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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-09

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Real Estate SCENTS.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-03-28

lead to something: but then at the
eleventh hour it occurred to me that the
vinegar cruet stood within easy reach Of
initely ridiculous to impose upon her the
supererogatory task of passing it, and SO
I dared not. This was utterly absurd.
There was no reason why we should
not chat together She knew who Twas.
| knew who she was; we were members
of the same guild, dwellers under the
same roof tree; we had even correspond
ed together-did not hold in my pos,
session one of her visiting cards, with
note written on it by her hand for my
eyes? There, could have been no earthly
harm or wrong in our speaking to each
other and making friends. 1t would
have been unconventional, if you like,
but not unconventional in any lad sense;
and beside, isn't unconyentionality in
their mutual intercourse the privilege of
artists? Yet there we sat vis-a-vis, dis
tant not more than eighteen inches from
each other, and my childish timidity
tied my tongue and prevented my max
ing the first advance.
As time went on and saw the mo-
ment drawing near and nearer when she
would have finished her dinner and be
ready to leave the restaurant my ankle
ty to speak to her waxed more intenS,
but not SO my courage. wondered
whether she appreciated the situation as
I did and perceived my faint hearted
ness, and was laughing at me in her
sleeve stole glance at her beautiful
white face; it was inscrutable. Present
ly she rose from her chair, put on her
mantle and moved off into the other room,
into the street.
The chance was gone. It was too late
now. Such chance might never occur
again. Ireviled myself with curses not
loud but deep.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-03-28
CHAPTER V.

dined that evening at little Italian
restaurant, around the corner from Mon
sieur Muscles, in Second avenue, where
very edible dinners were served for very
reasonable prices. While l was discuss
ing my macaroni there an incident be-
fell which struck me as both interesting
and suggestive. A young lady entered
from the street carrying a basket-a
small and rather pretty basket, woven
of bright green and red straw. She was
manifestly not stranger in the place,
for Immediately upon her entrance one
of the walters stepped forward to meet
her, and taking her basket from her he
handed her a hill of fare. This docu-
ment she studied for q minute, then
spoke to the waiter as if giving him an
order. He went Oft bearing her basket
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-03-28
CHAPTER VI.
FAINT HEART.

A fortnight slipped away. The health
of DR.. Eczardy, as the exterminator kept
me informed, continued to improve.
Every afternoon his daughter sang and
danced for his pleasuring. conceived
a hundred schemes by which an ac-
quaintanceship between them and me
might be brought to pass, but lacked
the executive ability to carry out any
one of them. The simplest scheme of
all, namely, to ask the exterminator to
present me. was the least attractive.
really don't know why. In the end,
however, resorted to it.
81 told you while ago that l should
very much like to meet DR.. Eczardy.
You said then that he was too i'll to see
people. But he is so much better now
that don't you thinkT-
"Well, tell yon wat / do," my land
lord returned. "Tll hask his daughtair.
I'll request her permission to introduce
you
THANK you; that will be very good Of
you." said.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-03-28

On Monday morning the post brought
me letter. 1t was letter that l had
been expecting for a good while, and,
other things equal, it ought to have
caused me the liveliest pleasure. 1t was
a letter from Mr.. Archibald Winthrop,
q wealthy citizen of Boston, inviting me
to come and stay at his house and paint
the portraits of his wife and his two un-
married daughters. It ought to have
afforded me the liveliest possible salts
faction, for it meant good lot of money,
and it meant also, what was more i'm
portant, the first serious step in my ca
reer. Yet, as a matter of fact, it afforded
me no satisfaction whatever, but only
vexation and regret. OF course could
not think Of saying no to it; that would
be to fly in the face of Providence. But
if l said yes to it should have to leave
New York and remain away for couple
of months at the shortest; and for rea-
sons which the reader will divine l was
10th to leave New York even for seven
night.
However, like true American-the
issue lying between business on the one
hand and sentiment on the other-l cast
the choice in favor of business, and two
days later found me aboard the after
noon express train bound for Boston.
The exterminator and had had an af-
fectionate parting, and l had exacted
from him a promise that he would write
to me and let Inc know show things
went on" l did not mention Miss Ec-
zardy's name to him, but felt sure that
when he wrote to me his letter would
contain news of her.
OF my sojourn in Boston, which lasted
on till after New Years, will only say
two words-it taught me the truth Of
the adage about absence making the
heart grow fonder. thought SO much
of Miss Eczardy; her beautiful pale face
was so often visible before my imagi-
nation; ! so passionately regretted
the wasted opportunity l had had to
make her acquaintance; SO eagerly
looked forward to my return to New
York, when l might have another oppor-
tunity. hoped and believed, that by
and by l began to realize what seemed
very strange, that was not simply in
terested in her, but that l was in love
with her. Yes, that was in love, head
over ears in love with young woman
between whom and myself never a word
had been exchanged and who, doubtless,
was scarcely more than half conscious Of
my existence.
Meanwhile, l waited anxiously for the
letter MUSCLE had promised to write me.
But days grew into weeks, and weeks
were lengthening into months, and no let
ter came. This made me very restiye and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
SOME BRITISH VIEWS.
Scotchman Complains That Yankee Food
Is Too Rich For His Blood.

