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TRADE WITH MEXICO.

The information on the commercial and
financial customs of Mexico contained in
special correspondence elsewhere exhibits
a remarkable contrast from those eStab-
lished in this country. A nation where
the principal loaning business is done by
the pawnshOp; where people with money
boarded up prefer to buy at high prices on
long credits rather than pay out their cash
and secure cheap rates, and where banks
of discount and deposit are few and far
between, is not unnaturally hard for the
business men of the United States to COM
prehend
Nevertheless, the fact is brought out
that, when the character Of Mexican trade
is fully understood, there is an immense
field capable of almost infinite expansion
for the surplus goods and capital of the
United States. Judiciously conducted
banks yield large dividends on a safe and
legitimate business. Manufactured goods,
machinery and other products of Yankee
enterprise sell at high prices on long time.
To those who study Mexican character and
meet its wants there is the opportunity for
lucrative trade with Mexico, and the intro
duction of new ideas in that rich and half
developed country will undoubtedly pro-
duce an illimitable expansion of it's trade
capacitieS
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the systems We cannot quite agree with
Mr. Olmstead that the reform can be made
complete without some method of secur-
ing indefeasible titles. That method need
not be necessarily State guarantee. 1t
may be, as Mr. Olmstead suggests in his
pamphlet, secured by short statute of
limitation. But to secure the complete
perfection of transfer aimed at, it is neces-
sary that the buyer shall have within easy
and unprofessional reach a clear evidence
that the title of the land transferred to
him is without cloud or dispute.
On the general course to be adopted to
secure complete land transfer reform there
is practical agreement. Mr.. Olmstead's
Endorsement of the addition of other re-
forms to his is practically conclusive. The
only thing necessary to secure the adoption
of this course in various States is the
somewhat arduous task of making legisla-
tors understand its value.
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TWO SMALL FINANCIERS.
A Never Ending Flow of Lemonade on
Tap and for Sale.

Tap and for Sale.
The East End acknowledges proprietary
claim to a couple of small boys who are
bound to become millionaires. The other
day they went into a partnership to sell
lemonade. After spending 10 cents fol-
lemons and concocting a fluid that would
make the circus product turn green with
envy, they located on corner and let out
their musical voices:
"Heres yer fresh lemonade, only l cent a
glass It's made of pure lemons and pure
water. Come, slack yer thirst with the
nectar of the tropics"
Every few moments they changed their
song, but they had no difficulty in securing
customers. Every time they sold q couple
of glasses little water was added to the
lemonade and thus they had never end
ing supply.
About an hour after they began operations
the beverage was getting pretty warm, but
an ice man came along, and while he carried
q chunk of ice to the back door of an adjoin-
ing residence one of the boys negotiated
with the wagon for n good-siZed piece of ice.
BY the time the driver was back the boys
had remodeled their tune.
"Here's your ice cold lemonade. Walk I'D
and squench yer thirst. Only cents a
glass"
"Say, what did you raise the price fer? The
ice didn't cost you nothing" said pros
pective customer.
"What der We take us fer anyway" was
the reply. "If you don't want to buy you
don't need ter. We can dispose of the stock
without you meddlni'. Dye think we no
tinanciers."
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LAUGHING WATER.

Gladys (aged four)-O-o-o-Just hear
the wind blow,
Harold (fve)-Yes. do you know what that isq
That is God breathing.
Gladys (SlOwly)-I guess God has got cold.-Se1
York Telegram.
Carruthers-What do you think of Brob-
sons new diamond!
Waite-It would make an excellent paper weight.
Carruthers-That'5 the way ne got it.
Waite-What do yOu mean?
Charlottesville had to pay per weight.-Eelo
York Herald.
Magistrate-What is the charge against
this old man?
Policeman-Stealing lot of birthstone, Your
Honor. He caught in the act
Magistrate Ito prisoner)-SIy aged friend,
couldn't you have waited a few years longer?-
Chicago Tribune.
Wishlets-We had flag sing in front
of our house the other day.
Bishlets-Getting patriotic?
Wishlets-Oh, no. there lax in the water
pipe and they had to take up the sijewalk.-BTook-
lyn Eagle.
"Do YOU know" he said in a low tone,
THAT 1 feel very narrow minded when come to
sec you?''
''why?'' She breathed the question very. very
gently.
because then am man of one nigh dear"
And the good. sensible Old moon, who has seen
so much of that sort of thing. made all possible
haste to retire behind the nearest Washing
ton StaT.
81 like to go in bathing with my wife. :"
'swhy?'
''well she's afraid of being choked by the
breakers, so there's certain amount of satisfae-
ton in something being able to make her shut her
mouth IIatJdlteiphiI Times.
They say the baby looks like me,
\ circumstance dreaded,
But the only likeness can see
Is that we're both bald headed.
--Aelo York Press.
To love woman
Is easy quite for man.
But to unlOve her. ah,
Who is it of us can?
akrnit
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KILLED By TRAINS.
Deaf Mutes Have a Fascination for Walk
ing on Railroad Tracks.

