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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Henry Logan, Parkersburg.

Mrs. Henry Logan, widow of Henry
Logan. the philanthropist. died at Parkersburg
yesterday after short illness. She was over so
years OF age. Mr.. and Mrs. Logan. being very
wealthy and childless. gave largely of their
to charity. The Henry Logan Chldrens' Home
here is monument to their benevolence as is also
in part. the African Methodist Church. Many 4
cofored man has been entertained at their home,
and many deserving poor man. white or black,
has been presented with comfortable home by
mi
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
Judge Charles NJ. Hughes.

Judge Charles NJ. Hughes, one Of the
most distinguished lawyers in Northwestern Ohio,
died suddenly at his in Lima yesterday after
noon. He had just finished dinner with his family
and sat down in chair when he fell to the floor
dead, heart disease being the cause. He had held
the Office of Prosecuting Attorney, served two
terms as Probate Judge and was on the Common
Pleas bench eight years. The last four years he
had been practicing law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

SINCE Cara has levied war on the United
States as well as Mexico, our Government
should either suppress him or let the Me1i-
can troops cross the border for that purpose.
That precedent was set by Mexico in the
case OF the Apaches, and It is somewhat diff
cult to see how an outlaw who defies both
Governments is much better than the In.
dians.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
is new to modern times, and the expert
ment should evoke good deal of interest.

THE report that a telephone has been
perfected to admit the transmission Of
whispers over 500 miles does not include the
statement that the voice can be carried over
a mile OF city wire intcrsecting electric car
lines
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

THE retort of the Omaha World Herald
to Labouchere's remarks on the Indian Bu-
reau in connection with the annexation of
Canada is only of the low tn qloqne Or
der. 1t seems unpatriotic, too, to concede
priority in Office grabbing and general po-
litical crookedness to any country under the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

IT is to be noticed that Mr.. Cleveland came
bravely to the front on Jackson's Day, but
the very mild celebration of that anniver-
sary, so rar as the mass of the Democracy is
concerned, conveys hint that Jacksonian
principles are no longer predominant infiu-
ences in the Democratic organization.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

SHARP as needless will not express the
air we arc getting in the night watches.
A needle doesn't go far enough. The cold
is more suggestive OF an ice-pick which, to
quote another, penetrates six inches into
the marrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
Andrew Lee.
AndrewI,ee aped 70 vears a

Andrew Lee, aged 72 years, well-known
resident of the East End, died suddenly at his
home on Lyric street yesterday afternoon. He
had Just finished dinner and lay down on lounge
when he suddenly began to moan and became un-
conscious. physician was summoned but Mr..
Lee had expired before he arrived. Heart failure
was pronounced the cause of death.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

FROM the number of crank cases re-
corded recently it would seem that there is
something in the theory that there are at
mospheric or other conditions productive
OF epidemics of in sanity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
Behind the Spirit of the Century.

MinneapOIfs Tr1bnne.J
Another attempt to stop the Pittsburg
Sunday papers will be made tomorrow.
The law under which this holy warfare Is
carried on is a century old, but it is not as
far behind the spirit of the nineteenth
century as the men who are trying to in
force it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
HARD LUCK.

The footman did the rest.
-P,rk
s'That's such a big tooth, too 1 should
think Won would hate to lose it.''
Yes 1t will cost me a pang to part with it.
-Chicaoo Tribsu1s
Int a Iittl. sorrowrul. don't YOU think?
Ned-Yes- that sad e expression is her strong hold
No man ever sees it without feeling rerce desire
20 a,and the rest of his life in making her hanpv -
p,.ck
,orrst and cbevad an HE NAN.
ne SAT III " s"iiC onU ~ ~ 0H ms Pon'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

THE proposals Of Congressman Stump, OF
Maryland, to make steamship companies
responsible for the class of immigrants they
carry are quite in the right direction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

Chicago Mail.1
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has de-
cided that bank directors can not be COM
pelled to direct This decision vindicates
large number of latter-day financiers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

THE misapprehension that this country
is run for the especial use and behoof of the
naval officers is in fair way to receive q
thorough and convincing correction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
Great Mortality Among Aged People.

