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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
A DIVIDED RESPONSIBILITY.

Two illustrations of the tendency OF ex-
treme legislation have recently attained
prominence in newspaper discussion. One
is the protest of the railway employees of
Minnesota against the Carrier bill, pending
in that State. The objection to it by the
employees of the Minnesota railways is
frankly stated to be that it puts the control
of the revenues from which their wages
must come in the arbitrary control OF three
politicians who know nothing about the
business, and that similar course in Iowa
has cut down the number of employees twenty
per cent. The other example is the Elder
bill in Kansas, which likewise places the
fixing of rates in the hands of a railroad
commission; requires the railroads to pub
lish itemlZed accounts of their expenses and
receipts in every county through which they
un;makes it crime for railroad employees to
work over sixteen hours: authorizes the
commission to fix the salaries OF all railroad
employees, determine the number of trains
that shall! be run, reduce rates whenever
they are too high. and, it is asserted-al-
though this looks like an invention of the
enemy-distribute any surplus over ex-
penses among the various counties through
which railroad runs, while the stock
holders are to be assessed to make up any
deficit necessary to keep the roads in good
order.
Without going into the details of these
measures it NAV be admitted that they are
remarkable examples of extreme and op-
pressive railroad legislation, produced BY
the conviction of the Western people that
railroad combinations have taken the
greater share of their earnings. But it is
not just TO charge the whole responsibility
for such measures to the Granger element.
II the railroad employees of Minnesota who
are protesting against the commission plan
of regulation, had taken the trouble to
study the history OF railroad regulation they
would have discovered that the one scheme
which has received the widest corporate en-
dorsement is that by governmental bodies,
generally called commissions. Throughout
the whole of the discussion that preceded
the passage of the interstate commerce
law, the railroad interest was unanimous in
insisting that if any regulation at all was
attempted it should be placed in the hands
of commission. There was a similar upan-
unity in crying down Judge Reagan's plan
of laying down certain statutory principles
to govern the railroads and leaving their
enforcement to the courts, as crude and i'm
proper. d.
No doubt this course OF the railroad in
terest was based on a belief that the corpora
tions could control the commissions, or at
least reduce their power as regulative
force very nearly to nullity. That belief was
partially justified by previous experiences
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
Making Rubber Shoes.

A reporter on the Denver, Col, Daily Neps
troubled with the professional desire for in
formation, asked a drummer for an Eastern
rubber house how gum shoes were made. The
drummer answered in Yankee fashion by ask
ing question, How do you think?'
by melting the rubber and running 1t into
moulds," was suggested.
This is just what 30 out OF 100 suppose" he
said. "The manufacture of rubber shoes is not
very much different from the manufacture Of
leather ones. They are made on lasts just the
same. but instead of being sewed they are
cemented We get most of the raw material
from South America. 1t is about the color of
molasses and is of spongy nature. First it
goes through crushing or rolling process and
comes out in rough sheets and looks very much
like cows hide. Then it is taken into CON-
nounding room where it is mixed with COM
hound and vulcanized. After that it IS cut up
INTO small pieces. according to the parts of
shoes which we wish to get, and is afterwarG
fired onto lasts by the workmen in the same
manner that leather is. How much pure rub
har is contained in the manufactured article?
About 70 per cent. The best Para gum costs 95
cents a pound, SO you see rubber boots and
shoes cannot be made for nothing. In the
smallest rubber shoe made there are about
four ounces of pure rubber, and from that to
probably four pounds in pair of rubber
boots"
ore hought up?' asked the scribe.
"Tbey are ground up, lining and all. into
what we call rag carpet, and IT is used for in
soIes. The work is nearly all done by hand and
in the factories are employed yonng children
and from that up to men al women. boot
maker ee 20 cents pair for king them and
a rood man can turn out from 10 to II pairs a
day There are between 10 and ~ rubber boot
and shoe factories in the country with a total
capacity of about 600 pairs of boots and shoes
q dav There are four factories having ca
pacitY of over 25.OO0 pairs each and one which
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
Turks Take Three Wives

