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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
A FOOLISH REGULATION.

Among other things which the Census
Bureau has undertaken to enact this year is
one which takes the shape of an order that
supervisors must make no tabulated returns
Of their districts, and not even give out
rough estimates. This is simply the red
tapeof bureaucracy. Not only could there be
no harm, if Mr. Oliver on the receipt OF the
full reports from the enumerators should
tabulate the population of the two cities and
the county; but it would actually be in
furtherance of the purpose of the census,
namely, the early publication of the eff cial
information. As it is, the cities must wait
for the results of the census until the bureau
at Washington chooses to give out what
might as well have been published days. if
not weeks, eallier, from the local officials.
The regulation is even more foolish one
than those famous questions
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
PERSONAL POINTERS.

| EX-GOVERNOR ORDwAY, of Dakota, an(
his family are spending the summer at War
ner, N. H.
FRANK w. SMITH, of Boston, has built a.
Saratoga an exact copy Of Pompeian villa
his model being the famous "House Of
Pansa.n
EX-GOVERNOR CURTIN will be prominent
figure at the meeting of the Pennsylvania sol
diers at the headquarters of Washington al
Valley Forge on the 18th inst
Mr.. LEONARD K. WILSON, who has been
private secretary to Mr.. Stanley since the lat
ter last got out of the woods, has just been en-.
gagged in a similar capacity by the King OF the
Belgians.
AMONG the many gifts received by Mr.. Stan
ley in the last few weeks is a well-worn copy OF
Shakespeare's works from a laboring man.
Mr.. Stanley was much gratified by the receipt
of it. and wrote the giver q cordial letter OF
thanks.
MAsHPEE Is the name Of q summer resort
that aspires to national eminence because Mr..
Joseph Jefferson and the Hon. Grover Cleve-
land have rented tho Attaquin Hotel there for
themselves to occupy during the last week of
July. Mashpee is not far from Cotuit, and its
nearest railroad station is Cataumet.
MR.. W. ]. FLORENCE, the comedian, leaves
for Europe on the Etruria next Saturday to
join Mrs. Florence at London. He will be &C
companied by his brorher-in-law, Joseph H.
Tooker. Before their return to America In
the fall the little party will visit points of in
terest in England. Ireland, France, Italy and
Germany.
Miss ADA HEATHER-BIGGs, Lady Dixie and
Hon. Mrs. Jeune have done a good thing in
London in establishing what they call series
of happy evenings fo- the LONDON Board
School children. These are the children of the
very poor who. never having a penny with
which to purchase pleasure. are to be invited
every two weeks to a comfortable room where
they will be entertained with music, magic
lantern pictures, games, etc,
HERR PETER LEcHNER is known as the
most lonely man in Europe He is connected
with the Weather Bureau Service and is sta
toned on top of the Schonpblick Mountains,
in the Austrian Alps. There he lives month in
and month out engaged in noting the meteor
illogical changes in the highest station in Eu-
rope. Three times a day he takes his observa-
tions and telegraphs them TO headquarters at
Vienna.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
BEER FOR A PRIZE,
Gold Watch for Anyone Who Consumes
600 Bottles Over the Bar.


600 Bottles Over the Bar.
From the " ashington Star.
A new method, of buying q watch has lust
been introduced in Washington. on can get
real gold one at no other expense than the
consumption of 900 bottles of beer 1t must be
particular kind of beer, which the manu-
facturer is anxious to introduce. With each
bottle that you drink you get yellow ticket.
and when you have accumulated 900 tickets
the bartender will give you the watch
in exchange for them. You are at
liberty to go on. If you like consuming
the same kind of beer, thus obtaining
more watches. One can easily conceive
the passionate interest with which the
beer driDker, looking forward to the acouisi-
tion of a tlmepiece, would pursue a course of
progressive stimulation, realizing how every
bottle swallowed brings him nearer to the prize.
The latter is hung up over the bar. with a sign
attached to 1t saying that it cost S25 wholesale
When the time arrives for its delivery to him
who has earned it another lust like ii Is hung
up in its place. This idea is a new one and
will doubtless become popular as an adyertis-
ing scheme.
1t is an adoption Of the practice so long popu-
lar in Sunday schools of giving the pupils,
whenever they are good, merit cards, certain
number OF which accumulated entities the
pious scholar to a reward. or course many
customers will not have the fortitude to hold
out to the extent of 900 bottles and thus the
brewer will not be obliged to pay for SO many
watches. Men will carry around their tickets
with the name of the brand of beer on them
and show them to their friends.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
A FEW GIGGLEs.

