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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

A RATHER stunning story comes from
New York through the columns of the Phila-
delphia Press, to the effect that when ex-Con-
gresham Losch went to the Senate committee
room to see Senator Quay, he was ordered by
the imperious son of the Senator, Richard
Quay, Ito leave this room at once. No rene
gades to the Republican party are wanted
herer' This authoritative declaration is calcu-
lated to terminate all doubts as to two points
1t makes it clear, first that the Republican
party is already large enough to suit the son of
his father; and second it dispels any delusion
as to the commIttee-rooms Of the United states
being the property of the nation and designed
for the use of those who have business there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
TO DRIVE AWAY THE BLUES.

Teacher Gin grammar-school. )-"Youf
lesson to-day is on nouns. Nouns are names Of
| things
Small boy-''Is ghost noun!''
| Teacher-''Yes." b"
| Small boy-"How can 1t be! They amt no such
| thing as ghostp'-Harper'S Bdzdr.
ST hear that base drummer is to be sent
| back to Europe.''
| ayes. They decided he was not an artist.''
| ssHow did they reach that decison?'
| sWeIL unfortunately the collector had . head
4 ache when the trial cam on and after the third
| whack he decided the man was nuisance. "a
| Harper's Bdzar.
"Mary, love you deeply. Will you bs
my wifeg''
~ don't know, George. Can you support me9''
| haven't you?''
| 'Yes; Ihave 81, 800 . year."
| 'Why, then, it's perfectly easy. I am sure wa
| could live on g. OOo year. '-HGrper's Bdzar.
"Charles and George have both proposed
| to me. don't know which to take.n
'Is George rich?''
"No. he has q, SO years.
"How much does he spend?''
| 'sl 4O0''
"How much has Charles2''
'3io 900 q year."
'How much does he spendp"
.S12 0oo.n
'sTake George. e."-Rarper's Bdzar.
4
| dallying languidly with the grapes at dessert.
She (archly)-And you don't ind It tiresome al
| alone with me2 You are quite you don't want
| to go back to your bachelor life again?
He tearnestly)-Qune. my darling. Do you
khow fyou were to die tonight I'D get married
| again Tomorrow morning.-SVtings.
Teacher-Give me the name OF some quad
| ruped-that is, an animal with four legs.
Tommy-A dog.
Decentralization another.
Tommy-A Junebug.
Teacher-A Junebug has six legs.
Tommy-What's the matter with pulling OF two
| Of them?-Sgrfn0s.
Wife-Well, what do you think Johnny
wants now7
| Husband I've no idea.
Wife-He wants me to tease you into buying him
/ bicycle.
Husband twho has tried bicycling himselD-
/ Nonsense; he can't have one. Tell him to 20 mp
into the attic and fall down two flights OF stairs.
It will be just about the same thing, and save me
! . hundred dollars.-SVtta0s.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

before type and paper. compiling those
quaint old chronicles" which served
for daily papers in those remote
times; here the master Of the novices
taught his school; here the convent barber
shaved his customers and gave them their ac-
customed bleeding. On the south side Of the
cloister was the church; across the cloister, on
the north side, was the refractory, the great
dining hall, with the pulpit, where monk read
from some holy father. while the brethren ate
their silent supper. On the east side was the
chapter house. where the monks met for the
daily conference about the affairs of the
monastery; here Offending brethren confessed
their sins and we're properly scourged; on the
north side the Abbot lived. 1t can be all traced
out at Chester.
Curious and Grotesqae.
THE most curious sight in the Cathedral is
the carved work of the choir. There is
said to be nothing finer IN England, except
perhaps at Lincoln. The choir stalls are cano-
pied with delicately carved wood rising up In
slender spires. There is carving everywhere.
Unexpected faces and figures peer at you in all
sorts of unexpected places. Some of the work
is singularly grotesque; the old monks
who cut these carvings had an idea Of
humor. Even into the church they car
ried their grim fun. Here are absurd and
frightful animals, and monks making faces,
and men and women disputing, and in
the midst are winged angels bearing holy
symbols. The misereres are queerest OF all.
Every seat In the choir lifts up, and when it
rests against the back the under part Is seen to
be full OF carving. There is a projection from
the under part of the seat, which, when 1t Is
raised up, makes a sort of second seat. On
this the monks rested themselves during the
long standing in the service, thus contriying to
stand up and sit down at the same time. In the
angle made by these projections are the miser-
eres, records of wild monastic imaginations
There is a picture in the National Gallery In
London painted by Jan Van Eyck. and bearing
the inscription, "Jan Van Eyck was here"
That is the note of interest in these old cathe-
drals. You do not care SO much about the
architecture, of what style or excellence 1t is,
as you do about the people who built and
worshiped in these walls, the people who were
here. These great pillars were set in place by
monks. They sang here till this great roof
rang like a bell in answer. They sat in these
old stalls and leaned up against these quaint
old carvings. In this cloister they lived their
ancient lives. The sight and sound of the old
Benedictines who gathered here about st.
Werburgh's shrine adds tenfold interest to
every stone. 6. II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
Not Hard to Answer.

