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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
SOME wRLL-KNowN PEOPLE.

GOVERNOR HILL was 81 years old on Friday.
Mr.. BRADLAUGH, besides being good
angler. plays the game Of chess to perfection.
THE people who occupy the cottage next to
Mr.. Cleveland's at Marion have felt it neces-
sary TO put out a placard on which are in
scribed the words: Next door Is the place.
-FOUR people at. Long Branch who are well
able, from financial stand point to ride In
carriages are the most enthusiastic pedestrians
of the place. They are George W. Childs. John
Hoey, President of the Adams Express Com
pany; A. ]. Drexel, the banker. and Daniel
Dougherty. 1t is rare sight, indeed, to see
any of these men in a conveyance Of any kind
F.P. SARGENT, the head of the Brotherhood
of Firemen, was a calvaryman during the latter
days Of the war.
SENATOR STANFoRD's fruit farm in Cali
fornia is the largest in the world. 1t contains
80 900 acres, and tue grapes raised and the wines
made there are famous where Stanford himself
is unknown.
JOHN DILLON, the famous Irish agitator,
has brother who il an obscure lawyer in .
little country town near Denver. He is q
graduate of the University of Dublin and well
educated in the classics.
Mr.. E. w. FAY, the new professor of Greek,
Latin and Sanscrit In the University Of Mich
igan, is only % years old. He was recently
graduated with high honors from Johns Hop
kins University, where he received the degree
of Phi. D.
JAMES WHITcoMB RILEY, the aoosier poet,
was in Chicago the other day, looking meat
and spruce as an Alderman" His cheeks were
rosy and he appeared to be the picture of
health His work this summer has embraced
Christmas story and several poems Of length.
1,,,;rA
handsome house on site overlooking the city
of Atchison, Kan, to replace the one which was
burned some time ago. hIs new home will be
finely furnished, but he cannot replace the
library which he lost in the fire, and which he
had spent lifetime in collecting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31

All the observations made thus far lead us to
think that this planet must be inhabited 40 is
our own, and, perhaps. even better inhabited.
We see In it continents, seas, coasts capes
bays. rivers, waters, SHOWS and clouds We
witness all the effects produced by the seasons.
We see distinctly rectilineal lines extending
from seas to seas, and, putting them in COM
munication. which seem to be canals. II has
even been thought that brilliant points. geo
metrieally arranged. have been observed, which
may be intended as signals from that planet to
ours. How, then, is it possible not to wish for
complete conquest and TO attain at last to q
solution of the enigmaf
To pursue these investigations further
NJ. Flammarion points out that it is demon
strated by the progress already made that it
is necessary not to be satisfied with these
achievements. but to 60 still further. The
work is being kept mp by the construction
of another lens of 40 inches diameter for the
observatory OF the University of California,
near Los Angeles, and with this M. Flam-
marion thinks new and gigantic stride
forward can be made. But the French
,savant looks still further for complete tri-
umph, to the time when money and skill
shall combine to construct a telescope of
sixty inches diameter and over eighty feet
length with a magnifying power of four or
five thousand fold. OF the results that
could be attained with such an instrument
NJ. Flammarion says:
To what unexpected discoveries would this
supreme effort of your great nineteenth GEN.
tury leadf This is a question which it is i'm
H. -szlN
dwell on the word unexpected" 1t must not
be forgotten that it was when searching for the
limits of the colors in the solar spectrum that
Fraunhofer discovered spectral analysis, and
tha: it was while seeking the parallax of the
stars that Sir William Herschel discovered the
orbits of double stars, and it was when seeking
for Asia that Christopher Columbus disco vered
America.
In any event, such telescope will enable us
TO see for the first time the seventeenth magni-
tude stars, which must be scattered over the
depth of heaven in 3 carpet Of Sls.000 900 stars.
while the moon will be brought, so 10 speak,
within touching distance.
This is a vast subject the interest of which
may be said to transcend the bounds Of hu-
manity. The advance of this most disin-
terested of all sciences to new and startling
discoveries is matter that will attract the
attention of the whole world. As Pittsburg
under Langley took a prominent place in
the astronomical investigation of the past
two decades, and under Brashear is obtain
ing equal prominence in the manufacture of
lenses, the achievements which have been
made and which may be expected in those
lines are of especial interest to our city. 1t
is to be hoped that the successes to which
NJ. Flammarion looks forward may be at
tanned, with unexpected disclosures of the
secrets of other worlds; and that Pittsburg
may take an honorable part in making those
discoveries possible.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31

