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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
The Englishman's home is his. castle,
The Englishman's hat is his crown,


And so on, and so on, the satirist preserv-
ing throughout the grin which adorned the
face of Aristophanes when he was amusing
the Athenians by burlesquing lEschylus.
And what does Swinburne look like? One
portrait gives an excellent idea of his face,
with his small mouth, his weak chin and his
utterly disproportionate forehead. His eyes
are large and luminous, uncertain in color,
because ever changing with his thoughts,
For the rest, he is small-only five feet two
in height-and slightly and delicately built.
His manner is frank and cordial. He is a
wonderful talker, and is fond of reading his
own poetry. He lives with Theodore Watts,
the painter and critic, who is his most en-
thusiastic admirer. In these quiet bachelor
quarters he has amassed a rare collection of
literary curios. Being somewhat deaf he
eschews general society. He loves to take
long cross-country walks in a broad brim-
med soft felt hat. seldom lifting his eyes
from the ground, but distributing cake and
candy promiscuously among the youngsters
whom he meets by the way. There is
one thing upon which he especially prides
himself-he never carries an umbrella, even
on the rainiest days.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

WHEN Major Mckinley slipped as he
mounted the platform at a meeting yester
day some one in the audience begged him to
beware of a slip in November. The warn
ing was needless; Major Mckinley can make
no slip on the platform the Republicans of
Ohio have built upon protection for home
industries and honest money.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
THE POET swINBURNE.
His Personal Peculiarities and the Battle
of the Hats.

London News.l
Swinburne left Oxford without degree,
in order to visit Florence, ON sort of pill
grimage to Landor, for whom he had an en-
thusiastic admiration. He never loses an
opportunity to proclaim that Victor Hugo is
the greatest poet of modern times. Yet he
also worships Browning with intense fervor.
Years ago he excited the laughter of all Eng
land by bringing footstool to public ban
quet in honor Of the latter deity, solemnly
placing it at his feet and sitting thereon.
One of the most famous of Swinburne's esca-
pades occurred after a dinner at the London
Arts Club, when the poet expressed his dis
approval of his fellow members by making
Berserker attack on their hats, scattering
them on the floor and dancing a frantic riga
doom upon them. An admiral burlesque of
the affair appeared in one of the comic
papers. 1t was cast in the form of a parody
of Swinburne's own limitations Of the Greek
manner in drama. The members of the club
formed the dramatic persona. The ''bob-
bies" who had been called in to quell the
poets rage were the chorus. Strophe and
anistrophe followed in proper sequence. AS
the hats we're tossed about and battered out
of shape the members stood around and
walled their despair.
As forests with temptests that wrestle
From the hat-racks our hats are torn down.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
IRRLAND's POPULATION.
1t Has Decreased Nearly Half Million in
Ten Years.

1t Has Decreased Nearly Half Million in
Ten Years.
Newcastle News.1
The recent census in Great Britain shows
a considerable decrease in the population of
ireland. The number of births during the
last ten years was !, 47 ,432; of deaths s79 779;
which would leave an increase of population
PSI, ,665 whereas the absolute decrease is 46s.-
674. This diminution of population is 81 per
cent of the whole and is more than double
that of the last decade, which was a. per
cent and is accounted tor by emigra tion,
more than 80 per cent of which was to the
United States.
Previous inquiries have shown two-thirds
of the emigrants are persons between the
ages of 20and 45; and there can be no doubt
that the wholesale departure of the young
and vigorous leaves the remaining popula,
tion with an undue proportion of intirn and
aged persons. The natural increase of pop
ulation is very small, and as the last two
enumerations have shown, early marriages
are very rare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
SORROW.

Sorrow, my guide, my teacher. and my mate,
To whose divine companionship owe
All that feel and much of what know,
Think not thou scorn. Sorrow. that my fate
Hath brought me nigh to such potentate,
Yea, such king, as thou art. Men may grow
To love the cross they bear; and even so
Should love thee, Whose pomp of somber state
Is with me always, have seen thee send
And pluck his morsel from the lips of Joy
In mid-fruitlon; yet art thou friend
Even to the bliss thou seemest to destroy.
Thou art more tender far. and far more fair,
Than she who else would haunt me-dumb despair.
A. j. MUNBY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
A SINGULAR GROWTH.
A Texas Citizen Increases His Height Two
Inches in His Thirty-Fifth Year.

