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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22

THE proposition of the German Govern
menth to pay Dr. Koch a million marks for
his discovery. and place it at the service
of the people. eEokes from an exchange
the inquiry, "what would be said if the Gov.
ernment of The United States should undertake
to pay any such sum for a patent medicine"
The issue has never been raised in the United
States: but if the proposition were to make free
to the people demonstrated benefit like the
cure of consumption for s24O, 600, the majority
of the people of the United States would be
likely to say that it was much better invest
ment of public funds than keeping the money
for salaries to practical politicians.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
SOUTHERN OPINIONS.

CHARLESTON, 8. c., Ne,Us and Courier
(Dem.): Blaine is the biggest man in his party
to-day and is the only dependence OF "the con-
servative forces of the East"
ATLANTA Journal (Dem.): It is hard for
Southern people to forget that Henry M. Stan
ley volunteered into the Confederate army and
while prisoner of war joined the ranks of the
enemy; but they have tried to excuse it be-
cause he had no Identification with our cause
or country. and was bent on adventure.
ATLANTA Constitution (Dem.): Why not
let him alone? The negro has as fair a chance
TO make living in this country as his best
friends could desire. He is the equal of the
white man. politically and legally. Socially,
he must, of course, make his way with his own
people, and not with the people Of another
race.
ST.. LOUIS Post Dispatch (Dem.): The sug-
gestion of certain alleged leaders Oh the Farm
ers' Alliance that peoples party should be
formed for 1892 will hardly commend itself as
wise to the mass of its own members. =
Should the Democrats prove unworthy Of con-
fideuce it will then be time to talk of a peoples
party.
B1RM1sGHAM Age Herald (Dem.): The
Alliance as a third party will cut no figure in
the Southern States. Acting within the DEM
ocratic organization. it has already elected
three Governors and several Congressman in
this section and may be able to accomplish still
moro by the same methods in 1892; but not a
single third party alliance elector can be elected
in Southern State.
THE Baltimore Sun (Dem.): A correspond
ent. writing from Laurel, Nd, asks the Sun
what has become of the Chesapeake-Delaware
Snip Canal project. The Importance
of the ship canal has not ceased to command at
teptiou in business circles in this city, but the
general feeling is that it is national work in
which the great producing States of the West
are interested as securing shorter route to
the sea, and that, in view Of this fact and the
great cost, it should be provided for by Con-
gress.
NEW ORLEANS Picayune (Dem.): What is
wanted now is to expunge the words North
and South" from every national and public
question. We want to see the people Of the
whole country come together as citizens of a
common country, and in order to accomplish
this the Democracy must first become thor
oughly unified. The great bulk Of the preju-
dice was in the North. In order to kill 1t of it
is necessary for the Southern Democrats to
waive all claim to a control of the next Con-
cress. Let them offer the first places to their
Northern brothers, only stIpulating that the
best men shall be chosen for every station.
Such course will disarm prejudice, which is
the FIRST step toward the abolition Of sectional
feeling and the obliterarion Of sectional lines.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
Jess.