Ing on hallkOau ATaChos
New York SUM-
"This one makes q deaf persons that /
have a record of who have been killed on
railroad tracks since 1874" an old Erie loco
motive engineer said, after reading the ac-
count of Homer j. Higbee, deaf mute, be-
ing run over and killed while walking on
the railroad track at Olean, few days ago.
deaf people, and especially deaf mutes,
seem to have fascination for walking on
railroad tracks and they invariably walk on
the track on which trains are running in the
same direction they are walking.
"In 1874 had been running on an engine
ten years. and had never yet had the misfor-
tune to kill anyone 1 was working for
New Jersey railroad, and one day sounded
my alarm signal to warn man of the track,
as he was walking leisurely along ahead OF
me and the train was drawing perilously
close to him. He paid no attention to the
signal, and gave it to him again, long,
sharp, and loud. He kept right on, and, as
l was unable to stop the train, he was run
over and killed. He was well-known resi-
dent OF Orange county, and deaf mute. A
relative of his told me that he had many
times narrowly escaped being killed while
walking on railroad tracks, and he seemed to
have an irresistible passion for such danger
GUS pastime.
"Some time after went on the Pennsyl-
wanna IOduy stuu luslNc Vi year hlllcu bhO
men at different times, while they were
walking on the track. Both were deaf and
dumb. In 1916, during the Centennial,
killed two other deaf persons who had the
fatal fascination for railway track pedes-
trianism. Then began to make a study of
this queer habit of the deaf and kept rec
ord of all deaths of persons on railroad
tracks that came to my notice through the
newspapers if it was stated that the victims
were deaf or deaf and dumb. l have cases
from all over the country, and this killing of
Deaf Mute Higbee at Olean makes the
twenty-second. They are invariably killed
in the same way.
GA deaf mute was never known to look
back while walking on a railroad track, and
he is generally discovered in places where it
is almost an impossibility to stop in time to
save him. The airbrakes have saved a good
many deaf railroad pedestrians since they
came into use. 1t is an old saying among
railroad men that deaf and dumb person
will go two miles out of his way to walk ona
railroad track, and it isn't far from the
truth. l would like to have some one
give some explanation of this strange phase
of afflicted human nature. There is no doubt
whatever of its existence"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
BUSY WITH CALLERS.
The President Makes Some Appointment
and Receives Several Visitors.

The President Makes Some Appointments
and Receives Several Visitors.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH1
CAFE MAY, July 25.-The President was
with Private Secretary Halford all the morn
ing and considered several matters in rela-
tion to appointments. He appointed five
postmasters, and named Henry E. Nichols,
Commander in the Navy, having promoted
him from a Lieutenant Commander. He
also received word from the State Depart
ment that they had been notified by Consul
Myers, at Victoria B. c., that the revenue
cutter Thetis was in Bering Sea and that the
majority of captains are submitting to the
agreement between this country and Great
Britain.
j. C. Price and Mr.. Manning, two colored
gentlemen of South Carolina, had a confer
ence with the President to-day on the
candidacy of Mr.. Price, who wants to be
Minister to Liberia. A committee from
Mobile, Ala, will call on the President Mon
day, to ask for his influence to have line
of steamers established between Mobile and
Cuba under the subsidy laws. State Senator
Massie and wife, of Chillicothe o., called on
the President this evening. The President,
Russell Harrison, Mrs. Dimmick, Secretary
Halford, Miss Sanger and the two grand
children enjoyed another ocean bath to-day,
and this afternoon the Presidant passed an
hour in watching the joyfulness of children
on carousal. Postmaster General Wanna
maker and Robert Adams, ex-Minister to
Brazil, arrived this evening.
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Obituary Notes.

