Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-17
THE STROLLER'S STORIES,
Odd Opinions and Quaint Observations Gath.
cred From Curb aud Corridor

people laQ really l0llnQulShed expectation OF
any winter at all The feathery fakes on the
face and the cold, dry wind brought the redness
to cheeks and the brightness to eyes. People
went about their business with more vim. The
hills about the city were white but in town the
snow melted as soon as it fell. 1t is always
warmer In the city than in the country Heat
arises from thousands of furnaces, stoves, heat
ing pipes and gas jets, and the very movement Of
the constantly surging crowd increases the
temperature. Up on Mt. Washington the wind
almost blew the whiskers off the citizen who
ventured out Of doors. and the dweller there
who came down to the city was almost frozen,
or thought he was, when he reached his work.
1t is to be hoped that the Mt. Washington wife
did not suspect her husband when he went
home last hight with very red nose. 1t was
simply the biting cold
I asst night the temperature reached the low.
est point during the winter. 1t fell steadily
| but slowly during the day. indicating 200 Just
before dark. The Signal Service observers ex-
pect about 15o this morning. Thewind's veoc-
ityldid not exceed 20 miles an hour during
the day, although The Stroller's Mt. Washing
ton friend AYERS that it blew every bit of 90
miles. He says moreover, that he is wind
expert.
| PAUL BLoUET, the celebrated French writer.
lecturer and traveller, came in yesterday
| with the blizzard and wrote his small, nervous
pen name, MAX ORell, (" on the register at the
Hotel Anderson. The house was SO crowded
that he could not obtain room. He contented
himself walking about the corridors, studying
the numerous advertisements and observing
the demeanor Of the many guests. He is
rather large man, with big head and broad
shoulders His complexion Is dark and his
face has the appearance of robust health. He
was somewhat surprised to find the Anderson
so crowded. He thought it must indicate
lively state of trade in this city. He had never
visited Pittsburg before. he said. having only
passed through here once en- route westward.
b had heard much Of its great mills and was
anxious to see some of them. During the after
noon he went out for walk with couple Of
newspaper men Of this city.
"YoU have the country of the future" Mr..
Blouet said to The Stroller. Here one
sees the exemDlifcation of push, progress, in
vention- 1t is wonderful land. But your
people have not learned to enjoy life like our |
people. The French are the happiest people |
in the world. They are satisfied to take little
at time in all undertakings. Here there is |
such pushing and crowding for wealth and |
power that men do not know what happiness is. |
You must keep pace with the procession or
drop out and be lost. A few Americans are |
learning what happiness is, but they are very |
few. More will learn by and by. You have not |
yet got the hunting man. Within so years you |
will have in this country class like the coun-
try squirss in England"
Mr.. BLoUET came to Pittsburg from Buffalo, |
S'A io;e |
friends in Cleveland. He will depart for the
East at o'clock this morning by the Pennsyl-
vania fast line,
SERGEANT o. D. STEWART, Of the Signal
Service was out yesterday Tor the first time
after being confined to his house for a week
with very severe attack of the influenza. It
developed into pneumonia, and for two or
three days he was in q critical condition. His
physician and good nursing pulled him through.
He was at his office Yesterday for short time,
but was too weak to work. He expects to take
hold to-day. Observer Baldwin who was also
laid up for several days, is back at his desk.
CooD personal relations exist between Colonel
- George Washington Elkins, the President
of the Pitsburg Traction Company, and a num-
ber Of his striking employees. The other day he
met one of them on Fifth avenue, near the
postofice "Well, Jack" said the Colonel II
suppose you still think you are right?" ITO be
sure do. Colonel. suppose you think you are
right also?" Certainly am" answered the
Colonel, but man who thinks like you do,
Jack, ought to be up there" The Colonel
pointed to the Jail. Jack responded, "And a
man who thinks like you do, Colonel, ought TO
be down there" The striker pointed to the
pavement. The Colonel acknowledged that it
was lone on him."
EX-SENATOR BLANCHE K. BRUCE, formerly
of Mississippi, now of Washington, D. e.,
was striking figure at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel last night He had been billed for |
make railway connections. He therefore de-
c1ded to spend the night at the Seventh Ave-
nue., and relieve the general order Of his travel
ing experience by enjoying good bed and two
good meals. To-day he will go to Ashtabula,
where he will lecture this evening. This is the
Senator's third winter as lecturer, and he has
been meeting with great success He is a man
of fine education, a careful thinker and good
talker. His experience in public life as q
Senator for six years and as Registrar of the
Treasury has qualified him to speak intelli- /
gently on public questions. His family re- I
mains in Washington, and he runs into that
city now and then.
MR.. BRUCE says that he has no solution for
Tile SOubuoku AdSO PAOOAchs 44c A0tudEk6us
'This Congress, think, will pass either Sena- +
tor Sherman's bill for Federal supervision OF I
elections or Representative Lodges bill for the i
Australian ballot system whichever seems '
likely to receive the strongest support. 1 can
not say which would do the most good for our
people in the South. Many experiments will
probably have to be tried. Time alone may
bring the only settlement. The trouble is with
public sentiment No law will effect reform T
10 xuff - 1
The measures now before Congress may do
good, but it is impossible to say how much
until they are tried" The Senator was inter-
ssted in the national convention Of Afro-Amer- 2
can leagues which met on Wednesday in Chi
,ago. He said: II see that there are no repre- Y
ientatives from the South, and that the old
eaders Of the race are not present. For those :,
easons do not think the convention will ac- y
,omplish much" 2
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER STEWART told e
a story on himself when he was in the city a
IN Wednesday. He said there was an old lady u
n Norristown who was a great friend of his. n
lie often gave her material aid and occasional ~ y
v called at her humble home to see how she
One day lately she said to him: q
Mr.. Stewart, had a great dream last night Il
{ was Grand Army dream" II would be IL
lad to hear it. auntie," said the Commander
he old lady told the following story: "I
reamed 1 died, and. strange to say, l went
own to the bad place. walked all around
or some time, looking for some of my friends. d
was surprised that 1 did not see any man vi
rearing a Grand Army uniform. saw British W
oldiers all IN red, Frenchmen in blue with b,
heir chin boards and cockades Germans with
heir helmets and Russians with their coats ,u
ut never Grand Army man did l SPY. At -
lst went to the boss Of the place and asked :,
i'm about it. He took me to one corner and -
fled up trap door. Gracious mel it was hot =
own there. The fire was just blazing up, and
ne place was full of smoke. Down there we're b'
undreds and hundreds of Grand Army men. pS
hey had their blue clothes their brass but G .e
ons and their slouch hats. Why, Mr.. Satan, 1 III
lid, what is the meaning OF this3 He replied,
{ isn't hot enough for them up here They ID
~. douu.n thnrn holhinr q "a mn a. ad