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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
EXCHANGE EXTRACTS.

Little Things Clipped From the Other
Papers-The Gravity and Gayety of Life
Pathos and Fun In the Same Column
With Science and History.
The loving devotion of a. mother to her
child Is almost as enduring as the heavens
above and is not to be compared with earthly
things. This fact has many times been
exemplifed, end the extreme hardships un-
dergone last week by Mrs. Nancy sixkiller,
mother of the two Dunnawas boys who were
hanged at this place Friday, says the Fort
Worth Gazette, was only another substantial
ing instance of this assertion. After learn
ing that the principal chief had refused to
pardon her boys or commute the death
sentence the old lady was wild with grief
and determined to go to the chief in person
and make last appeal to him for their lives.
The distance from Mrs. Sixkiller's home in
Going Snake district to Chief Mayes resi-
dence on Grand river is not less than 80
miles. Although an aged and feeble woman
OF 20 years she made this long journey afoot
and alone.
And all in vain!
Her pleadings with the stern old chief
came to naught, and the heartbroken
mother was back at this place the day before
the hanging, so that she might be with her
doomed boys during their last hours on
earth.
When she left her home Mrs. Sixkiller had
on an old pair of shoes, but when she ar
rived in Tahlequah, her feet were bare, torn
hausted condition, caused by her grief, hun.
ger and fatigue. She had waded creeks and
climbed mountains until her shoes were worn
completely from her feet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
The Iron Horses Breathing.

The ''breathing" Of a aloconottve-that is to
say, the number of puffs given by a railway
engine during its journey-depends, says
Iron, upon the circumference of its driving
wheels and their speed. No matter what the
rate of speed may be, for every one round of
the driving wheels q locomotive will give
four puffsStwo out of each cylinder, the
cylinders being double.
The sizes of driving wheels vary, some be-
ing Is, 10, 20, and even % feet in circumfer-
ence, although they are generally made OF
about 20 feet. The express speed varies
from 81 to SO miles an hour.
Taking the circumference Of the driving
wheel to be 90 feet and the speed an hour. 30
miles, a locomotive will give, going at ex-
press speed, $50 puffs per minute, or %, 500
puffs per hour the wheel revolving IL, 200
times in 60 minutes, giving loss puffs per
mile.
Therefore, an express going from London
to Liverpool, distance of 201A miles, will
throw out 2l3,0 puffs before arriving at its
destination. During the tourist season of
1885 the journey from London to Edinburgh
was accomplished in less than eight hours,
the distance being 40l miles, giving speed
throughout of so miles an hour.
A locomotive. of an express train from
London to Edinburgh, subject to the above
conditions, will give AZ, ,456 puffs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

we can keep entirely clear of by moderate
degree of fairness in international re-
lationS
The beauty'of this as national project
stands out clearly IN comparison with re-
cent event. The United States lately
failed to agree to the suppression of the
trade in whisky and gunpowder in Africa,
on the plea that it must ''avoid entangling
alliances" That principle would not let
it Join the decree of civilization against a
trade which is depopulating the Dark Conti-
nent; but when it comes to making close
alliance with the two most ambitious pow
ers of Europe it is notIsupposed to stand
in the way at all
We do not believe.any such policy'is con-
templated by the administration. Our
Government does not need the protection
of either France or Russia. It is perfectly
able to take care of itself; and no admins
tration will be un-American enough to put
it under the tutelage of those military pow
erS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.

As A gambler, the Prince of Wales is all
that could be desired.
HARRISON will undoubtedly welcome the
hour when his son shall set.
LOVE finds the way either to the altar or
the divorce court.
THE hard-headed sinners nowadays are
satisfied to let the preachers wrestle with
faith while they hunt for facts.
If health was only appreciated like
beauty, the plain girl would captivate.
If water cost as much as beer, more of it
would be.used to quench thirst.
Potato culture is uphill work, but it
pays.
AFTER candidate is slated he is fire.
quently wiped out.
SCRATCH saint and you will probably
find hereto.
MoLEs are frequently found on necks of
land.
THE faith of the past is the most annoy
ing doubt of the present.
BREAD cast upon the waters now will
probably be deposited on a sand bar.
ExCURsIoNIsTs will soon be picking Gin
ders out of their eyes and sand out of their
teeth.
POLITICAL secrets are not worth much
until they are put in circulation.
THE position Of Governor would be very
nice were he not compelled to live in Har-
risburg.
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MONEY FOR THE FAIR.

