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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
A CROSS FROM NAPOLEON,
It Was Found Among Other Relics in q
Quaint Little Boston Store.

It Was Found Among Other Relics in q
Quaint Little Boston Store.
Boston Herald
In queer little store, heaped with all
all sorts of curiosities, reporter a day or
two ago discovered among the old pewter
mugs and time-stained prints a heap Of
medals from the scattered collection of
some enthusiast. There were several bear
ing the head of her Most Gracious Britannia
Majesty, with different Inscriptions upon
tho reverse. Upon one was sphinx
and the words Egypt 1885," Another
had been the reward or some poor
fellow who endured the hardships of the
trenches before Sebastopol when the allies
held the Russian bear in check during that
terrible winter. Turkish medal referring
to that same campaign was also among the
lot.
But most interesting of all, and of course
most valuable, was a cross of the Legion
of Honor of the great Napoleon. These
are very rare, although those dis
tributed by the head of the third empire
with suoh lavish hand are rather common
But the one in hand, hanging from the worn
crimson ribbon, had been presented to some
brave or learned man by the great leader
himself.
The white enamel had been slightly
Clipped from the ends of the t1ve-pointed
cross, but the jewel was remarkably well
preserved. The center was of gold
and bore the head of the Emperor,
with green wreath of oak and
laurel surrounding the medallion. On
the reverse and corresponding to the
later were the tricolors crossed with the
words "Honneur ct Patrie'' encircling' them.
So rare are these crosses that it is thought
the one now i'll Boston is the sole specimen
in this country. There are several collec-
tors in this city who prize such treasures,
so it will PROBABLY remain here in some pri.
vate cabinet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
HUNGARY'S AGED HERO,

LOUIS KossUTH is the Oldest public man of
prominence in the world, we are inclined to
believe. 1t looks as if he might complete a
century of life.-Boston Herald
PATRIOTISM is all very well, but the old
gentleman at Turin insisting that he never,
never will be reconciled to the facts of the
situation, is not, after all, a truly patriotic
f1gure.-Philddetphia Telegraph.
THE lesson OF Kossuth's career is not found
in the cry of despair which tyranny and
fancied ingratitude wrun2 from his wearied
soul, but in the faith ana work of his prime
and their spreading and strengthening infiu-
ence-SE Louis Post-D,s dtch.
KossUTH's craftsmanship is an exaygera-
tion of the sort of craftsmanship that always
hampered the work of Mr. Gladstone. There
is hard heartedness and shiftiness that go
side by side with the higher qualities in all
successful captaincy.-Ne,o York Tel gram
Now that Kossuth has passed his ninetieth
birthday it is in order to hear rumor Of his
death within a few days. None of the
younger generation can ever feel really old
until the news of the passing of the aged
patriot Is flashed across the ocean for the
last time.-BtTalo Inquirer.
LET us think, not of the broken, c7er-sen-
sitive and peevish nonogenarian, but of the
eloquent and dauntless patriot of forty
years ago, Wnom America SO gladly well
coined as man infinitely more enviable in
the hour of his defeat than his enemies in
that of their bloody victory.-Bostos 7rav-
elier.
IT is no wonder that the Hungarian peo-
pie, while sincerely loyal to the sovereign
they once detested, worship Louis Kossuth.
He stands, in his venerable age, the living
monument of their glory and OF their sacri
fees, the embodiment of aspirations none
the less sacred because they have been par
TALLY gratified.-Ne,O York Press.
DETERMINED never again to set foot on
Hungarian soil, Kossuth dwells in Turin, de-
clining public tributes and private aid and
supporting himself with his pen. There,
doubtless, he will die, regarded with the
sympathetic respect, not free from commits
GRAFTON. which the sincese and self-sacrifio-
ing fanatic always commands.-Brook,yn
EH0I~
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