To the Editor of The Dispatcn:
l. Kindly inform me how the name of Mr..
Andrew Carnegie is pronounced. 2 What is
meant by Senators and Congressman pairing
l read great many papers, but see nothing
that explains the meaning of the word. 8. Are
there any $50 gold pieces coined? saw one in
1919 Also, is there a premium on gold dollars
and silver half dollars Of 1879 and 1885?
GRAY'S EDDY, July e. r. l. G.
II. Car-nay-gy-accent on the second syllable.
2. Let us suppose that A. favcrs a certain meas
ure and B. opposes it. One finds he will be M
avoidably absent when the vote is taken: the
two agree that neither shall vote: this is called
a pair. g. None are coined now; $50 pieces we're
coined from 1851 to 1857, and were known as
California or Territorial gold coin.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

We will not have any negro rule. Any
man who comes into Edgefeld to appeal to
the negro will do so at the peril Of bis life."
When the esteemed Press sets about the task
of making political capital out of this
affair it should study its own news enough
to be sure on which side the "South Caro-
lima barbarism" is manifesting itself. .
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
How 10 Do Il.

From the PhfIadelphla Times ]
If Quay wants to know how to make Phila-
delphia vote for Pattison for Governor and de-
feat most or all his Congressman from this city,
let him pass the new tariff bill and the force
election bill. That's exactly how to do it if he
wants to make Philadelphia Democratic this
year and doubtful hereafter, and if he wants to
snow himself under so deep that no political
resurrection trump can ever reach him,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
HER LAST DESIRE.

Crossed the Sen, Dying, TO Kiss Her
Father.
From the New York SUM-
After all the passengers had disembarked
from the Normannia upon her arrival here on
Friday two of the steamboat employees walked
down the gangplank bearing between them q
stretcner. upon which lay girl of ~, fair
haired and pale-faced. She was Marie Mes
field. and she had come from Hanover to kiss
her father before she died. A few years ago
her father came to this country and settled in
Chicago, where he prospered in business
Marie was stricken with consumption and not
long ago was told that she had onfy few
months to live. She said she was satisfied to
die, but she must kiss her father first. Upon
this she insisted strenuously. and, at the risk
OF shortening her brief life, her mother con-
sented to bring her across the water: The
three took the first express to Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. MONDAY, JULY 2S. 1890.
THE DISPATCH FOR THE SUMMER

Persons Tearing the City for The summer can
hare THE DISPATCH forwarded By earliest
mail 10 any address at the rate Of 80 cents per
month or Sc 50 for three months, Sunday edi-
iion Included Daily edition only, zoe per
month, Sc for three months. The address may
be changed as desired, II care be taken in all
cases % mention both old and ne,U address.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

SENATOR SHERMAN has recently intro
duced resolution to have the Congressional
Record investigated for the purpose Of finding
out whether it contains matter that ought not
to be printed. This suggests that the Senators
are unable to take the task Of reading the pub
licatIon to decide the question for themselves
Or there is the utterly opposite theory that the
intimation of improper matter in the Record is
an ill-advised effort Of the publishers to boom
fits circulation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
The Home for Frieudless Cats.

From the PhlIaueIpnla fFess
Two New York ladies, who have founded q
home for friendless INDECENT and decayed cats,
are called philanthropists by one of the news
papers. If their aim is to relieve suffering
humanity by furnishing retreat for musical
felines that now spend the night on inhospit-
able back fences they are entitled to the name.
But il the cats are the primary object of their
sympathy deep hatred of mankind is evinced
In their act
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

Two HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE
United States Supervisors who got pay to the
aggregate amount of s., SIS for watching of the
recent Congressional election in Philadelphia,
at which there was no contest, are convinced
that Federal supervision is a valuable thing
for the Supervisors.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

