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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
A PAPER ALL SHOULD READ.
An Esteemed Contemporary Pays the Dis
patch Some High Compliments.

An Esteemed Contemporary Pays the Dis
patch Some High Compliments.
From the Altoona Times.l
Among the large list of exchanges that come
to our Office we can most truthfully say that
there is none we appreciate more highly than
THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH. Itis certainly and
without doubt one of the best and most reada-
BILE papers published in the State of Pennsyl-
Vania, or in the whole country, for that matter,
to-day, and it must make its prOprietors feel
proud when they look upon their paper of the
present day and compare it with their paper of
bygone years, when it was much smaller in size
and had not the immense circulation it has at
the present time. In each number are mirrored
the doings Of = day throughout the entire
world, which is within itself whole volume Of
the choicest reading. It possesses special IA
cIities for the gathering of news; has its leased
wires to all the leading cities, and special COR
respondents located at these points enables
THE DISPATCH to publish complete record
of the previous days doings in all parts OF the
world; in fact its news-gathering facilities can
not be surpassed. 1t also gives the full and
complete market reports. which are always re-
liable and can be depended upon as being cor
rect,
The Sunday edition of THE DIsPAP CHI can
not be excelled, publishing, as 1t does, 20 pages
of choice reading matter every Sunday This
edition Of the paper has attained an enormous
circulation, $1,000 copies of each plumber being
printed. Beside giving the regular news mis-
cellany and tolegraphIc reports up to the hour
OF going to press 1t publishes specially pre-
pared articles on various Jopics-iust such ar
ticles as afford good, solid Sunday reading for
old and young. THE PITTsBURG SUNDAY
DISPATCH is precisely the kind of paper that
should be found in the home of every one and
read by all. May prosperity ever attend it and
may its influence for good extend from pole to
pole,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
OBSTRUCTION. NOT EXHAUSTION.

The extraordinary fatality at Grapeville,
yesterday, is a remarkable demonstration of
the powerful pressure of gas, even where it
is supposed to be exhausted. In taking the
pipe out of a well clogged up with salt, the
obstructions were evidently Ioosened and
the gas burst out with a force that threw the
heavy pipes clear over the derrick and
killed the foreman of the gang, besides in
juring Others In this case what was
thought an exhaustion of well proved to
be simply the obstruction OF salt, while the
force of the gas was proved when given
play to be fatally destructive The same
thing is likely to be the case with good
many other wells that have been abandoned,
but which, if drilled out, may show all the
old vigor in the flow of gas. The i'm
portance of an abundant and cheap gas sup
ply for Pittsburg makes it worth while to
have this matter thoroughly tested.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

THE heaviest taxpayer in Prussia is Krupp,
the gunmaker, who is assessed this year upon
an income of 81, 100000, an increase of S3OO, 900
over 1889.
THE Pioneer Press, of st. Paul, announces
the serious illness, at Saltwater, Minn.. of the
Rev w. F. Boutwell,, who was with the School
craft expedition and gav5 the name Itasca to
the lake from which the Mississippi river
flows.
THE stationery of the committee getting up
the American banquet to Stanley in London
has for a crest a solid black spot shaped like
Africa, with faint white line across it, show
ing Stanley's route from the mouth of the
Congo to Zanzibar.
QUEEN NATALIE, who is furnishing house
at Belgrade has ordered all the furniture, 5OO-
900 francs worth, from Russia. 1t is taken as
an indication of strong Russian procliVities on
her part inasmuch as the Russians have the
reputation of being the worst upholsterers in
Europe.
GRACE HAWTHORNE, the American actress
who has made great hit in Theodore" in the
Provinces, will produce the tragedy with un-
precedented scenic splendor on the great stage
Of Drury Lane Theater, early in May. Miss
Hawthorne begins this week further provin-
cial tour, opening in Manchester.
THE scheme for sending out an Antarctic
expedition under Prof Nordenskjold. will, it
is said. be carried out in the summer of 1891.
The expedition will be undertaken at the joint
expense Of Baron Oscar Dickson, of Gothen-
burg, the Antarctic Exploration Committee of
the Royal Society of Victoria and the Royal
Geographical Society of Australia.
COLONEL D. R. ANTHONY, Of Leavenworth,
Kan. Westerner of prominence and wide
s,,T TJan ~,
the birthday celebration Of his sister, Miss
Susan B. Anthony yesterday. Colonel An.
thonys experiences on the frontier, compiled
in book form, would make thrilling and ro-
mantle bit of literature He figured as hero in
many exploits in wild times gone by, but of late
years his career hes passed peacefully and
proftabIy as editor Of the LeaYenworth Times
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
THE sHREWDNESS OF PLANTS.
Instances 0fNarure's Wise Provisions In the
Vegetable Kingdom.