For the best contribution on the above topic
THE DISPATCH will award prize of a
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECE.
For the Second Prize THE DISPATCH will
award FIVE DOLLAR GOLD PIECE.
For the Third Prize The DISPATCH will for.
ward by mail to the winner a copy of the
Sunday issue Of The DISPATCH for One
Year.
THE CONDITIONS.
Each article must make at least 800 and not
more than LOCO words.
Competitions must be written legibly, on one
side of the paper only, and must be labeled
"THE DISPATCH Prize Essay Contest. Expo
sition Descriptive Article; closing Saturday.
September 6. 1890"
Contributions must be left at THE DISPATCH
Headquarters, Brunswick Bake. Collender Co.'s
space, Exposition Buildings.
Correct name. address and age Of contestant
ton if successful.
THE DISPATCH reserves the right to publish
any contribution, whether it be awarded prize
or not
The Prize Essay Contest for the first week
will close with the Exposition on Saturday
night. September 8.
Watch for Second Weeks Prize Topic and
Ballot Bulletin.
THE DISPATCH has secured neat little
SOUVENIRS for presentation to all Lady Voters
during next weeks balloting. One will be
handy addition to the work-basket the other
will be appreciated during the long winter
evenings SOON to come. Ladies' can choose from
either.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
ICE AND PRISON LABOR.

The statement that the County Work
house has been using its stock of surplus
labor in the manufacture of artificial ice,
as brought out in our news columns, indi-
Gates new field for the employment Of
prison labor. From the report it appears
that the experiment at the workhouse has
been very successful, and has accomplished
the economic service of supplying great
many people with ice who would haYe found
it hard to get otherwise.
In this case it looks as if the employment
of convict labor in making ice might be
free from most of the objections to the use
of such labor in other industries. No labor
at all is employed in the making of natural
ice; and SO convict labor cannot bring down
wages there. The labor that is used in other
ice manufacturing establishments is very
small in comparison with the demand for
ice; so that there is no probability that this
employment of the workhouse labor will in
fuence wages unfavora bly,. Of course this
labor does not at all come into competition
with tine men who load and deliver ice; al
though it may be hoped that an enlarge
ment of the ice supply would mitigate the
rule of the absolute ice man who deposits
on your doorstep sixty-pound lump of ice,
and makes hundred pounds by the force OF
his fat.
So far as the present condition of affairs
is concerned. the departure of workho use
labor into this industry is to be commended.
Indeed, ii it could increase the supply of
ice so as to make the bills of the average
consumer about half as imposing as
they have been this year, it would command
the endorsement of the public.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
SHOCKING THE soUTHs1DE.

The vagaries Of electricity on the South
side are somewhat too startling for the COM
fort of man and beast. Electricity is good
thing, no doubt, but nobody relishes being
subjected to its shocking force involuntarlly.
The electric railroad across the Mononga-
hela became a gigantic battery yesterday,
which operated upon pedestrians and
horses with extraordinary effect. What
the cause Of this demoralizing manifestation
was nobody seems to clearly understand, and
only the results, some of them serious
enough, ARE visible. It is clear that the perils
of the streets will be augmented to terrible
extent if electric locomotion entails free
distribution Of the mysterious current from
time to time. A thorough investigation Of
the Southside accidents is called for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
PITTsBURe. SUNDAY, AUG. 81, 1880
MIR. CLARksoN's RECORD.

