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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Queries for Mr.. Carnegie.


To the Editor of The Dispatch:
few weeks ago was a strong advocate
of bimetallism, but after reading splendid
article on Money" by Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
my mind has been wavering on the money
question, so much so that if Mr. Andrew
Carnegie answers the following questions
satisfactorily, with many others viii mere
after vote for monometallism, Wnlcn means
scarce mOney:
First-Why is 1t that France, with her
square miles 10000 less than the state OF
Texas, with her population of 40, 600 OOO with
her money volume (gold and sflver) OF $40
Per per capita, Is now the most prosperous ma
Second-Why is it that France, desolated
by war IN 1871, has brought about this pros
per1ty after paying in full her war debt, after
paying to Germany two of her most fertile
provinces and an indemnity fund of 5 0G0, ,0Oo,-
0O0 francs Il 900 0O0 900 about), is now the hap
py possessor of q reserve fund of $3.50 COZ, OOT
Third-Why is it that the United states,
with her 3,604.0o0 of square miles, with her
population of 65000 900, with her actual
money volume of only SIS per capita, with no
indemnity fund to pay and her war DEBT un-
Pald Is SO distressed financially outslde OF
the Rockefeller, Gould, Carnegie ct i'd omne
genus?
Fourth-Why is scarce dear money. such as
we have now, good only for the, patricians?
. F1fth-WhY is plenty cheap money, such as
we want to get and win get, good alike for
the patrfcfan and the plebeian?
Sixth-Why did the RECOMMENDATION of sill
yer in 1873 lead to the enriching of the few
and the impoverishing of the many?
Seventh-Why could 1 have easily sold my
farm in 1872 for 800 per acre, and now, after
I have improved and fertilized it all these
years, why can 1 not sell it for as much as
$40 per acre?
If Mr.. Carnegie fails to answer these ques-
tions 1t will be for two reasons: Firstly, he
may be above answering the questions of the
common people," and, secondly, because
he can't.
If, however, he should condescend to
answer, would be pleased If he add foot
note explaining why thousands of farmers
not dress little better and eat a little more
If they could get the money, and also why
there is a cloud of 5000 900 individual mort
cages hanging over the land of Uncle Sam.
. :. -r. JOHN A. JOHNSTON.
NEW DERRY. Westmoreland Co, june 2S.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
LIGHT AND AIRY.

Miss Fuzz-Susie, have you seen the
latest designs in bonnets?
Susie-I have not.
Miss Fuzz-They're too cute for anything; why.
believe they'll make an ugly woman real hand
some.
Susie, sweetly-why don't you get one as an ex-
periment?-AtldntG Constitution.
First Pickpocket-Bill was over to Phila-
delphia the other day.
Second Pickpocket-Did he do any business9
''Got his hand into a bankers pocket
'SWhat luck did he have?''
''Fustrate; got his hand back. "-Dstrott Fres
Press.
81 say" said Gus de Jay, as he laid the
paper across his knees, this ahticle says that
flood of intelligence is going to sweep the country
.ryyeIl deah boy, don't let 1t worry you, - re-
piled Willie Washington. you're not likely 10 be
any food sufferer you know. Washington Post.
"And she rejected you?"
'.she did,
ssBy Jupiter: And yet they say that womer
have no sense. ''-NeIo York Press.
All truth is calm, they say,
And vet with some surprise,
We learn, at night or day,
Truth never lies.-Detron Free Press.
Editor-Ycs, sirl Our circulation is ris-
ing so rapidly that can use it instead of ee-
yator.
Awc-struck subscriber-But how do you get
down? Walk?
Editor-Not much. We utilize the rapidly de-
creasing circulation of The Earth for that pur-
pose Did you say one year2''-Esao York Telegram
Elder Berry-It is no use to try to get
Jobson into the church.
Deacon Quickset-Why not7
Elder Berry-He says that when the world was
created some one must have worked over nina
hours-Neto York Herald.
'T have dark secret In my mind" said
a romantic girl to an acquaintance.
ssDear dearl'' was the reply. II hone you dont
mean your complexionl''- Hdshfn0ton Pos.
$50 your son has been graduated7"
eyes"
.sWhat do you intend to do with him?''
I'm going to send him to Greece; he must know
all that country. for Greek Is the only study
In which he took first place. '-Eep YORK Posh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ARMY.

