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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
THE INDEPENDENT POLICY

Another refinery and pipe line is added to
the list of Independent enterprises by which
the petroleum producing interests propose
TO free themselves from the inevitable re-
suit of having but one purchaser for their
product. Most of the enterprises which
have taken definite shape so far are of local
Importance; but they are undoubtedly steps
in the right direction and lead up to the
ultimate solution.
That will be reached when the projects
attain the scope of competing pipe lines
which will bring the production of the
various fields to some central point like
Pittsburg whence the refined product can
be distributed to consumers all over the
country, or gain access to the seaboard for
export. When that is done the end of the
Standards supremacy will approach, SIM
ply because the ability to choke off competi-
tion in the refining and distribution of oil
will be taken away. The Interstate COM
merce law will prevent Determinations
on the railroads; the rivers will afford
q practicable route for export oil and the
distribution of refined to the West and
Southwest If the Standard undertakes to
bug up competing refneries and pipelines
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
PITTsBURG. MONDAY, DEC. %, 1880
Ok LEGISLATORS PLANS.

The programme which the Allegheny
county members of the Legislature have
marked out Tor themselves in the organiza-
ton of the Legislature may be characteristic
bat it can hardly be regarded as creditable.
It is not proposed that the Allegheny county
delegation shall hold anv caucus or make
any pledges on the Speakership, in order
that they may be free to throw their sup
port to the Speaker whose support viii re-
turn the best usufruct to the Allegheny
county delegation.
This is not at all inconsistent with the
record OF craftsmanship usually attained by
Allegheny county Legislators Tue idea
thar Allegheny county, as the second
constituency of the State and containing the
second and third cities Of Pennsylvania,
should take tie leadership in organization
or present any distinct features OF legislative
policy. does not occur TO the average polit-
icai gentleman whom We send to assist In
the making of our laws 1t might perhaps
be considered possible by some theorists
that it would be possible for Allegheny
county 20 present the policy, for the support
o. the whole OF Western Pennsylvania, of
legislation to advance the canal project
which will give the Western part of the
State water transportation to the lakes. But
such considerations are entirely foreign to
The principles OF selection by which our leg
islato-s are designated.
Nevertheless 1t would be discreet for our
gtatesmaa 10 consider whether their policy
Is lhe bes; one TO attain their professed pur-
pose. The cid proverb about two stools is
lc the point. and IL is also a commercial fact
that the fellows who most urgently rush into
the market, do not invariably reach the
highest prices for their goods Merely, as
matter Of making good negotiation, might
ii not be wiser Tor the representatives OF
Allegheny TO put up candidate for Speaker,
10 whom they would be so much attached
that they could not be induced to locate
their votes elsewhere except on most solid
considerations?
It is pleasant rarity to fnG one member
from Allegheny county presenting the ex-
ceptional aspect of desiring to vote for
Speaker who will put anti-corperation men
on the committees having such matters in
charge and give the industrial and laboring
interests a fair representation on the CON-
mittees shaping legislation. We hope that
Mr.. Jones will continue his search for such
candidate, and, if he finds him, will cast
his vote that way, as q testimony that he re-
CARDS the interests of the people as of more
Importance than political deals.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
AN AUCTION OF DOLLS.
Many Celebrated Ladies Unite in Pretty
Little Scheme,

Many Celebrated Ladies Unite in Pretty
Little Scheme,
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The doll show in the
Judge building is about over. Tomorrow
there will be an auction sale of dolls dressed
by a numbet of wellknown actresses, and by
Mrs. Harrison. Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Morton
and others. The following men have con-
sented to act as auctioneers: Chauncey M.
Depew, Marshall P. Wilder, Joseph Polk,
Lewis Harrison, William II. Crane Neil Bur
CESS, Denman Thompson, ]. De Angels, Rus
sell B. Harrison, Tony Pastor and w. ].
Arkel. The auction is to take place promptly
at o. clock.
Saturday all the prize dolls were placed upon
a separate table. In the morning there was
large delegation of poor children present as the
guests of the proprietors of Frank LesLie's II
L,tstrated Newspaper After inspecting the
dolls the children were photographed on the
steps of the building. The rooms were filled
during the afternoon and evening The phono-
graph on the second floor continues to attract
large crowds. On the pretty stage in the main
room the 20 young ladies from Boston gave one
of the best programmes of the week. Mrs
Percy and her associates were busy all day
pointing out special dolls and directing the af-
fairs generally
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
OUR ARCTIC PARADISE,
Some of the Charms of Alaska Pictur-
esquely Set Forth.

