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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

THE antis won in Congress. Antitrust and
anti-lottery bills have been passed. When the
tariff bill is passed dealers who imagine thar
American goods are not as good as European
will have to ante up.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

IF Congress strangles itself with twine the
people will not mourn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

THE Russian Anarchists erected barricade
of sleepers before the Cars train the other day.
but failed to catch him mapping.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30
SNAP SHOTS IN. SEASON.
The sleepy railroad telegraph operator digs
graves in the Land of Nod.

graves IN Lue 1auu VI INOus
MEN, like money, must circulate. If money
is stored away in a strong box the dollars will
not breed pounds. So with the business man.
If he bures himself he will not partake of the
fat of the land. Both must pass around. He
of the store. shop or mill who does not keep in
touch with his fellows is q dead weight on the
neck of Progress. He is satisfied to CLEAN after
others reap SO long as he profits by the harvest.
He will not lead or be led. If pushed he falls.
The wind of the rushers takes his breath away.
So he grubs along in the old row with the
antique implements-a speck on the business
track, clam on the sands of the trade sea. He
won't come out OF his shell; no, not he. When
the tide comes he'll ride with the rest, and
that's all he wants. His business goes along in
the same groove. No new notions for him; no
trimmings for his trade; no noise while he
sleeps; no fresh paint on his old sign; no new
wine In his old bottles. He never
gets around among his neighbors. He's
out of touch with the life that came since he
went to sleep. He won't rub his eyes and wake
up to the demands of the Present oh, no.
The city was big enough when he came, and
further growth means nothing SO far as he's
concerned. So he sticks to the same street
every day-the old path, the old people. None
OF your modern, progressive young chaps for
uiu. Aic is oiAuutu Wy oel1s anu Will see not:
he is deafened by Greed, and will hear not; he
is paralyzed by Dignity, and will feel not; he is
benumbed by Fogyism. and will talk not. He's
a back number, and should be turned down.
CROOKED jury can not render a true bill.
But some 60 on record just the same.
TIME flies over the wires to the electric
clock.
AN epidemic of laughter does not annoy
sanitary insnectora
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30
CANDIDATE DELAMArKR must mind his P's

PEOPLE who imagine that talk ID cheap will
change their mind when they buy ticket for
Stanley's lecture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

THE Buenos Ayres police arrest whistlers.
When the Annie Rooney air strikes the Argen-
tine the boobies win be kept busy. It's CATCH
ing, you know.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

SOME fruit crops this year are worth more
money than the land on which they grew.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

THE bills passed by Congress are legal tender,
but some are worthless for all that.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

HOUSE Postmaster Wheat took his grist to
the wrong market.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

SOME records will be broken before the
political racers pass under the wire.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

MEN blind with passion can see well enough
to shoot straight.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

THE old-fashioned crinoline. of gigantic pro-
portions, is coming from Paris. The small boy
may cry Hoop lap girls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-30

BLUE points are best when blue noses are
visible. The frost favors the one and paints the
other.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
q PORTER GREW ELOQUENT.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN DENOUNCED
THOSE WHO OPPOSE DELAMATER.

He Tells How He Worked for Montootli-
Ticket.
County Chairman Porter. was called for,
and he was soon on his feet. During his
speech. which was longer than he intended,
he was fred up by remarks from people in
the audience Chairman Porter said:
hope the day has not come when it is neces-
sary to make an argument for protection in
Allegheny county. You have but to look
around you.
A Voice-How about Montooth?
MOntooth, you sayl l went to Harrisburg
and voted for him without hope of favor or re-
ward. If we ever expect to elect Montooth,
how can We do it by electing Robert E. Pat
tison? 1 Will put up my record alongside or
yours. Can you further the interest of the
party by defeating it at the polls? TCries of
mo. No."1 We can't expect to have all our
friends named Oh the ticket. Our turn will
come some day A voice. "Never."I Suppose
our man should be nominated, and then the
other fellows should turn in and say, "You
didn't help us. We won't help YOU"
NOW there is more involved in this contest
than is apparent. The eyes of the country are
upon us. What do the people of the country
know of our factional differences? They will
simply say that Harrisons administration has
been indorsed or not according to the result
mere. or that the Mckinley bill has been dis
approved Of. Surely You would not want peo-
pie to say that We are hoggish in Pennsylva-
MIA.
party in Allegheny county. The man who de-
serts principle through spite and malice is un-
worthy of the name of Republican. 1t has
been the rule of the opposition always to SLAM
der and libel the Republican candidate. This
is how the Democrats treated Lincoln, Grant
and Garfield
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
RETURNING TO COAL.
Several Iron Manufacturers Abandon the
Use of Natural Gas.