JOSEPH T. JOHNSON, the last but one Of the
Black Hawk survivors, who lived i'll Baltimore, is
dead.
JOHN BERGER, of the Allegheny police force,
died yesterday morning. He lived at No. Spring
alley. He had been i'll for several months.
JAMES c. FERGUSON, formerly resident of In
dianapolis, and Mt one time President of the Board
of Trade of that city, died at his residence in San
Jose yesterday.
MRS. KEY, wife of Bishop Key, of the Southern
Methodist Church, died yesterday of heart disease
at Eureka Springs, Ark. Her remains will be taken
to Macon, Ca, for internent.
S. T. HOFFMAN died yesterday morning at the
Allegheny General Hospital aged 56 years. He
was member of Post 12s, q. A. r., the members
of which will arrange for the funeral.
FREDERICK GRIFFING, an old Brooklynite. who
died at the age of 50, was buried Friday in that
city, He was one of the California pioneers of 49,
and built many of the first docks in San Francisco.
HERMAN RASTER. widely known as ed1tor-in-
chief of the Chicago Stodts Zeitttn0, died Friday
evening in Cub0wa, Southern Silesia, i German
province. Mr.. Raster had been in poor health for
some time and went to Europe hoping TO recu-
perate.
ANDREW DAVIS, of Suter's station, the chief
mining town on the YOughiogheny river, died Fri
day at Dixmont, aged % years. The young man
lost his mind one year ago when his brother died,
after making several unsuccessful attempts at sui
eide, and was found to be mentally unbalanced
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
THE SILVER DOLLAR.
Interesting Figures About the Coinage of
the Big White Wheels.

Interesting Figures About the Coinage of
the Big White Wheels.
Indianapolis Journal.I
The entire coinage of standard silver dol
lars by our mints from their creation until
July l, 1878 was only sS,573, 800. The weight
of the subsidiary silver coins was reduced
2s1l grains to the dollar in 1858 to keep them
in circulation, as the full silver dollar had
more value to be melted and sent to Europe
as bullion, where the ratio was one of gold
to Is of silver. From 1910 to 1873 the silver
dollar was a curiosity, and although O unit'of
money value in a certain sense, it was not
an exclusive legal tender, as both metals
were lawful money. Whatever coin
there was in the country from 1s4O until 1861
was gold and subsidiary silver. If silver
had been the only legal-tender money dur
ing that period, and a creditor should have
demanded payment in standard silver dol
lars to the amount of 81, 900, the debtor could
not have found them in the country. In 1887
the gold in the eagle was reduced two
tenths of grain, but it had
no effect upon the drift of the
metals Is ounces of silver would buy one of
gold in Europe, and, very naturally, silver
would not stay here, where it took is ounces
of it to purchase one of gold. So now, if the
United States should proceed to offer free
coinage in the ratio of to i6, or 1898, when
the market price of the two metals is as l to
20, the silver, as the cheaper metal would
hasten to that country where it would have
greater value, and the gold would go
to Europe, where it would be worth more
than here.
There were 10 silver dollars of 4121! grains
coined in the United States OF any conse-
quence from 1894 to 1873 because the value of
the silver dollar in gold, a legal tender also,
ranged from l0l to 105 cents: and no man
would take lOl or l05 cents worth Of silver to
n mint and get 100 for it. So, if the free
coinage of silver should come no one would
take liz cents worth of gold bullion in silver
and get Il legal-tender gold dollar. The
human being is not constituted in that way;
consequently, unless the commercial nations
agree upon a ratio for the coinage of both
metals that which offers more for silver
bullion than all the others-that is, free
coinage on the basis of Ape grains of silver
as the equivalent of 2j.s grains of goodwill
have the silver, and others will have the
gold.
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WHERE TIE DISCRIMINATION Is.

