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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
ONE ON THE HUSBAND.
How His Wife Tested His knowledge OF
Dress and the Tests Result.

Dress and the Tests Result.
Youths Companion.l
The seminary where Mrs. Langhams
daughter was pupil one night gave recep-
tion, at which that lady was unable to be
present. Her husband, however, was there,
and soIemnly promised before he left home
to bring back information regarding the
prettiest dresses worn by the girls.
sNow," said Mrs. Langham, when he re-
turned, having left the daughter to spend
the night with a schoolmate, 'twhat.was the
handsomest dress there? Did Edith look as
well as any of the girls?"
"Oh yes, yes; better than most" said Mr..
Langham briskly.
"What did Jenny Sears wear?"
"Well, 1 should think Jenny had on a
green sack, or something, and a kind of a
blue cape over her shoulders"
"a cape and sack, and at reception! NV
dear, do think againi''
"Oh, I'm quite sure of it! noticed her
particularly. And there was Belle Smith.
She had a light blue dress, if 1 remember
rightly, trimmed with PURPLE
Mrs. Langham regarded her husband in
some scorn. Then she deliberately set a
trap for him..
Edith wear?n
"Oh, Edith That black and white check,
to be sure, that she wears to school,"
"That proves it," said she. !"After this
shall know exactly how much to depend on
your knowledge of dress. Edith wore new
white muslin. Never mind, dear! Go to
sleep. We can't allbe clever in every direc-
tiOnn'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
SOME SUNDAY SMILES.

First Passenger-They say that every
body is more or less supersttious. How is it with
you? Do you believe in signs?
Second Passenger-Believe in signs? You bet
your life do! make my living painting EN-
SonleTrfHe Journal.
''What is the difference between the two
dudes who Just passed and pair of true lOvers?''
Il give up conundrums."
"A pair Of true lovers are two souls with but a
single thought. while the dudes, judging from
their vacuous faces. two souls without single
thought. ',-Beao Tork Press.
Mrs. Wickstaf-My dear, this ribbon you
have brought home for Fido is a shade too light
wickstaff-An right. III try it over.
Mrs wickstaf (the next day)-My dear I'm
sorry but the ribbon you have brougnt nome To-
day. is shade too dark.
Wickstaff (weariy)-Then wait until tomorrow,
and IN change the dog.-CLOak Reu'e1o.
Eminent Advocate Ito Possible Juror)-
Do you entertain any conscientious serupies against
the inniction of capital punishment?
Possible Juror Confidently John smith, 81
years old last grass. thank ye.
Advocate (,yrathfuIy)-I did not ask your name.
Possible Juror (cheerfully)-No. sir; hain't read
nuthin' about the case
Advocate (roaring)-Are you deaf, or fool?
Possible Juror-Y oun haf to speak little louder.
I'm kinder hard o. hear1n'.
Advocate Aceepted!-Puck.
wooINe.
You who would WOO
This course pursue:
Be boldi
So Is woman won.
Bat hold.
You must be humble. too:
so he the two in one
Then Is your sweet task DONE.
Judge.
If the Alliance member orders soup
printaniere simply because it looks nice on the bin
Of fare he must not kick II he gets carrots and
turnips cut in slices and sinmered with beans and
peas in beef broth.-Se,o Orleans Picayras.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Obituary Notes.

