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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
William T. BeardsIey.

BRIDGEPoRT, CONN, Feb. 4.-William L,
Beardsley, Police Commissioner of this CITY.
dropped dead of heart disease on the street yes
terday afternoon. He was an oil merchant and
one Of the best-known Democrats in the State
He was GO years of and Mt the time of his death
was a member of the Board of Aldermen He
leaves a widow and one child.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
Charles IL. Brinscombe.

LAWRENCE, KAN, Feb 4.-Charles H. Brins-
combe died in Denver Monday evening, of pneu-
monia, after a short illness. Thirty-seven years
ago he laid out the ssite of this city for the New
England Emigrant Aid Society OF Boston He
fgnred prominently in the early politics of Kan
sas. Four years ago he was the Prohibition can
didate for Governor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

Louisville Courier-Journal.1
The Flying Dutchman has been seen again.
Doubtless Captain Vanderdecken is on his way
to the United States, in the hope Of becoming
an American and getting a subsidy for his craft.
He has probably often seen the specter Of our
foreign commerce,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
Not All Mentioned in the Book.

New Orleans Picayune.1
A new edition of the book called 1.-THE Birds
of Pennsylvania" is to be published soon.
There are some rare old birds in Penns ylyania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

IT is not calculated to increase the useful
ness OF gas to have it assume the function OF
the mercury and tell us how cold it is by a
shrinkage of the supply in direct ratio to the
fall of the temperature.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

THE police receipts for the past year show a
heavy upward tendency, and some say crime is
on the increase. The population is increasing,
and crime is merely keeping up fair average
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
Wrath Turned Aside.

She turned her head, he stole kiss,
And she. sweet girl, her wrath did smother
She only said. "Dear, this is bliss,
And one good turn deserves another"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
GeneralR.LHenderson.

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 4.-General X. j. Hender-
son, prominent Confederate officer. died here
yesterday,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

THE Prince of Wales. now mixed up in a
gambling scandal, will show the fraternity how
one Queen can beat a pair of knaves.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
No Fun for Lynchers.

Some people in Pittsburg laughed when they
read about the alleged intention of the miners
at Mammoth to lynch Superintendent F. c.
keighley. But they laughed because it would
not be fun for the would-be lynchers. Mr.
keighley is not the sort of man to allow him
self graciously and without protest to be hung
OF shot full of holes Just the opposite in fact.
True, Mr.. Keighley is quiet and gentle in his
manners; he is wiry and tall, but not very i'm
posing in figure. But those who have had
much to do with Mr.. Keighley know that there
IS an awful lot of will power behind the quiet
exterior; and courage with the blue eyes and
tine light mustache. He has not come to 35
years without showing time and again that he is
not man to be fooled with.
once there was fellow working in the
mines, which Mr.. Keighley managed, whose
reputation as bully and a fighter rested on a
bloody basis. He had half murdered several
OF mis- comrades in drunken brawls before he
gave 1t out that he intended to make Mr..
ke1ghley his next victim. The fellow was
twice Mr.. Keighley's size and a very ugly
customer in many ways. Mr.. Keighley did not
take any chances when he was attacked by the
Dig bully, according to programme but poured
-FOUR bullets into him in places where they
would do most good. The curious part of the
story is that the fre-eating bully recovered and
reformed. The diet of lead changed his dispo-
sltion, and now he worships Mr.. Kelghley.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

THE Senatorial POKER players seem deter.
mined to make Harrison show his hand on the
silver issue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

THE Legislature has been in session a month
and has passed one bill. Laws come high. but
we must have 'em.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

Vols No. 56s-Entered at PittsburG PostofEce,
November IA. lSs-, as second-claSs Inatte-.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