A Scotchman Complains That Yankee Food
Is Too Rich For His Blood.
Two foreign iron manufacturers, B. Mars
den, of Manchester, and R. Miller, of Glas-
gov, are stopping at the Monongahela House.
They are travelling leisurely through the
States seeing the country. Mr.. Marsden
was in America last year with the British
iron and steel delegates.
Like most English and Scotch they are
critical, and insist on measuring the United
States according to high standards. Mr..
Miller has been observing the social side of
America life, and this is what he says:
Your food in this country is too highly
seasoned for us. We have great trouble
finding something plain enough to eat. In
Scotland we live on more substantial fare,
and as result the people are rugged
and hardy 1t strikes me the children
here look frail and delicate. The high
way OF living does not conduce to a strong
progeny. The Americans move too fast.
The street cars are rushed through the
streets at rapid rate. It is a mystery to
me that more people are not hurt or killed.
Occasionally the cars do kill child or an
old man, but the people don't seem to mind
it very much. 1 don't think the Americans
enjoy life as much as we do across the water.
The difference in wages paid workmen
Is not as large as it is made
out Your men work harder and
longer hours than ours do. The mills here
are keyed up to high pitch, and the aim
IS to see how much can be produced, In
England the hours worked are not more
than from 50 to "a d er week, but it is 60 in
this country. This is a land of great re-
sources, and the Americans are chasing us
in the manufacture of iron. We can still
beat you in building ships"
Mr.. Marsden remarked that the Yankees
are always talking about Maud S and few
other fast horses, but they never say how
many slow ones they have. The same is
true of the speed of railway trains. Some
run mile minute, but the majority are
slow, and seldom on time He said the
United States was country with large
capacity for production and consumption,
but after all when the output is scattered
over the western territory it becomes very
thin, indeed. They caught glimpse of
Mckinley at Alliance yesterday. The
two gentlemen are interested in the Ohio
contest and are keenly watching the fight
of the tariff. They see the people are
divided, and the feeling is strong on both
sides. Mr. Miller complained with some
justice that there is scarcely anything in
the newspapers these days but politics.
Mr.. Marsden says too much time and money
are wasted in America making contriv-
ances to do away with labor. In England if
they had a job that required extra help to
handle it they supplied the men and found
it much cheaper than trying to devise a
scheme to save the additional cost
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
Minor Work of The Police.

CHARLES KANE was locked up in the Seven
teenth ward station last night for raising a
disturbance around the car stables, at Fifty
fifth and Butler streets.
A BURGLAR entered the house of n. Doyle,
Wayne street, early yesterday morning, but
was frightened away before securing any
plunder. The matter was reported to the
police.
OFFICER TEETERs arrested Henry Kaiser on
Liberty street yesterday afternoon on sus-
picion OF having stolen handsome black
cashmere shawl which he was carrying, and
being unable to tell where he got it.
FRANK Brown, GEORGE SMITH and JOHN
SToNER were arrested last night at the B. &
o. depot on the arrival of a train from Nc
keesport, having raised disturbance and
created more or less confusion among the
passengers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
A Delay at the Water Works.

The changes in the furnaces at the Brill
liant Water Works, by which Lima oil is to
replace coal for fuel, have not yet been COM
pleted, although it was expected the work
would have been finished by Saturday
night. While this work has been in prog
ress one or two of the big pumps have been
off duty, and in consequence the water in
the big reservoirs is down very low. On
Saturday there was only six feet of water
registered, but during the night and yester-
day, by reason of the large consumers being
aud, by'this morning, it was expected there
would be 10 or u feet in the reservoirs.
There is usually Is to 18 feet. Chief Bige-
low expects to get all the pumps to work
TODAY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
SORE ON PITTSBURG.
Street Railway Men Dissatisfied With the
Hotel Accommodations.