Some of the Charms of Alaska Pictur-
esquely Set Forth.
New York World.1
We understand there are EARTHQUAKES up
yonder, considerable assortment of volcanoes,
cheap ice, good skating in winter, more mos
quitoes in summer than Jersey ever claimed
and pie 'ty OF chances for young men to grow
up with the country.
AT present the territory is sparsely inhab-
lied, unless you count the seals on the coast
and the wolves in the woods Land is cheap,
and the opportunity for hard work abundant.
The inhabitants are industrious-have to be or
srarve to death. At times the sun gets dissi-
pated and stays up all night; at other times he
sulks and re fuses to get up az all. AS for the
climate. you pays your, money and you takes
your choice, You can freeze to death on the
uplands if you have any fondness for that
sport. and you can acquire a. different kinds of
malaria on the lowlands, so tina. when you get
tired of shaking" in one way you can be ac-
commodated with another.
Alaska Is a fine and picturesque example of
the tail end of creation. 1t has lofty mount
aims. with ready-made toboggan slides ten or
twelve miles long, magnificent streams so full
of fish that every day of the week seams to be
Friday and a soil which will grow potatoes if
those esculent and succulent vegetables in
stead of fooling their time away as they do in
the East Will get up on their hind legs and be
ready for the farmers cellar in little over a
month.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
4 WOMAN'S IDEA ON MAGIC.
The Wife of Famous Professor Reveals
Some of Her knowledge.

The Wife of Famous Professor Reveals
Some of Her knowledge.
Mrs. Hermann in n. Y. Herald.1
The entertainment furnished by the ma
gicians of the present day is Of much higher
order than that presented to the public 80 or 40
years ago. The old tricks were well enough in
their way, but amusement seekers look for and
expect better things. Agents in Europe
are always on the lookout for novelties.
I never saw a magical entertainment until 1
attended performance of Prof. Hermann at
the Egyptian Hall in London. A friend had
seats for a matinee, and induced me to 60.
The trick that like best is that in which a
live dove Is taken from an omelette which Mr..
Hermann cooks before the audience.
made my first appearance on the stage in
the famous trick called THE Mystery of the
lnquisition," and from that timo until now
have taken part in every performance given by
Prof. Hermann. l was the first to appear in
that well-known and attractive feat THE
Vanishing Lady" and in the BLACK Art and
La Crem Ition," all of which are popular with
the public
like the work, there is so much variety and
excitement in il.
am constantly studying up something new
in the magician's art. Just now l am rehears-
ing novel and marvellous trick in magic.
which is one of the most ingenious and intri-
cate thai have ever been invented. 1t requires
great skill to perform well and is likely TO cre-
ate a sensation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
A DEAF AND DUMB ROOSTER.
A Strange Buffalo Freak Which a Snowman
Can Utilize.

BUFFALO, Dec. 2l.-A gentleman living on
the outskirts OF the city near Black Rock owns
a curiosity the like of which Barnum never
dreamed of. 1t is deaf ana dumb rooster-a
full-grown, brilliantly plumed. brown Leghorn
chanticleer-that has lost his voice, can neither
crow nor cluck, nor make any other audible
sound with his vocal apparatus; does not wake
up the neighborhood at o'clock in the morn
ing with an everlasting cook-a-doodle-doo;d does
not give an alarm of hawks every time black
cloud crosses the sun, but is still as much the
lord of the chicken park as ever.
He has not always been thus. Up to the time
he was eight months old he was as noisy as any
young rooster need be. Then he got his head
caught in barbed wire fence in such way as
to mangle his neck and probably tear out the
vocal chords. Losing the power to make
sounds, he evidently forgot how to hear them.
At least now at the age of three years. he gives
no evidence of hearing. But he makes his
ewes answer for ears and voice, too. If anyone
wanted proof that he was really deaf and dumb
those eyes would be convincing. There Is moth
ing he does not see.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
A NEw OCCUPATION FOR STUDENTS.
The Boston Gas Company Employs School
Boys to Read Meters.