ERNST JULIUS HAHNEL, the famous sculptor,
born in 1911, died in Dresden Friday.
EMMoR HAINEs, prominent lumber merchant
of Buffalo, N. Y. died suddenly Friday, in his 7sd
year. -
TuAppEus CooMEs said to be 107 years old. died
at his home, near West Louisville, Davies county,
Ky., Friday.
Hon. JAMES II, LUTHER, Mayor of OlAn, N.
Y, died yesterday morning aged g., after less
than u weeks Illness with the grip
SETH S. Cook, of Stamford. Conn, widely
known in the shoe trade as manufacture, died
Friday of paralysis, in his 6Sth year.
JOSEPH PReUDMAN, of London. who for nearly
25 years had been u director of ragged SCHOOL,
concerts and of other musical charities. Is dead.
ISAAC j. MERRITT, Consul at Nassau, n p, under
President Pierce died at Charleston. s. G., Thurs
day, aged SO. The body was taken to New York.
GEORGE G.. McwHORTKR. at one time Chief
Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. but recently
n member of the State Railroad Commission. died
at his country home near Milton, Fla, Thursday
night.
CARMEN PARSE. for IL years past Cashier of the
First National Bank Of Plainfeld, n. j., died at
his home in North Plainield Friday, after a long
illness from consumption.
COUNT JoHAN ALEXANDER FEDRo. the Polish
patriot and poet died Friday at siennawice, Posen,
aged G. years. Besides being renowned among his
c3untrymen as 4 soldier and poet, the Count was a
MoNTEM SMITH, a ballad singer, glee composer
and musical tutor, is Dead at the age of 70 in Lon
dom His prize glee, .'Sweet Zephyr has been
sung I'm every civilized country since 1858. Mr.
Smith was once leading tenor in grand opera at
tlie DrIiry Lane.
SAMUEL LoNG, once circus clown of note, died
in Philadelphia recently, aged 20. He was born in
virgnia. About 10 years ago he was comic
singer at Barnun's Museum. Then he became y
clown. and up tV eight years ago he had Travelled
with Dan Rice, forc paugh, Rarnuln, john Robin
SON and others.
&C. PHILLIPS, founder of Sioux Falls. S. d.,
and prominent attorney and capitalist of that
city, died Thursday night I'm Dubuque, where he
had 0een visiting for some months. Mr.. Phillips
was for many years United States Consul at Fort
Erie opposite Buffalo. The re8nains have been
taken to Sioux Falls for interment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
INNS. razors and clubsg They could have
mashed ms if they'd worked tooether

guns, razors and clunsf They could have
Luckily, we were able to keep 'em split up,
THE fellow who gave most trouble was a big
darkey who carried 2 gnn about yard long
"a 4s-caliber navy revolver, which he 1ours
Use out in ther woodss Nobody can touch
me- He poked the gun in my face and after
I'd cautioned him to quit ,fooling hit him
with billy; ! might as well have struck
Shouting, though l hit him twice again.
From then till We reached the depot it was a
rough and tumble fight-the worst I've been
in. for YOU see I'm now hand at this work.
The fellow with the big revolver sneaked OF
behind freight car when the train stopped.
but / had the satisfaction of nabbing him,
and he got 60 days at the works to sober him
next morning" -.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Our LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

4 bill has been passed and approved
bringing the enactments with regard to
legal holidays into single statute This
is referred to by the Philadelphia Times as
revising 'our patchwork legal holiday
legislation. The legal holidays were all
brought together in one act some fifteen
or sixteen years ago. The only additions
are Labor Day, on the first Monday in
September, and the Saturday half-holiday,
from June 10 to September Is, which NAV
be described as asort of "go-as-you please
legal holiday, being available or not for
the presentation or demand for payment
of notes OF drafts, while non-presentation
does not constitute neglect or release the
indorsers.
The enumeration Of the legal holidays
under this act presents e1,a curious feat
ure The holidays are New Years Day,
WaShington's Birthday, Good Friday, Me-
mortal Day, Independence Day, Christmas
Day, Labor Day, "aiI days desig-
mated by the Governor or President
for thanksgiving, fasting or prayer
and the Saturday half holiday. 1t
will be seen that of what may be desig-
mated the religious holidays, Good Friday,
of Catholic origin, is named specifically,
while the Puritan holiday, or Thanks
giving Day, is specified by the words
quoted.
But the provision for that day leaves a
wide margin of possibilities. The Cover
nor and President might omit to issue any
proclamation, and the result would be
that Thanksgiving Day would not be a
legal holiday. Or, what presents greater
scope for imagination, an exceedingly de-
vout Governor or President might desig-
nate long list of holidays for thanks
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
A PREFERENCE FOR LAw-BREAKNG

