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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.

PATTI closed her farewell American tour
Saturday evening in New York City. 1t may be q
year and it may be longer before she will appear
again.
AN Ohio paper Is greatly surprised at the
fact that the newspapers said nothing about'ex-
President Hayes hens when he sailed for Ber-
muda. The hens, like everything else, must have
a rest occasionally.
THE latch-string will be found on the outside
of many new drinking places on Thursday morn
ing. What a startling piece of news it would be
If the singers of intoxicants should resolve to go
out on strike Thursday after being in enforced
idleness for several months!
IT matters not to the workingman whether he
is paid in gold, silver or greenbacks. 1t Is the
scarcity of either that bothers him mostly.
RAIN-IN-THE-FACE, a Sioux chief, has ap-
piled for job on the Bismarck police force. The
average Indian true to his nature, is always
looking for more rest.
ONE whole week has passed and all the
umpIres who reported at the opening game are
still in the flesh. Either the world or the umpire
Is getting better.
THERE are worse towns to live in than
Pittsburg on Sunday A Wisconsin Judge has
on the Sabbath day. 1t is safe to say that His
Honor never was the owner of genuine case Of
toothache.
A WHOLE week has come and gone and no
election was held in Rhode Island. The voter is
probably taking a rest to catch his second wind.
THE RAMS Horn, edited by reformed in
fdel says: ''If there wasn't SO much money in
the world there would be more religion" Still
there are men in this country who have neither
money nor religion.
THE Duke of Orleans is to be married in
prison. He should make a model husband, as his
wife will know where he spends his evenings.
THE statement that Bismarck had written
letter favoring local option has been authori-
tatively denied. Mr.. Gladstone, however, wrote
the letter referred to. The Joke is not sucn dry
one after all.
THE spire OF the Brunswick, Me-. Baptist
Church was torn down recently. Instead of fall
ing on the ground, as was expected, the spire
went plumb into the cistern below the sidewalk.
,.Baptist to the last - was the quiet remark of a
bystaQder.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
Little SDIaahea.

THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH has fitted
out an expedition "a strong two-horse top
wagon, driver and two reporters-to explore
the roads of the State.-Country Gentleman
THE esteemed PITTsBURG DISPATCH has
assigned a reporter to the task of riding over
the dirt roads of Western Pennsylvania and
writing out the result of his observations. But
the probability is that he will get stuck in the
mud before he gets out of the suburbs.-BaEtt-
more american
PENNSYLVANIA. as well as the Empire State
is engaged in the movement for better roads,
and other Commonwealths are beginning an
active agitation of the subject. This reform
promises to seize upon the country as the de-
mand for purer elections has, and the wise
enactments of one State will prove an incentive
to other communities to initiate such good ex-
amples-Syracuse Herald
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

Little Chotelaine. by the Earl of Desart. are
late issues in the international SeriesD Of
Messrs. Frank F. Lowell & Co., who announce
that every work in this series is published by
arrangement with the author"
80
a PRoPos of the Lovells. there is a letter re-
Gently published in The Critic over Mr..
John W. Lovell's signature. in which he says,
referring to the completion of the great cheap
book trust" that the price of paper-covered
books will not be affected by this combination,
unless Congress adopts the recommended ad-
vance of 500 per cent IN the postage Of such
literature
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

culiar apportionment The contrast can be
summed up by the practical proposition to
devote from fifteen to thirty days on measures
affecting the public welfare, after spending
something like hundred and fifty in fight
ing for partisan control.
The Republican leaders are evidently in
need Of some practical instruction on the
artistic Importance Of proportion in values.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
SILVER LEGISLATION
Acting M . Powerful Stimulant Upon the
Stock Market.


Stock Market.
NEW YORK, April T.-Henry Clews Co.
will say tomorrow: The prospect of silver leg
islation is acting as powerful stimulant upon
the stock market. Although the bill which
seems most likely to pass, that adopted in Re-
publican caucus Wednesday night. satisfies
comparatively few; yet everyone has but one
opinion as to its stimulating effect upon val
ues, which not only counteracts opposition, but
gives it a support which would otherwise
not be accorded. There is, of course, some
speculation as to what President Harrison will
do in the case; whether he will give it
official sanction, or exercise the power
of veto. Thus far the President has
been conspicuously silent: still, it Is
known that he is largely influenced by the
advice of Secretary Window in such matters,
and now that the most radical dangers of
silver imitation have been avoided, the bill may
receive his approval Political exigencles are
such that it would be grave misfortune for
the party In power to find itself in antagonlsm
with the Chief Executive upon such an i'm
portant question this. Conditions are such
as compel the Republicans to maintain
harmony, and no bill which would invite veto
is likely to he passed. Without wishing to
predict. we incline to the opinion that Presi-
dent Harrisons position is sufficiently well
understood to secure the drafting of bill that
will meet with his approval.
pansion of the currency will be highly stImu-
lative. In the more sparsely settled parts of
the country there have been very severe conn.,
plants about the scarcity of money, and even
at the centers of population business has been
hampered by the same cause. The present sup
ply of currency has proved inadequate to meet
pressing demands, arising from the wonderful
development of industry now in progress. In
this country it is now about go per capita. In the
United Kingdom, where a compact population
greatly increases the efficiency of circulation,
it is about $40 per capita, and in France. where
similar conditions prevail, it is nearly $40 per
capita. In a country SO sparsely populated as
the United States, where currency in some Sec
tions necessarily moves with less facility than
in Others; in other words: where gwen sum Is
can safely stand considerable expansion,
whether it be considered advisable OF not.
There is no doubt that tine dangers of silver
imitation have been much exaggerated, and
real or fanciful, they are SO distant as to have
no effect on the early future
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

