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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
WILL THE SILENCE BE BROKEN

In connection with the Blankenburg open
letter to Candidate Delamater. it is now
stated by authority close to the latter that
he proposes to make answer to the charges
against him by Senator Emery and others
within the party when he writes his letter
of acceptance of the nomination. IF this
is true, the decision is to be commended on
the principle of "better even somewhat late
than never" The signs of restiveness on
the subject are not confined to Blsnkenburg,
Lea or those others who have figured as
ready open-letter writers.
On the part of Delamater it is urged that
his delay in meeting the accusations of hav-
ing been a corporation agent at Harrisburg,
and of using corrupt methods in politics, is
Fagacious to the extent that as the nominee
of the party he will have the party in SYM
pathy with him and willing to stand up for
his statement when it comes. whereas. had
he attempted it before the convention, rival
aspirants within the party would have done
all in their power to discredIt him.
This is a very ingenious explanation.
There may be something in it, but the mo-
tive for delay exists no longer. There is,
also, threatening danger that If the answer
does not come soon it will spoil considerably
in the keeping. If the Republican candi-
date is the clever politician which he is
credited with being, he will not continue
any longer to defer his reply to the very
direct challenges of his Senatorial record
and of other features of his political career.
The season IN almost already over ripe for
that interesting promised letter of ac-
ceptance which, it has been quietly given
out, is to compose the minds of the doubling
Thomases and make the wicked Less,
Blankenburgs and such querulous spirits
cease from troubling with their open letters.
Perhaps the late vclley from Philadelphia
will bring on its deliversnce.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
FIGS AND THIsTLEs.

A ROTTEN post will tell you the truth about
itself the minute you shake 1t.
THE only thing man really needs Is the very
thing God is most anxious to give him.
WHEN people want TO help others, the best
thing they can do is TO pray for themselves.
THOUSANDS of men move into Sodom be-
cause they FIRST took a trip down into Egypt
EXAMPLE is more contagious than smallpox,
and there is no way Of vaccinating against 1t.
IF churches were built without back seats,
it would be hard to get backslider into one.
GRAND preaching is all well enough in its
way, but it is grand living that does the most
for God.
WHENEVER the smile Of God touches the
head of man it makes shining mark for the
devil to shoot at.
LoNG faces and cherries hearts in church
members have done as much to keep the devil
in good spirits as the distilleries.
PEOPLE who are travelling toward perdition
with all the speed they can master, are not the
ones Satan Is most anxious about.
BISHOP TAYLOR sleeps with a stone under
his head. He has softer pillow than the man
who goes to bed with q guilty conscience.
The best thoughts we have are those that
get into our hands and feet. and leads rs to
do something for others that God 10 pleased
with.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
MIR. wIDENER,s PROMISES.

The declaration of Mr.. P. A. B. Widener,
of Philadelphia, that the Pittsburg Traction
road will not consent 10 any consolidation
with the Duquesne Traction, is an encour.
aging and commendable one; but the details
with which he accompanies that declaration
are not such as to convey any assurance that
the result of the warfare which he promises
will not be consolidation or combination of
some sort.
The steps which Mr.. Widener promises
are the stereotyped ones taken by corpora
ton whose monopoly is disturbed, generally
with the fatuous idea that it can crush out
the rival that trenches upon its field. The
reduction 10 a three-cent fare The DIS
PATCH has often pointed as something that
ought to be hoped for from legitimate COM
petition, But when it is threatened that
coaches will be run wherever the cables do
not parallel the Duouesne's tracks and that
passengers will there be carried at three cents,
iii plain that the warfare will not be legiti-
mate competition, but that sort of rivalry
which seeks to strangle competition by in
ficting as much loss on the competitors as
fraction of the three-cent rate with any idea
of making money or paying expenses. tits
simply the outbreak OF the policy which
obtains wherever exclusive privileges have
existed, or are hoped for in the future, of
making competition SO Improbable that
both parties will turn to consolidation or
combination as a measure of relief
Such policy inevitably leads to the goal
which Mr. Widener pretends to sbjure. To
think of "crushing out" a line of electric
railway is ridiculous. The plant will stay
there in any event; and its competition may
be met In either of two ways. Legitimate
competition with it may be accepted by re-
ducing charges to the lowest limit that will
pay expenses, and trusting to the growth OF
traffic to restore the profits. Mr.. Wideaer
can preserve the autonomy of his corpora
tion by adopting this plan, and ii his rival
shows disposition to cut prices to the point
of loss, letting it have all the losing business.
But the regulation tendency for those who
have enjoyed the exclusive control of any
traffic, il to resort to the warfare" method
of Furnishing any interloper in the field; and
that always results in the consolidation or
combination which corporate warfare is
really intended to establish.
Mr.. Widene-'s professions are those of the
Observation-Disclosures; but his promises are
those which terminate in consolidation.
The cable car magnate doth protest too much
for his own case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09