There is food for reflection in the formal
announcement in Philadelphia that the
fight of Coke Bros. against the Lehigh
Valley road has produced contract be-
tween that firm and the Reading. This
mining firm gives the latter railroad
100000 tons. of additional shipments an
nually, and the Lehigh Valley loses that
amount of business.
The most salient feature of this new de-
velopment is the persistent preference Of
the corporate methods for violating the
law. The case of Coke Bros against the
Lehigh Valley disclosed device to enforce
material discrimination; and the COM
mission ordered it rectified by reduction
of rates. The anthracite roads were re-
ported by all their organs to present an
unbroken front of defiance to the order of
the commission. But the mining firm
found relief by this contract with another
road; and the contract. in itself constitutes
another case of violation of law.
1t is possible for railroad to make a
contract by which an increase Of tariff can
be secured Illegally, If the Reading road
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
WHICH ARE INSURGENTS

The right of the United States Govern.
ment to capture the Itata on the high seas
is being discussed by our New York CO.
temporaries with zeal that leads them to
refer to each other as Juvenile Putten-
doris" and 'Dogberrys." In view of the
rapidly vanishing chances of the United
States vessels doing anything of the sort,
we can relegate that Enotty international
abstraction to the hair-splitters. But a
word as to the national attitude toward
the Chilean party that controls the Itata
and Esmeralda is pertinent.
The general assumption is that we must
treat this party in the struggle as 'fnsur-
gents" at once denying them the rights
of belligerents and preventing them from
using any ports. But that classification
ought to rest on unquestioned facts. The
only statement of the issue involved in the
civil war that has reached this country is
that it is struggle between the President
and the Congress. According to the state
ment the issue between them is whether
the President has the right to arbitrarily
collect taxes without the authority of
Congress. If this is true-and it is as vet
undisputed- Congressional party in
Chile is fighting the same cause as the
Parliamentary party fought for in Eng
land against Charles L and our revolu-
tionary predecessors against England
when this nation was founded.
Can the United States afford to take the
ground that the legislative branch of a
nation, fighting against the unconstitu.
tional encroachments of the executive, are
f'insurgents2' We think not 1t is not
the business of the United States to take
sides in the matter at all; but to assert that
either party is insurgent is virtually tax
ing the side of the other
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
IT Is A POSITIVE CURSE.
The Contact With Christian Nations Has
Injured Japan.


Detroit News.1
The contact of the Christian nations
with Japan has been q positive curse" said
the Rev J. r. Porter, delegate to the As
sembly from the land of the rising run. at
is generally conceded that the morals of
Japan are much worse than 30 years ago.
Japan has taken up the vices, If not the
virtues, of the Occident This is due to the
commercialism of the Yankee and his Euro
pean neighbors.'
How. about the new Constitution of
Japan?"
at is still an experiment. But it is re-
garded as a success for the people. The Diet
has had but one session, and that was very
tempestuous. But the Diet won in every
contest save one, the estimates, which was
compromised. Standing army? ia pan has
80 600 regulars and a militia of 100000. The
military system it after the French.
Sunday is u legal holiday and is given to
amusements. The great religious demand of
Japan is autonomy. The missionaries must
be helpers. The natives, in brains and zeal,
do not need the direction of American or
European boards. 1t is fast coming to this:
The missionary must step into the back
ground. He must work in the rural districts,
leaving the centers of population to the
sagacity and adaptation of the native work
ers." DR.. Porter and wife are home on q
years furlough.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

giving, fasting and prayer. They would
under the law be legal holidays, and, while
their proclamation would not necessarily
create devout state of mind on the part
of the public, the law leaves it within the
powered an executive tostop demand and
protest on commercial paper to an almost
indefinite extent. While the Legislature
was about the work of revision it might
have turned out an enactment somewhat
less loose in its language than this.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

