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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE.

SENATOR PLUMB is a regular subscriber to
between 200 and SEQ Kansas newspapers.
THE PRINCE OF NAsSUA, a fine looking
young fellow. is in England looking for a wife,
SIR CHARLES AND LADY DILKE are seeking
q week or two of repose in their pretty French
country house on Cape Brun, the rocky height
above Toulon.
CHARLES BRADLAUGH, NJ. p, was tailor's
shop-walker when he was a young man. and
first came into notice as a member of country
debating class.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT is expected back
next spring. The ex-Commodore has the Has
san and Naouma now. and is building new
steel screw yacht in this country.
THE Comte de Paris request that his son
should receive a commission in the Russian
army has been refused by the Emperor Of
Russia. Prince Louis Napoleon is, it will be
remembered, in the Russian army, so that the
refusal of the Gar who gave the reason that
Russian service could not be made the retreat
of banisbed Princes, has caused some surprise
BISHOP JOHN P. NEWMAN will be leader
in the Quarter Centennial Methodist Jubilee to
be held in New Orleans. He is to be the orator
of the day, and will take for his subject "The
Future of the Negro Race" At the close of
the jubilee the Bishop will visit all the confer.
ences in the West and South, and, in addition,
to this work, he will preach wherever he is re-
quested so to do. and will appoint local preach
ers and do much other church work.
PAUL CINoUEvALLI, the magician, is
slender. handsome little man, an agreeable
talker, full of "reminiscences of great men he
has met, and not in the least conscious of the
fact that he is. perhaps. the greatest juggler
and gymnast in the world. He is linguist
and speaks eight languages, French, German,
English, Spanish. Russian, italian, Danish and
Swedish. Strange to say he does not speak
his own native language, the Polish.
IMAGINE Bill Nye's classic features half
eclipsed behind long, flowing beard. And yet
there was a time-and not very many years
ago, either-when the humorist was the proud
possessor of such a hirsute appendage. At
that time he nlourned the fate which made him
bald and sought to apologize for the absence of
hair upon his head by an abundance of hair
upon his face. But in spite of all his efforts
the badness of his dome of thought attracted
the public eye and held it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
AN INDUSTRIOUS MOTHER,

She Accomplishes Feat Never Before
Performed by a Far Northern Hen.
ST. PAUL, Jan. PAS a reliable setter
Joshua Robertson, OF Lake Como, has a Ply.
mouth Rock hen which he will back against
the world. The mood is liable to strike her any
season of the year, and when it does she will sit
with as much enthusiasm upon a porcelain nest
egg, a door knob. small boulder or brick, with
the thermometer 20 degrees below zero and a
blizzard raging as though she were planted
upon dozen Golden Pheasant eggs worth So
apiece in the balmiest May weather. But, as it
is often the reward of the enthusiasts she has
at last made herself famous She has performed
feat which was never performed in Minnesota
before. SO far as the 'oldest inhabitant' can
remember.
Over three weeks ago she caught the setting
fever. Her proprietor tried to break it up He
ted her meats mixed with cayenne pepper.
other things mixed with black pepper and
tried all the remedies known to the science as
good to make a hen lay. But it was all time
wasted. She had made up her mind to set, and
set she would. So Mr.. Robertson concluded to
humor her. He put a dozen nice new eggs un-
der her. Mrs. Hen appreciated the favor and
put in her best licks. Yesterday she walked off
the nest the proud mother of IL of the cutest
little chicks imaginable. Mr.. Robertson has
lived near ST. Paul for the past 80 years, and he
asserts tina. that is the first brood of chickens
ever hatched by hen in the State during the
month of January
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
OUR MAIL POUCH.
The Street Improvement Problem.