Boys TO READ Meters.
BOSTON, Dec. N.-The Boston Gas Light
Company has adopted a. new plan for taking
the meters and for making out the bills. Last
October the company began employing
students to 60 around and take the statements
of the meters at the close of each month and to
deliver the pills the following week. 1t was
new move in Boston, though the experiment had
been tried in Chicago year or two ago and has
been working successfully ever since. The
idea originated with the company. and not with
the students, because when men were hired
they had to be taken into regular employment,
Since it takes only about five days to take the
meters and two to deliver the bills, the idea
was to get persons who could work for that
period for ordinary days wages (s2), and whom
it would not be necessary to employ after that
special work was done. The only persons that
seemed available were college and high-school
students.
Accordingly the advertisement was pub
lished, and applications came in fast, SO that
there has already for some time been con-
siderable waiting list. The young men are
from various institutions-the English High
School, Somerville High School, tho CONNER
cial schools Boston University and Harvard.
The students at the Institute of Technology
cannot come in for their share of the employ
ment since they cannot miss lectures, and dur
ing the monthly period for reading the meters
the employees must work all day, Just as wage
earners,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
THE LARGEST KITE IN THE WORLD
An Interesting Experiment of Four Hart
ford Young Men.

An interesting Experiment OIL -Four Hart
ford Young Men.
HARTFORD. Dec. 2l.-Four young men in
Terryville-Lun I. Bunnell, Arthur e. Bunnell,
A Andrus and Wallace 7. Cook--are the orig
A1ators and makers of a kite which is probably
the largest in the United States, if not in the
world. The dimensions of the kite are:
Length of upright stick 1615 feet: of cross
stick, 121& feet; of tail tmade of stout rope in
which is secured large pieces of sacking and
"burlap') 140 feet; area of canvas, about 200
square feet. A CLOTHES line" rope is used for
the string which is l, ,2U0 feet long.
Recently, during high wind, the kite was
launched into space for the first time. After it
was well started four young men held the
String" and at a height of nearly LOCO feet
with their united efforts, they were unable to
manage it, and were dragged over swamp and
brush land for quite distance They required
the help of two others to reach a tree near the
house of Mr.. Andrus, where the end OF the
clothesline was tied to tree, and the kite
sailed gracefully over the village until night
fall at an altitude of over IU00 feet. On ac-
count of the prevailing high wind it was found
that the tail was too short and common sheet
was used to obtain the necessary length re-
quired. This. when the kite was at It's greatest
height, appeared no larger than a mans hand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

THE question how long the new railroad
agreement will last is occupying some atten-
tion of our esteemed contemporaries. Previous
experience with similar agreements warrants
the prediction thar this one will last until it is
discovered that it is to the interest of some
corporation, or for the profit Of some manager,
to slice rates a little. Then the new combina-
tion will 60 over to the majority.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
UNDER THE 1IISTLETOE-

They told me kiss
Is not amiss;
Under tine mistletoe;
So during the dance
On Christmas Eve,
Iawaited chance
To bring 6enevieve
Under the mistletoe.
But alas ana alack!
While waltzing back,
(with another girl, you knowl
saw Genevieve
And a cavalier
Osculate
Meath the chandelier
Confound the mistletoe
So during the whirl
With the other girt
came to the mistletoe;
1 kissed her fair
And she hung her head,
While Genevieye
Blushed angry red,
Ignoring the mistletoe.
tried next day
To explain away
The affair of the mistletOe;
She'd not have 1t 80,
And bade me GO
Imight be her brother.
Well, 1 welded the other.
And we need no mistletoe.
~. O. Ward In Cincinnati Poet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
TO SUCCEED COLQUITT.
Georgia Alliance Men Say They VIII Elect
Calhoun as Senator,