especially significant when We perceive that
it is an inevitable result of one of the settled
methods of legislation.
For about nine years the need Of new
locks at the Sault has been established by
the reports o. the engineers and recognized
by the acts Of Congress authoriEing the
work and appropristing money for its prose-
cution. But the necessities of political log
rolling In Congress have required appropri-
ations Of this sort to be scattered among
hundreds of jobs with the consequence that
works of really national importance have
dragged along slowly, because the funds
were not provided TO finish them up
promptly. During the nine years, with the
pending appropriations, S110, 100000 have
been appropriated to public works of this
sort. had that expenditure been intelli-
gently concentrated on works of real merit,
there is no doubt that the new locks at the
Sault would long ago have been completed,
together with other waterways OF equal
magnitude. But the methods of practical
politics have wasted and scattered this vast
sum so thai even that portion of it applied
to work Of importance is not ready for the
exigency.
The Press is right in stating this to be the
most important phase of the closing of Sault
Ste. Marie. But there is minor phase of it
which is not without value. 1t is that the
methods OF expediting business established
BY ;the present rulers of the House have so
expedited business that the bill containing
such appropriations as the present sys-
tenn does give, has been very nearly
strangled at birth. Other means of ex-
pediting the departure of the surplus
have succeeded so we'll that plans were
entertained for condemning the river and
harbor bill to death, and one result Of the
policy which has ruled at the present session
is that the grain of the Northwest, the ore of
Lake Superior and the coal of Western
Pennsylvania are tied up at the Sault for
an indefinite period.
1t is also intimated that railroad influence
in Congress has been instrumental in delay
ing the work at the Sault, in order to force
upon the rail lines the traffic which would
otherwise take the lake route. But in this
case, we can acquit the corporations of per-
nicious activity, where it was wholly un-
necessary. The stupidity and blunder1ng
of practical politics has done all that the
most selfish corporations could desire. with
out any exertion on their part.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
STATE COMBINATIONS.

READING workmen have organized and will
try to elect their own candidates to Councils.
A SWARM of bees entered the cab of a loco
motive at Allentown and drove the engin eer
out.
EAsToN has a scamp who finds pleasure in
soiing white dresses by throwing licorice juice
on them. He soiled six in one evening.
THE tgure-caller at a Mauch Chunk ball had
such voice that persons living within two
squares were prevented from sleeping.
A 3YEAR-oLD child of John Speicher, of
Lebanon, ate box of pills on Wednesday and
died yesterday of spasms and exhaustion.
A WEST CHESTER dog stole two loayes OF
bread which he had observed a baker leave in
the yard of a restaurant early on Saturday
morning.
THE lS-months-old daughter Of Charles
Yerkes, of the Sorrel Horse Hotel, Bucks
county, fell in a tub Of water one day this week
and was drowned.
A MYSTERIOUS malady has attacked the
cattle of job Hayes, of Marlborough, Chester
county. After suffering a few minutes the
animals drop dread.
1T is rumored that syndicate of Philadel.
phia capitalists Is endeavoring to purchase nine
acres of ground from Mrs. Berger at Langhorne
for the purpose of erecting large hotel.
THE sauitariums situated along the South
Mountain. near Wernersville. are well patron
lied this season by those in pursuit of health
and pleasure. There are nearly 800 guests reg
istered and sojourning at them.
A BOY named John Kerns fell on the rail-
road track. near Warren, his chin striking
squarely on the iron rail. Eight teeth were
knocked out and six driven into the upper jaw
so far that it required many hours work Of
surgeon and dentist to exrricate them. His
lip also was torn and had to be stitched.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
ON THE ROAD TO BOSTON.
Special Trains on Every Road Crowded
With Passengers for the Hub.

