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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12
RAILROADS AND POLITICIANS.

The tendency to attack corporations un-
reasonably was illustrated in the House
the other day by fight over the PROPOSE
ton that the compensation paid to railroads
for carrying the mails should not exceed
limit of one-half the amounts paid by
private parties for similar services. The
proposition was not founded on good
sense The Government can afford to pay
the prices fixed for all interests for legiti-
mate services; and if the railroads charge
excessive rates for this class of transpor-
tation, there is no public remedy in an ar
bitrarily cutting down the rate paid by
the Government and leaving the people at
large to suffer by the imposition.
But the most remarkable feature in con-
nection with the affair was the outcry
raised by corporations like the New York
Tribune and New York Post. The former
calls it an attempted confscation of pri-
vate property, while the latter devotes
long article to the political hostility to
railroads" The amount of confiscation
and hostility actually developed is
demonstrated by the fact that
the proposition was voted down
by the very decided preponderance of 1O4
nays to 81 ayes. When we review the
connection of railroads with politicians the
same absence of any destructive hostility
is to be perceived. The outcry of corpo-
ration organs about "confiscation" is to be
estimated in its true light by brace of
facts. There never has been case of
confiscation of railroad property by legis-
lation. There have been numerous cases
of confscation of private property by the
manipulation of railroad rates again st the
disfavored shipper.
This may seem to partially explain the
feeling OF hostility to railroads which our
corporation cotemporaries regard as so
wanton. Another fact may seem to throw
more light on it. There is no hostility
anywhere to transporters by water
whether on rivers, lakes or ocean. There
is no hostility to drygood merchants, gro
GERS or legitimate merchandizers of any
class. Perhaps, if railroad rates were as
clearly governed by the great and ulti-
mate measure of what the service rem
dered is worth, the hostility so much rep
reheDded would have no basis to stand on.
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WIDENING OUR MARKETS.

The progress which has been made in
the work of introducing Indian corn in
Europe shows what can be done by intel
ligent and organized effort to increase the
market for our products. Heretofore the
low price of corn has been largely due to
the fact that there was little sale abroad
for it, the people being prejudiced against
it owing to ignorance of the methods of
cooking it.
The first effort to counteract this preju-
dice was by the American corn exhibit at
the Paris Exposition where the cooked
products of corn were served In the most
palatable and nutritious form. This has
been followed up by improving the oppor-
tunity to introduce corn in Germany, af-
forded by the high price of rye and
wheaton f1ours. The result has been most
gratifying An increase in the lmporta-
tions of corn is reported by the consuls at
European ports. Thirteen mills in Ger
many are grinding Indian corn, and others
are preparing to follow their example.
The Berlin and Dresden bakeries are SELL
ing loaves made of mixture of cornmeal
with rye; and the military bakeries are
adopting similar course.
Here we have the double benefit OF
cheaper food for the German people, and
an improved market for one of the chief
products of this country. The striking
feature of this work is the very small cost,
as the Government appropriation for the
work is s., 500 per annum. This is totally
inadequate for expanding the work on any
large scale But when intelligent effort
makes such start at SO little cost, it is
evident that expenditure directed to the
work of widening our markets can with
honesty and intelligence be made to yield
the richest returns.
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BRICFs sANGUINE VIEWS.

The Hon. Calvin S. Brice, United States
Senator from Ohio (and New York as
some people think), contributes to our
columns an interview which will be seen
to take decidedly cheerful view of things
in general and several subjects with which
Mr.. Brice is especially interested in par
ticuiar. 1t is satisfactory to be assured by
an authority of Senator Brice's experience
and acumen that things are all right; but
one cannot help thinking that perhaps his
personal relations may have somewhat
tinged his views.
Thus, when Mr.. Brice assures US that
the millionaire Senators are really very
hard working legislators, it is grateful in
telligence. As one of the class Mr.. Brice
ought to know, and if the millionaire Sena-
tors do not commit the error of directing
their energetic labors to the advance
ment of their corporate, or silver,
interests rather than the public welfare,
they can be accepted as useful members
of the body polite. Still there is room
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P1TTsBURG. SUNDAY. JUNE 10. 1897.
THE ISsUE DOMINATES.

