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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
A WELL-TEsTED INVENTION.
Two of a North Carolina Mans New Pur-
chases Come Together.

ShasCo SoiiC AO6CthCf.
"My father had two weaknesses" said the
North Carolina man, in the hearing of q
Helena Journal man, and the rest of the men,
bers gathered around to listen. "One was
his love for fine stock, and the other was q
passion for every newly patented device
that came his way. One time he bought q
fine span of Florida mules, paying $500 for
them. About the same time fellow came
along with trap gun made to set in the
woods and kill deer with. He was delighted
with the machine and took it down by the
creek in the timber, where 1t would most
likely be needed; loaded 1t with buckshot,
set It perfectly, and came back to the house.
broke out of the barn lot and just started
out on an exploring expedition. She didn't
like the first field she came to, so just broke
the fence down and went on. Next morning
a darkey told father one of his big mules
was gone, and we all started out to find her.
They tracked her across the field, found
where she had broken through into the
timber, right straight in the direction of the
trap gun. Father had a premonition his two
new purchases had come together, and ne
hurried on ahead of the others. He saw at a
glance the gun had been discharged, and
there right below the edge of the deer lick
lay his big Florida mule stretched out full
length on the ground"
"Riddled with buckshot," continued the
member from Maine.
"No," said the man from North Carolina,
'.just taking her ease. And about 40 feet
away from her lay as fine deer as ever you
saw, shot through the neck from the trap
gun"
The member from Maine pushed the bell
andtold the darkey to bring i'll the cigar
case,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
THE TREasuRY,s CONDITION.

The special dispatch from Washington
with regard to the condition of the Treas
ury is intended to be reassur1ng as regards
the state of the surplus; but it hardly
makes good case for the party RESPONSE
bic for the present state of the Treasury.
As for the assurance that the Treasury is
not bankrupt, there is no need for it.
Only the widest and most ignorant parti-
sanship could think of making such an
attack on the Treasury, which, notwith-
standing the lavishness of the last Con-
gress, is the strongest financial institution
of the world.
But that recognition of the fact cannot
take away the seriousness Of the charge
that lavish appropriations have reduced the
surplus, so that the most favorable esti-
mate of the available balance puts it at
three millions and recognizes the proba-
bility of deficit before Congress meets
again. Such change from the surplus
which was in the Treasury at the opening
of the Fifty-frst Congress warrants the
charge that the Republican party has
abandoned the time-honored policy of
keeping expenditures within revenue, and
shows the result of the reckless expendi-
ture which that body carried to a previ-
ously unprecedented degree.
Our correspondent ascribes alarge share
of this outflow of the public funds to the
indiscriminate grant of pensions. There
is doubtless too much truth in this view
The idea that pensions must be distributed
freely has been carried to the length of
scattering them without regard to the
worthiness or need of the applicants. But
that is not the whole of the trouble. 1t
was pointed out at the adjournment of
Congress, that every appropriation passed
by that body showed increase, with two
exceptions, and the decrease in these two
cases was less than half million dollars.
Had all the other appropriations been kept
down to the limit of former years. the
pension appropriation might have been
made, with expenditures confined within
current resources.
There is no danger that the Treasury
will not be able to meet all demands that
are made upon it; but it will be weak
point in the armor of the Republican party,
that single term of its supremacy in Con-
greSs converted large surplus into such
a deficiency that the Treasury will be
forced to draw upon its reserves.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22

Justice to the boy in that he may be prop
eriy instructed and not turn out saw and
natcnet man." an employer can
only oversee certain number.
The union knows full well IL
the employers stand in that matter were
conceded what the result would be. They
are not SO solicitous for the welfare of the
american youth as was given out IN a
former issue. Any boy of average intelli-
gence could become valuable to his en-
ployer in six months. and, since his wages
would be about half that of journeyman, L
need add nothing more as TO why the en-
ployer stands on his dignity in this respect,
we who have served apprenticeships know
full well how kindly so1icitous the average
employer is for his boy, and how the wages
are raised every few months.
The Builders Exchange may take another
fresh stand" but eight hours must come.
Nine hours were just as strongly objected to,
but came and if outside mechanics will not
allow themselves to be misled by such
sophistries as the builders axioms. 'the
right to employ whom we please" and non
on the apprentice question
matters that are not at issue in this fight at
all-the flag of the Exchange will come
down, and eight hours will rule
SALEM, o., June 20. A WoRKINGMAN.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
Workers Views on the Strike.

