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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
CANADA'S BOODLERs.

THE Canadian boodlers are coming to the
United States. Is this reciprocity2-
Times.
UNCLE THOMAS MCGREEvY regards the
Ottawa atmosphere as decidedly too warm
for him.-London Aduertiser
CANADA turns up with the exposure of
another first class boodler. She can't come
into the Union.-N Y Recorder.
THE discovery of widespread boodling
among Canadian public men tardily ex-
plains the unwillingness of Canada to nego-
tiate an eXtradition treaty with the United
States that will cover Soffenses of that class.
Chicago Times.
Mr.. MERCER may have been an apt pupil,
but he was not the chief offender, nor is he
the ather of the system. The methods by
which Sir John Macdonald ruled for the
last period of his long official career were
utterly base and corrupt.-Toro'lto Globe.
THE Mercier Government was perfect
nest of corruption, and the money of the
people was being stolen right and left to
provide private means for grit ministers of
the crown, and to help pay the election ex-
penses of the Dominion opposition.-Toronto
Empire. -
"HE revelations at Ottawa will have one
good effect. They will take the Government
contracting out of the hands of contractors
who have shown that they do not scruple to
corrupt men when they have found that it
would be to their advantage to do SOTO
ronto NelDs.
PREMIER MERCER is in danger of dismissal,
it is said, by Lieutenant Governor Anglers, of
Quebec. That is mild punishment He
should be in imminent danger of going to the
penitentiary. The acceptance of "testi-
monials' is nothing else.but the acceptance
of n bribe.-Mi.,ooMtec Ne,rs.
The infaipy of our public men is now the
talk OF two continents. The infamy of the
politicians will become that of the people
unless they rise up and assert their virtue
Until they punish the guilty the revelations
ut Ottawa and Quebec will be the country's
shame Woodsfock Sentinel.
MORALITY and politics have been so sun
dered in public life that IL has been taken
for granted that the one has nothing 10 do
with the other. But the outgush Of vennlity
that Is oyerfiowing tho country with all tho
force Cf a volcanic eruption has at last
aroused the public, aud a loud CRY " going
up ON all sides Tor thc most thorough purg.
ing Of our political liie. Toronto 7eegraR
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
Invention of the Typewriter.

To the Editor of The Dispatch.
When was the typewriter invented?
PTTTsBURG, August 23 B.
1T was invented as long as 1714 by one
Henry Mills, who in that year obtained
patent in this country for q device that
"wouid write printed characters one at a
time, or one after the other" There Is no
description of this device to be had now, but
there is no doubt that Mills invention was
the parent of the present typewriters. In
1888 French patent was granted to Monsieur
Progrin (Xavier), of Marseilles, for type
writer, which he called a topographic ma
chine. The account of the machine is some
what obscure, but enough is given to show
that it was an operative one, by which type
writing could be fairly we'll executed. NJ
Foucalt sent to the Paris Exhibition in 1855
writing machine for the blind, and several
typewriters we're invented by Wheatstone
After successive improvements, Messrs
Remington, in America, in 1873 contracted
to construct 25,000.1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

A malicious maid, who had to leave the
service of the Princess Frederick Charles of
Prussia against her will, has been telling in
the most plausible way in the Irish Times
the means which her Royal Highness adopts
to maintain slim waist despite her advanc-
ing years. According to this authority the
process is as follows: When her Royal
Highness has almost finished her toilet the
services of two sturdy maids with remark
ably long hands are requisitioned. These
servitors press the sides and front of the
corset while the mistress of the robes pulls
the lace with all her might and is not al
lowed to relax her efforts until the Princess,
by a little gasp, indicates that the pressure
has become almost unbearable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