Street Railway Men Dissatisfied With the
Hotel Accommodations.
j. L. Barclay, the Western agent of the
Westinghouse Electric Company, still lin
gers at the Duquesne. He said the street
railway delegates left feeling that they
never wanted to come back to Pittsburg
again to hold convention. They were men
of means, money was no object, and they
were willing to pay for accommodations and
services, but they couldn't get them.
''What you need in your city, he con-
tinued, ''are more hotels and q combination
building like the Madison Square Garden
or the Auditorium in Chicago The COM
panies couldn't get hall here large enough
for their exhibits, and the display on the
boats was very unsatisfactory Yes. it costs
great deal of money to cart machinery
around the country and set it up on exhibit
tion for few days. but it all comes back.
The money was spent in Pittsburg and it
= will do good. ASH expected considerable
business was transacted during the conven-
tion. A larger number of contracts were
closed than at any previous meeting This
shows how the street railway industry of
the country is growing. 1t amuses me at
times to see the claims some people make.
Edison has just announced that he has de-
vised system to do away with
overhead wires. Taking his record
in the past, I am not prepared to accept it.
A few years ago he said he had discovered
method of making electricity directly from
the heat, but have never seen it applied
commercially. Next came the photograph,
and we were told how we could talk into
the machines the words would be taken
down on the wax cylinders, they could be
sent through the mails, and the general
method of conducting business was to be
revolutionized. L tried the phonograph
with other men, but the result was unsatis-
factory. The inventions of the arc light
and the reduction of the gearing on street
cars, by which they make less noise, are
some of the real advances made in electric
ity, but we fail to appreciate their value
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
CALIFORNIA,
The Country of Delightful Winters.

California is the most attractive and de.
lightful section of the United States, if not
OF the world, and its many beautiful resorts
will be crowded with the best families of
the East during the entire winter 1t offers
to the investor the best open opportunity
for safe and large returns from its fruit
lands 1t offers the kindest climate in the
world to the feeble and debilitated; and it is
reached in the most comfortable manner
over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad. Pullman vestibule sleeping cars
leave Chicago by this line every dav in the
year and go without change or transfer
through to San Francisco, Los Angeles and
San Diego. This is a feature not offered bv
any other line Write to Charles T. Apple-
by, Travelling Passenger Agent, Room BlS 1
Bank or Commerce Building, Pittsbure, Pa.
if you desire any further information q as to
the country and the accommodations for
reaching it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
THE CITY ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Present Status of the Matter and Future
Probabilities-Relative Economy ss Be-
tween Owning a Plant and Buying the

Probabilities-Relatiye Economy ss Be-
tween Owning a Plant and Buying the
Light.
An announcement that Chief Bigelow
may present to Councils to-day an estimate
for an electric lighting plant for the city
has attracted attention in electric circles.
1t was known that Controller Morrow and
other officials had expressed themselves in
favor of having the city supply its own
light, but it was not understood that the
Department of Public Works was yet pre-
pared with figures as to the cost.
At present the electric lighting for the
city is done under contract by the East End
Company, whose interests are supposed to
be practically Identical with those of the
Allegheny Company The price paid is
about 500 per lamp per annum. The
city bill for electric lighting will amount to
from $50, 600 to S200, 900 yearly, and will be
constantly increasing. The present con-
tract is to expire in April next year. 1t is
contended that the great competition of
electrical manufacturing companies has
brought down the cost Of machinery very
much, and that by getting bids from the
principal companies plant can be got for
the city to do its lighting at a cost so much
below existing rates as to pay for itself in a
few years at the farthest.
There is now no general competition in
the electric lighting in Pittsburg. Recent
reports, however, indicate that if the city
does not provide its own plant there will be
one or possibly two or more COM
panies formed with view of
competing on the city lighting
and undertaking general business of sup
plying private consumers also. There are
no fewer than eight or nine ordinances which
have been in the hands of the Corporation
Committee of Councils for long while
past asking privileges for doing business.
Thus far the committee has not reported on
any of them, the reason given to the
various applicants being that all the wires
were to be put underground hereafter, and
that general ordinance providing for un-
derground wiring was to be passed by
Councils. The general ordinance to that effect
was introduced some time ago with flourish
of trumpets and put through one branch,
but it was referred back to committee
and has not been heard of since. Mean
while it serves to keep back the various
petitions for overhead rights.
The necessity of using coal in place of gas
has greatly increased the cost of producing
electric light Put there is still said to be
room for large profits in it at the prices |
which exist in Pittsburg, when manufac- |
tured on large scale. Nearly all the larger |
business establishments find great economy |
in having plants off their own; and it is the |
view of Controller Morrow and others that |
the city would have 4 like experience on a !
much larger scale when the quantity of its |
lighting is considered.
Nobody thinks of going back to gas for |
street lighting. AT almost any price with |
in reason the electric lights preferable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
p11TsBuRG's WIDE FAME
Switzerland Consul Inspecting Its Indus
tries

