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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
SPEED OF STEAMERS.
A New Ship Which VIII Make Twenty
Three Knots an Hour.

Three Knots an Hour.
Manchester Union
The fact that no serious accident has
befallen the ocean greyhounds has done
much to remove the popular apprehension
when 1t first begun to be demonstrated that
voyage between Queenstown and Sandy
Hook might be accomplished in six days or
even less. The claim that difference in
speed or a few miles day, more or less In
creases danger from collision or from
laundering has not been sustained by actual
experience thus far, Whatever the future
may have in store. And meanwhile the
rivalry OF steamship lines is resulting in
sw1fter vessels every year. The Alaska
lowered the time to six days and q half, the
Etrur1a to six days and three hours. and the
City OF Parts to five days, % hours and 80
minutes. since then German company
and French Company have brought for
Mard ships, the Fuerst Bismarck and La
Iouralne, whose performances have led
experts to believe they are faster than the
And now it is announced that in reply to
the performances of the French and German
fiers, the Messrs Thomson, of Greenock,
the constructors of the City of Paris, are out
already, In fact, with the model of a vessel
which they are about setting to work to
build, that will make 211z knots every hour
OF the Journey and put bridge over the At
lantic in five days. The new steamer, while
all the details OF her design are not yet given
TO the public, will be the enormous length Of
$50 feet by 20 feet beam. There will be ac-
commodations for 700 fir t and 800 second
class passengers, and about 400 emigants; and
all the arrangements, as they are worked
out in the plans. are far ahead in point OF
luxury and comfort of anything yet pro-
duced. She will have four tunnels and
triple compound engines, with four cylinders
WORKING four crnnks. The engines will
show 5000 indicated horse poweri She will
have two promenade decks, one for first and
one for second class passengers. She will
each being about 45 feet above water level
Two sticks will stand up to represent masts,
but they are intended probably only for sig-
nails and to provide a crows nest for the
lookout. On the principal promenade deck
will be placed IL machine guns, and in other
respects she will be made especially suitable
for an armed cruiser
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
LET Us SMILE.
wOMAN's WANTS.

Man wants yust liddle here pelOw,
Und he don't vas hard to blease;
But vomahs, pless her lddIe soul,
Wants effery ding she sees.
on city Blfzzard.
'TWhat is that in your vest pocket,
James?i'
''Bless my SOUL I've brought away the bath
house towelI'+-Ee5c Tork Press.
sTt was tight squeeze for me-" said
Bjenks, as he finished the story of his adventure,
and au old maid listener whispered softly to her
self
'IfI had only been there. ''-SommeruiHs Journal.
The Chautauqua dress reformers assert
that ''eorsets have filled more graves than WHISKY
1t doesn't pay to get tight by any means.-Chica0o
Natl.
He was a trife bow legged, and was pro-
testing with his tailor. az have no doubt, said
he, THAT you understand your business thorough
". but-yOu don't seem to get onto my curves. -
Washington STAR
Little Bennie-BoOhoo! The bee stung
me.
His Big Brother-Never mind. I killed the bee.
Little Bennie-Did YOU? BOohoo. Well. kill
him deader.- BrUOktUI EfDIs
"Here are some of the best jokes in my
line that were written, If they didn't get into
print. - remarked the ice man as he looked over his
cashbOOk- Washington Post.
The wayward young man, broken in
health has gone the far southwest to recHperate.
He was in jail at Tombstone, Arz., for stealing
hihdquarter of beef In the lonliness Of his cell he
sat DOWN and wrote as follows:
''Desr Father: I have picked up some hesh
since came out here but am stil confined to my
room. Please send me 500, " etc., etc.-Chieago
Tribune.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
PLEADING FOR OUR GLORY.

As the leaves fall in the autumn, when the wind is
bleak and cold,
So loved and cherished dear ones then are
missed from out the fold;
Though our hopes and aspirations mingle with the
dying year,
They are born again, beov'd-better. brighter,
never fear.
Though we mere can see the loved ones in this
wretched life we lead,
They are gone before u.s. darling. with our Savior
Christ to plead
For future glory, AID the blessed life to come
THAT at last He'll take US TO His own eternal home.
There they watch aud us In our struggle day by
day,
And we knew not when wen join them in that
land so far away.
But we must perform our duty without thought of
gain or loss,
Then wen win the crown He promised when He
died upon the cross. II. Z. A.
PrrrSBURG, August IA.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
HOW HARRISON Is PAID.
The Routine of Getting His Salary of
S4.166 67 per Month to Him.

