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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

the man. A member from one of the South
ern States whom / will call MIR. -, to
avoid personality, was one day in converse
ton with Moorhead at the latter's desk.
They both became somewhat excited, until
finally Mr.. - called the General liar.
serves to confirm the impression have
long had of you, that you are an unmitl-
gated blackguard; that is all 1 have to say
to you now, but when the House adjourns
! will have something more to say"
Mr.. - retired to his own side of the
chamber, and presently one of his col
leagues came over to Moorhead's seat and
said, General you and Mr.. - have had
Dome alteration, and he used an expression
that he regrets and will apologize for it if
you will give him the opportunity"
Eyes, " said Moorhead, she's got to-"
"Well," said the member, she complains
that you gave the first ofense and, under
the rules of the code, you ought to give the
opportunity for an apology"
Moorhead replied: Il know nothing
about the rules of your code. 1 have a
short code of my own. If man insults me
he must apologize or I'll club him."
The apology was made, and that pros
pective duel happily averted.
A POINTED STYLE OF oRAToRY.
General Moorhead was not a brilliant
speaker, nor much given to speaking in the
House, but possessed the faculty of saying
what he haC to say in a few strong, clear,
terse sentences, that went to the very mar
row of the question, and never failed to
convey his meaning without the possibility
of mistake. In speech in reply to one of
his colleagues who had attempted to apollo:
gize for the rebellion, and charged its
cause to the Abolitionists, Moorhead said:
fo Of he &c hr
what process the present condition of
things has been reached, but how to sup
press the rebellion; how to beat back our
rebel foes; how to save our people from
spoliaJion and slaughter; our country from
division; our Government from overthrow;
duties in whose presence every other hides
ITS diminished head. l have, Mr.. Speaker,
uniformly observed that the men who waste
their energies in discussing the past, are
least willing to meet the responsibilities of
the present, or rise to the stature which it
demands"
THE SAME IDEA IN POETRY.
How strikingly, though ignorant of it, he
had caught the idea of Prof. Lowell, and al
most his very form of expression:
New. occasion teach new duties, Time makes
ancent-gOOd uncouth,
Tney must upward still, and onward, who
would Keep abreast of truth,
10, before US CLEAN her camphres! We our
selves must pilgrims he:
Launch our Mayfowcr, and steer boldly
through the desperate wint1y sea,
Nor attempt the futures portal with the
past's blood-rusted KEY.
General Moorhead was one of the brayest
spirits that ever lived Hehad the courage
Of his convictions, and never hesitated to
give expression to them when occasion de-
nlanded, and that too in a manner that both
precluded answer and disarmed resentment.
To him may be dtly applied the lines Of |
Sct1land's bard:
Nature
Hath turned him OF a human creature
On her first plan,
Ana in her freaks, on every feature.
She wrote the man.
CLINTON LLOYD.
Copyright, 1891, By the author.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
THOUGHT IT WAS CONSUMPTION.


Mr.. WaIfred Warg Gives Brief but EN-
phatic Statement of His Trouble
"You may think am enthusiastic. Well,
I am. I do not care about newspaper
notoriety, but this is such clear case
that I think the public should know all
about it.
'I was very sick man when I went to
Drs. Copeland & Hail." continued Mr..
Warg. 'For over year I was troubled
with night sweats, swelling of the limbs,
in my chest, and when coughed the pain
was exceedingly severe. tried all sorts of
remedies and various physicians, but could
get no relief. thought had consumption,
and despaired of ever getting well.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

A SO display of mems new fall suits is
what we announce for Monday. The cream
Of the new patterns. The best $40 men s
suits in America. That's saying a good
deal, but we mean it. Cassimeres, cheviots,
worsteds plain and fancy), tweeds, hair
lines and diagonals in the selection. Over
1000 suits, containing more than 500 differ
ent'styles, in sacks, cutaways and straight
cuts, to choose from at $40 each
P. c. c. c., Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond
streets
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
Every Man in the Riverside Peniten-
tiary Can Be Identified Easily
and Certainly.
A VERY REMARKABLE SYSTEM.
1t Might Be Adopted Advantageously to
Make Up the Records in Big
Family Bibles,
ONE CASES OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Details Of the Measurement Of Each Prisoner When
he Arrives for His Term.
Ewn1rrES FOR THE DISPATCH. ]

