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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
THE WORLDS LEADERS.

MASsENET has agreed to compose an
opera for Harris, who, in collaboration with
Mazzucato, will write the libretto, which is
founded on Kenilworth.
Miss EANIES, the American prina donna,
had the honor of singing in Marlborough
House on Sunday to a large family party.
Signor Maurel also sang, and Signor Tosti
accompanied them.
SIR GEORGE STEPHEN is a lucky man, and
his peerage greatly .pleases Canadians,
though he is not Canadian born. He wentt to
Canada when quite young, but began life as
a barefooted lad in his birthplace.
THE Duke of Portland is the champion
subscriber to newspapers. He takes all the
papers of England and heap more from all
over creation. The preceding Duke used to
do the same thing, and filed up three
houses with them.
EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is at Joseph
Jefferson's villa, Buttermilk Bay, wareharn,
Mass, for q few days fishing. Sol Smith
Russell and 'Billy" Florence are also under
Jefferson'S roof tree. Mrs Cleveland Is like
wise enjoying his hospitality, pending the
completion of the repairs which she is over
seeing at Tudor Haven.
MICHAEL DAvITT and his wife reached
Winnipeg yesterday. He declined formal
reception on the ground of ill health, and
will go to-day to Killarney to inquire into
the condition of the Scotch crofters settled
there. He will spend the summer in Cali
fornia, and after a short visit to friends in
Pennsylvania, will go next fall to Australia
BISMARCK's election to the Reichstap
seems to have given him courage, quality
the Emperor has been trying to deprive him
of. The Prince now declares that he will
write his memoirs as best pleaseth him, and
print them during his lifetime, so that he
may be on hand to defend if anyone should
be so foolish as to attack them. This has
the true ring of the Iron Chancellor.
QUEEN WILHELMINA, of Holland, made
her first appearance in public life last week
by going through number of functions in
Amsterdam, which, to a 13year-old sovereign,
must have been perfectly bewildering. In the
simplest of white frocks with broad, black
sash, she moved about so composedly that
one would have imagined she had been doing
nothing else but taking part in court cere-
monials from her cradle.
CLINTON BARNUM SEELEY, the princi-
pal heir of the late 2. L. Barnum, shows
himself i'll New York occasionally since the
death of his distinguished relative He is
p years of age. with ruddy cheeks and hair
so blond as to be almost white. He is q good
all-round athlete and a clever yachtsman.
MIR. Seeley is member of the Manhattan
Athletic Club, and when in New York spends
much of his time there. His friends regard
him as leyel-headed young man, and not
at all likely to spend the S3000,0 900 and per
centage in the profits of the circus left to
him by the Snowman.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
SPRING SNAKE COILS.

A NEST of 127 black snakes was found in q
log sawed at O Franklin sawmill.
A SNAKE has been seen in Durham county
N. c., by an old colored man that is as long
as O fence rail and as large around as stove.
pipe.
WoRKMEN excavating for the new glass
tanks at Jeanette, a few days ago, found a
snake imbedded in the solid rock. 1t was 81
inches long, 5 inches in circumference and
weighed IL pounds and 13 ounces. 1t is dark
in color and has three rings of grayish tint
Immediately behind the head. 1t was dead
when found.
LAST Sunday a resident of New Castle, while
out walking, observed a robin and a garter
snake fighting. The snake would coil itself
and strike at the bird as the latter swooped
down upon it. The robin always struck at
the snakes eyes and finally succeeded in
picking them both out. After brief strug-
gle the bird finally succeeded in killing the
snake, which it carried off triumphantly in
its bill The snake was about foot long.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
d, A TINIE-HoNoRED RIGHT.