To the Editor of Tho Dispatch:
To one compelled to earn his bread by the
sweat of his brow, the fact that there must
be something radically wrong in the regula-
ton of business affairs in this country has,
it seems to me, become q painful reality.
Thousands of men willing to work are walk
ing about in idleness in one of the most
favored countries of Gou's universe. Now,
that the condition of things is not what
it should be, what are We going to
masses, and as an everyday render
OF The DISPATCH have been carefully watch
ing the accounts of the struggles going on
throughout the country, and particularly i'll
PittSburg, that have for their object the i'm
provement of the workingman's lot. As
to the struggle in Pittsburg 1 refer espe-
cially to the carpenters strike for eight
hours. was particularly struck with the
manifesto of the bosses, most admirably cal
culated to mislead the unwary, and it is to
few points l wish to refer.
At the commencement of this strike THE
DISPATCH took the ground that it was hardly
correct to make the stest in a city where,
generally speaking, men were more steadily
employed and better paid than in cities OF
the Eastand quite properly, too, in one sense
But since the strike bias come, and it is
carpenters strike, i wish to say THE Dis
PATCH was just q little wrong. In New York
eight hours constitute n days work, and
the pay is 10 cents an hour and 80 cents for
overtime. AS to this statement of the en-
ployers, in which they concede nothing,
when the public considers the fact that the
stand of the journeymen is not for dollars
and cents, profit and loss, but for the sake
of having more time to rest and to leave
that extra hour foran idle fellow-workman,
and for which they are willing to concede
ANYTHING fair, it strikes me the contrast
would not be at all favorable to the en-
ployers. AS to the right to hire
whom they please no one disputes
most all labor disputes when that matter is
brought up it is called q "chestnut." and the
position of unions on that ground has been
advisedly t;rken, and, since they don't OBJ
ject to unions as such, unions reserve the
right to work with whom they please. As to
apprentices the masters seem to be very
conscientious as to the laws of Pennsylvania
in this respect, if there are any.
Now, since we are repeatedly told by the
press that strike, to have any assurance of
public weigh this thing carefully. The
tourneymen. only undertake to dictate this
far: They claim from careful study that, in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
IRRIGATION IN THE WEST.
Millions of Acres of Arid Land Being. Re-
claimed by Issuing Bonds.

Millions of Acres of Arid Land Being. Re-
claimed by Issuing Bonds.
New York Telegram.l
"The great thing of interest just now to
Californians," said Warren G. Simpson, of
Santa Barbara, Cal, at the Coleman House.
"is the wonderful progress made in reclaim
ing arid lands under the Wright law, which
permits owners of land requiring irrigation
from a common source to form irrigation
districts to which are given the powers of
municipal corporations. These districts
may condemn water right and right of way,
construct canals and reservoirs and issue
20year per cent bonds, which are first
lien on the land of the district. Under this
law over 80 districts have been organized,
with an area of over 2,C00 900 acres, on which
$1l, 900 900 in bonds have been voted. Promi-
nent bankers and flnanciers all over the
world have come out boldly in favor of
these bonds as an investment, and are buy
ing them up as fast as they are issued. There
is no doubt that the success of this law has
solved the problem of irrigation in the
west. The Poole bill to have the Govern
ment do this work has been most unfavor-
ably received by the farmers east of the
Mississippi River and everything has been
done to prevent its passage. Now you will
find plenty of capital ready to go into these
districts, and we can get all the water we
want.
'The cost of irrigation? Well the average
cost of putting water on the lands of the dis
tricts already organized has been about So
per acre. This increases the value of the
land from 100 to 200 per cent"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
INTERESTS FAVOR OF IT

