens" and concluded
to speculate. Fresh eggs were always ac-
ceptable, and good fat hen was luxury.
No sooner said than done. The cackle Of
the hens and the Growing of the roosters
awoke both families early in the morn
ing. For time all went well. But
after a while the chicks began to trespass.
The hens flew over the fence, and one fine
morning the choicest plants in Jones' gar
den were scratched up, and the insides
eaten out of the ripest tomatoes. That
swinging gate was nailed tight. A cool
ness sprang up. Not to prolong the agony,
suffice it to say that feud of large porpor-
tions grew up between these two families,
and they came to hate each other just az
bitterly as ever did the houses OF Montague
and Capulet. What an altar on which to
sacrifice the friendship OF a ifetime7
penny wise and pound foolish"
The Maxim In Finances.
once heard tell of father who was 20
penurious that he bribed his children to 20
to bed supperIess by giving them each Q
penny. When they were asleep he silently
stole into their bedrooms and robbed them
of the money. Failing in this, he would say
in the morning "Who will give their
penny to buy a red herring for breakfast1
Hunger does not parley long, and so the
youngsters unanimously invested in herring.
1t doesn't matter very much whether
this is literal fact or not,
but he who pinches and tries
to economize along this line Is
worse than penny wise and round fool
ish." He is villainous Hundreds Of
fathers, whose homes are overrun with
hungry children, spend more money upon
themselves in feeding their earnal appetites
than would supply a sufficiency of suitable
food for those dependent upon them. There
is mighty howl through the land about
eight hours day being sufficient for man
TO work, but is it not fact that many
woman with a family hardly knows what
rest is?
Mans work is from sun to sun,
But woman's work is never done.
The beer bill of some workingmen at the
end OF the week is more than the bread and
meat bill of the whole family. Restricting
the appetites of boys and girls, and doling
out to them insufficient provender saps .
thousands springs, and mars the sweet har-
mony of nature. In this fair land, flowing
with milk and honey, how sad it is that
children must go hungry to bed. This when
poverty makes it imperative. But when
af1 uenee or competence pinches the
child either on the ground OF economy
or the false notions Of dietary
which some vegetarian or cereal cranks af-
feet, it is penny wise and pound foolish"
Albumen is the most essential thing to
build up brain, Drawn and muscle. You
do not find very much of it in rice pudding
and corn mush. Let the youngsters have
eggs, meat and milk, and don't skimp their
poor little stomachs because some old granny
Of a doctor breaches the rigid and cold phi
losophy of dietetics as being that upon which
the youth of the nation should be raised.
And may God bless you all.
THE COUNTRY PARsoH,
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the sudden shipping and departure of sail
ors before the garments they wanted could
be made. They manufactured different
sizes of Jackets, etc., such as sea-
men required, of which they kept
full supply constantly on hand. It was
a happy idea, for the innovation proved a
decided hit, and was productive of one of
the greatest industries of the country.
GREEN BAIzE JACKETS.
"Other Boston firms were not slow to fol-
low the example, and presently the new
business developed to large proportions.
From sailors suits. the next step was the
manufacture of citizens garments, and we
clothing men went to making green baize
jackets, low-priced pants, as we'll as nice
dress suits. Those green baize jackets were
a famous thing in their DAY. The progress
and development of the clothing business
form a romance in real life. When fairly
started and under way, the total amount of
this business in Boston was about 81 900. 900;
now it must be upward of S25, ,000, 600. The
exact figures cannot, of course, know; but
put it as an approximate estimate. Your
own State of Maine is a most important
adjunct in the manufacture of Boston's
clothing.
GAS you well know, the manufacture of
mems, boys and youths garments embraces
within its scope every variety of clothing
worn at the present day. from the cheapest.
to the most expensive. The 'beggar on
horseback, if he dismount and dispose of
his horse for S12 or $14. may with the money
array himself in a complete suit fit to wear
to church, or any other public gathering.
The millionaire may in ten minutes pur-
chase and don suit which in richness of
material and elegance of make would render
him presentable at the court of king. In
TACT, all the leading firms employ the best of
skilled labor, and strive to clothe the masses
with goods as nearly as possible equal in
quality and style to the custom made, and
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LIFE ON MARS.
One Conld Jump Ten Feet High There and
Would Lose Half His Weiget