The new law permitting enlisted men to
purchase their discharge from the army
after a years service, at certain established
rates, is attracting attention. 1t is said
that 700 men have already been discharged
under this provision, and applications still
continue While that rate will make a Sc
rious inroad on the total of an already
skeleton army, it is asserted that the new
plan is an improvement as the alternative
to wholesale desertions going on.
That alternative, honorable discharge or
desertion. presents a remarkable picture
of the discipline in the army Where there
is no better way of maintaining a force
than that, it is plain something must be
done in the way of reorganization from
the ground up. The principle of pur-
chase in military matters is a
false one. 1t was proved to be so
during the war; when the provision allow
ing drafted men to purchase substitutes,
or to obtain exemption by paying $500,
reduced the conscript levies to worthless
mob of bounty jumpers. 1t is one of the
lessons of history that whenever any nation
has permitted money to purchase especial
privileges in its army the military organi-
zation has rapidly become worthless.
If, as alleged, the army was already be-
coming worthless through desertions, the
testimony of experience simply proves that
this is not the way to make it any better.
1t may be doubted whether there is any
efficient means of doing so unless the pay
and treatment is made such as to attract a
good class of volunteers, or system of
conscription is resorted to in which the
laborer and millionaire shall be treated as
exact equals.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
BEDFORD, PA, June IS.
Voting and Litigation.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please inform me on two subjects: First,
can a man whose occupation calls him from
home, as a river boatman, for instance, vote
where he may happen to be on the day of a
Federal election, or must he vote only in the
precinct of which he is a resident? Second,
do Federal courts have Jurisdiction in cases
relating wholly to State law? That is, if a
case has proceeded to the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania under the laws of the State
can the defeated litigant make an appeal to
the United States Court.
Two WHO DIFFER.
JEANETTE, PA, June 26.
L He must vote where he resided. D. They
do not, except in cases provided for by the
Constitution of the United States.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
AnAImsheuse Defended.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
We desire to state that the story published
to the effect that Jennie Stuckey was i'll
treated at the almshouse was not true. The
girl had been an inmate of the almshouse
for a number of years or and on, and had
been at different times placed in homes
from which she returned to the almshouse.
She was girl difficult. to control and pos
sessed of many bad habits, but she was
never cruelty treated by anyone at the aims
house, nor shut up with the insane, nor fed
on bread and water. She. was placed in a
small building for safety, as she threatened
several times to jump from the fourth story
of the main building. Her mother Is at the
almshouse and she will confirm our state
ment that her daughter was not i'll treated
in any manner. r. c. HADEMAN,
BURTON EDsALL,
j. S. BAREFOOT.
BEDFORD, Pa, June 26.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

IT is intimated that the first experiment
to bring on rain by dynamite explosions
owed its success toa very manifest judi
ciousness in the selection of the time for an
experiment. The experimenters let off their
dynamite in front of a very black looking
cloud, and the rains followed with decided
but suspicious promptness. People gener-
ally will reserve their applause until the ex.
plosive rain-makers have produced rain out
of q previously cloudless sky.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

Our cotemporary, the Chronicle Telegraph,
reviewed yesterday with justifable pride its
so years of useful and interesting exist
ence, dating of course from the estab-
lishment of the paper which bore the
first part of the compound name. Our
ncighbor has always deserved success, and
at no time has it enjoyed more of this than
at present
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

THE announcement is made this week of
the formation of Cotton Duck Pool 1t
consists of sSO30,OOO to $l0,OOOGOO capital,
which gives the cotton ducks plenty of
water to swim around. OF course, it is ac-
companied by the declaration that it is not
intended to put up prices, but is simply to
reduce expenses by putting the business un-
der one management. Which leads to the
remark that these cotton ducks are entirely
too downy.,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