Referring to the unique duty; imposed on
the voters of PENNSYLVANIA at the next
election, of choosing members of the con-
stitutiOnal convention, and at the same
time deciding whether there shall be a
constitutional convention or not, the
Philadelphia Times rightly says that it
makes the coming election one of the
most important ever held in this Common
wealth" But an erroneous conception of
the situation is shown in the further re-
mark: "In view of the many interests in
favor of constitutional convention, it
will be the part of wisdom for the people
of all parties to assume that a convention
will be held"
The Times is right in urging, as a con-
clusion, that the best man, irrespective of
politics, should be chosen for the conven-
ton; but its reason for accepting the
convention itself as foregone conclu-
sion is the most valid reason for
the people to vote down the whole propo-
sition. The predication of ''interests in
favor of constitutional convention"
points very pertinently to the inquiry
what these interests are THE DISPATCH
has held that the proposition affords the
opportunity for special interests to have
the fundamental law mutilated for their
advantage; but this is a significant intima-
ton that these interests are bestirring
themselves for that end.
Such statement of the issue should not
lead the people to accept a constitutional
convention, but rather to squelch the
project The present Constitution is a
good one. 1t is only seventeen years since
its adoption, and it would be criminal neg
ligence on the part of the people to permit
it to be emasculated in the interests of the
corporations and practical politicians.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
WHAT TICKLES US.
A DRUGeED PRooFREADER.


IL was a proofreader, who had served an ap-
prenticeship in a drugstore, that let Heber's IA
nous old hymn get into print in this form:
From Greenland's Icy mountains,
From India's chloral strand.
Where Afric's soda fountains
Roll down their golden sand.
Fales-You never wear an overcoat?
wales-I never was.-Nelo Fork telegram.
He-How prettily the moonlight falls
upon the sea and on the beach.
She-Yes, but don't you think II Is even more
beautiful still among the bouIders away from the
hotelP
1t had occurred to her that he. too, might bs
bolder over there.-Somerviue Journal.
She wore her bathing dress one night,
Far from the madding crowd.
The moon was full but when she came
1t went behind a cloud.-Clodk Revfe,o.
Old Hen-What are you cackling about,
I'd like to know?
Old Roostcr-That doubIe-yelked egg of ours.
Resumesl: Cut-cut-cut, cut-dah-cut.
Strawber-While L was rooming with
friend of mine who Is in the gas business the other
night, we were awakened by n slight noise and
then burglar crept softly into the room.
SingerIy-Dear me! How did you get out oft?
strswber-very well, indeed. Ny friend got
everything he had.-Harper's Bozdr.
Oh, man of pride,
To you your self-esteem tohug;
To win her heart
And leave no part
You must cut out snub-nosed pug.
-Hdshfnoton Post.
fYou remember asking me to be your
wife9''
Ido."
..And said couldn't be your wife, butt would
be a sister to you?''
"Yes.f
II have reconsidered the matter and am now
willing to be your wife,
Excuse me, but it's too late. The law wouldn't
allow 1t. man can't marry his sister In this
country. ."-Neso York Press.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
NAMING A TOWN.
The Father of Seven Red-Headed Sisters
Started the Town of Auburndale.

The Father of Seven Red-Headed Sisters
Started the Town of Auburndale.
New York Continent.l
The town of Auburndale, Wis, received
its name in a peculiar manner. Years ago,
when that section was comparatively unde
veloped and land was cheap, man named
King located there and built mill.
The place had good shipping facilities and
the mill soon became a nucleus of quite a
thriving, bustling little town.
"Then arose the question of a name for the
embryo city, and by common consent the
right of naming it was conceded to the first
settler, Mr.. King.
"The citizens wanted to call the place
Kings Mills, but the old gentleman OBJ
1ected. He said he didn't want his name
tackled on to any one-horse or two-horse
village.
"NOw, the old man was the happy father
OF seven bouncing daughters, and the will
ayers suggested that the name of one of them
should be given to the new town.
This idea pleased the father as much as it
pleased the seven daughters, but which one
of the seven fair ones should be honored
above her six sisters? The town could not
be handicapped with all the seven names.
Finally happy thought struck the old
man. Every one of his seven daughters was
red-headed He decided to honor them all
BY christening the town Auburndale, and
Auburndale 1t remains to this day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
THE SAND AUGER OF THE WEST.
Strange Sights Presented by whirlwinds on
the Planes.

