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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
TRAVELLING IN NEaLIGE,
The Ludicrous Mishap of One Who Nearly
Missed a Train,

Missed q Train.
During very hot night three Austrian
cavalry officers were on q train which sped
from Pesth to Vienna, according to a story
published in the New York Recorder. As
they had compartment for themselves
they sought to travel as comfortably as DOS
sible. First coats and vests disappeared,
then collars and cuffs and so on until moth
ing remained on their bodies except night
clothing. 1t was so sultry they remained
awake all night. When the train stopped at
one station one of the party remarked that
it would be good idea to have something
to drink, and he hastily threw an overcoat
over his body and ran to the bar of the
station house. Whether the bartend, + was
too sleepy or the officer too slow, to the de-
spair of the latter and his comrades the train
set in motion when he was at the door of the
restaurant.
The two other officers had first q hearty
laugh and then pitied him for the condition
he was in. But their comrade was not of the
anxious KIND. As soon as he discovered
that the train was in motion he ran quickly
after it and was lucky enough to reach the
steps OF the last car, on which he remained
until the next station was reached. When
he made his appearance among his comrades
they were much astonished, and one of them
said: "Why, when we saw you left behind
we threw your garments out of the window
Nothing could be done but telegraph to the
other station to have some one pick up the
garments and forward them by the next
train.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
NONSENSE IN RHYME.
"IIEROICS.

hEhOlNo.
Hail to the chief who in triumph advancesi
List to the cheers down the length of our linel
Long may his brow wear the crown of the victor
Smithers the pitcher on our baseball nine!
-0atiRg.
At dawn the fisherman goes away
That a batch of fish may be caught;
He wanders home at the end of day
With a catch of fish he has bought.
-Harper'S BazGy.
He leaned his basket against log
And sighed: '''Tfs hard, say,
To have TO work like any dog
Throughout the livelong day.
The pup, in comfort sprawled near by,
Was seen, his neighbors think,
To flop his and close his eye
In expressive wink.
Washington Star.
She shed tear upon his vest;
The effort made him vince;
The vest was made of flannel and
He hasn't seen 1t since.
-Clothier and Ftuntsher,
'T want to be an angel,
The dear girl sang. All eyes
Turned on the worldly wretch who said:
''Then why not advertiser
-Eesrussa Journal
Would YOU travel and be happy?
Here, then, is little tip:
just make quarter rhyme with porter
And you'll have pleasant trip.
J-SomeruilLs Journal.
On the subject of Lord Tennyson's dairy
J. Ashby-Sterry has written the following:
I'm gricvcd to hear-tO bear I Is hard
1t puts me in a hutter, man
Lord Tennyson, our matchless bard,
Has lust become butter-man!
No longer he's content to glide
Along poetic, silky way:
But turns his Pegasus aside.
To gallop In the milky way!
-AmeicG.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

thence cargoes of coal, if the proposed
canal is built Not only can the cost of
iron-manufacture be definitely eheapened
by this means: but 4 market for Western
Pennsylvania coai can De extended all
over the lakes and to the ocean. With the
economy of manufacture thus secured. the
time will also come when Pittsburg iron
and steel will seek foreign markets by the
same route that this steamer has traversed,
if more direct one is not sooner opened
by the enlargement of the Erie canal.
The new vessel is an Illustration to
Western Pennsylvania of what its trans
portatiOn system will gain by the opening
of the canal The lesson should not be
lost on the business interests of this sec
tion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
SUCCESS OF THE RAINMAKER.
The Clouds Gather and showers Come at
His Machines Will,

His Machines VIII.
CANTON, July 26.-Rainmaker Melbourne IS
in an exultant mood tonight This is the
day set for his eighth experiment, and it
was a wet and unqualified success. He now
claims to his credit seven successes, as
against one failure, and that is set down to a
broken machine, as he calls his mysterious
rain producer. The last rain in this section
fell Thursday, and the cool weather that fol-
lowed and continued to-day made his sue
cess more than doubtful, and the scofYers
were preparing another roast for him when
their fun was Quenched by showers.
This morning dawned clear and almost
cold, and outside of Melbourne himself no
one believed it would rain. Uncle Silas, the
oldest inhabitant, cracked his rheumatic
toe joint, and gave it as his opinion that the
fame of the rainmaker was about to decline.
At Ii o'clock scattered clouds appeared in
all directions, seeming to center over the
city, but as there was O cool north wind,
rain appeared as far off as ever. The clouds
increased, however, and at 2:30 series of
nice showers fell, and tonight lowering
clouds in every direction portend a down
pour of rain. Melbourne has been invisible
all day, not even appearing tonight to cele-
brate his victory over the unbelieving.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
A Successful Year at Mt. Union College Has
Just Been Closed.