Instances Of Natures Wise Provisions In the
Vegetable Kingdom.
From the Youths Companion.1
Even plants have an eye to the main chance
They are as much devoted to getting on IN the
world as individuals Of our own race are. Nor
is there any great difference in the objects
which their plans take in They like comfort
and secure it in perfectly legitimate ways. The
slyness with which the plant sometimes gives a
hint of its wishes manifests spirit OF fun. The
spacious leaves of the Victoria regia lie spread
out on the still waters Of the Amazon. There
is no occasion for the plant to develop a tough
integument IN these leaves. Yet, what would
take place when the fishes came to the surface
as they often do in pursuit of prey. or to escape
when they are themselves pursued? The i'm.
mense leaves would be punched through and
ripped from center to edge.
This mammoth lily protects itself against
harm from this source by developing prickles
and spines on the unuer side of the leaf so as
to deter fish from thrusting their noses against
that surface. Plants are blessed with hearty
appetites for food and drink. That they may
make the most rapid growth. 1t is necessary
that this appetite be indulged most freely.
Morever, like human beings they are subject
to disease as penalty for OVer-indulgenee. II
the leaf, for example, drinks too much, even Of
water, its tissues will be ruptured. To guard
against this danger. each leaf-tooth. in plants
like the saxifFage, is furnished with water
gland to provide for the escape of the surplus
water.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
THE TOPICAL TALKER.

COucocting Mild Sensations as n Pastime-
Weep for New YOrk's Worlds Fair
Havoc Played By Classical Music-Re-
ply 10 VaIentine-Odd Bits of Verso md
Prose.
QUEER little ways some men have Of anus
< ing themselves. You know the man who
writes piteous tale Of shipwreck, ,stows it away
in bottle and calmly casts it upon the waters
from the deck of ferry boat. 1t is small
and rather contemplate joke, but it doesn't
hurt anybody.
There's an old man in this city. whose sur
roundings are comfortable and bank account
ample, who takes a particular delight In pre-
pairing mild 'seIls' for his fellow countrymen.
He writes on every $40 bill that comes into his
hands, in red ink, these words:
THE last Of wasted fortune"
There is a sort of benevolence in this little
trick, for every man who handles the bill SO
marked will enjoy showing it to his friends, as
relic of some wilted pile.
+.#
NEW YORK ASKS YOUR TEARS.
Come water it well with showers OF tears,
The grave where it's resting-the struggle is
past
There's an end to all hopes. term to all fears,
New YoEk's tender Fair is buried at last
It lived several months, through spasms and
chills,
And Congress had smiled on the poor little brat,
But it couldn't survive the political pills
Prepared by old DR.. Metoosius Piatt.
~
TT used to be the custom at little church in
this county, devoted to the salvation Of our
colored brother, to sing regular old-time plan
tation hymns. They were sung, too, with that
splendid enthusiasm and fervor which the
African race bring totheir devotional exer-
cises. Many white people were won't to attend
the church, more for the sake Of hearing and
joining in these hymns than. anything else.
But that is all changed now. The church has
adopted new hymn book, No. 1O03, or some
thing of the very modern sort The musical
portion of the service is not attractive any
longer.
Not long ago lady who used to be attracted
to the church by the plantaton hymns. ques-
toned one of the colored deacons about the
change.
"Why did you make the change, GeorgeT
she asked. "Your people used to sing the good
old hymns beautifully, but modern music is
not their style at ALL"
The old man rested both hands on his cane,
and weighing every word carefully, replied:
well, ma'am, understand exactly what you
mean. The trouble is that lot of young folks
come into the church and, ma'am, they de-
mand classical musicP'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
OVER 10000 APPLICATIONS FILED.
The Army Of wouId-be Census Enumsrarors
Big One.