Most OF the good results of the Mckinley
tariff are conspicuous, and the ben
efts derived from it are felt and recog-
nized directly by the people at large.
Here and there, however, an industry is
taking on new life, thanks TO adequate
protection under the new law without
attracting much attention Take for
instance the manufacture of macaroni-an
industry of far greater proportions than
most people imagine, as smay .be judged
when it is stated that some fifty or sixty
million pounds of macaroni are consumed
yearly in this country. To supply this
demand until August, 1890, sixty factories
were kept busy. Since then, under the
encouraging effect of the Mckinley law,
the number of factories has increased to
seventy-five, several large factories hav-
ing been recently built
According to the Economist the output
in all the factories has increased, and they
are working full time Several have added
new presses and other machinery to their
new plant, increasing their production
The factories will average II barrels of
-four daily, making macaroni, vermicelli
and fancy or cut paste Seventy five fac
tories using II barrels of flour per day
consume in one year 10000 barrels, pro-
duciug $4,000, 900 pounds of manufactured
goods The importation last year was over
10000, 900 pounds, the greater part of which
was Of low grade. Now it is less than half
what it was, and all of the best quality.
1t is worth remarking, also, that the
price of macaroni has not advanced since
the imposition of the duty, and competi-
ton among American manufacturers is
likely to reduce it. This is only an ex-
ample of the constructive and protective
influence OF the Mckinley tariff upon our
native industries
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
A Mortar Board.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Why are college caps called 'tmortar
boartls?" OPIE.
MoKEEsPoRT, August %.
1.-THE source from which the term mortar
board' is derived originated in this way:
The French word mortier was the name of q
cap which, in former days, was worn by the
Kings of France, and in later times by the
Chief Justice of that country. As the caps
worn by collegians and many schoolboys
has a square board affixed to the top of it,
mortier and board became "mortier board" !"
and this name in its turn became corrupted
into the "mortar board" by which appella-
tion the cap is now generally known. There
is popular idea that the term is derived
from the resemblance of the square board to
the board used by masons to hold mortar
for plastering.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
A Dog That Was Not Phased.

Chicago HeraId,I
A funny incident occurred while some
blasting operations were in progress lately
at Hull, Quebec. An unusually heavy
charge was about to be fired, and everybody
had been warned away. A little dog imme
diately logged over to the edge of the pit
where the explosion was about to take place.
The canine stood wagging its tail, the on
lockers at q distance, of course, thinking it
was indulging in q final bark. With a loud
report the rock below was rent asunder, the
men ran over, and to their astonishment
found the little dog uninjured and barking
with all its might at the noise in the middle
of a cloud of smoke.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
A MOUNTAIN OF NEARLY PURE IRON.
1t Is of the Best Quality and Practically In
exhaustible,

. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.-By building Is
miles of track in Nevada the railroad men,
who have controlled that State only to
squeeze every dollar out of it and choke its
resources to the last gasp, could furnish to
all the iron furnaces in the United States all
the'iron they could use at the mere cost of
transportation and % cents a ton for mining.
Thirteen miles from the Central Pacific line
there is mountain of ore that is 99 per cent
pure iron, and it can be run into pig iron in
any ordinary furnace.
Some of the ore has been smelted in the
railroad shops at Sacramento and found to
be of the best quality of iron. According to
the Winne1nucca SilUer State, the quantity Is
so great that the assessment work necessary
to hold the number of claims that might be
located on the mountain would produce
enough iron to build half a dozen railways
from San Francisco to New York. But moth
ing is being done to develop mines on the
mountain. and there are no indications that
the railroad people will do anything to in
crease the business or value of that part of
their line which runs through Nevada and
upon which the Government holds claims
that are payable out of the net earnings.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
Obituary Notes.