The right of people to die of typhoid
fever is at stake in the conservative town
of Lancaster. 1t could not be more vicor-
ously defended if the question at issue had
been the right to escape the disease.
There has been an epidemic of typhoid
there which the health authorities traced
to well contaminated by cesspool Of
one family which used this well nine were
prostrated, while the owner died. But
when the health authorities ordered that
the well be closed, the disconsolate widow
stuck by her rights and her well. The
minions of the law resorted to force,
sequestereG the pump-handle and threat
ened with prosecution any who drew
water But if there is any idea that such
a threat will be effective it betrays ignor-
ance of the stubborn devotion of the aver
age Eastern Pennsylvania to his custom
OF drnking from fsyorite well favored
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04

ernor will no doubt perceive the force of
this consideration and sign the bill, al
though he may wisely postpone doing so to
date which will permit him to give his
attention to the selection of Commissioners
after he has disposed of the bills now be-
fore him.
In the selection of Commissioners there
is an opportunity for the Governor to
correct the vice of the bill as passed. Five
active Commissioners will be all needed to
properly superintend the work of expend-
ing the State appropriations. The Gov
ernor may prevent the waste of the fund
on the expenses of twenty-five unneces-
sary officials by selecting men who will
place the real work of the body in the
hands of a select few, and who will de-
cline to use the State funds to pay the
personal expenses of those who are not
charged with active duties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
THE FAIR APPROPRIATION.

1t is intimated that the duty which will
fall upoE the Governor, if he signs the bill
arpropriating 5000, 900 for the State exhibit
at the Chicago Exposition, of appointing
80 Commissioners is an unweIcome one,
and causes him to oregard the measure with
somewhat mfavorable feelings.
The saddling of the appropriation with
the expenses of 80 Commissioners was
in harmony with the characteristics of the
late Legislature, and is sad drawback to
the otherwise satisfactory nature of the
measure But it ought not to defeat the
appropriation. Pennsylvania must be we'll
represented at this international exhibit
ton, and $500, 900 will not be too much to
spend for placing representation of
Pennsylvania industries there that will at
tact and interest all corners. The Gov
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
NEGLECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

For some days there has been an inter.
ested and natural inquiry as to what
became of the ship canal resolutions be-
fore the late Legislature. The hurly-
burly of the closing days left that subject
in doubt, but inquiries prosecuted on be-
half of THE DISPATCH at Harrisburg show
that the project was disposed of in the
manner characteristic of that body in
dealing with subjects in which the public
is.interested. That is, it was left neg
lected on the shelf
The resolution asking for a review OF
the work of the Commission by the United
States engineers was signed by the Gov
ernor early in the session. The authority
for the printing of 5000 copies
of the report of the Commission
was left undisposed of. The most
charitable view of this neglect
is that the Legislature was so busy fixing
up sham ballot reform bills and Constitu-
tonal conventions in the interest of the
machine politicians that it could not afford
time to authorize, in the public interest,
the use of an unexpended balance for
printing one of the most important reports
ever made by State authority. A less
charitable view might suggest that some
of the corporations interested in the sup
preston of the canal ordered that the re-
port should be carefully lost sight Of
Whether the neglect was due to cor
porate supremacy or mere political stupid
ity, the result should not be accepted. If
the Legislature will not do its duty by
Western Pennsylvania, that section can
do what is necessary for. itself. There is
no subject involving greater issues of
growth and prosperity for this section
than the one treated by the report of the
Commission.
The commercial bodies of Western
PENNSYLVANIA should take the matter in
hand Convinced of the futility of leav-
ing such subjects to our political repre-
sentatives, the commercial representatives
of this section should raise the money for
printing the report, and see that the work
of spreading information as to the feasi-
bility and vast Importance of the project
is energetically pushed.
If this work is properly done the people
of Western Pennsylvania may next year
the importance of electing rep
who will pay attention to the
popular interests more assiduously than to
the interests of the politicians and cor
pOratiOnS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Rev. Richard Thorn, Jr, leading minis
| ter of the New Jersey Conference, has been
| the guest of Colonel NJ. III. Glenn, Superin-
| tendent of the Adams Express Company.
| He is the father of Mrs. Glenn. Mr.. Thorn
has fully availed himself of all the sight
seeing in the mountains surrounding the
| CITY He is pleased with Pittsburg's system
| of street railroads and may possibly make
| his home in this city.
Ex-Surgeon General Moore, of the United
States Army, passed through the city yester-
day. bound for Idaho. He ridicHles the
Eastern recruiting stations, and says the
only place to train soldiers is in the West.
Adam Farraday and his family left for
Butte, Mont, over the Uuion Pacific road,
yesterday. Mrs. j. I. Weaver and three
children started over the same line to join
her husband in Jefferson, Ore.
Ex-Mayor Roach, of Chicago, was in the
city for a short time yesterday morning, on
his way East. He thinks Chicago people
Will make big profits during the Worlds
Fair.
Mrs. NJ. Murphy and her daughter, of
PHILADELPHIA and seven persons from Nash
Vile, are registered ut the st. James. They
came on to see Father Mollinger
Among the guests at the Schlosser are
W. Breck, Butler hotel man, and Mrs. W.
J. Brendred, Mrs. j. Carter and LOttie
Loonis, of Oil City.
Mrs. May and son, of London, and Miss
E. Follit, of London, arrived at the Duquesne
last evening. They are makinga a tour of the
country.
w. f. Delaplaine, of Frederick, and c.
Seymour, l. Dutton, Youngstown iron
agent, are stopping at the Monongahela
House.
Justice Fields occupied berth on the
Western express yesterday morning. He
was going to San Francisco to hold court.
George T. Bishop, commercial agent of
Glover Leaf route, was hustling in Pfttsburg
yesterday.
j. II. McCrum and wife, of Akron, and
T. r. Morgan, Jr., of Alliance, are at the Du-
quesne.
Joseph Breuning and his wife left yester-
day for four months visit on the CONT
nent.
Commercial Agent Fowler, of the Union
Pacific road, went to New York last evening.
Lieutenant Swift, of the United States
Army, is stopping at the Anderson.
Mrs. James McCrea and family started for
the seashore last evening.
K Solomon left for ST. Louis, last even
ing, on business for Gusky.
Mrs. G. L. Magee left for Philadelphia
last evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
a GERMAN PRACTICAL JOKE.
The Driver of a Berlin Horse Ambulance
Is Made the Victim,