HE = man = who =
looks-like-me may
not be such an an
noying parsonage in
the future. Science
has placed q curious
system Of defence
within my reach. It
will be no longer
possible for him to
be met at distant
railroad stations by
my pretty country
cousins and receive
their kisses in my
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

Lenoth of Hnoer. who have small
heads are classed in one group, large heads
another, large forearms one group, small
forearms still another. A collection OF
these groups forms volume, and by the in
dex the official knows just about where to
turn on the spur of the moment
Suppose even that the man in question is
sailing under an assumed name, the meas
urement of his head will determine at once
in which of the main divisions his real
name and photograph may be found. The
length of his middle finger, of his foot, or
forearm, etc., will enable you to arrive ex-
actly at the place where his photograph and
detailed description have been filed, if at
all. Figures do not lie. In 1888, 49 indi-
viduals were by this method exclusively
recognized as habitual criminals after all
other means of Identification had failed.
This was at the Prefecture of Police in
Paris.
NO OCCASION FOR A TEST YET
In the same city up to 1885, 500 had been
positively identified. Since the system has
been in vogue at Allegheny there has been
no escape, and consequently no occasion to
test the accuracy of the system. But there
is not one of the 900 persons who have
been within those walls since those five
books were commenced who has not gotten
his physical dimensions down in pen and
ink so completely that he shudders to think
of it.
This system of measurement shows some
curious facts. People with small bodies are
not always small proportioned, some fire.
quently having large feet, and large people
often have small ears, small fingers, etc.
No confusion exists in the collection of
photographs kept on file at the penitentiary.
The ''rogue's gallery" here is made by one
of the convicts, who is a most artistic
photographer. The directors of the peni-
tentiary have supplied him with fine
camera and well-equipped darkroom.
The photographs accompanying this article
were made by this prisoner, who regards it
as favor to be permitted to accommodate
visitors. incidentally, this man has taken
some splendid scenic views from the windows
of the penitentiary, which form one of the
finest collections of work the writer has
ever seen.
NO CAUSE FOR MISTAKES.
No two persons in 100, 900 could so closely
duplicate each other as to measure exactly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

Mr.. Jacob Conner, a German Baptist min
lister at Royer's Ford, Montgomery county,
Pa, says: I have used Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for
diarrhea, collie and cramp in the stomach.
I have never used any medicine with better
one Of the best ever used in our family.
WSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

been highly gratifying. My cough has lefs
not bother me, and feel like new man
all around. The doctors did their work in
as short time as possible to accomplish a
good result, and did not keep me treating
month after month when it was not neces-
sary."
Mr.. Walfred Warg is a well known mill
worker, residing at Ninth and WineberSer
streets, Southside, where he can be seen in
relation to the above statement.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
Deserves All Praise.

It is very fattering to the Iron City
Brewing Company to hear people say SO
many pleasant things about Pilsner beer
But then the beverage deserves all manner
OF praise. Nothing like it for purity and
other desirable qualities is known. Order
some by telephone 11S6 and test Pilsner.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
A VERY RARE BOOK.
The Second Edition of the Geneva
Bible Printed in 1859.
IT IS NOW AT BELMONT, OH
Fac Smiles of Title Pages Of the New
Testament and Psalter.
VERSIONS OF THE LORDS PRAYER
WRITTEN FOR THE prspArcH.l ]

A very interesting Bible is in the possess
sion of G. Dillon, Esq, of Belmont, o. 1t
has been an heir loom in the family for
more than 200 years, having been brought
to this country by James Yates remote
ancestor, and a member of the colony esta b.
lished by William Penn in 1852. The late
DR.. Hunter used this Bible while writing
his commentary on the Proverbs, and in
his introduction thus speaks of it:
'The Geneva Bible is one of the earliest
English translations. The copy now in
our possession, by the favor of friend (the
writer), has these words on the title page:
AT Geneva Printed by Iohn Crespin'-
no date. The Psalter, bound up in the
same volume, which, however, seems to be
on different and fresher looking paper, has
this: AT Geneva. Printed by Iohn Cres-
pin NJ. D.LXIX."
He is mistaken, however, with regard to
the Psalter being on different paper. If it
looks different and fresher," it is because
it did not get so thoroughly saturated with
water in a flood in which the Bible was
immersed in 1917. The Doctor was not aware
of this fact
He stated that in number of passages
the translators have given different turn
to the Hebrew from anything he had found
in any other translation. He refers to it in
several of his notes and quotes it with ap-
provaL
Below will be found an almost exact
copy of the title page of the Psalter and an
exact reproduction of the orthography fol-
lowed by the first verse of the first Psalm,
with the music to which it is set. A metrical
version of the Lords Prayer, with the notes
to which it was sung or chanted, also accom-
crude music of the days of Queen Elizabeth
and William Shakespeare show what vast
improvement has been made in musical
science during the last 300 years.
COPY OF THE TITLE PAGE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