APRoPos of the approval of bill giving
the women of Illinois the right to vote in
school elections, the Boston 1raveller pre-
diets that their votes will be cast in favor
of instruction in English in the public
schools. There is no reason for expecting
the women to vote otherwise on questions
involving national predispositions than the
men do. National pride and prejudices are
not limited to one sex.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

| THE graduating exercises of the Allegheny
| General Hospital Training School will take
| place at the Second U. P. Church, Stockton
| avenue, Monday evening. The class to
graduate consists of Misses Julia A. Deneen,
| Nav A. Donaldson, Phoebe s. Lafferty, Cor
| neIia s. Miller, Mary McFate, Jessie b. Kef-
| ser, Lydia Frabel Ferguson and Mrs. Hattie
| G. Fonner.
Kansas who has been in the city for the past
| year studying elocution, and who has cap
tured so many hearts by her sunshiny dis
position and engaging mann manners departs !,
| regret of host of friends.
Paul C. Blum, of Hongkong, registered
| at the Seventh Avenue yesterday. He is an
| old circus man, and at one time piloted a
! hippodrome through China. The Mongolians
| took kindly to the show, and when he re-
| turned to America a party OF Chinese Jug
| glerS came with him.
REV. DIR. SUTHERLAND pastor of the Second
| Presbyterian Church, returned yesterday
| from Niagara Falls, where he has removed
| will return later and take run up into
| Canada.
| Mr.. HERBERT WALKER one of the principal
| members of the Microscopical Society, will
| spend his vacation in Chicago at the home
| OF his father who Is an eminent oculist of
| the Windy City.
| Miss ELEANOR LAPsLEY, who has been very
| i'll at the home of her uncle Mr.. Brooks, on
! Locust street, Allegheny has recovered
| sufficiently to return to her Washington
| home.
T. NJ. Orr, commercial agent of the Santa
| Fe road, left for Harrisburg last evening to
| look after. the traffic in that section. He
states that business is slowly improving.
| Captain Thomas Kerr, President of the
Homewood Driving Park, went East last
evening. He says the meeting in July will
be first class.
MRS. BRADLEY, of the East End, gave a re-
ception last evening in honor Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart Scott, who returned from
their wedding trip yesterday.
Mrs. BYRON W.. KING, with Misses Olive
and Beatrice, her two little daughters, Will
spend the summer in New York at the home
OF her parents.
Mr.. G. HAMILTON VANDERsLICE, the hand
some young Philadelphia electrician, will
spend his vacation at Meadville and Con-
neaut lake.
THE young people of the Shady avenue
Baptist Church gave an enjoyable lawn fete
and open air concert on Hartmans lawn,
East End.
DIR. CHARLEs CONWAY, a former resident
physician of Mercy Hospital, is i'll beyond
recovery at his home in Livermore, Pa.
DIR JOHN DICKSON will go to Mackinac the
first the month, where he will be hotel ply
sician for the season at the Grand.
W. E. Sproull, of Philadelphia, freight
agent for the Cambria Iron Company was in
the city yesterday.
FATHER WALL, of the Cathedral, and sister,
will sail to-day from New York for Europe.
d. T. Watson and wife went to New York
last evening.
THE cooking school graduates class to-
day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
NOT WELL INFORMED.

A Massachusetts Youngster Who Knew That
His Father Was Governor.
Rochester Union Advertiser.l
A youngster in school at Cambridge was
asked the other day, by O teacher who
wanted to give some instructions in modern
shistory, who was the Governor of Massa-
chusetts.
"My father" was the answer.
"But what is his manner" inquired the
teacher.
This question was puzzler The little
fellow stared at the teacher as if seeming
not to comprehend the significance of the
query. Finally he said:
81 dunno; but he's my father"
And, sure enough the boy was right; his
own name was William Eustis Russell.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
THE SMOKERS OF PITTsBURG.
A Gas City Mans Experience With Tobies
in the Wild and Woolly West.