ALLIANCE, July 26.-The commencement of
'9l at Mt. Union College gives evidence of
being the most memorable in the history of
the institution. The year just closing has
been one of unusual prosperity and ad-
vancement. The commencement exercises
proper began with President Marsh's bac-
calaureate sermon this forenoon, In College
halls before an audience that completely
packed them. 1t was a finished and schol-
arly effort, the text being taken from l. Tim
othy, iv., IA: Neglect not the gift that is in
thee"
The programme for tomorrow will en-
brace written and oral examinations, and
tomorrow night the commencement of the
musical department will take place. The
next important event of the commencement
will be the dedication of the new gymna-
sium, one of the best of its kind in the
United States. The dedication exercises
will take place Thursday forenoon. The
filling of the alumni chair, toward which
the students and graduates of the college
have raised an endowment of s25, 900, will
also be an important feature. The alumni
will name the chair and select a man to fill
it on Wednesday morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

THE need for improved precautions
against mine explosions has been somewhat
forgotten, as the best part of year has
elapsed since any wholesale disaster from
that cause. Still the fact that a Frenchman
has invented small incandescent lamp
suitable for use in mines ought to be of in
terest. The lamp is fed from II small bat
terry to be carried about the person of the
miner, and ON breaking the bulb it is in
stantly extinguished. ii such lamp can be
put into practical use it seems likely that it
would go far toward doing away with the
terrible calamities that Mortified the coun-
try last wear.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
HOW TO PRESERVE FISHES.
It Requires Much Care and Eternal Vigil
ance to Keep a Collection.

Forest and Stream.
Whenever it is possible fishes should be
put into the preserving fluid as soon as they
are taken. After remaining in it few hours
it is necessary to take them out, rub off the
mucus and make incisions in the belly, and
if the fish is large, on the sides, to allow the
fluid to penetrate thoroughly. For the first
bath mixture of equal parts of alcohol and
water is suitable. The second bath, how
ever, must contain larger per cent of aico-
hol-no OF less than TO- In order to insure
perfect preservation the specimens must be
examined every few days until the fluid has
completely saturated them. For final preser-
walton the writer prefers equal parts of
alcohol glycerine and water. In this mix
ture the fishes remain flexible for study and
retain their colors longer than in any other
fluid known to him. Whenever the preser-
vative becomes discolored and organic mat
ter collects in the bottom of the jar or tank,
fresh liquid must be substituted for it.
Eternal vigilance is the price of Il collection
of fishes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
CHARMED BY A TROMBONE.
A Blacksnake Hunts Performer Who Was
Amusing an Audience.

BEDFORD, July ga member of an orches
ira, which is staying at the Springs hotel fo1
the season, had rather unwelcome auditor
to summer night concert the other even.
ing. The gentleman is the leading trombon-
ist, and had retired back on the hill from the
hotel to give one of his favorite selections
for the benefit of the hotel guests.
While performing he was somewhat dis
turbed to see black object steadily making
its way toward him from the bush. This OBJ
ject, which proved to be an enormous black
snake, crnwied to within few feet of the
musician, then stopped, and rearing its head
waved it to and fro in enjoyment of the
music. The performer hastily decamped,
being too highly fiattered, however, by the
attentions of the melody loving snake to at
tempt to kill it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE,
Colonel James r. Crenshaw.

Colonel James r. Crenshaw, of Rich
mond, Va, was stricken with apoplexy Saturday
and died within an hour. Colonel Crenshaw was
a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate armv
and after short service in the field he was sent by
the Confederate Government to Nassau where in
corporation with his brother, William &. Cren-
shaw. he rendered valuable service in running
supplies through the lines. After the war he went
to Brazil and spent about six months; thence he
went to New York. where he engaged in the cot
ton commission business. and later was President
of the southern Telegraph Company. He was 81
years of age.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

OBJECTIONS are heard to Pension Com
missioner Raum's course in devoting his at
tention to private enterprises, and letting
the Pension Bureau run ITSELF But if the
Commissioner should carry out his avowed
purpose of dumping $4,000 original cases,
the obiectors would realize that If he could
be persuaded to give all his time to private
money-making it would be much more
money in the pocket OF the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
AMERICAN OIL IN GERMANY.
The Standard Sells 1t Through the Tank
System for 1-2 Cents a Gallon.
New York Herald