Inc Stroet improvement ErODtcms
To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
On account of Sickness did not see my
article on the pending new street act in your
issue of the 2lst inst. until last night. There
has been an error or omission in the manu-
script or a blunder on the part of the printer
one or the other--as the lines printed read:
There are hundreds of solvent business men
who can pay dollar for dollar on everything
they owe, and can do SO within months
time; just so with solvent property frontage
owners"
The above does not convey the idea intended
It should. WHAT meant to say was substan-
TALLY that there are hundreds, yea, thousands,
of our best and most useful citizens, who can
and do pay dollar for dollar of their indebted-
ness in three or five years, who could not IL
compelled TO do within 90 days, as the law
now is or was. The logic Of this simple Illus
tration is simply that persons who have the
bills to pay for street improvements should not
be driven into bankruptcy for having done an
act that is so largely in its nature pro bono
publico.
Give those who pay for the improvements
time. There is much land within the city linn
its that is kept out OF market for lot purposes
simply on account of its want of better means
of access. t. E., streets thereto, and whose own
ers are deferred from incurring the expense on
account of the short time allowed go days) to
realize the wherewith to pay for same. In
short, think the law should be SO framed as
to promote street improvements by first max
ing secure the city and second by giving the
citizen time to pay for such. / think it is
Mahometan dogma that "he who digs a well or
plants tree is sure to go to Paradise" and if
this be true, then think that he who paves a
street and pays for or promotes the same is
equally entitled to a like reward. 1 further
more think it would be but democratic that
the new act should accord the petitioners the
right to designate the kind of material, ]. e.,
the kind of pavement they are willing to pay
for. GEORGE FINLEY,
E. E., PITTsBURG, Jan. %. 1891.
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sMIRKS AND SMILES.

Full soon in the blooming suburbs
The land will reach rate
That will make the owners sell 10
At apothecary's weight.
And soon to the flooded marshes
Glad buyers will resort
To ravenousy purchase
The same by the wind-tossed quart.
r. K. M, in Puck.
Gl,zzard-How did that Bellamy Kitchen
at Evanston pan ouH
shykes-It went to pot.-Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Bullion-I bought to-day a genuine
Partisan work of art.
Mrs. Billsdoo-One of Detaille,s paintings?
Mrs. Bullion-No. bust Of some young woman
named Hebe. The dealer assured me 1t is real
plaster of paris. -Jeveters' Circular.
"Tommy," said an anxious mother 10 her
hoy. s'yonr uncle will be here 10 dinner to-day,
and YOU must have your face washed.n
.'Yes, ma. but s'posen he don't come. What
thenr'-Tsrds SVttngs.
'aThere is a law in this State making il a
prison ofense for q man to change his name"
''Still, as 1t doesn't apply to women, wouldn't
mind changing mine Tomorrow
It Is q match. -PhitGdsLphia Tfnss.
There was an annoying hitch in the great
ocean scene In my play last night, :" said Bronson
Hoyt with a sad smile. 'swhen the hero Jumped
of the raft save the heroine he got on in the
wrong place, and one of the waves kicked him In
the stomach. 1t seemed to knock all the sense out
OF him. for he got right mp and walked ashore.n
''What did the heroine do9u
She sat on wave aud lsughed.-Hsas Esrs
SuA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
A Pen Picture of Carlisle.

Gath in Cincinnati Enquirer.1
Mr.. Carlisle, at the age of So. is of the full
height without being tall, and spare without
leannessy An ease of intercourse becomes his
figure. As his motions are graceful. his adj
dress Is gracious yet plain. The visitor is not
put under constraint by too much manner, and
finds embarrassment only in the attempt to
study his countenance while the Senator's
mind is in exercise, spon taneous and elastic as
billiard ball. The face, however. shows the
print of public duties like face upon a coin
the brow concave, and as the eyebrows lift
show seams as if from routine and candleIight;
the smile upon the somewhat hollow. high
boned cheeks taking the pale shadow OF
thought; the mouth expressive, and in speech
flexible by long training, a something of the
literary Caesar going out to the observer from
that closet yet pnblic face.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
sHERIDANs RIDE oUTDoNE.
How a Delayed Colorado Legislator Showed
Up on Time.

