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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
PARCELS In A TUBE.
Purchases Of Pretty Shoppers May
Be Able to Beat Them Home.
A SYSTEM PROPOSED In ENGLAND.
The Telephone Connecting Paris and Lon
don Great Success
LIGHTING UP RAILROAD TRAINS
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.I
A scheme has been put before the British
Association which may possibly lead to
revolution in parcel carriage. Mr. Bennett,
the inventor of the system, proposes to run
small tunnels or tubes under the public
streets, and inside these to have an cleo
trical railway. The size Of the tubes he sug-
gests would be two feet high and three feet
wide. The electric trains would be run
one above the other The service would be
devoted to the carriage of parcels, and the
means of distribution thus secured would be
in principle very much the same as that OF
the telephone system, the idea being to have
house-to-house service. The operations
are to be under the control Of the central
station, the trucks being switched into the
proper direction by means of electrical de-
vices.
The arrival Of a truck upon subscribers
premises would be announced by the ring
ing of bell, but it would not be necessary
that the subscriber or his servant should at
tend to unload the truck. By simple de-
vice this would be done automatically, after
which the truck would go back to the CEN
tral station by the return line. By the auto
matte delivery system the business could so
on day and night. A housekeeper might
order from the stores supplies for the follow
ing day and find everything duly in place on
coming down in the morning. fthe snccess
of this system is established in cities it will
soon be extended to suburban traffic, as the
saving in time and energy is immense.
1t has been pointed out that the general
adoption of such a system would be fatal to
petty shopkeeping, in which q deplorable
waste or labor is involved In one parish or
ward there may be a dozen shoemakers and
the whole business they transact might be
carried on by an establishments one-sixth
the size OF the whole collectively were ID
gathered under one head. The centraliza-
ton of manufacture is growing under the
factory system, and it Is only the difficulty
of distribution which now prevents the full
benefits OF concentration being enjoyed by
the community. In the case Of small firms
the cost OF distribution and simply putting
the article into the consumers hands is out
of all proportion to that of manufacture.
The economy Of space and economy of labor
that would spring from we'll devised
means of mechanical distribution OF small
commodities is beyond calculation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

According to the latest physiognomists,
If the breadth of the face is greater than
two-thirds its length, there will be too
much vigor and energy, and too little in
tellectual restraint. A line drawn across
the face from the corners of the eyes should
divide the face into two equal halves. In
this case the intellectual and moral control
largely the executive forces. When the
upper half is less than the lower, the want
Of character" will be very manifest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

Tasma mia, it seems, is in sore straits for a
supply of labor. From all the country
districts farmers clamor for help. Some Of
them have actually abandoned their farms
owing to this scarcity of labor. Messrs.
Reynolds & Co., the contractors for the
Mount Zeelan Railway, have been adver-
tising in the Hobart papers every day for
some months, offering men shillings per
day, and they cannot get the quantity of
labor they require. This Zeelan district
promises to be rich gold-bearing country.
On July 2 party of diggers brought to Ho-
bart parcel of 13o ounces of nugget gold of
fine quality.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

I
A Letter From Hammond's Party.
Last week 1 had word or two to say
about the Hammond and Morrissey foot
race. There was nothing said in disrespect
to anybody, and the only thing that
prompted any remarks from me was the
very onesided nature of the race. The late
hackers of Hammond now want to state
their side Of the case, and they can do so
without comment thereon on my part.
George Newton, of Coal Bluff, an extremely
trustworthy and intelligent gentleman, puts
his case as follows:
Looking over your "Review of Sports" yes
terday see that you mention the "Ham-
mona" race as one of the most onesided
aHalrs that you have known for some time.
Also that the Hammond party must have
been ridiculously mistaken about their
mans abilities, or else they had little idea
0onSs Q, IoGe racing Now in justice to Ham a.
from being imposed on by men like Ham
mond, would like to say something about
this onesided affair If there Is only one man
and I think we can bring absolute
proof that the match was con-
spiracy to cheat from the first Now,
sSont sSons .bair hammonds party being mistaken
fess to be the smartest in the world but we
hao men in the party quite competent to
hold tho watch. Mr.. W. Barrass, at whose
titled with foot runners for the past so years
and has held the watch on some of the old
country "hyers;" so surely Hammonds
party should have known something. Ham,
mond was tried with the watch, and some
times watches, and always showed bet
ter time than 1oA seconds, and we
thought, and we know to this day, that
Hammond is one of the best runners in the
country. Now if this was not good enough
to give millman, as Morrissey is repre-
sented to be, and who had only been train
Ing o couple of weeks, three yards start,
then we certainly don't know anything.
Nov, Mr.. Editor, this is no wall about the
money we lost, or rather had stolen from
u, but true statement of how Hammond's
party was standing before the race came Off
and also to let the public know what kind
of man Hammond is"
The Football League,
an glad to be able to note that every-
thing is going along swimmingly regarding
the football league. One or two meetings
have been held, and it is likely that the
league will be thoroughly organized within
few days. The idea to enforce each club
to put up forfeit of $50 as a guarantee of
staying the season out, is good one, rs it
will go a long way toward keeping the
league intact. 1t is also the intention to
have clubs in the league that have enclosed
grounds This is another good idea, and I
trust that both will be carried out 1t is
safe to say that there will only be eight
clubs in the league, and this will enable the
eight teams to be made up of good players,
as the good men of teams not admitted can
join weak teams that are admitted Al
together it seems as if the football season in
PiJtsburg will be good one.
PRINGLM
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

