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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
MEN WHO MISS THE TRAIN.

1 loaf aroun' the deepo just to see the Pullman
scoot,
AM to see the people scamper wen they hear the
ingine toot;
But wat makes the most impression on my some
what active brain
Is the careless men who get there jest in time to
miss the train.
An some cuss the railroad comp'ny, an some
loudly cuss their stars,
An some jest gallop down the track an try to
catch the cars;
An some with loud Ian and Joke will poultice
up their pain;
var'us kin's er people get there Jest In time to
miss the train.
An there is many deepOs an nag stations 'ithout
name
Along the Grand Trunk railroad that leads to
wealth and fame;
AM men rush to these deepos as fast as they can
fly,
As the train Of Opportunity jest goes a thun-
derin' by.
The Grand Trunk Railroad Of Success it runs
through every clime
But the cars of Opportunity they 20 on schedule
time,
And never are the brakes reversed-they won't
back up again
To take the men who get there just in time to miss
IS. W. FOss IN Yankee Blade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
A BIG FAMILY OF SIX FOOTERS.

Fifteen Boys and Seven Girls All of Re-
murlkably Large Growth.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, February 23-John
Roberts lives in Lamar county with his wife
and % children-l5 boys and girls, the young
est of whom is about lS-years-old. There are
six sets Of twins in the family All of the boys
are tall, none being under 8 feet in height,
and ranging from that to feet0 inches. None
of the children are yet married, and they live
under one roof in double log house of three
rooms and large loft, the boysl occupying the
Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts are strong and healthy,
and have not yet attained great age, their
oldest child being about 40 yearstof age. The
parents were married at 10 and a years, re-
snactlYelY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
INSECTS AND EVOLUTION.
Over Million Different Species Of Insects
Upon the Earth.

Over Million Different Species OF Insects
Upon the Earth.
From the Inter ocean,
The seventh lecture of the course of popular
lectures upon THE Testimony of Science to
Evolution" was delivered last night IN Recital
Hall, Auditorium Building, by Prof 8. A.
Forbes, of the University OF Illinois. his sub
ject being chronological illustrations of
Evolution"
There are over 100000 species Of insects
upon the earth, and no class of life is more use
full in demonstrating the theory of evolution.
There is no region free from insect life. What
any animal can do some insect can do; what
any animal can eat some insect can eat; there
is no mode OF progression used by any animal
that some insect does not use. Their suscepti-
billty of classification is most perfect Thus in
20 subdivisions. they possess in the highest
degree the qualities Of central fxedness and
peripheral hexibility. All of these are qualities
called for by the evolution theory. Prof
Forbes proceeded to prove these major premises
and then dilated upon many special details, all
in support of his postulate that all life started
from central point and single center of
distribution
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
TUO LAZY 70 LIVE.

A Man Quite Willing for His Funeral to
Take PInce,
From the Scottish-American.I
The LATEST man in Scotland is said to have
been the Joiner who, after repeated dismissals
from his employment by his master, was at
length forcibly laid into q coffin by his shop
mates and carried of for burial by way Of 3
joke. On the way they met . farmer, who
asked If the man was dead.
No. was the reply ''but we intend to bury
him; be Is that lazy that he should not be al
lowed to lIve."
At the farmers request they took of the lid,
when the farmer asked the lazy one If he
thought he could eat two or three boiled taties.
",Are they peeledf' inquired the man.
"No," returned the farmer. a.
"Ah, weel, let the funeral gang on.n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
Is the Attorney Right

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
A certain young man, born and raised in the
United States, and for the past 19 years a resi-
dent of Allegheny, who was q years old Mon
day, the day before election, was refused per-
mission to deposit his vote at a certain polling
place by the Election Board, they claiming that
he had to be a citizen 30 days, or to be 80 DAYS
over q years of age. The young man in oues-
tiOn called on prominent attorney of Pitts
bnrg, and was told that the board was right.
Please answer in the Mail Pouch column IL
that young man was entitled to a vote and
what constitutes citizenship of an American
born and how much over q years he must be
to vote. AMERICAN
ALLEGHENY, February q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