A DAVIS reflection after the convention
emphasizes the fact that the campaign
will ne one of measures rather than men.
The Republican party is planted sQuarely
on the platform of developing home in
dustries by protection and extending our
foreign markets by the judicious exten-
sion of the reciprocity policy. The DEM
ocratic party is hopelessly committed to
the free-lrade heresy, and the prospects
approximate certainty that its candidate
will represent solely the policy of tariff
reduction. With the issue thus clearly
drawn the question who heads the ticket
will not weigh very much in deciding the
voice of the people.
1t will take little time for the public to
perceive that where the prosperity and de-
velOpment of our industries is involved
the campaign will stand on exactly the
same basis as that of 1883. This must re-
produce the active and vigorous fight of
that year. with the same result set up as
the goal of the race. Disappointments as
to personal preferences and soreness over
the recent fight must disappear when the
pressure of the issue makes itself felt.
While majority of the people doubtless
preferred Blaine, the fact that Harrison
equally stands for the maintenance of the
protective system will unite the party
solidly for him. Before the magnitude of
the measures to be decided by the cam
paign all other political considerations
must be obliterated.
The Republican party is in the field with
the ticket and the platform of four years
ago. Every man who takes moment to
consider the situation will recognize the
fact as emitting it to the popular support
which it obtained in that year.
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COOPERATIVE DwELLINeS

Elsewhere in this issue will be found a
plea for the introduction of the co-opera-
tive system of housekeeping in Pittsburg,
in one or other Of the forms that have
proved highly successful in other places.
There is an immense opening in this neigh
bOrhood for the subur5an-park-ter
club-aggregations of dwellings, and still
more for the erection of buildings within
the city to be occupied on the cooperative
apartment principle. There is peculiar
demand for small residences of this kind
by the population of Pittsburg We have
too few small houses and too much board
ing house life. There are hundreds, one
might safely say thousands, in this city
of ours who do not care, or can
not afford, or are unable from
one circumstance or another to under
take regular out-and-out housekeeping
in the city. There are others again who
long for country residence, but cannot
get it because the expense is too much for
them as an individual undertaking, or be-
cause it is feared that the wife would be
lonesome during the long absences of the
husband necessitated by dwelling away
from the smoke and blacknesS Of the city.
The terrace idea advocated by the arti-
Gle referred to would cheaper the cost of
housekeeping and insure opportunities for
social intercourse. But the greatest need
in this direction is for the erection of flats
IL PIttsburg itself. The number of people
seeking well-arranged conveniences of
this kind guarantees profitable return
for the investment Since capitalists for
some undiscoVerable reason shrink from
this form Of enterprise, the small people
should see what they can achieve by
union of their strength.
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JUNE SNAPSHOTS.

Mr.. Wickwire-What seemed to Do the
trouble next door last night?
Mrs Wickwire-Oh. it was just question as to
who had the floor. He wanted TO tell ner OF the
fsh he had caught while she wanted to tell him OF
the smart things the baby mad done while ne was
gone Indianapolis Journal
Clara-Mr. Spudkins wants me to make q
.,se for his umbrella, and don't know what ma
terial 10
Maude-Why don't you use one OF your SILK
stockings?- Cloak ReuisD.
A pair in a hammock
Attempted to kiss.
And In less than jify
'sIql szII pspusI GsUL
N. Y. Eue.ta0 Stn.
"You are In love?"
.'Great Scott mol I'm married. "-Chfcuoo Hs,os-
Record.
Kingley-What makes you so lame, old
fellow? You haven't the gout, have your
Bingo (groaning)-Oh, But my wife insists
on darning my socks for me.-N. Z. Herald.
She couldn't ride bicycle,
She couldn't Greek translate,
Sue couldn't swim. she couldn't row,
She couldn't even skate.
She couldn't cook, she couldn't bake
She couldn't shuttle q deck
OF cards: but one thing she could do
She could indorse q check
-BroosEys Eagle.
Mrs Gazzam (reading)-Orpheus struck
Gazzam-That was the proper treatment.-Detrott
Free Press.
Tom-There is one mighty agreeable
thing about calling old maid.
Jack-What is thatr
Tom-sne doesn't bore you to death By talking
about ''0ld times,"-&, 7. Herald
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DUDLEY's DYN0GRAPH CAR
Wonderfully Delicate Set OF Appliances for
Railroad Inspection.