Dig Ones
rFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, February 16-Everybody in
Washington is interested in the caucus Forty
six hundred people in this city have applied for
chance to count noses, and nearly 200 of them
have already obtained situations under Com
missioner Porter. There have been over 10000
applicants for places as enumerators, and there
are yet many counties to be heard from. The
rooms now occupied by the bureau are very
inadequate for Its needs. An annex to it Is
being construed. and will be completed
by the 1st Of March. By the
1st Of July three floors of the new building,
which is being erected on the site of the old
Gochiel House on Ninth street. will be occu-
pied by the additional clerks, which, by that
time. will have become necessary. Already it
has been found that additional room is needed
and three floors have been leased in the new
building at the corner OF Massachusetts, avenue
and North Capitol street for mailing purposes.
The amount of printed matter which is being
daily sent ont from the bureau reaches many
tons. Twenty million slips have been sent out
for the purpose OF ascertaining the indebted
ness Of each county alone, enumerators being
already at work on this branch Of the business.
Some idea may be formed by the quantity OF
printed matter TO be used by the bureau when
1t is stated that what has already been sent out
would fll to its utmost capacity room ten
teet high and % feet each way across.
Altogether, apart from the immense amount
OF money that will be spent in Washington for
printing for rent and for the salaries of the
permanent staff of the Census Bureau, great
deal of money will be spent for counting heads
alone. Two thousand enumerators will be en-
ployed in this city. They will, at each house,
obtain the number of people who usually in
habit 1t, and not as in the case with the British
census. the number Of people actually under
the roof when the enumerator calls. These
statistics will be obtained under the super
vision of Prof. Blodgett, who was at one time
the tutor of Commissioner Porter, and who
has for many years made study Of economics.
The professor is of opinion that the census Of
successful ever undertaken. Mr.. Porter Is Of
the same opinion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
A BIT OF ACTING BY BOOTH.
A Funny Performance AmuseS Crowd in a
Cook Shop.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.1
Unlike the majority Of actors. Edwin Booth is
not given to story telling, and the gravity of his
countenance is very rarely mollified by the In
fuence of humorous narrative. But he has
been occasionally known to relate incidents Of
his own career that have q humorous side, and
once or twice he has spoken to a party Of
friends of what he considers to be a droll ex-
perience that he met with in one of the smaller
cities where he was acting. Some cream puffs
in the window Of a confectionery shop appealed
to his appetite, and he stepped IN and purchased
a few. Without stopping to reflect upon the
peculiarities Of the spongy stuff he bit into the
interior. and Immediately two streams of the
yellow, Viscious cream oozed out and worked
over his cheeks in the direction of his ears.
At this moment some one in the shop, which
was thronged with customers, recognized the
tragedian. and exclaimed: "Why, that's Edwin
BoothP' They crowded around him, and he
found himself in perhaps the most embarrass-
ing position of his life. But he went calmly on
with his eating until he had finished the last
morsel, wiped away the cream and marched
out of the shop as uncOncernedly as If he had
been playing part But" be Acknowledges
when he tells the story, II never did better bit
of acting in my life"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
WHInIs OF THE WAGs.

An income tax-the price of admission at
q theater.- Washington Post,
"That man is rich who is eontented with
what he has," JaY Gould Ia steeDed in poverty,
then. -Tsras SytiRgs.
"Help somebody worse of than yourself"
But many people imagine there is no such indi-
viduAl.- Tszds SVtfn0s.
Genuine liver pad, Is the latest thing
offered in that line. But what does man with q
genuine liver want Of pad .-Tsrds SytiB0s.
Caswell-I see the Emperor of Germany
says that peace Is patent.
Massey-Wen, he wants to be mighty careful the
patent doesn't expire.-Puek
How many men each day you'll see
Of such there is no dearth-
Whose only mission seems to be
To take up room on earth
-Washfngton Post.
The Professional Margin.-"Want to build
q 5000 house?'' said the architect; certainly,
sir. James, hand me down that book Of 5000
plans.''
'sYou mistake me, - interrupted his visitor, 81
sale had Just 8, 90 to spend on q house"
''Ah yes, - said the architect, Il see. James
hand me down the book Of y, 500 houses. "-FEek.
Lawyer-So you want to get divorce
from your husband?
Woman That's what want.
Lawyer-You knew him long before you married
hiin-why did you marry him?
Woman-YOu see wherever l went he was al
ways standing around in my way, 50 At last
married him Just to get rid Of him.-Ts1ds SIT
tR0s.
A contributor vents his emotion in the
following strains
Mary had q woolly dog
She used to carry round,
But, heaven be praised. that pup to-day
Is lingering in the pound.
-Washfn0tOR Poet
ON THE REPRESENTATION.
Now rushes the boomer,
spurred on by the rumOr,
To the land Of the scslp-loving Sioux;
Free land Is his right;
For fortune he'll fight
In the snow-banks his profits win brew.
-ch5ca1o Inter- Ocsan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
WON'T SELL AT ANY PRICE.
Maine Dealers Have a Fortune In Ice anG
VIII Cling to II.