"waal, Ar'bellah, eff dat Jackson young
un amt for'ard fur 1-months-ole chile -
kyarin' hits mas par'solr'
'TW,y, Missius Pollock, dat's one OBJ dem new
fashion kyar'ges wot hez de par'sol hinged on
wire.''
s'Do you ever, IN your lonely hours, find
Yourself ad ddressing the moon?''
..No indeed ~ said the Boston girl. 'T have
never been introduced to the moon; only know It
by sight,
"Hello, old fellow, hear you are going
abroad"
eyes. expect to sail next month, and to settle
permanently in London.'
s.Why, how nice that will bel So convenient
too, for your friends. 1 expect to 20 over for =
few weeks myself next year."
Mr.. SlowboY-Miss Passe, what do Won
think is the best name for girl?
Miss Passe docking deep into his eyes)-That OF
the only man she ever loved. .-S0meruils Journal
Briggs-say, old man, what are you doing
for that cold9
Griggs-Coughing.-LUe.
Lucy-So Emma has written to her
mother to come to visit them. DO you think she
is anxious for her to come?
Julia-No. She gave the letter to her husband
to mail.-Detrolt Free Press.
Mamma-Take your FORK, Tommie Don't
you know 1t is wrong to eat with your ingers2
Tommie-Fingers were made before forkS
mamma.
81 know 1t. Tommie; but yours were not"
fonkers Statesman.
"A single grain Of common sense beatsh
million OF gunpowder when superstitions are to oe
exploded. 1t is futile for the profane man 70
attempt to blast the rock Of public opinion
Amertcdn Grocer.
Married sister-And Of course, Laura. you
viii go to Rome or Florence for your honeymoonf
Laura-Oh, dear, mol couldn't think Of eolng
further than the Isle OF Wight with man know
little or nothing oil
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
A NEW CHURCH BEGUN.
The Corner Stone ofsf. Luke's, Mt Brnddock,
Laid Yesterday.

Laid Yesterday.
The corner stone of the new st. Luke's En-
glish Reformed Church, situated on the corner
of Fourth street and Camp avenue, Braddock.
was laid yesterday afternoon at o'clock amid
gathering of over 800 persons. 1t was thought
for time that the heavy shower would force
them to abandon the exercises. However, the
people bravely walked through the mud ankle
deep, and were seated on the platform i'm
provised for the occasion.
The choir of the Williamsburg Reformed
Church furnished the music. The programme
as carried out was as follows: Anthem" by
SRmn o hofd Of Tsss Asx
Psalm" No. 96. Rev. G.. W. Sberrick;
Anthem" by choir; corner stone service by
pastor and assembled ministers, according to
the rites of the church; Apostles Creed" con-
gregation: hymn, Coronation" congregation;
address by Rev. John r. Prugh, pastor of
Grace Reformed Church. Pittsburg, relative to
the growth of the church here and the exercises
of the occasion: reception of offerings, Dox-
ology; benedictlon, Rev. Freeman.
The ministers in attendance were Rev. John
r. Prugh. of Grace Reformed Church. Pitts
burg: Rev. Mr.. Freeman, Pittsburg; Rev. Mr..
Whitman, OF Lancaster; Rev Mr.. Hasser,
pastor of the church at Braddock, and Rev. CIV.
Sherrick, pastor of the Copeland U. b. Church.
The exercises were shortened on account of
the threatening weather They lasted an hour
and half. The contents of the box deposited
within the corner stone were the records of the
church at Braddock, the papers connected with
the Reformed Church, copies of the Pittsburg
daily papers, and the names of the members
and donators to the church fund. The oox was
sealed and work will be commenced in the
building to-day
II will be quite large building. two stories
hlgn, the lower floor 70 be used as basement
sne upper to be built of brick, and it IS ex-
September. =,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS,