Special Trains on Every Road Crowded
With Passengers for the Hob.
CHICAGO. August S.-Every passenger train
arriving in Chicago to-day on all the Western
roads, brought large bodies of excursionists en-
route to Boston and New York. who are taking
advantage of the cheap rates consequent on the
Grand Army Encampment in the former place.
The Grand Army of the Republic delegates
and the Third Regiment of the Missouri
National Guard. from Kansas City, ar
rived at the Union depot this morning over the
Burlington. The Northwestern road brought
in a special train in three section from Wis
consin points. The Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul brought the California Department,
and all the roads had one OF more contingents.
The Rock Island will bring in four special
trains tomorrow from Kansas and Colorado
points.
The crowd from Chicago East is upprece-
dented. At the Michigan Central Office to-day
they were obliged to turn people away in large
numbers, unable to give them Accommodations.
This road will send two more special trains
running through to Boston. They have also
arranged for a new line of Chicago and Boston
sleepers TO go into service on the North Shore
Limited trains. 1t is said that not so per cent Of
this extra travel is made up of Grand Army
men. Ordinary tourists are taking advantage
of the cheap rates in great numbers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09

but most Of those who colonized it ex.
hausted their scant means in getting there.
The drought has played havoc with this
years harvest and the Governor says that q
famine is imminent. Under these circum-
stances President Harrson's recommends
ton that the balance left from former
relief fund be devoted to Oklahoma's needs
will receive hearty ndorsementeverywhere
If more moneyis needed to save our country
men from death from starvation Congress
should make haste to provide it The nation
is too prosperous and careful of its honor to
allow starvation to stalk abroad within its
borders.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

| CONGRESSMAN W. II. 81. CowLEs, of North
Carolina is at his home in Wilkesboro. and in
| very feeble health.
CAPTAIN D. W. MULLAN, who commanded
the Nipsic during the big Samoan hurricane, is
guest of the Lafayette, Philadelphia.
NEW YoRK's ex-Commissloner of Public
Works, General John Newton. and his family,
are spending the summer at the Grand View,
| Littleton, n. H.
THE latest candidate for Director General
of the Worlds Fair is John B. Carson, Presi-
| dent Of the Chicago and Western Indiana Rail-
road, and formerly general manager of the
"Monon"
MISS GABRIELLE GREELEY conducted q
grove meeting last Sunday afternoon in the
pine grove planted by her father about 40 years
! ago on his farm at Chappaqua. About 400 per-
sons were present.
WHAT is called the Legal Education Society
has been organized in New York in the interest
of women who desire to enter the New York
University as students of law. Mrs. Abram s..
Hewitt is spoken of as its first president.
HENRY DOUGLASS PIERCE and daughter, of
Indianapolis, sailed for Europe yesterday on
the steamer Majestic. Mr.. Pierce .s nephew
of the late Vice President Hendricks, and was
formerly law partner of Senator Turpie.
CHARLES FISHER, the veteran actor, has re-
tired from the stage and has gone down to his
birthplace in Suffolk, England, to end his days.
He Is rs years of age. He played in "As You
Like IT. for the last time in London on Mon
day, his part being that of the aged Addn.
The schooner Mary Anderson has sailed
from San Francisco in the hope of finding the
81. OO0 900 lost years ago when the Brother Jona-
than went down with all on board. Nobody
knows where the vessel sunk, but skipper of
the Pacific thinks the good luck which follows
the name of Mary Anderson may locate the
lost treasure.
ACCORDING to Prof. e. James, colored, the
earth has but little more than a twelve
month to stand. Prof. James is chiropodist
with an international reputation. He has
travelled much and removed corns and bunions
from the crown heads of Europe so to SPEAK
In his odd spells he turns his mind loose on
prophecy, aud after careful study of the stars
he is compelled to fix August 2l, 1891, as the
grand shake-dovn and wind-up OF the universe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.

