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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
RHYNKLED RHYMELETS.

Benz don't think much of girls. How
ever, I'd rather be girl than goose
Tom-Probably; but think 1t impossible for YOU
to accomplish the transfornation.-Lge.
'sWhy is it that you fly, oh, youth,
And with such careful stealth?''
''Her father comes, and 1, in Sooth,
Am travelling for my health.''
-WashiR0ton Star.
Young father Tin the future)-Great
snakes! Can't you do something to quiet that
baby? Its eternal squalling just drives me wild.
Young mother (calmly, TO servant)-Marie, bring
i'm my husbands mothers phonograph and put in
the cvIinder marked lat ten months.', want him
to hear how his voice sounded when he was young.
"Whom the Gods love die young"
Quotation Oft before us.
But that does not m an the gallery gods
Nor are the young the chorus.
-Elniru Echoes.
''Did you hear that Banker Meyer has
failed-the one whose daughter has just married
the count2 He's utterly ruined''
You don't say so. Won't the count be aston
ished when he finds that he has married Miss
Meyer for love?-FIisgeiade Batter
(which rose will you choose?" she said;
Zone means yes, the other no. ~
One was white, the other red;
One meant bliss, the other woe.
The beating ofmy heart was hushed.
Aloud wondered ''how the duce
Am to choose aright?'' She bIushed:
'The one you take means yes, You goose.-
Life.
81 didn't take into account all this boat
ing and so on when sent you to college, Henry"
said Farmer Begosh to his son. What depart-
ment does that come under?''
'Oh,' replied the youth, as he rolled cigarette.
that goes in general way as oaral demonstra-
tion.- Hashia0t0u Post.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.
The Supply Has Not Been Exhausted Yet by
Any Means.

Dan rTdnclScO CaI.
DR.. G. F. Becker, of the United States
Geological Survey and geologist in charge of
the Division of California, is en- route to
Washington, after having inspected the
work of the three surveying parties under
his direction, to attend n meeting of the In
ternationa1 Geological Association. 1--WE
have been working for several years." said
DR.. Becker, con the gold-bearing districts of
California, between parallels 371$ and 40
This territory embraces an area OF 1900
square miles, from the great crest of the
Sierras down to the great valley, from the
Yosemite to Quincy, Plunas county.
"We have made no extraordinary discov-
cries, but l have satisfied myself that the
gold-bearing mines of California have not
begun to be exhausted There are very
many profitable quartz mines in the State
and hardly need to say there are innumer-
able gravel mines which could produce all
the way from S. COO to $4,000 annually, and
the owners of which are debarred from
operating them by means of hydraulic min
ing. In Butte county alone 1 found 80 fy-
draulic mines to prevent whose operation
injunctions had been served on the owners.
To this may be ascribed the so-called deca-
dence of gold mining in California. Before
considering the economic features OF the
auriferOuS grayels, We will locate them, pre-
pairing for this purpose typographical and
geological maps, together with the results OF
our investigations as to the conditions under
which miners may expect to find gold and
the quantities in which it is likely to be OBJ
tanned. Seven sheets of this map will be in
the hands of the Public Printer by the end
of this year, and others will be forthcoming
as rapidly as they can be compiled. 1t will
take two more season to complete the work
probably take uD the sssthern portion of
the Staten
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
NAMES FREQUENTLY SEEN.
Mss MARY ANDERSON will shortly pub

