Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-17

guaranteed a good crop already, and 6
good crop in Kansas makes the granaries Of
the globe laugh and hold their sides with i'll
concealed joy. Here also may be seen moi
only industry but thrift. James Garvey
the railroad rancounter and after dinner
speaker (also good before dinner conver
sationalist), said yesterday that neighbol
of his advertised this spring for 100 men to
catch driftwood on shares He soon got q
nice little crew at work, and has built up a
| good business, which is almost devoid OF
the disagreeable element of risk.
1t is as safe as the industry so popular on
Madison avenue and Fifth avenue, which is
conducted by the bright youth of New
York, and which consists in stealing valu-
able cats and then waiting for a reward.
Sometimes dog which is distasteful to the
| husband is offered to one of these boys,
| with two dollar bill in addition if he will
| drown it. He keeps it until the wife offers
| five dollars for its return, and then he
sneaks it around to the house, thus making
| seven dollars on 27-ounce dog sometimes.
Lot booming seems to be pretty well over,
and now that the law has gone into effect
reserving 100 acres of land in each county
for agricultural purposes there is nothing
in the way of prosperity.
A North Carolina Experience.
had a strange and wild experience last
month. had been in the hills of North
Carolina four days, and beautiful mauve
beard had sprung up like bed of asparagus
all over my face, because I was not within
eight miles of a barber shop. got on a
late train at Baltimore. The Baltimore sta
tion was formerly hog incubator, but it
was found that the air was so bad that the
piglets died off, and so it was condemned
and made into depot I sat there three
hours, and all that could find to read was
q copy of The American Beekeeper for 1879
and it had been used to clean the lamps
with. But I read all of it. Part of it I
memorized.
There was barber shop at Baltimore, but
being Sunday it was closed while the pro-
prietor scrubbed the clotted blood off the
floor I do not shave myself yet, though L
am going to try it this summer. So I took
the train, bearded as I was like pard, as L
overnight at Knoxville, but left before the
shops were opened in the morning. That
evening had to argue in the hall at Day
ton, O., and would get there at SIS P. NJ.
So saw no chance to get shaved. I feel
naturally great pride in my personal ap-
pearance. 1t is all have When one has
been endowed that way do not think it is
wrong to add to ones personal beauty by
shaving every five days.
Shaved BY Southern Legislator.
spoke to Joe Harris, a member of the
Tennessee Legislature, about this and he
said it was rather tough to lecture with
'Ten-Nigh Nights-in-a-Barroom' beard, and
would I mind letting him shave me at the
junction, where we had to wait..30 minutes.
I thought moment and then I said I
believed I would venture. He was very
kind. He did not do it as general thing,
but he wanted to do me favor, and had a
nice razor that came as prize to each SUBJ
scriber of The Little Hustler, a monthly child's
paper.
We got off at the junction and retired to
the woodshed of pleasant little cafe near by
The rest of the passengers came along also.
All of East Tennessee not otherwise engaged
came toh. They were still coming
when we got through. The effects
of the anasthetic wore off as I
approached Lexington, and my face panied
me good deal, but L looked better, every
one said. Mr.. Harris deserves my thanks,
and I heartily tender them. I can truly say
that I was never more delightfully."- shaved
in my life-by member of the Legislature
Since then have bought some razors, and
as 1 write these lines L am nerving myself
up to try one of them. Napoleon said that
the men who won victories and conquered
the world shaved themselves Tomorrow,
if the sign should be right, will shave my
self BILL NYE.