the Planes.
One Of the most curious wind phenome-
mons is the "'sand auger'' which ia OBJ
served on wide plains where the atmosphere
is hot and dry. When the Union Pacific
Railway was being constructed the work.
men had frequent opportunities of witness
ing the formation and progress of these
"sand-auger" whirlwinds, saws a writer In
the st. Louis Republic They were especially
frequent in the Lodge Pole Creek Valley,
through which the railway, leaving the
Platte river, runs in northerly direction.
The first indications of the near approach
of one of these "augers'' would be the forma-
tion here and there in the valley of little
dust whirlwinds or baby cyclones These
would be whisked away by strong currents
of cool ar, coming from no one knew where,
but all drawing across the valley towards
the eastern range of hills, their places being
almost instantly occupied by fast advanc-
ing, funnel-shaped cloud, like that observed
hanging over water-spouts which are form
ing at sea.
From under the surface of this low-lying
cloud q swaying tongue of lead-colored vapor
would prOlong itself toward the earth, from
which, as if to meet the monster of the air,
would rise cloud of dirt and sand. This
earth column would rise higher and higher,
with swift, whirling motion, becoming
black vapOr from above and the brown mass
from below would unite and form the typical
"sand auger of the plains.'
The diameter of these augers seldom ex-
ceeded Is or 20 feet at the ground but their
bulk increased with their height, until they
were merged into the broad surface of the
thick, murky vapor of the cloud above
When this occurred lightning flashes would
sport about the upper stratum of the cloud
and immense hailstones would formed in
the dark point beneath. When all condi-
tfons were favorable these hailstones would
be thrown, by centrifugal force, out from
the revolving cloud. These hailstones were
to inches in diameter, inch to IL inches
thick and made up of alternate layers Of
sand and ice
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
PEOPLE WE READ ABOUT.

SENATOR MACMILLAN and daughter
have just arrived at Berlin.
NJ EIFFEL, of tower celebrity, having
achieved high honors as an engineer, is now
ambitious of becoming legislator.
Mr.. PORTER, American Minister to Italy,
is now sightseeing in Berlin. He will soon
go to London to visit his daughter.
ELIHU THOMPSON, Edison's most formid-
able rival in the electrical world, is slender
young man, with clean-cut features, small,
trim mustache and wavy brown hair.
DE BALZAC wasted untold gold upon
gaudy Sewelry, useless nicknacks and fam
tastic "curios," which, during his frequent
paroxysms of impecuniosity, he resold to
sharpwitted dealers at a ruinous loss-fre-
quently foy less than a hundredth part of
their original cost.
BROWNING would never write for mag.
azine. He wrote: 81 cannot bring myself to
write for periodicals. If 1 publish book,
and people choose to buy it, that proves
they want to read my work. But to have
them turn over the pages of a magazine and
find me-that is to be an uninvited guest.
CHARLES EMORY SMITH, United States
Minister to the Court of st. Petersburg, is
much pleased with his portfolio. On being
asked If he experienced any difficulty in
learning the language, he replied Russian
children generally have German nurse, an
English gDverness and French tutor, so
that by the time they appear in society they
are masters of these languages The Gear
himself speaks English remarkably WELL"
WILLIAM E. S. FALEs, who was recently
appointed Marshal of the Consular Court of
the United States at Annoy, China, is a we'll
known writer. He lived in Brooklyn some
years ago, and practiced law there. By re-
peated visits to Mott street he learned much
about the customs of the Chinese, and &C
quired knowledge of the Chinese language.
He went to China last fall, and in letters to
his friends he says he has a complete ward
robe of Chinese clothing, from which he
occasionally selects a suit and goes out
among the natives
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22

