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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
How He Thawed Hannibal Ham1in.

A Syndicate Reporter-I have been IN the
newspaper business long time, but a recent
experience discounts anything IN the inter-
viewing line ! ever had. 1 was requested to
see Hon. Hannibal Hamlin and get out of him
some genial talk. knew Hamlin very well,
and therefore knew that it was one of his char
acteristics that he never talked to newspaper
men upon anything. Notwithstanding the
chances against me, however, resolved to
make the effort. laid around the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel all night and found that Hamlin
was to leave Boston early next morning by
certain train. l jumped the train here and
took one that met him at Hartford. L had no
difficulty in finding him in the smoking COM
partment of the vestibule train coming
back. / hadn't addressed three words
to him before ne asked me point blank
if 1 was 4 newspaper map. or course told
him was, when he said very sharply and in
sultingly: Il don't want to say anything to
you. l never talk to newspaper men. won't
Say word ! have come in here to smoke
cigar by myself and don't want to be bothered
with You" The old man was fairly raging. He
was so mad that he struck match to light his
cigar on the bottom of another fellows shoe,
thinking 1t was his own, and had to apologize. In
the meantime got on my dignity and informed
Mr.. Hamlin that had just as good right to
smoke my cigar in the compartment as he had,
and whether he talked OF not was a matter of
supreme Indifference to me. That matter ap-
parently settled We smoked in silence for
short time and then the monotony was broken
with remark of mine about something out
side the car window. He returned Immediately
to the old subject and began to abuse newspaper
men 10 general and the one who attempted to
interview him in particular. I know the old
mans weak point. and mentioned the fact that
during the term OF his Vice Presidency of the
Unifed States. Ben Butler had been asked by
MIR. Lincoln to return from the field and go on
the ticket with him as candidate for Vice
President OF the ground that Hamlin's temper
was so bad. and that he was so far removed in
his personal relations from other leaders of the
party that his denomination was an impossible
ity. said: senator, know now that their
judgment of you was correct. If it were not
for your irascible temper and contemptuous
indifference toward the feelings Of other peo-
pie, you would have been renominated on the
ticket with Mr.. Lincoln"
This brought the old man out strong, and he
talked to me about an hour straight along.
When he got to New York about 20 reporters
send their cards up, but the old man said: Il
never talk to newspaper men. They tried to
interview me on the train, but they didn't do
it." In the meantime lovely article of two or
three columns was in dozen different offices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
Gratuitous Abuse of Typewriters.

A Lady Stenographer-I am almost ashamed
to tell people l belong to this profession, there
has been so much said and written ABOUT the
flair typewriters." The comic papers make
pictures of them, and in the newspapers nearly
every day there appears some squIb rejecting
on women who get their living as stenograph-
ers anu typewriters. From my experience, and
/ have had considerable. most of this is mere
trash. Men who hire stenographers usually
have plenty for them to do, and have never
seen a man yet who brought any woman nom
sense in conflict with his business. l know
quite number of girls who are doing this
work, and their experience is just like mine. l
once lost good job because the wife OF the
man who wanted stenographer had made
him promise he would not employ a lady. She
had been reading all this rot in the newspapers
and had generally come to the conclusion that
we formed dangerous class. A woman with
husband like that ought to chain him mp so sne
will know where he Is. Men in active business
life a rule, subordinate everything else to
their business. Any disposition of female en-
pIOye to encourage Irritation on tie part of him
self or his CLERKS, or even his office boy, would
meet with pretty prompt dismissal. On the
other hand. q woman who works hard and earns
whatever salary she gets is usually too inde-
pendent to tolerate any familiarity on the part
of those with whom she is thrown in business
contact. .-- CHARLES I. MURRAY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