The Routine of Getting His Salary of
S4.166 67 per Month to Him.
Washington Post.l
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Crounse has charge of the payment of SAL
aries, and once a month he sends to the
division of accounts document addressed
to the Secretary of the Treasury in these
words: "Please cause a warrant to be issued
in favor of Benjamin Harrison, President of
the United States, for the sum of "a, 1855 81,
with which he is to be charged and held
accountable under the following head of
appropriations" The section of the statute
is quoted, and the document signed by the
Assistant Secretary.
The warrant for this amount is then is
sued and recorded in the proper books, when
1t is sent to Treasurer Nebeker, who issues
his draft on the United States Treasury in
favor of the President. This draft is no
that it is in the name Of the President
alone. If the Chief Magistrate is in the
city, it is sent to the White House by
special messenger and delivered to the
President or his private secretary. After
the President puts his name on the back
of it the draft becomes negotiable paper, the
same as any other. and is sent by him to the
Columbia Bank, where it is deposited to his
credit and becomes part of his private ac-
count. If he is out of the city, the draft is
sent to the President by mail. 1t happened
that on the 18th of July General Crook was
going down to Cape May, and the draft for
that months salary was given him to con-
vey to the President
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
OUT OF THE MADDING CROWD.

EX-CoNGRESSdAN ROSWELL G. HoRR,
the Michigan hnmorist, will stump Iowa this
fall In behalf of the Republican party
AMONG the distinguished arrivals at
Glenn House, N. H., Saturday night were
Senators Carlisle and Aldrich and ex-
Speaker Reed.
On the same day that Mrs. ex-President
Polk died q letter was received at the White
House, of which sine was mistress SO many
years ago, directed to her scare of the White
House"
THE English artist, Walter Crane, it is
announced, is making arrangements for
taking his family on q long holiday trip to
America in the autumn. During his visit
he will probably deliver lecture on CARTS
and Crafts"
Mr.. WILLARD, the actor-manager, re-
full of admiration for the performance of
Wagner's opera "Parsifal." Mr.. Willard will
start for America on the 22d inst for tour
of the States.
MANY are wondering what Pope Leo will
do with the lottery tickets bequeathed to
him by the late Ritter Won Leonardo. who
was Chancellor of the Papal Legation in
Vienna. The will of tpe late Chancellor left
to the Pope about 100000 francs in money, a
quantity of stocks and bonds, and half of
any eventual gain from the lottery tickets
held by the deceased.
Ex-JUDGE JOHN ERSKINE, who retired
from the Federal Bench about five wears
ago, is ranked as one Of the greatest jufists
in the South, and when he retired the bar of
Georgia gave him great ovation. He was
appointed by Andrew johnson. He lives
most of the time now with his daughter,
Mrs. Ward, of New York, and spends few
months each year in Savannah.
THIS is the picture of the young King of
Servia, aged l6, and to become full blown
King in two years: "He is lanky, pale-faced
lad, who wears his hair cropped close, in
French fashion. He has his mothers large
fine eyes, but his forehead is low, and he
does not seem to be possessed of the same
shrewdness and quickness as his father. He
has had miserable education and leads
solitary life without having single play
mate"
AMONG the spectators of the great parade
of veterans at Detroit was Major General
of the United States Army, who viewed the
procession from beneath his own vine and
fig tree. General Philip st. George Cook was
not only commander in the Civil War, but
headed the troops and engineers that sur
veyed and established the boundary lines
and forts between the United States and
Mexico long before General Fremont made
his famous march across the continent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

In contrast to the loud and largely in
fiated talk about the raising of immense
campaign funds for both parties in Ohio
there is some satisfaction in learning that
the Peoples party ont in Kansas is proceed
ing to raise a campaign fund of s., 600 by
penny subscriptions, and hopes to effect as
much by it as by its campaign fund of
ST. 100 last year. A campaign fund raised by
popular subscription puts the party under
no obligations: but far more important than
that is the Kansas demonstration that the
appeal to popular feeling, right or wrong, is
far more effective than the effort to carry
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

