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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
is STILL In DOUBT.
The President of the Local Team Goes
to See Spalding About Matters,
TEBEAU MAY NOT CONE HERE.
Pat Farrell and Peter Priddy Each Make
a Definite Statement to the World.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY

President j. P. O'Neill is not home yet.
Private kilograms state that Mr.. O'Neill
has gone on from Cleveland to Chicago.
The Pittsburg hustler, as far as known,
couldn't make things meet on the Tebeau
feature and, as rumor has it, went on to
Chicago to try and clinch things relating to
Van Haltren and Gumbert Every prac-
teal ball player knows the two players
mentioned are degrees ahead of any other
two that the local club can get.
1t is fact that President O'Neill has an
idea that the club doesn't require Van Hal
tren, simply because Burkett has
been signed. The truth is that
not one baseball patron out of
a hundred will say that Jesse Burkett is tin it'
with Van Haltren at any stage. What Pitts
burg wants is players, not experiments. and as
far as Mulvey is concerned We may as we'll
keep Billy Kuehne.
Ward has been lost-that is. he won't play
here; in short. we may say he does not want
Pittsburg at all. Pittsburg was the best of the
P. L. cities. and John now lets principle die
because of the prospects of population and
notoriety. He could have secured as much
money here as in any other place, therefore we
need not listen to John Wards talk about in
dlvidual sacrifices for the benefit of the ma
tional game of baseball.
President O'Neil Is now in. Chicago trying to
make the best of bad job" He wants the
right to sign Van Haltren and Ad Gumbert.
This means that If President ONeil had only
confined himself to Pirtsburg and selected the
ception of short stop like Ward. he would
have proved himself a business man and a
judge of baseball. There are many good play
ers whose homes are in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
MAKING THE TURKEYS Triple.

Mrs. Justice Field Greatly Abused for Re-
ferring to an Old Custom.
Richmond State.1
Prominent people sometimes have hard
time when they appear in print. The wife
OF Justice Field, for instance. wrote brief
piece on the best way of preparing turkey
for the Thanksgiving Day feast, in which
she suggested that the turkey should be fed
on champagne or sherry and walnuts few
days before killing. Since the appearance
of this unfortunate suggestion In The
PITTSBURG DISPATCH. she has, according
to her own statement, received letters
from all over the country-from California
to Maine-from women who, suppose, are
good in their way, abusing me like pick
pocket tor my cruelty"
Mrs. Field has been charged with making
a harmful original suggestion, but her re-
cine is not new one. 1t was an old GUS
tom 10 certain parts of New England to feed
the turkey on brandy. This was done for
several days, and from it grew the other
custom of making the gobbler gloriously
drunk, in which condition he was killed.
In the start the turkey was fed on brandy
because this impaired fine flavor to the
meat. but the efforts OF the gobbler to pre-
serve his dignity when drunk afforded in-
tense amusement in the barnyarj, and thus
inaugurated species of amusement upon
which public sentiment frowned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
BOXING HAS ITS USES.
How Douglas Moffat Utilized His Skill in q
London Quarter.

How Douglas Moffat Utilized His Skill in q
London Quarter.
A knowledge of the art of self-defense has
been useful to me on more than one oc-
casion, says Douglas Moffat in the Boston
Herald. Once when in London 1 was try
Ing to find short cut through some back
streets, and suddenly found myself in a mar
row and very disreputable looking street,
where clothes were hanging out to drv on
lines stretched across from house to house.
suppose my tall hat frock coat and kid
gloves attracted attention., for had not
proceeded far before piece of cabbage from
one Of the windows landed on my bat, part
of a carrot hit me on the back, and an egg
which seemed to have been laid bv hen
that was not healthy broke just in front of
my feet and splashed on my patent leather
boots; then was jostled by two hulking
blackguards who, when l politely requested
them to refrain from a repetition of the
same, not only used language more ex-
pressiye than elegant but signified their in
tention of punching my head unless I paid
them money, and one of them pur his fist
close to my face in threatening manner.
Immediately let out with my left, catch.
ing him full on the nose. 1t was a nose and
half-a real Israelitish one-and oh! what
full blooded man he must have been down
he went like ninepin, and without a mo-
ment's loss of time 1 treated the other to a
right handler on the jaw, and he rolled over
his PROSTATE companion. And then walk
ing briskly along the street 1 lost no time in
seeking more civilized regions where one can
walk unmolested.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
AN ITALIAN DEFICIT.
The Kingdom Expects to Be Short for
the Coming Three Years.
OPINIONS ON THE M'KINLEY LAW.
Denunciation Changed Into Something
Very Like Praise.
A FOREIGN VIEW OF TIE ALLIANCE