First Assistant Postmaster Clarkson laid
down the powers and responsibilities oi
Office yesterday. He retires to private life
and the presidency of pneumatic railroad.
In his new calling he will find it difficult to
beat his record as executioner in the Post
Office Department Even with q pneu-
matte railroad Mr.. Clarkson- can hardly
hope to make the speed that has
characterized the removal of Democratic
postmasters under his direction. In conven-
tional style, Mr.. Clarkson doubtless points
with pride to the twenty-six thousand
changes he has made In fourth class postof-
fees since he went into Office year and a
half ago. 1t is officially announced that he
beat the record in this field. More removals
have also been made in the Presidential
postofices during the same period
than have ever been made in a
like space of time before, Mr.. CIaIkson
and the President having spared only 400
pOstnnasters. There is something refreshing
about the candor of Mr.. Clarkson. He has
never made the smallest pretense of con-
cealing his determination to Republicanize
the Postofice Department. Now that all
: the heads have been chopped of the tired
headsman departs in peace.
But the record Of Mr.. Clarkson, gratify-
ing as it may be to him personally, may
not prove a source Of unmixed comfort and
joy to the Republican party when next ii
appeals to the country upon the same old
platform of conscientious civil service re-
form. The President may have forgotten
his promise to be guided in appointments
and removals by none but considerations
of the public good, but the people have
not And Mr.. Clarkson's record is an
ugly reminder of how that promise has been
broken.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.

HIS Illinois constituency should send Con-
gressman Cannon q corn cob to swab out his
mouth.
The Exposition will open next week. A
great influx OF visitors to our city will be the
natural result and it is to be hoped that country
cousins will receive right royal welcome.
PHILADELPHIA Is not particularly proud OF
her present Congressman. and yet their votes
count as much in q roll call a. their fellow mem
bers.
JOHN BOYLE O'RE1LLY left sl50, ,0oo-and y
good name.
The Lard bill raised as much trouble in the
House Of Representative as the hog raised across
the Atlantic Ocean. The American hog Is cutting
Q wide swath.
MRS STANTON, Of this State has lived to
the age Of lis years, and never used tobacco or
whisky, She should give to the world the stimu-
liant that she did use.
PEOPLE who have imagined right along that
Secretary Blaine was not feeling any too good.
will certainly change their mind after reading his
Waterville speech. He is still in the ring.
t 1 t
REPUBLICANS of Arizona demand the i'm
mediate admission OF that Territory into the
Union. Their request will be granted without q
doubt II they file afidavits that the Territory win
vote for the q. y. T.
I I I
GEORGE PECK, of Milwaukee, has tickled
the farmers of Wisconsin for years with his funny
stories, and he expects now that they will tickle
him with their votes. Perhaps when the votes
are counted It will be discovered that Wisconsin
farmers don't reciprocate worth q cent.
tt I
ALBERT GALL has been nominated for
State Treasurer by the Indiana Democrats. If
there 10 anything in name the gentleman will
probably be elected. as money and gall has good
deal to do in carrying an election, more especial
ly In Indiana.
I 4
IF IL keeps MI. Delamater jumping from one
section to another at this early stage Of the cam
paign, what time he will have to himself later
on is past finding out. Perhaps he has read the
story about the boy killing snakes. and the oraw-
ford gentleman feels like following suit.
I = I
BEAT the tom,toms fire the cannons, burn
red powder and shout with loud voice: Baby
Mckee is living on the fat of the land In the grand
old Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
FUNNY MEMS FANCIES.

