Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-10
SNAP SHOTS in SEASON.
THE shiras men say Justice is Stone blind.

The Shiras men say Justice is Stone blind.
THERE be tricks in every tfaue. Most Of
well dressed men who patronize the travelling
tailor shops sent to Pittsburg by the bang up
| New York outftters imagine that all the ma
! terials in their nobby suits are the product OF
English or French looms. They are not. One
house, with a long line of custom here, operates
silk and satin mills in bethlehem, this State.
The plain product of Its looms is shipped to
France. There 1t enters a convent. Deft-
fingered meek-faced nuns embroIder it. 1t Is
then sent back here, made up into fancy vests
and proudly borne upon the hearts of our cou-
| pom cutters. American silk and satin Is su-
| perior to the foreign article: but as American
girls prefer lawn tennis and wheeling to needle
work, the finishing touches must be put on
abroad.
STONE. George shiras Ill
men, but 1t can't vote.
PovERrY is about the only thing In the
world that costs nothing.
MAINE remains In line.
FORTUNE tellers who come to Pittsburg can
predict with certainty that they will be ar
rested.
THE needlewoman collects rents.
LIFE is lottery. but New Orleans would be
lifeless without the lottery.
CLOUDS are the sky's watered stock.
THE shiras men who tried to bolt Yesterday
ran against bolted doors.
LAUGHTER is the light opera Of life.
THE arms of the street car conductors 60 to
waist. This is annoying to the ladies, who
object to being handled like prize packages
Politeness should always be coupled with
prudence.
LAWSUITS cost more than tall suits, and are
always cut bias.
SPEAKER REED made a Manlsy fight in
Maine
ALL the newspaper composing rooms in the
country are running out of "Q's" and are
sorting up" It's Senator Quay's fault.
TERRAPIN will soon be In the saucepan.
A WRITER says the Prince of Wales takes a
drink of mineral water with a dash of lemon
in it before retiring. His Ich DIZZINESS prob
ably takes something else between drinks.
WALLS STATION should be good site for
prison.
THE summer girl does not object to embraces
from sea swells.
OVER Al, 900 newspapers are published in the
world. And still we wonder at crime.
Does Chief Brown propose to muzzls the
THE willing worker never looks at the clock.
ARE the people who play the horses at
Sheepshead Bay muttonheads?
HUNTING dogs point with pride.
MARIE BAsHKIRTsEFF wrote: II like soli- |
tude before mirror" Well, Mary, If Eve had |
mirror and kept diary she would |
have written the very same thing.
IF we were all rich who would do the chores? |
s.ANNIE LAURIE" Is 200 years old. She |
Tilted the fellow who made her famous and |
married man named Ferguson. Annie |
wouldn't sell herself for a song.
CLUBS were trumps at the Stone-Shiras con-
ventior yesterday. They were not used on
Stone men, though.
IF you miss the first train you can catch the
next one. But if you miss an opportunity you
get left.
THE Shakers should remonstrance against
taxing quinine.
THE new-fangled electric nickle-in-the-slot
camera will probably produce a shocking
picture.
IF 1t were harder to get married perhaps d.
vorces would not be so easy.
THE hand that rocks the cradle propels the
plate.
ENGLISH spectators are after the American
nurseries,. Now the babies will kick.