New York SUM-
DR.. James Wilmarth, who recently arrived
from Europe, passed through New York one
day recently on his way to his home in Chi
cago. To o crowd of friends at the
Astor House he related queer
story about an organization in
Berlin that protects doctors. and oc-
caionally kills horses, and, except for the
exclusive nature of its labors is closely
allied to the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals in this city. While
visiting the German capital DR.. Wilmarth
went to the rooms of the association,
on the invitation of its President, to
inspect its horse and ambulance SER
vice He was told that an ambnlance had
gone to brewery about three miles away to
carry sick horse to the hospital Presently
the great carriage rolled into the yard,
drawn by one horse and supporting another
standing on its feet on the floor, The Presi-
dents eyes bulged as he saw the vehicle
Zach, Gott!" he exclaimed "Our own
horse is in the ambulance and the sick ami
NAL has drawn him homer!
1t was even so. The driver of the ambu-
lance had Joined party of draymen in the
barroom of the brewery and partaken so
freely of the beer that when he went out his
eyes were half closed, and he did not detect
au exceedingly cruel joke that some one
had played upon him. The healthy horse
had been taken out of the shafts and put
into the ambulance, and the unfortunate
sick brute was harnessed up in his place.
Both animals had dark brown coats, and
resembled each other sufficiently to be mis-
taken by q drunken man,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
4 MENACE TO HEALTH.

The dumping of garbage into the river
at Braddock would prove a very serious
matter to the residents of the Southside.
who must draw their water supply from
the Monongahela. The city health Off
cials take the proper stand in deciding, if
possible, to prevent the carrying out of the
provisions of the ordinance passed by
BTaddock Councils The State Board of
Health has the power to prevent this, and
though the city health officers can only
agitate the matter it will, in measure, as
sist in preventing the nuisance
Southside people have for long time
been complaining Of the impurity of the
water furnished them, and if the Monon-
gahela is made a dumping place for Brad
docks refuse it viii make matters much
worse. That city should by all means in
vest in a garbage furnace
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
by its proximity to the time-honored cess

by its proximity to the time-honored cess
pool
1t is not by any means certain that the
sanitarians did not exceed their duty, both
in the legal and scientific view. Before
the common law the Lancastrian's we'll
and cesspool are part of his castle, and
the law may not lightly invade them. In
the scientific view there is no doubt that
the conjunction of wells and cesspools
produces typhoid. But to arbitrarily pre-
vent those welded to diluted sewage as a
beverage from satisfying their tastes is
violation of the law of the survival of the
fitteSt. Will not a proper respect for that
statute of nature lead the scientific people
to let those who prefer typhoid fever
germs in their water have it? The latter
class will drink that sort of water no mat
ter what the law may say; and the ulti-
mate proof of their perversity is that so
few of them die of it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
THE PRESIDENT ABROAD.
A Rather satirica1 Californian Picture OF
Him at the Banquet Table.