"WoMEN are queer critters" said the old
circus man, looking grimly at the crowd,
mostly of the fair sex, which filled the theater
lobby.
"Are you speaking from experience. Uncle
SamF' asked young advance agent in a tone
of deep solicitude.
II don't claim 1t as my discovery, young man,
but repeat that women beat anything in the
animal line 1 know at takin' man by sur
prise" said the old Snowman, ''and that
girl yonder with the ostrich feathers
round her neck reminds me of the contrariest,
obstinatest, best and worst woman the Missouri
Valley ever saw. / was out West with the cir
Gus just after the close OF the war and we were
playin' small towns along the river, keepin'
close to the boat all the time. I'd had some
trouble in Jefferson City-shot somebody, I
guess, for was handy with gun in those days,
and Sheriff and posse came aboard the boat
the next day to look for me. rather think
they wanted TO introduce me to a rope.
There was a woman IN the company named
Jess Brown. She'd given me a heap Of trouble,
for she was quarresome as well as a good
locker, and as smart a bareback rider as you'd
wish to see. The men quarreled about her and
she drank gambled, quarreled and fought with
them. Pd made up my mind she had to go when
we reached Jefferson City. In fact. I'd given
her notice TO pack up her dudS ana quit tnab
day the Sheriff came hunting me.
1T was Jess Brown who came to the berth
where was sleepin' and told me that they were
lookin' for me. and she says, says she. You git
in a hurry and leave the Sheriff to me-there's
a boat at the stern-they're forward and I'll
keep 'em back till you're clear L made tracks,
you bet, and Jess stood in the narrow gangway
with a revolver in her hand. threatening to
shoot the fust man who took a step forward.
She meant what she said, for she put bullet
through one fellows hat when the crowd behind
pushed him out The bluff gave me ten minutes
start. and when the gang found they'd been
fooled by woman she narrowly escaped the
fate intended for me- 1 joined the show again
the next day and Jess got all my pile and she
could have got anythIn' she pleased" and here
the old man paused aud rubbed his right eye
with his big fist.
"Jess didn't prejudice you against the sex.
surely" said one of the listeners.
"Wait Bit" said Uncle Sam, 81 haven't
done with Jess yer. She stayed with us about
a month, and tried to make life easy for her.
Then one night she stole every cent had and
bolted with a low down gambler. didn't care
for the stuf-though fifteen hundred plunkers
was something-and Jess had right to choose
her company-but it kinder shook my faith In
the sex-and it's been shook worse since"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
INTERESTING PERSONALS.

SECRETARY PROCTOR has bought hand
some pair of Morgan horses up in Vermont for
President Harrison.
THE ninetieth birthday of Ex-Governor David
Merriwether, of Kentucky, has just been cele-
brated. He was Governor of New Mexico
under Franklin Pierce.
Mr.. CHAUNcEY M. DEPEw, SO the gosspers
tell, gives every year three or four Yale College
scholarships to deserving young men whom he
chances to meet or hear about
AN elaborate scheme of marble decoration for
Baron Rothschild's house has Just been CON-
pleted by Waldo Story, son of the American
sculptor, w. w. Story, of Rome
G. Z. CLEMENS, brother of Mark Twain,
was an orator at an Anarchistic celebration in
Kansas City the other night and held that the
dynamite bomb singers of Chicago were follow
ing out Scriptural teachings.
A SENSIBLE memorial will be that dedicated
to Wilkie Collins. 1t will consist of small
library of choice fiction, to be presented to the
Peoples Palace in London. Fifteen hum
dred dollars has already been raised for this
purpose.
MISS MARY ABELL of Baltimore, daugh-
ter of the late Arunah s. Abel, owner of the
Baltimore Sun. is in convent and will proba-
bly, take the veil next spring. She has a for
tune of over 81 000 000 which, it is expected she
will give to the Roman Catholic church.
THE halcyon days of the American Lyceum
seem to have come again as one reads the
the names of the lecturers who will be heard
in various cities this winter. Among them are
Henry M. Stanley. George Kennan, James Rus
sell Lowell, E. e. Stedman, Prof. Bryce, Prof.
Thomas Davidson, Alexander Black, r. K.
Munkittrick and j. K. Bangs.
BACK in 1856 firm of publishers were
driven out of Mobile. Ala, for selling one copy
each of Uncle Toms Cabin'' and Fred Doug
lass life. A member of the firm was Edwin
Upson, who has just died at Cummings. N.
OAK, in his nth year. Among the four chill
dren he has left is Mrs. Kate Upson Clark. the
wellknown author, and wife of Mr.. E. P.
Clark, of the New York Eeening Post.
Miss CARRIE v. KIDwELL, Is an American
soprano who has just returned from Europe
with more than ordinary testimonials of
foreign approval She is a native of West
Virginia, and before her departure abroad was
well known IN Washington. She has CON-
pleted her musical studies under Lampertl, and
critics who heard her sing at a concert in Dres-
den say that since Marcella Sembrich, mo such
larklike voice has been heard in Europe"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
A Claim of Priority Disputed.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you allow me space in your valuable
paper to make a correction in reference to st.
Peters Church choir. In recent issue you
welcomed with unfeigned pleasure the fact
that st. Peters Church was about to restore
woman to her rightful place in the church.
We are glad to know that the ladies will be
clothed in cap and surplice and be allowed to
march in procession with the men and boys at
St.Peter's This is departure in the right direc-
tion and takes us back to the good old times,
when the ancient DruIdic priesthood solemn
lied their rites beneath the shades of the
mighty oak, in the depth of the forest Allow
me. however, to say that at st. James Church,
Penn avenue, corner Sixteenth street, we have
had this delightful privilege for nearly one year.
In our choir we have over 80 voices half young
ladies and half men and boys. We also have a
cornet and organ. and if you will visit our
church you will be pleased with our choir.
You will see the young maidens, clothed in
white cape and black beretta cap, march in
procession with the men and boys
DR. GINNER,
Secretary st. Andrews Brotherhood, st. James
Episcopal Church
PITTSBURG, November q, 1890.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
MAKING MERRY.