"The Turk is not the man of many wives he
is commonly believed to be 1t is an exception
! rather than the rule for the men of Turkey to
have more than one wife. The lower classes
never have more than one. 1t is only the
wealthy Pashas who have two or three wives,
the latter number according to the Koran be-
ing legally allowed to every Mussulman," said
Carlos Rivero, Spaniard, now at the Palmer
House, to a writer on the Chicago Tribune. Il
have lived several years at Constantinople."
continued the traveller, who speaks excellent
English, "and have been as close an observer of
Turkish harem life as it was possible for an
outsider to be. The number of wives legally
allotted to every Mussulman is exclusive of
any number of slaves and concubines. Slaves
and concu bines are not found in the homes of
the lower classes. The middle classes keep
slaves but The heads of these houses rarely
have concubines.
But when say that polvgamy is an excep-
tion ! do not mean that there are not numerous
harems in the Empire, for there are The
Turk. however, who is at the head of the harem
does not have the royal time and many priyi-
leges one is led to suppose. He pays the bills,
though. He calls on his wives when it is con-
venient for them to receive him. No acquainr-
ance, however slight, must he have with others
. than those of his own harem. Sometimes he
cannot enter his own house. When lady
calls on one of his wives she leaves her slippers
observe them he knows ladies are visiting, and
therefore he must take a stroll around the
block smoke cigarette. or do something else
until the fair caller has departed.
IF in public square or bazaar he should
happen to see some of his own women he is not
permitted to recognize them, even if they are
squandering his money on something that
would be of no use Co anyone He may see one
of his wives paying fabulous prices for silks
and Jewels and know the bills will be sent to
him, but he must not object IN public. What
he says or does at some subsequent time
know not of, but there is no law know of that
prevents him from blacking her eyes or pulling
her hair when he gets her in her apartments at
the harem."
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with commissions. But now that they have
found their miscalculation, they should have
the frankness to recognize that those who
foresaw that the commissions might be
either scourge or a cipher were in the
right, and to assume their share of response
bility for throwing all their influence in
favor Of the commission plan OF regulation.
Yet so far are they from recognizing the
real bearing of the present conditions, that
simultaneously with these protests against
the radical action of the Western railroad
commissions, the general corporate claim is
made that the railroads should be permitted
to organize pools, with the provision against
e1orbitant rates that the charges fixed by
the pools shall be subject to the regulation
of governmental commission.
This proves that the railroads, as much as
the Western people, are still unable to per-
ceive that the one wav to establish Just
charges is to leave them subject to the action
of the great rule that the just rate is what
people are willing to perform the service for
under free competition. If one railroad is
willing to carry freight at loss, that is the
just rate,-but no other railroads are COM
PEELED to follow its example. When the
charge for railroad services is fixed by free
competition as unerrIngly as the price of a
bushel OF wheat or pair of shoes, the rail-
roads will have no more difficulty in con-
vincing the people that legislative reduc-
tions of rates are unnecessary and foolish
than the shoe merchant or the farmer now
have with regard to their wares.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
A BEAUTIFUL LIAR,
The Slightly Mixed Story Told by a Hand
some Chinese Girl.

The Slightly Mixed Story Told by Hand
some Chinese Girl.
st. Louis Globe-Dem ocrat.i
The arrival of the China steamer Gaelic re-
Gently brought handsome Chinese girl, ap-
parently not much over 10 years old. She had
no papers and was released on the usual writ Of
habeas corpus. along with score of others
The writ was returned a few days ago and
with it the fair Fo Sing. She claimed to be
married and said that her husband lived in San
Francisco. Between herself and an assistant
attorney for the prosecution the following con-
versation ensued through an Interpretation:
"How old may you be?' commenced the at
torney. nineteen years." was the prompt
answer. Are you married?' 'Yes, SIR"
"Where were you married?" 'In China, five
years" Have you ever seen your husbandT
mo. sir. He has always been in San Fran
CISCO" "Well. well! And is it a custom in
China to marry man without seeing him?'
"Yes, SIR" You have never seen your hus-
band then?' mo. SIR" Would it be too
much to ask you to tell the Court how many
children you have?" Two" This answer
fairly paralyzed the Court and the almond
eyed damsel was ordered to return to her
children.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
FUNNY FELLOWS FANCIEs,
,harpson-Phlatz, what makes your nose