No Exception.-That little Bronson who
writes your funny column is a trump.
"You bet! But the little joker always Is, you
know"
Poor Insect.-What useless life the mos
quito leads.
ayes, poor thing; It's work is all In yein.-A
II. Hdrk1ssss.
A Shakesperean Note.-The law under
which Desdemona was put to death was othella's
mother-In-law, or, as PuRchwould say, (smother-
in,law).-ChoInondsly Harcourt.
Slight 'Procrastination is,ths
thief OF time.''
s.Except when time is money-then Litigation
Is the gentIemanly crook who does the business"
A Brave Boy.-You dassent set of fire.
cracker in your teeth.
..Maybe 1 dassent, but I'll go In and get my
papa,s teeth and do It with them. "-ThGd BEeka-
lsbo.
Lost OPPORTUNITIES. river Nile has
seven mouths.
..What wasted opportunities. 2" said Soak.
''seven mouths. and every one Of them devoted to
water.''
withered and Dry.-She doesn't look
raj, In the daytime. She seems withered and
:.That's possibly why she lights up 80 wen ss
night.''
An Eloquen: Hint.-I just love the lam
eiers, said Helen.
s.But YOU never dance It "
.No but L sit on the stairs with my partnsr
while others dance IL.
An Old Chestnut Has New Sprout-By
Jovei
s'Whats the matter?''
s'see that messenger boy?''
s'Yes."
tsHe is fast for once-fast asleep"
An Argument.--Do you believe there ID
any virtue In inertlag
ST do, indeed. Look at the people in the peni-
tentiary: suppose they had been inert, do you
think they would now be convictsl''
An Enterprising Person.-I have received
your bill for IS, Mr.. Brief but do not remem-
Der the services you rendered.
''Have you forgotten Won Bibber's dInnerl''
s'No.u
Don't you remember that advised you not 70
drink any Of his wines''- Cartyts Smith.
Musical alItem.-Lady Visitor--Hov wish
Icouid sing like your wife.
Husband OF the Lady at the Piano-I darssay my
wife would give You lessons II you ask.
Lady visitor-Then you may be sure IN ask
herl What fun III have worrying my HUSBAND
after I've learned to sing Like your wife. -Aiss,
=. &csst
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vital public considerations as to make such
sacrifice fitting? 1t is one of the ironies
Of politics that while, as We have already
said, such self-immolation may, in great
legislative junctures, be an act of duty, the
actual cases in which the sacrifices have been
made, both in England and this country,
have been for the sake Of professed and
rather petty partisan objects.
Such result furnishes one of the gravest
indictments against the prevailing spirit of
partisanship. It is made so entirely the
sole rule of politics that those who are sub
iect to it lose all sense of proportion. From
what we know of Mr.. Watson's character it
may be doubted whether if left entirely to
himself he would have deemed voting
Republican into the seat occupied by
Democrat, or the passage of bill TO per-
petuate Republican supremacy in the
House, worthy of being made party meas
ures. But the party rulers decreed that they
must be carried at any cost. and the partisan
law, as Mr.. Watson construed it, called
upon him to imperil his life if necessary to
secure their passage. The consequence is
that useful and honorable public life has
been cut short in order that partisan meas
ures may succeed. which future HISTORY will
be likely to recognize as unworthy.
The loss of life like Mr.. Watson's in the
way it was lost certainly indicates the neces-
sity of the modification of the partisan
spirit. 1t may not be singular, when party
leaders call upon member to disregard the
orders of his physician and hazard his life
in order. that they may carry contested
election case, that they should disregard
such lesser considerations as impartiality
and fairness in the prosecution of their
plans. But such partisanship furnishes its
strongest condemnation when it calls for the
sacrifice of life or health for totally mad
equate object
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
A STRANGE FOWL.
The Peculiar Pet Kept In n 81. Louis
Butcher shop.

The Peculiar Pet Kept In n 81. Louis
Butcher shop.
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.l
Fred Deppe, butcher at Thirteenth street
and franklin avenue. has in his shop peculiar
looking fowl, which he has kept there as pet
for the past three weeks The fowl, he thinks
is cross between chicken and a turkey. But
it has the head and beak of an eagle, the back
Of hawk or crow and the breast and legs of a
chicken of the shanghai order. In fact, it Is
an ornithological nondescript. 1t is o female
and slightly larger than an ordinary hen. 1t is
somewhat ungainly in form, having large
head and large feet and wings. The color Is
chiefly red. interspersed with white feathers,
and it's feathery covering is quite heavy. When
standing or walking its position is almost erect,
very similar to that of a crow, but its head is
extended far forward, with an arched neck,
giving its upper portion much the appearance
Of an eagle. When standing its tail feathers
extend forward between its legs in ridiculous
manner.
The apparent hybrid was brought to the city
with coop of chickens from Warrenton. No.,
and was observed by Henry Deppe, brother of
the butcher, who is employed in the produce
commission house of Miller Bros. He was at
tracted by the curious appearance of the fowl,
and gave 1t to his brother. who Is keeping 1t as
a pet He has had an offer of S. for it by
sporting man, but refused 1t. 1t is very tame
and permits itself to be handled by the en-
ployes of the butcher shop.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
A PERTINENT QUERY.
How MSS. in the Opening Prize Essay Con-
test WIN be Judged.