IF the editors of the New York Nail and
Express and the Atlanta Constitution would re-
pair to some vast wilderness and fight 1t out be-
tween themselves, the country would endeavor
to bear up under the removal of the infiiction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
OUR MAIL POUCH.
About Pension Fees.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
In your issue of to-day your Washington COR
respondent, in referring to the fee for prose-
cutting pension claims under the dependent act
overreaches facts SO far as to convict himself.
The fee (s10) is not exorbitant. Considerable
proof will be required to sustain the soldiers
and the widows claim under the act Both
must prove that they own no property Oh any
kind, nor have any source OF income aside
from their daily earnings This cannot be done
simply by one or two brief affidavits. Tax lists,
judgment records and the office Of the Re-
corder of Deeds will all be called into requisi-
ton, and eearched by the attorney in each
case.
In the claims Of dependent parents the fee is
wholly inadequate, inasmuch as the only differ
ence in claims under the new and the old or
general law is that. instead of proving the de-
pendence of the parent at the time OF the SOL
dier's enlistment at death, it must be proved that
it exists now. 1u every other particular, as
much labor and evidence are required to prove
such claim under the late as the old law.
And it is y fearful exaggeration to say that
one attorney in Washington will realize half
million or a million of dollars in fees under the
dependent bill. At SO each he must get 100000
claims, and succeed In every one of them. 1t Is
not probable that any one attorney will have
such monopoly of the business. Claimants
are getting to understand that 1t Is best TO have
attorneys near home. And in any event, the
TACT that any one attorney is so fortunate as to
get enough claims at $40 each to realize 81, ,0OO-
OOO is not evidence that the fee Is exorbtant. as
your correspondent seems to argue. III an at
torney should get fee OF only IS in each case,
and secure the number of claims his statement
would have US believe this one attorney will Sc
cure, he will still realize a fortune; or even at
VI. 10000 claims would hardly be refused, es-
peclally by Washington attorneys who never
prepare any evidence-never perform any SER
vice in such claims beyond furnishing Is OF 20
cents worth of blanks and sending to the
claimants copies of letters from the Pension
Bureau. which the applicants could receive
Just as well directly from the bureau.
The applicant is put TO the trouble and ex-
pense OF getting parties at home to prepare the
evidence in bis claim. and the recognized at
torney" at Washington gets all the fees.
OLD SOLDIER.
NEW BRIGHTON July 26
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
She WouId be n succeaa.

From the Binghamton Republican,
An Allentown woman has been without food
for l12 days and has not had Is minutes actual
sleep In nine months What hustler she
would make on . morning newspaper. People
who can get along without eating or sleeping
are Just the kind to succeed in that profession.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
snch II the Law.

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
Can young man when he comes to this coun-
try IA years old become a citizen when he is Il
years old by only taking out one set OF papers?
PITTsBURG, July 26 ]. II. ].
If his father becomes a citizen, the boy will
need no papers. Otherwise, one set will suffice. ]
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
LIFE,

Mans life is born into q bootless world.
If he strives not, how base! and II he strive
What weariness and grief whilst evermore
Recedes the earthly goal! We plan and act
Our little wisdom runs before our deeds
Led other way by fate; and all our days
But mock the visions of our yesterdays,
Till every purpose seems as shaped by dreams,
Futile and waking, voided.
LAID dasllaf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
Arbitration Only in Namr.

From the New York Word.l
This curious state of affairs in Central
America. Two Republics which have agreed
to arbitrate all disputes are at war; and one Of
them is fighting with guns purchased Of an
other party to the arbitration agreement
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
Laughed CheerIIy md Died.

BLANcHEsTER, O., July T.-William letter
shall, unmarried, aged % years, q painter by
trade, fell from scaffold 150 feet high and
broke his neck. After lying unsconscious for
three hours he laughed and said, II am not
hurtu then suddenly expired
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
A Renufiful Ideally.

From the Chicago News.1
AS Salvador and Guatemala are now engaged
In nideous warfare, 1t is evident that they have
mislaid their beautifully engrossed copies of
the universal peace resolutions adopted last
Spring by Mr.. Blaine's Pan-Ameriean Con
gress.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

The proposition to start Southern steam
ship line if the Federal election bin is passed.
ought to make that measure popular among
those in favor of Southern commercial devel-
onment
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

THE Government of Italy is taking steps
to prevent the emigration Of Italians to this
country. The United States should renew to
the Italian Government its assurances of the
most distinguished consideration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

BY the way, we believe that Republican
organs have recently been turning up their
noses at an eminent Democrat with a supposed
eye on the Presidential chair who exhibited
marked facility for writing letters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

THE definition by Webster of 'jag" as
"a small load Of corn" has been extended by
modern practice to include the corn products.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.

The Cuban manufacturers have secured a
cigar label that is impossible to counterfeit but
notwithstand ding that fact, lovers Of imported ci
gars will find the Connecticut brand in the boxes
covered by the new label.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
WOMEN IN SUMMER.