IT Is satisfactory, SO far as it goes, to be
assured by the New York Tribune that 1.-THE
Memorial Arch Fund is growing steadily, and
has already reached a figure which makes its
completion certain" This would be very well
tor New York if it were not for the appalling
dearth of any such information with regard to
the Grant Monument Fund. So long as that
work remains unfinished New York's discredit
10 national
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
A Hint to Organ Grindsru

From the Kansas City btar.J
The fact that New York organ grinder fell
dead while playing Home, Sweet Home has
brought out the naturally suggested joke about
the terrible warning" etc. When one stops
to think Of the thousands Of organ grinders
who do not fall dead while toying with this
venerable air. the hollowness of the Joke be-
comes apparent. The ways of Providence are
inscrutabie, and are not the proper subject for
jokes-mOre particularly thin jokes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

THE important political information that
''when Alger is President Mrs. Logan will be
his Secretary Of State and she will be the brains
of the administration" is given to the nation
by the Minneapolis Times. This appears to be
official; but is 1t not a severely back-handed
compliment for Presidential candidate, that he
must rely on that estimable lady to furnish the
necessary article of brains to his putative ad-
miulstration
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
GEORGE GOULDS MOUNTAIN LODGE.
The Neat Log House which the MIIIlon-
aire's Son VIII Occupy.

uire's Son VIII Occupy.
KINGSTON, N. Y, February 23.-Architsct
A. F. Mason, Of this city, has Just completed
plans and specifications for the erection of a
mountain lodge for George J. Gould on the
bank of Furlough Lake, recently purchased by
him. A site has been selected and cleared Of
stumps, rocks and all distractions. 1t is on q
commanding eminence a short distance from
the lake, and the surroundings are full of Wild
wood beauty. The contemplated building is to
be a two-story log house, the logs and all the
timbers used init being left exposed in their
natural state. 1t will have broad and spacious
Veranda and large wide hall, with old-fash-
ioned open fireplace. The main floor will con-
tain parlor, dining room and sitting room, and
the second floor will be divided into sleeping
apartments, halls and bathrooms.
The water for supplying the building is
conducted through pipes from fine spring at
an altitude of $50 feet above the building. As
soon as the weather permits excellent roadways
will be built and telegraph line constructed
TO connect with the Ulster and Delaware Rail-
road at Arkville. Mr.. Gould intends to have
everything in readiness for occupancy by his
family early the coming summer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE SPOILERS

The assault of the spoils interest upon the
Civil Service Commission has resulted in
the utter discomforture of those VINO were
trying to make their charges the pretext for
starving out the reform. The assertions Of
fsvoritIsm on the part of the commission
have been shown to be exceedingly attenua-
ted, while inquiry has proved the improve
ment of the Government service wherever
the reform has been given a decent chance
to do its work Of course Mr.. Hatton and
his crowd of professed spoilsmen try to
bluster about the defeat, but they are not
worth considering. The people who are
really disappointed are the more eminent
leaders who dare not 60 back upon their
party pledges without q pretext, but who
had 'let 4 dare not wait upon I would, L."
in the hope that these charges would amount
to enough to break down the commission.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

SENATOR DoLPH's coast defense bill
providing sl23, 600, 900 to be expended for forts
and cannon, in connection with the naval pol
icy report in favor ot expending nearly $500.
100000 for a navy, all in addition to pension
list of $50 600 600 annually is calculated to give
foreigners stunning idea Of our construction
Of the motto: millions for defense" The fig
ures may stun few taxpayers as well.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

