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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
TALKING ABOUT CLEVELAND.

ST. JAoKsoN's DAY came along just in time
to snatch Mr.. Cleveland from the dull, cold
jaws or oblivion.-Ne,D York Advertiser.
GROVER CLEVELAND carried off all the
Jacksonian honors, and the funny thing
about it is that the old hero was a pretty
stout protectionist.-Ne,0 York Recorder.
In the society OF his charming wife and
lovely little daughter, Mr.. Cleveland will
find ample comfort many years to come, we
trust, for the ingratitude of Democracy
Chicago Tribune.
DEMOCRATS are now waiting for that letter
Grover Cleveland is to write saying he will
not be a candidate for the Presidency If the
tariff question is to be made secondary to
the silver question.-Ioledo Blade
THE fact that Cleveland hasn't written a
political letter since the Speakership elec-
tion must be regarded as pretty good sign
that he has quit thinking of himself as a can
didate for President.-St. Louis Globe Demo
crdt.
Mr.. CLEvELAND's latest phrase, "indelible
ineligibility," seems to fit a good many
Democratic statesmen, who have been polk
ing up Presidential lightning rods in New
York, Ohio Indiana and Iowa.-Chicdgo Inter
Ocean,
THANKS to the inborn integrity Of the
masses of the people and the influence Of q
few honest statesmen like Grover Cleveland;
the time has not yet come when Tammany
is greater than the Democratic party, or
Tammany's candidate the necessary candi-
date of the party.-AHdntd Journal.
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HARD ON ITSELF.

We regret that the Philadelphia Nesos
in the pursuit of its quarrel with John
Wanamaker is led to making assertions
which go far to prove, if not that Mr..
Wanamaker is right, that the Neaos is all
wrong. The interesting reading matter
which Wanamaker's firm furnishes to
| most of our Philadelphia contemporaries
has been withdrawn from the Neaos as
that journal asserts, because it has been
guilty of booming Blaine, which the other
members of the harmonious Cabinet re-
gard as a capital offense.
But it is in the further discussion of this
discontinuance of the profitable and pleas
ing advertisement that the Nesos hurts it
self as much as Wansmaker. To demon
strate the ingratitude of the latter it as
serts that it has at various times sup
pressed items of public news at the re-
quest of Wanamaker or his agents. Thus
it specifies the fact that it abstained from
publishing sworn testimony in the Key
stone bank affair which would have been
damaging to him, and that this was done
at his request
If this is so it goes far to justify Mr..
w 81 ldl do lliC al VI
his advertisement is concerned. An ad-
vertisement is a business contract in
which the newspaper undertakes to give
the advertiser value received in the pub
licity of his announcements. If the ad-
vertiser is convinced that the newspaper
does not furnish such value good busi-
ness policy requires him to stop the adyer-
tisement We do not know any way to
furnishing more convincing proof of the
worthlessness of a newspaper than by
suppressing important and legitimate pub
lie information; and an advertiser who
finds that a newspaper will do that is
pointed to the legitimate conclusion that
as the sheet is worthless as a newspaper
advertising in it is money thrown away.
That Keystone Bank affair has covered
nearly everyone connected with it with
the reverse of credit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
PITTsRUBG. MONDAY. JANUARY II.
PIrrsRURG,s FNCHkNGEs.