Two facts were demonstrated by the execu-
tion at Auburn-one that electricity will kill, and
the other that the newspapers paid no attention
to the law regarding the publication Of the affair.
AND now it is denied that Senator-elect Brice
has bought the indianapolis Sentinel. The denial
comes from the proprietor Of the paper. which
ought to be considered frst-class authority.
NEARLY 200 Congressman have petitioned
Speaker Reed for breathing spell. As the Speaker
is believed to be opposed to the resolution, it is
safe to predict that business will be continued at
the old stand.
PITTsBURGERS are not doing much talking
over the war now raging between rival traction
companies. Neither will they protest against g.
cent fares. The average citizen does hot kick
when his pocketbook is not being trifed with.
IT is stated that 25O,OOO women are married
yearly in England. If there were that many mar
riages in Chicago yearly a person could tell how
many divorces were granted by cutting OFF one
cipher.
MRS. GLADSTONE always attends public
meetings when her husband is going to speak.
There are several men in til is city who are not
very far away when their wives are making ex-
temporaneous speeches.
THE local board is having as much trouble in
securing q director general of the World Fair
as a fast young man has Of making both ends
meet.
IT is said that Chairman Brice paid out of his
own pocket $3.50, 900 in the Cleveland campaign.
National and Sen atorial campaigns certainly are
expensive luxuries but person who can buy
railroad one day and frst-class paper the next
don't notice such little things as $3.50, 900.
LORD AND LADY DUNLo have made up!
Dunlo would be doing the right thing now to his
wife and nobility generally If he should tie
heavy weight to his neck and throw himself into
the sea, and say here goes nobody.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Rev. E. M. vnn Deusep, d. d.

The Rev. Edwin M. Van Deusen, D. D., the
first rector Of st. Peters Church, In this city,
died at an advanced age, on Thursday morning.
at his residence in Baltimore. Dr. Van Deusen
was rector of st. Peters from 1851 to 1854 and by
his wise ministration brought the parish to high
degree Of prosperity. He numbered among his
parishioners Jacob W. Pane II. J. Lynch, John
Harper. Hill, Burgwin and the late James A.
Hutchison, Hon. William f. Johnston and
Charles A. Cotton. It will be remembered NV
many that Dr. Van Densen. although a. strong
9epunican& & nhnrcb ana tiow @ pontles to be made
fusaI some extra-loyal members tried to turn him
out. A fierce contest ensued; but DR.. Van Deusen
congregation. by whom he was beloved. He
soon afterward accepted the rectorship Of Grace
Church Utica N. Y, which, after eight or nine
years OF faithful and successful ministration. he
resigned on account of Ill health. and retired
from all active work. He leaves to survive him
q wife and five grandchildren.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
THE COUNTRY LIFE.

Not what we would, but what we must,
Makes up the sum of living;
Heaven is both more and less than just
In taking and in giving.
swords cleave to hands that sought the plow
And laurels miss the soldiers plov.
Me, whom the day holds, whose feet
Have worn its stony highways,
Familiar with its loneliest street.
Its ways were never my ways.
My cradle was beside the sea,
And there, 1 hope, my grave will be.
Old homestead! If that gray old town,
Thy vane is seaward blowing,
The slip Of garden stretches down
To where the tide Is flowing;
Below thev lie, their sails all furled,
The ships that 60 about the world.
Dearer than little country house,
Inland. with pines beside it;
Some peach trees with unfruitful boughs,
A well. with weeds to hide it.;
No flowers, or only such as rise
Self sown, poor things, which all despise.
Dear country homel Can forget
The least of thy sweet trifes?
The window vines that Chamber yet,
Whose bloom the bee still rifesy
The roadside blackberries, growing ripe,
And in the woods the Indian pipe?
Happy the man who tills his field.
Content with rustic labor;
Earth does to him her fulness yield.
Hap what may to his neighbor.
Well days, sound nights, ah, can there be
lite more rational and free?
Dear country life Of child and mani
For both the best the strongest,
That with the earliest race began,
And hast outlived the Ion geSt;
Their cities perished long ago;
Who the first farmers were to know.
Perhaps our Babels, too. will fall;
ESQ, nc lamentations.
For mother earth will shelter all,
And iced the unborn nations;
Yes. and the swords that menace now
Win then be beaten to the plow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
ELECTRIC rRAHKEzsrE1H.
A Mechanism Both Ingenious and Useful
That Moves n Perambulntor.