WIZ CthAAN AZ hA4
parts of the
b o d y included
in the Bartillon
method. Men
very frequently
will have exact
ly the same
width or length
of head, but
would differ in
some of the
other particu-
lars, such as the
little finger,
forearm and
ear. Even sup
nocinotma Nor
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

the lie t te r 3D."
Then you would
run your finger
down and through
the pages until
you came to the
W or DIS beginning
"da," /" then to
"dan," then to
"dang, 3" and so on.
In exactly the
same way does
Mr.. Ray find the
description, of this
man in his books.
The prisoners in
the insti tuition t
uho have small
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

LetyH " LTuh women are so rep-
istered and described that no matter how
marvelously ly any two of them may resemble
one another, they could be rightly dis
tinguished by the officers, despite the fail
ure of their own kin to know them apart.
1t was while witnessing the remarkable
detail of this system that the thought
struck me what satisfactory state of affairs
would ensue if this same method, or some
modification of it, could be generally
adopted; Let a family, for instance, keep
just such record of its members.
The Bartillon system, as it is called, is
rather new in the United States. 1t was
introduced among our prisons by Mai. r.
w; McClaughrey, the gentleman who was
to have succeeded Hon. Henry Warner as
Superintendent of the Allegheny County
Workhouse, but who, instead, accepted the
head Of the Chicago police department.
WHY ORDINARY DESCRIPTIONS FAIL.
The penitentiary in Allegheny was one of
the first to try it, and up to the present
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

No old goods in stock. All our designs
are of the latest artistic makes and at very
low figures. Our terms being cash, you are
the gamer. Before purchasing elsewhere
call and see u.s.
MICHIGAN FURNITURE Co.,
437 Smithfeld street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
Won't Be Long Away,

am just going down to Kennedy's for din.
ner. Best place I've found Prompt serv-
ice. Everything clean and inviting No. 2
Sixth street.
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t h o r o u G hly
"written up" 900
convicts that it
is hard to under
stand how any,
one of them may
ever escape the
brand of infamy
thus laid up
against him or
her, SO complete
is it. The origi-
nator of the sys-
tenn, Mons. Bar
tillon, of France,
explained it in
1881 as ga meth
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
A Minister'S Oninion.

DID you hear the bell? Get one of
Smiley's new fall hats.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
ALL the fall style hats at Smiley's.

BADGES for lodges and societies at Nc
Mahon Bros & Adams. 81 Fourth avenue.
su
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
Length Of Reach.

1881 as "a meth Length of Reach.
cd of describing persons and identifying
individuals, vastly superior to the old one
with its vague indications of a persons
height, color of his hair and eyes, his COM
plexion, size and form of nose, chin, fore
head, ETC."
From personal measurements and obser-
vations made in Paris with 10000 subjects.
Mons. Bartillon states that among 100 per-
sons of the same height. thus observed, 81
had what is commonly called ''brown" hair;
10 had blonde hair; 81 had black
hair, and O.S Cor 8 in every
1,oOO) had red hair. A person with brown
hair, therefore, has no distinction from nine
tenths of the total population. In other
words, in nine out of every ten tines de-
scription of the color of the hair would be
useless, or nearly so. For this reason the
color of the hair has characteristic de-
scriptiye power only with the blonde, black
or red-headed.
DESCRIPTIONS OF FEATURES.
As every policeman or undertaken In
Pittsburg knows, this irregularity of repar-
tition is more striking in relation to the
epithets '1ong, - ''large," medium"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
Early Fall Styles I'm Mems Suits.

GET in line at Smiley's opening of fine
hats
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
'eWhat did you do about it?"