Several Iron Manufacturers Abandon the
Use of Natural Gas.
The PIttsburg Forge and Iron Company
is losing no time in preparing for return
to coal. To-day bricklayers will be busy in
resetting CRATES under the pudding fur
naces, and by the middle of the week the old
porkhouse mill will be running on COAL as
of yore. The scrap furnaces will be also
prepared for coal. The finishing department
will still continue TO use gas. This company
has been suffering from a scarcity of gas for
some time, and the TACT that it has, is a very
significant one. The Philadelphia Com
pany would allow the mill to run
only from 6 A. NJ. to 6 p. NJ. Before
work was commenced the mill had pressure
OF Is ounces, but Immediately on the pres
sure being turned on it fell three ounces,
factor insufficient to produce enough heat.
As result the puddlers have been idle
half the time; they succeeded in getting out
five heats yesterday for the first time In
many weeks Mr.. Calvin Weels, who is
President OF the company, is also director
of the Philadelphia Company, and a nat
ural inference to be drawn from his double
connection would be that ii there was gas
to be had he would have il.
Oliver Bros. & Phillip; will have their
Woods Run furnaces SET for coal at once.
The old furnaces, in this as in other mills,
which were originall.- constructed for coal,
can be transformed for coal in a short time.
The CRATES which were built up for the use
of gas can be replaced in "a hours. Furnaces
built since the introduction of gas will re-
quire to have CRATES and pots built in, and
will take longer time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
HAPPY WITHOUT LEGS.

The ColOred Mans Cheerful Disposition
Subject of Comment.
A colored man with both legs cut off be-
low the knees, a bootblack's kit thrown
over his shoulder, singing an old planta-
tion song, and hobbliDg along Water street
yesterday attracted the attention of crowd
of rivermen.
"Well, remarked an ancient captain, as
he wiped away tear, 81 wish I had that
mans happy disposition. 1t seems to be a
trait OF the colored race that they never get
the blues, and they are always happy. 1
have seen these people load cotton
In the South until the sweat poured
from their faces. and L expected
them to stop and complain about their hard
work, as other races would do, but no, the
melody OF their songs only increased and
their good-natured remarks and laughter
grew louder. Indeed, the colored man is a
fortunate individual. If the good Lord put
him down in lowly place, He at least left
them one inheritance, and that is cheerful
temperament. 1 think 1 can now more
fully appreciate one of Joaquin Miller's
beautiful little stories. He was travelling
in Texas, and as the night was approaching
he turned into the hut of an old colored
aunty to rest Joaquin was sitting in the
doorway looking at the declining sun when
he called the old ladv's attention to the
beauty of the Redeemed tints on the sky.
"Ah," answered she, ''this is beautiful
world, massa, beautiful wcrld."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
AN OIL MANS PREDICTION.
He Says the Groveton Field Is at Present in
Danger.

He Says the Groveton Field Is at Present in
Danger.
Now that the enforcement of the Sunday
law in the Forest Grove oil field promises to
lead to expensive litigation, the subject Is
being seriously discussed in that neighbor-
hood. Said an operator who has seen the
beginning. middle and end of several oil
fields, yesterday: ''If the Forest Grove oil
field is not pumped on Sunday it will be
very short-liyed, and in eight months from
now will be a thing of the past. We had
the same trouble in Beaver county about the
time the big Marks we'll was struck, and in
consequence of the interference of strict
Sabbatarians, that field declined much
sooner than it would otherwise have done.
Sunday work may be wrong, but if there be
any such q thing as work necessary to be
done on that day, it will be found to consist
in the pumping of considerable number Of
wells"
Quite a number of people in the vicinity
of Groveton are curious to see, since the con-
troversy has been aroused, which will tip
the beam-self-interest or strict Sabbatarian
convietion-and to operators, who have
thousands of dollars at stake, the interest is
rather more than a curious one: Some, in
fact, have their all invested, and hold that
it is just as laudable to take care of the
product as it is to mend broken fence on
Sunday, in order that cattle may not de-
stroy growing crops.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
IN THE SAME BOAT.
THE ALLEGHENY MILLS MUST NOW GO
BACK TO COAL.