How a Delayed Colorado Legislator Showed
Up on Time.
DENVER, Jan. 25.-On Friday night last Mr..
Thomas F. O'Mahoney the leader of the
Democratic delegation from the carbonate
camp IN the House of Representatives, went
home to see his constituents. He was to re.
turn for Monday morning.
'Faith, I'll be here" he said. as he clasped
the horny hand of Mr.. James H. Brown on the
evening before he left, And he was but il
cost him $3.50 There were a good many con-
stItuents to see, and they had to be seen often.
So it occurred that when Mr.. O'Mahoney
reached the depot he glanced nervously up and
down the track, rushed into the dispatcher's s
office, and was Informed that his only train had
gone ten minutes before. Anxiously and
desperately did Mr.. o. afahoney race about the
platform and demand some way out of his
dilemma
"There is but one way for you to get there"
said the station agent. Take an engine and
catch the train"
"Give me that engine and give it to me
quick" shouted Mr.. O'Mahoney. Down the
steep grades it ratified, laundering through
canons and over bridges, sweeping with warn
ing whistle past the small stations, and leaving
q cloud of smoke and twisting cyclone of dust
behind in its fiery course. On, the iron horse
plunged. Mr.. O'Mahoney was on the pilot with
fire in his eye. As fast as the wheels could
turn came the engine.
Mr.. O'Mahoney responded to roll-call on
Monday morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
AS contradicting the idea that Hill has

AS contradicting the idea that Hill has
lessened his Presidential chances by taking the
Senatorship. the Boston Herald remarks:
James A. Garfield was elected to the Senate
in the winter of 1850. and in the summer of the
same year he was nominated for the Presi-
dency. Henry Clay was elected to the Senate
in 1881, and was his party's candidate for Presi-
dent in 1882. Andrew Jackson was in the Sem
ate when he ran for President in 1924" True
enough; but in view of the fact that Garfield
did not take his seat in the Senate, and the
other Presidential candidates were not elected,
the cogency of their examples does not exer-
else less sinister influence on the chances Of
David Bennett Hill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

sylvania and as far north as Albany. Such
a storm SO near. while Pittsburg was enjov-
ing bright and mild weather, is remarkable.
The frequent interruptions of telegraphic
communication, which have taken place
during winter that has been by no means
exceptional, should suggest that the loss OF
business by these interruptions would
largely offset the cost of putting the wires
safe underground through the country as
we'll as in the cities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
THE STORM AND THE WIRES

The clearly defined and narrow limits
which sometimes mark, very severe storms
received a remarkable illustration yester.
day. While Pittsburg was enjoying an
exceptionally clear and mild winters day,
a storm of snow and sleet passed through
the eastern part of the State entirely cutting
off telegraphic communication with Phila-
delphia, New York and Washington and
rendering connection with the Central Penn
sylvania and New York cities very difficult
The destructive action of the storm on
electric wires appears to have marked its
limits as extending west to Central Penn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
A Query for DIR. Koch.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
find the following in the Magazine
Almanac of 1916" published by r. c. ]. Patter-
son. corner of Wood and Fourth streets, Pitts
burg:
KINGS EvIL-A discovery of great i'm
porrance to humanity has been made by DR..
Smith. whojs at the head of the Vaccine In
ssitution of Maryland, viz: That the kline
pock is complete cure for the kings evil, or
scrofula, even in its most inveterate forms and
its last stages. A number of cases which have
come to his knowledge establishes the fact.
Query-Is DIR. Koch, DR.. Dixon DR.. Smith
the real originator of the consumption cure.
Book WORM.
ELDERToN, PA, Jan. g.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
A Bugaboo Exploded.

Boston TraVeIler.I
In conversation recently we found WELL
defined alarm over the probability of negro
supremacy in this country. The facts would
seem to answer that very quickly. In 1870
there were 3,l7 600 more whites than negroes,
in 1880 there were 1885, 900 more in 1890 nearly
100000 more. and, if the present rates of in
crease are maintained, there will be in 1890
LOG, 900 more. The negroes gain nothing
from immigration. while the whites gain
millions thereby. This is not phase of the
negro question that need cause any anxiety.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
Ably Edited and Reliable in Every Feature
of News.