Hope From the Weather.
Break, break. break
o coppery wires bright;
Perhaps one more blizzard will bring us
wizard
Who'll bury you out of sight.
o for the ears of the deaf,
Or relief from buzzing sound
That will be guaranteed when the wires. like
seed,
Shall live in the cold, cold ground.
Break, break. break,
o wires when snow falls free;
Then the message she'll send about money to
spend
Will never be given to me.
WATER will strengthen human being, but
it weakens whisky and milk.
PEOPLE who keep dogs and do their own
barking should wear the muzzles, too.
IF you want to find out how many people on
the street have nothing to do get up a dog
fight.
| THE sluggard frequently goes to his aunt
and makes her ante.
A COWARD will be brave under pressure. but
the performance Of the deed scares him SO that
he forgets all about the danger.
THE foolish worry about their neighbors'
affairs and the wise attend to their own bust
ness.
THE more you study the gas meter the more
you appreciate its intricacies.
THEY are not wearing linen busters in
Dakota now, at all events.
THE cur dog is hybrid, but he is not well
bred.
WHALES are not quarrelsome, but they fire.
quently come to blows
CLEVELAND embraced an opportunity when
he shook hands with Hill.
THE silver pool has interrupted the current
of partisan legislation in Congress.
Especially on the HILL
The blizzard came down like wolf on the fold,
And frosted the glistening glass;
Oh, heavens! but wasn't it deucedly cold
In houses that were short Of gas.
LIFE grows less amusing as we grow older,
and the children should De allowed full swing
In inn ocent amusements.
GIDDY folk are more apt to stumble and fall
than their sedate brothers and sisters.
PRECoCIoUS children are over-trained, and
soon give way under the burdens imposed by
the responsibilities of maturity.
WHEN the mercury drops quicksilver quota
tions do not fall in sympathy.
SAILORS and authors are compelled to sign
articles.
REFoRMERs in order to get behind reform
are forced to 60 before it.
VISIONARY beings can twist shadow into
any shape and make mountain out of mole
hill.
MURDERER WEST has been attacked by
dropsy in jail at Little Washington. 1t may
prevent him from being dropped.
MwHEN is a coat like watch? When it's sec-
ond-handed.
THE Legislature has been in session a month
hill
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

WHEN is a girl like brook? When she
babbles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

SILVER collars of the kind worn in Washing.
ton tarnish the character.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
Drink in the Coal Regions.


The absence of police at Mammoth, and at
other little towns in the Westmoreland coal
field such as Hecla, Mutual and Horrocks.
strikes city man as singular. A miner at
Mammoth was asked if they did not have
lively times now and then, and feel the want of
police protection.
Things are pretty quiet here mostly" he re-
piled. "and we haven't any call for police to
speak of. 1t used to be worse when the men
were unable to get drink at home and they'd
all go of in a body on pay day to some neigh
boring town and fill ap on bad whisky an get
to fighting But you see now the liquor men
have agents here, and a man can get his keg of
beer or his flask of whisky when he wants ii,
and he drinks at home or nigh to home through
the week. It's more peaceable and less
liquors drunk-that's my belief"
The number of empty kegs and bottles to be
found in a coal town certainly show that the
drink is on the ground-and the pilgrimage in
force to a large town or city is no longer a
necessity for men who want to drink The pay
days are much quieter than they used to be is
another fact about which there seems to be no
doubt. AS to the comparative harm of the
drinking fashions. more competent authorities
must decide.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

POSTAGE FREE IN TIE UNITED sTATKs.
DAIRY DISPATCH, One YeSr..................ss 90
bArTx DISPATCH Per erOuarter................ . 90
pAuY DISPATCH One Month .. 20
DAILY DISPATCH. including Sunday, year. 10 90
DAILY DISPATCH. including Sunday, m'ths 50
DAILY DIsPATCE. including Sunday, 1m'th 90
SUNDAY DISPATCH One Year........-........ 80
WEEKLY DISPATCH One Year . j 25
TIE DAILY DISPATCH lie delivered by carriers at
5Fcents per week. or inclucing Sunday edition. at
Scents per week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

the Treasury. His character for integrity
would make his name grateful relief from
the candidacy of Thomas g. Platt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

IT is perfectly natural for witnesses to lose
their tempers during cross-examinatlon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

THE oil bill seems to have been piped to
pigeon hole In the committee room at Harris
burg. Fishing tools may have to be used to
find il.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

MURDERER WEST has been attacked BY
dropsy in jail at Little Washington. 1t may
prevent him from being dropped.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
Bis Right Hand Didn't Know.

A stout man plunged toward his seat number
i've from the aisle, stouter woman plunged
after him and after they had passed the four
people who had risen to allow the latecomers
ingress sighed in unison and thanked heaven
they were alive. Stay! one gentleman did not
thank heaven and his sigh was cut short for he
began to grope about under the seat furiously.
THAT fat beast must have carried off my
hat" he muttered sotto voce and then made
another dive with his left hand.
What are you looking for?' the three ladies
with him exclaimed at once.
my hatr' he curtly replied. not deigning to
look up even. but waving his left hand up and
down the narrow way between the sears
"Why, you've got it in your hand" three
sweet voices chorused. and sure enough his
right hand held the hat which the left hand
was seeking.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

THE Indians in Washington can secure fine
points on face painting in the drawing rooms
during their stay.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
He Hath Ears to Feel,

Kind of cold to-day,"I remarked to man
who was rubbing his ears vigorously and
breathing very hard.
Gold 1t takes man with ears as large as
mine to realize how cold it is" he replied, and
noticed for the first time that owing to the
large area of aural territory he had to employ
both hands to rub one ear. He seemed to be
more sensitive to the cold than upon the SUBJ
1ect of large ears, an unusual phenomenon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

and Diamond Streets.
News Rooms and Publishing House
--T5, IT and 70 Diamond Street.
EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE ROOM g.
TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK. where
complete rlss of THE DISPATCH can always be
found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the corr
venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE
DISPATCK, while in New York, are also made
welcome.
TIE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at
Brsatano's, Union Square. NesO York. and II
-Ire de rope a, Paris, France, lchere anyone
Sgho hes been disappointed at hotel nei0s
stand can obtain it,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
A Cows Tail.