The rank of PittSburg in commercial
transactions is indicated, but not fully
shown, by the return of bank clearingS for
the wear 1891. The returns for the nine
leading cities place Pittsburg seventh in
the list, her total of S7S6, 694, 231 of buSi-
ness passing through the Clearing House
being S5S. 900. 600 in excess of Baltimore
and over $3.50, ,OOO, 900 in excess of New
Orleans.
This showing is accurate as proving that
Pittshurg's business importance is greater
than is indicated by her insufficient show
ing in the census, which places her on par
with cities of the rank of Cleveland and
Buffalo, while she is really the rival of
Baltimore, St. Louis and San Francisco.
Every Pittsburger knows that this is due
10 the exclusion OF Allegheny and the
suburbs from our census total. The
clearing returns partially rectify this dis
advantage, but not wholly, as will appear
when we consider the character of the
business. The Clearing House transac-
tons in Pittsburg grow largely out
Of transactions in our manufact-
ured products. In Baltimore, st.
Louis and San Francisco they arise mainly
from wholesale business, with a large
speculative element With that fact in
view it is easy to see that 100000 of
exchanges through the Pittsburg Clearing
House represents as much capital en-
pI0yed, as large a population supported,
as great an amount of money put in cir
culation as S4,OOO,OOO or $1,000, 900, in
She clearings Of the cities named. With
due allowance for this fact the returns
place Pittsburg above St Louis and San
Francisco in business Importance.
It Is also notable that this position is
held, notwithstanding Pittsburg has
suffered the greatest contraction in the
volume of her exchanges, the decrease
from 1890 being 13.7. New York, Boston
and Philadelphia show decrease of from
IS 10 I1.2 per cent. Pittsburg's shrinkage
represents the falling off from the excep-
tl0naly active business of 1890 rather than
any actual retrograde in trade.
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STEAD AND THE CAR.

From the attention attracted by the
present famine, Mr. Stead'S character
sketch in The Rerjep of ReUiel1S "The
Gar and Russia of To-day is interesting
While Stead was editor of the Pail Mall
Gazette that journal was often said to be
subsidized by Russia. Improbable and
often denied as is this accusation, there
can be no doubt that Stead is, and always
has been, so remarkably prepossessed in
favor of Russia and its Government as to
he led to defend the latter upon every
possible occasion.
The sketch resolves itself into an ad-
verse commentary on George Kennan S
hook, and a eulogy of Alexander Ill, tenn
pered by special pleading that-where all
is in q far from ideal condition-from cir
cUmstances surrounding him the Gar is
more TO be pitied than blamed. Some of
the writer's statements seem contradic-
tgTy. His remark, for instance, that the
Gar Is the most Russian of Russians
hardly tallies with his vigorous beatifca-
ton of Alexander Ill as the very en-
JJiiment of truthfulness. The general
verdict of those who have seen much of
Russians is that, while they are among
the most versatile and pleasant of social
companions, they are the greatest liars on
Jl,e face Of the earth.
However much one may be inclined to dis
believe all that Stead says, simply on ac-
count Of the prejudices he has shown in
the past on this matter there can be no
doubt that there are enormous obstacles
to reform in Russia, such as its enormous
area and lack ofmeans of communication,
the extreme ignorance and poverty of its
peaSantry, and the unanimity of their
belief in and dependence on an absolutely
LeSDotic Car
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AN APPEAL TO SOUTHERN FARMERS
To Organize With the View Of Reducing
the Acreage Of Cotton.


the Acreage Of Cotton.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 10.-Yesterday morning, in
the parlors of the Peabody Hotel, there was
held a conference between the Commission
ers of Agriculture of the various cotton
States, who attended the convention of cot
ton growers on the previous day, and they
agreed on the following memorial:
"The Commissioners of Agriculture repre-
senting the States Of Alabama, Arkansas,
North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, be-
ing impressed with the necessity of the re-
duction of the acreage of cotton and the
greater diversification OF the crops for home
consumption, by indorsing the action of the
Cotton Growers and Merchants Convention,
held in the city of Memphis, on the sth of
January, do earnestly appeal to all agri-
culture and mercantile organizations, con-
sisting Of alliances, oranges, state and
county agricultural societies, boards of
trade, cotton exchanges, chambers of COM
merce, etc. also individual farmers and
merchants, to assist and cooperate with US
in securing the foregoing results, and to this
end recommend the general and local adop-
ton of the action of the convention pledg-
ing themselves to a reduction of not less
than 20 per cent of the cotton acreage of
last year; and we further agree and recon-
mend the immediate organization of States
and districts or townships, to act either in
dependently or through already organized
societies, as may be deemed best, as viii
most readily insure the benefits Arising from
concert of action and decreased production
of cotton for the year 1892"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
A CRUISER IN MINIATURE
The Model of the New York at the United
States Navy Department.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Visitors to the Navy
Department who pass through the corridor
in front of the Office of Secretary Tracy will
find added to the collection of very hand
some models of the new vessels of the navy
a model of the cruiser New York, and it is
the finest of a very beautiful set of half a
dozen or more, including the Baltimore,
Newark, Monterey, Yorktown, Petrol and
some others. The model of the New York is
six feet in length, and is complete, even to
the minutest detail The hull, from the
keel to water line, is painted a rich salmon
color and above the water line it is cream
white.
The three smokestacks are very light buff,
and the ventilatlng tunnels, which are many
in number, are ali of bright bronze. The
turreted big guns, fore and aft, are made to
initiate the bright steel of real ordnance,
and the machine guns in the shielded tops
are nickel-plated and glittering. The model
is made upon the same scale as the ones
made before it, so that visitors can see at
glance how much superior in size is the New
York. The Newark, which is almost as large
as the Chicago, shrinkS into comparative
insignificance beside the New York. Secre-
tarv Tracy considers the model a valuable
addition to the departments collection of
object lessons. Many persons who visit the
department never come near to realizing
what man-of-war is than to see those
models Of the cruisers. They live far away
from the coast and are not in the way of see-
ing the vessels themselves.
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Should Enlist, Not Alternate.