THIS hot weather has assisted the law ma.
terialy In driving out the car stove but they will
be found in the same old corners with the advent
of cold weather.
1T is said that when certain Congraser,., a,
speak In Washington all the rats can be seen
leaving the Capitol and make a bee line for ad-
joining buildings, only return when the orator,
are through. Of what use is the Government rat
catcher there?
MARSHAL LURTY, of Oklahoma sent 70
Chicago to have his printing done. and the W.
prletors OF the home offices are hopping mad
They should retaliate by compelling the Marshal
to send to Chicago when he wants to advertise for
q servant girl
WHILE carrying up a load of brick ON an
Allegheny house Saturday, colored man han
pened to slip and fall to the bottom. Anotbar
colorei man ran to his assistance and said .s1s
yer hurt?"
mo, isn't, ~ was the reply; ''but guess dem
bricks am pretty well pressed.''
TITUsvILLE, at one time the Queen City of
the Northern oil field, is awakening from its Rim
Van Wrinkle sleep. The Herald OF that city saws
that a gang of men are soon to be put to work re-
moving the grass and weeds from between the
walks and the streets.
CORY. known from one end of the world to
the other for its tough railroad sandwiches. came
near being swept away by high water last week.
and but Tor the arrival of carload of its Justly
celebrated sandwiches, the good people of that
place would probably have no town to look at
to-day.
IF those counting machines in Washington
are not brought up with sharp turn when they
strike some of those Hungarian names I'm the coal
regions the patentee may consider himself a very
lucky man.
THE enumerator's work is nearly completed.
Those who lived through the ordeal will mot
banker for the position ten years hence, and those
who lost their lives during the Is days, engage
ment VIII not II is to be hoped, be compelled to
engage In a similar undertaking in the brighter
world beyond,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
SNAKES HER ONLY FRIENDS.
Female Hermit Who Died Surrounded by
Reptiles.


SALEM, VA, June ia singular character,
by name Martha Ann Tillson and who was
known as the snake woman" died near here
recently. She lived in little cabin at the foot
of Twelve O'Clock knob and led hermit's
life, having one to share her abode except
snakes. BY the few who were ever allowed to
see the interior Of her cabin it is said to have
literally swarmed with her strange companions
with which she ate and slept and which were
to be seen lying in her bosom and coiled about
her neck. body and limbs whenever she was
caught sight Of
Her extraordinary prediction for these un-
pleasant creatures is supposed to have arisen
from a morbid feeling that she was, like them,
hated of men. for, naturally deformed, she re-
ceived in addition an injury to the spine while
an infant. and though perfectly sound in mind,
was of SO sensitive a nature as to render her
miserable and uneasy in the presence Of any
but her parents, She was observed to steal
away every day with pan of milk, and on be-
ing followed, was found to be caressing q dozen
or SO hideous rattlesnakes while they drank
from the vessel which she held in her lap. Hor-
rihed, her parents tried to reason with her,
then to punish, and finally to confine her, in an
endeavor to break her of her fondness for the
reptiles, but she plned so for her pets that they
feared she would die if kept from them.
She was little fair woman of about 45 with
sandy hair very abundant and long which she
wore In number of tight plaits. which, COM
bined with her deformity and the odd. miscel-
laneous style of dressing. the result of her re-
fusal to hold any Communication with fellow
being, served to make her a most remarkable
looking object. She was looked upon as a witch
by the negroes about who declared her to be
possessed of the evil eye, and hated and feared
her accordingly, though her life was a most
harmless, quiet one. She had been dead some
days when discovered and her dead body was
literally covered by writhing mass of snakes
which had to be killed before it could be re-
moved for the reptiles turned viciously on all
approaching the remains. On her heart was
found coiled huge rattlesnake dead.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
A RELIGIOUS TEST CASE.
The Supreme Court TO be Called Upon 10
Settle the Sunday Question.

The Supreme Court TO be Called Upon TO
Settle the Sunday Question.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has Just
rendered decision affirming the action of the
lower court in the case Of the State versus r.
NJ. King. This case was appealed from the
Circuit Court held at Troy. Obion county,
Tenn, last March. and has attracted much at
tention on account of the religious question in
volved in it Mr.. King is a member of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church, a sect which
observes the seventh day Saturday, as the
Sabbath, in the place of Sunday, the first day
of the week. Mr.. King is q farmer, and was
indicted for quietly working on his own prem
ises, not in sight Of any place of public worship
None of the witnesses for the State testified to
having been disturbed in any way, or to having
a knowledge that anyone else had been dis
turbed. except that their moral sense had been
shocked by seeing work done on Sunday.
The defendant was first arraigned before
justice of the peace, and fined So and costs,
amounting in all to about $l2 which he paid
He was afterward indicted for the same Of
Tense by the grand jury at Troy. Obion county.
and was convicted. and fined SIS. An appeal
was taken to the Supreme Court. The case will
be taken to the Supreme Court of the United
States. This will be the first case involving the
constitutionality of..Sunday laws. that has been
brought before the United States Supreme
Court.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
TWO FORMS OF REGULATION.