In tne VIII anu Wooiy west.
Walter Lee, of Pittsburg, is quoted in the
st. Louis Globe Democrat as follows: When
started from home on business, which
knew would keep me in the West two or
three months, laid in a supply of the hum
BILE, cheap, though pleasant form of
cigars so generally smoked in Pitts
burg. 1 have seen a millionaire smoke
them contentedly, and never feel in
suited when one was offered him, but
here 'stogee" or skogee," whichever is
correct, is thought so little of that the offer
of one is look on as an insult, and have
offended more than one gentleman by an
intended civility. In Pittsburg everyone
smokes, presumably in sympathy with the
factory chimneys. but the outlay per head
per smoker must be very much less than it
is here, although the difference in the price
is more on account of the saving in labor
than in the grade of tobacco used.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Edmund Leathes. Actor.

Edmund Leathes. an actor of repute in
England and who had also travelled in this ountry
died recently in London, aged A. He was the son
of a clergyman, the Rev. DIR. Donaldson. In 1869
he went on the stage, at the Theater Royal Dublin
and thereafter he very successful, playing en-
gagements in all the leading cities. in Australia,
New York and Boston. He was 200 nights the
Laertes to Henry Irving's Hamlet, during the in-
precedented run of Hamlet at the London Ly-
ceum. In 1870 he married Miss Enticknapp. Mr..
Leathes was the author of blank verse play, "For
King and Country which was produced at the
London Gaiety. and he also wrote two novels
1.-THE Actor's Wife'' and IAN Actor AbrOad.N
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
Hattie Irving. Actress.

Hattie Irving, who died in New York at
St. vincent's Hospital recently, was born in 1868,
and had been an actress since she was six weeks
old, She was the daughter of the old comedians,
Ted and Lizzie Irving, and the wife of Thomas
Peasey. also actor. Hattie Irving had played
in the support of Booth, Mccullough, Mrs. Bowers
and others of note. and had also starred, about
1883, in 1.-The Mystery of Hanson Cab.'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
An Exemplary Constitution.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.l ]


The new constitution of Kentucky pro-
vides that the Governor shall be elected in
the odd-numbered years, the Representa-
tives in the even-numbered years. and that
the Governor shall be elected at the same
time and place as the Representatives
Since the constitution tinkers have become
sober they have been wondering whether
they have any provision at all for the Cleo
tion of Governor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

1t is surprising to hear that trouble has
begun in Canada from a charge that the new
Premier Minister is Canadian Pacific man.
Several years of the Macdonald sLiministra-
tion have justified a conviction that Canada
was far past making trouble over o little
thing like that.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
WITH the transfer of the Weather Blu,

WITH the transfer of the Weather Bureau
to the Agricultural Department next week
the opportunity of Uncle Jerry Rusk's Off
cial career is at hand. In the first place it
gives his department something to do. In
the next place, if he can reform the lawless
weather that has triumphed over the admin
istration of the Weather Bureau in the War
Department, he can have anything this
country has in its gift.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
The Wife Not Responsible.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Is the law such that a wife is liable for h er
husbands bebts, the wife having property,
the husband none? By debts 1 mean butch
ers' and grocers' bills. WIFE.
P1TTsBURG, June 26.
[If the wife is the bona f1de owner of the
property, and it was not transferred to her
to defraudrcreditors, she is not responsible.
If necessaries for family use, husbands
property is first liable, and then the wife's,
in case the husband has nothing.l ID
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

1T IS sad TO go away from home and learn
the news in a New York paper that the re-
formed organization of the Pennsylvania
Republican party, the Independents, are to
be shut out. If the news were authoritative
it would indicate that the Republican poll
ticians are still of opinion that the party is
too large for them. But it comes from an
organ of the opposition, whose wish is father
to the thought. The Independents are at
liberty to come back into the Republican
party--for voting purposes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

AN improvement on Won Moltke's famous
epigram is afforded by the contending poll
ticians of Pennsylvania. They are not say
ing much, but they are saving wood in all the
languages there are.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
Somebody Badly Mistaken.