Calhoun as Senator.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH:
AUGUSTA. Dec. 2l.-Mr. Pat Calhoun is to be
a fixed figure in Georgia politics, and if the
Farmers Alliance can mako it so, he will be
the successor of Alfred H COlquitt in the
United States Senate An Alliance man, high
up in the councils of the party. said today:
THE Alliance has learned a lesson from its
defeat by Senator Gordon and will not be
caught mapping the next time. In the next
State election there will be regular Alliance
candidate put up in every county pledged
to vote for the Alliance candidate
for Senator. The issue will be SO de-
fined that there will be no dodging it. We had
enough of Coquitr. He has always famed
upon the farmers, but when the time for action
came he was always found wanting. The gal
liant fight made by Calhoun for the Alliance
has endeared him to the brethren, and if you
could attend the meetings as do, you would
soon find out what hold he has upon the peo-
pie. II the apportionment bill had been so
framed as to allow a Congressman-at-large in
the Fifty-second Congress, Calhoun would have
been the man. As it is, we will reserve him to
succeed ColQuitt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
THE GHOST DANCE OF WITS.
He went Ger his speech
Some two hours after,
And put in parentheses

Some two hours after,
And put in parentheses
(HearD (Cheers) and (Lsughter).
Puck.
The Youths Companion-The ballet
dancer so gay Cincinnati 7Tmes-Star.
The tramps are about to petition the
Kansas Railroad Commissioners to require ties 10
be laid uniformly so that man will not have to
take long step and short step when he goes
from place to place. It's wearing the nerves
as well as the legs.-TopekG Journal.
Bjinks-Have you ever seen anything
like Mrs. Lowcutte's dress since you were born!
Bjones-Well-er-nOt since l was weaned'-
Nelo York Dramatic Mirror.
"Ow-wowp' shrieked the man with
hammer. 'T've hit my own nail.''
''What fuss to make over a small matterF ex-
claimed the lath. Here you have been pounolhk
my nails all day and / haven't made o COM
plant. Chicago Times.
Dom Pedro's throne brought $500 at aue-
tion. should Speaker Reeds chair be sold In the
spring II will go considerably below those figures
81. Louis COurier-JOur9dt.
Mrs. Pancake Ito tramp)-What do you
do when your working?
Tramp-I'm a canvasser.
Mrs. Pancake-What do you canvass for?
Tramp (eloping with the luncheon)-My hvin's
mum.-zszds SVttngs, .
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

THE discovery that Governor-elect Boyd,
of Nebraska, is probably not citizen of the
United States, and therefore ineligible to Of
flee, is referred to as proof of the looseness
with which our naturalization laws are admin
istered." AS the statement of the case is that
both the Governor-elect and his father have
voted and held Office without complying with
the requirements of naturalization, we should
take 1t to be more cogent proof of the Iooseness
of our politics In putting up men for Office
without waiting to see whether they are citi-
zens or not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

LAW partner Miller as a nominee to the
Supreme Bench of the United States would be
little more creditable than the appointment
of political partner Divver to the Police Bench
of New York But neither nomination is of
exactly the sort calculated to enhance public
respect for the impartiality and infallibility of
iustice
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
A NUNS QUEER STORY.
She Makes Serious Charges Against De-
troit Convent Management.

troit Convent Management.
DETROIT, Dec 2L-One of the inmates of the
House of the Good Shepherd here left the in
stitutlon surreptiously some time ago owing to
a misunderstanding with the Mother Superior
The matter came to light to-day when the
truant nun was found at the residence of
friends in this city.
She said, upon being questioned. that the
reason she left was that the institution wasn't
run properly. The tasks set the Sisters were
too onerous and in many instances impossible
to perform in the allotted time, under which
circumstances the delinquent was whipped by
a machine strap, In addition to this the food
was extremely poor; everything they ate being
begged. One Sister died from the effects of
something she ate at the home some time ago.
One girl died while she was being whipped.
The Mother Superior of the Institution de-
nies the charges of the truant nun, and Bishop
Foley says he does not. place any reliance in
the story.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

No wonder the methods of French judges
seem peculiar to those versed in the practice
of law in this country. The French judges
seem to be imbued with the idea that one OF
their most important functions is to secure the
conviction of criminals.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
Raw Material Duty Free.