Maine Dealers Have Fortune In Ice and
VIII Cling to II.
BANGOR, Me, February 16-Scarcely an
inch Of the nine miles of Ice in the Penobscot
remains unclaimed and it is carefully guarded
by the men Of the ice companies. 1t makes no
difference to whom the shore property belongs.
In the absence of any laws directly bearing
upon the matter, it is held that the first man
to stake out field with the evident purpose Of
cutting the ice owns it. and thus several per-
sons with scarcely any capital have been able
this winter to place themselves in the way of
making large sum in the ice business.
The city is full of New York and Philadel-
phia men who are trying to negotiate for ice or
ice privileges, but the Bangor dealers are re-
fusing to name prices and to-day have refused
81 80 ton for early shipment which would be
clear profit of over 81 per ton. II. W. Smith,
of Brooklyn, and a party of New Workers,
representing several millions, have bought
farm on the river front below the city. They
will erect permanent houses, with capacity
of 10000 tons.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
CLEVELAND JOKES THE DOCTORS.

The Ex- Presidents Remarks at Dinner
Attended by Medical Men.
NEW YORK. February 15.-At medical col
lege dinner here tonight ex-Presdent Cleve-
land. after referring to the many jokes at the
expense Of the legal and medical professions,
said he had observed that, when the jokers were
sick or meshed by the law, they
greet our services. The patient in
sists that his strong constitution
carried him through and the client declares
that he always knew there was nothing in the
case of his adversary. The defeated client,
however, is left in vigorous and active con-
ditiou. not only in the complete enjoyment of
his ancient privilege of swearing at the Court,
bnt also with full capacity to swear at his law
yer.
The defeated patient on the contrary is very
quiet indeed. but could swear at his doctor, il
he had left his profanity in phonograph to be
ground out by his executor. [Laughter.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

THE idea that the Republican Senate will
refuse TO seat Brice because of his non-resi-
dence in Ohio is advanced by the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette. Our esteemed cotem-
porary must have happy forgetfulness of the
fondness of that body for millionaire members
1t does not require verV great effort of mem
ory to recall the fact that the refusal of the
Senate to investigate the circumstances of
Payne's election, and the outspoken comments
of the Commercial Gazette thereon, were the
causes of Mr.. Halstead being elected to stay at
home, instead of going to Berlin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
"a Rondeau.


Your valentine was very nice;
The verses pretty, but precise,
Well phrased and not stop forgot,
Each t ID a cross, each dot
Tread them truly twice or thrice.
You're plain of speech, you name the price
You give for hearts-it would entice
Some maids to be upon the spot
Your valentine.
But oh! my friend, twill not sufice
To make me court shower of rice,
Old slippers, and the Rilded lot
OfrtbbOns in the bridal knot.
Keep for another-packed in Ice
Your valentine.
Rxs
TORONTO has lost its greatest architectural
ornament by the fiery destruction of its
University. A graduate of that college said
yesterday: 1T is incomprehensible to me how
the University building took fire and burnt to
the ground. 1t was built entirely of gray lime
stone, massively, and ornately. The style of
architecture was composite, but Norman forms
predominated- A lofty tower with q single
turret rose over the main entrance, a COM
manding archway. The beautiful proportions
of the edifice were shown to the best advan-
tage, for it was situated in the center of
Queens Park. tract of over 80 acres. 1t was
VIC OA0OobS L DCAASEOg anu SoA 5aihAy buO uauu-
soonest public building in the Province Of On
tario Nearly million Of dollars were spent
upon the building alone.
ut was erected in 1859, and many Of
the greatest statesmen, jurists, divines and
business men Canada has produced call it
Alma Mater. AS I have said, don't under
stand how fire could have destroyed it, for the
walls, halls stairways were all of stone. There
are not 3 few graduates of the University in
Pittsburg and the vicinity, who will be deeply
affected by this catastrophe"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
CURIOUS SWEDISH CUSTOM.

