Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

One gentleman was broker, the other q
| contractor. The broker began telling a.
story about the collection OF a certain claim
IN Washington wherein ex-Congressman =;
John Ellis figured as attorney. 1t appeared
| That the claimant had sold the claim two or
tnree times over to people IN New Orleans
] ana elsewhere before it was pushed TO pay
ment. This broker held lien on it and had
possible writs of attachments ne col
dHected the money before he LETT the
sherit rheaistnry department A eoupi6e'oT p6 aG aePnsy
wrlts against the warrant winch was sup
posed to be i'll his possession. As ne haa no
warrant, but the money itself, ne oeclned
TO recognize the writ and walked away
They have been whistling for their mon
ey, he said, "ever since''
i es, put in my friend the contractor'>"1
am one OF the men who is whisthng yet i
am one of the men who was behind deputy
sheriff and the writ"
He then gave his part of the story, which
completely supplemented that told by the
might live for l,OOo years and never meet
with such a coincidence.
One Fact About the Tariff.
II don't see what there is about the
tariff }" remarked q friend of mine the other
day, that sets men crazy. 1t undoubtedly
does unbalance the mind of man vino de-
votes much attention to IL. might mention
four or five friends of our mutual acquafnt T.
ance who have recently become Interested
in the tariff problem, and who have becomeN
the greatest bores on earth in consequence.
There Is something about the tariff that
absorbs mans entire mental being while
he is fooliDg with it, He can't think of any
thing else, and can't talk nationally on any
other subject five minutes at time. The
tariff seems to be good deal like religion
in this respect. Whenever a man goes be-
yond a mere believer and wants to find out
all about the foundation for his belief he
becomes a perfect crank on that subject. I
tell you that no truer saying was ever
uttered than that "A little learning is q
dangerous thing Most of those that hear
talking about the tariff have deuced little
learning, and are consequently dangerous
to society"
Chased by Topical Song.
GA popular topical song makes me.
tired,'' said Manager Tom Davis, who had
just returned from the road. "The more
popular it is the more tired get of it. Last
week 1 stepped into McVicker's in Chicago /
and the comedian sang oh What a Differ
erence in the Morning. The next night l
went to the Columbia and there the same
old song struck me. 1 bolted after the irstT
verse and took the train for Philadelphia. d
AT the first thester l went to had scarcely
got seated before the orchestra struck up
the air of 'Oh, What Difference in the
Morning. This was enough to drive man
to drink, and started out Immediately to 1
get one. meta couple Oh IFlenuS WINE
was out, and we finally went over to the;
Chestnut Street Theater. We were down
pretty we'll in front, and don't you know,
pretty soon Digby Bell came on, and, look
ing me right in the eye, began to warble 4
that confounded topical song, oh, What
Difference in the Morning" The Chestnut
Street Theater Is the only place where that
chestnut could be appropriately sung, so
had to sit it out-T verses and II encoreS.
When left the theater 1 went straight to /
the telegraph office and wired my company
at San Francisco that if our comedian ever
sang that song to give him the usual two 4
weeks notice."
Pittsburg Had This Years Ago.
"What will the public do when this work !
on Broadway is finished?'' asked Coleman
House lounger. ''We won't have anything to
look at, to swear about, to watch, to talk
about. This cable work and the condition
of New York's thoroughfare has afforded q
source of interesting CONVEX
sation. Thousands of people are standing
idly on ten miles of curbstone at all hours OF
the day watching the workmen and discuss
ing the work. Columns upon columns of
stuff have been printed about it,
and the complaints OF indignant tradesmen
during its progress would probably make a
volume as big as an unabridged dictionary.
When all the agony is over and Broadway
clean, solid, unbroken surface
from end to end what is everybody going to
do?n
"Swear at the cable cars" suggested by
stander eff you remember the experience |
of Philadelphia with it's new cable road" he |
continued with cruel suggestiveness, you'll |
have to bear in mind that the public and the
will find plenty OF food for daily
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
New York, Oct. 10.