From the Chicago News.l
English dudes and titled cads are very prop
erly admitted duty free as raw material
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

From the American Advertising Reporter.l
1t is curious to note the advent and duration
of Heading topics'' in the newspapers The
elections, the financial stringency, ETC.. and
now we have Parneli almost ad nauseum. 1t
makes the world seem small to contemplate the
tempest raised around it by one mans defec-
tions from the line oflmorality.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
This is Quite Probable.

From the Mansfield News, Dem.1
If Cal Brice is traced to place where he pays
Just amount of taxes, it may yet be discovered
that he does not live anywhere. This would
place him in a more embarrassing position than
his double enumeration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

by foreclosure of mortgage and of evicting
the tenant who had taken his place. This
Farmers Alliance must think that it has at
tanned the power of a great railroad corpora
ton to nullify and set aside the law with i'm
punity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Mrs. NIarv r. Mn1bo,land.

Mrs. Mary l.. Mulholland, wife of Robert Null
holland, the wel-known contractor, is dead at
the age OFFS years. The funeral will occur from
the family residence on Susquehanna street, East
End, to-day. at Y. M.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
A Hard Winter Broken Up.

NOW Ork Fress.l
A Western wit described man who had
escaped lynching after the rope was around his
neck and his body twice raised from the ground
as Hooking like the breaking up of hard win
ter" The description fitted Slguor Succi at
the conclusion of his 45 days fast.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
The Bad Lands Well Named.

From the Detroit Free Press.1
The Bad Lands, which are SO often men
toned, is an area of hill, gulcb. rock and sink
holes, in which the cactus will barely grow, and
yet some land boomer will get hold of the coun-
try in year or two and trail the arbutus across
it. and squeeze Eastern greenhorns out of their
cash.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
Lone Star LonesoIneness.

From the Chicago Tribune.l
There were 1,8s4 Prohibition votes cast in
Texas last month. The figures show that there
is an average of about one Prohibition voter
for every l63 square miles of Texas land. A
Prohibtionist must be lonesome man down
tb
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
An Appeal to the Stones.

II was in the midst of this struggle that a
queer thing happened. The precentor Of
the Cathedral was one day preaching sermon
the subject of which was the bishop himself.
And after calling the bishop all the hard names
he could think Of, he exclaimed, IF we were to
hold our peace the very stones would cry out
against himr' Whereat the stones began indeed
to utter low grumble; there was a rumble and
a crack and a crash and down came the great
central tower upon the heads Of the coDgrega-
tion. That was not an unfreuuent accident In
the history of medieval cathedrals. The an-
bilious mediBval builders paid but passing
attention to foundations. So the tower fell.
and when they built it up again into its present
shape they turned disaster into benediction by
making it the glory and the delight of the
Cathedral, the finest gothic tower in England.
Thus the Cathedral church of Lincoln got its
finishing touches, and Engl1shmen have chiefly
occupied themselves since then with breaking
down its affairs and hacking at Its pillars and
destructively restoring it afterwards; and SO
fitting it to be-what it is-a history in stone Of
the ups and downs the vagaries and devotions.
the simplicities and extravagancies of English
piety. They have bishop there to-day who
desires to restore some of the old beauties of
the place and the service and everybody is
after him, the Archbishop of Canterbury lead
ing the pursuit. But there Is no real contra
diction between truth and beauty. We will all
learn that one of these days. 6. Fl.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

THE information that Senator ingalls, has
taken a two weeks leave of absence from the
Senate, to look after his Kansas fences, invests
the trip with the sentiment of farewell tour.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22

The allegation that it was not lime but
mud that was thrown at Parnell is evidently
put forward as a vindication on the principle
that mud-throwing is the regulation practice
in political campaigns.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
The Jayhawker Senators.

From the st. LOUIS Globe-Democrat.J
1t wouId be much better for Kansas if Sem
ator Plumb instead Of Senator ingalls, were
seeking a reelection, as in that case she would
be sure of keeping both of them in her service.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
Macaroni Goes Up.

Minneapolis Tribune.J
Succi will finish his fast of IS days this even
ing. Dealers in ma.caroni have already pushed
the price upward few notches.