The New York Board of Aldermen
recently passed resolution requiring all
the surface lines In the city to run cars all
night at regular intervals of fifteen minutes
The action is widely Endorsed by the press;
and yet when fully considered it presents a
remarkable and not very favorable showing
of the system Of regulation of enterprise BY
governmental authority.
1t should be established as basic princi-
pie that services OF this sort should not be
required of any corporation giving facilities
to the public unless there is enough public
patronage for it to make the service pay
expenses and yield slight profit. This is
for the obvious reason that if the all-night
car service is kept up at loss, that larger
portion of the public which patronizes the
day service must pay the loss That night
service may be made profitable is quite pos
sible; but that it is so for all lines is no less
impossible. The legitimate manner OF
securing the service where there is sufi-
eient demand for it, is TO establish such
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
Out.Herodipr Herod.

Nov If I could be convinced that any one Of
these men who are wholly and solely re-
sponsible for the crime against the Mckinley
bill were actuated by a grand, patriotic, un-
selfish motive, would simply say that they are
honestly mistaken, though their conduct would
still take the laurels for Incompatible impu-
dence, and for this simple reason: The Com
mittee on Ways and Means spent months and
held hundreds of hearings, while considering
the form of the bill; within few weeks the
Senate Finance Committee, without any hear
ings and without information, has torn away
nearly all of the important and vital provisions
of the bill. This of itself is enough to con-
denim the course of the Finance Committee,
even admitting the utmost in its favor.
But cannot give them credit for anything
but desire to re-elect themselves, for there is
no evidence of broad or enlightened view of
anything IN the changes far as they are
known. A Democratic committee could hardly
have drafted a more Democratic measure than
this promises to be as 1t has been changed by
the Senate subcommittee. Certainly it is not
a Republican measure as it now stands. The
House conferees should insist till the COWS
come home on the restoration of the terms of
the Mckinley BILL and the real Republicans of
the country should insist that the House con-
ferees should insist to the last moment Of the
session. and let the bill die altogether rather
than make it operative IN its mangled and un-
Republican shape. E. W. L.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
PORTSMOUTH TO PITTsBURG.
The Smoky City the Homo of Moral RectI-
tude and the sabbarurian's Delight.

The smoky City the Homo Of Moral Recti-
tude and the sabbarurian's Delight.
A gentleman who signs himself W. II. Nc,
recently made a trip from Portsmouth to Pitts
burg, and writes of the latter place as follows
| in the Portsmouth BLude:
AS dark approaches and we near Pittsburg
| the sight is magnificent. The stand pipes CIV
! ing out great volumes of fame are everywhere
reminding one of the Irishman's story of the
Yankee. He said the darned Yankee had read
som'eres that the Creator would some time
destroy the airth with toire and they'd set to
worruk to poomp all the oil out so the blamed
| thing wouldn't burn, and bate the Ould Man at
his own game. Pittsburg. so long known as
the Smoky City, in geographical nomenclature,
is now probably the cleanest and best kept in
America. All coal has been superseded by gas,
and the mills and furnaces. with perhaps one
or two exceptions, are void of any smoke what
ever. The streets are all paved with Belgian
block or asphalt, and are swept every night.
In rapid transit she cannot be beaten. Cable,
electric and horse cars run in all directions for
a distance of perhaps six or seven miles. Steam
cars also furnish suburban residents splendid
accommodations and facilities for reaching the
city. Many of the buildings are painted white,
which makes them very attractive, but would
The majority of the seven and eIght-story
buildings are built of polished granite fronts of
unique designs and enduring as the ages.
Allegheny which is virtually part of Pitts
burg, except in matters. municipal is lovely
place. Allegheny Park, which extends in cir
cular form through the entire center of the
city, is whole panorama of ITSELF Lakelets
in which float graceful swans, as we'll as wild
geese and other water fowl. relieve the green
grassy lawns ami symmetrical naples. In the
center is a large and magnificent green house
containing every known domestic and tropical
plant and flower that yields fruit or fragrance.
Large banana trees loaded, India rubber trees
palms, palmettoes. etc. No flowers are sold or
given away except when transplanting. The
building and grounds was the donation of a
Mr.. Phipps, and provided that it should be
kept open on Sunday for the benefit of the
working man, and the thousands that visited
the place last Sunday is evidence they appreci-
ate the gift Fountains play in various places
and monuments are erected to distinguished
persons.
Speaking of Sunday here, ir is the driest
place this side of the Sahara. Money will not
purchase cigar, chew of tobacco, glass of
soda water. lemonade, or even red liquor.
The Law and Order League are running the
morals of the town. man Immediately re-
forms as soon as he strikes Pittsburg It is so
ordered. There is a sort of sneaking business
carried on by certain ones, and if fellow
knows how, am told (now, mind you, am
told this)s he can work the combination and
wet his whistle very wet. They call such insti-
tutions ''speak-easies"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
MANS HOBBIES.
Ms. james Horner Purchases 81, 900 Worth
of Orchids In Philadelphia.