A Texas Citizen Increases His Height Two
Inches in His Thirty-Fifth Year.
Dallas News.l
Oak Cliff has citizen who is now robust
old gentleman of fine physique and is de-
scended from a very long-lived ancestry,
their ages running to SO, 9s, los and up to liz
years. He has all his teeth except two
which were knocked out by an accident, and
they are as sound as dollar, although he is
now 70 years old.
He has grown three-fourths of an inch in
height since he was IS years old, and he
wears size larger hat now than he wore
his weight remained at 1919 pounds, and now,
at three score and ten years, his mental fac
ulties, he says. Are brighter than ever be-
fore, ne e is nne example h -, OF physical and and
no. allow him to consent to the use of his
name.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

WHILE the blood-stained ruins in Park
Place, New York, are being cleared away,
some of the newspapers are suggesting that
it would be good thing to remove the city
government. "Why," asks the New York
Recorder, 'shut the eyes to the fact that
these unspeakable disasters are caused by
the cupidity OF landlords and the connivance
of corrupt officials2''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

CHINESE pirates are adopting the prac-
tices attributed to the brigands of the Old
Country. They send the ears of their pris.
oners to relatives demanding ransom
money. Between pirates on the water and
anti-missionary mobs Oh land, life in the
Flowery Kingdom is not the most alluring at
the present time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

Now that the eyes of our manufacturers
are turning more and more toward our
Southern neighbors, the interview in anoth-
er part of this issue with a Pittsburger who
has made long stay in the wealthy United
States of Colombia will doubtless prove of
real interest
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

THE announcement is made that no songs
are to be "sung or sold in the Paris streets
other than those which bear the stamp Of
the Ministry of the Interior" The aff1xing
of a stamp to a song that is sung extempo-
raneously must be a curious process, to say
the least.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

CHICAGO proposes to build tower at
least two hundred and fifty feet higher than
the Eiffel in Paris. If the plan is carried
out some Chicagoans will have better
chance to get nearer heaven than they ever
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

THE United States will now proceed to
recognize right in Chile since it has also be-
come might 1t would have been more
American to have given struggling patriots
countenance before circumstances arose to
make it compulsory.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

. To KILL a gnat by an electric shock
smacks q good deal of breaking a fly on a
wheel, yet this is the means by which it is
proposed to destroy the pests which make
life in and near the tropics burden to man
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
Can't Find an Opponent.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.]
The only cause of complaint that Major
Mckinley has this year is that he can't find
any Democrat who cares to meet him in a
joint discussion of the tariff and the silver
issue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

LOUISVILLE has lost very dear citizen.
At least Major Tillman, of the Falls City
Bank, took s65,000 when he left for Canada.
The fond hope that he may be found and
yanked back deserves to be gratified.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

THE second Jesse James, or the Ohio
bank robber, is attempting the insanity
dodge. If anything was wanted to complete
his identity it was this action on his part.
People nowadays do not take much stock in
insane criminals.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
The Tin Horn VIII Be Popular.

Springfield Republic,1
The tin horn in other campaigns has been
noisy and useful to both parties. But this
year it will have significance in the hands
of Republican paraders that will make it
more popular than ever.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

RAILROAD wrecks have been more fire.
quent than ever the last few days. Careless
ness rather than caution seems to be on the
increase.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

THE Congressional party in Chile still
has the victory claimed by them, and it
really looks as if they had Balmaceda and
the bakery as it were.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

PoSTAGE-AU persons who mail the
Sunday issue of The Dispatch to friends
should bear in mind the fact that the post
age thereon is Two (2) Cents. All double
and triple number copies of The Dispatch
require a 2-cent stamp to insure prompt
delivery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

A SHORT time since the farmers in some
sections were asking for rain receipts. Now
they want frost preventive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

This issue of THE DISPATCH contains
20 pages, made up of THREE PARTS
Failure the part of Carriers, Agents,
Newsdealers OF Newsboys to supply patrons
with Complete Number should be prompt
ly reported to this office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