"OwING to glut in the market" it is as
serted that Georgia watermelon growers
are getting such poor prices that it does not
pay to ship them, and accordingly trust"
is proposed by journal which is evidently
so ignorant of the trust question as not to
know that trust is impossible in such a
product. But the proposition illustrates the
trust idea. If it does not pay to ship water
melons what is the necessity of limiting pro-
duction2 The production will limit itself
under such circumstances. There is no
allegation that the Georgians are producing
watermelons simply for the charitable pur-
pose of producing cholera morbus among
the consuming classes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
THAT last case of hydrophobia reported

THAT last caseof hydrophobia reported
from New York turns out, on Investigation,
to be, as suggested by THE DISPATCH a clear
case of imaginary hydrophobia. The young
man was bitten by . healthy dog, and was
driven into hysterin by the expressed hopes
of fool friends that he might not have that
disease. His imagination continued to pro-
duce the symptoms until his father ap-
peared on the scene, told him he could bite
anything he wanted TO- and finally brought
him to a hospital, where he is recovering
from his fit of Mysteries. There are proba-
bly, some genuine cases of hydrophobia, but
a vast number of them are illustrations of
the power of people to scare themselves
crazy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
IMPRISONED IN A BOTTLE.
A FuIl-Sized Rat Which Must Have Grown
There MysteriousIy.

San Francisco Cnronlcle.I
Some time ago a druggist of Putnam,
Conn, threw lot of empty bottles into the
back yard of his store, and, recently while
he was strolling there. he heard one bottle
clinking against the rest in a peculiar way.
The bottle rolled about as il it was be-
witched The druggist picked up the loco
motive bottle, and was astonished to see q
rat galIivanting inside it. He was a big
gray fellow, while the bottle nozzle Is
scarcely big enough to leta man thrust his
finger into it. The rats body is more than
three times larger than the orilce, and the
mystery is how did the rat get in the bottle.
The druggist has placed the imprisoned
rat OH the counter in his store, and scores of
people inspect it daily. 1t is the conjecture
of scientific Putnam citizen, who is famil-
iar with the habits of rats, that it crawled
in the bottle when young, and, since it is
known that rats help each other In tribuIa-
tion, that the aninials mother has visited
the bottle daily and contrived to thrust
food into it. The rat appears to be in ex-
cellent health, and apparently is happy and
contented.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Comedians Occupation Gone.

I've been an actor upward of 80 years."
said a member of the theatrical profession,
'and tell you, as newspaper man, that
the daily newspapers are rapidly killing Off
all chances of a mans success as comedian.
Years ago, in the times of the Burtons, the
Dan Marbles, and even of such comedians as
John e. Owens, Ben De Bar and so ON, about
the only funny speeches the people heard
were from the lips of comedians. To-day
the papers are full of funny lines, any dozen
of which would make the success of play
or of a comedian; but the public gets them
just as soon as the a,tor sees them, and they
are of no use for stage fun
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL SOME.

Captain Robert Smalls. of Beaufort, s.
c., arrived i'll the city last night, and is the
guest of Mr.. III. Anderson, 342 Wylie avenue
He will remain for the G. A. r. picnic at
Rock Point on Tuesday to attend the re-
union of the One Hundredth Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers.
G. H. Walker, a Youngstown IRON man,
II. j. Shoemaker, an insurance man from
Washington, and L. Z. Overman, leading
grain broker of Chicago, are Duquesne
guests.
W. NJ Bell, of Rea Bros & Co., returned
from q hunting and fishing trip at Indian
river, Michigan.
Harry Ullam, of the Central Hotel, left
yesterday for vacation trip in the East.
G. H. harrington, legal gentleman of
York, Pa, is at the Duquesne.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

THEpleasing fact that the German and
Dutch Governments have determined to
sell some forty or fifty million dollars worth
of silver bullion conveys the assurance that
the United States Treasurer will be able to
find O supply of silver. even if the silver
mine owners should cruelly refuse to con-
time loading up the Treasury unless free
coinage is granted to them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
THE KAIsER's NEW CROWN.
More Splendid Than Any Save That Which
Has the Kohinoor.