Legal Complications May Arise and Claims
for Damages be Made-Coal as Cheap
as Gas-The Stoppage Thought to be
Only Temporary.
The mill patrons OF the Allegheny Heat
ing Company, which is supplied with gas
BY the Philadelphia Company, are in the
same boat with the Pittsburg manufacturers
and at o'clock Monday morning will
either have to start their pudding furnaces
with coal, for time at least, or shut them
down.
Mr.. McCutcheon, of Lindsay & Nc
Cutcheou, said yesterday that the move was
a surprise to him. Last Tuesday the firm
was notified by telephone that the gas would
be shut off Monday, but he did not realize
the meaning of the move until he read The
DISPATCH yesterday morning.
at Is question" he said, whether the
company can shut of the gas entirely or not,
without more of notice than that given.
However Mr.. McCutcheon was not posted
of the law on the subject, and. even if the
gas were shut off, the question of damages
would come up at future date. He did not
yet underestimate his satisfaction just what
the move means and intends consulting the
company.
Mr.. McCutcheon said that, ii the mill was
shut down, the firm would go bsck to coal.
He thought coal was about as cheap in the
long run as gas-counting the stoppages
and uncertainty of getting out orders. No
complaint was made about the quality of
the iron and steel made with coal, and he
thought it just as good as that made with
gas The firm always has enough muck
bar on hand to last two or three days ahead,
SO that the stoppage of gas would not inter
fere before that time. 1t will then only
effect the pudding furnaces.
At the Allegheny Heating Company's
Office it was said that the stoppage would
only be temporary, and until the Philadel-
phia Company has its Second avenue main
from the BeIlevernon field connected. 1t
was said that there was no meter with large
enough capacity to measure the gas used by
mills, andlthat the waste was largely due to
the pudding furnaces. il this waste could
be saved it would provide against any
scarcity to the private consumers.
The Allegheny firms affected by the new
order are Lindsay & McCutcheon, Oliver
Bros.-lower mills, Liggett Spring and
Axle Company, Pittsburg Forge and Axle
Company, Pittsburg Locomotive Works,
Hamilton, Lemon, Arnold & Co.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
WANTED A FRIENDSHIP RING.

A Fourth Avenue Bum Tries New Dodge
and Secures the Price.
He was ragged and unkempt, with a face
that had not been shaved for many weeks,
and his hands so dirty that even the chills
and fever would not give him shake, as he
approached crowd of brokers in front of the
Oil Exchange, yesterday afternoon. His
elbows had pushed their wav out into the
world through his coat sleeves, and the top
of his battered stiff hat tapped in the wind
like loose kitchen shutter. There was no
question but that he was going to strike the
crowd for dime, whereby to warm thu
cookies of his heart, but the crowd was not
prepared for the way he made the request.
As he raised his eyes in supplicating way,
be said:
Gentlemen, 1 am trying to get enough
money to buy friendship ring. Can you
exhibit your friendship to the extent OF a
few pennies" The money was forthcoming
as soon as the crowd recovered from the
shock
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
To the Late Eli Edmundson.