Volro,sary contributors sho,CId Keep copies Of
articles. II compensation is desired the price
expected must be named. The courtesy Of re-
t,5Tliro rejected mGnuSc7i iptS sctU be extended
Uhen stamps for thai purpose incloSed but
The Editor Of TEE DIsPAToH sciU under no cir
cunSforsceS be responsible for the Of sa,Soiic-
tied 7tdnlSc7iptS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
Wasn't a Bit Reckless.

fin game of euchre the other night, 4"
said club man at the Cafe Savarin, II held
the seven, eight, nine and ten, and one of the
party observed that he had a good founda-
tion for poker hand.
"1f you've got nerve enough to bet i've
dollars on your hand said he well play it,
"'Ill go you,' said /.
''He drew three cards. 1 drew one. got
jack and took the pot.
"'Well,' said he, If you haven't got nerve
to put anything on snch hand as you had.'
He forgot that we had only euchre deck
and knew had two chances out of four to
fill my straight, top or bottom. And it took
half an hour to explain to his satisfaction
that hadn't done q reckless and foolish
thing" CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
NEW YORK, Aug. %.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
tho chorus chimed in:-

As forests with temptests that wrestle,
From the hat-racks our hats are torn dow
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16

An eminent lord chief justice. VIII,
was Eyiug "A right Of way case. had be
fore him a witness an old farmer
who was proceeding TO tell the jur,
that he had "knowed the path for sixty
yeer. and my leyther tould I as D.,
heered my Granddaughter zey-
stop said the judge. I'VE cant
have amy hearSay evidence hercr'
Mo- exclaimed Farmer Giles
Then how dost know who thy fey1her
was 'cept by hea-sayr
After the laughter had subsidized the
Judge said. In courts Of law we can
only be guided with what sou have
seen with your eyes. and nothing more
or less.
"Oh, that be blowed for a tale,' re-
piled the farmer Il ha' got a bile on
the back Of my neck. and / never seed
'un. but ! be prepared to swear that
he's there, dang 'unr'
This second triumph on the part Of
the witness set in a torrent Of hearsay
evidence about the footpath which OBJ
tanned weight with the jury, albeit the
judge told them it was not testimony Of
any value. and the farmers party won.
Irish Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16
A nueer Llttls Creature.

What a funny animal a mole is. is II
noti II looks as II were always asleep.
/ suppose you know that the mole live,
underground.
IL makes n long burrow under the
earth. finishing up by making a mound.
You may frequently see 'hese mound.
in the country fields. II e mole makes
these underground passages in search
of food IL devours all the worms and
grubs il comes across.
Many farmers believe that the mole
eats the of plants. etc. and there
fore kill il.
Poor molel il does nothing Of the
kind. II does just the oppositel II
eats the gru5s and worms that eat
rootsl
You would fancy that the mole, bur
rowing through the soil. would get
dirty. II does not. however. No mat.
ter when you see a mole, his skin is al
ways the slne--quite clean.
Another silly thing people used to be
lieve about moles was tina; they had
no eyesl II has got eyes, but they are
hidden by is hair. Truly enough. these
eyes are not very good ones. but. any
how. the mole a see. New York Ad-
vertiser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16
srARve RAraER 1nAN STEAL.