ROME, Jan. 28.-Signor Grimaldi pre-
sented the annual financial statement to the
Chamber of Deputies to-day. 1t shows a
deficit for 1891 of go, 900, 600 francs. Deficits
of 40, 600, 900 francs yearly are expected for
the next three years. The Mckinley law, it
is stated, has had no damaging effect upon
Italy.
In the course of his speech, Signor
Grimaldi said: 1.-The United States has
just strengthened its customs barriers,
threatening by measures of extreme rigor
any one daring to wage open or
concealed war against American prod
ucts. This has not great or direct
interest for us. The Mckinley law is not
too unfavorahle to our exports. Taken al
together, the American reform has not been
judged Justly. In the South and West of the
United States a new political force. the Farm
ers' Alliance, is developing, which reminds us
of the abolition In Europe OF measures
striking at American products under the
penalty of repriSals ruinous to the commerce
and trade of Europe. The tariff must not be
judged by our ordinary standards. Once high
satlon must be found along the entire scale of
duties manufactures originally fixed ac-
cording to value and determined by law in such
manner as to represent much less than the
actual cost of produce leaving The American
customs. ..
A Defeat for the German Ministry.
BERLIN-The Reichstag committee has by
a unanimous vote. rejected the motion made to
grant the sum of 100000 marks, which the
Government asked for in order to pay
bonuses destined to induce non-commissioned
officers to remain in the army after their
regular term of service has expired. In the
Lower House of the Prussian Dict to-day Herr
Herrauth. Minister of the Interior, said that the
Government was preparing an emigration law
which would in no way affect the liberty of the
people to emigrate. In the meantime, he added.
the Provincial Governors had been instructed
to exercise the strictest surveillance over eml-
grafton agents.
The Irish Factions in Parliament.
LoNDoN-Each section of the Irish Parlia-
mentary party will move separate amendment
to the Irish land bill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
GAME BIRDS FOR NEW ENGLAND,
A Sportsmen's Association Bringing Rare
Birds to Stock the Country.

A sportsmen's Association Bringing Rare
Birds to Stock the Country.
Boston Herald.l
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro-
tective Association is stocking New Eng
land with game birds. Nine hundred and
fifty prairie chickens from Nebraska are to
be turned into Plymouth and Barnstable
counties, which appears to be the most
favorable locality in Massachusetts, for an
initial trial. A very near relative OF that
bird exists to-day on the island of Martha s
Vineyard-the heath hen. So like is it to
the prairie hen that only an expert can tell
the one from the other.
a bird from which great reslIlts are ex-
pected by those who are importing it into
Massachusetts,, is the California valley
quail. 1t is most abunds mt in Southern
California, where, in favorable seasons, it is
to be found in myriads Other game birds
are TO be brought in, and the last bird on
the list is the Gambels' quail, or Arizona
quail. Three hundred of these little beau.
ties are to be let loose near Cape Cod. Ari-
zona is the chosen home of this quail, which
lnhabits every portion of the land, from
high snow-coyered mountain to burning
desert.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
IN A DoUBLF SENSE.
Customer in a Restaurant Creates Mis-
understanding.

n Sustoiuer IN 1SeStduranI CredteS Mis-
understanding.
Cincinnati Enquirer.l
"Greeny" Horn, last Friday night. went
into the hash laboratory next to Parmerton's s
and asked for nice dish of scrambled calf
brains. The waiter took the order with some
show of surprise, and when he walked ou
was heard to say:
"His Greenologies is in luck. Some
sucker must have tripped and fell in the
hallway"
After eating dish of pickles and all the
bread in sight, "Greeny" noticed that the
time was fast slipping away. In fact, he
discovered that a half hour had elapsed
since he had given the order. Calling the
waiter to his side be said:
what is the matter with my brains?'
Whats that?" demanded the funkv.
Whats the matter with nv brains, I
said" returned the indignant Greens.
Didn't you hear what told you?"
brains? Oh, amt got any," was the
rather peculiar answer.
Going outside, the epicure walked half a
square rapidly away from the restaurant
Suddenly he wheeled and returned, coming
up to the door in galIop. For a moment
he studied, and then turned slowly away
once more. Then he ruminated aloud:
IF thought that tina. sucker was kid
ding me, I'd go in there and kick his brains
out. l wonder if he said that l had no
brains, or the calf?"
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THE CADps w0NDR0Us WISDOM.
An American Story With Decidedly
Oriental Flavor.