these considerations, 1 sprang over
Blake's kneeling form, and seized the
fat spook around the waist. She offered
very material resistance, which became quite
uncomfortable when Adams shot off his re-
volver into the ceiling and leaped upon
Morse. After that, 1 was no more of an en-
cumbrance to the spook than if my arms had
been her apron strings. She rushed out into
the hall, and trailed behind like the "bob"
of kite. She fled up the stairs with an
agility proportionate to her fright. and mar
velous considering her bulk. 1 accom-
panied her up the stairs because was afraid
to let go.
On the uppermost step she tripped, stag
gered moment, and then, overbslanced by
my weight, she fell backward and slid the
whole length of the stairs on my unfortunate
body. as if it had been toboggan. had
been told that spirits dematerialize at the
protane touch. This one didn't She was
all there when we landed on the hall floor.
was much nearer Characterization myself,
being pressed out to thinness which ap-
preached transparency.
It's Dangerous Proceeding.
All this I have been told, for was
not in condition to observe 1t at the time.
did not know when the spirit of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
A FIND OF MUMMIES AT THRBES.

Discoveries That Will Keep the Egyptolo-
gists Busy for Awhile.
Illustrated News OF the world.1
Egyptologists will be pleased to hear of
the discovery of vault filled with num-
mics and funeral Golfers at Dayr ell Bahree,
near the plain of Thebes. 1t was not far
from this spot that M. Maspero found the
royal mummies of the kings of the nine
teentn and twentieth dynasties in 1881. The
new excavation, from which already 200
mummy-cases have been taken, also seems
to have been a cachette or hiding place
rather than a tomb. at depth OF about 30
feet a gallery diverges, and in it the num-
mics were packed, the entrance having
been blocked with wool and cloth,
both of which are in good preserva-
ton. Two other galleries have still
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
Color Blindness and Street Cars.

A Boulevard Car Driver-You know these cars
burn lights at night to correspond with their
colors in the daytime for the guidance of the
people who cannot see the color or read the
lettering. Notwithstanding this effort to dis
tinguish one line of cars from another, we are
people who stop the car, ask whether this is
such and such n car, or stop a car, get on, and
then ask and stop it again TO get off, having
ridden a block or two perhaps out Of their
way. have been making something of study
of these people, and find that the larger num-
Der of them are really color clind, and do not
make these errors out of stupidity. They can
TELL perhaps black from white, but when it
comes to the different shades necessarily en-
ployed by great many railroad lines in this
city, they are hopelessly confused.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
How a Clever Reporter Got an Inter-
view With Hannibal Hamlin.
A PICTURE FROM NEW ENGLAND.
J. Palmer 0'Neill Finds There Is Plenty
of Interest in Baseball.
CRACKING JOKES ON TIpEWRITERs
rcoRREspoNDENcE OF THE prsrAron., :,

CORRESPONDENCE h
NEW YORK. March IA have talked
with large number of people during
the week, and select the following inter-
views as most likely to be interesting to
Pittsburg people:
Breaking Up the Nervous System.
Edward Ryerson, commercial traveler-I
have had good many queer experiences on
the road Once in Michigan was held up for
all I was worth. 1t was right in a small town.
one with which was very we'll acquainted and
where was pretty well known. had been out
in the evening. and was coming home early,
when was met in the middle of the sidewalk
by stranger. / stepped to the left and he
stepped to the left; then stepped to the right
and he stepped to the right, just as people will
you know, often without design ard to mutual
embarrassment. In this case it had the effect
p of embarrassing me only long enough for a Sec
ond man to grab me from behind and trip me
up in a twinkling. Both men were Oh top and
squeezed me SO hard that 1 could hardly yell.
But yell did right Justify three or four times
could see from where lay woman sitting
at an open window just across the street, and a
little further up man lounging on a
front door stoop. Although l yelled
murder and thieves, neither the man nor
the woman made an effort TO either release me
or come to my assistance. After made three
or four yelps one of the fellows had me by the
throat while the other was reaching for my
pocketS. Inc man almost cnokeu me 10 ueatn,
but as my pocket was on the under side and
both of them sitting on me. they couldn't get
at the latter as easy as they could my throat.
This Kept them little longer than usual
1umbling at the job. When 1 got chance I
gave another desperate yelp. and this caused
Ine man who was sitting on the stoop to get up
and leisurely come my way.::At the sight ot him
the two ROBBERS deserted their prey ana fed in
the other direction. Now. don't you know, 1
have never fully recovered from the nervous
proSfration Of that attack. l never go out any
where at night without feeling that the air is
full of cut-throats and highwaymen. and have
nervous suspicion of every man meet in the
dark. Yet tthis was years ago. have friend
who has had a similar experience, and he tells
me that his nervous system has been thoroughly
broken down since that time. When he goes
home at night he carries a stone in each hand
and walks in the middle of the road.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
The Democratic Hustler of Michigan.