Wonderfully Delicate Set OF Appliances for
Railroad Inspection.
New York Times.]
The dynograph car will soon start from
the Grand Central station on its annual
spring inspection trip over the New York
Central road. This car is the invention and
property of P. Il. Dudley and it makes semi
annual trips over three or four Eastern rail-
roads to ascertain and record on paper the
exact condition of the rails and roadbed.
The car, which is 40 feet long, was built e1-
pressly for MI. Dudley, and it is the home of
himself and wife, as well as his workshop.
1t represents, in its present state of ef-
fcency, the study and development Of 20
years.
Mr.. Dudley has perfected an ingenious
electrical instrument which by a system OF
little glass tubes filed with ink and taper
ing to fine pen-like points will trace on pa
per, as the car moves along 81 any rate OF
speed, everything that it is desirable to
know about the condition of the roadbed.
The paper used is about "a inches wide. and
1t passes from one roller to the other, both
the rollers moving in connection with the
wheels of the car. A strip of this paper
eight feet long is used to each mile traversed,
and the points of the little glass tubes mark
on the paper the alignment of each rail, the
of each curve, the speed at which the car is
moving and the condition OF the surface OF
the rail. Every variation of one-sixteenth
of an inch and over is recorded.
Connected with the registering and trac-
ing instrument in the car is contrivance
which automatically elects a drop of blue
paint upon each joint in the track whore the
end Of one rail is one-sixteenth of an inch or
more out of gear At the end of trip the
exact number of su oh faulty spots is found
recorded on a slip of paper. Trackmen are
sent out on the various sections after the car
has passed, and the loose joints marked by
the blue paint are properly adjusted.
Mr.. Dudley has fitted up very comfortable
quarters in his car for his wife and himself,
Including a wellequipped kitchen, library
and sitting room. in which Mrs. Dudley has
her piano. MI. Dudley Is an Ohio man, but
is well known here and elsewhere as a
scientific student. He Is a member of the
Academy of Sciences and Is Vice President
of the American Microscopical Society. His
dynograph car is Of much service to the
railroads on which he operates it.
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left for the opinion that there Is some
thing wrong about the political preference
for the laborious millionalres in choosing
Senators, as against mere iurists or think
ers without large bank accounts
Mr.. Brice's views on the railroad ques-
ton are also authoritative; but they have
slight suspicion of partiality. He in
forms us that many railroads are not pay
ing interest on their stocks and bonds
This is well-known feat, but the expla-
nation need not be sought outside the
record Of the Senator himself. When we
reflect on the fact, which brought that
gentleman to fame, of building railroad,
selling its stock to the Vanderbilts for
more than the cost of the road, and still
retaining mortgage bonds on it equal to
its value, it does not appear remarkable
that railroads should not infrequently fail
to earn interest on all that water.
The apparent lack of prosperity for the
railroads does not, however, dampen Mr..
Brice's cheerful outlook This may be
partially explained by the fact that, while
the railroad corporations may be swamped
or struggling, the managers and pro-
moters in them, like Mr.. Brice, are able to
lay aside something for rainy day. Be-
yond that is the fact that with all the
drawbacks and abuses of the existing sys-
tenn the country has an unconquerable
productive power, which furnishes the
surest foundation for prosperity.
Finally, Senator Brice assures the public
that there is really very little corruption
in politics. AS Senator Brice Is in a
position to know, if there is corruption, the
assurance is very satisfactory one. But
if he were cognizant of a large amount of
corruption, would he have told us of it?
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PERSONAL FACTS AND FANClES,