San Francisco Newsletter
General Barnes, of San Francisco, tells
TINS story of President Harrison's visit: 81
sat beside him at the banquet. He asked
what all the trouble over the wine was
ABOUT and told him nearly all the wine
men wanted their wines on the list. Iasked
MIN what wine he preferred, and he called
for foreign brand, of which l Or
dered quart bottle for him. 1 told the
boy to fill up his glass every time 1t
get empty, as was anxious to see just how
far this old gentleman would go. Presently
ne unDent little, and / must say he became
rather confidential for a President of the
United States. He pointed out several men
around the table and asked who they were.
One face attracted him particularly, and he
asked who owned this physiognomy, which
he pronounced full of shrewdness and be-
nevolence
That said, Mr.. President, is Lloyd
Tevis, president of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S
Dank, and largely interested in that great
company 1have not yet determined how
TO consider this selection by the President
from the faces around him. Well, sir, it was
the hardest two hours of entertaining q man
l ever had. But the President is not such
pad Fellow, after all. hope he will come
again, and that when he does shall be out
of town"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
SMALL PARCELS OF FUN.

Mrs. Softheart-I don't think this Door
man is strong enough to carry such a load. John.
He looks like a consumptive, poor fellowl
Ragged Mike-Bliss yer swate face. Teddy, niver
mind me luks. I'm after carryin' a jag livery day
av me lOife.-C Chicago Times.
''How do you preserve peaches, Aunt
Maria?'' ..
.'Waal, when TIL boys appears. we lets the dog
loose; an the pickets on the trees Is all made o.
steel, an KEEP sharp, ''-HdTper's Bazar.
Wife Cat confectioner's)-I want some of
these too. John.
Husband (alarmed)-Ny dear. you forget we ara
in Boston. Those are kisses.-Chica0o Tribune.
Bound down by no oppressive think,
The bell boy, unabashed.
Still brings you towels when you'd drink,
And ice when you have washed.
-WdShinaton Post.
''The good die young" does not apply in
any sort to joke Washington Post.
ssDo you believe man sprang from the
ape2'' -
NO; but 1 believe woman springs from the
mouse-in fact, I've seen her do it."-Hdrpr,s
Bdzdr.
she-You will ask papa, will you not; or
must 1?
He-oh. L have seen him. Fact is. he made the
suggestion that il was about time for me to pro-
Indianapolis JOuT7'dt
THAT S a pretty oIu alil9dtor, L guess,
remarked one tourist to another as a huge cayman
opened his cavernOus jaws and took in a young
darkey that had recklessly ventured too near the
river.
..IIc NAV be DID, returned the other, but he's
evidently got good deal of the boy in him yet ~
Boston Courier.
81 am little short and will PROFOUND to
YOU a conundrum in mental arithmetic - said .
Detroit man to his friend.
IAN right; let me hear IT, ~ answered his friend.
..WelJ. - said the man that was Short suppose
YOU had 80 in your pocket and should ask you for
s.. how much would remain?''
Ten dollars ~ was the prompt reply.-DstTo9
Free Press.
oh, let us to the picnic grounds,
With cakes and pie and custard.
Where hostile snakes meander round,
And frolic in the mustard.
-ocOnse Ea:srpnss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
A Philanthropic Baker.
Philadelphia Record.

Passengers who take the o'clock car on
Walnut street every morning enjoy decid-
edly novel treat, through the kindness of
the driver, policeman and a baker. The
car passes bakery at certain hour, and
just before it gets opposite the door police
man standing near whistles shrilly, the graf
Ding Is raised, and a fiour-duSted arm hands
out a hot loaf of bread; this the policeman
hands to the driver, whose invariaDle form
you, old man." Then the driver ties the lines
around the brake, enters the car, and di-
vides the bread with the passengers. There
car yesterday morning, and man getting
aboard at the Baltimore and Ohio depot was
visibly astonished when he saw every one of
them munching hot bread and talking pol
itics.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
Social Chatter.