Philadelphia Press.l
The young man now on the throne of Ger
many seems determined to be an Emperor
in all that the term implies, and he will
probably take his new crown about with
him in his luggage, just as the Prince of
Wales totes his baccarat chips. 1t is not
likely that 6uher sovereigns of Europe will
follow the example of the youthful Kaiser
In expending more money for crowns They
will be perfectly satisfied, as rule, to fur
bish UP the old ones when ceremony calls
for their use. As the spirit of liberty grows
in Europe, the Old-fashioned crown is be-
coming less popular and more ridiculous.
The Kaiser's new crown is O magnificent
affair." and when completed will clay over''
anything In the same line in the imperial
lumber room of Austria or Russia. 1t lacks
the splendor of the British crown, because
there is only one Kohinoor; but in intrinsic
value as whole the Hohenzollern head
piece probably exceeds the magnificent
bauble displayed to visitors in the Tower of
London.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

Mr.. FREDERICK DOUGLASS announces
now that he will f'drop politics and go into
business" The determination is a praise
worthy one If 1t is to be construed as mean
ing that he will drop the practice Of making
81 business of politics.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

IT seems that the administration is unable
to remember the oft-repeated lesson of po-
litical history that the employment of pat
ronage to secure a denomination generally
costs more than it comes to. OF course the
politicians who get the Offices are entirely
content that the patronage shall be used in
that way whether they are subsequently
able to deliver the goods or not.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

Gov. HILL has renewed his attitude to
the effect that GOV. Bulkeley, of Connecti-
cut, is Governor enough to grant extradi-
ton in Hills favor. but not Governor
enough for Hill to grant extradition when
BulkeIey asks for it. To Hills reputation as
an INSCRIPTIONS politician he seems anxious
to add the fame of the championship in
muliShness
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
A GALA TIME FOR HARRISBURG.
knights of Pythias Arriving in Large Num-
bers for the Grand Lodge.

knIgnts OF Pyth1as ArfIVlne IN Large Num-
bers for the Grand Lodge.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH,l
HARRISBURG, Aug. l6.-Delegstes to the
Grand Lodge of knights of Pythias, which
convenes here Tuesday morning, are arriy.
ing tonight in large numbers. Grand Chan.
cellof L. I. Bishop, 0f Warren, will preside
at the several sessions.
The opening address will be made by Gov
ernor Pattison. A monster demonstration
by the uniformed rank of the order will take
place W Wednesday afternoon, Major General
G. Bentley, Acting Brigadier General, will ba
the officers in command. On Thursday a
competitive drill for prizes aggregatfng
$1,000 will be held, after which the Grand
Lodge will adjourn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

APRoPos of the appearance of five men,
bers of Lowelrs college class at his funeral
the New York Herald develops a theory that
"a head full of brains is an assurance of
long life." If the converse Of the proposi-
tion is true what an early mortality there
must be on the editorial staff of the es-
teemed Herald
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Photographed by Lightning.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
When Charles Tunnison and Ed Campbell
were killed by stroke Of lightning at the
ball game at Warren, o., they were sitting
beneath tree. On the chest of Tunnison,
the white man, the undertaken found photo
graphed, apparently by the flash, upon the
Skin the image of brunch of tree and its
twigS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Importers Against Mckinley.

Albany Jeurnal.I
The men engaged in the business of inn
porting foreign merchandise are willing to
contribute literally to corruption fund for
the defeat of Major Mckinley. His defeat
would be money in their pockets
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

BROOKLYN is going to have statue of
General Grant. The time seems to be CON-
ting when every city will have q statue of
the nations hero. except the ono which OBJ
tanned the location of his grave on the
empty promise oferecting monument.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

elections by Doodle. The political wire
pullers who are enriched by big campaign
funds naturally encourage the idea that they
are necessary. But the Kansas example
proves that the popular vote cannot be
bought, whether the politicians can be or
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

The Supreme Court of Leipsic after hold
ing the case three days under advisement
has soIemnly decided that the use of dogs
meat to make sausages is criminal 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the German vested
interests will pay any more attention to the
decisions of the courts than our trusts do.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Comfort for His Declining Years.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.l
General Butler is having some grim enjoy
ment in reading his own obituaries. He
never before had an opportunity to observe
in what high opinion and affectionate regard
the people have held him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Obituary Notes.