''brave" was the paid mercenary. whom
even the hardened George III. was ashamed
of, saying, when asked to give commissions
to German recruiting officers: "It, in plain
English, amounts to making me kidnaper,
which cannot think a very honorable oc-
cupation," while stern old Frederick of
Prussia cried shame" and took every op-
portunity to hold the Hessians up to con-
tempt. Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Hanau, An
halt, Anspach, Waldeck and Brunswick,
each contributed its quota to make up the
band of 1900 ruffians that came to this
country and made the war much longer and
bloodier that it should have been, for a
paltry bounty to the German rulers of
S22 90 and an annual subsidy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

The success Of electric Lighting in railway
trains in Europe has led many of the railway
companies in this country to seriously con-
slider the introduction of electric llumina-
tion in their cars. A late installation, from
which important experience is being de-
rived is in active operation on express trains
running between Berlin and Frankfurt.
Each car has two distinct storage batteries,
and the lamps are on two distinct circuits,
SO that in case of accident on one circuit or
in changing the batteries, the car is not left
entirely without light. The batteries, which
weigh cwt. each, are placed in boxes un-
derneath the carriage floor, and can be taken
out and replaced very rapidly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

remains that composition played in every
capital of Europe, amid intense enthusiasm,
within six months after its first production,
must have merit of an extraordinary nature
One need only remember that in Germany
the work has received its most substantial
approval, and Germany is an avowed enemy
OF everything musical having an Italian
origin.
Pietro Mascagni, the composer of the
opera, is quite ayoung man, only "a or 25.
! The story is taken from book of tales BY
Verga. 1t was originally arranged in two
acts but, on the offering of prize by the
Milan Conservatory of Music, for one-act
opera, the youthful Mascagni introduced
connecting intermezzo, fulfilling the condi-
ditions demanded The prize was won and
the work produced in the city named. 1t
Immediately created a furore so tremendous
that within three months the composers
name was familiar one throughout Europe.
1t is said that the entire history of music
contains no more remarkable example of
success than that achieved by this work,
hence, Americans should not be in too great
hurry, to pronounce emphatically upon it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Pointer for Electrical Companies.

Attention has been drawn by a CORE
spondent largely interested in electrical
stations to new source of profit, to wit, the
sale of exhaust steam. He states that in
nearly all cases steam power is employed to
develop the electric current. This neces-
sitates large batteries of boilers at central
points, to the extent of hundreds and often
of thousands of horse power. 1t is we'll
proportion of the steam generated is con-
densed, while the remainer, escaping as ex-
haust, is lost. This steam, if properly con-
yeyed to desired points, can be utilized and
sold for heating purposes, its commercial
value for heuting being estimated at g, 500 to
s., 900 per 100 horse power during the heating
season. This is source of revenue which
the electrical companies will do well to turn
their attention to-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

alleria Rustica-
ma" which had
its first presenta-
tion on this side
the Atlantic in
Philadelphia last
week Our native
critics, as a rule,
contend that there
is nothing in the
opera to rave
over, but the fact
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

Prof. George Forbes commenced a recent
speech in London by saying that it was al
lowed on both sides of the Atlantic that
English makers had taken the lead in the
designing of dynamos, just as the English
led in steel making. 1t was equally true
that the English electric roads were behind
those of the United States. The reason as
signed for this by Prof. Forbes is, that in
England an overhead wire is not allowed in
the streets, He also said that American en-
gineers acknowledge that had they been
restricted as the English engineers were
electric traction would have made no more
progress in America than it has in England.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
not Very Complimentary TO Us,