New YORK Herald.l
eyes, it is Americans at war with Russians
now,r said an official of the Standard Oil
Company yesterday. The spokesman was
Mr.. r. C. Veit, manager of the shipping de-
partment. There are now IS big tank
steamers conveying oil from the Jersey and
Philadelphia ends of our pipe lines abroad
and coastwise.
"There have been enormous and economi-
cal changes in methods of shipment OF late
which have enabled the Standard Oh people
lower than all competitors. In fact, the
German consumer now gets his Oil for the
low price of " 55-l0O cents per gallon, and
ing the product. Formerly oil came TO New
York on barrel trains. You seldom see an
oil barrel nowadays. Deliveries are made
to groccrs and consumers iii tank wagons,
and th.ls ali aspects of the business npYe
been immensely simplified."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
SOME PREHISTORIC BONES.
They Are Discovered Beneath Fifty Feet
of Gold-Bearing Gravel.

OTtROnldu.J
At the Startling hydraulic mine in Jackson
county q tusll of mastodon was washed
out a few days since from under depth of
30 feet of gravel. The tusk was four inches
in diameter and was porous and crumbling.
Other bones of the same prehistoric animal
have been found in this mine at different
depths. just how so feet of gold bearing
gravel came to be deposited atop of this
tusk Is question for the geologist to decide.
1t may be that the gravel was washed there
by some prehistoric hydraulic miner, who
took out all the big nuggets of gold and left
only the fine scales for this day and genera
tion. The mammoth did not become ex-
tinct so long ago as some other animals, for
carcasses of a number of the huge beasts
have been found in frozen condition in
Siberia in very perfect state of preserva-
ton, and their bones have been found in
Missouri in the same stratum with human
bones, and one great hunter and still greater
liar has given out that he has seen living
specimens of the animal in the wilds of the
Olympic range.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

THE envious New York journals, which
point ont that the voyage Of the whale back
steamer from Duluth to Liverpool lasted
80 days, and that the cargo could have gone
by way of New York in half the time, omit
to give statisticsas to the actual average
time consumed in the transportation of
grain over the New York route. The differ
ence between what might be done if the
freight is hurried forward to make record,
and what actually is done, is sometimes
worth mentioning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
Teaching a Smile for a Cent.

New York Times.l
MADAM, give me a cent and I'll teach you
q new smile," said a little girl in rags, aged
10 or less, to deuIure young woman at the
foot of the stairs to the elevated station at
West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street.
Amused, the young woman gave the cent.
The smile WINS dimpled pOut, and pretty.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
THE COAL OIL INDUSTRY.
It's Wonderful Development Shows No Signs
of Diminution.

of Diminutfon.
Philadelphia Ledger.1
The development of the coal oil industry
of this country has been marvellous. Many
people remember, to their sorrow, the spec
ulative fever that set in Immediately after
the discovery of the Pennsylvania oil fields.
That was about 1852 in which year the
product was about 1000 barrels of AZ gallons
each. A census report shows that in 1885, or
80 years later. the product of this country
reached "a $50, ,306 and OF this amount two
thirds came from the oil fields OF PennSylva-
mia and New York The value of the 1889
product was $26 554, ,052. But the exports of
refined petroleum ana similar products
reach value of over $50, 600 600 year. Many
of the original oil fields have given out, but
others have been discovered and there is no
sign of diminution in the general supply, the
Ohio oil fields having increased their output
more than twentyfold in the last five years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

George Handy Smith expressed in very
plain terms the executive idea that COM
mittees of investigation are intended to in
vestigate. But the Senator has had alto
gether too much legislative experience to
steer his course by any such crude theory as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
Electrical Flying Machine.

There are just now great number of fly
ing machines in the air, or to speak more &C
curately, in the brain of the sanguine- i'm
ventors. One of these is the invention of
Mr.. Adler, the inventor of the telephone
bearing his name. This machine is oper-
ated electrically, and is said to have made
successful flight at q height of 66 feet for
distance of 3Ol to 400 wards.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
CAPTAIN NJ. NJ. Walden.

Captain NJ. NJ. Walden, of Centerville,
Ia, died Saturday at Washington, where he was
holding Federal position. He was well known in
Iowa political circles having served in both
branches of the Legislature and as Lieutenant oy-
ernor in 1870 which position he resigned TO enter
Congress, where he served two terms. He was
also member of the last Iowa House.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
CHRISTIAN CHURCH DEDICATED.
Interesting Services at Braddock With
Many Gifted Speakers.