Miss MARY ANDERSON will shortly pub
lish her memoirs.
DR. EDWARD EGGLEsToN, the novelist, is
soon to marry Miss Anna Goode, a daughter
of DR.. E. 5. Goode, of Madison, Ind.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL was born in
the same year as Walt Whitman and was at
least 10 years younger than Whittier.
IF there is anything in name the new
Haytian Cabinet ought to be n success. The
Minister of Public Instruction is Apollo.
MISS SARAH ORNE JEwETT is preparing
an historical sketch of the Countess of
Ruford, remarkable woman who died in
Concord, n. H, some 80 years ago.
PROF. BLACKIE says Carlyle was giant,
and if he had used his club with less severity
and more discrimination he would not have
been less giant but more of a man and a
brother
SUPPE is II wears old and has celebrated
his silver wedding. If there ever was a
funeral at which the sincere friends and ad-
mirers of the deceased could feel tempted to
dance it would be Suppes.
THE Empress of Austria's new palace at
Corfu has cost 412G0OO. The bill for the
wood carvings in the Pompeiian suite of
seven rooms, which is the great feature of
the house. amounted to f3000
MoRITz MosKowsKI has finished new
opera entitled 'Boabdil," which will be pro-
drced next fall in Berlin. Karl Wistkow ski
has written the libretto for the work, the
scene of which is laid in Spain
PRESIDENT DIAz is again well enough
to attend to executive business, but he
bears traces of recent suffering. His wife
wishes him to go to Europe for a rest, but
his ambition keeps him at home and will for
some time yet
GOVERNOR EAGLE, of Arkansas, has got
q smart wife, too. She taught him how to
read and write, and then she made him
Governor. If Arkansas were only pivotal
State, Mrs. Eagle would probably be looking
toward the White House now.
JOHN G. WHITTIER is so modest that
his niece, who is preparing n biography of
him, has found it very difficult to obtain any
aid from him in her work. His strength is
gradually falling, and he is forced to give
up the long walks which he formerly took
THE son of Major Angelo, of the British
army, now stationed at Simla, was bitten re-
Gently by q mad dog. His little brother
who is u years of age, cut the wound open
with pocketknife, and sucked the venom
that threatened his brothers life. The
pluck of Major Grant, V. C., seems to be
spreading in India.
WILLIAM NORRIS, the English poet, af-
fects sigular carelessness of attire. Not
infrequently he appears on the street in
London wearing an old sack-coat baggy
trousers, a blue flannel shirt and black
slouch hat. A necktie he seems to consider
superfluous, and that and the collar are not
infrequently missing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
THE MORMONs IN MEXICO.
A New Utah Blossoming Out in the State of
chihuahua.

Ch1huahua.
New York Telegram
"The Mormons, now that they have been
compelled to behave themselves in Utah,
are rapidly settling in the province of Chi
huahua, Mexico" said E. L. Smith, of the
City of Mexico, at the Metropolitan Hotel.
Hundreds Of Industrious Mormons have
purchased lands there, especially in the
Valley of the. Corralftes which is q great
bed of alluvial deposit, extremely fertile
and easily cultivated. The valley is nearly
level, sloping just enough to give good
drainage. The Mormons have neat and
comfortable adobe houses and windmills for
raising water both for consumption and IT.
rigation. They have built themselves barns
and their vineyards and orchards are COM
ing rapidly into bearing.
81 was surprised, when / visited there
recently, at the way the newcomers have
changed barren, treeless plains covered
with the tiresome mosquito bush, into com
Portable farms. The altitude of the valley
ranges from 5000 to 500 feet above sea level
with magnificent climate, never too hot
and never cold. Vegetables do remarkably
well. All the fruits of the lower temperate
zone are produced in abundance. and of
great size and splendid favor. They sell
most of their truck and fruit in the neigh
boring mining camps, and, with the COM
pletion of the North Mexican Pacific Rail
way from the United States, they will have
the advantages Of an unlimited market. Be-
tween ourselves, think they are going to
give Mexico just as much trouble as they
have made for Uncle Sam, but the Mexican
officials will not see it, for they have already
been SEEM
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
PUSHING DRESS REFORM.
That and Cooking Reform Make Up Very
Busy Day at Chautauqua.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
CHAUTAUQUA, n. Y, Aug. 2L-This was
another busy day for Chautauqua, and dress
reform and cooking reform were some of
the important subjects that were dis
cussed. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore,
of Boston, told a large audience
in the Amphitheater this afternoon
that no kind of dress reform ought to sue
ceed that sacrificed the idea of beauty, and
Mrs. Emma Ewing, of Kansas City, told
fail-sized audience this morning that no
woman ought to succeed in life who did not
know how to cook good meal. Mrs. Liver
more further told her lady hearers that
they ought to look as neat and nice as possi-
Bile, for God had made the world beautiful,
and overloaded women with beauty.
The prominence given to the dress reform
movement here has resulted in many mis-
representations and much that is false. The
Chau tauqua ladies are decidedly against
everything that is unwomanly, and do not
for an instant believe that women should
go in flights about the streets. The present
reform movement has to deal only with un-
derskirts and undergarments that impede
locomotion and jeopardize the health and
not with any great change in the outer
drees. Bishop Vincent said "I am very in
dignant at the emphasis and misrepresenta-
tion that have been put on dress reform
here, and the extravagant suggestions of its
radical advocates. Chautauqua is no place
tor cranks or extremists of any SORT"
The Press Club gave their last reception
in the big parlors of the Hotel Athen@um.
Miss Marie Decca, the prima donna, sang
several Spanish songs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
A DREADFUL PRISON.
No One Who Enters Ever Returns to the
World Again Alive.