An American Story With a Decidedly
Oriental Flavor.
Philadelphia Times.J
Many years ago there lived in an Eastern
land man who was considered both promi-
nent and rich. When he died, however, it
was found his possessions were very slight
indeed. In mis- will, among some triaing
Iegacies was the following:
"Of the three young men who consider
themselves my children have just claim
to one alone. The others are not OF my blood,
but adopted. 1 will not say who the right
full heir is, hut have left the matter to the
decision OF the Cadi. In his possession is
!, 900 pieces of gold, which will be given
to my true child, after he has proved his
claim"
The three reputed sons at once repaired to
the Cadi. He thereupon handed each OF
them a gold ring, saying:
stake this ring and 60 about in the world
and seek your fortunes. Use the jewel as a
talismaD, watch over it, preserve It, and
| after three years return to me. I will! then
announce who is the true son of his iather.
| and deliver to him the 1000 pieces of gold.
The BOYS st once Withdrew and disap-
| peared In different directions amid the
crowded haunts of men. They never crossed
each others path nor heard of one another,
but at the appointed time again made their
appearance before the Cadi for veal or woe.
isWhere is your ringg' he asked OF the
first and eldest.
The gold band was handed to the judge
| with the remark: at is here. 1t has
brought me luck. / have had good worldly
fortune and all goes we'll with me"
Then was questioned the second. =,
"Here is my ring" He opened his cloak
and showed it bound round his neck by a
silk ribbon. "Fortune has followed my
every footstep. 1t has been continual
blessing"
At last the Cadi turned to the youngest.
"Well, and where is your ring ?" The
bow was silent. A blush stole Ger his face
| and his eyes fell to the earth. Then, after a
struggle, he managed to say:
ST haven't got it. Eve pawned it.
The Cadi, handing him over the thousand
/ pieces of gold, cried:
"The money is yours. By your disposal
of the ring 1 recognize that you are really
your fathers son"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW.
A Stringent Bill for That Purpose in the
House.

house.
rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
HARRISBURG, JAN ga compulsory educa-
tional law was introduced IN the House to-day
by Mr.. Farr, of Lackawanna. 1t provides for
an enumeration of children between and IL
years, In books provided for the purpose by the
State. This is TO be done at the same time
that the regular assessment is made. The
Assessors will make their returns to County
Commissioners, who are to furnish proper lists
of the same to the secretaries of the various
districts in the county, and the secretaries will
furnish proper lists to the teachers. who are to
report absentees of a weeks duration each
month to their School Board when offenders
shall be notified of their liability and after
ward fined 60 for the first otfense and S. for
each subsequent infringement of the require
ments of tie act.
Authority is invested in school boards to ex-
cuse from school when mental or physical con-
ditions, poverty or other urgent reasons pre-
vent attendance. 1ndigeni children, upon sat
isfactory showing of the fact, are to be sup
piled with school books and other necessary
scaa5l supplies from fund provided by the
State. 1t is also provided that private schools
shall cooperate with the authorities of the
public schools in the enforcement of this act
and that they shall furnish secretaries of the
Board Of Education twice year with lists of
pupils in the private schools. Police officers
and constables are compelled to report to pub
lie school authorities cases of infringements of
the requirements Of the act.
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townships was reported out Of the Senate com.
mittee this afternoon favorably.
ANOTHER FRESH SUPPLY.
BILLS OF ALL SHADES BROUGHT IN BY
THE STATE s0LoNs.
An Anti-Treating Law Proposed by a WASH
ington County Senator-Representat
Lemon After Law and Order Spies-Bet-
ter Health Wanted for Cities.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE prsrArcr,