One Conld Jump Ten Feet High There and
Would Lose Half His Weiget
Philadelphia Times.
Discussion as to the possibility Of life
on Mars has been carried on among
astron mers with much interest. If they
co uld be sure that water exists there one of
of the pri me conditions would be fulfilled,
but even then the organism Of the inhabi-
tants would have to be very different from
our town. Mars is so much smaller than
the earth that the gravitation would be
much less.
Suppose, for example, that YOU were sud-
denly transported to Mars. You would feel
at first buoyancy quite different from that
you are accustomed to on the earth. You
could climb stairs there-if they have such
things-with one-half the e1ertlon required
here. If you can jump five feet high on the
earth, on Mars you could jump ten feet
high. If you weigh ITO pounds here, you
would weigh 55 pounds there.
But you could hardly stand this great
change in gravitation, for the circulation of
the blood and the other movements that
constitute life would no doubt be fatally de-
ranged. Therefore, if Mars be an inhabited
world like ours it is by a very different order
of beings.
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Wealth of all Nations Would belong to me IL
had Justice. 1 would like very much to receive
it. Nothing more at present..
A large number of notes are from petit
tioners who claim that certain judges and
juries had been bribed to decide their cases
adversely, The writer's ask the Governor to
imprison the judges and jurors and to re-
verse their decision in order shat justice
NAV be done to suffering humanity" Fol-
lowing is a letter in this line:
ITO the Governor Of Pennsylvania:
..S1R-I have the queerest case on hand that
has ever been known. i have been trying to
get it hxitd long time. They have been fight
ing about for it years. They could not get along
with it. tried the Judges OF the Supreme
Court. 1t appears it cannot be settled in court
They have Constitution of the United States
The Constitution states that such cases can be
txed by appropriate leglSasion. which think link
State is willing to have this case settled in
Washington 1 think it ought to help to get it
fixed right away. 1 have been butting post
the Constitution all the time. They tried TO
put people against me and stop me from earn
ing living. They have got up a lot Of reports
have been at that game for the last ten years.
want you to get my case settled.
IRREPREssIBLE POETS.
The amount of poetry poured in on the
Gubernatorial Office is simply appalling.
One man, signing himself king Of
Tramps," sends in periodic effusions some
thing after this fashion:
DEAR GovERNoR-Do the best you can
with the enclosed.
If Don but would
In the late campaign,
He now as President could
Write out his name.
Nothing dared nothing wont
A motto he ought to study;
1892 finds Cameron,
Through experience more ready.
P. S.-Timidity is beautiful in woman, but
out of place in politics.
Some of the letters are SO fearfully and
wonderfully made that Secretary Pearson
has to spend hours over them to get the
slightest meaning out of them. 1t took
him half day to ascertain that one letter
was from boot and shoe maker, and that
he wanted the Governors order for pair
of Shoes The private secretary has need to
be thorough cosmopolitan, for he is called
upon to read all languages, Dutch, Ice
landic, Norwegian, Danish and even Rus
sian.
Every letter that has been received at the
Governors Office during the present admin
istration is carefully preserved, and when
Governor Beaver retires to the placid en-
joyment of private citizenship, he will
doubtless take with him his accumulated
correspondence, and in his leisure moments
he can find abundant opportunity for pleas
ure in perusing these unique documents.
MABEL CRoNIsE JONES,
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A Little Strip Of Earth.