Young Men Change Their Names on BecOm-
ing 21 Years Of Age.
From the New York Star.1
A curious custom of the Swedes, and one
which appears especially peculiar to Ameri-
cans is the adoption of q new name upon
reaching majority. This is not always, perhaps
not generally, done, but the young Swede feels
that he has as much right to do it as to select
his own trade or occupation. If the name his
father gave him seems too vulgar or not ro-
mantle enough. he simply drops it and takes
another more to his taste, 1t is apt to he con-
fusing to hear father addressed as Nilsson and
the son as Bergstrom or Jansen, yet such is fire.
quently the case, and n o more is thought Of it
than of difference in Christian names among
other people.
Once established in the United States. how
ever, the tendency among Scandinavians is to
follow the custom of the country. and adhere
to the paternal name, which, indeed, under our
laws, cannot be given up for another without
certain legal formalities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
THE AIR FULL OF SUGAR.
People Made Sick by supsrabundant sac-
chorina Mafrap

People Made Sick by Superabundant Sac.
chnrine Matter.
NEW YORK, February 15-The Thirteenth
ward is the sweetest part OF Williamsburg. If
New Yorker crosses the river on any of the
ferryboats that land at the foot of Broadway
he may remark it. 1t is also made apparent if
he takes the Grand street ferry. For three
blocks up from the river, between Broadway
and Grand street, there's sugar in the air. It
sits through the windows of the big refineries
on the river front in an impalpable powder,
and can be seen white on window sills and
roofs nearby. Water exposed to the air for 4S
hours in the neighborhood gets a sweetish
taste.
Hundreds of persons in the Thirteenth ward
are sugar sick. Articles of diet in which sugar
forms part are avoided by many. Saloon
keepers say that toddy and Tom and Jerry are
seldom called for by the nelghbOrs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

THE indiscretion of asserting that the
man who started the phrase ION the brink of a
volcano" in connection with the action Of
Speaker Reed, 'is an alarmist, and had taken
"a drop of the cratur,'" is repeated by the
Philadelphia Press. As the phrase originated
with one James G. Blaine, there is an urgent
need for Mr. Smith to instruct his paragrapher
to restrain his freshness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
the world, when corporation interests are in.
volved.

POLITICAL prophets say that all signs
point to either Alger or Depew as the Repub-
lican nominee for the Presidency in 1892 This
is reassuring, because the prominence of those
candidates SO far ahead of the nomination In.
sures that they will be killed of before the
convention. Republicans who wish to see the
Government administered for the public bene-
fit, instead of for the corporations, would find,
in the choice between those wealthy magnates,
the horns of a dilemma.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

AN application has. been made in New
York for the pardon of o'Neill, one of the few
Doodle Aldermen who were so unfortunate as
to be convicted. Since Colonel Fellows has so
faithfully carried out the purposes Of his cleo
ton by letting all the Aldermen of who were
indicted it seems no more than fair that the
less fortunate thieves who had the hard luck
to be prosecuted by MARITIME and Niooll should
be treated with equal leniency.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

IT sounds rather startling to learn that,
after man has been hanged in New Jersey for
killing peddler, his wife confesses to having
committed the murder. But the reported con-
fession takes away the fear that judicial MUIR
der has also been committed by showing that if
the woman struck the blow the husband was
an accessory, with such participation as fully
justified the hanging. The woman may de-
serve the penalty, but the man has not got
more than his deserts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

WE observe that numerous esteemed CO.
temporaries are discussing the position of ]. B.
Foraker with regard to the forged signatures.
This is a waste of valuable editorial space. j.
B. Foraker is dead issue; and it is not worth
while to discuss the additional question whether
the corpse is decayed.