Sharpson-Phlatz, what makes your nose
so red?
pokes itself into other peoples sbusiness.Chtco9o
Tribune.
Johnny Hojack - Papa, Utah doesn't
touch the ocean, does it?
Hojack-No. nv son; Utah is an inland Terri
tory.
johnny Hojack-That's what thought, but
heard some one say it was marry time Territory.
Chicago Lnter-OceGR.
A German poet having loaned q small
amount to friend found it very difficult to collect
the same. his friend failed to recoect the Incl
dent Meeting his friend in need the poet said;
G.Ifyou don't pay ME that IL pfennigs which you
owe me 1 shall have to resort to extreme meas
ures.''
s'And what may they be!''
.T,U dedicate my next poem in your honor.''
The friend turned pale, and shelled out abrupt
Iy.-TeEds SytiHgS.
Little bov Tin the menagerie)-Say, pa,
s that parrot there the wife of the other parrot?
IttIe bov's father (sa dly)-Yes, my son. Don't
Won see how much larger her bill is?-CLothier anil
FLraiSher.
Dolly Varden-I'm allowed to sit up till
O'Clock now cause I'm years old.
Freddie Sparkle-Hah, but was allowed TO sit
mn all night last night, cause had the cramps.
Smith d Gray's Monthly.
O'Rorke-Have you got the change for S.?
O'Brien-Sure.
O'Rorke-Say. lend me g will you?-Rarpr's
Bdzdr.
WORSE THAN SLIPPERS.
Be thankful, boys, you didn't live
OfOld, in Greece or anywhere
Where grown-up people sandals wore.
And youngsters didn't trousers wear.
Puck.
''Do you think those shoes are worth
mendfng?''
''vell, yas, IL cole and heel tenn, and put new
uppers on ten. The strings are still goot. '-LVs,
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PLENTY OF GAME THERE.
Queer Edibles Offered Two Hungry Sports
men In Virginia.

Queer Edibles offered Two Hungry Sports
men In Virginia.
Texas Siftings.l
Jordan L. Mott, President of the Harlem
Democratic Club, and ex-Congressman Ed Elm
stein, were recently on hunting trip in Vir-
ginia. What particular branch of hunting
they were chiefly engaged in we do not know,
but what we do know Is that one day in the old
town OF Roanoke they were hunting something
good to eat. They entered the restaurant and
asked the sable attendant what he had that was
good to eat.
'Oh. everything. boss. Anything you want
to order"
"Got any oystersT' asked Mr. Mott
mo oysters, sab. Oysters jis' out Every
thing else, though. in bundance."
How about your fish?'
"Jis' out of fish. Got bout everything else"
well, some game wouk suit u.s." said Presi-
dent Mott. what game have you got?'
ANY game you want, sab. Billiards in a
back room, pool ten pins in de cellar. and
very lively game of poker in de third story,
'front.' More game then anything else. sab."
The New York party concluded not to in
dulge in any game and sought another restau-
rant to satisfy their hunger.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
Social Chatter.

THE Phi Kappa PI Society," of the Central
High School, will give an entertainment March
20 in the school chapel
QUITE a number of East End residents went
Fast Yesterday on the first excursion to Wash
iugton and Old Point Comfort.
THE Industrial School will hold its closing
exercises at the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church
on the afternoon of March IA.
THE employees of Adams Express Company
at East Liberty gave a reception and dance in
the new Masonic Hall, Collins avenue, last
night.
Mrs. NJ. TUTELL and daughter Miss Milly,
whose Western trip was stopped by the sudden
illness of the latter. will return home soon by a
Southern route.
Mrs. w. H HOUSE, of Center avenue, gave
a luncheon party to her friends yesterday in
honor of Mrs. Biddle Arthurs and her sister,
Miss Wolverton. of Sunbury.
THE Allegheny County W. c. 7. U. will hold
its quarterly meeting at Braddock next Tues
day. Day sessions will be held in the Presby-
terian Church. and in the evening in the Metho-
dist Church.
REV. GEORGE HODGES last evening deliv-
cred his lecture on the Passion Play to a
large and deeply interested audience at the
chapel of the East Liberty Presbyterian
Church, for the benefit Of the Domestic Train
ing School.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
PATRIZZIo BRENNANo.
Egotistical Kipling.