A COW, a nondescript COW, disregarding sign
boards of warning. trespassed upon the proper
ty OF Prof. Wood on Observatory Hill the other
Gay. Prof. Wood objected to a COW trampling
upon his land and upon his feelings to boot, and
straightway summoned policeman. The po-
nceman came, arrested the COW and took her to
City Hall. There are not many things that are
out OF place at Allegheny City Hall, but COW
is one of them. No provision for cows has
been made there. The policeman. after con-
sultation with the high officers of his depart
ment, realized that the COW was out of place
In the front office, the Council chamber the
cells or in the Mayors private room. In de-
fault Of better place he took the COW back to
the lot on Observatory Hill where he had
found her and left her there
Since then Prof. Wood has sued the owner of
the cow for variety of offenses beginning
with trespass and ending somewhere this side
OF murder. and the case has been appealed to
court. Everything is in train for nice law
suit. Moreover Mr.. Scandrett, Secretary of
tho Board of School Controllers, and Superin-
tendent Morrow have become entangled in
some mysterious way with the cow What the
COW thinks about the matter is not known.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

If the fire boss at Mammoth had been nred
things might have been different
WILLIE WNKLE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
News Rooms and Publishing Hou

Business Ofice-Corner Smithfeld
and Diamond Streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

nWHEN is a coat like watch? When it's Sec
ond-handed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

REFoRMERs in order to get behind reform
are forced to 60 before it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
IF you worship your boy you alone are tc
blame if he turns out an idle man.

IF you worship your boy you alone are to
blame If he turns out an idle man.
WHAT shadows we are, and what shadows
we pursue" said someone. Only the faint
hearted and cowardly are afraid of shadows
only the visionary see ghosts in them. only the
imaginative build substantial shapes out of
and nurse and cherish them. But the latter
class too often mistake the shadow for the SUBJ
stance and find naught but dust and ashes
where they expected fame and fortune. But
If you want to get some consolation out of
shadows go to the firesde. There you will find
them ruddy. cheerful, restful. When the rain
falls and you are sad, when the wind howls and
you are cold, when the darkness falls
and you are sunless. study the slumberIng
Goals and the leaping flames. No pale
ghosts or black bogIes there, only the pretty
forms and faces the beautiful pictures that
fancy can trace and paint with the magic of the
mind Surely no evil shapes lurk in the lurid
shadows of the fireplace; no canny wraiths
form in the crimson glow to linger and to
haunt. In the Goals you build bright castles.
They crumble, to be sure, but ere they mingle
with the ashes another is reared, perhaps
grander than the one the blue-red flames de-
stroyed. And you dream on, led by fancy
through the fairyland of the flames. snatching
hope from the embers. burying sorrow in the
of the long absent. pictures of the loved, the
lost, the true. the false, the living and the
dead. And these portraits are neither fantas-
tic nor 1atterlng. but faithful and enduring so
long as the fancy wills that memory play
painter. But when you seek the shad ows of
the freight don't go to sleep there. else the
dreams may grow dark. the fire die, the chills
come. And when you awake where the red
was you see nothing but blackened cinders.
white ashes-blasted hopes, crumbled castles.
PRINCE DALGoURKI is making arrange
ments to live on Aver. She is an heiress. too.
A BLIZZARD chaps the hands and chills the
chappies.
THE only thing Pfeffer loses by fame is the
first "f'' in his name. He seems content to let
'er rip.
WHEN statesmen see good thing they don't
hesitate to ask for it.
WHEN the gas goes out suddenly the shiver-
ers keep the telephone hot at all events.
THE legislative roosters are gradually real
izng that Pennsylvania has Governor.
HIRE wages are not always as high as they
should be.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

LIFE grows less amusing as we grow older,
and the children should be allowed full swing
In inn ocent amusements.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

The blizzard came down like a wolf on the fold,
And frosted the glistening glass;
Oh, heavens! but wasn't it deucedly cold
In houses that were short Of gas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-05

THE silver pool has interrupted the current
of partisan legislation in Congress.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-11-19
A FRIENDLY HAND.