IT is semi officially announced that Bishop
Potter, of New York, is to receive the hon.
orary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Ok
ford University, England.
THE first woman dentist in the world.
Madame Hirschfeldt, who afterward became
dentist to the family of the late Emperor
William, was graduated from Pennsylvania
College.
PRINCE BISMARCK will attend the we'd
ding of his son, Count Herbert, and the
Countess Margaret Hoyos, which is to take
place at the Evangelical Church at Vienna
on the alst inst.
EMPEROR WILLIAM will start on q voy-
age to Norway on the 29th of this month
He will embark at Kiel. A whale hunt will
be organized at the Lofoden Islands for his
especial benefit. . >. -. 49,.
THREE dozen sachets, costing altogether
about $3.50, are included in Miss Pullman's
trousseau. She has sachets for her gowns,
for her bureau drawers, for her hsndker-
chiefs, her gloves, her wells.
NINE. BoULANGER, who has returned to
Versailles after a long visit to her eldest
daughter, has not reoccupied the little white
villa which was her former home, but has
taken up her abode at a hotel.
To Chicago belongs the honor of being
the dwelling place of the first colored
woman who ever produced and published
novel. Her name is Sarah E. Faro, and she
is 26 years old. The title of her book is
"True Love-"
A BOSTON paper states that Pierre Millet,
the sculptor, brother of Jean Francois
Millet, is living quietly in Boston. In ap-
pearance he resembles Henry NJ. Stanley,
speaks good English. ana is brilliant con-
versationalist.
Mr.. JUSTICE LAMAR has so far recovered
from his illness of few weeks ago that he
now accepts dinner invitations. AS soon as
his wife returns from the South, they will
start for the White Mountains, where they
expect TO spend the summer.
GEORGE w. CHILDs, Philadelphia's ed
itor-philanthropist, has undertaken the edu-
cation of another bright young girl. The ben
efciary this time is Edith, youngest daughter
of the late George T. Lanigan, the we'll
known humorist and newspaper man.
MISS ELIZABETH MORE, of Edgewood,
Pa, has recently built with her own hands
neat little cottage. laying the foundation,
doing all the carpenter work, and even
plastering the rooms. During some of the
work she found it necessary to don male
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the new Memphis bridge and came ashore
| All right. And yet some people don't Pc
lteve there ts Divine Providence who
watches over fools and children.
A Question for DR.. Parkhnrst.
If DR.. Parkhurst had been pulled
when he was painting the town, and looked
up the way other men are when caught
under similar circumstances, and brought
before Judge Duffy in the morning, and fined
So, would he now have better opinion OF
the New York police? And in such case, now
would tho moral situation have Deen
affected2
Very Accomplished Family.
Should any unfortunate theatrical
manager need assistance in getting his COM
pany on the road, the following modest
missive from an Ohio town received by
Mess. Lift b Davis may help him out.
"Gentlemen-I shall try 8 put my re-
quest in as few words as possible-I enclose
Photo of myself you can see am not a beauty
lbs. have always been Stage struck, have
taken part Of 'old woman.' young widow
old N maid, id in amateur plays: would III IKE ss
Dramatic Co. please send Picture BACK
enclose stamp-have young Brother that
Is splendid mimic of Dutch & Irish q
some. my Father and also play Violin &
Piano. he is leader of opera House
orchestra & No. / Violin player-an will go
chance Tor us to make good living in New
York. Brother also plays base drum In
Dand-please do not laugh at meIbut answer
as n,,,.,o soon 1,u as you conveniently can
my father Is slso first class Baritone
player-is leader & director of Band here
arranges all his own music"
desire to give the whole show. but the
brother who can do Dutch and Irish, has q
good voice and can sing and dance and
"play the base in, the band" indicates de;
gree or versatility leading up to that. l
think this talented family might make
good living in New York; am concerned
only Tor the rest of the profession.
Jokes Meet Resistance Sometimes.
There are men so impervious to humor
that it makes them angry to hear good
laugh. A day or two ago gentleman came
out on Broadway with q crutch and q cane.
He had been laid up several months with
broken leg, and his friends-ne has many of
them-wero naturally glad to see him again.
He was looking quite well and happy,
active service. We congratulated him and
asked him how he was getting along.
"Well," said he, Il can't kick"
OF course we laughed. It was the proper
looked puzzled moment, and the laugh
was u trifie more decided.
Il don't see anything funny" said he
finally, turning red.
The laugh became a shout But he was so
angry one of the crown tried to explain.
Still, he couldn't see, and was more angry
than at first.
And he was neither an Englishman nor IN
Irishman.
A Man We All Know.
There's the big fat man,
And the tail slim man,
The man of the cocker spaniel set;
The Broadway man,
The Bowery man,
The man at the end Of cigarette,
There's the cross-eyed man
And the hunchback man,
The man with the breath you'll never forget;
That sallow man,
That tallow man,
That man at the end Of the cigarette,
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
NEW YORK, June H.
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throughout Western Pennsylvania and