The youth who looks upon maid
In all her summer clothes arrayed,
Starched dress. starched skirt, oft wonders why
She seems so pleasing to his eye!
He's sweltering in his yachting clothes,
The drops descending o'er his nose,
His tennis blazer sticking to him
AS every solar ray goes through him.
While she is In her tennis dress
A vision of pure loveliness;
Her skirt SO nice, her pretty hose.
Her world Of charming furbelows,
A revelation are; he knows well then
How women are so much more sweet tina n men.
boston Courier.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

cartoons for the comic organs of the admins
tration to catch mp with the secretary's last
letter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
AT QUAINT CHESTER.
REV. GEORGE HODGES GRAPHICALLY De.
scRiBEs THE ODD OLD TOWN.

Sights Thar Srnrtle Americans Abroad
Pretty Picture of Genuine English
Inn Picturesque Ruins-A Rich Field
For rstudenfs-CurIous Features of Ches.
ter Caihedrnl-Monumenrs Left by Merry
Monks.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIspATcH.l
A Ii wise Americans when they land at Liver
"A pool go to Chester. Even at Liverpool you
begin to realize that you are no longer in
America. The Custom House reminds you, but
not unpleasantly. that you are entering for
eign territory. The queer streets. clean as II
housemaids on their knees had scrubbed them
before sunrise; the queer names on the signs;
the queer. big-wheeled, wide wagons, loaded
with garden stuff, with a man and one or two
women on top, and a little grey donkey, about
as big as large rat, drawing the whole; the
queer street oars, or tram cars, as they call
them here, with seats on top as well as inside,
and usually crowded out and in, covered with
flaming advertisements; the many churches,
old, solid-looking, and many of them with
board by the door covered with posters in big
letters, like theater announcements, in black
and red, predicting next Sundays SER
vices and offering homilitical attractions.
All these sights noted from the
wide front window of a hanson cab,
railway coaches. Here we leave the United
States of America altogether behind us, the
guard shuts the door and the traveller knows
now for sure that he is not on his way to Pitts
burg The car is shorter than ours, and lower.
There are no doors at the end; the doors are at
the sides. The seats do not run lengthwise Of
the car, but across, facing one another. Every
two seats are partitioned off by themselves,
having an aisle or passage between and door
at each side. A railway coach" on this side
the water is a coach indeed. Take of the horses,
fasten five carriages together and put them
on car wheels, and you have car. There are
"classes"-frst, second and third. The differ
ence is in the cost of the tickets and in the
color of the cushions. That is about ALL Of
course, there is difference in the company.
Nearly all sensible people are to be found in
the second-class cars.
All this you notice with pleasure as being
quite English. For, when one goes from home,
one likes to see things little different. But
when you get to Chester you are in England,
indeed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

THE peach crop is failure for sure. AS
q consequence the bushel baskets will be much
smaller than last years. This statement will not
be impeached.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
A Fine Object Lesson.

pRor. FREEMAN says that Chester Cathedral
is the best remaining structure In England
for studying the arrangement of medieval
monastery. Here you can learn in an hour
what you could not learn out of book in a
week. Here is the old cloister, the center of
the monastic life. In this covered porch. with
roof of stone and lattice of stone, built about
an open space of green, the old monks spent
imam hours of May days. Here they studied,
here they worked at their writing in the days
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

A HAPPY solution of the Astor difficulty
is suggested by Pennsylvania practice. Let
the Astor ladies restore social harmony by
numbering themselves.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

VIcE-PRRsIDENT MORTON is the possessor
of three wigs-one for Sunday, one for state oc-
casions and one that he uses while attending
country fairs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

A LAZY man in the East has an alarm
clock which will also touch off the match and
light the fire. The owner Of that clock will live
to ripe old age, as he will be too lazy to die.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

THE reward for the recovery of the Bliss
jewels has been raised to g. 900. If the amount is
raised few notches higher the robbers will begin
to believe they are the possessors Of real dia-
monds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

TIE Government at Washington uses 5000
tons OF ice.a day. Is 1t any wonder the surplus is
rapidly diminishing?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.

SHE WOULD BE A TYPEWRITER.
mamma, may go out and learn
To be a gay typewriter?''
"Why yes, my dear, If 1t will make
Your heart feel any lighter.
''But when you've learned to bang the keys
And listen to dictation,
Take my advice and stay at home
Don't seek q situation.
''For sometimes you will make mistakes,
And often spell words wrong;
And then your boss will rave and swear,
And wish you in Hong Kong"
81 think I'LL take your good advice,
Dear ma, and home I'll stop.
Instead of trying to bang the keys
I'll try to make gorge 'pop.'n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-28

IF the corner in crackers should prove sue
cessful it should be followed by one in parrots.