Hon. p. NJ. ADAMS, President pro tenn. of the
Ohio Senate, died at Tifin Saturday night. aged Il
years.
REV. DENIS O'KANE, of st. Thomas Catholic
Church, Charles county, Nd, and connected with
the Society of Jesus, died there Friday night, aged
81 years.
H. +. BINGHAM n wel-kuown lawyer of Port
land Ore, while fishing on clf of rocks at tho
beach Friday fell into the winter, was carried out
TO sea by n hugh wave. and drowned.
JOHN X. BoIEs, one OF the most prominent Re-
publican politicians Ia Michigan, died last night nt
Hudson, that state, Of nervous prostration. He
was brother of Governor Boies, OF Iowa.
EDWARD v, JENKINS, ut one time a well-known
business man OF Baltimore. Nd, and member of
tho arm of Edward jenkins a son. died NJ his home
IN Long 0rrcn saturday morning nom complica-
ton OF dlscaaes, lie was " yeaIs q aEe, Mr.,
~ lcaves wifs snd one daughter, Mrs. Harry
LILY, VI Adams county, Ia.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
Lion Tanners and Their Work.


Lion tanners are said to have great fascina-
ton for their work. A Frenchman named
Bidel, who was nearly killed by a lion four
years ago, declared that he would perform
no more, but the recent arrival at Neuilly of
lion of extraordinary size and ferocity
proved too much for his resolution. A large
and fashionable audience assembled to see
him beard this brute in his den. He not
only entered the cage, but threw away his
whip and fork, threatening the lion with his
bare hands. He succeeded in effecting his
retreat in safety, amid the applause of the
multitude, and is now described as hero
instead of q colossal fool.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

The weather is unfavorable to spiritual
ism. That or something else. Mrs Matti.
son, the Buffalo medium, made second at
tempt yesterday to project her spirit through
space and diagnose the case of an invalid in
Pittsburg, and failed, as may be observed in
our news columns, with painful complete
ness. The difference between a lame boy
under opiates, and one with typhoid fever is
conspicuous. This time the medium had
additional data in advance, but her failure
could hardly have been more positive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

THE strain was too great Last Sunday
The DISPATCH noted with pride that wave
of morality had swept over Pittsburg and
given to her policemen, jailers and magis
trates holiday. week passed and 10!
yesterday speak-easies and other resorts OF
the wicked were raided and gave up two
score wretched victims to the law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
Manager Israel FIeischman.

Israel Fleischman, lessee and manager of
the Walnut Street Theater and owner of the Park
Theater died at his residence in Philadelphia Sat-
urday morning from Bright's disease of the kid
neys. Mr.. Fleischman had been sick for the past
year, but 1t was only within the last month that
his illness took 4 serious turn He was the lessee
of the Walnut Street Theater for the past nine
years. Two years ago he erected the Park Thea
ter. He was born in Baltimore in 1872 and had
been identified with the stage for many years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

1T is not altogether fair that Major Nc
Kinley should have to do all the talking in
the Ohio campaign, but it looks Ms II the
Democrats mean to insist upon his supply
ing the larger share OF the oratory. This Is
generous, but hardly good politics., when
such a remarkable speaker as Mckinley Is
involved.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

BUILDINGS that collapse as if composed
of playing cards ought not to be found in
any American city where life is held to be
more valuable than any mans income.
Perhaps the boiler did explode beneath that
New York store, but that need not have in
rolrcd four five-story structures in ruin as
awful as an earthquake could have caused.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
DIR, George HinckIey Lyman.

Dr. George Hinckley Lyman, for many
years prominent physician of Boston, died in
London on the 18th inst, DIR. Lyman born in
Northampton ~ years ago. Al the outbreak of the
war he was appointed one of the medical commits
sion appointed by the Governor to pass upon the
qualifications of those seeking places as surgeons,
and later became Medical Inspector of the United
States Army, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

THE astronomers have discovered snow on
the moon, and hence argue the existence of
an atmosphere, just as surely as the finding
of an ice-cream parlor would indicate the
proximity of lunar girl.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
Hon. Elias III. Williams.
Judge Elias H. Williams, one of the m