How MSS. In the Opening Prize Essay Con.
test WIN be Judged.
To the Editor OF The Dispatch.
A l0-year-old boy who contemplates contest
ing for your Exposition descriptive prizes, put
the question. who viii decide as to the best
written article" When told that one of the
staff would likely be the judge, he answered
that "He may not know good descriptive ar
ticle when he saw It or would likely have some
friend whom he would favor"
To set his mind at rest and spur him on to
write description, please advise how the de-
csion will be arrived at. . C.S.
THIRTY-sEcoND WARD, CITY, August 80
[Ths specter of Favoritism need not alarm
any Of the contestants. The editors of The
DISPATCH will be the Judges. The articles
will be carefully weighed in the newspaper
scales, and newspaper men should be the best
Judges. The editor of THE DISPATCH will
guarantee fairness. It would not be good policy
to select outsiders to read and pass upon the
competitions. any more than 1t would be wise
for medical or law students to pass examin-
ations befofe boards composed Of men who
never read law or studied medicine. Watch for
the prize essay and topical voting announce
NEVIS and enter the lists with the assurance
tRat all will be fair and equal-and may the
best one win.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
PRIZES AND BALLOTS.
HOW THE DISPATCH WILL ADD AFEATuRE
TO THE EXPOSITION.

THE DISPATCH has perfected arrangements
whereby 1t will be enabled to add q pleasant
feature to the varied attractions of the EXPOSE
tion from the oDening to the closing day.
Here are the preliminaries:
Room for headquarters at the Exposition has
been secured in the commodious and attractive
space occupied by the Brunswick-BalKe-Col-
lender Company's billiard table display. THE
DISPATCH booth will be located on corner,
g ring it frontage on two aisles, the whole
space being surrounded by wide passageways,
making it conspicuous and easy of access.
Here all the Ballors and Prize Essays of the
voters and contestants viii be received and ac-
curately recorded
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31

A DENVER paper states, as claim for
popular approval of the present Congress, ,thatits
silver bill has already brought silver nearly to
a par with gold" This is extremely advan-
tageous for the silver mine owners Of Colorado,
buuexactly how it will benei: the people of
the rest OF the country. who wanted silver
legislation on the ground that the gold standard
Of values is too high, does not quite appear.
II silver is raised to par with gold we will still
be on gold standard, and all the profits Of the
rise will 20 into the pockets Of the silver pro-
ducers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31
THE press comments indicate sarcastic

THE press comments indicate sarcastic
conclusion that there must be a general condi-
tion of poverty In New York City, from the
fact that there are only l40O0 people there, or
about per cent, who are assessed for taxation
or personal property. This scarcity of per-
sonal property for taxation is not peculiar to
New York, similar dearth of chattel posses
sions being noticeable among what are sup
posed to be the solid men of other places. A
more unique evidence of New York's poverty
is the inability of her poor millionaires to
raise the money for Grants monument.
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he audience in such quantities as to keep the
Systematic Robbery.


systrmafic Robbery.
TT Is as much as mans goods and chattels
are worth for him to 60 OF any length of
time and leave them unguarded night and day
in New York. This, no matter whether they
are left in private residence or fat The rob-
berries reported in the newspapers, bear but a
small proportion of the whole number COM
mitted The system of thievery of this sort is
about as perfect as that of any legitimate busi-
ness. Every large fathouse seems to have
kind of an advance agent for burglars. It may
be private servant, It may be the grocer 9 or
butchers boy, or milkman, or iceman-it is
some person intimately acquainted with the
internal arrangement of the house and the
character of its inmates. If any family in that
particular house is out of town, every one Of
these people know it. 1t is also known where
that family is and how long it will be gone. be-
cause these servants of the tradesmen have
been duly notified by the family itself. The
other day fat opposite my place was totally
Quilted of everything that could be carried out
through the roof, even to the bedding. A
dozen such robberies have occurred on the
block during the summer, not one of which
was noticed in the papers.
CHARLES 7. M URRAY.
NEW YORK, August 80.
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HON. JOHN A. ANDERSON, of Kansas,
the stubborn fighter of corporate aggressions in
general and of the Pacific railways in particular,
has failed of a denomination after having served
six terms in Congress-. 1t is not by any means
certain, however, that Mr.. Anderson's public
life il ended. He was defeated Of a renomina-
ton by the efforts Of th'. Union Pacific agents
in the Republican convention four years ago;
but he declined to be beaten so easily and, on
running independently, was elected by more
than the usual party majority. Mr.. Anderson
Is yet to be heard from