But there are other ways of being "penny
wise and pound foolish" knew case in
New York State where two deacons in q
church owned contiguous property. A dis
pute arose as to the dividing line. It was
finally settled, all but two inches, and
neither one of the men would give an inch.
The land was practically valueless. The
town was thinly settled, and each one had
all the ground he needed for all purposes.
These two men fought like cat and
dog over this little strip of dirt.
The pastor was called into council, and be-
cause he could not agree with either, both
of them squeezed the poor little fellow al
most to death. He had to resign. Church
trial after church trial was held. The
courts were appealed to, and public senti-
ment was divided between the two. Ill-feel-
ing brooded over the village, and friend be-
came estranged from friend. All this for a
few inches of mother earth. Church life
soured, pastor resigned, and the deuce to
pay generally. Was not this "penny wise
and pound foolish7'
Two neighbors lived together for many
years in peace and harmony. Between them
swung an unlatched gate with reversible
hinges. The children played together, and
there was a strong current of mutual esteem
running through all their lives. The moth
ers spent many a pleasant hour gossiping in
each others houses. The fathers, being of
the same mind politically, smoked their
pipes together and picked flaws in the oppo-
site party. Metaphorically speaking, when
one itched the other scratched. The chill
dren began "sweet-hearting' az soon as the
teens were reached. If the tomatoes were ripe
In one patch first they were shared
BY the other. II one made an angel cake
the other had taste OF it. If one had soup
for dinner the other must sample it. And
20 It went, year in and year out Edward
Bsilamy's ideal was almost carried out
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07
wILTED CUCUMBERs.

Latest Fad of the Epicures OF the Hub Of
the Universe.
From the Boston Courierl
Wilted cucumbers are one of the latest
whims of the epicure. Peel a number of
cucumbers, cut them in long thin strips
lengthwise. throw them in pan of cold
water in which handful OF salt has been
cast, and let them remain for at least
an hour. Take them out and lay them in a
dry, coarse towel and wiring them thoroughly
found limp and wilted. Serve them at once
on the table. They are eaten like celery
with little salt and are said to be less in
furious served in this way than In any
other. They are certainly very delicious.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07

wholesale mouse OF Leland, hlce q 20.
1.-THE start in the ready-made clothing
business, said Mr.. Leland, twas about 1S4O,
here in Boston. John Simmons and An
drew Carneigh, custom tailors and dealers
in dry goods at the North End, conceived
the idea of making up and keeping on hand,
eady for use at a minutes notice, sailors
outfits. What prompted them to do this
was the mutual inconvenience of would-be
purchaser and dealer often occasioned by
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07
A PHASE OF ANGLoMANIA.

Paris Youths Are Sending Their Linen In
London TO be Washed.
Boston Herald.l
Some of the golden youth of Paris, who
are as smitten with Anglomania as some of
us this side of the Atlantic are even send
ing their linen to be washed in London I
That is more than New York swells have
done as yet, but perhaps, when they learn
it is considered chic to do SO in Paris, wash
baskets will be among the precious freight
shipped on the ocean greyhounds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07
A LADY TO BUILD IT.
Miss Parker Is the Designer of the Queen
Isabella Pm william

Miss Parker II the Designer of the Quesn
Isabella Pavilion.
The only woman architect practicing in
Philadelphia has achieved the distinction of
being selected as designer Of the Queen
Isabella Pavilion in connection with the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. Miss Minerva
Parker is the fortunate young artist. She
is about % years of age, and was born in
Chicago. She went to Philadelphia in
1876 She made special study of industrial
art modelling, and she has been in active
practice two years.
The Young specialist comes from good old
New England stock. Her grandfather,
Seth A. Doane, was well-known
ship designer and architect in Boston,
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The youthful SuRe.
.inRton Critic.1

Washington Crit1c.J
Johnny, you may give me the name Of
some wild flower" said the teacher in
botany.
Johnny thought awhile, and then said,
"WeIl, 1 reckon Injun meal comes about az
near being wild -four as anything 7
know of"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07
A Affection Painted Der,