Switzerland Consul Inspecting Its Indus
tries.
LIE Chevalier de Hesse- Wartegg, switz-
erland, Consul to all the countries in Amer
lea except the United States, came to Pitts
burg yesterday to inspect the manufacturing
and glass industries. He says Pittsburg is
known all over the world, and that it is
more famous than any other city in the
country except New York. He isone OF
the commission that is attempting to settle
the boundary lines between Brazil and Ven
ezuela, and will go to South America in
few weeks to continue the work.
He has travelled great deal in America,
and was the first passenger to go over the
Mexican Central Railroad. He thinks the
day will soon arrive when South American
difficulties will be settled by arbitration in
stead of war
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
GREAT MONEY sPENDERs.
New York Hotelmen Like to Have Pitts
burgers Stop With Them.

Henry Roster, the manager of the Still
man House, in Cleveland. became we'll
known to number of Pittsburg people
when he held similar position at the St.
James, in New York. This is what he
says about them: f'When I was in
the metropolis, 1 would rather have
had ten Pittsburgers stopping in
the house than so from other
places. The Pittsburg people are great
money spenders. They want the best and
are willing to pay for it. L remember a
number of wealthy men would come over to
New York at Thanksgiving time and have
family reunion. Their children, who were
going to school in the city or somewhere in
the East, would be brought in and they would
have great feast. One Thanksgiving Day
we entertained % people from Pittsburg,
and if you know anything about New York
a holiday there gives hotel men fit of the
blues, it is so very quiet. L was always
glad to see the Pittsburgers.
81 think, next to New York, that Pitts
burg is the best city in the coun-
try in proportion to population. 1t is a
great hotel town, and the old postoffice
would be just the spot for another frst-class
house. The activity and energy of the peo-
pie are remarkable"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
sPEAK-EAsIEs NOT PLENTY.

Only Two Places Pulled by the Police
Yesterday.
Only two speak-easies got into the police
net yesterday. The place of Patrick Potts,
at Fifty-fourth and Butler streets, was
raided yesterday about noon. The pro-
prietor and six visitors were arrested. At
the Seventeenth ward station Magistrate
Leslie gave them an immediate hearing
Potts was fined $50, and five of the others
were fined So and costs.
Mary Burtts was arrested in her house,
on Stanton avenue, last night. A charge of
illegal liquor selling will be made against
her
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
by the mellow drillers who received their
weeks wages.
AN OCCASIONAL ROW.

weeks wages.
AN OCCASIONAL ROW.
Quite a number of intoxicated individuals
were on the streets yesterday; and an occa-
sional fistic encounter broke the monotony
of the Sabbath At 12 o'clock last night
all the drills were started, and the bibulous
laborer who feels the effect of too much
liquor will start his fire and turn in under
the boiler to sleep away the abnormal feel
ing about his head.
There is no more interesting specimen OF
the genus homo than the general oil field
worker, when seen and studied in his native
element, happy, genial, liberal, with
rough exterior, but warm heart, bearing
the burden of a rugged existence, cheer
fully and philosophically he wins your adj
miration, and impels one to step up, grasp
his hand and encouragingly say in the
Western parlance, 'NGore power TO you, old
man, you're rough nugget, but you bet
your life there's fine gold in you.
Among the Sunday visitors noticed yes
terday were Barney Fors', one of the large
owners of the McVey farm; Josiah Cohen,
Major Steele, Alex. Hutchinson, H. NJ.
Refs, j. II. Sultzbach, of Philadelphia; A.
Forst, S. Simon, NJ. Forst,. c. J. Andrews,
William S. McNeelv, j. c. Baker and many
other familiar Pittsburg faces.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
Arran ,ing to Move the sohsnler zoo.

The animals at the Schenley Park Zoo
will be transferred in few days to winter
quarters, at the Fifth Avenue Market House,
where they were kept last winter. 1t had
been expected that the Eighteenth Regi-
ment and Battery B would have commenced
the remodeling of the market house build
ing into an armory, and that new animal
quarters would be required for this winter,
but owing to the strike and various other
causes, the soldiers were compelled to wait
over another season. Workmen are now
fixing up the cages for the reception of
Chief Bigelow's pets, and as soon as they
finish, the transfer will be made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-26
Preparing for an Inquest.

Coroner Mcdowell and his clerk, Grant
Miller, went to sharpsburg yesterday to
make inquiry into the killing of Jerry
Buckley. A jury was impaneled and viewed
the body at the late home of the dead man.
Drs. Kelly and Robinson were empowered
to hold post mortem, and the witnesses
were notified to be present at the inquest to
be held at the Coroner's office at O'Clock to-
day. Both the colored men at the Jail have
bullet wounds on their hands, which they
claim were inflicted by the men they were
figltino with