John ]. Enright, man-abouttown-I have
Just returned from an extended tour in Eng
land. Ireland and Scotland. in company with
Hon. Daniel j. Campan, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Committee of Michigan. We
covered more miles in a day in jaunting car
than has ever been done by any American
travellers. We had SO much fun that Mr.
Campan resigned his charmanship of the State
Committee in a letter from Berlin. He is an
elegant gentleman. and is the first chairman
who ever showed any judgment in the manage
ment of State politics in Michigan. The re-
suit of his management is sufficiently shown in
the election of a Democratic Legislature in .
State that was formerly 10000 Republican ma
jority. He could get anything he wished in
the way of public office from his party in
Michigan in recognition of his services.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

to be explored probably they are also quite
full. The removal Of the cases is under the
superintendeuce of NJ. Gribeaux, from the
Geesch Museum. Eight or ten of the
fellaheen bear each of the heavy cases on
their shoulders. chanting the song which is
always heard when a number of men work
together, and after frequent intervals OF
rest the procession arrives at the barge
which has been sent from Cairo. It will be
impossible to decipher the many rolls of
papvrus for some months; so far it has been
ascertained that the mummies are chiefly
those of priests and priestesses who lived in
the twenty-frst dynasty, or about HOO B. c.
A high priest of the god Amen, named
Hirhor, was the founder. This may, per.
haps, account for the elaborate wsy the
mummiss have bsen preserved.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
A CURIOUS WHITE FROG.

The AIbino Animal That Is Attracting
Attention in London.
Pail Mall Budget.l
There is at 166 Piccadilly white frog, @
rara avis indeed, to 'derange eritaphs"
somewhat He was caught last September
in Wiltshire, and Mr.. Ward exhibited him
to the learned gaze of the Geological
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
A SNOWFALL FOB RENT.

Curious Terms Upon Which Some English
Estates Are Held.
The tenant of large farm at Broadhouse,
near Langsett, county of York, England,
holds the right to the property as long as he
shall pay yearly rental of "a SNOWFALL at
midsummer and a red rose at Christmas"
to the owner, Godfrey Bosville, Esq.
One OF the Dukes of Scotland relinquishes
his rights to his lands if it should ever get
warm enough to melt the snow from the
highest peak OF the highest mountain in
Scotland.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
TO BE ENGLISH, YOU KNOW,
You Must Study the Latest Fashion In Hand
Shaking.

1.-THE latest way Of shaking hands" said Q
bowling swell to writer in the New York
Sun, "is purely English in origin. The arm
is bent at the elbow, but the wrist is rigid
and the hand is turned inward, nearly
touching the chest The fingers are kept
stiff and close together, and the pressure 10
very slight The hands hardly meet before
they separate, and it is very vulgar to shake
hands for more than . few seconds st ths
most.
"It requires practice To do this In pur,
form. and had to study my motions in .
mirror for more than an hour before could
aceomplfsh It. Now, however, I am perfest. .
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

posure to the outdoor air or wet necessarily.
We take the greatest precautions to protect
our fine patent feathers from the cold The
foreman of the leather room sees to 1t that all
patent and fine feathers are covered up with
blankets every evening in winter time. ana
thus covered until the warmth of the next day.
II we ship fine patent leather shoes in the win
ter time, it is at considerable risk OF the ex-
posure to cold. Before delivery they might De
in a condition which would cause the buyer to
think that they were an inferior article and
throw them back on-our hands. We have had
numerous such cases.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

