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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
THE LAW ON OPTION CONTRACTS

The decision of the Minnesota Supreme
Court with regard to option contracts
draws the line between legality and lille
gality very clearly. 1t is asserted by some
exchanges that the decision will interfere
with the current exchange operations, as
if it had not been well known for long
time that all the gambling done under the
guise of business was outside the pale of
the law. The decision asserts no new
principle of law; but asserts more dis
tinctly than previous rulings the power of
of contracts and to judge concerning them
by that criterion.
The Minnesota Court very we'll says
that it will not rule out all contracts for
future delivery. Such contracts as The
DISPATCH has very often pointed out are
among the most legitimate forms of busi-
ness, where they are made with bona
fide purpose for the delivery and receipt
of the articles contracted for. But where
the contracts are made solely with the in
tention of settling differences caused by
the fluctuations of the market, or in other
words of betting on the staples, the con-
tract is illegal and the law will not en-
force 1t.
This is drawing the line at the proper
point The spectators and the combina-
ton theorists have held that the law could
not 60 behind the letter of the contract,
and tell whether there is any intent other
than the one expressed in the agreement.
This is equivalent to asserting that the
agencies which undertake to determine
with what intent a man strikes blow,
and makes his life depend on it, cannot
determine with what purpose two men
make contract with merely pecuniary
results dependent thereon. That is nom
sense, of course. The courts need have no
difficulty in distinguishing between con-
tracts where the actual delivery of the
staple is intended and those which are
merely betting on the ups and downs of
the market And that is what the Min
nesota court says they must do.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
Electric Lighting's Spread.

THE way incandescent electric lighting
is jumping into popular favor surprises the
most sanguine." said Gilbert A. Hays yester-
day. 1T will not be long before the gas will
be as much thing of the past as candles for
general illumination. All through the
electric trade the factories are being
pressed to their utmost to meet the
demand. Here in Pittsburg people were a
ing on, but as usual, when they made up
their minds that electric lighting was the
thing they wanted, they embraced the new
illuminant enthusiastically.
at Is remarkable how many people now
are taking the etched in preference to the
clear glass globes. By the use of etched or
frosted glass the only substantial objection
to incandescent electric lighting is done
away with. have found that carried the
impression of the dazzling filament of car
bon seen in clear lamp for hours in my
eyes after leaving its presence"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
JOKELETS FROM JUDGE.


tsNIy grandfather hasn't had his hair cut
for ton ve,rs ;, remarked Tvrvn.
..BaId suppose?,, replied Triplet with the air
of one who is not to be caught so easily.
MO- deau.
Most any man, until he dies,
still wants the earth while failure frets him;
But vet don't seem to realize
The earth wants him-nnd finally gets him.
Mr.. Bradley Smyth in passing under the
rear window of his house receives the contents of
pail of water on his head.
Mrs. Bradley Smyth-Oh, Bradley, dear. I'm
sorrvt Believe me- 1t was an accident. 1 did not
throw II at vou
Mr.. Bradley Smyth-I know you did not dear.
Mrs Bradley Smyth-How love?
Mr. Bradley Smyth-Because you MT me.
Though ministers have preached ana poets
sung
This maxim trite, what boots it to be told
That all our hest days come when we are Young?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
A DAKOTA DA NIGER.
The Divorce Business Is Taking on Large
Proportions.
st. Paul Globe.1


st. Paul Globe.l
The divorce business in South Dakota
take son large proportions, as seen by dis
tant eyes. A prominent Eastern paper at
hand speaks of it as "a reign of divorce such
as, perhaps, the world never saw before"
Sioux Falls as the center is reported as
rapidly booming ahead under the influence
of the capital brought thither by the di-
v,orce colony" Lawyers and ministers are
sharing the boom, "the former in parting
mates already on the ground" The view
taken is that this business originally be-
Ionged to Newport, R. l., but was captured
by Chicago just before the war, and now has
been taken in by the thrifty Dakota me-
tropolis.
The ancient Rhode Island town has re-
solved, as the East furnishes the bulk of the
business, to take the prize from Sioux Falls.
1t is announced that the divorce laws of
that State are really easier than those of
Dakota, with the single exception of the
years residence. The Legislature will be
asked to meet the Western situation on that
point. In Rhode Island it is invitingly said
that enterprising ladies do not consider
themselves entitled to social recogni-
tion if they have less than three ex-
husbands. Cases are cited of recent
occurrence where ladies have been
given the Rhode Island divorce simply be-
cause nicer and handsomer fellows were
ready to marry them. The past week as
high rs eight divorces in single day have
been had at Newport. The Dakota industry
is evidently in danger.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
NOT GIVING OFT AT PRESENT