DrduIOru otar.l
Certain newspapers are apprehensive lest
the Law and Order Society turn Pittsburg
into silent ruin, overgrown with the moss
of fogyism and the Itch en- of crankism. This
alarm on the part OF the progressionists is
premature. Thirty-six murders were COM
mitted in Allegheny county last year, and
hardly q crime in the calendar failed of
making record. There is ample verge and
scope for reform in Pittsburg. He who fears
that Pittsburg will become too good for hui
man habitation overestimates the power OF
the crank in the community and has studied
the history of reform movements to little
purpose. The crank whose impulses are
right ought to be encouraged. He is fire.
quently entertaining and is quite certain to
pc amusing. He seldom accomplisnes any
thing himself. but sometimes his fantastic
crusades awaken public sentiment to the
importance of correcting real abuses, and
good comes of him after all. To be sure, the
Law and Order people of Pittsburg show
their fanaticism by making the newspapers
the chief object OF assault; for no movement
can succeed without the aid of the press.
Sagacious reforms seek to enlist, rather than
ALLEVIATE, the press. Nevertheless, let the
work go on. No harm can come of it, and
good may result.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
TREATMENT OF THE GRIP.
Views OF . French Expert Who Has Closely
Studied the Malady.

New YORK. Jan 10-The HerdiTs Paris
cables contain an interview with Albert
| Robin, a celebrated French expert on the
| treatment of influenza. He says that If in
fuenza is especially dangerous on account
of the complications that arise from 1t, it fol-
lows that its true treatment Is to avoid the
latter. These complications are pneumonia,
pulmonary congestion, weakness of the
nervous system and acidulous poisoning Of
the blood
To avoid such complications the patient
should be kept vigorously in bed so long as
there is the slightest fever or the slightest
cough. Warm aromatic potions should be
given, which induce perspiration, and by
sweating eliminate the toxic products that
cucumber the blood
He has determined, by the way, that the
sweat of person suffering from influenza
is IL times more toxic than that OF person
in a normal condition. Weak doses of sui
centigrams should be given three times
day. The reason is that large doses
make the patient sleep profoundly and de-
stroy the fever, but have no acsion :, what, aSo
blood and do not diminish their destruct1-
bility. Small doses, on the contrary, given
frequently, render more active exudat1on
and elimination of these poisons which are
the source of the danger.
Antipyrine, which IS often recommended
as q specific for influenza, should be mis-
trusted. This medicine depresses the nerv-
Gus system, closes the kidneys. which are
the principal means of eliminating animal
poisons, and consequently it is more harm
full than useful. To sulphate of quinine
should be added alcohol in moderate doses
in the form of port wine or grog.
1t is necessary above all when fever has
disappeared and the patient wishes to go
out and resume his usual occupations to in
sist upon a convalesence indoors for from
four to eight days. according to the serious
ness of the attack. Such is the general treat
ment.
II influenza becomes localized and affects
any particular organ local treatment
should accompany the general treatment.
This is, of course, the affair of the physician
consulted, and cannot be treated under the
head of general indications
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
BOUND TO HAVE THEIR CHURCH.
Hitch in the Efforts for q New PresDy-
terian Society at Beaver Falls.