IT is interesting to observe that while
Flack got few months in Jail, Bookstaver, the
Judge in whose court the conspiracy was car
ried out, has got off with coat of whitewash
from the Assembly Committee to investigate
the matter with reference to his impeachment,
The trial of Flack was in public. and the inves-
tlgation of Bookstaver was private. Can that
explain the difference in the efficiency of their
respective "pulls?"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

THE news that the Marquis de Mores has
blossomed out as an Anarchist in Paris is
prfrld fdcte evidence that his banker father-in-
law must have got tired of coming down with
the means to support that titled rounder. This
is sufi cient to make the Marquis very bitter
against wealth. Nothing is SO exasperating to
the professional adventurer as the wealth that
he cannot get a share of.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
A BEATIFICATION CELEBRATED.
Service In Honor of n Priest Who Was Put
TO Death In China.


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
BALTIMORE. April N.-For the first time In
the history of the Catholic Church in this coun-
try, was celebrated at the church of the I'm
maculate Conception in this city to-day the
Qualification of John Gabriel Perboyre, the
French Catholic priest who was martyred in
China in 1910. He was born in 1902 and in 1885
was sent to China as a missionary, after fire.
nected with the work, which were at first re-
fused him on account of his ill-health. His
brother had been sent year before and had
died on the way. After faithful and heroic
work in China Father Perboyre was imprisoned
and tortured in the most barbarous way tor
eight months. He was then put to death, be-
ing strangled on a cross at the age of 80 years.
He was proclaimed blessed by Pope Leo XIII,
November IL. 1889.
The sermon appropriate to the occasian was
preached by Bishop Curtis, of Wilmington.
This evening Pontihcal vespers was celebrated
and Bishop Keane delivered the sermon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

The PIrTBURG DISPATCH, q most enter
prising and entertaining newspaper. has
started out an expedition to investigate the
county roads Of the State. This is certainly
great undertaking. and there can be no doubt
but that THE DISPATCH will make a thorough
and complete investigation and the result will
be looked for by thousands Of readers. THE
DISPATCH never does things by halves and
goes on the policy that what is worth doing at
all is worth doing well. Their enterprise is
certainly very commendable. Warren Mirror.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
TO GO OVER THE FALLS.
Mum Who Devours Live Snakes md Frogs,
Nails and Tncks to Attempt IL.


Nails and Tncks to Attempt IL.
w. Delayanti OF Burns. human ostrich, who
devours live snakes and frogs. horseshoe nails,
tacks, brads, knife blades, marbles and lamp
chimneys, and drinks kerosene oil as an ordi-
nary human being eats bread, is N years of
age, of medium height and weight, dark COM
plexioned and o pleasant conyersarionalist.
His home is in Syracuse. He is going over
Niagara Falls.
He has contracted with rubber company
for a large rubber ball, 5 feet inches IN length
and feet wide. inside measure, in which he in
tends going over the Horseshoe Falls at noon,
May %. his 22d birthday. He desires to get as
large a crowd together as possible, for he wishes
no one to cry fake" The ball will be padded
on the inside and will be closed with an air
tight cap, which screws on to one end OF the
ball. Delavanti will be supplied with oxygen
from a patent reservoir. 1t is calculated that
the trip can be made in 25 minutes and the
tank will contain an hours supply of air. Della
vanti and his friends are very sanguine Of sue
cesa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
L. This the Hand of Mr.. ScottS

An Erie dispatch to the New York Times
says: The contemplated alliance of farmers of
Erie and Crawford counties for political action
has created a suspicion in this quarter that the
movement bears the earmarks of Hon. Will
lam L. Scott, of Erie. 1t is currently reported
that the gentleman was aspiring for seat in
the United States Senate. The farmers pro-
pose to meet in Union City on Thursday next,
and line of action will be laid out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

is perhaps not grave impeachment of either
the agricultural intelligence, or the Crawford
Senator, either. Indeed we can conceive it to
be possible that there are farmers of the COM
ing generation who have very hazy ideas of
Senator Quay, and yet be none the worse for it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
BRITISH capitalists continue to buy u