Society tho other day. Inclined to pink
rather than white, he 10 fine specimen of
his kind, and takes existence calmly In his
weed-strewn box, not at all disturbed by the
curious who throng to see him all day. His
large, black eyes are trimmed with flesh of a
dull golden color, and make him rather
ghsstly object than otherwise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
A Short-Haired Body Guard.

1 noticed them when first entered the
rooms on the evening selected for the ex-
posure. They were short haired middle
weights who were engaged at 80 cents a
head as body guard. We were given a
brief opportunity of examining the room,
one corner OF which was curtained off,
making the usual cabinet. When we took
our seats Blake was in the front row with
Adams and ME just behind him. 1 esti-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
A Fact of History,
Galveston Rews.1

The Colossus of Rhodes was the first great
public man who understood his business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
A sSHTIICs FOR TEACHERS.

CScstny-g Kansas Editor DecI.zes They
Cannot Fathom.
A Kansas editor offers the following
sentence for school teachers to dissect, and
il willing to bet that some of them will find
nothing wrong with it: A widow woman
who was always noted for truth and veracity,
nial anniversary, died Of pneumonia fever
Friday evening at 8 o'clock p. M, and her
funeral obsequies were numsrously attended
by many people
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-07-02
FIoridn's I.abyrinthinn Waterways.

Where have you bcen?" said u guest
at one of the hotels as u friend walked
up the steps, we'll laden with souvenirs
from south Florida.
"Oh!" was the reply, "Ive been
down to Charlotte harbor and up that
river with the unmontionable name"
"CaloosalatcheeT
YES, that's it. Ispent six days try
ing to pronounce it and haven't sue
ceeded vet. These Indian names are
beautiful namcs, but they are deucedIy
hard to pronounce. BY the way, where
have you been"
"Well went over to the Suwance
river cut over the country, and shot
gators on the Withlacoochee, tished for
bass in Tsala Apopka, sailed on Thono-
tosassa, skipped over to Okonlock-
hatchee walked by the shores of the
Weohyakapka, plucked flowers by IIick-
pochee's filnpd waters, visited the sugar
fields or Tohopekaliga, sailed on tho
tortuous kissilnnec, was butfeted by
the waves of Okeechobce, and have
also captured tarpon on the Caloosa,
hatclce. expect to visit Isto!pogay-
oxie, Lockapepka, IIatclHneeha and
Ecautoc1hatc,ce before leave the
state"
Gosh" calculated his companion,
as he stepped into the hotel.-Elorida
Times, Union.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-07-02
After Dinner Sneakers,

Impro.nptu speeches generally are
prepared beforehand, however, al
though some men are so cleyer at con-
cealing the fact that nobody catches
on" When a speaker begins this way:
when accepted the invitation to
attond this dinner tonight it was will,
the distinct understanding that should
not be called upon to make q speech.
and was thoroughly surprised and
very much embarrassed at being told
two minutes ago that was expected to
make few remarks"--
When a man begins that way look
out. He has been preparing his speech
for week and he isn't going to spare
anybody. As he progresses and gets
warmed UP to his work, and as the
minutes slip by, it is pleasant to look
around the table and observe several
individuals who do not participate en-
Enthusiastically in the applause. They
laugh at the jokes absentmindedly.
They have a preoccupied, troubled
look. These are the other gentlemen
who expect to be called on themselves,
but are afraid that the man who is
speaking will never leave ot.-Wastl-
ington Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-07-02
Iha Fetish Man Abroad.