"Tools rush in where angels fear to
tread" and the American hog goes where
the American biped dare not and that is
just the difference. 1t seems rather odd
that at the moment of our pigship's
triumph, the unwritten decree should be
issued among the German aristocracy to not
give countenance to Americans, in fact, to
snub visitors from this side Of the water
generally and often. 1t looks bad for our
American people, if in foreign countries,
they are considered of relatively inferior
value to the hog of commerce.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
New sv,tem of Traction.

Tests are shortly 20 be made on French
railroad of an invention of III. Heilmann, in
which improved traction Is said to be Sc
cured Ly placing steam engine and
dynamo on a car. The current from the
dynamo is to be conveyed by suitable con-
ductors to the other cars, where it will drive
motors attached to the exles of their wheels.
The inventors idea is to utilize the whole
weight of the train for adhesion, and he
claims to be able to ascend grades of l in 200
at a speed of 30 miles an hour.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
The Electric Launch.

The electric launch, which has received
comparatively little notice in this country,
is being used by various European COVER
ments. An English general electric traction
firm has just received a third ordor from
the Russian Government. The field for
electric pinnaces is very extensive, and It
is understood that it is intended to fit sew
eral large tronclads which have already
electric light machinery on board entirely
with these electric boats. Their use for the
large Atlantic liners is also under contem.
plation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
A New Insulation.

A new insulating material is said to have
been discovered in France by NJ. z. Legrand
1t is composed of leather cuttings reduced
to an impalpable powder and afterward
solidided by a special process under consid-
cradle pressure. This treatment takes away
the spongy character of the leather, which
becomes absolutely impermeable and capa-
Bile of an insulation resistance of about LOCO
megohms. 1t is incombustible, and its in
ventor claims that it will stand without
either melting or burning the most powerful
high tension currents now used.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
WILKIE
z Insurance System for Foot Ball PLAYERS

A new scheme of insurance is to be tried
in the North The Yorkshire Rugby Foot
ball Union is formulating a system by
which its members, now so numerous, nlay
assure their lives for the season about to
open. All companies are naturally chary
of dealing with the rough-and-tumble de-
votees of the Rugby Union, and conse-
quently high premiums are charged. This
has reused the union to action, and the pro-
posed system will entitle the humblest
member to compensation for any damage
receryed while 'footballing"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Kissing of thu Arc.

Many people find the kissing Of the arc
light very Objectionable and various meth
ods have been suggested for its prevention.
or these one that promises good results is
the mixing of an alkah silicate with the car
bon The evaporation of this as the arc
burns forms q conducting vapor, which is
said to almost entirely prevent the usual
disagreeable noise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

ex-senator from
Ohio to a reporter
who interviewed
her a couple Of
years ego. The
dear old lady. so
kindly and afec-
tionately referred
to by her husband
at different times
during the last
Presidential CAM
paign, Is now on
her death-hed and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
High Tension Currents.

When Mr.. Ferranti first told the London
Electric Company, the owners of the Dept
ford station, that he would build mains to
carry 10000 volts of current many cleo
tricians either laughed or shook their heads.
This has now been done, and it is pleasing to
know that so successful are the Operations
at Deptford proving that the capacity of the
station is being increased to 100 GOO lamps.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Electricity in Garrison Duty.

A singular adoption Of electricity Is re-
ported from Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1t ap-
pears that the number of sentinels in the
GARRISON has been reduced to nearly one
half 1t was found that their work could be
more promptly done by electric bells. The
bells were attached to the sentry boxes and
connected with the guard rooms, SO that the
sending in of an alarm to the guard from the
gentry is Accomplished instantaneously.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Domestic Electric Pumn.

An English electrical firm is introducing
small pump, suitable to supplying house
tanks in country districts, where there il
neither sufficient fall, nor machinery FOR
pumping. 1t consists of a rotary pump.
driven by screw gearing direct from an
electric motor, which Is Influenced by q
primary battery placed in the cellar,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

enmeShed IN En-
glish law, it is all
up with him; that
if his guilt can be
proven, he will re-
ceive a salty SEN
tence and serve
it out too. This
opinion is very
nearly a correct
one, and yet there
is q man now liyS
ing in Hartford,
Conn.,, who was the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

is making to free
the late Charles
Bradlaugh's little
property from the
debt that encum-
bers 1t, for his
family's k Q.
Miss Lyall was
not related to the
f a m o us free
thinker, only a
great admirer of
him and his opin-
iope Enfbucioa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
An International Horse Raoe.