THE prolonged arguments OF the Demo
cratic papers that the alleged proposition Of
abolishing the duties on raw sugar would for
tify the Sugar Trust are convincing; but they
DO not succeed in demonstrating the correct
ness of the Democratic policy of leaving the
Sugar Trust undisturbed behind its present
bulwark in the shape Of the existing sugar
duties,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

sounds persistently IN its pages: ''Men must
work, and women must weep;" what matter if
the harbor bar be moaning, out must go the
boats, as the Leopoldine went, into the face
of the wind. The little church has its walls
lined with tablets COMMUNICATING brave sail.
ors who went out and never came back. The
translation, in this case peculiarly difficult, is
excellently and sympathetically done.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

The mercury out in North Dakota went
40 degrees below zero last week, which beat the
record OF last year in that vicinity. But the
billiards obstinately refuse TO visit the regions
where they will do the most good, apparently in
observance of q combination to increase the
profits from machine-made ice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

NEARLY four hundred dollars in fines
paid by dlsorderly individuals in Allegheny
yesterday shows that the art of misdirecting
enthusiasm in the celebration Of Washington's
birthday is not a lost one, That kind of cele-
bration was laudably absent from the Amer
ican Mechanics parade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

The statement that George Francis Train
Is going around the globe on another race
against time will probably check any further
attempts to follow that craze. Train may not
beat the record, but he will undoubtedly attain
the championship in the line of making that
sort of nonsense ridiculous.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

NEW YORK is rejoicing over its pre-
sumptive victory in the Worlds Fair matter;
but if the New Workers had more of the West
ern education they might know a certain pro-
verb about restraining their vociferations until
they got out of the woods.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

THE sale of the Chicago stockyards to an
English syndicate will permit the Hon. S. W.
Allerton to devote the whole of his attention
and a share of that more important political
factor. his BARREL to the task of running for the
United States Senate as the farmers candidate
on the platform that lump-iaw cattle furnish
q sslutary and staple portion of the worlds
meat supply
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
Avery Pertinent suEEe.ri1 IN.

1NCWBsJ
A Brooklyn philanthropist is trying to or
ganize syndicate 10 establish system Of free
Turkish baths for the poor of that cityl While
he is at that sort Of thing he might do Siviliza-
tion a service by establishing a system of CON-
mon, but vigorous baths in which liberal use
of soap is resorted to, for tramps and An
archists
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
FACTS About Ford City.
To the Editor of The Dispatch.

10 THE LuAlOE VI LUG DlbpdlCus
In reply to Readers" query in Thursdays
DISPATCH, Ford City is located on the ALE
gheny Valley Railroad, about 40 miles north of
Pittsburg, in Armstrong county. 1t has popu-
lation of 1000 or 1900. and has not as yet any
loca, government. 1t belongs to the Rittsburg
Plate Glass Company, who have large works
there.
The town was named after Mr.. ]. B. Ford,
who Is, beileve, the president OF the company.
There Is one policeman on duty in the town who
is employed by the company. *.
NEALE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, February q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

The women sufragists are represented as
being desirous of establishing equality of wages
between men and women by means of socialism
When socialism is able to change human nature
they may succeed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
NINETEEN ENGINES TO A TRAIN.

How Locomotives Struggle to Get Through
Western Snowdrifts.
WASHINGTON, February 2S-This morning
Senator Stanford received dispatch from
General Manager Towne, of the Central Pacific
road, which informs him that the last passenger
train but one which went over the mountains
used 10 of the most powerful locomotives and
push-plow to start it. and with this power got
stalled near Emlgrant Gap. Thus the difficulty
was explained of getting trains over the mount
aims. The storm was abating at the time the
dispatch was sent, and over l,200 shOvelers were
employed between Colfax and Truckee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
II WOn't Pay.