Free Russa.1
Some 80 miles from st. Petersburg upon
the Lake of Ladoga, there is small granite
island entirely occupied by 4 fortress. 1t is
Schlusselburg, the dreadful prison of State,
worse than the French Bastile, worse than
the fortress of st. Peter and ST. Paul with its
Troubetzkoi and Aleneevsky Ravelins and
its underground cells. The most resolute of
the revolutionists, men and women, who
have taken partin actual conspiracies, whom
it is not considered safe to keep in the fort
ress of Peter and Paul, are sent there. The
absence of any inhabitants except those en-
ployed in service renders it possible to iso-
late the prisoners to a degree unattainable
anywhere else. No one is allowed to land
upon the island. Sentinels have orders to
shoot anyone who approaches If the rear
relatives of a prisoner inquire concerning
him at the police department in st. Peters
burg, they are sometimes tolu 'allYe" or
dead" Sometimes no answer is given.
The soldiers and guards aIe themselves
prisoners, who mingle only with each other,
and are carefully watched on the rare occa-
sions when they are allowed to make visit
to the mainland. 1t was possible to estab
lish secret communications with even the
most jealousy guarded prisoners in the st.
Petersburg fortress. But the fortress of
Schlusseiburg remained dumb like the grave
it is, though some of the best known men of
the revolution party, in whom the greatest
interest was felt among the whole Dody of
revolutionists, were kept there. We rarely
could even tell whether they were alive or
dead. 4 few months ago, however, our
friends in Russia received some news from
this place OF endless misery. 1t is very brief
only such as can be conveyed upon bit of
paper smuggled with the greatest danger
through some friendly hand 1t merely tells
which of the prisoners are dead, and which
are still alive; but even this summary Is elo-
Quent enough. We learn from 1t that out of
the 50 prisoners sent there in the course of
the last eight years, 20, or about 40 per cent,
are already dead Several of those who sur
vive should be added to the list of the dead.
They are insane, and have lost what is as
precious. if not more precious, to a man than
life
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
THE CROP SHORTAGES.
Figures on the Deficiency in the Various
Grains Throughout Europe.


New York Post.l
Mr.. W. e. Bear, the well-known English
writer on agricultural statistics, supplies to
BrGdStreet'S a trough estimate" of the short
age in the wheat harvests of Europe this
year, and of the sources of supply from
other parts of the world. Mr.. Bears esti-
mate, it should be noted takes ac-
count of the short rye crop as an
element in calculating the demand for
wheat. He begins with Russia, whose wheat
production last year (including Poland) was
about 2l2 900, 600 bushels and her exports
about 90 900, 900 bushels. This year Mr.. Bear
thinks her crop will not be over lSO, ,0G0, COO
bushels and her exports not above 10000, 900.
Austria Hungary fails short this year p, ,0OO,-
600 bushels rs compared with last year.
The country will not be able to spare moro
than 100000 bushels. Roumania has a good
crop and may be able to spare S0.00O,0O0
bushels. Bulgaria and Servia may export
Il, 600, 900 bushels. The power of the export
ing countries of Europe to supply the
importing countries is thus set
down at 9OOO00O0 bushels as
maximum. The importing countries will
have deficiency of 37IG00,0O0 bushels, so
that Europe in the aggregate will be under
the necessity of importing 81 ,000, 600 bushels
from the other quarters OF the world. What
countries can supply this amount? Mr.. Bear
thinks that India may furnish 33000,00O and
the United States $4,000 600, leaving still
shortage of 104000,0G0 to be looked for in
Australia, South America, Canada, Asia
Minor, Egypt, etc. Mr. Kains-Jackson shows
that this wheat requirement of Europe will
call for ship room of $500, 900 bushels per
week average for the whole year
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
SOUND MONEYS FRIEND.