Many Gifted Speakers.
BRADDoCK, July 26.-The beautiful edif1ce
on Braddock avenue, of the First Christian
congregation, was dedicated at $50 o'clock
this afternoon. The services were well at
tended, and the clergymen of the different
congregations of the city lent their assist
ance.
Rev. DR.. Richardson, of East Liberty, de-
livered the dedicatory address, and remarks
were made by Rev. DIR. L. N Boyle, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev H. +.
Shupe, of the United Brethren Church; Rev.
W. NJ. Harvard, of the Disciple Church. of
congregation; Rev. DIR. Long, of the Re-
formed, and Rev. j. b. Dickey, of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
OUR TRIUMPHANT DEMOCRACY.
Latest Facts Concerning Our Production
of Pig Iron and Copper.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.1
Mr.. Carnegie's revised edition of the story
of triumphant democracy may contain some
remarkable additions. The United States is
not only the largest producer of pig iron,
but she also puts out more copper than ahv
other country in the world. The census re-
port containing this announcement shows
that Montana has outshipped Michigan.
while Arizona is making strides toward her
position. The changes are of course. in a
measure explained by the temporary closing
of some of the great Lake Superior mines:
but the same cause renders the general In
portant step is noted in the race for com
mercial primacy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
C0NTRAsTED WOMAN SOCIALISTS.
Louise Michel, the Growing Philanthropist
and Madame Severine, the Beauty.

New York Tribune.l
No greater contrast can be conceived than
that presented by the two leading women
Socialists of France. The one, Louise
Michel, devoid of the slightest trace
either of beauty or of any kind of fem
inine attraction, lives in exile among the
poor in London amid the most sQualid and
wretched surroundings.
The other Madame Severine, is woman
of considerable beauty, dainty in domestic
tastes, luxurions in her comforts, and soft
ening by her womanly charms the asperities
of Anarchy and Socialism. She writes grace
full little notes on paper decorated with
blood red flag surrounded by crown of
thorns, and softly purrs doctrines of plunder
and bioodshed, while Louise Michel, on the
other hand, growls forth in surly tones
words of kindness and sympathy for every
kind of human suffering.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

THE alarming news comes from the
Hawaiian Isles that the Sandwich Is anders
received our John J.. Sullivan very coldly.
This inert and uncivilized deadness to the
claims of "athleticism" as a great moral
agent utterly wrecks any hopes that the
Kanakas may have entertained of anneXa-
tion to the United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
! MOTHER SEASIDE ROMANCE.

We bathed together in the surf.
We walked upon the sand,
We sat together on the rocks,
Igently squeezed her hand.
She seemed to favor me. thought,
More than the other men.
She raised my hopes, and then, alas,
She dashed them down again;
For one day, when tried 70 pop,
She answered with frown,
II can't flirt any more with You,
My husbands coming DOWN.
.-S0nleTuilLe Joarza1l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

centration of the Russian Hebrew immi-
grants in large cities, and in favor of scat
tering them throughout the country in in
dustrial colonies like that in New Jersey.
BY this course they can be speedily placed
in position to support themselves. and he.
come valuable addition to the productive
forces OF the country. If they are left in the
cities they will simply furnish an aggrava-
tion of the want and overcrowding already
existing there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

The "yellows" have attacked the peaches
in Delaware somewhat too late to prevent
their present cheapness and abundance; but
forbearance is still shown in the fact that
the hailstones which are pelting the wheat
in Minnesota have not yet attained the size
of eoos
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

THE Cape May correspondents claim that
the President does not look well in bath
ing suit. This is by no means derogatory of
the Chief Executive. The exceptional man
who does look we'll in bathing suit is
rarely worth much in any other guise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
The Limit Is in Immigration.

CII1CaRO IIInes'J
determined to send back to Europe as a
pauper immigrant a boy who presents proofs
of being a resident of Chicago. The inten-
tion of New York to keep down the popula-
tion of this town knows no limits.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

THE name of Charles Foster as a United
States Senator suggests that he would be an
appropriate balance to Payne and Brice.
But cool gentleman by the name of John
Sherman stands in the way.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

THE German Emperor did not succeed in
catching any whales during his voyage to
the North Sea. But he still may cherish the
consolation that he landed a big fish by his
visit to England.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

THE result of that last bye-election will
probably confirm Lord Salisbury in his
determination not to appeal to general
election until the last year of the term of
Parliament.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

1t is interesting to note that Dudley also
stretches his hand over the party wall to
lend what aid he can give TO the incipient
German boom.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27

The Hebrew Alliance of Amer;ca has
taken a wise stand in opposition - the con-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-27
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Noi. 81. No. I7o.-hntPred at PItisburg Postoficc,
November i. Iss1, fas second-class matter.