Mountjoy Jephson. Stanley's famous and
faithful lieutenant does not seem to have very
high opinion of his popularly-supposed-to-
talented countryman. Rudyard Kipling. Esq.
In an interview with Cincinnati Times Star
reporter the African explorer expressed him
self thus
II have been reading Mr.. Rudyard Kipling's 8
book on America. where he puts such emphasis
upon the spittoons. Such books are very
superficial and nauseating. They can do no
harms but they are not pleasant. you know.
Why, with just as much reason might some
American be in London and hear about Jack
the Ripper crimes and then write book and
say that we're all Jack the Rippers over there.
Well of course we are not, but these things
are not pleasant. No man can rush through
the country a railroad train, and then write
decent book on America and its people and
custom. o, I recall little experience with
Mr.. kiplIng. II might be interesting. 1t was
at little tea, and Mr.. Kipling as usual was
monopoiZng the conversation, and 1t was Il
this and Il that, all L l! II Well, finally he
said to the party sitting beside him. but loud
enough for all us to hear, as usual. Madam, 1
was recently asked a most extraordinary ques-
tion by lady, and l thought 1t was very Pc
culiar question to ask me. but she said: "Mr.
Kipling. why are you such prig ?"' Well,
as you can well imagine, there was dead 81
lence, for every was thinking the same
thing. Then one dropped his napkin or spoon,
or spilled some wine SO as to make commotion,
for no one really knew what to say"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
EXPLODING PROVERBS.
Two About Death Shown to Be False in
Every Particular.

Two About Death Shown to Be False in
Every Particular.
Chicago Tribune.1
They had been discussing the death of a
prominent member of the bar and the lawyer
remarked with a sigh:
well, Death loves a shining mark"
Nonsense" retorted the doctor. "There is
about as much truth in that saying as in Death
is no respecter of persons
STUDY your history and you'll find that if
Death loves shining mark he is one of the
worst marksmen in the world. Look up statis-
tics and you will find that he gives the rich
every favor.
There's Gladstone Bismarck and Blaine
What trio to shoot at if he had any confidence
In his craftsmanship. All three have been
shining marks for years; and he has never even
winged them. And what's the matter with
Won Moltke, Pope Leo and Queen Victoria?
They're all old. but Death has hardly touched
them. And Hannibal HamlInl AS hale and
hearty as a man of his years can be. If you
stop and think moment you can add a score
of names to those have given.
"ihen go into history. How about William
II. of Germany9 And George Washington?
And DR.. johnson? And Ben Franklin? And
Darwin? True, Death got them in the end, as
he gets them all. but il he loves shining mark
he must have wasted an awful lot of ammuni-
ton. He must have missed Bancroft mum Der
of times
THE saying is an absurd one every way you
look at 1t. The shining marks have generally
lived long, because the average mortal has to
live long to become a shining mark. Fully
nine-tenths of the shining marks have lived to
good old age and Death never hit the major
1ty OF them until they were ready to drop from
feebleness.
"Of course he occasionally hits shining
mark, but he will generally find that he had his
man wounded before he became such shining
mark. The late Emperor Frederick of Ger
many was hit before he became Emperor.
And the other, Death is nosrespecter of per-
sons Just look it up. Measles are ten times
phoid fever twice as fatal scarlet fever three
times, pneumonia twice, and so on to the end
of the list. Convulsons are nearly Is times as
fatal to the babies of the moor.
by the way, how old was your friend?"
About 76 think"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
PORTER claims 10 have hit the center of
population by striking a balance.