The effect of that wonderful gusher out
in the Mcdonald field on the chronic dec
iaration of the geologists that the Penn
sylvania oil deposits are gradually giving
out deserves especial attention. The
unprecedented rush of oil from that lucky
strike, exceeding the ability of modern
agencies to restrain and store it, and the
way in which it casts the famous Thorn
Creek Gushers in the shade, have already
attracted public attention. But the way
in which this powerful gusher extinguishes
the extinction theory is in danger of
being overcast by its other striking fea-
lures.
Some fatality must control the predic-
tiors of those whom Truthful James calls
tie scientific gents" in making their pre-
dictions of failure of the Pennsylvania
oil supply just before the dvelopment of
some strikingly rich field. 1t was first
heard little less than two decades ago,
just in time to be illustrated by the expan-
sion of the field in Butler county. The
next resumption of the theory of extinc-
ton was followed by the Thorn Greek dis
coveTy Of 8,OO0-barrel wells; while the last
avcrment of the geolOgists that the oil sup
ply was limited, and must give out, has
been succeeded in the fullness of time by
the $1,000 Merey gusher. Perhaps one
more scientific opinion of the pessimist
class will turn out $4,000 or 10000 barrel
walls.
There is no indication in the Mcdonald
field that the supply of petroleum is going
to peter out and leave the interests of
Western Pennsylvania without material
TO work on. The results in this industry
make it worth while to hire some emf
nent scientific authority to write a pro-
longed opinion that the natural gas supply
is doomed TO exhaustion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

CHICAGO deals New York a stab in its
tenderest spot by the dedicating with i'm
pressive ceremonies 100000 monument to
General Grant, while the Eastern metropo-
lis is trying to raise that long-dragging fund
by giving concerts. There hardly seems to
be any way in which New York can respond
TO this last demonstration of her Western
rival except by taking it out of the Repub-
lican State ticket. Besides the appropriate
commemoration OF General Grants great
career, Judge Gresham's dedication speech,
like all his utterances is well worth read
inc
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

This" exclaims the New York E,ersisg
Sun, sis a canvass in which Democrats ought
to be angry. They have been humbugged
and cheated. No greeneys from the country
in the hands of bunko men have been more
grossly diddled Of their money than the
Democrats of New York of their rights. This
fraud is what Statesman Plntt and his cam
didates stand for" From this declaration
that the Democrats have been especial
sufferers in the Worlds Fair matter, there
is a decided inference that the New York
Democrats regarded a rake out OF that enter
prise as their especial meat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
PAVEMENT PALAVER.
Water Scarce, Wood-Pulp Follows Suit
Effect Of Drought Upon the Paper Trade
The Macintosh's ACCOMMODATIONS
in Electric Lighfinp-Talk of the Town.


1.-THE rain, if it lasts and is general,
will be as welcome to the wood-pulp makers
and the paper makers as to anyone" said a
paper manufacturer yesterday. "The long
continued drought has produced an unpre-
cedented condition of affairs with the wood
pulp makers. The streams have dried up
and the mills have had to stop. This means
paralysis to wood-pulp manufacture. for
nearly all of it is ground up by water power.
The making of ton of wood-pulp is Such
costly process that it is essential that the
cheapest methods are employed, hence water
power is preferred The wood-pulp suPny
mas been running down very fast, ana the
demand to-day far exceeds the production
Six weeks more drought would put prices
up fearfully, but, of course, with the fall
here we have reasonable assurance OF SUI
more.
'Since the Introduction of wood pulp rs
material for paper-making, the price OF pulp
has been reduced gradually from S35 to $l8
ton, and GO or 20 per cent of the newspaper
and manila papers are now made OF It. The
drought, however, has rrised the price of
pulp to $50, and it is mighty hard TO get at
any price In large quantities just now L
doubt If you could get 100 OF 200 tons for de-
livery at any near date. Out OF 80 wood pulp
manufacturers to whom l applied the other
day but ten replied, and they could fill small
orders only. You see the embarrassing part
of it is that the manufacture rs OF paper
have adapted their machinery to the use OF
wood pulp, and the changes they would have
to make if they were to return to the use OF
rags, old paper, etc., would be very costly.
Most of the big mills are in the East, one or
two only in this vicinity, but they are all
feeling the effects of the drought, and as L
say, If the rain had not come-I guess there's
plenty in store for us now-the newspapers
might have found white paper very costly
article.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

of China to pay an indemnity for the prop-
erty destroyed and the lives lost during the
riots, the New York Herald declares that
what is wanted is a proper degree of pro-
lection for foreigners Indemnities don't
restore the dead' This is true enough; but
does it not hit the United states rather hard?
If our Government were to be set the task
of resuscitating foreigners who have been
killed by hoodlum mobs in this country it
might find the task beyond the powers of
even the great Nineteenth Century Re-
nublic
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

IT rs dull week nowadays which does
not record the burning of new tenement
house and the cremating of some of its in
mates. This is hard on the inmates and in
surance companies; but as the owners are
able to bear up under the certainty that
they will get either the rents or the insur
ance money we suppose that vested interest
will keep it up.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

Now Tippo lib is to be the lion of the
next London sea son. The fact that he is a
hunter of human flesh and has made for.
tune out of murder and rapine will not deter
the London lion-hunters. Why should it?
Is not Tippo Tbs policy similar to that OF
the Great Powers, except that it is unglossed
by the Hypocrisy of civilization.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
Salvation in the Macintosh.