1t is necessary to remark that subsequent
examination by Auditor General McCamant
shows that the State is the creditor of the
Philadelphia City Treasurer to a. much
larger amount than was stated in his inter-
view of Wednesday,. The statement pub
lished in yesterdays DISPATCH shows that
the amount figured out by the State official
comes to $925, 1000, which practically bal
ances the $930,0OO acknowledged by the City
Treasurer, and which is represented by
clearinghouse due bills that have disap-
peared. Whether the State is richer or
poorer for the revised figures is matter of
individual opinion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
APOLeGIA MEA.
To the iote of his BOSOM soho chideh his too dnaato
yerses.

To the soe Of his bosom. ,oho chideth his too anato1
UerseS.
Chide not your spouse because he sings
Ofhalf hundred loves,
ofDaphne's hair, and eyes, and rings.
Of Chloe's fans and gloves;
This is mercenary time,
And tlese-degenerate days,
And so your spouse must sling his rhyme,
Because-bccause 1t pays.
Think him not tickle as the wind,
Nor deem his heart untrue,
Because he rhymes thousand times,
And not one verse to you;
Leave him to turn them as he will
wife such homage spurns;
You have his heart, and, better still,
The guineas that be earns.
Temple Bar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
STATE railways in enterprising Australia

STATE railways in enterprising Australia
are not working out a very satisfactory show
ing. The service is declared to be poor and
and returns inadequate. In New South
Wales they paid 81 per cent on money bor-
rowed at 39l per cent to build them with; in
Victoria they paid 3.S per cent on. money
borrowed at AL per cent. The remedy of
State ownership as a solution of our corpor-
ate evils is not a promising one. 1t will be
much better to try the plan of making the
corporations accept the rule of statute and
economic laws before jumping from the fry
ing-pan into the fire.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
JEWEL IN A sERPENTs HEAD.
A weIl-Known East Indian Belief Appar-
emily Confirmed.

jewelers. Review.1
There is a belief current in all parts of
India that certain variety of snake called
shesh nag, when it attains the age of LOCO
years, has a precious jewel formed in its
head. The jewel, it is affirmed, possesses the
quality of sucking up the poison of the dead
lest snake if applied to the wounded part.
Strangely enough Paris gentleman is re-
puted to possess this invaluable jewel, ac-
cording to a correspondent OF. q Gujarati
weekly published at Wadhwan, in Gujarati-
The correspondent says that when the pres
ent owner-who, by the way, is now 63-was
% years old, he lighted upon a snake of the
aforementioned variety, which he killed.
Then he found the jewel in his head. 1t has
already saved several lives. When MIR.
Vidal, the collector of the district, was
there, it was shown to him, too. The jewel
is said to contain thin, crescent-like fiber,
which INCREASINGLY oscillates in the center.
The Galkwar of Baroda, the Maharajah of
Kolhapur and several of her native princes
are said to have offered several hundred
thousand rupees for this unique jewel. The
name of the owner is Mr.. Framji Dadabbai
Govekar, Tarspur, Bombay presidency.
An Editorial Announcement.
East Palestine. (O.) ReveiIle.1
It's girl, and not likely ever to kick job
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

THE frost and droughts may be regarded
as happily ended, and the hope may now be
entertained of steady growth for the crops.
1t is possible of course that the vagaries of
the season may now give the country dose
of excessive weather; but the hope is for
abundant yields. Even the Delaware peach
crop liar is constrained to admit that the
crop is not destroyed, and the yield this sea-
son is estimated by the millions of baskets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

THE presence In one of our hospitals of a
case like that famous one in New York,
where a foreign substance has been mad
vertently swallowed and lodged in the wind
pipe, enforces the lesson against making the
mouth temporary receptacle for all sorts
of things. In this case, as the sufferer is
little boy, he represents the class most
prone to that habit and least to be blamed.
1t is to be hoped that the surgical efforts to
remove the obstacle will prove successful.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