CIVILIZED humanity is often impelled to
rebellion through fear, but it is safe to assume
that envy has caused more trouble in this
harum-scarum old world. In the struggles that
have swept society the fears of the people were
played upon by the envious-the foxy ones who
when they saw rule beyond their reach grasped
the rod of ruin and mercilessly fayed their
fellows. The NANCY fists will bark and snap at
the glossy-coated. gold-collared canine aristo-
crat, not because they regard him as a
monstrosity, but because they envy his
sleek coat and fat sides. Natnralists aver that
the white crows feathers are plucked out by
its black fellows. and the poor bird fayed
alive. not because they fear it, but because they
are jealous of the striking plumage they cannot
possess. So envy claims its victims among the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
THE CANADIAN ELECTION

After weeks of excitement. Canada's cleo
tions passed off quietly yesterday, and the
troops that were said to be ready to guard
the pools were conspicuous by their absence.
Throughout the whole campaign Its resem-
blance to the United States article was no.
ticed. This resemblance was principally in
the bitterness with which the leaders
caused each other to be attacked. charges
of fraud, intimidation of voters, etc., having
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
has a capacity of 10000 pairs. 1t is mystery
where they all go TO.
Asleep in Westminster Abbey.

Asleep in Westminster Abbey.
The New York Recorder takes little fling at
Boston in perpetuating the following:
IAN amusing story Is told of a Boston girl
which shows that tired human nature will as
sert itself sometimes despite the demands of
fashion or culture. This particular young lady
was great traveller. She had been over the
greater portion of Europe and the East. and
had always occupied her time TO the best ad-
vantage. After her return from one of these
extensive jaunts she was talking of the trip
to her friends when of them asked her
what she enjoyed most among her experiences
III the realms of art, science and architecture
To the'questioner's astonishment she replied
that she had derived the most real pleasure
and comfort from a short nap taken while in
the chapel of Henry VIII. In explanation the
girl said that when she was wandering through
Westminster Abbey she was so broken down
and exhausted that she felt as if she could
never get rested again. and on reaching the
chapel she seated herself in one of the stalls
and went TO Sleep"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06

MRS. FRENCH-SHELDoN, who has set
out with due flourish of trumpets to Central
Africa, declares she is not going to carry out
missionary or philanthropical ideas, or has any
definite purpose of exploration. But-fatal
omission-she has not given any pledge that
when she returns she will not go upon the stage
or take to lecturing,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
Last Entertainment of the Railroad Branch
of the Y Nj. G, A,

Last Entertainment of the Railroad Branch
of the Y. NJ. C. A,
The last of the winters course of entertain
ments by the Pennsylvania Railroad Depart
ment of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton was given last night at the rooms on Twen-
ty-eighth street The programme was as fol.
lows: Piano duet, W. Mcdonald and ]. Nc
Carthy; recitation, Mr.. William A. Winton;
vocal solo, Miss Clara Chester: banjo solo. Mr..
Alfred A. Farland; recitation, Miss Sadie
Smithson; vocal selection, recitation, Miss Jen-
ME W Scribner; piano solo, Miss Katie Brani-
gan: recitation, Mr.. Fred c. ROmmel: vocal
solo. Miss Chester: recitation, Mr.. Winton;
banio solo, Mr., Farand; recitation, Miss Scrib-
ner; piano duet. Miss Bessie and Master Harry
Herr. -
In many features it was one of the best of the
seasons entertainments, and it was witnessed
by large audience.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
THE trouble which that New York clu

THE trouble which that New York club
composed exclusively of men who are worth at
least million dollars each is taking to find a
name, is explained by cotemporary to exist
because tine millionaires' club sounds osten-
tatious and vulgar" 1t is sign of grace that
the members OF the club are desirous of having
a name that sounds less ostentatious and less
vulgar than the principle on which tine club is
oro
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06

THE announcement at the opening of the
Spanish Cortes. that the existing commercial
treaties between Spain and foreign nations
will be modified SO as to place customs rela-
tions on fresh bases, looks as if our Spanish
friends have heard of the reciprocity pro-
visions of our tariff laws, and are walking Span
ish accordingly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06

The reflection is widely made by numer-
Gus correspondents in conn ection With the bac-
carat scandal that "a very black shadow" in
the Ian g uage of one correspondent, lis thrown
across the hospitality of the present day when
hostess Joins with a party to spy upon her
guest" A very black shadow is thrown all
around; but the declaration that the guest
cannot enjoy himself when it is probable that
he will be detected if he cheats is rather more
severe on the guest than on the hostess.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06

The practical politics of Mr.. James j.
Belden, the millionaire Congressman from
New York, have displayed their most effective
triumphs in the distribution of unlimited
liquor on the floor of the House. Belden is
evidently determined to dispute Bill Browns
triumphs.