When it seemed likely that free-coin-
age bill would be passed by the last Con-
gress speculation was rife as to whether
President Harrison would veto it. 1t
was generally supposed that the Pres
ident would withhold his signature
from such a disturbing measure, but
the compromise bill finally passed relieved
the President for the time being, and left
the question rs to what his action would
have been, unanswered But every
doubt that remained upon this point has
been swept away by the downright and
deliberate declaration of the President at
Albany the other day. 1t was in his reply
to Governor Hills welcome that the Pres
ident, in words evidently chosen before
hand, outlined his views upon the finan-
cial policy of the Government He said
be believed it to be the duty of the gen.
eral Government to maintain the money
issued by it at par. The only excuse he
could see for the issue of an irredeemable
or deprecated money would be great
war. Then, to clinch the matter, he used
these words: Therefore, in the conduct
of our public affairs, l feel pledged, for
Ole, Lndt dll blle luHuCIlCt VI GilO NOfClH-
ment should be on the side of giving the
people only good money, and just as much
of that kind as we can get"
That is to say, President Harrison wishes
it to be understood that he will veto any
free-coinage bill that comes to him. What
the next Congress will do in regard TO
silver nobody can say, but the free-coinage
men will be stronger than ever in both
branches. They may proceed more cau-
tiouSly with the Presidents veto in plain
sight for any extreme legislation. The
attitude of the President may have this
beneficial effect, and it is probable that no
combination of Western Democrats and
Republicans in the Senate will produce
the necessary two-thirds majority to over
come his veto.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
WHY MEN CROSS THEIR LEGS.
Some Queer Characteristics of Men OF
Talent in Working Hours.
Chicago Herald

Aaient In working hours.
Chicago Heraldl
Men generally cross their legs when there
is least pressure on their minds. You viii
not very often find a man actually engaged
In business with his legs crossed. The limbs
at those times are straighter than at any
other, because the mind and body work
together. A man engaged in auditing ac
counts will seldom cross his legs; neither
VIII a man who is writing an article
or who Is employed in any manner where his
a sitting posture the limbs naturally extend
to the floor in a perfectly straight line. "A
man may cross his legs If he is sitting IN an
office chair discussing some proposition with
another man, but tile instant he becomes
really in earnest and perceives something to
be gained, his limbs uncro5s, he bends for
ward toward his neighbor and begins to use
his hands,
But these observations are made of man
kind in general. There are particular cases
that are otherwise. There are certain men of
distinguished talents who, when engaged
IN literary work, twist their legs into intrl-
cate coils. One of the most eminent drama
fists in this country never abandons himself
TO deep thought without comforting his
iipDs, which are long and slender,
into kind of an angular scroll
work under the table. Another man,
whose poems appear most frequently in the
magazines, seems actually to wiring his emo
tlons out of his legs as if they were sponges
dipped in the divine af1latus. However,
these are exceptional cases of manneriSms
Dy which certain men of brains are insen-
when they are in deep thought others
scratch their heads abStractedly, while
Others again chew their finger nails. To
this absent-minded genius belongs now and
then man who cannot ponder severely
without making his legs express all the
emotions OF tuOuult
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
TIE OCEAN FLYER.

The great achievement of the steamship
TeUtonic in crossing the Atlantic from
Queenstown to New York in five days and
sixteen and half hours has naturally
provoked a deal of speculation as 10 how
great a speed may be expected from the
steamship of the future. 1t is right that
the Teutonic should be accorded due praise
for her performance, but the fact that she
has broken the record should not cause us
TO forget that it IS only by an hour or two
Il is well to remember that all the i'm
meuSe expenditure of the last ten wears in
The bgilding Of ocean flyers has re-
suited in shortening the voyage by twenty
four hours and no more. In 1882 the
Alaska astonishcd the world by crossing
the Atlantic in six days eighteen hours,
a record swifter by half day than that OF
the previous holder of the AtlaDtic's blue
ribbon At the time it was freely prophe-
sled that the vessel which would make the
passage in four days would soon be built
The advance made in ship-building in the
early eighties seemed to justify such pre-
diction. The record had been lowered by
thirds of day at a bound.
But ten years have gone By, and the
voyage still consumes close upon six days
from land to land, and, in reality, from dock
to dock, which is the travellers greatest
concern, nearly seven days. Each year
from 1882 to 1888, with the exception of
1888 and 1886, the record was lowered, but
only by an hour or two each time Then
from 1889 to the present month
the City of Paris deied all rivals with
five days and nineteen hours as her record.
The Majestic and her sister ship, the
Teutonic, have brought the time down a
few pegs lower. But the experience of
the last decade Goes not warrant the ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
PITTsBrJRG,s PICTURESQUE SIDE.