Z III uIdII buuRtG.J
There is proposal emanating from the
other side of the Atlantic that there should
be an international horse race between Eng
land, America and Australia, to be held in
the States in the year of the Chicago Ex-
hibition. The suggestion is thoroughly
American in its magnitude, for it is pro-
posed that no less than G200,000 in added
money shall be given.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
TWO NOTED WOMEN.

They Figure in the Councils OF the Wise
Men of Roumania.
1t Is relief to know that the King OF
Roumania does not intend to take the adj.
vice of his high ministers and divorce his
Queen, the talented Carmen Sylvia The
trouble was caused in the first place by the
young Prince becoming enamored by the
favoEite of the Queen, Madamoiselle
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
wiIliam Forgets His History.

The Emperor of Germany in a recent
speech complimented the soldiery of Hesse-
Cassel and intimated the hope that their
conduct would be as brave and honorable in
the future as it had been in the past.
Whatever knowledge William II. may pos
sess, it cannot be said that he is any too
well acquainted with history. Has he for
gotten the honorable" careers of the Hes
sian troops in this country during the Rev
olution? Has he eyer read any chronicle
of their 'ebrave" butchering and plunder-
ing, which made them so detestable to the
colonists? Truly an honorable" and a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

ture ea Of the two ladies, Of which f ouf artist M
has gwen slight reminiscence in outline,
is to be found in an interesting work
recently published by Messrs. Chapman and
Hall, entitled elisabeth of Roumania," by
Blanche Roosevelt. Should the King play
the King Milan act the sympathy of the
world would be with the accomplished
Oueen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
An English Magistrates Recommendation.

fdH MAI budget.j
"a hair of the dog that bit you," is an
old remedy, but one hardly expects to find
it recommended with all gravity from the
magisterial bendh. Yet to a wretched wo-
man charged before him with drunkenness
on Friday a Glasgow baillie said, "Go home
and get glass of whisky and go to bed"
This is hardly worthy of bench with ira
ditions of the immortal Nicol Jarvie.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Canada Doesn't Grow RapidIy.

The Canadian census shows that the per-
centage of increase in the population of
Canada during the last 10 years has been
less than II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Furore Over an Opera.

Perhaps the greatest musical sensation of
recent times is the new one-act opera, Cav
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.
Influence of the Old Romans Life
Partner Upon His Career.
THE GREATEST THIEF OF HISTORY.
Germanyb Aristocracy Eat Cur Pigs but
Snub Cur Travellers.
A COMPOSER AND AN AUTHORIZES
twarrTEN FOR THE p1sPArc

II am very uninteresting, quiet old
woman" said Mrs. Thurman, wife of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
English Ideas of Just,c-.

The opinion Is rather general in this
country that when an individual becomes
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Loyal to Brad1aush's Memory.

There Is something really inspiring in the
efforts Edna Lyall, the English authoress,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

for Sullivan's signature, and post any rea-
sonable amount to bind match"
Letter From Harppond,s Party
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Slavin and Sullivan.

There is not space to say much more this
week about pugilistic affairs, but it may be
of interest to say few words about the
latest phase of the Slavin and Sullivan
controversy. Of late there have been many
people who have been loud in their asser-
tions that the Australian would not meet
Sullivan. Those who may have had any
doubts on the matter can rest fully assured
that Slavin means business ana is quite
willing to meet. John L., and for very
large amount of stake money. Here is
what Slavin has to say on the matter:
''Since my return to England gentlemen on
the other side have had good deal to say
concerning myself and John L. Sullivan.
Out of compliment, presume, they waited
until l left America before venturing into
print, and with the seas dividing us have
had the argument entirely to themselves.
Still, they are welcome to their opinions,
if in turn they will come to business. I
will now say what 1 am prepared to do, and
1 hope it will meet with immediate atten-
tion. I will give John L. Sullivan choice
Of knuckles or gloves, and fight him for
$4,000 side, the "Police Gazette" belt and
championship of the world, and will toss
for choice of battle ground (Amcrica or
England). There need be no delay in the
matter, for as soon as business-like reply
is received l will at once forward articles
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