The furniture dealers and business associ-
ates of the late Eli Edmundson, Sr., met
Saturday evening at the Office of A. J. Lo-
gan & Co. and organized by electing Mr.. p
G. Schoeneck Chairman and A. j. Logan
Secretary and passed the following resolu-
tions on the death of their late friend and
associate:
Whereas, Eli Edmundson, Sr., for
many years prominently identified with the
furniture, bedding and upholstery trade of
this city. has, in the providence of God,
been called away by death; therefore, be it
Z Resolved, That we, his late associates and
competitors in business here assem-
bled, bear testimony of our kindly
feeling toward the deceased, and bear
witness of his sound business ca
pacity and strict integrity of character. En-
tering the mattress making business more
than 80 years ago, by his diligent and pa
tient efforts he mastered all the branches
kindred to that line, and before his retire.
ment from active business he stood at the
head OF firm that represented
all the branches kindred to the branch
he first adopted. That in all our
business relations with Mr.. Edmundson he
proved himself courteous. honorable and
upright competitor, and prudent and
careful associate and adviser, and although
he has been called away at good old age,
more than the full score allotted to man, we
cannot help feeling that his association
would still be of great value to us.
Resolved, That we tender the bereaved
family of our departed friend our heartfelt
coincidence, and at the same time assure
them that we share in their grief.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
But Since Delamater is tine Nominee,
Senator Sherman Asks Repub-
licans to Stand by Him.
A SPEECH ON NATIONAL ISSUES.
One Allusion to the Republican Standard
Bearer, Which Was Loudly Cheered
BY the Crowd.
OLD CITY HALL WAS WE'LL FILLED.
Cha irmsn Porter Arragns Kckers, and Tells How BE
Worked for Montooth.

Old City Hall was comfortably filed last
evening, by voters to hear "the grizzled
Senator from Ohio" John Sherman, discuss
national issues. The crowd was a good
sized one, but not as large as the great out
pour of people that greeted Pattison and his
co-adjutors, several weeks ago. Mr.. Sher-
man had been posted, and, unlike his ma
tional predecessors, Ingalls, and Mckinley,
he diverted at one stage of his tariff talk to
make an allusion to the Republican candi-
date. The Interpolation was well received,
and someone in the audience cried, "Give
us more of that kind" but John wasn't in
the humor, and he returned to the thread of
his discourse on how TO best levy taxes to
support the general government
In his. side remarks he said he had fa-
vored the nomination of his gallant friend
Hastings, but people couldn't always get
what they wanted. He told his audience
not to sulk, but to vote for the regular nom-
inee, for he understood he was good man.
WHERE HE HIT THE CROWD.
When at one point he said he recognized
neither boss nor king, but respected only
the will of the people, there were howls of
delight. and someone shouted. "Good boy,
John. That's what we want His refer
ence to Speaker Reed brought down the
house, and when speaking of the pension
legislation passed by the last House, one of
his brothers old soldiers said. "And how
about Uncle Bill?"
The Senator replied quickly: "Uncle Bill
is we'll pensioned now, and Is enjoying every
day of his life."
John Sherman is generally characterized
as cold and distant but he was quite warm
last evening. When he walked on the stage,
in company with Chairman Porter, Mayor
GourIey and William Martin, the crowd
gave him splendid ovation, and the old
man replied with profound bow and a
smile. Like Andrew Curtin, he appeared
in true democratic costume, and If his
trousers seemed to be little short for him,
they made up in their width.
THE RESPECT OF ALL FOR SHERMAN.
In his speech he discussed national issues
in creditable manner, and if his efforts
were not applauded as much as some others
made here this fall he commanded the atten-
ton and respect of every man in the house.
Without much ado William Martin, ex-
Secretary OF the Amalgamated Association,
was introduced as Chairman oil the meeting.
He didn't stop to read the list OF Vice Presi-
dents, bu' in accepting the homo said that
he felt the mantle should have fallen on
othe: shoulders. He added that ne was
heart an soul io' the State, county and Con-
gressional tickets, from George Wallace
Delamater down, and he hoped every true
Republican would show his colors. With
out further parley he brought forward Sena-
tor Sherman, who was the drawing card of
the evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
PRICES.
If Prices Are Any Induce
ment, Read These

These are all 3-pound cans but
the corn. They are strictly first
class goods. We will guarantee
them to be as good as any you can
buy. These prices are 20 per cent
less than any wholesale house in
Pittsburg will sell the same goods.
If you are under any obligations to
your grocer, and have to buy from
him, these prices are of no interest
to you. But if you want to buy
where you can get the best and the
most goods for the least money,
they mean a good deal to you.
Our Pittsburg Tea and Order De-
partment is becoming very popular
with our Pittsburg and out-of-town
trade. 1t is so centrally located
(only doors from the postofice)
that our friends can hardly come to
town without passing the door.
We have a large stock of Teas
for sale, and full line of groceries
as samples from which, to leave
your order. Orders delivered
promptly to all parts of both cities.
Send for our large Weekly
Pamphlet and order by mail.
Orders amounting to $40, without
counting sugar, packed and shipped
free of charge to any point within
200 miles. A discount of 5 per
cent allowed on orders amounting
to $50, sugar and meat excepted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
LARGEST METER IN THE CITY.
THE CITIZENS TRACTION COMPANY HAS
a WHoPPER