Sauso-A faint heart never won a fair
ladv.
Rodd-That's happy dispensation. Think how
a faint heart would be henpecked.-NeIo York
Herald.
Funny idea, Enpeck, your calling your
wife Blackstone
''oh. 1 don't know; her words law, you knowG''
-Neto York Sun.
A Sunday school superintendent recently
found the following chalked on his blackboard: {:
'.Plees Mr. Superintendent don't fire on stories
every Sunday at boys, with an awful example
of bad boy in each Of them. Give a rest.
Give the girls turn. ''-EeocdstLe ChronfcLs.
Sentimental Maiden-Tnere goes Jacks
vile; she is never happy when JACK Is out Of her
sighI. Is 1t because she loves him so much?
Experienced Widow-No. It's because she
knows him SO well.-LVe.
"My object in calling this evening"" he
began, with a nervous tremble Of his chin, twas
to ask you, Katie-I may call you Katie. may
not?''
Certainly, Dir. Longrlpe," said the sweet
young girl. "All Of papa's elderly friends call
me Katie
And he said nothing further about his object in
calling.-SpGre Moments.
Ciassicus-The ancient Roman on hear
ing bad news used to tear his toga.
Modernus-The custom is reversed now. When
a Gothamite hears bad news his custom is toga on
u tear.-NeD York Herald.
That's a Congressman at Large" said
Glim, indicating a man to his cousin from the
country.
ooh, 1 amt afraid ~ replied young Medder-
grass, ''I've only got II cents about my clothes"
-Ne1o York Sun.
B-There. old fellow, cheer upl Never
mind If she has Tilted you. Look about for an
other. Remember there are plenty of good nsn
in the sea yet. c (dolefully)-Yes but confound
it, don't want TO marry hsh, you know--Hs"
Castle Chronicte.
Indian summer is common enough, but
the reported sudden uprising Of the Western saw
age just now may be q slight variation in the way
or an Indian spring. Times.
Anything wrong with the coffee this
morning. John?'' "No. its good enough"
biscuits all right?'' II haven't any fault to
hud with the piscuits.'' ''Steak cooked All
rightg'' Il don't see anything wronE with the
steakT' 'No complaint to make about any
thing ~, .i'No.. sJohn, wish you would let
me have 50 cents 70 buy some rieoons."-Hss
Castle Chrontcts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
PROPOSED sHIP-RAILWAYs.
The Canadians Are Building an Important
One in Nova Scotia

The Canadians Are Building an Important
One in Nova Scotia
From the New York Ledger.]
A great deal of fun was made by some of
our newspapers over the proposed sbip-railway
of the late Captain Eads, whereby vessels were
to be lifted upon iron tracks and propelled
bodily across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. As
a matter of fact, however, a precisely similar
proiect has been undertaken in Nova Scotia,
and the eminent engineers who have charge OF
the execution of the plan have no doubt of its
success. The Governor General of Canada
visited the works the other day and fixed the
pedestal for the hydraulic lift intended to
raise vessels of 1000 tons displacement from
the dock to the level of the iron rails.
This shiprailway is designed to span the
isthmus of Is miles between Chignecto Bay, an
inlet of the Bay of Fundy, and Bay Verte an
inlet of the Gulf of st. Lawrence. When
completed, it will shorten the voyage from
New England ports to those of Prince Edward
Island and of the ST. Lawrence by some SEQ or
zoe miles of stormy water. If this road Is suc-
cessful the Canadians will undoubtedly build
another ship-railway 70 miles in length. to con-
meet the Georgian Bay Of Lake Huron with
the eastern end of Lake Ontario at Toronto.
By such q route three days would be gained
between Duluth and the Atlantic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
OUR MAIL POUCH,
Not an Asphalt Pavement at ALL