BELLEFoNTE, Jan. N.-[Speciol. within
the last few days there have been IL deaths
of people aged between so ana 20 within the
immediate vicinity. Nearly all were caused
by the grip or its results.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
What Pittsburg Really Needs.

Washington Post
The truly good people of Pittsburg have
decided to suppress Sunday newspapers.
What Pirtsburg really needs is a visitation
Of the fool killer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
A surely Promising Development.

Colorado Sun.l
One of the surely promised developments
of 1892 il that OF the tin industry in the
United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
They Are Grotesque Anachronisms.

u
A few cranks at Pittsburg are trying to
suppress the Sunday newspapers by invok-
ing a statute 100 years old. These cranks
ought to have lived at the time the statute
was passed. In this year of grace 1892 they
are grotesque anachronisms.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
Progress of the Lonr-pi,tanoe PHONE.

BELLEFoSrE Jan. lo.-tSpecidL 1.-The long
distance telephone, connecting with New
York, Philadelphia and Pittsburs, has been
completed to this place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

POSTAGE FREE IN THE UNITED sTATEs-
TAlLT DISPATCH. One Year. ....-.....--..-ss On
DAILY DIsrATCH, Per Quarter. 90
DAILY DISPATCH. One Month. 20
TAuy DIsPA ATCH. including sunday, year 10 90
DAIRY DISPATCH. including sunday, Smiths SO
DAILY DISPATCH. including Sunday, / m TIL 20
SUNDAY DISPATCH. One 6ear.................. 50
WEEKLY DISPATCH, one Year. 3
TH- DAILY DISPATCH is delivered by carriers at
= cents per week, or including Sunday Edition, at
q cents per week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11

BROOM manufacturers far-sighted enough
to lay in stock are making a clean sweep OF
profits from the short crop of broom corn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-11
THRILLING WITH WORDS.

Stranger-You advertised spiritualistic
seance here tonight, but the house is dark.
Manager-Yes; the medium failed to materialize.
-.IudOe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
STYLES IN MEMS HAIR.
A Little Taste Requisite to Suit tho Head
1T L. On.

Men do not pay sufficient attention
to their hair. affirms the n. 7. Barber.
They dress we'll. buy nobby foot and
head gear. but often ignore the proper
cut of their hair. In nine cases ost of
ten look at mans head when he re-
moves his hat and YOU can readily dis
tinguish his quality. A gentleman
never shaves his head close unless the
condition of his hair requires it. Let
the hair grow to "A proper length ordi-
narily from one and half to two aud
n half inches. The length should con-
form to the shull and serve to conceal
defects of contour and glazing de-
ticiencies. A big man with a thick.
feshy neck usually takes delight in
shaving his head with a convict-like
closeness until he bears resem blance
TO prize fighter. He should let his hair
grow long in the back without reach
ing down over his neck; that is, ii
should be Topped off gradually at the
bottom. Grover Cleveland wears his
that way, whereas if it were cut close it
would look abominabe. A still great
er aid in such cases is 10 part the hair
slightly in the back. A person with
slim neck is not so easily advised. If
he has big bump at the base of the
skull he should wear the hair cut as
short as possible without becoming
vulgar. A low forehead should have
the hair pushed upward. Persons
with narrow temples should comb the
hair on each side forward instead of
brushing it back, as is generally the
case. Instruct the barber to cut that
which grows closest to the temple ex-
tremely close. and by overlapping the
thicker portions in front and cutting
them off precisely where the forehead
ends. the effect is of wide temples
merely covered by the hair. Above all
things do not let the tonsorial fiend. rs
he often does, hack away the growth
hoh;.a &c ..:-....
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
The Golden Chance Lost.