from engaging in rate wars. They are
forbidden to wage them by secret cuts in
favor of special persons; but the law very
properly took the view it is no more its
business to prevent railroads from carrying
freight at less than cost than to prevent
drygoods merchants from selling cotton
goods as cheaply as they choose.
The commission may be fairly criticised
for not having taken more peremptory
steps to make railroads like the Lehigh
Valley road obey the law. But when
1t is attacked for not issuing bull
against railway wars, the most impressive
result of the attack isits Illustration of the
profound and persistent ignorance con-
cerning the Interstate commerce law
that marks its assailantS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
Laboring Under a Mistake.

Mr.. NJ. J. O'Brien, q New York subscriber
of THE DISPATCH, writes inclOsing clipping
from New York paper which severely
criticises Father Mollinger. The clipping is
taken from a telegran-special or Associ-
ated Press-which in the opening sentence
reads: ga Pittsburg dispatch says" etc.
This wording has led Mr.. O'Brien astray. 1t
should not be inferred that THE PITTsBURe
DISPATCH said one word contained therein
nor did it. The word "dispatch" means in
this instance q telegram. We trust Mr..
O'Brien-whose criticism is as severe as it is
unjust under the circumstances-will be
satisfied with this explanation. There are
DISPATCHES and dispatches.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
snap SHOTS IN SEASON.


THE brewers and distillers are now de-
clubs.
NEW YORK is to have a permanent cir
Gus. Washington would too if Congress sat
continuously.
GOOD business men, like healthy trees,
want to branch out.
PEOPLE who manage to borrow their
clothes are easily suited.
It's fly time for all things except the air
ships.
If England can swallow Wales now the
other miracle will never more be doubted.
THE first peaches are luscious as we'll as
precious.
THE contract labor officials are trying to
ascertain whether Prize Fighter Slavin is an
artist or not. He disposed of Kilrain AT
tistically, and Judging from that subjects
appearance afterward he might with safety
be classified among the decorators.
IF the electric lines are not busy they are
at least buzzy.
AT the close of the season Chief :Bigelow
should secure q resort hotel man for the Fark
zoo. Their long bills shame pelican
BIG type is generally used by editors
when they want to make man look small.
THE iron scale is not designed to weigh,
but it was designed by Weihe.
THE old saying that everyt hing comes to
him who waits does not apply to the dining
room attaches of hotels. In their case every
thing goes.
In case of war Uncle Sam would
neither have bank nor army reserves to call
out.
CIRCUS clowns, unlike poets, are made,
not born.
It's the mystery of life that makes it so
fascinating.
THE way of the transgressor is not so
hard as some folks imagine-unIess he's
found out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22

A PARAGRAPH in an Eastern paper
notes that Passenger Agent Carpenter, of
the Pennsyl vania Railroad, has established
a Liars Club" and has ordered the print
ing of a million certificates of membership
We did not know that there were so many
passenger agents as that. Possibly Mr.. Car
penter figures that one of that craft can fill
about five hundred memberships of his new
organization. But the nomenclature is sub
ject TO criticism as being too hard and rude.
Why not give the organization ITS familiar
and more euphonious name of passenger
association" or passenger pool9''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-22
THE JOYS OF JUNE.

oh the woes of the hot June weather,
When Phyllis lies wrapt in a gossamer gown,
When the beats down on the parched up
heather,
And sweltering mortals forsake the town,
And the stay-at-homes seek the shady places,
Dodging the rays Of the sizz'l ling sun;
With burned up look on their moistened faces,
They sigh for night ere the days begun.
Oh, for home beyond reach of Summer,
A snow-built hut on an ice plateau,
Where the frost-washed winds make the senses
dumber,
And rob the blood of its fiery glow.
For brief breathing spell in that cooled off cline,
Where fans are unknown and ice is cheap,
Wen gladly exchange the allotted time
In land where humidity banishes sleep.
WILLIE WINKLE.
PrrTsBGRGr June 20.