No inland city in the United States has
more picturesque surroundings than Pitts
burg. Perhaps we do not appreciate the
exquisite scenery at our very doors as we
should. Everybody is prone to value
lightly what he gets for nothing. The
tribute of visitor to Pittsburg's natural
beauties, printed in another column, is
wholesome reminder of what we may all
enjoy. Everything our correspondent says
of the superb views to be obtained from
the lofty coigns about the city is true.
Whether it be the prospect of the two
rivers flowing towards an union at the
Point, or of the two cities with all their
varied buildings, their churches, their civic
halls and crowded streets, both of which
NAV be had from the neighboring hill
tops, the beholder's eye is equally delight
cd and his soul elevated by the sight.
Now that rapid transit has brought the
heights within easy reach of the cities they
cncircle, there is no reason why Pitts
burg's picturesqueness should not be as
widely known as her more material advan-
tages. Very few cities, moreover, are
blessed with such beautiful suburbs as
PittSburg possesses on all Sides Tney
will repay the visitor abundantly.
1t is undoubtedly advantageous to city
to be known as a pleasant residence, and
the conveniences and charms of PittSburg
in this regard have never been sung as
loudly rs they should. But the utility of
such advertisement is being recognized
1t is not merely matter of aesthetics. The
rare scenic setting of the city has practi-
cal value; and it is a factor in the
magnetic force which draws population.
1t is helping to make Pittsburg the metrop-
oils of the Central States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
WHALING OFF NORWAY.
Bombs That Are Attached to the Harpoons
and How They Work.

and How They Work.
New Castle, Eng, Chronicle.I
Whales off Norway are harpooned with an
instrument of peculiar construction. 1t con-
sists of Il shank, into which two barDS fold
these spring out and sit fast in the animals
flesh when a strain comes on the line at
tached to the harpoon. The harpoon is fired
from a cannon mounted on a swivel carried
in the bow of the steamer. The head of the
harpoon carries an explosive shell, which is
fired by the breaking of glass tube filled
with sulphuric acid, and the tube is broken
the moment the animal strains the line at
tached to the harpoon in its dash to escape
after being struck.
The line attached consits of 81 length of
chain next the harpoon, and then a stout
cable, and the two are connected by an ac-
cumulator spring, which takes and breaks
the first strain of the animals dash. Usually
the explosion of the shell fails to strike
vital part, and in that case the whale is apt
to show fight.
The steamers employed are vessels built
of iron, about 80 to 100 tons register, with en-
gines of % to 40 horse power nominal. Such
a vessel, with sails backed and engines
working full speed astern, and with a long
length of cable dragging through the water,
presents "a very powerful obstruction, but
vet monster whales often prove powerful
enough to move the steamer with consider
able speed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22

pectation that new ships, by means of
more powerful machinery, triple and
quadruple screws improved lines of hull,
and all other prescriptions for speed, will
reduce the penance of the seaSick by
more than another half day before the
twentieth century dawns. Still steady
progress may be expected, and as far as
the average traveller is concerned-except-
ing only the victims of NAL de Dser-the
journey between New York and Liver
pool is none too long for pleasure now.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-22
1t Was Probably Bigamy.
the Editor OF The Dispatch:

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
1 was married at the age of 49, but never
lived with my wife as we found we had
made mistake. We placed the matter in
the hands Of a lawyer who advised US to OBJ
tain divorce. After waiting two years the
lawyer commenced suit for divorce. The
testimony was taken and the case submitted
for Judgment when was called away to an
other State. The lawyer informed me that
the divorce would be granted in few days,
and paid the costs and after that did not
bother about the matter. After time re-
married and my first wife also remarked
What wish to know is, whether the second
marriages were legal and whether the chill
dren are legal. EVERYDAY READER
PITTsBURG, August 81.
IF the divorce was not granted both par
ties committed bigamy, and the second mar
riages were illegal.l