A very successful experience in road
making is reported from Georgia, which
State In the actual work appears to be
going ahead of some of the Northern
States generally considered more enter
prising Ten years ago the Commission
ers Of Floyd county decided to improve
the roads radiatlng from the town of
Rome, its center. Convict labor was used
under the direction of a superintendent,
who still remains in charge of the work.
In the intervening time nine roads in diff
ferent directions, with a mileage of fifty
miles, have been built at cost of s, 900
per mile, and Floyd county now possesses
q road system that most Northern counties
may well envy.
The cost Of the road seems extremely
low, probably because the labor is put in
at no more cost than its maintenance and
direction. The North could afford to pay
a little more Tor its roads, if for no other
purpose than the social humanity Of CIV
ing the men who work, whether on CON-
pulsiOn or not, reward for their dill
gence and effort Otherwise the South
eTn road work as reported is model for
the North. 1t is macadamized foot
thick and sixteen wide, with drainage
grade to the side of about eight per cent
The county now. enjoys system of roads
which adds largely to the value of its pro-
duction, and seriously decreases the cost
Of repairs as well as hauling power.
1t Is high time that Western Pennsylva-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
GRADY AS A CLEVELAND MAN,

1t is calculated to provoke reflections on
the strange bed-fellowships of politics to
learn that Thomas F. Grady, one of the
police justices of New York, is travelling
throughout the South using eloquence to
keep it solid for Cleveland. 1t is Grady
whose interests were pushed on certain
occasion regardless of the personal COM
fort of Governor Cleveland; who opposed
Cleveland to the degree of giving a NOM
inal support to Benjamin F. Butler, and
who was subsequently provided for by a
political deal which created police court
with $4,000 salary for his express benefit.
1t is strong indication of the differ
ence between the Cleveland Of 1884 and
the Cleveland of 1892 that his personal
comfort is not at all disturbed by Grady's
advocacy of his interests. That Grady
has not changed ismanifested by the argu-
ments which he uses to fire the Southern
heart. We learn from Lynchburg, Va,
that he told the citizens there of the
misery inflicted on the South when 1000
negro justices of the peace who could
not read or write dispensed justice in
South Carolina, and by assuring the
Southerners that such things would in
eyitably follow Republican success in
November. This way of carrying the
South for Democracy is redolent of the
political class who were formerly the ene-
mics he has made, but are the friends he
has made this year.
When Thomas F. Grady booms Cleve-
land on the force bill bugaboo, with the
knowledge and consent of the candidate,
we have strong evidence that the can
didate of 1892 is a very different man in
principle and independence from the man
who triumphed over the Grady enmity in
1884.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
WITH FAME AND FORTUNE.

CHAUNCEY M. DEPEw has consented to
deliver the Grafton at the Columbian cele-
bration iu New York City.
DURING his recent visit to Homburp,
Emperor william presented his mother with
tie grounds and castle of Cronberg, pic
turesque ruin on hill facing her new pal
ace.
KING GEORGE, of Greece, is so much of
a Democrat that court ceremony has be-
come obsolete at Athens. The King wei
comes his visitors in a most informal way,
and chats with them on terms of equality.
LLOYD TEvIs, who has just retired from
the presidency of Wells. Fargo & Co., had
directed its affairs in San Francisco for
more than 20 wears. He was born ut Shelby
vile, KY, in lS24 and crossed tine plains to
California in lS49.
EMILIO CASTELAR,, the great Spanish
statesman and author, is putting the finish
ing touches on a life of Columbus, which is
to be published early in October. Senior Cas-
telar has adorned nearly everything he has
touched in literature.
PIETRo MAsCAGNI, before his "Caval-
leria Rusticana" made him famous, was
poor school teacher in Sicily. A Milan pub
Usher offered a prize for the best serious
opera in one act, and amid vigorous compe-
tition Mascagpi came out victorious.
HENRY PACKARD, of Rockland, Me-, a
veteran of the war of 1872, in which he served
as drummer boy, has just received from
the General Society of the War of 1872
bronze medal. MIR. Packard is lame to this
day from a wound he received in skirmish.
CARDINAL GIBBONS has been rendered
an invitation from the Joint Committee on
Ceremonies of the Worlds Columbian Com
mission and the Worlds Columbian Exposi-
tion, to offer up the closing prayer at the
dedication exercises in Chicago on Friday,
October2L
PROF. E E. BARNARD, of the Lick OBJ
servatory, now famous as the discoverer of
Jupiter's fifth satellite is only about 40
years old. Only few years ago he was
earning a scanty living as clerk in photo
graph gallery in Nashville, Tenn. He
possessed u natural fondness for astronomy,
however, and devoted his spare moments to
study.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
TAX THE STREET CARS.