A Hitch in the Efforts for a New Presby-
terian Society at Beaver Falls.
BEAVER FALLS, Jan. 10.-tSpecial 1.-The Pc
tition to Presbytery by number of families
belonging to the church in this city, to grant
them the privilege of Withdrawing and
forming new church, was well received,
and committee was appointed to look into
tile affair. The committee visited here De-
cember 10, and returned and reported, but
nothing further has been heard. 1t is now
said that the prayer of the disaffected fani-
lilies was not granted. the committee re-
porting "that there was something back
of it."
Rev. DR.. Parkinson, who has been an
active mover tor the new organization, has
been accused OF saying he would preach in
it for nothing. He has also been the recipi-
ent of considerable abuse. In an open letter
the gentleman denies that he intended to
preach in the new church. and adds: 81 had
no axes to grind. 1 have felt the spiritual
interests of this part of the town were neg
lected, especially that of Presbyterianism.
The present church is crowded with 800
members, and the pastor has all one man
can do" The people interested now think
"there is something back of it," and that
something emanates from the old organiza-
ton. They propose, however, to have their
church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
OFT HoNoRBD, NEVER FORGOTTEN.
The Late Admiral Rodgers Remembered b.
the Metropolitan Club.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 10-The Metro
politan Club held a meeting this afternoon
to take appropriate action upon the death
of Admiral C. R. z. Rodgers. General Scho-
field presided and a committee on resolu-
tions was appointed, consisting of Judge
John Davis, Admiral Franklin and Marcellus
Bailey. In reporting the resolutions Judge
Davis commented upon the long and faith-
ful service to the club of Admiral Rodgers,
who was for nearly 90 years an officer of the
association, coming into it's service at con-
siderable personal sacrifice, and whose abil-
ity, fidelity and good Judgment had guided
the club successfully in its course.
Judge Davis alluded to the AdmiraPs
favorite smile OF q "hand of iron in velvet
glove" and said that the hand in that glove
Was firm in leading the uncertain, strong in
supporting the weary, soft and caressing to
the weak and suffering. Resolutions OF re-
spect were t, ereupon adopted. Admiral
Rodgers was elected President of the club IL
times in succession. The funeral services,
in accordance with the wishes of the dead
Admiral, will be strictly private. They will
take place tomorrow morning from st.
Johns Episcopal Church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
RED TAPE AT THE BARGE OFFICE
Keeps Immigrants Prisoners on Shipboard
Saturdays and SUNDAYS

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-In compliance with
the instructions of the Secretary of the
Treasury no immigrants are allowed to land
to-day from the European steamships which
arriv ed in port late Saturday afternoon and
this morning, including the steamships Um-
bria, Adriatic and La Bourgogne.
The steamship companies are very indig-
nant at the sudden carrying out of the new
orders, and the probable outcome will be
that they viii so arrange the sailing days on
the other side as to have their vessels arrive
here on other days than Saturday or sun
day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

A NEW cause of war between New York
and Chicago is the refusal of committee of
the Chicago Exposition to purchase the
Diana statue now surmounting the Madison
Square Garden, for s2,5OU. The New York
papers insist that the sta tue is n triumph
of art and would be cheap at double the
money. But they omit to explain why in
that case they are desirous of having the
artistic goddess leave New York for Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

THERE appears to be q political necessity
for prompt denial Of that story that Secre-
tary Blaine's indigestion was caused by eat
ing too much corn bread. At the time when
we are proposing to teed Europe on Indian
corn nothing could be more undiplomatic
than for the Secretary ofState to fall i'll from
that Wand. The great American product
should not be permitted to play the part
of second Burchard.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