UUUBe EIIaS II. w IIIIdIIISJ UIt UI IIIe HIUSJ
prominent men in Clayton county, Ia, died Satur-
day at his home at Grand Meadow township, near
Postville, at the age of II years. Mr. Williams
settled in Clayton county in 1858, and was for
eral years District Judge and for short time Su-
prene Judge. He spent many years In the con-
structon of railroads, but of late years had been
managing his ., 0O0-acre farm He was born in
Connecticut and was Il graduate of Yale College.
His wife is sister of Ex-Governor William LARA
bee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

sent it by direction OF the postmaster as an
ordinary unregistered letter. The letter
was lost and the postmaster and clerk were
both held liable. The burden of proof, how
ever, was placed with the injnred.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
Grants Majority Over Greeley.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Was Grants majority over Greeley in
Pennsylvania more than 125, 900 in 1872
PITrsBURG, August %. QUERY.
[Grant received 1859 votes and Greeley
211,96l; therefore Grant had a majority Of
1877 72S yOtes1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
Can't Answer His Arguments.

Major Mckinley propones 20 mako one
speech per day up 10 tlts time OF tho election
aud NIL his arguments will 10 unanswered,
because the Democrats have mo- IMAM who IL
capable OF answering them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24
showing how unfortunate it is that his first
crime did not call for hanging as penalty.

IT was not very warm yesterday, except
for the unrighteous who were brought for
cooling to Central station.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

AIR ships are multiplying. So are fools.
And the two are more often associated than
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

WITH bated breath the resuscitated ball
cranls begin to moot the possibility of the
Pittsburg teams climbing above Brooklyn
in the League race.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

THE sky yesterday was gray and glum
enough for fast-day in Lent but not what
we expect for a festival in August.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

THE discovery that the New Hampshire
murderer Almy 10 Rlso an escaped convict II
not particularly Interesting, except 40
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

SKIES like yesterdays remind US sum-
mer's flying from us fast; soon will holidays
behind us, make us hunger for the past
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-24

QUEEN VICTORIA is learning new court
illness. Her diplomacy in giving her French
guests even warmer welcome than her
German nephew is undeniably astute.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-31
An Unexpected Solution.

At Sunday-school service a clergy
man was explainin e to number OF
smart little urchins the necessity OF
Christian profession in order proper
ly to enjoy the blessings of Providence
in this world, and to make it appar-
ent to the youthful mind he said
"For instance, | want to introduce
water into my house. | turn it on.
The pipes and every convenience are
in good order, but l get no water.
Can any one tell me why l don't get
water?"
He expected the children to see that
it was because he had not made a
connection with the main in the street.
The boys looked perplexed. They
could not see why the water s hOuld
refuse to run into Ills premises after
such faultless plumbing.
Can no one tell me what | have
neglected." reiterated the good man,
looking at the many wondering faces
I bowed down by the weight ofthe prob
lem.
II know" squeaked q little five
yearold. "You don't pay up!"
Prof, Nothnagel, the Austrian court physi-
clan, traces the grip back to the ninth
century, and says it reGurs with varying
intensity for three or four years, and then
dies out for 20 or more years As to
remedies for 1t, DIR. Nothnagel seems to be
sure only Of one thing, and that is that
antipyrine should not be re sorted to.
Miss Mitchell, daughter Ex-senator Mitch
ell, of Oregon, says that her marriage to
the Due de Ia Rochecoucald will take place
in February.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-31
CULTURE OF CLOVES.

Something About the Planting,
Growth and Harvesting of Cloves.
Sultan Seyed Said bin Sultan in
! $50 introduced the Glove tree into
Zanzibar, since which time it's cult
walton has formed the chief occupa-
ton OF the Apab planters in that part
of the world, especially those residing
on the Island OF Pemba.
Every portion OF the tree is aroma
tic, but it is the bud which forms the
Glove of commerce. The choicest are
OF dark brown hue, free from mois-
ture and with full, perfect heads. The
cultivation OF this important article
OF domestic economy is very interest
ing.
The seeds are planted in long
trenches and Kept well supplied with
water for forty days, when the sprouts
appear above the surface. These are
carefully watered for two years at the
end OF which time they usually attain
q height of three feet. Then trans
planting takes place, the shoots being
set out at DISTANCES Of thirty feet
apart and watered until we'll rooted
After this occurs the trees require lit
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-31
Tobacco In History.