Wien abroad the fetish man is al
ways Il conspicuous figure I'M village.
He wears a tall hat Of animal skin,
around his neck hang suspended by
strings few small specimens of his
wares, and slung around his shoulders
are little parcels of charms, into, which
are stuck birds feathers. Metal rings,
to Which mysterious little packages arc
attached, clash and clang as he walks,
serving, together with Il liberal supply
of iron bells fastened to his person, to
announce the Nganga's presence; and
as if his body did not offer a sufficient
surface to display all his magical outfit
he carries, sung over his left shoulder
in a woven pocket, u load Of wonder
working material.
A peep into 4 fetish mans sack dis
closes IL curious assortment Of prevent
ives-eagles' claws and feathers, fish
bones, antelope horns, leopard teeth.
tails and heads of snakes, flint stones.
hairs of the elephants tail, perforated
stones, different colored chalks, eccen-
trio shaped roots, various. herbs, etc.
There are sufficient reasons for his
carrying these with him. if he left
them in his village some one might steal
them, and, again, provided as he is, l,e
can administer at a moments notice to
suffering humanity some devil proof
mixture. e. j. Glave in Century.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-07-02
One lIeA of Dinner.

A Buffalo woman tells this little in
cident illustrating the pecu1iar CON
servatism of the British provincial ma
tron: my brother Itiarrted young
Canadiali girl, the daughter Of n colo
NAL family with whom the old Eli
glish f,rlnaIity has the sacredness Of
Holy Writ They had been boarding
at a hotel for several months but had
taken house not far from my home.
| saw Caroline day or two before
they took possession, and with friendly
intent said to her, Dine with us, Car
rie, you and Jack, the day you move.
1t will save you trouble She thanked
me and said they would.
$50 on that Thursday l had two ex-
ira covers laid, and expected these NOV
ing relatives of mine for. a hasty snatch
between van loads. As knew they
we're aware that we dined near mid
day, when o'clock and my husband
came We only delayed the meal for five
or ten minutes. Then, no ono appear
ing, we sat down. l supposed my sis
ter-inlaw was too busy to como even
so far as my house, and thought no
more of her coming.
1--WE were eating our simple dessert,
for it was quite my ordinary home din
ner, when the bell rang and Mr.. and
Mrs. - find my sister-in-law and
brother both in conventional dinner
dress, she with gloves and Q pretty
apology on her lips for tardiness be-
cause forsootl, she had to 60 back to
the hotel to- dress as her personal lug
gage was still there. N.Y. brother had
been dragged from his business, and
here they both we're. ,,,
81 did the best could, but Caroline
of course saw that there was not much
ceremony about the engagement she
had put herself. to such pains to suit
ably meet. 10 her dinner invitation
is solemn matter in all circum-
stances. Her Point of View in New
York Times.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-07-02
Wit and HllillOr.

An unpopular gathering "A boil.
The oldest smokers in the world =
Chlmn"ys.
in what place are two heads better
than one. In barreIl.
The only difference between one yard
and two is fence.
The child that cried f)r an hour
didn't get it.
A brilliant wedding The marriage
of red-headtd couple.
Straw berries are like men. The
little ones are crowded ont OF sight by
big ones.
Away down in the bottom OF many A
woman's heart turks this sentiment
No bonnet no church,
The man who wcns into a saloon TO
get an eye opener for nothing had his
eye closed for week.
An ugly bachelor suggests that births
be published nnder the head of new
music What IL wretch
Women seldom mean the pleasant
things they say to women or the UNI
pleasant things they say to men.
Wife-John, yon often think of your
bride during business hours, don't you =?
Husba i'd did to-day. A button
came off my vest.
Shea pretty time Of night for you
to come home.
He--A pIetty time Of night for you
to be awake.
have stayed awake for the last four
hours waiting for you to come home.
Aud | haye been keeping myself
awake for the last four hours at the
club waiting lcr you to so to sleep.