The proposal to tax each street car S1O0
year, as embodied in the ordinance pre-
sented to Councils yesterday, should be-
come law without fail. Time and again
The DISPATCH has pointed out the ex-
treme folly and injustice of granting valu-
able franchises to the traction companies
without asking any adequate return there
for. The city has abundant use for
money, and the street car companies
should be made to contribute their fair
share toward the municipal fund. Com
mon sense and equity demand that these
corporations should be taxed, and Coun-
ellis should show no hesitancy in demand
ing the tribute which is the city's right.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
SPIRITS KEEP HER ABED.
Strange Whims of a New York State
Woman Who Has Ability.

Strange Whims of New York State
Woman Who Has Ability.
BUFFALO. Sept. 26-Mrs. Anna Hallock, of
Wayne, Schuyler county, is a spfritualist,
owns one of the finest farms in the county,
is quite wealthy and has more than ordinary
business ability and intelligence. A little
over ten years ago she claims to have re-
ceived a message from the spirit world
directing her to go to bed and stay there for
ten years. In the meanwhile she was not to
allow anv water to touch her body. Mrs.
Hallock went to bed and no persuasion or
argun ent could make her get up. She would
not allow people to wash her under any Cir
cumstances, although she accepted clean
clothing.
She was apparently strong healthy
woman, had splendid color, ate hearty meals
and never complained of being i'll. When
clergymen called to urge her to get up she
was deaf to their entreaties and said the
spirit ordered her to stay in bed for the
publication OF her soul. She continued the
posted the market prices of farm
products and did a great deal of writing,
but nothing could persuade her to arise
Recently the ten-year limit Expired and she
got up and dressed herself. She was slightly
bent in stature rom being in bed so long,
but was seemingly IN good health and
spirits.
Last week she received another message
from the same spirit. She declares she was
ordered to go back to bed and remain there
until the day of her death. She immediately
complied She will not allow herself to be
washed, either.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
GERMAN CATHOLICS IN CONGRESS.
They Gather in Large Numbers and Have a
Big Procession,

Big Procession.
NEWARK, N. j., Sept. 26-The city is
crowded with strangers who have come to
attend the four days German Catholic Con-
gress. There are several hundred priests
among the delegates. In the various thor
oughfares decorations of every hue and de-
sign can be seen. American flags and bunt-
ing of the American national colcrs predom-
mate, closely interspersed with the white
and black of the Fatherland. All five of the
German Roman Catholic churches are pro.
fusely decorated, while St. Benedict's Col
lege makes q splendid display with the
shields of Iowa, Texas Colorado Maryland,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maine, Rhode Island,
Ohio and North Carolina.
Shortly before 2 o'clock to-day the meet
ing of the delegates from the German young
mems Catholic societies was held in st.
Peters School Hall, and resolutions were
offered and referred to committee. Tonight
the public exercises of the Sixth German
Catholic Congress were held. There were
over COO men in line in to-night's process
sion, all carrying lighted torches. Thirty
five bands furnished the music for the oc-'
casion. The affair was one of the finest
pageants ever seen in this city. The pro-
cession was headed by platoon of mounted
policemen, and the many banners gave it a
bright appearance. Upon the arrival of the
procession at Caledonia Park there was q
grand welcome reception. Addresses were
made by Bishop Wigger, Governor ALBEIT,
Dr. FaerSer and Mayor Haynes. A concert
and fireworks followed the procession.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
THE LUTHERAN SYNOD,
No More Attempts to Develop the Cate
chism VIII Be Made.