BRITISH capitalists continue to buy up
American business interests at fabulous prices.
The prices are literally fabulous" says the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette. But the prices
are not more fabulous than the stock which the
syndicates palm of on the confiding British in
vestors The fable will in time teach the poor
investors the difference between water and
hard cash.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

'NEITHER cobblestones nor Belgian
blocks can any longer be considered suitable
pavement for a civilized CITY," declares the
Philadelphia Press. In that case what is Pitts
burg doing with its pavements? Will our city
authorities either correct the Press or their
policy of laying block stone for pavementsf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

IT is encouraging to observe that the
police have discovered that it is within the
scope of their duty to prosecute the speak
easies. and have commenced on the most fash
ionable one. With that good work kept on it
is possible that the license law will now be en-
forced
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
David Martins Narrow Escape.

From the washington Post
One of Senator Quay's ieutenants, David
Martin. Collector of Internal Revenue in one
of the Pennsylvania districts, had a narrow es-
cape at the Riggs House. A colored boy came
into his room to light the gas. His match
went out He struck another and turned on
another jet, leaving the first one running full
head. Mr.. Martin was almost unconscious
when the escaping gas was discovered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
Wyoming's Sad Plight.

From the Chicago Tribune.J
At last accounts nothing has been heard
from that Wyoming inatron, the mother of IS
children, who eloped few days ago with
young man. Her departure from that Territory
at a time when 1t is straining every nerve to
prove itself entitled to admission into the Union
as State Is peculiarly unfortunate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

GOVERNOR FOSTER remarks that Murat
Halstead has gone to New York in order ITO
allow the Republicans in Ohio to reunite and
carry the next election" In that case it might
be well for Foster to follow Halstead's ex-
ample. With Foster absent the Republicans
might have a chance,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
Campbell a Horrid Spokesman.

From the Washington Post.]
Governor Campbell having grown tired OF
dilatory tactics of the Legislature on reorgan-
ization matters. has welded the ak, and the
official head of Railroad Commissioner Cap
peller, a close friend of Ex-Governor Foraker,
now graces the basket. Governor Campbell
seems to be one of those horrid spoilsmen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

SILVER has got up to 1O5, and twenty
five cents more of an advance will put it on a
par with gold. But if that remarkable advance
should take place it might be questioned
whether a metal which f1uotuates SO widely is a
proper one to use as a measure of values.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
Hadn't Hemorrhage of the Brain.

CHICAGO, April 27.-Miss Marie Wainwright
arrived here this morning and was much sur
prised to learn of the alarming reports of her
condition sent from Minneapolis on Saturday
night Miss Wainwright said that she had not
had any hemorrhage of the brain, and that all
neuralgia, which. though extremely painful,
was certainly not dangerous.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
Date of the Prison Conere,..

ST. PETERSBURG, April 27.-The prisons
congress will open on June Is. The Prince of
Oldenburg will preside. Three hundred dele
gates viii be present
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
when shepord would Be Invinciblc.

From the San francisco Alta.1
Colonel Eliot F. Shepard Is in Florida. He
envies the alligators their percentage of mouth.
If he had such an opening he would be invinci-
BILE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

THE discovery by DIsPAToH cor
respondent of farmers boy In Crawford
county who never heard of Senator Delamater
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28
Married Fifty Years.

ESPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE pIsPArcR.i
MAssILLoN, April H.-Mr. and Mrs. David
Rogers. a wealthy and prominent couple living
two miles from this city, celebrated their golden
wedding yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

AFTER the banquet is over, has no one
observed the omission to applaud and indorse
the Administration? How will this be ex-
planned at the White House2
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

PATTI closed her farewell American tour
Saturday evening in New York City. 1t may be
year and it may be longer before she will appear
again.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

THE latch-string will be found on the outside
Of many new drinking places on Thursday morn
ing. What startling piece of news it would be
If the singers of ntoxicants should resolve to go
out on strike Thursday after being in enforced
idleness for several monthsl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

THE Duke of Orleans is to be married in
prison. He should make a model husband, as his
wife will know where he spends his evenings.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-28

IT matters not to the workingman whether he
is paid in gold, silver or greenbacks. 1t Is the
scarcity of either that bothers him mostly.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-02

The Northern Pacific rails are simply
obeying the law of natural philosophy
which ordains that no two bodies shall
occupy the same place at the same
time. No fault can be found with the
rails for insisting upon more elbow
room In the hot weather, but they do
choose the most inopportune of times
for bringing their grievances to the at
tention of the public. They seem also
TO take an undue advantage of the
situation by reserving their energies
and kicking only at the Northern Pa
ciGc sleepers. They will probably suc
coed in waking up somebody at st.
Paul before much longer.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-02
I'M PRAISE.