We had got through TO Silver City
by stage without adventure. and per-
haps | had more reason than any other
passenger to felicitate myself on the
fact, as | was carrying S., 600 in green
backs for friend who was going into
business. The day after arriving a
strange man came to the Office aud
asked if could have few minutes
private conversation. He looked like
a prOspeCtOr or silver finder, and | took
him into the, inner office where he
quiesly sat down and began:
Il am no hand to beat around a
bush, but believe in coming straight to
the point"
Well
well, you brought in $4,000 with
you yesterday"
Suppose l didP"
Il knew you were coming, and for
three days | was posted to intercept
you. intended to hold up your stage
and take everything"
why didn't you do it?'
That's what I'm coming to. My
Internal burro stumbled with me at a
bad place and pitched me off, and for d
Whole Gay hafuiy moved roo m
so sore lame now that | can scarcely
get about
'WeNP'
The kernel of this thing is just
here. You were my meat, fair and
square. Them eight thousand was as
good as in my own pocket. Owing to
circumstances beyond my control you
pulled through. 1t was a stroke of luck.
| lost my animal and both of my re-
volvers. and am hurt besides Are
you honorable enough to give me "a
per cent on that money to go into BUSH
ness again?'
He wanted per cent, but I finally
got off with $50 and he bought re-
volver and some blankets with it and
went off and stopped stage and was
shot through the head.-N I. Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08

as he was riding, i say, from Win
chester to Cedar Greek on that men,
orable morning when he was twenty
miles away" he quietly remarked to
Colonel Alexander, as the reports of
the disaster to his army came pouring
in: II am determined to regain that
field before nightfall, or lie on it." And
at Five Forks, in the great closing
battle of the war, his mind was so in
tent on his work that he appeared to
be entirely unconscious that he had a
body subject to be pierced by ball or
shattered by she'll.
An inspiration to the faltering. a
greater terror to the cowardly than the
enemy from whom they desired to fly,
he was not only the bravest of the
brave, but the most skilful of the
skillful; and his perceptions were as
keen. his judgment as true. his think
ing as just, while giving his orders in
the midst Of that tempest of bullets, rs
they would have been had no danger TO
his person interfered with the calm
working of his mind. | might contrast
such a laboring commander with some
of the loafing Generals of the war,
but, happily for them, they are already
forgotten, and their names wake no
echoes, even of shame and scorn. e.
z. WhtppIe, in North american ReUseD.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
Haggard's Literary Venture.

MY entrance into literature was
purely an accident, says Rider Hag-
gard, speaking of himself. Even after
my return from Africa | had no idea of
entering the profession. went to
Africa as secretary to one of the gov
errors. | was in the country at the
time of the war. and left Disguised at
the outcome. My methods of book
making differed but little from those of
other authors. A writer must, to do
justice to a subject, have thorough
knowledge of his plot and characters
before touching pen to paper. He must,
too, have collected an immense amount
of material on which to draw.
While in Africa | made close study
of the habits of the natives and the
country generally. In consequence,
when | returned to England | was in a
position TO describe that | had seen
and h card. These materials, with a
suf1ic lent amount of romance blended
with them, are made use of in my tales
of African life.
As have already stated, my en-
trance into literature was due to chance.
While practicing at the bar conceived
the idea of writing work on politics.
This, my maiden effort, proving sue
cessful, | was induced To write ro-
mances.
Dawn" was my first effort Then
followed other romances, including
''She," which has been the most sue
cessful of my books. limit my work
ing hours to six daily. In the past
have been too productive, and in the
future will publish but one book e.
wear.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
Young Men Are Sly.