of Orchids In Philadelphin.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.1
Mans hobbies run in a great many direc-
tions, but about the most beautiful one a man
can have is the study of natures own
product James Horner. one Of Pitts
burg's wealthy residents seems to think
so. for he has devoted most Of his time for sew
eral years to the collection and study of rare
cacti. He is in the city at present, stop
ping at the Glrard House, and has just
bought $1,000 worth of orchids. Attached
to his magnificent residence in Pittsburg is
an immense conservatory and hot houses, in
which he plants his pets. Recently he made
q six months tour of South America and Sc
cured many valuable specimens, among wnlch
was an orchid the leaves of which curled up
into the form of perfect dove.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16

The question how the Belgian iron man
ufscturers can afford to furnish structural iron
to building in Minneapolis 25 per cent cheaper
than Pittsburg, puzzles our mill owners Per-
haps the answer to that famous puzzle of King
Charles, namely, how a fish can be put IN a
bucket of water already full to the brim with
out spilling any water, might furnish the solu.
tion to this question. 1t may be wise to wait
and see the Belgian manufacturers balance
sheet after they have furnished the iron
which the have not yet given bonds to do.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
PITTsBURG. MONDAY, JUNE 1e, 1880.
THE DISPATCH FOR THE SUMMER.

Persons leaving the City for the summer can
hare THE DISPATCH forwarded by earliest
mail TO any address at the rate Of 90 cents per
month, or ss 80 for three months, Sunday eds
tion included Daily edition only. zoe per
month. 81 for three months. The address may
be changed as desired, II care be taken in all
cases TO mention both old and netD address =
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16

The abolition of the course of journalism
in Cornell is followed by the still more radical
prohibition of boxing in Michigan University.
II the colleges are to turn out neither news
paper men or pugilists, what are the students
to make of themselvesf The baseball profess
sion is no longer profitable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Mail Delivery in England.

To the Editor of The Dispatch;
/. Is there a mail delivery by postmen in En-
gland and Ireland on Sunday? 2. What caused
the trouble between Prussia and Hanover
which ended in the abolition OF the Hanoverian
kingdom? g. Who Is Duke of Cumberland
BUTLER, June a. Q.
IYes; but any person can have such a de-
livery stopped as to himself. The delivery is
in the towns, not in the country districts.
2. George W, King Of Hanover, hated and dis
trusted Prussia, and sided with Austria in the
..Six Weeks War" SO Prussia invaded
Hanover and annexed the kingdom. Prussia
offered him large indemnity, but he refused
to accept it. 8. Ernest Augustus William
Adolph George Frederick, son Of George ",
who died in 1881
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16

anxiety lest, if the silver bill should pass, the
bullion value of the silver in dollar should
advance to be worth more than the dollar. The
Globe says: ut might 60 up to 81 25 or 81 So"
AS the silver in a dollar is now worth less than
so cents BY the gold standard, this is the most
decided case of borrowing trouble a long way
ahead, yet put on record.