Women on a wet day don't look so Woe
begone as they used to do. The macintosh,
worn by so many women nowadays, is not so
hideous as the old-style gossamer. or
course wet weather still dims the glory of
millinery and reduces to dead level of
simplicity the dresses of the fair, but yes
terday the observer could not but notice
that the average woman who trod the pave
ment looked a great deal neater and drier
than the average man.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
The Apology Is Accepted.

Lima lU.D Daily I1mes.J
We hasten to tender our apologies to THE
PIrrsBURG DISPATCH paragrapher. He re-
marked few days ago that Grover Cleve-
land was nearing cry-sis of his career We
challenged the assertion on the ground that
such matters could not be accurately told,
but recent developments prove that THE
DISPATCH man knew whereof he spoke. We
cannot understand, however, why Grover
gave the tin to Republican paper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

THE Navy Department, in view of the
manifest difficulty of king the same ships
go to China and Chile at the same time, has
concluded that it must look after Chile and
let China work out her own perdition. Is
this an Indication of the relative political
values of Egan and the missionaries?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

THE ecceEtricities of the German En-
peror arc reported to be constantly produc-
ing sensation in German court circles So
long as he abstains from producing sensa-
tions in Europe the world at large will be
very willing that German court circles shall
stand it. What are court circles for, other
than that?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
MANSFIELD, I
The Result Will Be a surprise.

Bay City Tribune.l
We predict that the elections this fall in
New York, Ohio and Iowa, will prove a
source of surprise to most everybody. We
believe that the Democratic tide that swept
over the country last fall will be followed
by a Republican wave of even greater mag
nitude than its predecessor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

Now Melbourne proposes to sell his alleged
rain-making secret to the Government for
100000. That may not be bigger humbug
than some of the other Treasury raids, and
it might be cheap to get rid of Melbourne at
that price. Let us think on it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
Prophets without Honor.

San Francisco Chronicle.1
The calamityites are strangely silent over
"the enormous advance in prices" which
few months ago they were asserting would
be evident to all. They are prophets with
ont honor"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

"THERE is great field for diplomatic
genius in matters affecting the United States
now," remarks q contemporary. True enough;
but the trouble just at the present juncture
seems to be that there is more field than dis
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
How Protection StrangIes.

Cleveland Leader.J
We are selling the world moro of our
products this year under the Mckinley law
than ever before, yet tine free traders de-
clare protection strangles foreign trade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
They Are Barely Alive.

Chicago Inter Ocean.1
Democratic editors continue to say "the
United States cannot make tin plate" 1t is
the only way in which they can assure their
readers that they are alive and still able to
lie for the party.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

THE weather of the past twenty-four
hours might go far toward restoring the
equinoctial storm superstition If it were not
for the vital deficiency that this storm was
not equinoctial.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

THE traction lines will consolidate and
they will not. With this summary of the
past q hours the public should be satisfied
at having large liberty OF selection.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
The MatchIess Man From Maine.

Omaha Bee.l
"Matchless man from Maine"is an allitera.
tion which will set the Republican convcn-
tion wild with enthusiasm in a second.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

POVERTY is a very poor excuse for
young Jimmy Blaine to make in that divorce
suit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.

If ghosts walked some of the epitaphs
in the cemeteries would be etfaced.
FACTS, to be convincing, must be plainly
stated.
AN author of note-Listz.
POVERTY is very poor excuse for
young Jimmy Blaine to make in that divorce
suit.
CLEVELAND should secure cottage at
Rockaway Beach.
THE football season is always opened
with q rush.
THE singer was young and fair,
And the opera was packed;
But when she struck the air,
Alas, her voice was cracked.
PRooF-READERs are chock full of Chris
tian charity, and frequently overlook the
errors of others.
ADVICE, like medicine, should be we'll
shaken before taken.
CHANCE acquaintances-stock specula-
tors.
THE dear little babies will be pleased
over the action of the Presbyteries here and
elsewhere.
IT is perfectly natural for Campbell to
hump himself.
WHIsTLING girls and Growing hens are
liable to end in Il dime museum.
Now it is the Marquis De Leuvilles
turn to do as Balmaceda and Boulanger have
done. He will go wild when he hears what
Mrs. Leslie has done.
WHEN people begin to see visions they
should be watched.
THE English taxpayer must tear his hair
every time new heir to q portion of his
earnings is born in a royal household.
OLD Pluvius is now On deck,
Low spots resemble mud lagoons:
Drops full of SCOT white collars speck,
Loose bricks squirt stains on pantaloons.
MCKINLEY should be saved from his
fool friends in the metropolitan sanctums.
THE wrapper is the proper garment for
female spiritualists.
PARNELL is dead, but Home Rule and
Ireland still live.
OLD timers can be seen daily at the
police courts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08
AN author of note-Listz.