A Brand New Trick Of a Glib Tongued
schemer TO Get Money.
Right in the midst Of the busiest part
Of the day. right in the thick of the
busiest crowd, a mar stopped in front
of the Tacoma building and took out
his gold watch. Instantly another man
sprang forward. fastened on the watch
with a fierce and nervous grasp, stopped
for the spring which should carry him
into safety somewhere in the crowd
then paused. halted. turned full on the
gentleman and slowly lifted his hands
TO his eyes. The frightful. savage face
had changed swiftly to a sad and ghost
ly one. The fiery eyes of a highway
man had grown soft and mild as a
child's.
NO" he said, with pathetic sadness
no. ! am starving, but | cannot
steal" and he loosened his grasp on the
watch and stood there held and help
less. The gentleman had seized his
wrist at the first attack and had quick
ly formed a plan to capture or kill the
bold robber. But the changed situa-
eion disarmed him.
Are you hungryT" he asked, still
holding the wrist a crowd had pressed
about them. A dozen men had seen
the thiefs revulsion from bad. and as
he said so sadly, Il am starving. ! can
not steal" a dozen hands went to trou-
ser pockets and a little fund of silver
was laid in the timorous. unwilling
palm Of the outcast.
Gentlemen, you have done a great
deal for me. he said. weakly. Il do
not belong on this level You have
saved me from far worse than death. ]
thank you" And he turned away so
sadly that tears came into business
mems eyes. IL is a fearful thing 20 see
a strong man in agony.
DO you know who he isf' asked an
insurance adjuster late from the Gle
vator.
mo" said the man who had started
the subscription; Il don't know. and /
don't ire Il is enough for me that a
man was starved right up TO the verge
Of crime here in Chicago, and that his
manliness could not be overcome. He
a have another lift If he wants it. /
am ashamed gave him so little. Three
dollars Isl
Three dollars is a good deal" said
the insurance man. THAT is his regu-
lar business. saw him work the same
thing in the Plankington House lobby,
and again at the principal corner in st.
Paul He's a very smooth sharp. You
are gulled again"
The victims looked down the street,
but the man who could put crime be-
hind him eve when hunger was gnaw-
ing at his vitals could put a crowd like
that quite out Of sight. He must have
made about thirty dollars. Chicago
Herald
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16
THE DAILY JOURNAL
EsrAI ISL 1881.
MES { TN l. MA M.
wedge~dav. September 10, 1891.
MoNTANA ANnrHE wonLD I'm.

mONAANA AL hG OAALD EAAh.
II is high ting ha, practical Interest
should be takenm the proper repiesen
tation Of Montana at tine World''
Fair. There is no lack If Sentimental.
or patriutic inter,ss In it on she be-
half Of our people. There is complete
uuauimity Of opinion on the points,
that patriotism, state pride, local inter.
eet-all demand hat nothiug should
be LETT undODe to make MOntana's ex
hibIt Unsurpassed in her ~spectalties,
But there IL work to be done-and
plenty Of ito insure this result. The
time is short. even now, and practical
measures should be initiated without
delay. Every man. every locality
sh uld get to work at once without
waiting for any one else.
Custer county, which by the exhibit
ton at the state fair Of It's remarkable
agr cultural products. has given the
spur to every county in the state, must
take measures to keep at Chicago the
leadership she has gained at Helen D..
Mkt ears crop Is the one that must
De shOwL at Chicago. This portion Of
our exhibit VIII not Of course BE- ready
when the exposition opens; il is too
early ia the season. II is the harvest
OF 1892 thst must furnisL the agricultu~
raj exhibit OF Custer cor nty. In order
10 Insure success u people who made
such a representation : there products
this year, must be ear ful TO select ard
preserve for planting ne very best seed
from their EonderfU crop Of the pres
ent year, and must init 20 care aud
spare no labor TO insure a marvellous
maturity.
THE hope that such measures as may
be found practicable mOy also be taken
10 have our great live stock Interests
properly represented in the city by the
Lake. The borsemen Of Custer county
should see that the Custer county
horse has fitting representatives. The
sheepmen of the county should see
that a wool exhibit is made that should
6ttlngly represent their great staple.
Let all take time by the forelock and
60 TO work. each ia his sphere, with
out delay. If il is left TO the last mo.
ment. the exhibit gathered up in a
hurry, will be incomplete, inadequate,
i'm erfect and UNIV rtby oftLe county.
the state and the grand and memorable
occasion which call 1t forth.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16

The care Of bronze ornaments be-
comes sometimes a little %perplexing; it
is, however, because Of their previous
want of care. Nothing should ever be
applied 10 bronze in the way 81 prep
arations. Simple. careful busting is
all that is needed. To remove the
purple tinge that sometimes comes, a
little swee oil may be gently rubbed
upon the diScolored portion. but as a
rule the busting will be found to be
sufficient. New York Times
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16

Na.s Orna.s.ss A@snr the Jsua
Moss ornamantB we're known 70 ths
JeHen d the exils-EDekieI wi n
And VIII put . jewel ON thy nossS
and Isaiah III n me rings and noss
fswslsr-Prof6ssor Frederick Starr IN
Popular Science Monthly.
Asa a. Ran On.
10 PARK row, Nike the newsboy. run
ulno AZ fun speed. with a big bundle Of
papan under bis arm, stopped short 10
pfck up an umbrella that be had seen
drop on the Sidewalk THANK you,
sonny. sid IN q Dig baas voice, q man
behind him fHenol" mid Mike, with
evident surprise 7 thought Il vas a
ladyk And d~elfberafaly, a. Il Il was
= matter q courIa, Nike replaced the
umbrella On the adswalk-Nsw York
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16
strrehnIns for Snake Ritss.