MAJOR J. G. CRUMP died Friday at Harrison.
Ark. at the age of 95 years. He was the oldest
lawyer in Arkansas.
CHARLES HULL, of Danbury. the most prom
inent and wealthy man In Western Connecticut
died Saturday of paralysis.
PROF: THOMAS O'DoNNELL, welI-known
teacher and tutor i'll New York City. died Saturday
of a stomach trouble. Among his private pupils
have been Bishop Walker. OF Detroit. and other
eminent Inen.
Mrs, EMMA HENDERSON, wife of Matthew Hem
derson, retired farmer of McKeesport, died yes
terday morning, at her home, aged so years. She
was a woman OF many noble qualities, and her loss
viii be deeply felt by her large circle of friends.
EUGENE sTEELY. County Clerk of Clark county,
1nd dropped dead from heart disease at Saturday.
midnight. at his home in Jefersonvie. He was
Al years of age and was brother of y. o. Steely
Washington correspondent of the Louisville
COurier-Journdt.
LEVI sHRoPE, who died at somerset Friday
night, was well known for years as the most eas
pert marEsman in Central Pernsylvahia. In his
youth he frequently was able to Split in two pieces
coin thrown DIP at distance n feet. He was
SO years DID, and within arwas able to make an
enviable score at the target.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

THE Endorsement of Senator German by
the Maryland Farmers Alliance proves that
new organization can be captured by
smart politician almost as easily as an old
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Christian Steffen, Jr.

With more than ordinary sorrow the many
friends of Christian Stefen, Jr.. received the an
nouncement of his death. which occurred at 8
O'Clock yesterday morning at his home In the
Eleventh ward, Allegheny. Born in Switzerland
in 1S49. Mr.. Stetfen came to Allegheny when child
with his parents. He began life as clerk in dry
goods store. About 20 years ago he was elected
cashier Of the Enterprise Savings Bank Of Aile-
gheny. which position he held until his death; he
was also Treasurer of the Humboldt Fire Insurance
Company and represented the Sixth ward in Com
member of the Masonic fraternity and was 2. NJ.
of Davidge Lodge 374. In 1884 Mr.. Steffen married
Miss Annie W. Goehring, daughter of Hon. G. l..
Goehring. His wife and four children survive him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
A Popular Party.

Boston Herald.l
Mrs Lease, of Kansas, announces that all
men who want to join her party will be re-
ceived with open arms. Small wonder that
the accessi6ns are numerous!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

BY the way, what has become of the hay
fever season? Did the grip wipe it out? If
SO, it will be new illustration of the law of
conversations
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
John S. Gilbert, Architect.

The body of John S. Gilbert, naval archi-
tect and inventor of the balance dry dock, who
died at his country seat at Fort Montgomery, near
West Point, was brought to New York by special
steamer Saturday morning. Mr.. Gilbert ineorpo-
rated the original New York Dry Dock Company
and built the Erie Basin Dry Dock years ago He
was 80 years of age, partially paralyzed and was
surrounded by his family In Ills last moments. His
son Henry was formerly Consul at Trieste: Mr.
Gilbert erected dry docks all over America and
in Europe. He was also naval constructor az
Washington Mr.. Gilbert died millionaire Al
though according to his friend Captain w. H.
Hilton he recently lost over 81 GUo OOJ In unfor.
tunate speculation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
The Genius of Inf1nite Pains.

All of which goes to prove that moth
ing, even in literature and art, can be had
without being paid for. Worth and work
have pretty nearly the same spelling; and
that is not the only likeness between them.
Genius is all very well; but am inclined to
agree with him who defined genius as being
little more than an infinite faculty of taking
pains. Somebody else said: "Genius is pa.
tience." Certainly, genius has very rarely
done any good in the world without pa
tiently taking infinite pnins.