FACTS, to be convincing, must be plainly
stated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

CLEVELAND should secure a cottage at
Rockaway Beach.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

CoScEEN1xG TIE expressed willingness
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

THE singer was young and fair,
And the opera was packed;
But when she struck the air,
Alas, her voice was cracked.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

If ghosts walked some Of the epitaphs
in the cemeteries would be effaced.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

The football season is always opened
with rush.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

PRooF-READERs are chock full of Chris
tian charity, and frequently overlook the
errors of others.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-08

THE English taxpayer must tear his hair
every time new heir to q portion of his
earnings is born in a royal household.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-02

THE work done and that lett undone
by the Republican congress soon han
PLY to spass in its checks,e calls Wv
idly to mind that sad confession in the
liturgies ofthe Christian churches which
was: s'We have done those things
we ought not to have done, and
we have left undone those things that
we ought to have DONE" The wall Of
the sinful goes ON "and there is no
health in u.s." The Republicans in
both houses may well make the
words their own. The outline Of
what has been done, so small, and
of what has been left undone, SO great,
in our dispatches OF this morning fully
justify the verdict passed on the party
by the people in the recent elections.
The party has been weighed in the. bal
ance of public opinion and found utterly
wanting in all that goes to constitute
patriotism or statesmanship.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-02
Ocean Cables.

According to the latest report of the
International bureau Of telegraph admins
trations, the submarine telegraph system
of the world consists of 120,O7O nautical
miles of cable. Government administra-
tions own 49, ,524 miles, while lO7. $40 are the
property of private companies. The total
cost of these cables is in the neighborhood
OF $2O0, 100000. The largest owner of sub
marine cables is the Eastern telegraph
company. whose system covers the ground
from England to India and comprises g.
$50 miles of cable. The eastern extension
which exploits the far east, has 1895
miles more. EARLY in last year the system
of West African cables, which started from
Cadiz only six years ago, was completed to
Cape Town, SO that the dark continent is
now completely encircled by submarine
telegraph, touching at numerous points
along the coast. More than II, 900 miles of
cable have been required to do this, and
several companies, with more OF less aid
from the British, French, Spanish and
Portuguese governments, have participat-
ed in carrying out the work.-Scribner's
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-02
ne rixsd star. Not Fizsd.

Science now instructs US that beyond
doubt there are movements among the
fixed stars which will eventually break up
and scatter the consultations a. they are
now mapped on our celestial chartA These
consultations have been observed and
mapped during period of only about 1000
years Careful measurements have been
made during only one or two centuries,
but enough has been learned in that short
period to prove that the so-called fixed
stars are not fixed" One of tho most
notable instances of the constant and vet
almost imperceptible changes taking place
in the heavens is to be found in the motion
of the seven bright stars collectively known
as the Big Dipper.
Huggins, the noted astronomer, is now
engaged in proving that five of these stars
are moving in the same direction, while the
other two are moving in direction direct
ly opposite. Professor Flammarion had
reduced Huggins' calculations to a system,
arranging them upon charts. These in
geniously constructed heavenly outlines
show that 100000 years ago the "Dipper"
stars were arranged in the outline of a
large and irregular shaped cross; and that
lOO, 900 years hence they will have assumed
the form of an elongated diamond, stretch
ing over three or four times the extent of
sky now occupied.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-02
Derivation Of Yankee ;

The term Yankee" is applied to citi-
zen of New England, or Of the northern
states, or Of the United States, being used
BY foreigners as designation of all the in
habitants of this country. It is commonly
considered to be a corrupt pronunciation
of the word English or of the French word
Anglais, by the native Indians, who called
the white inhabitants Yangees or Yeng-
hees. According to some authorities it is
q corruption of Jankin, diminutive form
OF John, nickname given to the English
colonists of Connecticut by the Dutch set
tiers of New York. A well known histo-
rian states that it was favorite cant word
in Cambridge, Mass. as early as 1713, and
meant excellent" He supposes that it
was adopted by the students at that place
as byword, and being carried by them
from the college obtained currency in the
other New England colonies, until at
length it was taken up in other parts of
the country and applied to New England
ers generally.