Ably Edited and Reliable In Every Feature
of News.
Xenia o.. Gazette.
THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH is now about to
occupy its new granite tire-proof building.
which is supplied with entirely new machinery
and type of the latest pattern. THE DISPATCH
has daily circulation Of 10000 copies and a
Sunday edition of $4,000 copies, and is recog-
nized as the leading paper of Western Penn
sylvania, while in Typography and facility for
gathering news and presenting 1t in readible
form, it has no superior in any State. 1t is
ably edited, has complete reports of CONNER
cial transactions. foreign dispatches and local
news in reliable and convenient form; indeed
is a model newspaper in all respects to pursue
which is one of our highest exchange privileges.
1t is an independent Republican paper. and dis
cusses all political questions with reference
only to the truth and public good.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

"PITTsBURG nurtures the hope of induc-
ing or compelling the surface railroads to keep
all the streets clean at their own expense" re-
marks the New York Telegram. and then pro-
ceeds to some remarks which indicate the
hopelessness of any such idea in New York.
1t should be remarked that the Pittsburg hope
for the puritication of her streets in that way
will probably be realized about the time that
the iridescert dream of the publication of
politics comes true.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
THE TYPEwRITER.

The pretty lite typewriter
Who takes down what say,
And bangs IL on the fleet machine,
In such clever way,
VIII sometimes shyly glance at me,
In half inquiring way,
As II to ask, ''Whatin the world
Makes you SO slow to-dayg"
And then look ofsympathy
Beams on her visage kind,
As If she though "Great things Of weight
Are doubtless on his miud.r
But in truth what makes me hesitate,
And talk SO very slow,
Is watching how upon her hand
The dimpies come and 70.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

THERE is a good deal of food for public
satisfaction in the statement that the United
States law against lottery business in the mails
has so cut down the profits of the Louisiana
swindle that at its January drawing its prizes
were scaled down to ope-fourth the advertised
amounts. One piece of reformatory legislation
seems to have done some good
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

The speculators in grain at Chicago
can hardly be blamed for looking askance at
that widely paraded statement that the ancient
Hutchinson, automatically known as "Old
Hutch" has retired from speculation. They
may remember that Jay Gould has retired from
speculation several times and what it cost the
street every time he came back.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

THE Kansas House of Representatives
has passed resolution opposing the elections
bill, by a vote of 81 yeas to 2l nays. On the
Republican principle that opposition to this
measure means Democracy. the Republican
leaders are thus brought face to face with the
fact that their policy has converted Kansas
INTO Democratic State. And if Kansas is
Democratic, how much is left for the Repub-
licansf
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English Good Enough.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.j
Now that the closure measure is in the Senate
the purists have gotten after the people who
persist in calling it "cloture." They make the
point that cloture is French, and If used should
be pronounced as French, while closure is En-.
gish and fills the bill. And it may be re-
marked that If the measure is passed it will
probably fill the bill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

THE erratic Eva Mann-Hamilton was
very badly d amaged by her own evidence in
the case that she lost last week: but she de-
serves credit for having brought out one great
truth. She declared her belief under oath that
her quondam husband was an imbecile because
he would get drunk when he went out by him.
self, and when drunk he was'an imbecile. Eva's
definition has great Geal of force and applies
to numerous members of the lordly sex.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

HON. JOHN M. LANGsToN has intro
duced bill providing sl,OOO.OOo for the estab-
lishment of colored university. This might
be an acceptable alternative for the elections
bill, on one condition. That is that the Hon.
John NJ Langston shall have nothing to do
with the handling of the million dollars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
An Island Without a Tree.

Thence to Iona. Iona is little island, one
mile wide and three miles long, There is not
tree upon it. but there are rocks in unlimited
abundance. The surface is broken by deep
ravines. Along the shore where the steamer
waits, lies a little village of low houses in
habited by fisher folk, $50 souls in all At the
one store, which is postoffice. grocery hard.
ware and drygoods establishment combined
with hotel attached notices are posted up in
two languages. in English and in Gaelic. At
the churches-there are two. to suit the
ecclesiastical preferences of this handful of
people, the "Church of Scotland" and the
Free Church of Scotland, lat these churches
the ministers preach every Sunday in the
tongue which was spoken in our mother
country IN the days before CBsar's visit.
AT one end of the ''village" are the ruins
There is cathedral without a roof. and a
nunnery with broken walls, and an ancient cem-
etery full of curious gravestones. Before the
cathedral and at turn of the road are two
great stone crosses, made in the peculiar shape
which characterIzes the art of the old days of
this little island. covered with intricate inter-
lacings of carved lines. Away to the south of
the island is Columba's Bay, the "Port.pa-
Cruaich." with crags of rock on either side
and a mound, high up above the tide. made
boat-shaped, and beach of strange and beau
tiful colors, which glistens as the waves ripple
over it till it deserves the name which the Duke
of Argyll (the owner of the island) gave it.
"the beach Of precious stones" Here COLUMBIA
landed. 1900 years ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
Expects a Good Governor