At least once in history, the "devil's
weed" MS James Of England called to-
bacco, played an important part in &
political movement. When the revo-
luton of 1848 came on the Austrian
Government enjoyed a monopoly OF
the manufacture ard sale Of tobacco
in those parts OF Italy under its con-
troll. The Liberals, resented the
tyranny of the Austrians and dislk-
ing to see SO large q revenue pouring
into the Austrian Treasury from the
sale of cigars and smoking tobacco,
left off smoking, a patriotic method OF
resenting the Austrian domination.
The Austrian Government there
upon supplied its troops with cigars,
and the men of the garrisons went
about the streets of Italian towns
putting smoke INTO the faces of the
non-smoking Italians. The insult was
warmly resented. The Milanese rose
in rebellion and expelled the Austri-
ans. Venice did the same, and thus
was the revolution begun which end
ed in the loss to Austria Of all the Ital-
ian possessions.-G Democrat.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-31

tie at ention, but are kept free from
weeds and the earth about them is
worked over from time to time.
They do not bear until five or six
years old, when the buds are fully
formed into clusters and assume II
dull reddish hue. The harvesting now
begins and continues at intervals for
six months, as the buds do not all
mature at the same time. AS the
limbs oil the trees are very brittle they
do not bear the weight of a man, and
the cloves on the upper branches are
gathered by means of very peculiar
looking four-sided ladders. 1mmedi-
ately upon being taken from the trees
the buds are laid out in the sun. where
in a short time they assume u brown
ish color, when they are placed in
store-houses and are ready for ship
mcnt. The usual yield of q 1O-year-
old plantation is twenty pounds per
tree.-Detroit Free Press.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-12-31
An English Journals Opinion
of WASHINGTON.

The mention otanything American
generally has the same effect on the
London Saturday Review as is pro-
duced on O. mad bull by shaking a
red rag in it's face. The Review has
recently stumbled on two books just
issues from the press in this country
Henry Cabot Lodges George
Washington" and Prof. John Fiske's
Critical Berfod OF American History,
17S3-17S9"-and launches forthwith
into scathing review thereof, begin
ming in the following exhilarating
fashion:
"These books are a part-a small
and not the worst part-of the stipend
Gus mass of writing produced, and in
course of production, about the brief,
and not particularly interesting, his,
tory of the United States of America.
Mr.. Lodge may, perhaps, take this
description as one more example OF
what he calls in his "Life of Washing
ton" the stupid arrogance of the
Englishmen. But we really cannot
help it that American history is dull,
consisting for the most part of easy
victories won by rather common
place men, and followed by intensely
commonplace prosperity. Mr.. Lodge
is very angry with the Englishmen
of those days, who said, rudely
enough. that the Yankees were COW
ards. But, after all, what had the
colonists done in the struggle with
France to make Englishmen respect
their fighting power? Little, indeed.
The brilliant things, such as the ex-
petition to Quebec, were the work
OF English generals and troops aided
by the colonists. We find the
same disparity between the claims
made for Washington and the evil
dence produced all through Mr..
Lodges book. He is continually
talking Of his hero's faculty as a
general and superiority to the stupid
English, and yet when it came to
actual fighting, Lord Howe-no
genius, certainly-beat him through
and through. If the English, then,
were so stupid, what was Washing,
ton? We do not say he was stupid,
being rich enough not to grudge an
enemy his praise, and knowing that
after all he won. What we do say is
that he was good man enough to win
against very indifferentgeneral com
manding very insufficient armies
This is creditable as far as it goes
but it hardly classes a man with MARI
borough or Gustavus Adolphus. AT
Yorktown Washington had the hclI
OF French allies, OF an overwhelming
superiority of numbers, and of &
long course of luck. OF course, al
absolute fool might have thrown
these chances away. Washington
did not, and therefore was not al
absolute fool; but is it SO very great
to win the trick when you hold al
the trumps, and your opponent is 1
very average player?'