When man ain't got a cent, and he's feelin kind O blue, An the clouds hang dark an heavy, an won't let the sunshine through, It's a great thing, oh, my brethren, for q fcller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder in friendly sort O way It makes man feel curious it makes the tcardrops start, And you sort O feel futter in the region of the heart; You cant look up an meet his eyes; you don't know what to say, When his hand is on your shoulder in q friendly sort O way! Oh, the world'sa curious compound, with
 its honey and its gall, With its cares and bitter crosses buta good world after all. And good God must have made it-lcast- ways that is what Isay When hand rests on my shoulder in a friendly sort O way
 - Atlanta Constitution.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-11-19

Iron Age, the New England Grocer, the Boston Advertiser and other pa pers. From the Carpet and Uphol- stery Trade Review he showed, by comparing the market reports of September, 1890, and 1891, an ad- vance of from to l5 per cent. in carpets.
 The great majority of people do not keep itemized household accounts and consequently, they forget the exact figures of last years prices on hundreds of articles they bought last year. This forgetfulness is what the Republicans count on in their brazen claim that outrageous increases Tn the taxes on manufactured imports has not advanced prices. In buying a dollars worth of cloth at l 1 cents yard when it cost only 10 last year, tht hDtS HUI uOtiCt IltdJ there is an increase of 10 per cent. in the price. On single transaction it appears trivial, but by taking a nickle here and dime there. a quarter today and dollar tomor- row on the hundreds of purchases, a family must make in the course of the year, the Mckinley bill gives its favored corporations an opportunity to accumulate from the people in the course of the year millions of dollars for which a fair equivalent Is not given.
 Mckinley prices are at least 10 per cent. above fair prices. With free trade Tn quinine, dollar buys over six times as much as when there was a monopoly on quinine. And when the Republicans made raw sugar free in putting up the taxes on manufact- ured goods, immediate result of free trade in raw sugar was an increase of six pounds, or over 40 per cent. in the retail dollar worth of raw sugar
 Under the Mckinley bill, the people of this country are being bled for the benefit of the campaign fund corporations. and they have already shown that they have not forgotten the fact even if they cannot remem- Der the details of how they are rob. bed.-Republic.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-11-19
MCKINLEY PRICES.

According to the local organ of the Harrison administration the Dem ocrats have stopped talking about Mckinley prices. It is not we'll in- formed. In his speech at Lawrence the other day Governor Russell of Nj ass achuse tts read list of l22 articles on which prices have been advanced under the Mckinley bill over 25 per cent. above the average prices last year. This list, prepar- ed from the records of one of the largest retail houses in Boston, in- cluded "gloves, lace curtains, up- holstered furniture, woolen dress goods, flannel wrappers, plush gar ments, pearl, vegetable ivory, braid and crochet buttons, woolen hosiery, worsted coating, astrakhan cloth. corduroy cloth, silk plush, etc, un. derwear of various kinds corsets. scissors, pocket knives, domestic, woolen blankets. quilts, spreads, mo- hair braids. laccs, neckties, foreign umbrellas and parasols, cotton and linen handkerchefs, serge and satin coat and sleeve Things, foreign and domestic waterproof cloth, etc"
 In his speech at Lowell on last Sat urday Governor Russell supple mented this list with another list of l27 made up of manufactures of iron and steel tin-plate, glass, lead, groceries and other articles showing the advance over last year by com pairing the prices quoted last year and this in the market reports of the
Nevada County picayune., 1891-11-19
Farmers Always Pessimists.

''Ism't it odd" asked Spatts, that one never meets an optimistic farmer:'
 II met oHe while l was spending few weeks in the western part of New York state last summer re- piled Bloodumper.
 70, come, now. You surley don't expect that to be belicvedI'
 ''Indecd do. stopped at house and asked for drink of water. A man sat on the porch, who seemed communicative, and got into con- versation with him. Crops are very good this year. remarked. Yes, he said, we have fine field of every thing
 '"But, I suppose, l added, 'as is usually the case when everybody has lots of grain and other products to sell, the prices IS so low that it al- most discourages farmers from try ing to raise much more than they need themselves? Well it might dis courage some,' said he, but he found that be could always sell what ever he could raise at prices which  amply repaid him.
 ""There is a great apple yield this year, l ventured. Yes, immense. But with everybody gathering full crops of apples, you surely can't get enough for them to pay for picking. Perhaps not for the apples them solves, replied the farmer, but we can get excellent prices for the cider we can make.
 ''It was that way with everything 1 suggested. He put the best side on every possible contingency, and seemed to be quite contented. As l left the place l remarked to a man who was approaching don t think l every met man who took bright CT view of things than the old gentle man on the porch. An replied the new conner, as he shook his head that's old Mir. Bowers. He was dis charged from the insane asylum tive or three months ago as cured, but guess he'll have to go back. "- IGalesburg { (lll.) Sparks.