The fact Of discrimination against
Philadelphia is discovered by the esteemed
Press in the ocean freight rates on ship
ments from Liverpool here. The fact that
the rate is 8 shilIings and pence from
Liverpool 10 New York, 6 shillings to Bos-
ton, shillings to Baltimore, and 10 shill-
ings to Philadelphia is certainly an indica-
ton, as the Press says, that Philadelphia
should investigate thoroughly.
Yet il Philadelphia studies the question
thoroughly it will be likely to find that the
cause OF the discrimination does not lie in
ocean transportation, but somewhere else
ltis plain, in the first place, that the seem
ing discrimination does not arise from
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

ity of bones and canvas and steel that con-
tract the lungs and restrict the freedom of
the body at all times and in summer are next
to unbearable.
"All women hate corsets at this season OF
the year," said one of the fair sex whose
plumpness is supposed to require extraor
dinary restraint, "but they not only wear
them, but they are more particular about
them than they are about any other article
of attire. Women almost invariably discuss
corsets when they are alone together. 1t is
staple topic. They Immediately get out Of
that corset, individually, as soon as they can,
which, of course, is in the privacy of their
own quarters and free from company
They take to the comfort as gentleman
takes to his slippers and dressing gown. To
sary, but to those to whom they are not you
might as we'll talk to the moon as to inf1u-
ence them against the corset fashion, or to
make them believe the shapes designed by
the corset maker are not an Improvement
on the work of the Almighty. In every
country where corsets have never been
worn women do not compose the weaker
sex. As generally used they greatly modify
and often wholly prevent the enjoyment of
physical exercise. But If a long life or
death In few years were alternatives offer
ed toa New York woman dependent upon
wearing or not wearing corsets, she would
choose the latter and invest in corset and
a coffin"
Chicago Is Stark Mad.
MET Congressman Stahlnecker in lower
Broadway the other day. He had just re-
turned from Chicago. 1.-THE people of Chi
cago," said he, "are stark, staring mad over
the Worlds Fair. They talk of nothing else.
never saw so much superfuous enthusiasm
since was born. They filled me so full of 1t
/ thought 1 would burst, unless l got out OF
town, and so skipped out for New York.
No, didn't do the stock yards"
The Crowd at Pool Room.
IF anybody of acute observation will make
a note of the kind of people who frequent
the New York poolrooms it ought to take
out of him any speculative tendency to-
ward the race track. The dissipated young
men, the FOUNDERS, the broken-down busi-
ness men, the confirmed drunkards, the
beats and buns of every degree of degrade
tion swarm about these poolrooms. 1t is
about the most unpromising crowd that can
be seen in a single room. No man In his
sober senses can look upon it and reflect
upon all that has brought its particles to-
gether without feeling of profound regret
that the law against poolrooms wouldn't
hold water. The race track has ruined more
American boys than the faro table.
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
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OUR friend Colonel Bill Brown is in lu

OUR friend Colonel Bill Brown is in luck
once more, his small newspaper, the New
York Ne1Cs, having been selected for the
honorable position of contesting the consti.
tutionality of the New York law that papers
shall not publish the news about eXecu.
tions. Col. Bill will meet the legal emer-
gency with the same calm superiority with
which he has been wont to call down a bluff
on queens up, and will enjoy the position OF
defender of the liberty of the press as much
as ralling down an exceptionally large jack
pot. We regret to see that professional jeal-
ousy leads another New York paper, ambi-
tious OF this honor, to remark that District
Attorney Nicoll "has ev identity made up his
mind not to prosecute newspaper violations"
of the act
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
BRILLIANT SCHEME OF A WRITER.
How He Set to Work to Make His Fortune
With His Pen.