throughout Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern Ohio, were on hand and the day
was given up 10 enjoyment, with dispo-
sition to let the future take care Of itself,
for that day at least. Nevertheless it is to
be hoped that the members of the Anal
gamated Association enjoyed their outing
so much that they will take up the wage
question this week with imperturbable
good humor In that frame of mind they
will not find it difficult to convince the
manufacturers that reasonable settle
mentof the wages dispute is much better
for all parties than fighting over it.
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DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE,
Colonel Polk, President Farm ers' ALLAN.

ColOnet foiks freSIueut = arm erg AInouces
Colonel L. L. Polk, President of the
Farmers Alliance. died at the Garfield Hospital,
Washington, yesterday morning. Colonel Polk
was q relative OF President Polk. He WAS native
Of North Carolina, where he was born about IS
years ago. His education was received in the
common schools. During the war he served for a
time In the Confederate Army, and resigned to 70
to the Legislature. to which body he had been
elected. Later he filed for several years the Office
of Commissioner OF Agriculture for North Carolina
and later still he began the publication of the Pro-
pressiue Farmer. which he managed for long time.
At the time of his death he was serving his third
term as President of the body to which he has
given 80 much attention and time. Colonel Polk's
home was at Raleigh, n. c.. Colonel Polk was Of
great value to his party as stump speaker, and
was an able writer on topics Of particular interest
to farmers. The Peoples party will meet in con-
vention in Omaha in about a month. and the prob
bilty is that had Colonel Polk survived he would
have been nominated for President or Vice Presi-
dent If the party should decide to put . ticket in
the field.
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STEAMERS ENCOUNTER IcEBERas
A Cunard Liner Which Arrived at Ne
s.

A Cunard Liner Which Arrived at New
York Yesterday Passed by Six.
NEW YORK, June n-Nearly every steamer
which now crosses the ocean to this port
brings reports of immense icebergs near the
steamer "lanes" The Cunarder Gallia,
which arrived from Queenstown yesterday,
passed by six lcebergs.
The first one was seen on June in latitude
40 II min. north and longitude 45o % min.
west, 81 miles north of the steamship. II
was a double peaked iceberg 1030 feet long
and fully $50 feet high. Five other icebergs
were seen between that point and latitude
42o 50 min. ana longitude 400.
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SOMEONE has recently gone to the trouble
of writing an article dilating on the fact that
the Photographic camera brings out all that
Is worst in the subjects appearance. This
readily vouchsafe who has experienced the
torture of "a sitting" And who has not?
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MRS. SCHENLEY's transfer of the Old
Block House to the Pittsburg Chapter Of the
Daughters of the Revolution is matter for
public gratitude and congratulation. The
ladies into whose hands the ancient build
ing has come may be relied upon to make
the most of the gift, and the city will be the
richer for the proper preservation of so
valuable and interesting historical monu-
ment.
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Obituary Notes.

EUGENE CHARAvAY, editor of T. Imprtmerie. and
famous among collectors of autographs ex-
pert Is dead in Paris. He the son of tho pub
iicist abriel Charavay, and born at Sidi-bel-
Abbes. He was "a years of age.
ARcHIMEDEs HICKMAN. q weli-known contrac-
tor of Philadelphia, died Friday evening. aged 50
years. He was formerly half owner of the Glou-
cester ferry, which was sold after the Gloucester
race course was established for e25o, 600.