.srEclAL TELEsRAM TO THE pIsPArcH.:
HARRISBURG, Jan. 2S.-Among the bills
introduced in the House to-day were the
following: Jones, Allegheny. amending
the bill relative to the Liabilities of en-
ployers so as to require them to exercise
greater care in the selection of their bosses;
Lemon, Allegheny, providing punishment
for law and order spies; Wherry, Cumber-
land, to introduce and regulate civil service
in cities, boro1ghs and counties, Seanor, In
diana, to prevent the sale Of liquor on all
legal holidays
JohUson, Luzerne, authorizing the issuing
of text books free to the schools of the States also
creating commission to provide uniform text
books. Stewart Philadelphia. to prohibit spar
ring or boxing for money, or the opening OF
halls where such exhibitions take place. Pat
terson, Washington. prohibiting the habit of
one person treating another TO Intoxicating
liquors. and imposes a penalty of two days in
jail or from $40 to Sl0O fine Gentner. PhiIadel-
phia. appropriating 1000 for the erection of
monuments to mark the positions of Peunsyl-
vania soldiers at Chickamauga, Lookout Mount
am and Missionary Ridge.
Finley, W asbington, $50 600 to the State Agri-
cultural Society. Baker, Delaware, $4,000 to
the State Fishery Commission.
In the Senate bills were introduced as fol.
lows: UDDerman. providing for more effectual
preservation of health in cities Of the second
class, prepared by the Department of Safety.
Hines Luzerne, authorizing increase of
three clerks in the Secretary of the Common
wealth's Office. whose salary shall be 81, 500 per
annum. CriIchfield, Somerset, to provide
for the increase of the number of
qualified teachers of the public schools
of this Commonwealth by comforting upon the
students of all Incorporated institutions of
learning the same franchises enjoyed by STU
dents of the State normal schools Thomas,
Philadelphia, relating to telephone and other
electric wires. requiring them to be placed un-
derground in cities of over 100000 inhabitants.
Brown York. act to provide for the laying
public highways. Harlan, Chester. relative to
the opening, widening and changing of streets
and alleys in boroughs. and the assessment and
payment OF damages by the respective counties
ar phs
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A NEW TRICK IN THE TRADE.
How the Unwary Are Induced to Insure
Their Lives.

How the UnWdry arc luuuCeQ TO insure
Their Lives.
There are several new things in insurance,
one of the principal of which is that no man
knows nowadays when he is being ap-
,,roached by life insurance agent, saws the
New York Press. The approach to men had
become so difficult through the persistency
with which the old-time insurance agent
held on and bored men into taking life poll
cies to save their lives, that new line of
action had to be undertaken in order to
reach men who might possibly insure if
thew could be induced to look into the SUBJ
ject.
The shrewd insurance agent now has a
host of auxiliaries about him. They are
YOUR doctor, your lawyer, your
tailor, your merchant, YOUR grocer,
your bookkeeper, your clerk-anybody
that can get access to your ear and hint to
YOU that YOU ought to make some provision
for your family through insurance, so that
they will be provided with means of living
when you die. II you express the slightest
wish to study the subject the tip will be
passed to the agent, who will send you a
written statement, based on your age, as to
what his company will do for you for Ger
tain stipulated payments-yearly, semi
annually, quarterly or monthly.
You will wonder where the man heard
that you wanted to investigate the subject,
how he ascertained your age. and he will let
you wonder, but he will call on you pres
eutly, and probably enroll you on the books
of his company. When you have paid your
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-29
HE RODE ON A DEER,S BACK.
The Exciting Adventure of a Hunter in tn
Woods of Maine.

The Exciting Adventure of Hunter in the
Woods of Maine.
On Wednesday morning OF this week Oar.
ling Hantress, who lives about three miles
distant from Kezar Falls, Me-, met with a
novel adventure, says the Lewiston Jour
nal. Mr.. Huntress started for his home
about o clock with his OK team after a load
of wood. AS he was driving along the road
up toward what is known as the Notch, iu the
mountains on the Brownfeld road, he noticed
in the meadow below three deer. They
came up, crossed the road some distance
ahead of him and passed out of sight. His
dog, which had come along with him, was
now missed. and it soon became evident
that he was in pursuit of the deer, for very
soon he was heard barking in the direction
whence the deer had disappeared. Mr..
Huntress stopped his team in the road and
waited.
The dog and what he was pursuing had
circled around, and were now coming down
the side of the mountain, directly toward
where Mr.. Huntress was standing. In a
few seconds, to his surprise, a large deer
leaned over the wall and broke through the
crust close beside him. He sprang astride
the deer's back, hoping to hold it down,
but he WAS thrown of. and only succeeded
in making fast to one of the hind legs. The
deer started, dragging Huntress into the
road, where his hold was broken, but by
this time the dog had come up, and the deer
breaking through the. crust again was un-
able to get away before the dog had it down.
Huntress soon came to the assistance of his
dog, and between them they managed to
hold it until some neighbors nearby brought
some rope. The deer was then bound Sc
curely, and Mr.. Huntress took it on his sled
back to the house. He was placed in box
stall. and the only injury it sustained was a
slight wound in one of its ears.
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Sporting Notes.