How He Set to Work to Make His Fortune
With His Pen.
Chicago Tribune.l
''That's a good story" said the newspaper
mans friend as he finished reading the tale
"You can sell that"
"Well, don't know about that" said the
newspaper man doubtfully. at has the
merit of brevity, of course, but the papers
are not running much to that style of story
now"
81 see 'em every day."
''That may be, too; but it's no sign that
this will be accepted"
"I1l bet you dollar it will be-"
"Take your shouted the newspaper man
so suddenly that it made his friend start.
The friend reached down in his pocket and
pulled out a silver dollar, and as he put it
up he said:
tIook here, old man, what's the gamer"
"PlayinS sure thing" was the reply.
"Ill get 50 or 81 for that if sell it and ST. if
don't. I've got three bets on three differ
ent stories now, and if my friends only hold
out I'll make my everlasting fortune with
nv pen,"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

THE signs at the last meeting of the Hud-
son Bay Company that the great corpora
tion is in its decadence were very strong.
The Governor of the company was kept
busy defending its management, but could
not conceal the fact that its profitable char
acter had disappeared. Two conclusions
are evident from this occurrence. One is
that officers of the Hudson Bay Company
have not the ability to suppress incon-
venient questioners that has been charac-
teristic of the meetings of some of our great
corporations. The other is that the British
policy of putting vast regions under the
rule of commercial monopoly is nearly at
an end-except in unfortunate Africa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

THE latest decision on electric patents
which gives the Brush interests the control
of the storage battery system, is predicated
by contemporary to be worth millions to
the company and it's licensee." 1t will, when
two things is. done. The first is when the
company with a monopoly of the system
puts its price so as to make it cheaper than
trolley motors; the second is when the stor-
age battery is improved SO as to make it of
practical use.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
T. Fl. Williams.

The many friends of T. H. Williams will
be grieved to learn of his death, which occurred
Thursday evening at Colorado Springs. Col. Mr..
Williams commenced his business career over 20
years ago as cashboy with the drygoods house of
Hugus & Hacke. His honest. straightforward
ways, and the keen business ability which he dis
played early attracted the attention of his employ
ers who, i'll recognition OF his services, made him.
several years ago, the general manager of the
business which position he held at the time of his
death. For some years past his health has been a
cause of great anxiety and only two weeks ago he
went to Colorado in the hope of being benefited:
the sad intelligence Of his death following so soon
after his arrival there will be severe shock TO his
friends. His remains will be brought home for
interment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

A WICKED cotemporary remarks that if
the New York Republicans should take
Colonel Shepard for Governor che would un-
doubtedly agree to contribute large assort-
ment of beautiful campaign texts to the
campaign" He might also. as once before
give sl5O,OOo to the New York bosses for the
purchase of votes, and then lament in his
newspaper the day after election the
wickedsess displayed by the fact that the
goods Were not delivered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

AN Ex-Governor of one of the Mexican
States has been imprisoned for "a hours be-
cause he had the misfortune to fit the
description of an absconder from the United
States. This untoward incident will con-
vince the Mexican authorities that it is
necessary to exclude all levanters who look
like Mexicans of the influential political
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

FROM Texas comes the report of bank
failure with the not wholly unfamiliar re-
mark that the depositors will be paid in
full. In Texas this may be true. Its fulfill
ment will be made much more probable
from the Texas habit, if bank suspends
and does not pay the depositors, of sus-
pending bank officers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

IT is rumored that Secretary Foster
wishes to make Webster Flanagan Collector
at Ell Paso. At last Flanagan will know
what he is there for. But does he take a
prohibitory pledge against whisky and
OOleT?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
Robert s. Johnston.

Robert S. Johnston, son of the late Simon
Johnston u,e at his mothers residence in Hazel
wood yesterday morning in his twentieth year.
Hehld b suffer ing for the raSt five months
home ON the seasFort. a Few DAYS ago. He grad
allv sank uni his a'h. For $. me lime previous
Bunk lie will he sadly missed Dy a large circle of
frian,is a d relatives.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26

IT is interesting to learn that the Connect
icut nuts and woodchucks have already
taken to prophesying a hard winter. The
goose bone has not yet been heard from, but
it will probably agree in the prediction.
These Connecticut auguries have been fore
telling hard winters for several seasons,
and are not likely to be discouraged by the
fact that the cold weather does not mater
ializa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
THE perils of illustrated iournalism-i.

THE perils of illustrated journalism-if
we may dignity the class re erred to by that
name-is strikingly exemplified by the pub
lication OF the lower sort which appears this
week with full page illustration of the
Hall -Fitzsimmons fight "from photographs
and sketches by special artists" The ability
to photograph and sketch scenes that never
occur is a high development of artistic
genius; but it is one that calls for discretion
in actual practice.