Now Measuring About Half Million
Feet Day-Its Full Capacity Never Yet
Tested-Faith of the Consumers in 1t.
The meter At the Citizens Traction Com
rauy's power house, Thirtv-fourth street and
Penn avenue, has the largest registering ca
psci:y Of any in the city. 1t is shaped like
huge covered non bowl. 1t is about four
Feet high and six feet in diameter. Above
it, and where the gas enters the bowl, is the
register. There are seven dialS. They reg
lsier respectively, in feet 1000,
10000 IOO,OO0. LOCO 200, 10000, 900,
lOG, COO, 600 and Loco, OOO, 900. There are
eight boilers in the station, but
only four are rur at one time. Of course,
much depends Ipon the draught as to the
quantity oi gas consumed. Yesterday, by
watching Jbe Eoot register, it was found that
J; tock the haud just three and a half
minutes 10 MAKE the circuit of the dial,
showing that ], 900 feet were burned in that
time.
AL employe OF the Philadelphia Com
pany, whose gas is used, estimated that,
with four boilers, the consumption for day
Of - hours averaged SIC. 600 feet.
MONEY SAVED THE CONSUMER
Saperintedent Rugg said that the Traction
people had had no trouble with the Phila-
delphia Company and had received no notice
from the latter as to any change in policy,
so tar as the Citizens Company was con:
cerned.
II want to say" remarked Mr.. Rugg,
''that we tried for long time to get a meter
placed here. We have been receiving gas
under contract, but last summer We induced
the Philadelphia Company to put in this
meter. Since that time its agents and our
employees have kept close watch upon its
workings. 1t has demonstrated to me the
tact thar we have been paying fer more gas
than We used. We were, in fact, paving for
the waste of other people. As it is now, we
pay for just what we use and no more.
beginning with the 1st of November
the meter will start its work for us, we being
under contract up to that time. What are
we to pay thousand feet? Well, now, just
ask that young man who is taking an ac-
count OF the register"
MIGHT BE A SPECIAL RATE.
The young man referred to, in reply to q
similar question, said that the gas would be
furnished to the Traction people at the rate
Of 7Z cents per thousand feet. Whether
that rate would hold with other large con-
Germs possessing registers he did not know.
Mr Rugg was satisfied that the meter
would solve the problem of the waste of
natural gas. If a meter the size OF the one
in the Traction station could be used with
succe S, he couldn't see why they could not
be lust as successful In the mills. He did
not see that the gas was any cheaper than
coal, but it certainly had the great advant-
age of cleanliness.
who pays for the meters 2" Mr.. Rugg
was asked.
"Well," replied that gentleman, "the
Philadelphia Company put it in, and, of
course, is supposed to pay for 1t, but in the
long run you may rest assured the Traction
company will foot the bill. What mean
is that we will eventually pay for it in pay
ing for the gas we consume"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

by man. and would not pass from one part of
the country to another. and when you cross
the State line you would have to pay pre-
MUM.
GREAT GROWTH OF THIRTY YEARS.
The railroads IN 1850 were O,635 miles, now
we have 100 600 miles of railroad in the United
States, one-balf of the railroads oflthe world.
Then we were third-class power, Jeered at
and laughed at, and when the war commenced
the last legacy OF Democratic administration.
Kings and Emperors and Queen were watch
ing for the decadence and falling to
pieces of this great Republic OF ours.
The government was tottefing to its founda-
tions. The eyes of all the great European
countries were watching the last days of the
great Republic. Now. thank God, thank che
Union soldiers, thank the American people,
this country of ours has risen far above and be-
yond all fears Of this kind, and now the peo-
pie of all these emperors and of these king
doms are looking eagerly and anxiously for the
good time coming when they can copy our in
stitutions and enjoy republics as we do in this
country. Loud and prolonged applause.]