BUFFALO, Rochester. Syracuse and Toronto are
booked certainties for the International
League. Toledo and Detroit are in prospect.
FRED DUNLAP is being talked of as possibility
to fill the gap in Wagner Brothers. Athletic team
made by Bierbauer's signing with Pittsburg.
IN the continuous handicap pool tournament of
the Manhattan Bicycle Club, j. Austin is playing
an invincible game, having led from the start or
the series.
WALTER HALLIGAN, who ranks in the amateur
ranks > first-cass one is after the old-tmer
Tommy Danforth and the latter may be compelled
to accommodate him.
WEsTwooD. N. j., has promising young lady
crack shot in the person of Miss Carrie Post. She
will take any old muzZe loading shotgun and
break five out OF every six glass balls.
A SOUTH CAROLINA sportsman tells of shooting
90 quails in two days. near the Rock Hill station.
aud that is great feeding ground for geese and
ducks on the Catawba river, very near there.
ACTING MANAGER ARTHUR IRWIN of the Bos-
ton Association club. is working quietly. dis
patch from Syracuse says that he has secured Sec
oud Baseman Childs, OF that nine. Chids had a
batting average of .3ii and feeding average of
.g3 last season. He Is said to possess high quail
fcatiOnS captain.
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Knights of Labor Urge Certain
Changes in the Ballot
Reform Bill That
THEY FEAR MAY KILL IT
In tine Light of Governor Pattison's
Inaugural Utterancss.
THE NUMBERED BALLOT FEATURE.
This Cannot Be Changed Without Holding
a Convention.
THE COMING PIPE LINE BILL FIGHT
rrKoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

rFKoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
HARRISBURG. Jan. 2S.--A committee Of
the KING hes OF Labor appeared tonight be-
fore the Judiciary General Committee of the
House in support Of ballot reform. the
Knights of Labor committee is composed of
NJ. H. Butler, of Warren; T. f. Caffrey, of
Luzerne, and James A. Wright, of Phila-
delphia Tnev raised the point tonight
that there are three passages in the bill now
before the committee Tor ballot reform which
are distinctly unconstitutional. This is the
bill prepared by the Pennsylvania Ballot
Reform Association, and introduced in the
House by Mr.. Baker, OF Delaware. 1t con-
templates reform approaching the Austria
lian system without amending the Constitu-
tion of the State.
Briefly put, the parts of the bill which the
knights of Labor Committee believe to be
unconstitutional are those relating to the
sealing down OF the corner of the ballot on
which is written the number; the handling
of the ballot at the window by the voter and
election officer. and the sealing up of the
numbered list before counting. The obiec-
tIon TO the last clause is that fraud cannot be
detected. Mr.. Butler succinctly stated the
position of the organization in these words:
The knights OF Labor want the Austria
lian ballot system chosen in Pennsylvania.
1t does not believe the system can be adopted
without a constitutional convention to remove
the numbered ballot feature, and it therefore
favors a convention. Right now we would like
a reform ballot law as closely resembling the
Australian as possible. but we are confronted
with the utterance OF Governor Pattison in his
Inauguration address. His Excellency said he
favored ballot reform, but that constitutional
convention IS nt ce >sary to effect it. Therefore
this indicates the Governors veto of any bill
this Legislature may pass on ballot reform. For
that reason we would like to see all these un-
constitutional features eliminated so the bill
viii have some show before the Governor"
The lawyers who compose the committee
pounced upon the Knights and finally forced
chem to admit that were the numbered ballot
feature out of the Constitution this hill would
answer all requirements. SToF1EL