A comparison of the appropriations
made for the coming Chicago Exposition
with those contributed for the Philadel-
phia Centennial gives promise of fine dis
plays if the money is not wantonly wasted.
Ten States which. appropriated nothing in
1876 have made appropriations for the
Chicago exhibition amounting to over
$780, those of California, $500, 900,
Missouri, S150, 600, and Washington, $780,
900, leading the list Colorado and Ohio
also notably increase their appropriations
to 100000. Pennsylvania, which contrib
uted 81, 125, 600 in 1876, as the State where
the exhibition was held, decreases her ap-
preparation to 100000; but this is more
than offset by the increase of Illinois
$40, 900 appropriation in 1876 to 81, ,0O0, 900.
Eleven States, among which New York is
undesirably prominent, have appropriated
nothing; but even with this deficiency,
which may be partially made up, the State
appropriations for Chicago amount to
more than double those for the Philadel-
phia Exposition.
With about $40, 900, 600 raised by Chicago
and 81, 100000 contributed by the United
States Government, it will be seen that if
the money is properly, expended the Chi
cago Exposition two years hence should
be brilliant success. The danger is that
large share of this money may go for the
benefit of political favorites. Pennsylvania,
in saddling her $500, 900 with the expenses
of thirty Commissioners, is an example of
this danger. At present, however, the
prospects for the Exposition are brilliant.
If good work is done in the next twenty
four months the Columbian Exposition
should attract the attention and command
the attendance of the entire world.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
The Rulers of Nruscat.

A European traveller, who was visiting the
court of the Imam OF Muscat not long ago,
relates in Youths Companion the following:
1 had heard that no ruler of Muscat for
the last hundred years had died a natural
death, and was Interested when, In our con-
versation, the Imam himself introduced the
matter of this extraordinary fatality among
the sovereigns of his country.
ais it true,' ventured to ask, ssthat no
Imam for 100 years has died in his bed?''
s'Certainly not" said he, with perfectly
grave face. "Let me see-four of them have
died in bed"
"And they were not assassinated, then?r
"Well," he said, sit is true that they were
found under the mattress instead of on top
of it, but they unquestionably died in bed .
apparent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
White Men In Liberia,

According to the New York Sun, when col
ored colonists from America established q
little Republic of their own in Liberia they
adopted Constitution which provided that
white men should never be permitted to
own real estate in their country. They
thought they and their fathers had suffered
sufficiently through their contact with the
white race in America, and they proposed to
give theswhites no opportunity of getting
the upper hand in Liberia.
For years there were no white traders in
that country, but finally the citizens of the
new republic permitted agents of foreign
firms to establish themselves at Monrovia,
and other points along the coast. Commerce
with Liberia has greatly augmented in re-
cent years, and foreign traders have been
greatly hampered by the fact that they
could not acquire any real estate. They
have appealed again and again to the Libe-
rians to amend their Constitution, and the
statesmen of the Republic finally determine ed
to do so. The Constitution has been
amended, and hereafter white traders will
be permitted to own q certain amount of
Iiberfan soil.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
IN A SWING.
Here's picture of the spring

Here's picture of the spring
Happy spring.;
It is beauty in swing
(Such swing)l
Made of vines from garden bowers
Where the blossoms fall in showers,
With embroidery of flowers
Pretty thing!
She is Beauty. Up she goes
In the air,
And there tumbles down rose
From her hair.
can catch-I will not miss it.
Tumble, trmble-ah. this is it.
And with lips Of love kiss 1t
For my dear.
.'swing me, swing mel'' 1t is clear
am caught
In fairy, silken snare,
All for naught;
For her sweet commands are ringing,
And she will not stop the eswinging,
Though the birds of love are singing
Happy lot!
''Swing me. swing mei'' How her tones
Ring and ring,
IT'LL the heart within me groans--
Tired thihgl
y But her heart is like feather;
Would to heaven, in just such weather,
We could 60 through life together
In swiDgl
Atlanta Coastitution
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