"What did you do about it?"
''What everyone else does, I suppose
tried all sorts of remedies, but to no avail
My trouble seemed to be incurable 1t af-
fected my voice my hearing and my sight.
My voice had peculiar nasal twang which
I could see was getting more and more pro-
nounced. 1 had pains in my chest and
about my heart. 1 lost flesh and appetite.
My sleep did not refresh me.
'Some time ago went to Drs. Copeland
and Hall. They examined me and found
that the nasal passages were completely
stopped up with polypii-little tumors re-
sulting from the irritating progress of cat
arrh- They removed thirty polYpii from my
nose, and did it without hurting me, too.
Once more could breathe freely through
my nose, and you can't begin to imagine
what relief it was.'
"Was that alp"
mo, they placed me under regular and
systematic treatment for my catarrh. Soon
all the symptoms had passed away, and am
now well and strong"
Mr.. John Boden is, as stated, connected
with the city water works He can be seen
at any time at the City Hall concerning his
statement lnyl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
THE SYSTEM Is PERFECT.

IF you wanted to find the word "danger"
in the dictionary YOU would first look for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
WHY ORDINARY DESCRIPTIONS FAD

The penitentiary in Allegheny was one of
the first to try it, and up to the present
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

And, yet, moles, scars and birth-marks |
may not always be absolute evidence, if a re-
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

as | do not consider it an objectionable
sin. | proposed not saying a word
But in answer to d former question
from Mr.. Field | have to say our
pipes are laid in the built up portions of
the city. We have about 80 miles of pipe.
We have extended them to remote places
which will not repay us for the next five
Church at cost Of 5000 That will not
repay us for 10 years, The story of Mr..
Addicks dealings with the Wilmington
Coal Gas Company is as follows:
He prolfered a consolidation. He tele-
graphed us to meet him. He spoke openly,
making plain business proposition. He
thought the contest between the two COM
panies ought to stop.
1T is no use iighting,h he added.
" All we want is TO be let alone, y was the
reply. I'VE are restricted according to
our charter. We expect in turn to get the
price down to 81.
ooh " MIR. Addicks replied, "You are
selling gas altogether too low in Whining
ton"
II would like to buy you out" he con
tinued.
We listened to his proposition which
was as follows: lie would capitalize il at
one stroke from $iO0,O0O tits actual value)
to 81 20O,OOO, watering Of SS00000. of
this $500, 600 would be stock, and 100000
in bonds.
"Well, Mr.. Addicks," the next question
was, how. are you going to arrange or
distribute it ?'
He offered each stakeholder his present
stock. This would account for about
100000. That is, individual holders would
exchange their 800 shares of gas stock for
similar shares of 0xy-Hydrogen stock and
500 shares in Oxy-Hydrogen bonds
THAT would account for SS0O.O0O," was
the comment, to which was added "What
will you do with the other SlOO O0002n
"Oh, that is mine, Mr. Addicks replied
The next question was "How, Mr.. Ad-
dicks, will you provide for dividends on
"l would make it yield revenue" was
the quick reply "by putting up the price
OF gas. You are manufacturing it altogether
too low here"
"Mr. Addicks," l replied, 81 am not
your man
Il shall be menace to you" he replied,
"as long as your company exists"
That was six weeks or two months ago.
"Ihis IS the practice of gas company
wreckers" Mr.. Capelle continued, "all over
the country Were not stockholder in
the Wilmington gas company, | would
fight Addicks to the death. There are cit
lzens here, and Mr.. Carpenter is one of
them, who were opposed at first to the
position take.n
Mr.. Clerk explained that he was the
mover Of the original Addicks motion,
but did it purely for the purpose Of accom-
plishing the ends gained last night.
Dr. Wales endorsed the points of DIR.
Bushs motion bearing upon sanitary facts.
The question was then put. All the
members but one rose in affirmation on
the Bush substitute. Mr.. Field was the
only one in the negative, but he explained
that what he had asked to be done be
accomplished clearly under the authority
of the Street and Sewer Department and
subject to the directors in every detail.
substitute carried, when the meeting ad-
iourned.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

port, and the supplying of men, guns and
ammunition to her by British vessels.
As the Itata had been seized by the
United States at San Diego she was techni-
cally United States property until dis
man-of-war or to coniiscation if she ever
enters United States port. So far as is
known there is no charge of piracy against
either the ltata or the Robert and Minnie.
They are charged with violation of the
neutrality laws, which forbid the fitting
out in the United States of vessels to wal
upon a country with which the United
States is at peace. Incidentally the legal
determination of the force of this charge
involves the question rs to whether the
Chilian insurgents are to be recognized by
the United States as belligerents, and to the
settlement of this question the state de-
rartment officials are already applying
themselves
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14
TRUSTEES OF THE INSANE.