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Referring to your editorial of November Is,
Testimony fer Asphalt" permit me to state
tnat the FORBES street pavement is not asphalt;
IL is pain tar pavement from Michigan and
the contractors, Barten & Keeney seem to
have hit.the right mix for good holiday pave
ment. 1t IS too soft in hot weather for heavy
traffic. but is good pavement as Pittsburg
pavements go. 1t has cost less than $1,000 Tor
repairs in the Is years it has been down, but it
has been used only by light vehicles. Where
repairs have been made because Of trenching.
etc.: the modern asphalt, now being
applied at wholesale, has been used and
played OUT quickly. What IS the sense then
in putting down so much of this poultice.
Why. Mr.. Editor. The Forbes tar of a score of
years ago (Which cost l6 per cent less than the
asphalt OF to-day is infinitely superior to the
So IS a square yard paste now in fashion, as
was indicated to me by the fact that it took
workmen three times as long to dig up yard
of Forbes street Ito put down the Duuuesne
road) as it did 10 dig mp the same area of High
land avenue. Need refer you to Fifth avenue,
street upon which repairs began before it was
finished. and which have been going on ever
since, now some two years. as an example Of
this rushing of the asphalt upon a long suffer
ing people2
Watch closely the specifications" you say.
'and the degree of fidelity with which they are
carried out" How are you going to watch
them? Find out what they are, like Howard
Morton didn'f. and be repeled at City Hall as
part of the 'officious p1blicf or If complaint be
made to an inspector. as was done on Center
avenue by an Interested party recently, be
asked: why don't YOU go to Booth & Finn
with your complaints?'
There is just about one carriage in the East
End to-day to ten there was before the rope
roads gave the public rapid transit. Why, then,
go to an expense far in excess of the carriage
driving age for driveways of asphalt? If the
property on any street demands that sort of
pavement give it, but as rule, City Hall
should permit choice of all descriptions of
payemeuts suitable. Some localities cannot
well afford the asphalt, nor the block stone
(Which wear to cobblestone roundness IN time);
give such a chance at irregular block or block
asphalt or cobble, If cobble is admissible at all:
in short, the authorities should decide upon what
materials are approved. and permit property in
interest to make the selection. A difference of
three or four dollars foot front is big thing
TO many of US. NJ. 5.
PITTSBURG, November 20. 1890.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
Mr.. C1ARKsoN's renewed announcement

Mr.. CLARKSDN' renewed announcement
that the trouble was all due to the bad news
papers, and that more Republican newspapers
must be circulated, indicates the necessity Of
one of two measures. Either the Republican
leaders must order the organs to display little
more life and inJependence-and thus secure
more readers, or a law must be passed disfran-
chising every man who voted the Republican
ticket during the past decade. and is now
caught reading Democratic or Independent
newspaper. Perhaps, however. if the Repub-
lican leaders had studied the Independent
newspapers little more carefully. the need of
disciplining the rank and file might have been
ayerted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
Majority and Plurality Again.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Having noticed in the returns given in the
various papers Of the election just passed that
some of the papers gave Pattison's majority so
much. and his plurality as SO much. Now we
want to know the difference between the two,
plurality and majority. and how counted.
CALIFoRNIA VOTERS.
CALIFORNIA, PA. November IL, 1890.
IPattison's plurality is the number of votes
he received more than the next highest candi-
date, which, in this case, was Mr.. Delamater.
To have majority the successful candidate
must get more votes than all the others put
together. This explanation answers several
other queries Of similar nature. The word
majority is often used, improperly used, how
ever, where plurality is really meant]
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
The statement that PENNSYLVANIA Grin

The statement that Pennsylvania GRIM
inal who had escaped from prison has returned
after days of being starved, shot at and beaten,
while wandering along the roads and sleeping
in haymows. is taken as an evidence of the COM
fort of prisons. But In view of the question
whether the prisoner would have Jared much
better if he had been formally discharged. it
may be asked whether society has no better
treatment of human waits than to have them
back in prison7
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
NOT MUCH REAL WASTE.