EX-SENATOR INGALLS, declaration that
be will not talk to newspaper interviewers
because he can write out his views and get
1000 for the article, permits the inference
that his, plan of making an immense fortune
by raising potatoes has not proved satis-
factory. Perhaps better reason for Mr..
Ingalls, refusal is the recollection that a
former famous interview betrayed him into
some indiscreet remarks about the absence
of the Ten Commandments from political
principles
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

THE police in Eastern cities are becoming
cynical on the subject of married felicity.
No less than three recent arrests are chron-
icled, in parks or the streets, for the display
of affection between promenading couples
kissing in the Boston case, sitting too close
together in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and
the enciFcling of the woman's waist by the
mans arm in the park at Montreal The
arrested couple in every case having pleaded
the privilege of matrimony, the police power
responds that married people do not act
that way. 1t seems important to learn
whether the pessimistic view of matrimo-
nial affection taken by these guardians of
the public peace and morals, is due to i'm
partial observation or sad personal expert
ence
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
when Gladstone was YOUNG.

John Gladstone, the father of the EXPIRE
mier of Great Britain, trained his children
to give a reason for every opinion they
offered. 1t was in this way that William e.
Gladstone was early trained to debate
On one occasion William and his sister
Mary disputed as to where certain picture
Nouglit to be hung. An old Scotch servant
came in with ladder, and stood irresolute
while the argument progressed, but as Miss
Mary would not yield, William gallantly
course.
The servant then hung up the picture
where the young lady ordered, but when he
had done this he crossed the room and ham,
mered nail into the opposite wall. He was
asked why he did this.
"Aweel, miss, that will do to hang the
picture on when yen have to come round to
Master Willie's opeenion."
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good many places 1t deserves attention, /,
here
FACT OR FANcYl
The Nice Little Story That Comes From the
Gay City Of Paris.

The Nice Little Story That Comes From the
Gay City Of Paris.
A few years ago man of certain age,
yery well dressed and gentlemanly in ap-
pearance, frequented celebrated cafe in
Paris. and every morning asked for
cup of coffee and roll, says Fy-
garo. One day he went out without pay
ing: the same circumstance occurred the
second and even the third day. The garcon
informed the proprietor. "Cest bien, - re-
piied the latter; "serve the gentleman as
usual, and do not pay the least attention to
the BILL"
For one year this went on, when, suddenly,
the customer disappeared. The proprietor
had almost forgotten him, when, to his sur
prise, he received, freight paid, IL chests of
coffee and II bales Of sugar. A let
ter accompanied these singular pack
ages stating that the writer was rich
planter Of Martinique, who for some time
had been in difficulties, and thus begged to
acknowledge the polite kindness of his host,
who for one whole year had allowed him to
run into debt at his cafe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
Obituary Notes,