When the brilliant and scholarly
brooklyn Eagle devotes a leading edi-
torial of great length, learning and lu-
cidity TO "A horse, ii may safely be as
sumed that the animal is no common
%barnyard Dobbin, nor yet amilk wagon
or grocer's delivery aged plug. Nor is
the accomplished Eagles editorial it.
self strictly speaking a one-horse affair.
II discusses two of them, using Tenny
ms n foil by which Salvatore surprising
luster shines all the stronger. To give
the California colt the honor his due,
all the arts of rhetoric, all the cunning
tricks of e%loquence are brought into
play.
''rhere is little likelihood" says
the Brooklyn Thunderer, that for
many year to come the exhibition of
q%uadrupedal prowess put forth by sal
vator will be approached. What hon
ors may not be in store for the cham
piony shall we presently hear of him
crossing the seas and carrying the
orange and blue 10 victory on the other
side? Is the blue ribbon once more to
adorn the arms of Uncle sam? Is the
Grand Prix of Paris to find its way
again to these shores? Or, is the Won
derful horse to coniine his %conquering
career TO the land of his BIRTH Where
ever he goes he will carry with him the
admiration and benediction of every
man who loves a thoroughbred. What
ever the future may have in store for him
his fame is secure" AS the reader con
time down the column. the suspicion
grows TO a certainty that the Eagle
writer won several dollars on Salvador,
but his remarks are none the less peril
nent and deserving of general endorse
nant
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-02
HE PENSION DEGRADATION.

With the exception of Depew's speech
at Chicago, a good deal of which, like
his Washington centennial effort, was,
to tell the truth, mere buncombe. no re
cent public address is attracting so
much attention or commanding SO
much respect as Bishop Potter's Phi
Beta Kappa Grafton at Harvard Uni
versity. His theme was The scholar
and the state" and his effort was an
appeal TO American manhood. The
three great dangers of the times, as
Bishop Potter conceives them to be,
are the degrading effects of the spoils
system upon the political sense of the
citizen; the degradation of manhood
involved in the pension demagogy nov
30 rampant at the national capital; and
the deadening of conscience and the
confusion of moral principles involved
I'm holding the public official and the
politician exempt from the laws that
all civilized society applies TO human
conduct in,private life.
The first and third of these dangers
have been pointed out repeatedly and
elaborated at length many times and In
many places. The pension degradation
has not been discussed heretofore as a
question of morals: at least no discus
sion of IL has been based on the broad
grounds ~predicated by the Harvard
orator. lie affirms that IL is an evil
which In its e~nfeebling and corrupting
possibilities is a matter Of %portentious
import TO the republic:
The nauarxlle uroNisfou far thpsa WIN suffered
and were disabled In their eountry's defense
threatens, under the selfish and INSCRIPTIONS
manipulaiions ~ those who see In the degradA
ton Of their fellow citizens a short and easy
road 10 political supremacy, Ia become a pauIer.
kxing system. whose least and most innocent
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-02

consequence Is the minous burden which 1t In
destined, sooner or later, to saddle upon the
public treasury. Never was there n phariseeism
~ philanthropy I'm which personal aggrandize-
ment more ~impudenily maspneraded In the gar
ment of a grateful patriotism than our halls Of
Congress have lately presented; and the I'M
manly silence with which schemes NO grotcsque
that they should have long ago been laughed out
Of an intelligent public assembly have been re-
ceived. Is one of the most amazing facts Of our
political experience. Ihave nothing
TO say Of those who have devised this infamy and
baptized Ii with the name Of civic gratitude; but
for the manhood whiclvit IL destined 10 corrupt
and degrade, no honorable man can feel. I think,
any other than the most profound sympathy and
sorrow. This surely Is a system of government
that deliberately conspires to degrade men, and
no delicacy ought To consent TO excuse or con-
done IL.
This is a forcible presentation of the
moral issues involved In the strange
pension enactments of the present con
gress, and merits the thoughtful con
sideratiOn of all men who a rise
above the narrowness and bigotry of
p~artisanship.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-02
senator Hoar's Joke,

FROM the Pttsburg Dispatch:
The OLE senatorial tradition that Secre.
tary Hoar appreciates or perpe-
tratcs a joke has been found to be a myth.
During Senator Jones' exhaustive speech
on the silver question a few days ago he
referred to the factthat way in the ancient
days of the old Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts sea shells were used as money.
Mr.. Hoar nodded his venerable head In
approval and whispered to Senator Gray
Yes, and very good money il was, too.
III a person i'm those days wanted 10 order
n dozen on the half-shell he could do SO / IN
perfect safety, knowing that he could pay
for them with the Shells"