From the Chicago Inter ocean.I
Like sensible man, ]. Whitcomb Riley, the
Iavorite Roosier poet has found out without
much loss Of time. that playing the McGinty
act won't pay. It won't DO even to experiment
with McGiuty
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
KILLING DOGS WITH Gas.
How sarntOEa Policemen Reduce the Sur.
plus Canine Population.

plus Canine Population.
SARATOGA. February 2.-Chief Of Police
Blodget, of this village. has invented q new
process for killing dogs condemned to death by
municipal authority. 1t is designed to take the
place of the water box in use at most dog
pounds, ard is certainly quick, clean and
humane. His engine of destruction is ordinary
Illuminating gas, and the victim receives the
which gas pipe leads
A day or two ago the first dog to meet his
fate IN this way was killed, apparently painless
y, In minutes and L seconds. He was big
follow, weighing 45 pounds. A little delay in
filling the box, because of the escape pipe being
open, heightened the time, which, as rule,
will probably be not more than minute and a
half
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
DEATHS OF A DAY.
q. III. Haan.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE p1srArcH.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
WELLsBURG, W. VA, February &c. n.
Beall, one Of the largest wool growers in the
State died at his home in the eastern part OF this
county this morning at 9 O'Clock, Of typhoid
fever, after months illness, aged 81 years. The
Colonel, as he is generally known, was one OF the
most progressive farmers Of this section. He was
Vice President Of the American Sheep Breeders
Association, and while 1t is not generally known,
he was the first wool grower to introduce the
Spanish merino sheep west Of the Allegheny
Mountains, having brought them from Vermont.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
Telcnhnnlc Tnnrlen.

From the Washington Post.l
Laporte, Ind, comes to the front with story
of marriage by telephone. This sort of thing
will probably be kept up until the contracting
parties strike a bad case of crossed wires and
get their matrimonial affairs SO badly tangled
that even Chicago divorce court cannot
straighten them out
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
wa.I,iraIon Beck.

Washington Beck, aged 50 years, died last even
ing at his fathers home, lis South Eighteenth
street. The deceased was q modmaker and ma
ohinist. He was . brother of william and James
Beck. the glass manufacturers, and Mrs. RedmAn,
the principal of the Humboldt School. The
funeral will take place tomorrow at O'Clock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

The Allegheny Free Library building is
a credit to the Northsiue city,. Councils should
take steps this week to insure that the manage
ment of it shall not be the reverse.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
starring In EnrIy.

From the Chicago Inter ocean.l
The literary society at Lancaster Pa. offers
prizes for 'spring poetry" The surplus will
undoubtedly accumulate rapidly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

AT present 1t looks as if the cable cars on
the Central Traction line will beat that fire
engine test clear out of sight
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

THE analysis Of Beck's run water given
elsewhere is enough to produce delirium among
the Southside people without the resort to
whisky which such water naturally suggests.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24

IF Senatdl Blair would deliver his
speeches in the strict confidence Of executive
session he might either get them published or
accomplish the equally laudable result of
breaking up the executive session.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-24
THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHERS.

Love may be blind, but he knows when
the parlOr lamp is too high.-Btng ghamtOn Leader.
The man who has no charity in his heart
gives no quarter TO the hotel waiter.-BOssOn
Post.
A philosopher says: "Love Is light; hate
the darkness" How comes It then, that those
who are smitten BY Cupid's dartS love the dark
ness?-Boston Herald.
Cumso-I see that Denver detective has
mysteriously disappeared.
Fangle-He's probably found the criminal he
was looking for and the shock killed him.-Epoeh.
Fashionable Intelligence. -"The swallow
tail has had its day"
''Perhaps SO in Chicago. In New York the
sHallowtail is only seen at night "-Relo YOTB
Evsnfa0 SKA.
AWIDE HIATUS.
The one great cause Of all our woe,
We learn II but TO rue:
FTis the difference 'twfxt what we know
And what we think we do.
Memo York Evening Sssn.
my son" said the Judge, kindly, do
you think you are old enough to understand the
nature Of an oath?''
''Yes, sir, - answered the youthful witness. II
reckon I've heard most every kind there is I'm
the organ boy at st. Hezekiah'S Church. "-Cat-
ea0o tribune.
Miss Highup-It's perfectly scandalousl
Did you hear about Miss DE Pink
Miss TiptOp-No What has she doneE
Miss Highup-O, the most immodest thing I'M
aginablel Sne's let all the world know she Is
crazy to get married by going and Joining cook
ery school. ''-Nsto York Weekly.
The Waning of the HOnsymoon.-- --He
-Jovel It's aWfully lonesome here
she-Yes. We are worse Of than Rohinson
Crusoe.
He-Not 90 bad as that.
she-Yes, twice as bad. There was only one Of
him. There are two OF us-just twice Is lonesome.
--Yes0 York Evening Sun.
ST don't believe am very popular with
your father, " said Herbert. sadly.
'.No, 1" she answered frankly you are not''
'iDo you know Of anything | could do to make
him like me betterS'i
81 don't think Of anythinE.'' . she answered,
aftsr some thought, "unless you could 70 away
somewhere and die. ''-HdshfaQtoR Post
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-15
1lte PENNSYLVANIA Scandal,