The comment of our English visitors
recently upon the waste of material in
Pittsburg mills and factories undoubtedly
had good effect, for it directed the attention
of the manufacturers toward subject of
great Importance to them. The same time
it is satisfactory to learn by the interviews
with manufacturers, which THE DISPATCH
publishes to-day. that the waste which pro-
voked the criticism of our English cousins
is more apparent than real.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22

The dissatisfaction with the people who
are squeezing the money market is generally
outspoken after week like that just passed;
but we have not noted more radical PROPOSE
tion than that Of the New York Press which
suggests that the money kings who borrow
money in order to lock it up, fought to be
hanged to lamp posts" The spectacle of the
gentlemen who acquired numerous railway
properties by reason of the late squeeze deco
rating the lamp post of the metropolis is lurid
but impracticable one. At the FIRST hint Of
such thing the manipuiators would buy up
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
Duties of an Advance Agent.

To the Editor of The Dispatch
What are the duties of an advance agent of
dramatic combination Does the agent make
the arrangements with the opera house man.
ayers in the different cities as to terms, ETC.? A
bets B that the duty of an advance agent of an
opera or dramatic company is only to see that
the advertising matter is placed in the proper
places. bets that his duties are to make ar
rangements as to terms with the opera house
managers in different cities and to secure rates
of boarding at the hotels for the entire COM
pany Who wins? MRS. ]. A. B.
JoHNSTowH, November 10, 1890.
1.-THE exact duties vary with particular COM
panies. Many advance agents, however. per-
form all the work mentioned above.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
At Danger Always.

4" T doesn't seem to be generally known"
said a railroad telegraph operator yester-
day, that where the block system is in use,
travellers are protected at night whether the
operator in the signal tower stays awake or not.
Every lamp signal has three glass slides to it,
red, green and white The red is the outer
most, the green next and the white inside that.
To allow train to pass the tower the operator
Las to pull down the red slide by cord and
hold it down. Directly he lets go the red light
goes in position again. He is not allowed to do
anything else. So that if he goes to sleep, or
is taken SICK the danger signal always bars the
way"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
Referred to the Makers.

A STRANGER from the country, with lots of
yellow mud on his shoes. stopped a we'll
known oil operator on Fourth avenue yester-
day and asked: Where is the oil market?'
That's difficult question to answer" said
Dave, with roguish twinkle in his eyes.
"Mebbe you want the Exchange; if you do
there 1t is" and he pointed with to the rocco
building with the bull and bear insignia, but
II you want the oil market, my friend, you'd
better inquire the next door below" and he
pointed to the Standards office, "for that's
where they make it,"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22
The mention of Senator W. L. Brown o

The mention of Senator W. L. Brown of
New York as a compromise Democratic candi-
date for United States Senator is proof posi-
tive that the New Hork Democrats are anxious
to have a Senator who will make the poker
sharps at Washington acknowledge the su-
premacy of the Empire State at the national
game If indomitable strategy in the betting of
aces up. is qualification for Senatorial honors,
w. L. Brown will take rank among our loftiest
cta
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
A young man desiring to become lawyer and
not having the necessary means to become one,
how would you advise young man to start?
Could he become lawyer without attending
law school? REGULAR READER,
PITTsBURG, November Is 1890:
Probably the best plan would be TO secure
subordinate position in some lawyers office as
beginning, at least
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22

The man who discovers a prompt cure
for the consumption of our departing surplus
will earn fame and gratitude. But at present
there is no prompter cure than the resort to
one or two elections as means of inoculating
the representatives of the people with little
respect for economy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22

Now that the Emperor of Germany has
ordered that the evils of anarchy shall be
taught in the German schools-after the man.
ner Of the instruction in our schools on the
evils of alcoholic liquors-it would be no more
than international comfy for us to ship Herr
Johann Most over there to serve as an awful
example
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22

THE account of the flood which has been
discovered In Batylonian hieroglyphics in the
British Museum, yonce more confirms the pic
turesque story in Genesis, and in the absence of
negative evidence the Biblical report of the
first prolonged wet spell ought to be accepted
as correct
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-22

THE apparently authoritative announce
ment that Jay Gould has got control of the
Union Pacific property and that Sidney Dillon
will take charge as president. warrants minor
ity stockholders IN taking tight grip Of their
hair. BY doing SO in time they will save their
scalps, if nothing else.