Did you snotice that well-dressed
Young man." said the proprietor of a
Harlem cigar store. who Just bought
five cent cigarP Ordinarily YOU
could not induce that young man to
smoke a five cent cigar under any cir
cSmstances if that young lady wasn't
with him, and didn't you hear him call
for i've cent cigar? They have just
coue from the opera. and as they live
but few blocks from here they will
walk home, and she is practical enough
TO know that her beau would relish a
smoke in the meantime. Generally he
smokes ID cent cigars and lives very
extrayagantly. He is now thinking of
settling down, and as the young lady
is worth little money which was
acquired by hard work and prudent
living ON the part of her parents he is
fully aware of the fact that, while the
young lady does not object to her
future liege having small vice, she
would naturally shrink at the extrava-
gance of her husband smoking Is cent
cigars He is. therefore. cute enough
in her presence to make believe that
he is of the prudent kind himself.
Wait till they're married and he hard-
les her money. High tariff or low
tariff, he will then smoke Is cen.
cigars altogether. ~. Y. Tae1ram.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
Not a Funny Man.

II remember friend of mine said
Squire johnson to the Cincinnati
Times Star man. who considered HIM
self funny. He went to prominent
jeweler on Fourth street and purchased
a watch for $50, receiving written
guarantee that the watch would keep
good time for year. If the watch
failed the purchase money was to be
refunded. Well my friend was called
to Europe soon after that and spent
several months travelling about various
parts of the earth, and it happened that
he returned to Cincinnati on the very
day4the guarantee of his watch ex.
PRED. Asking me TO accompany him
we went to the jewelry store aud call
ing out the proprietor my friend laid
down the guarantee, which the ieweler
read and then expressed himself ready
to fulfill his contract. The watch was
placed upon the counter aud vas found
to be just oue-half minute too fast.
The jeweler placed it carefully in u
drawer, and, going to his safe counted
out five crisp ten dollar bills and
passed them to my friend with Il smile.
Yes, but don't want the money! he
Stammered; give me back my watch.
1t was only meant us little pleas
antry.' Il have complied with my
contract replied the joweler, and l
only meant Il little business But |
must have that watch said the
thoroughly Disconnected funny man.
We'll, replied the jeweler, proceeding
with his work i consider a watch that
varies only one-half of a minute in
year is worth more than $50. | will
sell you the watch for 800. So cha
grined that he hardly knew what he
was doing, my facetiouS friend paid
over the 500 and pocketed the watch,
When you need another good watch
give me Il call said the ieweler merri-
ly as we took our departure. Well, do
you know. ! never heard of that fellow
doing a funny thing since"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
A QUEER LAKE.
1t Lies East of Lake TanEanyiks and IL
Slowly Drying Up.

Lake Hukwa is about 100 miles long
and from thirty to forty miles wide,
saws G0idLhtDajt6'S Geographical Mag
aztnc. The lake lies in very barren
and inhospitable country, in which re-
spect it forms great contrast with the
surrounding regions, which are among
the most fertile and prosperous in
Africa. The lake is east of Lake Tan
ganyika, and about sixty miles from
1t. in about longitude 80 degrees east
of Greenwich. The parallel of 8 de-
grees south latitude crosses the lake,
and the sheet of water extends much
more to the south and east than is in
Dictated by the dotted lines on our
maps. The natives say it would take
many days to 90 around the lake in a
canoe but they never do so, owing to
their enemies. Its waters are dark in
color, bIackish. muddy, and quite un-
drinkable.
A boy who went into the lake to
bring "A specimen of its water to Mr..
Cross had to go a distance of 300 yards
before he could fill his bottle, ana then
be was knee deep in mud. TIE lake is
apparently the shrunken vestige of
ed out to the explorer as having Il few
years az, been at waters edge. though
they were now several miles from the
lake.
There are no hippopotami, crocodiles,
or canoes in the dark, uninviting wat
ers. as far as Mr.. Cross could ascertain.
The mud on the shores is really form
of lime, and is covered with crustace-
Gus deposit of white salt. There had
been no rain in the neighborhood for
two years, and the Sonque river, which
enters the lake. seems to lose itself to
great extent in the sand as it APP
proaches the lake. 1t may be inferred,
therefore, that Lake Hukwa is rapidly
eyaporating. All the natives affirm
that there is no outlet, and Mr.. Cross
thinks this is undoubtedly the fact,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
OEEP-SEA SHARKS.
They Die from Want of Pressure When
Brought TO the Surface.