COLONEL ELLIOTT f. SHEPARD is now
giving dinners to Chinese diplomatists. This
is very different on the surface from the ex-
pectation that the righteous Colonel would
declare war on the Chinese empire for its
rejection of Blair. But the Colonel has no
doubt reflected that the dinners will be the
most deadly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
THE Boston policeman who arrested a

THE Boston policeman who arrested a
citizen for kissing his wife has evidently
been studying the assertion that the old
Blue Laws forbade that sort of thing, and
was determined to put a stop to it. His
action, however, is not more unique than
the comments of the police Judge, who
remarked that the. arrest was not an out
rage because the kissing was can unusual
act" though not, criminal, which does not
speak well for the judicial idea of marital
felicity in Boston.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
sIN the face of the batch of yetoes that

'sIN the face of the batch of vetoes that
Governor Pattison has sent to the Legisla-
ture in the past month, it cannot be denied
that he is working hard enough to earn the
salary of f1rst-class clerk" No; and, in the
fact that the vetoes are sustained without
regard to party, and have inspired laud-
able caution on the part of the Legislature
to turn out bills that will stand scrutiny, it
cannot be denied that he is working effect
lively enough to earn the salary of first
class Governor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

JERSEY justice is reported to have demon
strated itself for arresting and fining a
young man who committed the offense of
wearing high rubber boots ON the public
highway. No doubt the Justice who admin
istered the law in this summary fashion did
SO under the deep-seated suspicion that
game.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Harry Dean.

A telegram was received at Newark, o.,
to-day by Marshal Griffith from Undertaken Fred
Klauer of Chicago, stating that there had been
pIaced in his charge the remains Of Harry Dean.
who had died suddenly in that city. Harry was
at the time on his way home from the Hot
Eastern Hotel. His body win be taken home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

AND now it is cruelty explained that the
young Kaiser deemed it necessary to declare,
81 alone am MASTER on account of q report
that the Hon. Thomas B. Reed intended to
visit Germany.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

THE report that the smoke of our burned
forests has reached Cuba, is published; but
there is a doubt whether after all it is not
the scent of those American-made cigars
that has most offended the Cuban nostrils.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

THE Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
treasures bid fair to be in a position whence
they can tender to the United States Treas
ury their sincere sympathy in regard to that
matter of past surplus.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

PoSTAGE-An persons who mail the
Sunday issue of The Dispatch to friends
should bear in mind the fact that the post
age thereon is Two (e) Cents. All double
and triple number copies of The Dispatch
require a 2-cent stamp to insure prompt
delivery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

Voluntary contributors should keep copies Of
orticles II compensation is desired The price
expected mast be named. The courtesy OF re
turning rejected manuscripts 1rTu be extended
rhen stamps for that purpose arc incloSed, but
the Editor OF THE DISPATCH 'riH under no cir
c,t7Stanccs DC responsible for The care Of Ipsoitc-
tied manuscripts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

EX-SENATOR BLAIR regards ex-Consul
Corte with mild disapproyal as he wonders
how these foreign diplomatists can be so fool
ish as to disqualify themselves by talking too
much.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
ANOTHER CATERPILLAR STORY.
Millions of Them Blockade Trains on the
Milwaukee Railroad.

MANKAro, MINI, May 23-All trains on the
Milwaukee. Railroad this morning we're de-
layed at point seven miles out of this city
by millions of caterpilars, which had
crawled upon the rails to sun themselves.
Sand boxes were soon exhausted, and two
engines were hardly sufficient to move the
train. The morning freight was an hour and
ten minutes in going two miles.
The caterp1llars were ground into masses
of grease, over which the wheels slipped
like SO much butter. The caterpillars have
been pest in that locality.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

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