New I ork WeekIy.I
Miss Mugg-I don't see how il is your
sister failed to find me at the station. You
said you would describe me to her.
Infatuated lover (who sees a good deal
more in Miss Mugg than other folks can)-
Yes. told her to look for q beautiful girl,
with the face of Madonna and the form of
4 sylph. It's queer she missed you.
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He saved tho Milk.
Rockland (Me.) Courier-Gazette.l

KockIanu VMe. J Cour1er-GAzette.l
There is always something to be thankful
for, even when misfortune comes. An
Aroostook man had Q valuable COW killed
BY lightning the other day, and, according
to the local paper, which conveys the in
formation, mot ten minutes before the light
ming struck her she had been milked by an
elderly gentleman" He saved the milk,
but 1t was close call
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-07
Incompetency in the Pulpit.

The self same rule holds in regard to
preaching. The insane cry for "young min
listers" is responsible for large number of
inefficient students being launched into the
arena Of theological thought. Our Catholic
brethren beat the Protestants here. They
send no illiterate nincompoops into the pull
pits of their church. There are UNIQUE men
who can grasp knowledge and retain il
without wading through the labyrinths of a
long curriculum, but where there is one
such there are thousand whose skulls are
so thick that learning has to be pounded in
with the sledge hammer of labored en-
deavor. A young man must feel silly when
the older members of the church he shep-
herds can give him pointers on Scripture
truths. IT is true Of the ministry
as Of other professions, that
man never ceases to learn un-
less he is fool, but large degree of pro-
fciency should be attained before he pre-
sumes to teach. An extra year preparing
for work may draw deeply on limited eI-
cheeuer, but it is better to borrow a Jew
hundred dollars to finish an education than
to launch upon the uncertain seas of clerical
life without a pretty thorough knowledge
of the compass that is to guide the mind
through the many mazes of ministerial
labor.
Congregations are not what they were
years ago. In any ordinary audience,
even in the country, there will be found
few men of superior culture. To play the
ignoramus before even this little minority
is very humiliating. 1t is possible that a
few members of the congregation may have
deeper learning on many lines than the pas
tor, but along his own specific line he should
certainly be the peer of all who listen to
him. Don't be in hurry, boys. Let the
fimsy down of the upper lip thicken little.
A few slight wrinkles in the brow will not
hurt.
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LIN ofiRiu anu ucVclOp-
ment of the ready-made
clothing business, which,
starting in Boston in
1S40 with a yearly show
ing of only a few hun
dred dollars, has now
reached a grand total of
many millions. make a
remarkable story. Bos-
toms pioneer and veteran
clothing men have the
best information on the
subject. Among them
is the veteran Joseph D.
Leland, 20 years of age,
the head of the great
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at a much less figure. Home industries, 80
far as possible, are utilized, although there
are certain lines of materials which of
necessity are imported. Boston's clothing
goes all over the country, as well as outside
of Uncle Sans domain; and with the men
and women engaged in the various depart
ments and processes of manufacture. to-
gether with those employed in the strictly
mercantile branches, why, bless your stars.
the army would in point of numbers throw
that of Xerxes far into the shade.
FAIRLY ON ITS FEET.
"In 1916, which date place as the time
when the salework business was fairly on its
legs, the wholesale clothiers of Boston en-
braced in their operations not only New
England, but the Middle and Western
States. Retailers from all portions Of the
country visited the city twice year-in the
spring and fall-for the purpose of laying
in their stock for each ensuing season, fill
ing the hotels and making things generally
very active. not only in this line of goods,
but in every branch of business, money be-
ing spent freely and adding much to the
general benefit of the Commonwealth.
There were then only three railroads CENTER
ing in Boston and these had a very small
mileage, SO that the means of travel were
limited, and some idea can therefore
be formed of how little, comparatively,
travelling man could accomplish. To listen
to the experience of the old travellers, who
were on the road as far back as the forties,
when the Great West beyond the Alleghe-
mics was little known, has all the interest of
romance.
''By the way" remarked Mr.. Leland, "I
hear that Sam Hanson, the pioneer in the
Maine branch of the Boston business, is
dead"
"He is" replied. "Died little over a
year ago, at his home in Buxton, his native
town. We Maine folks have lively inter-
est in the romance Of Hanson's business life.
How he came down from Baston, with his
valise and a bundle OF cut clothing 50 light
that he could carry it with one hand; how
he started the business in q room Of his
fathers house and solicited the assistance of
female seamstresses In the country round
about; how the business soon grew to aston
ishing proportions, women for many miles
around taking the garments to make, and
bringing them 10 Hanson's headquarters,
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which soon required larger building-and
getting their pay.
TWO rHousANp sEAMsrREssEs.