CARDINAL AL1MoNDA, Archbishop of Turin, Is
dead. He was born in 1915 and was created Car
dinai in 1873.
FREDERICK @. RAMKEY, the oldest shoe manu-
facturer in Petersburg, Va, died Friday afternoon,
aged 50 years.
MRS, MARGARET McCAeUE died yesterday at her
home, in swissvale, aged 50 years. The funeral
will occur Tomorrow.
COLONEL WILLIAM H. PEYroN, one Of the most
widely known and popular public men In ny Virginia.
DAVID BROOKS, the electrician and inventor Of
electrical appliances died at his residence In Ger
mantown Saturday night, Of pneumonia, aged Y
years.
BENJAMIN CLEARY died yesterday forenoon at
the age of 81 years. The funeral will occur to-
morrow from the residence OF his son-in-law, John
Cow, in Bellvue.
CHIEF ENGINEER j. F. BINGHAM, of the United
States Steamer Alliance, died at the United States
Consulate at Yokohama. The remains were buried
at Urakame, Japan.
VIII. LEONARD, formerly a Justice of the Su-
preme Court of New York. and member of the
Commission of Appeals, died on his farm near
Mount Kisco, Friday afternoon.
M. JULEs-GABRIEL AYME, Senator of France, is
dead. NJ. Ayhe was born in 1906 was a lawyer by
profession, a Conservatiye in politics and was q
chevalier Of the Legion of Honor.
MRS. MARY o'BnrEN. died early yesterday
morning ut the residence Of her son-in-law,
Thomas A. Pender, No. SO Wylie avenue, in her
SOth year. The funeral will take place tomorrow
at 0 A. NJ.
HON. W. H. MOON died at New Orleans Friday
He was native of Wilmington, DEL, and was 53
years old. Mr.. Moon served as q member of the
Louisiana Legislature, and was also In the last
City Council.
SIR ANToINEA DoRtoN, Chief Justice Of the Que
bee Queens Bench Court, and formerly leader of
the Quebec Liberal party, is dead. He. was for
many years one Of the most prominent figures in
Canadian public life.
ALEXANDER CoNNoR died Friday at Kearney,
Neb, He lived almost all his live in Indiana and
was one of Oliver P. Morton's right-hand men. He
was postmaster of indianapolis and part proprietor
of the indianapolis Journal.
MAJOR DAVID NJ. COHEN, of the United States
Marine Corps, died at his home in New York City,
Friday night. A small steamer on which he was
passenger during the Civf War was captured by
the Confederate privateer Alabama, and he was
held as prisoner for several months.
THESE old people have died along the schuylkill
Valley recently. Mrs Mary Isaub and John Mohr-
ing of Reading, aged respectively 90 and sS years;
Peter Egoib, Sr., Pottstown, %, the same as that
at which his father died before him Sarah Richard
son, Chatham, s5; Conrad Herman, Shenandoah, 90:
Samuel Fritz. Earlville, a.; DR.. |. q. Cofrman,
Ph9nixvile, Ss, one of the six Oldest graduates or
the University of Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Sarah
Delaney. of Mahonoy City 90, one of the pioneers
Of Schuylkill County,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
JOKES AND JINGLES.
CUPID IN CLOTHES.

CUPID IN CLOTHES.
IT'S sad that Cupid thus should hide,
His grace of form and limb;
But he must don a nething suit
Ifhe'd be In the swim.
-Tszas SVfia0s.
Miss Conesbreigh-Oh, papal never
say such love of bonneti''
Papa Feeling for his wealth)-I have-or, rather,
for one.-Flunk Lestie's Illustrated Es1cs.
Did you ever strike boarding house,
No matter when or where,
But what you found them running on
Some dish other there?
You'd get itmornings, evenings, too.
Ifhome, you'd get it moons
And I'll bet dollar to a cent
If Il wasn't hash It was prunes.
Retribution-When a man slips on his
own banana peel.-Supannah Times.
Her cloak in camphor shsdid wrap,
And laid 1t on the shelf away
Alas! for springtime's chill mishap.
In camphor she is wrapped to-day.
-Neso York Herald.
ST trust, young man" said the preacher
dur,n9 his can on the family, the other evening,
that you are pursuing the even tenor Of your
way9''
I'm my way replied the youth hotly. IF he
doesn't stop flirting with my girl IN lamm him."
Buffalo Courier.
Go down to the country sanctum
While the fishing is good for trout
And you'll find that the jolly editor,
Like the seat of his pants. is out.
-Augusta (Gd.) C6ronfcis.
Brine-weIl, Jawleigh, after years
trial would you say marriage was failurea
Jawieigh-Of course not. My wife is an orphan.
= -Wdstington Star.
: frr1o
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
Hard to Believe,

Walking down one of the long stone plat
forms in the Grand Central station to take o
Hudson River train, an elderly gentleman
picked up a s. bill last Monday afternoon,
says the New York Times He was appar-
emily a conscientious man, and as there were
several persons ahead of him, he hastened
forward and accosted them one after the
other-men, women and children-wtth the
query, Ibid you drop this $5 bill" Strange
to say, he neither found the owner OF the
bill nor dishonest person disposed to take
advantage of his own frank honesty.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

Money is only to make Us comfortable, to
give happiness to others, and thus transmit
happiness by the spirits telegraph to us.
Kindness, gentleness, faith, generosity,
at last into angels Of beauty and light and
I'LL life with odors of paradise. But no snow
white dove OF heaven will ever come TO rest
invisible upon the shoulder of that being
by the dark current of sordidness, whose
only blind, stupid, selfish care seems TO be
the boarding of money. To such come none
Of the delightful messages Of peace and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
A BLAvATsKY "MrRAcLE."
Very Clever Trick Played by the Deceased
Theosophist.