Detroit Free Press.1
Colonel Cockerill, late of the New York
World now of the Commercial Advertiser saws
no paper in New York has a circulation of
more than 600 copies. The scales have
evidently fallen from the Coloners eyes
since he changed his quarters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

BY the time that the Philadelphia hat
trimmers and the North American CONNER
cial Company get through the Treasury, it
may be even more difficult than now for the
Treasury experts to determine exactly what
the surplus is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
Glass Works Close For the Season.

NEW CASTLE, June 26.-The New Castle
window glass factories will close for the
present season next Wednesday, after a sue
cessful run. During the last season these
factories have surpassed all previous records
in the amount and quality of their produc-
tion. H-...' cggr
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
Allegheny County Statistics.

AI1eghehy C0unty statlsdc1
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What is the population of and value of
taxable property in Allegheny county?
PITTsBURG, June 26 .s... W.C. DAVIS
[According to the last census the popula-
tion of Allegheny county is 551,95s. The
aggregate value of all property taxable for
county purposes is s2S2, ,757, ,46O.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
Was It q Fat One?
Chicago Mail.

Chicago MALL
A leech over q foot long has been dis
covered in Kansas and has been presented to
Farmers Alliance lodge in glass bottle
labeled "John j. Ingalls,"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

to make Bank Examiner Drew the scapegoat
may prove altogether too successful. The
Bank Examiner may yet make an appear
ance in the character OF the worm that turns.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
1t Would Cure Any Inebriate.

A physician in Racine, Wis, undertook to
cure drunkard after the manner of DR..
Keely, of Dwight, and the patient died on
his hands. His remedy, like that of the Illi-
nois man, was in some respects secret, but
he is likely to have an opportunity to tell all
about it i'll the presence of Coroner's jury.
Drunkards will be interested in knowing
something about a cure that is worse than
the disease
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
Eyeing the Great Northwest.

Boston Herald
The fact that the Chicago papers indorse
the scheme to consolidate the rival cities of
st. Paul and Minneapolis naturally inspires
join hands some day and give the balance of
mankind O rest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
WITH both France and Mexico deman

DO61 IsErOe d51Iu 11ckICU
ing satisfaction from Haiti, the chances that
there will be enough of the supply left for
the United States to get its satisfaction are
rapidly vanishing. The Government may
have 60 content itself with what satisfac-
tton It can discover in its recent claims that
it put Hippolyte in his present position.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27

PHILADELPHIA is at present enjoying
several eminent illustrations of the art of
making statements that do not state and
confessions that do not confess.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
The Price Win Be 81. 900.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
VIII you inform me what the cost of re-
tail liquor license or n Wholesale liquor
license will be in Pittsburg in 1892?
BOUCHER, Pa, June a. I. II NJ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-27
A Flustered Bridegroom.

On Wednesday evening young man with
apretty woman on his arm entered the Hotel
Boyer At the door they parted, she re-
manning in the vestibule, where her rustic
beauty caused a sensation, while he went up
to the Gesk and registered. He was evil
IDENTIFY nervo US, for he nearly put the wrong
end of the pen in the ink and finally wrote:
Mr.. and Mrs. Blank and wife, and forgot to
set down the place he came from. The clerk,
however, was used to such vagaries, and as
signed the newly-married couple to room.
The bridegroom taking the key still in
state of fusterment, forgot all about the
bride he had left upon the threshold and
hurried off upstairs. When he reached the
room of course he remembered his life
partner, and returned headlong to the Office
to find her. But in the meanwhile the clerk
had observed Mrs. Blanks plight and sent
bell-boy to take her to her room. So when
the bridegroom landed in the lobby he found
no trace of his better half, and his consterna-
tion was indescribable. By this time q
good many people about the lobby had
got wind of the singular comedy that
was being played, and bets were being
offered as to whether the bridegroom would
throw himself into the Allegheny or call for
the police. Before any such tragic ending
to the drama could take place, however, the
clerk informed the husband where his wife
was, and n reunion of a most affecting ma
ture was soon brought about in the corridor
above.