S~trychnine as an antidote for snake
poison has long been known in Aus
tralia, but it has been reserved for DR..
Mueller, of Yackadandah, in the col
ony Of Victoria, to explain in a definite
fashion the theory and practice of that
rather formidable remedy. This ex-
perienced practitioner-who assures us
that out Of about 100 cases, some Of
them at the point Of death. treated by
this method only n has been known
TO fail-dissolves one part Of nitrate of
strychnine In 240 parts Of water min
gled with a little glyeerin. The mix
ture is injected under the skin in any
part of the body-the neighborhood Of
the bitten part. however. being pre-
ferred.
Strychnine and the poisonous secre-
ton which the snakes fang iniects into
the wound are described as thorough
ly antagonistic." and DR.. Mueller as
sures US that no hesitation need be felt
in pushing the use Of the drug 20 guam
titles that would be fatal in the alb
senee Of snake poison. The lone fail
ure" referred to above is attributed to
the mistake of disseminating the opera
ton after a grain and a quarter Of
s~trychnine had been injected London
News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16
The sand clas. Of sixty Years Ago.

= The Sand Class Of sixty Years Ago.
Sixty years ago | taught the sand
class in the schools of this city in the
grand jury roocI Of the old court
house, " said a gentleman TO a reporter.
THE sand elassl What in the name Of
Socrates is a sand classF' And then the
ancient pedagogue proceeded to say:
Sixty years ago the schools of the
town occupied the old court house, and
1 was one Of the scholars. In the grand
jury room there vas a long table about
eighteen inches high, with a strip Of
board fastened on top all around the
sides, thus making the center lower
than the sides. This center wa filed
with fine sand an inch deep.
''At the end Of the table was a wheel
on which the letters Of the alphabet
were printed 50 that but one letter
would appear at a time; around the
table the smallest children of the school
were gathered and each furnished with
a stick. |, as the pedagogue appointed
by the head teacher, would take my
stand at the end of the table and along
side of the wheel. and as / moved il
would the letter that was
brought to view, which the children
would proceed 10 make in the sand with
their sticks.
When all had made that letter, !
would level the sand with a comb. and
the wheel would be moved on to an
other letter. And these little ones
were called the sand class It was an
interesting sight The system was
somewhat like the kindergarten Of the
present day. and it was certainly an
economical mode of supplying writing
material" This was the sand class of
SIXTY years ago.-Harrisburg pa Tel
egram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16
Important Rules Of Action.

Never be Influenced by external ap-
perances in forming your judgment Of
a persons worth. This is an impor-
tant rule, for many a noble spirit is
covered by habiliments of poverty,
while not unfrequently a snowy exte-
rior c~onceals a villain of the basest kind.
Dean Swift said hat nature had given
every man a capacity Of being agree
able, though not shining in company;
and there are a hundred men suf-
dciently qualified for both who, by a
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16

The COrean wear his hair plated
down his back, it being considered I'M
holy 10 cut il or TO even wear it loosely
around the neck and shoulders. After
lac gets married. and not before, the
law permits him to wear it curled up
on top of his head. To tell a married
COrean that he had ought 10 wear his
lair down is equivalent to telling him
hat his wife is the better MAJ of the
two.-St. Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-16
A EestrainIng ConsIderation.

A precocious young member Of the
Loyal Temperance legion. of Kingfeld,
had learned some profane words. and
his mother. on his joining the society.
strove to impress upOn his mind the ne
cessity Of keeping his pledge, which in
cluded one against profanity He was
very desiruus Of changing his killed
skirts for waists and trousers, and she
finally told him that when he had left
OF all swearing and slang words the
trousers should be forthcoming
One day he was building a block
house IN her presence. He would get
Vt nearly completed. when il would top
pie over After several unsuccessful
attempts be Jumped up. clasped his
hands together and excitedly exclaimed,
If it wasn't for pants. I'd swear
Pennington Me- Chronicle.