kettAuS tnci pay
TWO THOUSAND sEAMsTREssEs.
"Why, am told by one of Hanson's old
pressmen, Mr.. E. M. Berry, now one of
Bridgton's leading citizens, that at the
time he pressed for him, in the fiities, there
was not less than 1000 women and girls
doing work for him. Hanson's father was
tailor before him. Sam got rich in the bus
iness, and died respected by all. He was
lifelong a bachelor; sister Miss Alice
Hanson, and brother, Charles, survive
him, the latter, with partner, continuing
the clothing business in the same shop"
"Well, speaking of Sam Hanson, brings
up at this point peculiar chapter in our
clothing history" observed Mr.. Leland.
John Simmons was the first clothing job
ber in Boston. He began in a small way
on the site of the present Oak Hall, his
wife tending the shop when he was out
Up to '48 the cutting and sewing was done
entirely in Boston by journeymen tailors
and families. But that year, 1S4S, was
destined to mark new era in the business,
occasion ed by general strike of the tailors.
The strike was long and determined, reach
ing such pitch that sentinels were posted
in front of the several stores. We clothing.
men were paying for work at the beginning
of that strike higher prices than we. have
ever since paid. For instance, we were then
paying So so for coats of the same grade as
those (which we afterward got made for
81 %. The strike lasted three months, and
caused much destitutlon among the tailors
and their families. Mind you, all garments
were made by hand in those DAYS. The
strikers, however, would not yield; neither
would we, for we felt we were paying all the
work was worth. But at the end of three
months, 10! new deal, destined to import
ant results.
RESULT OF THE STRIKE.
"In John Simmons back shop was tailor
from Buxton, Me-, named Samuel Hanson,
the historic character of whom you and I
have spoken. Simmons asked Sam to go
down into Maine, open clothing shop and
offer inducements to families thereabout to
sew the garments. Sam, like Barkis. was
willin,' and at once started down East. The
venture proved success. James w. Emery,
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A SHOWER oF COMPLIMENTS.

sienifed my willingness to make
search for the missing articles. when he jo-
cosely said: "Oh, don't suppose you would
know what they were if you found them"
think I proved my intelligence on this sub
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THE HAND-ME-
Origin and Development Of the
Ready-Made Clothing Trade.
SAILORS SUITS THE FIRST MADE.
How q Big Strike Drove the Industry
From Boston Into Maine.
THE STILES In VOGUE SINCE 1910

icoRREsPoNDENcK OF THE DISPATCH
BRIDGToN, Me, September D.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
has purchased three steam stone
crushers for the purpose of making
ballast and for other purposes, and
will put them in operation as soon as
possible. General Superintendent
Sands, of the Norfolk C Western, Su.
perintendent Flickwir, of the Shen-
andoah Valley, and other officials,
were in Shepherdstown last week and
selected a site for one of the crushers.
They have bargained for six acres Of
the Strip property, near the bridge,
and, it is thought, will proceed at
once to lay the switches and make the
necessary preparations for the start
ing for the crusher. Supervisor Fitz-
gerald thinks that from fifty to sixty
men will be regularly employed
From the fact that the railroad au-
thorities will buy the land outright,
it is surmised tIat this will be a per-
manent affair. 1t will be an indus
try of considerable importance to
Shepherdstown. One of the other
crushers will be located at Front
Royal, and the third will he placed
further south.-.Shep. Register.