Kansas City Star.]
Although the Inauguration of Governor Pat
tison of Pennsylvania was accompanied by
threatening weather and took place under
lowering skies. it is believed that it presaees
the dawn of brighter day for the friends of
public morality and decent politics in the old
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

THERE is no moral to the story which
has reached us by cable of the taking off Of
Prince Baudouin, the Belgian heir apparent"
remarks the New York Herald Perhaps not;
but unless the cable correspondents have been
making several mountains out of a mole hill
there is great deal of immoral to it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
Once the Capital of Scotland.

This old castle of Dunsraffnage was once the
capital of Scotland. The king of the Scots had
his throne here. Within these walls was kept
stone which yields in interest only to the
Black Stone at Mecca. Jacob laid his head
upon 1t the night he dreamed about the angels
and the ladder-so they say. And thence, after
remarkable adventures 1t Journeyed up to Ire
land: And COLUMBIA brought it to Iona. Sure
IL Is that from Iona it was carried TO Dunstaff-
mage. Upon this stone the first king in all his
tory, who was crowned by Christian priest,
sat to receive the Christian benediction. Then
they took It to Scone when they moved the
Scottish capital thither: and thence to West
minister Abbey where il rests to-day beneath
the coronation chair of the English Empire
Out in the sea, over against Oban, reached by
steamer. lies the Island of Staffa, where
Fingars Cave is the object of interest. A little
island. across which you walk in a half-hour's
time, down you climb along the rocks to the
level OF the sea and scramble over great i'm
bedded pillars Of stone brings you to the cave
like church for the mermaids; with the
waves Tor choir, vested in cassocks of green
and blue and cottas of white foam, all singing
bass, The roof has gothic angle; all about
are the vast columns of rock, cut clean as if by
the hand of a mason.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

The oil men are strongly in. favor of the
new pipe line hill. If the Granger Legislature
gives it to them. it may mark the rise of a new
and unexpected combination of political forces
in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
A Has the Best of II.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
A says we, the public voters of Ohio. do not
vote direct for the President, but says we vote
for the electors, and the electors elected vote
direct for the President. B says the voters elect
the President by the majority of votes or
plurality, as you see best to have 1t.
SALEM Jan. "a READER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
The Evidence of Reunited Country,

New Orleans Delta.l
The action of the Kansas House of Repre-
sentatives in passing resolution denouncing
the force BILL is gratifying evidence of the fact
that this is a reunited country; that the scars
left by the civil war are being rapidly healed
and that the efforts of interested and unscrup-
ulous politicians to keep the two sections of
the country asunder for the purpose of realiz-
ing their own private and personal ambitions,
will be fruitless.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
On Friday, That Year.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
You will oblige me very much by stating
through columns of your paper what day of
the week was Christmas in the year 1910.
WEST NEWTON, Jan. "a. r. T. LUCAS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

In the United States Senate last week
every day, except Monday was Tuesday. At
the present rate of progress every day in the
Senate this week bids fair to be no day at all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26

Is the report that the Congressional silver
pool dropped $4,000 on the speculation, the
first vote of movement to induce Congress to
reimburse the victims for their losses?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-26
It's Not Open on Sunday.

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
Win you kindly tell me whether the "Ver-
estchagin collection" is open to the public on
Sunday. have heard it. was. That being my
only chance to visit, 1 await answer anxiously.
STEUBENvILLE, O., Jan. "a. w.