Fishes have been found. it is said,
three miles below the surface of the
ocean, and when a speciality has been
made of deep-sea soundings, as in the
voyage of her majesty's ship Chal-
Ienger and Others the very greatest
ocean depths have been found to be
very populous, says the St. Louis Re-
pubic. Plants, on the contrary, do
not live in the very deepest waters.
and it is supposed, therefore. that the
deep-sea animals either prey upon each
other or get their food from dead or
gsnisms and plants which sink to the
bottom.
The phosphorescent fishes, those
which light up the waves about them
so brilliantly, are found as far as
mile below the surface. The most of
the fishes found in what are called the
"abyssal zones have only rudimentary
eyes.
Some have only long feelers, but
these enable them to group their way
about at the bottom of the sea. On
the other hand. there are several
''abyssal' species of fishes which have
eyes so large that they are wholly out
OF proportion to the rest of their bodies.
These are supposed to follow their
phosphOrescent brethren. which act as
beacon lights in the may depths of
old Neptune's trackless wastes.
The light of some of these ocean
lamp-posts, which have been brought
to the surface by the deep-sea dredges,
is so bright that during the brief space
the animal survives il is easy to read
by the light. even though the night be
one of Egyptian darkness.
The reason that fishes and mollusks
living even three miles under water
are able to bear the pressure OF the
waves above them, which is one ton to
the square inch at the depth of only
a mile, is because they nave exceed
ingly loose tissues. which allow the
water to flow through every interstice
like it would through the pores of a
sponge, thus equaIizing the weight.
Indeed, it is asserted, the main cause
of their dying almost Immediately up
on being brought to the surface is be-
cause the accustomed pressure has
been removed. According to the nat
uralists of the Challenger expedition,
all species of sharks brought up from
a depth of two miles are dead before
they reach the surface.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan.4.-John Dietel,
who was known to dime-museum visit
ors as 1.-The latest fat man in America"
has been placed in vault here. Ser
vices were conducted by the Rev n.
Burlxhart, at the home of the dead
mans mother.
The coffin was feet inches long,
s516 inches wide, and 81 inches in
depth At the time of Dietel's death in
Cincinnati he weighed about four hun
dred and twenty pounds. 1t required
the strength of ten men to bear the cot
fin from the wagon to the vault. No
hearse large enough to carry the coffin
could be secured and so the remains
were taken to the cemetery in one of
the wagons of the undertaken.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-08
SHERIOAN'S WAY.
The Rapidly With Which His Acts Fol-
lowed His Thoughts.

Among our Generals, Sheridan. In
the recent Civil War. made his great
mark on the public mind by the i'm
preston he conveyed of ceaseless
activity of body and soul. He seemed
to be thought on horseback that Ioil
could not fatigue nor bullets hit, with
the power to flash its own ardor and
intelligence through the ranks of the
army it led. As vigilant as he was
audacious; as skillful as he was ir-
trepid; with his mind intently fixed on
the business he had to do. and deter
mined to do it, obstacles quickened
rather than dismavcd his intellect, and
seeming hopelessness of success only
stimulated mis- exhaustless fertility OF
continuance. He was considered to be
rash merely because there was no
pause between his swiftly-conceived
plan and swiftly delivered blow. be-
cause the brain that thought was in
such direct communication with the
arm that smote. He knew that he
might be killed. but he had that in him
which he felt could not be defeated
As he was riding with his esc-f-
not with melodramatIc celebrity we are
accustomed to believe, but with the
usual pace of some six miles an hour