An ex-oficial of the Theosophical Society
an apostate-told me of one of Madam
Blavatslxy's miracles performed in London
She was entertaining o dinner party, and
suddenly said:
'I feel like working a miracle" adding,
laughingly, 'Does any one want anything3'
A young male guest answered that he
would like an Indian silver fligree card
case.
every WELL" said 81. P. B., concentrating
herself,
After half minute had passed Madam
told her visitor to go into the hall, and he
would find what he wanted in his greatcoat
pocket. And he did so.
The card-case was of unusual kind, and
the young man declared that his desire for
such a one had only entered his head mo-
ment before he gave it utteranee. The one
possible explanation, under the ciroum-
stances, was that Madam Blavatsky had first
had the card-case put in her guests coat,
ana then had willed him to think of it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

THE acquittal of Plenty Horses produces
some protests on account of its effect on the
Indians: In that light, the responsibility
must rest with those who brought the In
dian to trial under circumstances which rem
dered conviction impossible. If the same
energy had been directed toward bringing to
trial the officials whose inefficiency or dis
honesty produced the Sioux outbreak, the
effect on both Indians and whites would
haveibeen unexceptionable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

IT is surprising to learn from New York
that one of the Park Commissioners thinks
the proposition to establish children's
playground in the park is every radical in
its nature" A public park of any size which
did not have children's playground would
be a very useless affair. But it is one of the
examples of the peculiar action of some
mems minds that the Commissioner who
takes this view thinks it all right to surren-
der more park space to jay. Gould's elevated
railway
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

MAYOR SHAKEsPEARE, of New Orleans,
in his last outbreak, says If Consul Corte
comes back 1--WE will drive him from the
city" The Shakespearean idea that mob law
is able to attack the representatives OF
foreign governments indicates the degree OF
savagery which rules New Orleans. No more
civilized people than the Soudanese Mahdists
have heretofore threatened consuls.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

The way recent custodians of money are
going to jail in Philadelphia indicates that
the Quaker City is at present very un-
pleasant place for those who speculate with
the money of other people-and lose it.
Those who win of course retain their post
tions as eminent financiers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

THAT story, made the subject of indignant
commentby bynumerous Eastern papers, about
Kansas Alliance people having opposed by
force the foreclosure of a mortgage held by a
school teacher, shows that they committed a
dishonesty as radical as the plundering of
small investors savings by the great corpor-
ate managers-n the story is true. But as
exactly the same tale, without the school
teacher attachment, was told once before
and proved to be made out of whole cloth, il
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

STILL we fail to hear of a proper explain
alton from the high officials of this Govern
ment how it was that they knew of the rot
tenness in the keystone Bank as long ago as
last January, and did nothing. Are they pre-
pared to accept the responsibility of making
the national bank law a sham?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

THE information that Cockere1 and
Turner, late of the World, have bought the
New York Commercial Advertiser has doubly
gratifying promise. 1t permits the hope
that the Advertiser will become a live political
paper, and that the World will now work out
of its recent rut and be something more
than O Hill organ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

AFTER all the talk about the closed sea-
son, it seems that the North American Com
mercial Company and the seal poachers will
kill seals as usual this year. All parties
directly interested are thus satisfed-except
the seals
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01

WELL, although the late Legislature did
not make a very great success in any of it's
attempts at legislation, 1t is a mitigation to
know that its members demonstrated them
selves to be experts in the line of throwing
naner balls
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
may be well to await further corroboratioI
before passing sentence on the Alliance.

CONGRESSMAN WILLIAMS, Of Massa-
.chusetts, attacks the clergy of his district
for not denouncing the sin of vote-selling.
Perhaps the clergy are afraid this would
.necessitate an attack on the vested interest
of yote-buying.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
The Cool Corporal.
Washington Post.l

Washington Post.1
It is not out Of place to remark that Cor
poral Tanner comes out of the latest Pension
ONCE furry without turning hair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-01
ARaasan nisonxered

Baltimore Americana
Perhaps some people are SO anxious about
joining new parties because they cannot get
nominations in the old ones.