No More Attempts to Develop the Cate
chism VIII Be Made.
LANCASTER. Pa, Sept. 26s-At this mornings
session OF the Lutheran Synod report was
presented recommending that further at
tempts at the development of the catechism
known as General Synod Catechism' be
abandoned. The rec ommendation was ap-
proved. The consideration of the revised
constitution was resumed, and long dis
cussion ensued over the section providing
that ministers coming from foreign coun-
try should not be received into membership
of the Synod until after a residence OF two
years in the country. The paragraph was
stricken out by a close vote.
The serious illness of Rev. DR.. William D.
Baum, OF Philadelphia, was announced
DR.. Baum was removed to his home. At
the afternoon session the new constitution
was completed and adopted. The report of
the Advisory Board of Foreign Missions
was presented, the Synod having exceeded
their apportionments So 272s. 1872, earning the
title of the banner Synod.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

CALIFORNIA fruit is gaining favor in
England, cornmeal is increasing its popular
ity in Germany, and so others are becoming
more and more dependent on the products
of America, while the needs of this country
become more self-contained and more self
satisfied under every year of Protection.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
Obituary Notes.

THE Comte DeTrapani, son of King Francis l..
of Naples. is dead.
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSTON RITCHIE, Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court of Canada is dead, aged
SO years.
JUDGE SABIN d. PUTERBAUGH died at Peoria.
ILL.,, Sunday, after illness of onlya few days.
He a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, hav-
ing enlisted under Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll, and
was made Major.
MRS. ELIZABETH CLARK. of New Wilmington.
Pa, died at her home there Sunday night aged 70
years. For 20 days prior to her death Mrs. Clark
had taken no food whatever and her phenomenal
vitality at such age has excited much interest
among physicians She was the mother Of Captain
Al Clark, the well-known oil producer, and OF Mrs
David Moore. also wel.known In this community,
who now resides In Nebraska.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
PEsTERED INTO MATR1MoNY.
Florence Blythe Had to Take Husband
Get Rid of Her Lovers

Florence Blythe Had to Take a Husband to
Get Rid of Her Lovers.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 26. Especial 1.-The
real reason why Florence Blythe married so
suddenly is said to be that she was pestered
to death by proposals from at home and
abroad from men who had position and title
to give in exc hange for her millions The
constant receipt of letters of this
kind and the attempts of adventurers
wore on tho girl that she was glad
to escape IN matrimony from what
had become an uncomfortable nuisance
Her grandmother, who is comparatively
young woman, also contemplated matri-
mony, which would have left Florence
alone.
Florence's lawyer, General Hart said to-
day in regard to the causes that led to her
sudden marriage: ~ do not think that
there is woman living who has had so
many offers Of MARRIAGE"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
NEW IMMIGRANT STEAMSHIPS.
A Contract for Two of Them to Be Awarded
to an English Firm,

to an English Firm.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Sept. 2&-The Interna
tional Navigation Company intends in q
short time to award contracts to English
builders for twonew steel twin-screw steam
ships, to be used in the trade between Phila-
delphia aud Liverpool and Antwerp. They
will probably be called Southwark and
Kensington, after the Philadelphia localities
Of those names and will each be of 5000 tons
carrying capacity and constructed OF steel
throughout.
The motive power will consist of triple
expansion engines of the most approved
type and the steam will be supplied from
Scotch boilers. 1t is probable that the
Lairds, at Birkenhead, or the Thompsons. ON
the Clyde, will secure the contracts. The
latter firm built the City of Paris and City
Friesland and other vessels of the Red Star
line. Tho vessels are designed especially
for the general cargo carrying trade and
dtsod up Tor tmmigrants.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
ANOTHER MAN WHO FLoPs.

Leon Cohen of New York Leaves the Demo-
cratic Camp for Good.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26-Leon Cohen, Demo
cratic candidate for State Senator in the
Ninth district at the last Sena torial election,
has written to Chairman jackson OF the
New York County Democracy, resigning his
memD ership in the organization, the county
committee and the Committee of Twenty
four
He says he will vote for Harrison and
Reid and asks his friends to do likewise.
He says the Democratic party, by its ac-
ceptance of Cleveland and his free trade and
wildcat currency ideas. has forfeited the
title Of Democratic or to represent the prin-
otples OF Jefferson, Jackson ana I'll 3en.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

GROVER is at least wise enough to see
the impossibility of reconciling his opinions
as to stable currency and the Chicago plank
which would open the doors to wildcat
banking And seeing. the impossibility he
treats the question on general principles,
and seeks to smother the discrepancy under
magniloQuent platitudes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Emma e. Kelly.

