Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
MURRAYS MUSINGS.

Two Men of Opposite Characters Who Al Q
Frequently Mistaken for Each Other
Merchant stewaIfs Modern Palace-
Meeting Tbief-Hsw Wesfern Towns
Advertise.
rThoM srArF CORRESPONDENT
VoU have doubtless heard of men with dou-
bles. 1t is one of the annoyances OF this
world to have another person so closely resem-
Bile you that casual acduaintanees are con-
stahtly taking you for him and him for you. 1t
is by no means rare in one sense Some pecu-
harity OF form, feature, speech, dress or Walk
suggesting the individual leads to this oftener
than any real resemblance. 1t is simply SOME
thing that reminds us of another. Nature has
wonderful faculty Of preserving distinct in
diVidualities In her hundreds of millions OF
created human beings Dress has more TO do
with resemblances than anything else. We de-
eide instinctively on the superficial Put
squad of men bearing some common feature
and age in the same Uniform, and it is difficult
to at once pick out particular man. That is
why Cinnamon are confusing. Let two ladies
bearing some resemblance to each other dress
exactly alike and they will pass for twin sisters,
who may separately or together puzzle their
best friends.
Occasionally. however, there are people who
resemble each other so closely that dress does
not enter into the matter. There was a case of
this sort in the courts of this city last year.
The victim was identified most positively by
number of people who we're called as witnesses.
He was tried. convicted. sentenced and sent to
prison. And it took a long time to reverse the
machinery of the law and get the poor innocent
out. There Is another case. more remarkable
still, which suggests this paragraph. In the
former one the parties were reatives-in this
respectable gentlemen, though one is not in
business. The other is tradesman of Worth
street, not ashamed Of being in drygoods.
When blase young man comes along and
slaps the Worth street man on the back and
halls him as 'old boy" the ICY look that he
gets Is hardly sufficient to satisfy him that he
has made mistake.
That's all right" laughed one of these
arlstocratic yonng bucks one day. "Gad, old
man, you look solemn as If you had bill to
meet. Come along
You are laporing under mistaks, SIR" re-
shaking the other off.
"Wh-well! Look here-that's a good iinita-
tion OF Mansteld-devllish good! But il isn't
fuhny, you Know
'Ill make 1t funny enough for you il you
don't move away from herew exclaimed the
The blase young man nearly fell in fit.
'Confound that fellowr' remarked the
double at Delmonico's that evening. dozens
OF people corner me every time 1 go down
town. which, thank heaven. is not often, and
badger me about a bill of goods, the market,
ccheap prints. auction sales. etc. The other day
came very nearly getting thrashed in Broad.
way in plain daylight because declined to
lunch with some bullyrag country customer.
1t was shameful, by Jove! say, Harry, Pll
meetr'
A Club In Stewards Mansion.
7 F the disembodied spirit of the late A. T.
Stewart is hanging around the scene of his
mercantile triumphs on earth it must be serl-
ously annoyed by the recent occupancy of that
marble palace on Fifth avenue by the Man
haitian Club. The old proverb about the house
being finished and the hearse at the door is re-
nforced in this case by that other saying,
Fools build houses: wise men live in them"
Stewart's house has become the home of folly
in fact. The Manhattan Club owns to jolly
lot of rich roysterers, who will make things
hum in that new abode, Bedrooms of costly
splendor have been dismantled and turned into
card rooms; restaurant and wine rooms
and smoking rooms and lounging
rooms replace other domestic arrange
nents of the dead millionaire mer-
chant. The fumes of wines and cigars per-
neate the atmosphere, and unsteady steps de-
scend the $500 marble steps at all hours after
Chicken fights and occasional
friendly bouts in the manly art will take place
in the magnificent gallery that foreign art
markets were once ransacked and hundreds of
spent to decorate. High games OF
cards and dice will be played in the room where
the merchant prince slept. and the good things
Of this earth will hold the tables down to the
music of the champagne corks. Well, we'll
let 'er go! It is the way of the world, the flesh
md the devil
Energy Out West.
IT HAS grown to the extent of a common busi- |
ness now for the Western cities to advertise
their attractions in the metropolitan papers. A
lew years ago such an idea would have been
leemed absurd. The expenditure would have
been considered wasted money. Now almost
every week there are whole pages of the daily
papers taken up by elaborately illustrated and
veil written aiding advertisements of far
Vestern cities, inviting Inhabitants and capital.
t pays. too. For that matter, why shouldn't it |
'ay for attractive young and growing cities to |
dvertise their advantages freely? AS for the |
apers-well, its regular circus 'ad." and pays |
hem also.
Introduced to n Thief.
MERE you ever introduced to theft I
mean a regular, practical everyday pro-
assional thief. We meet thieves every day in
usiness and society," but they would probably
ssent the appellation. Only in great city is
possible to meet the known professional
lief at large and in the full possession of the
berties and privileges Of honest men. KnowDf
# course they are known.
The other evening sat with q clever detec-
We in a cafe when he suddenly interrupted me
ith. Would you like to meet thief?'
was too much astonished to reply at once,
ut finally declared l shouldn't mind it if 1
new the character OF the individual at the
me. ALI this time l noticed that the detective
eenly observed the movements of young
ian in the crowd. 1t was the occasion of the
pening of 2 new hotel on Broadway, and il be.
lg the handsomest hotel in New York great
any people were coming and going and wan
ering iistiessly about feeling the holdings and
1miriDg the fixtures.
That's all right" said the detective There
one of the smartest rascals in the city within
feet OF you." He presently caught the
1ung mans eye. and made an almost imper-
,ptible motion with his hand. The latter
oked little startled. as if he had been un-
1pectedly caught. meditating crime. but he
sme forward as submissively as q dog uneer-
in of treatment, but afraid TO rebel.
'Tm going right out, sir" he said in a cring-
q way.
''Sit down. said the detective. Here's
swspaper man. This man." said the officer
the most nonchalent manner imaginable, 'is
thief and pickpocket." I
The young man smiled now, seeing that he
as not "wanted," and suggested that he
dn't care if he did-which meant that he
ould take a drink at my expense. He was J
.essed in gray plaid suit, brown derby, and '
shoes, wore a standing collar
IDLY laundried, a white tie, plated watch
lain and charm. With the exception of his
Iriously hooked finger nails, which had prob
,ly never been cleaned since childhood. he !
asn't disagreeable looking fellow. He {
ould pass in a crowd as a decent grocer's
ERIK. The face of this thief was a curious
udy. The features were clean cut. the lips
in the leaden blue eyes restless. There was
singular combinatier of audacity, servility
ID cunning in that countenance. He was
obably % or % years Of age, and looked 10
ars older. 7
"Upto something. eh?" remarked the detec-
7e eyeing the thief with coldness that