THE Brown-DalzeH wedding tonight.
THE Schneider-Brecht nuptials to-day.
THE postponed Dunlap-Stevenson wedding
occurs to-day.
Mrs. W. D. KING, the bride, will give her
first reception this evening.
THE Art-MusicaI Club will meet in Mr.F. G..
Bussman's rooms, on Fifth avenue, tonight.
Mr.. AND Mrs. B. KIPPER, nee Miss Bertha
Moulter, sailed yesterday for Europe, where
they will spend the summer.
DR. ALLAN F. GENTY, of Pittsburg. has been
offered q place on the proposed Greenland
expedition, but has refused to accept it.
THE Christian Home for Women will hold
its anniversary luncheon and bazaar this
afternoon. Its address is 1873 Locust street,
Allegheny. Ta'f roo
A CONCERT will be given this evening at
Dilworth Hall by Mrs. Caster and Prof. Git
tings, which will inaugura te the Commence
ment exercises of the Pennsylvania College
for Women. -
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
"A Victim of Stage Realism.
New York Herald. J

Miss Jennie Stetson, who was member of
Miss Annie Ward Tiffany's company produc-
ing 'The Stepdaughter," during the season,
is lying i'll in the city from what her friends
claim is an overabundance of realism. In
the play Miss Stetson, who played Suzette
and Miss Tiffany, who was the Peggy Logan,
had to have regular set-to. Miss Tiffany is
a strong, muscular woman, and Miss Stet-
sons friends claim that she used too much
of her strength in the scrimmage. tbs said
that when Miss Tiffany was angry and busi-
ness was bad she banged Miss Stetson
around in lively fashion. The young woman
says she has stood this as long as she could.
She is now confined to her bed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
A MOSAIC. OF ODDITIES.

MIR. Bolmstarck's Parrots Mourn in Silence
-Bequeathed an Umbrella Turkeys as
Decoys-An Attorneys Clever Ruse and
other Tales of To-Day.
For years past the children in the neigh
borhood of 517 Twelfth street, northwest,
found good friend in the person of Mr..
Charles ?. Bolmstarck, who died yesterday
morning. Mr.. Bolmstarck was q general
favorite with the children, the Washington
Post says, and was never happier than when
he had some of them in his room, where he
would have them talk to his parrots. The
children and parrots furnished him q great
deal of amusement, and when he was con-
fined to his bed more than a week ago the
parrots would call out, Poor papa" and day
and night would keep up the cry Neither
of the three parrots has spoken word since
Mr. Bolmstarck's death.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
BOSTON REGAINs HER BARS.
Thirsty Citizens Are No Longer Compelled
to Take a Chair as Well as a Drink.

TO rake n Chair as Well as a Drink.
Boston, June 3.-For two years past the
weary traveller and the native Bostonian
have had to sit at tables when they desired
liquid refreshments. BY vote of 12O to Sc
the House to-day passed the Senate bill
making this unnecessary, and hereafter, as
in other less cultured cities, beer and SINH
lar brews may be had over the bar in
Boston.
The passage of the original bill, by which
no drinks were to be drunk standing, was
due to the Prohibition party influence,
which convinced the Legislature that much
drunkenness was due to the purely Ameri-
can habit of drinking for the sake of drink
ing and not for the sake of conviviality
and social intercourse, as in other countries.
The result of the two years experiment
has not demonstrated the correctness of
this theory, and the overwhelming vote in
favor of the old system Is not due entirely
to the influence of the liquor dealers in the
Legislature. which has been considerable.
The passage of the present law will affect
some 5000 walters now employed in the city,
but at least half of this number will retain
their positions in their capacity as assistant
barkeepers. Many of the large saloons will
retain their ia bles, as 1t has been discovered
that a man once seated is apt to drink more
than man who simply goes to the bar to
allay his thirst.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
Canada Tories in Danger.
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
Canadians of different shades of political
bias predict that Canada's Government will
not be Tory one after Sir John Macdonald
dies. 1t is asserted that he carried tens of
thousands of votes by his mere personality
his popularity, reputation. magnetism, and
the force of his long success. 1t is said that
at the last election it was evident that but for
Sir John himself the country would have
gone differently from what it did. Though
his Government has squandered millions, it
is known he derived no personal benefit,
to be the greatest man on this continent.