The Quarterly Contracts Awarded--The
Financial Report for Three Months.
The quarterly meeting of the trustees of
the State Insane Hospital was held on
Thursday.
The contracts were awarded as follows:
Bread, to John q. Knause, at 3 cents per
pound; beef, fore quarters, and cents,
hind quarters, 5 and cents and shins,
cent per pound to Wells Brothers; mutton
and veal at 81 cents per pound, to John NJ.
Hopkins; salt meats, ham, II cents,
shoulder, u cents, loin of pork IL cents,
lard. 8 cents per pound, and pork, $l5 per
barrel, to Hart & Brother; shoes, mems, Sc
cents, women's, 90 cents, slippers, mems,
~ cents, and women's, 20 cents to 5, M.
Reynolds of Middletown; butter, Middle
town creamery, 25 cents per pound; ice, q.
S. Clealand, SO per ton; coal, George w
Bush, broken, Sis egg, S4.lS, nut, 1898;
groceries, to w. Il. Frank; dry goods w.
=. Sharp Il Co.; clothing and hats, S. NJ.
Reynolds.
The following bills on the recommended
tion OF the finance committee were ordered
paid;
Wells Brothers, beef, s35S.3i John A. Hop
kins, mutton aud veal. fil2. 46; Hart Brothers,
salt meats, sl0T.2s; John G. Knause, bread,
siaS;Ji; Middlctown croamery butter, Si3.i,; X.
McIarlin, milk, s13l IS; j. w. Barnaby, vege-
tables, a26.39 John Davis, potatoes, s3S 39 W.
h Frank, groceries, t11..ds: s NJ lie nolds,
clotnlnR' sOl l.fO; y. ", DanfOrtn, drugs, i1l.11,
trustees horse keep, gasolene, &C., S25T.33;
Speaknan Supply and Pipe Co.. S9I.B6; Lobdell
Car Whell o., S3g.35: j. X. Hudson & Co., lard
oil, S21; James Bradford Co., paints. s6.76;
Duncan Brothers, hardware, s5L24: Capelle
Hardware Co., sl2.73; James G. Dillon, tables,
fl2 News Publishing Co, $780, payroll for
April, SOL ll.37; total, Si,5lS.32.
The committee reported the superin-
tendent's receipts from board of patients
Sls3.7l, and expenditures for supplies
Sl424O.
The award of contracts for furnishing
iron fire escapes for the building was post
poned to Friday, May 2lst.
Trustee Lewis Thompson handed in his
resignation. That gentleman's action i'm
medately produced emphatic remon-
STRANGE from his fellow members. Chair
man Black expressed the feelings of the
trustees and earnestly requested Mr..
Thompson to withdraw the letter Mr..
Thompson was anxious that younger
man be appointed. Ultimately he acceded
to the unanimous request of the board and
consented to act for the present.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14
Berries KILLED by the Frost.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
CATION yesterday in regard to the condition
of Strawberries and othersmall fruits, your
correspondent finds more damage has been
done in this immediate vicinity than was
thought yesterday morning. b. +. Il.
Woodall, an authority on small fruits and
a gentleman who is we'll posted in the cul-
ture of the same, said in an interview yes
nation of his fruits he found fully two
thirds of his Strawberries dead, or so near
1t that they could not survive. Mr.. Charles
Barker found upon hurried examination
that great many of his berries We're
killed, not only the Strawberries but rasp-
berries and blackberrics as we'll He had
not made very careful examination. but
feared that more of them were dead than
the people in general thought.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-14

Frederick Childs, Ia years of age, son of
P. NJ. Childs, well-known resident of
Rising Sun. Md, was run over and almost
Baltimore Central railroad on Thursday at
Rising Sun. Childs, in company with
some boys, attempted to board the train
while it was backing out of siding ON the
main track, and, missing the steps Of a
car, he fell beneath the wheels. The train
passed over his body. His left arm was
entirely severed from his body and was
badly mangled. He lived but a few
minutes after being found.