Tho bribery scandal in the Twenty.
fifth Pennsylvania Congressional dis.
trict, where it is alleged Congressman
T%ownshend, the present incumbent, was
defeated Tor a denomination by Major
Mcdowell before the Republican con.
ven.ion by the purchase Of three votes,
is one Of the most disgraceful affairs
that ever blackencd the pages OF the
political history OF tho Keystone State,
md can have no other than a bad effect
upon tho campaign.
1t is crcditable to the Republican
managers Of the district that a prompt
investigation OF the charges has been
SGT on foot and that immediate steps
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-15

The story OF another awful disaster, in
which scores Of lives were lost, is pub.
llshed this morning, and is m more re-
hinder OF the frequency Of such occur.
rences during the past yesr. Beginning
with tho Johrstown disaster, death deal.
ing and property destroying floods, cy-
clones and fires have. followed each
other in rapid succession, and the coun-
try has been KEEP. in n constant dread,
wondering what the next calamity, due
to the destructive power OF the elements,
would be. The affair related this morn
ing is not the least terrible in its results
nor the least narrowing in its details. It
was one OF those disasters that human
power can not prevent, but which leaves
behind it widows and orphans and
mourning friends, who can only cary
their grief and ponder upon the myste.
rious ways OF Providence.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-15

~ had terrible heaisches. Not II sharp pain A,
fist. hut Il duikheavy ache over the escs, fell
stupid md worn out al! the time. Black SPOT.
would todt before my eyes and IL feeling OF faint,
ness aud dizziness would come over me. There
were buzzInS and rearing noltes IN my ears as ia
ulmcs; deafen nc.
my trouble grew worse, sharp pains like the
shah Of a knife would take NE all through M
body. My APP elite failed me. What little ibid ed,
would lay on my stomach Ike n heavy load and
cause n kensa.ion OF dis!rcss md nausea. i
lost flesh aud was steadily runaiur down. Ms
sleep did me no good. l would arise In the
morning feeling raore tired lna laaguil thsn
the night before.
~ Vas In this condition when I read In the
daily papers Of the wonderful success OF Drs
Copeland aud Gtll In treating ca ca similar 10
my own. ] called on them and finding theIr
charges simply nominal, as compa,e,l 10 other
physicians, placed myself under their care. i
improved rapid y from the start. My head and
nose became Clear. The pains III my head and
through my body passed away. | cat well nov
and feel good alter. l sleep sound!v and arise
feeling refreshed and ready Tor work. In short,
all my symptoms have left me. l am Ike a
different maa entirely. My recovery Is due TO
the ssi!ltul treatment OF Drs. Copeland and
Bell, and am g!Gd 10 be able to make this state,
meut."
Mr. swayne lives. as stated, at Nc. S FRS:
street, Wheeling, Wet Virginia, where This
Abatement eau be easily verified,