A Mechanism Both Ingenious and Useful
That Moves PerambuIator.
LOWELL, MASS, August &-George R
Moore, Of this city, retired mill-owner, has
constructed an electric man that walks about
with every appearance Of life, and Is made to
be useful as well as ornamental by pushing
perambulator. The chair over which he pre-
sides is light wicker-work affair, ike those OF
a half-grown trotting sulKy. There is a foot
board which is used for carrying the batteries
which put the propelling power into the cleo
trio mans muscles of wood and steel
The man stands directly behind the chair. II
he were flesh and blood he would just come in
side the limits as lightweight sparrer, and as
far as all appearances go would be about 70
years old. He Is connected with the chair at
about the point at which the human diaphragm
is popularity supposed to be located. There is
a pushing bar above this, on which his neatly
gloved hands rest, but this is more for vanity
than utility He is dressed in the height of
fashion, being attired in new suit Of gray
mixed goods, white shirt with collar and cuffs
to match and soft felt hat. He has number
of changes of clothing, and can be dressed for
Fourth of July or Christmas weather just like
any man. He wears a No. shoe, four wide.
and supports a Louis NapoleonIc mustache.
Met upon any thoroughfars he would be
inatheu IOT uiS Roucral etJlo anu NiHnAAcN
bearing. Just at present his complexion Is a
little of color. but he is to have this treated
with the most approved toilet preparations
that the paint box can produce.
The action of the feet and legs, which the in
ventor has reached with this machine. is a
remarkable imitation of human being. There
IS none of the jerky motion that is so commonly
seen In mechanical figures. Each foot. as it
leaves the ground. rises naturally Oh the toe
with the same springy motion that is charac-
teristic of the graceful walk among men and
women. As in the taking of the foot from the
ground SO in replacing it at the end of the
step, the motion is free from jog or jar, and is
entirely natural. The electric man is provided
with six-horse power battery, which is amply
sunclent TO enable him to push the latest
dowager up Corey hill. 1t is Mr.. Moore's in
tention to make bis electric man polite, as well
as useful. and to that end his right arm, which
Is said to have more joints and bones than the
corresponding member of the human body, will
be so arranged that he can raise his hat grace
fully as he receives fare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-09
ALL SAID IN FUN.

Thirsty Customer-A mint julep, pleased
Barkeeper-with or without ice?
''WItlI of course"
ga dollar and a half, pleased Cash in sd
vance. ''-feEo York Sum
She (affectionately) - Goodby, George
dear Think sometimes of me still
He (brutal to the last)-I will try to. old girl.
But it will be awfuIly unnatural.-Amsricdn
Grocer.
'I don't believe in allowing domestics to
get the upper hand. make my servant keep her
placel''
you are lucky. Ours never does for more than
three weeks. ''-An1ertcaR Grocer.
His Latest Title.-Wee Wife-Love Won?
OF course do. You dear. blessed old peach crop.
Big Husband Qoving but luckless)-Great scot.I
Why this new title1
W. w.-Because you are such a perpetual fal-
-YenoDRte's Nelos.
A Tale of Woe.-Mrs. Muleahy-Bridpet
O'Donahue, it's me sympathy ye have in your
sorrow.
Brjdget-Yes, the owl man has zone. but
troubles never come alone, Oi don't know.
Mrs. Mulcahy-Bedad, and what's happened
now?
Bridget-Faith. and me poor bllIy-goat swal-
lowed bit OF ice and the iceman shot him dead TO
recover his property.-KeGrney Entsrpriss.
Careful of Her Reputation Mary Jane
(ready 10 retlre)-Oome, susan Ann, amt you
most ready to go to bed?
susan Ann famazed)-what! and leave this
room without bein' set to rights? My lan'l Mary
Jane, what sort o. housekeepers do you reckon
burglars would think we are If they should come
in here Philadelphia Inquirer.
Quite Excusable.-Hattie-W will you
wear that starched shirt and that stiff collar such
weather as this? Why don't you wear a cheviot?
Harry-wen, the fact Is. don't look nearly 80
well in cheviot as do IN these things.''
Hattie-I think you are quite justified in not
wearing cheviot.-5oston Transcript.
'I've had a delightful time on my vaca-
tion. No regular hours for meals. large airy
room. No charge for hot and cold baths. AL
fruits and vegetables. well-stocked wine cal
lar and no charge for corkage, and, above AL, no
fees for the servants.i
'.Deliciousl Where Is this IDEAL spoty''
81 stayed at home. ''-Helo York Sun.