Mrs Emma E. Kelly died yesterday at
the home of her parents. 2o2 Perrysville avenue,
Allegheny aged 25 yeaxs. The deceased was the
wife off, H. Kelly, editor of the Erie Daily Herald,
ana eldes. daughter of John j. Benzns, superin-
tendent of the Oil Well Supply Company's Pitts
burg shops. Mrs. Kelly had been suffering from
consumption for several months. and in June was
brought from Erie to her parents home. The fun
eral will take place tomorrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
that does not excuse the bigoted fntoleranc
which refused co let him say 1t.

ALL trades Unions should made their OBJ
ject the averting and not the causing of
trouble with employers, as said Chief
Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers And employers should never.
forget that their interests lie In the same df-
rection, and can only be secured by will
lingness to made concessions upon occa-
sion
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
WORK AT C0NNEAUT HARBoR
No Truth in the Report That a Big Are
of Rock Was Struck.

VI 3tTIIChs
CoNNEAUT, o., Sept. 26.-lSpecioE. Pitts
burg iron men have been here to-day to in
spec the work OF deepening the harbor to
accommodate the big ore boats from the
upper lake mines. A dispatch sent out from
Ash taDula that the dredges had struck u big
what brought the visitors here to see for
themselves.
The report is unfounded, and by the first
OF October everything will be IN shape to
handle ore rapidly In great quantities. The
tracks of the Ptttsburg, Shenango and Lake
Erie road run under two hoists ut intervals
OF 20 feet. These hoists are 200 feet long, and
ore lifted from the vessels can be dumped
directly into the cars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

CIRCUMSTANCES alter cases wonderfully.
Tammany ruling New York by political cor
ruption was one thing, the same tiger fight
ing for Cleveland with the same means is
quite another fellow, according to various
Democratic organs of the Empire State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

CLEVELAND knows as well as anyone else
that even "tariff for revenue only" is not
compatible with absolute free trade, but
it is practical free trade-sucn as England
has, and quibble as to the literal definition
of terms is due to the difference between a
bid for votes and a declaration OF principle
caused by political exigency and expedi-
ency.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

How much sincerity there is in Cleve-
lands remarks on public officers as agents Of
the people may be Judged from the support
which Tammany gives him simply and
soleiy for "what there is in it,"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

mia should take the same course by build
ing some good roads. The reform has
reached the stage where more can be ef-
fected by actual demonstration than in
any other way.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

WHEN it comes down to a matter of rec
ords, free trade is altogether ont of 1t in
comparison with protection. 1t cannot
show one branch of American industry that
it has aided, to say nothing of the prosperity
of the nation as whole.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

IT should not take nearly six weeks of
consideration to convince an overwhelming
majority of American citizens that there is
more reliance to be placed in Harrison's
than in Cleveland letter of acceptance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

PECK's rashness in burning his boats-if
it be proven that he did burn documents he
regarded as confidential-does not invaIi-
date the facts which his report contained.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

IT is ridiculous of the World to expect
purity and principle to be the political mo-
tives of others while both are so conspic-
uous by their absence in its own conduct.
Practice beats preceptl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
Mrs. Hattie McNair.

The funeral of Mrs. Hattie McNair wife
of James A. McNsr, the ticket agent of the Fl.
Wayne road, will take place this afternoon at
O'Clock. Mrs. McNair died on Saturday of typhoid
fever.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

THAT Baker ballot law may fail in its
proposed object, but it should at least
demonstrate the necessity for concise and
unmistakable language in legal enactments.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27
The South Is Weakening Up.

harsaS Clty SIar.J
General James B. Weaver has abandoned
his canvass in the South as hopeless job.
The rainbows in that section are quite scarce
this year and unusually shy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

TARIFF reform is a most convenient ex-
PLANTATION for the moro distinct phrase, "tar-
iff for revenue only"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

VICTIMS of the Iron Hall will do wise to
abstain from throwing what good money
they have left a ter that which they have
lost, in expensive Ii itigation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-27

WHEN the World begins to abuse man,
thoughtful people instin ctively look around
for any good qualities that may have caused
the assault.