THE French Government has declined to
lend any money to the Panama Canal
project This seems to set a good ex-
ample for the United States to follow with
reference to the proposition that it shall
lend its credit for sloo, ,Ooo 600 to q canal pro-
ject estimated by the engineer to cost
s65 600 900
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

the present triumphs of his art. Imagina-
ton paints glowing pictures of the erec-
ticDs of the years to come-their airy
grace and lace-like fabrications lending
them an elegance, without loss of sta
bllity and safeness, which is unapproach-
able now.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

1t is necessary to remark that the es-
teemed New York AdUeytiser commits an
error in saying that it is unfortunate for
Hill that ex Senator Wahace champions his
cause in Pennsylvania because "Mr. Wal
lace is not regarded in that State as purifier
of politics" While William A. Wallace is
not by any means civil service reformer,
it is far too severe to say that his advocacy
can damage the reputation of David B. Hill.
II anyone suffers from the association it will
he Wall
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

How little is known of Cara may be
Judged by the contradictory descriptions of
him given by two New York papers. Ac-
cording to one he is a stalwart man, feet
inches tall, and has a fine military car
riage The other account is of a man of
slight physique and bad horsemanship, who
relies more on his pen than aught else for
his leadership.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
TurpE &c q dacidad and amusinp

THERE is a decided and amusing signifi
canoe in Senator Sherman's interview which
expresses tender fears for the health OF
Messrs. Blaine, Mckinley and Palmer, and
apprehension that they might be unable to
stand the strain of an exciting campaign
Senator Sherman, it is to be observed, has
Just finished an exciting contest without
even turning q hair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
FOUND A PEARL IN HIS SOUP.

A Gem Valued at S2,5 Discovered at a
Church Entertainment.
PLAINFIELD, N. j., Jan. 10.-Mrs. j. W.
Hummer, of High Bridge, attended an oyster
supper for the benefit of the Methodist
Episcopal Church Thursday night. While
eating the bivalves from the half shell her
teeth suddenly struck hard substance.
Thinking she had bitten piece OF oyster
SHE'LL Mrs. Hummer removed the substance
from her mouth.
1t proved to be an extraordinarily large
pearl. Philadelphia jeweler, who CHANGED
to be present, pronounced it to be of perfect
formation and exquisite color, and said it
was worth at least So, 500.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

THE progress in the introduction of a
new metal that may yet revolutionize in
dustry is shown by the reduction of the
price of aluminium in Germany to seventy
cents per pound. American manufacturers
have talked of selling the metal down to
fifty cents; but whether they have backed
up the talk by actual sales is a matter on
which public information is lacking.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

As a new departure the Yale-Harvard
contest in debate and oratory, to be held at
Cambridge next Wednesday, will have
many watchers. The idea OF intercollegiate
contests other than those of bone and
muscle is not = new one historically, but it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

P1TTsBURG has probably more homeless
young men in proportion to its population
than most other cities, and the undertaking
to build a residential club for the accom-
mediation of five hundred such in London
might be copied here on q smaller scale with
great advantage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

BELLEFoNTE, Jan. 10. - [SpecidL1 - Prof.
Thomas +. Hunt, of the Chair of AgricuL
ture of the Pennsylvania State College, has
accepted n call to the Ohio University. a
Chair of Veterinary Surgery has been es-
tablished at the State College during the
winter term, with Dr. i. \. Bush, " 8. as
Lar
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
C0LIMA AGAIN III ERUPTION.
The Mexican Volcano Hurls Stones q Dis
tapce OF Over Four Miles,

tance OF Over Four Miles.
CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 10.-The Volcano de
Fuego, known as Colima, in the southern
part of Jalisco, is again active. Explosions
occur frequently. These have not occurred
before during the activity of the volcano.
Viewed from distance at night the scene
is grand one, but those in the vicinity of
the fiery mountain have little regard for its
beauty or grandeur.
The explosions are OF such force that large
stones have been hurled a distance of four
miles. Ashes from the mountain have fallen
in the streets of Colima and Zapotlan Per
sons living near the volcano are frightened,
and if the eruptions continue there may be
q panic among them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
Anew Gerrymander For Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. lO.-Information from
areliable source came to hand to-day that
an extra session of the Missouri legislature
will be called together by Governor Francis
early in February, and that the session VIII
be devoted exclusively to the redistricting
of the State for Congressional purposes