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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
NOTES OF NOTABLES.

BISMARCK will be II years old on the
lst of next month. But he Isl no April fool
yet.
BARONESS BURDETT-CoiUrrs believes
that sapphire blue velvetj is the proper
mourning color.
COILS P. HUNTINGTON thinks wood
saving the best exercise for young men.
Not that he used to think SO in the days
when he sawed wood himself.
Mr.. JOHN H. STEuARr, United States
Consul at Antwerp, and Vile have arrived
at the Hotel Binda, Paris Mr.. Steuart is ill
and in a critical condition.
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS EAIark Twain) and
his party have left Berlin for the South.
The Misses Clemens will lemain in Berlin to
complete their musical education.
JUDGE VAN BRUNT'S idea that lawyers
should not be tedious and should keep their
promises is startling in Its novelty. But not
all novel ideas are bad bly, any means
Mr. Fl. P. BELFIE}LD, of the United
States Department of Labor after visiting
the technical schools lof England, France
and Germany on a mission for his depart
ment will start for America tomorrow.
HON. WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, the
American Minister 10 Germany, who has
been making tour in Egypt, and the party
accompanying him, befo re leaving Cairo on
their return to this city. visited the Abdin
Palace where they were accorded an in.
formal reception by the New Khedive.
THERE are but eight surviving members
of the United States Sena,te of the session of
1850 81 They are: willard Salisbury, OF
Delaware; Lyman s. Truimbull, of Illinois;
James Harlan, of Iowa: Anthony Kennedy,
Maryland; Henry n. Ride and Morton g.
Wilkinson, of Minnesota: Thomas L. Cling
man, of North Carolina, land James r.
Doolittle, of WISCONSIN,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
THE CITY'S REVENUE.

The statement of the difference between
the actual receipts of the city for the last
fiscal wear and the estimated receipts,
given in our local columns, affords guide
in figuring on the revenue of the city for
the coming year.
It is evident from the statement That the
deficiency of $3.50, 900 is composed chiefly
of two shortages-that of nearly 5000, 600
on the revenue from the tax levy of 15
mills, and that of about S120,00 in the
estimate of miscellaneous receipts. The
first error is the obvious one of failing to
allow any deduction from the city tax
levy on account of delinquent taxes. The
estimate included revenue of $50, 900 for
the payment of taxes levied in previous
years, but did not take into consideration
that corresponding amount of taxes was
likely to delinquent on that levy. The
over-estimate from miscellaneous receipts
appears to have been simply case of wild
guessing.
The deficiency of s36O,0O has to be met
in this years appropriation ordinance,
but there are two items which will nearly
offset 1.-THE increased revenue from liq-
nor licenses and the unused contingent
street appropriation of last year. Beyond
these items the work of keeping down
taxation will depend entirely on the vigor
with which appropriations are pruned of
unnecessary expenditures. OF course, if
appropriations are permitted to swell, tax
alton must swell with them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
A NEW SUNDAY LAW WANTED.
Ono That Win Not Encourage Persona
Notoriety or Financial Gain.

Ono That Will Not Encourage Personal
Notoriety or Financial Gain.
McKeesport Times.l
The Puritanic Sunday cut out for Pennsyl-
vania by the county courts through the
half-of-the-nne crusade of the Law and Order
Society against Sunday newspapers will not
receive public Endorsement. If the Supreme
court shall affirm the decision of the lower
one the people will undoubtedly 60 to the
Legislature for relief. The Times is not by
any means in favor of a "wide open SUM-
day." but the laws of 100 years ago should be
modified to suit the people of to-day. What
was a convenience then has grown to be a
necessity now, and these necessities must
be provided in reason and to the extent of
not interfering with an intelligent public in
its observance of Sunday. There must be re-
straining laws thrown about the day-they
are necessary-but they should be in keep
ing with the age and generation. Sunday
newspapers are not the only thing prohib-
tied, but the dispatch of mails, necessary
railroading, street car transportation, re-
pairs to mill machinery, OH which the EN-.
ployment of thousands depends, and much
other labor that comes under the head of
"wordly employment" according to the 1874
law are involved. The State needs q reason
able. Sunday law that will be enforced
by county and city officials without
the intervention OF self-appointed censors
who take up the enforcement of law for per-
sonal notoriety and financial gain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
THE SUN AND ITS BIG sP0rR
They Show That the Superficial Part Of the
Orb Is Not a Solid Body.

They Show That the Superficial Part Of the
Orb Is Not a Solid Body.
New Castle England) Chronicle.l
While the discussion respecting sun spots
is under way, few facts regarding the orb
of day may not be out of place. That, COM
pared with the earth, the sun is as a globe
two inches in diameter to pins head, and
that it Is nearly 90 900 900 of miles from the
earth, are elementary facts that are gener-
ally known. If the sun were cut up into Il
million parts, each of these parts would ap-
preciably exceed the bulk OF our earth; and
it is calculated that an express train, travel
ing at 60 miles an hour, would have to travel
for five years without intermissioE before
accomplishing the circuit of the sun. II the
sun could be viewed from a star it would
not appear so large as many of the stars
which are seen every night. zach one of
those stars" says Sir Robert Ball, in his
fascinating book, "The Story OF the
Heavens, 'is itself mighty sun. actually
rivaling, and in many cases SURPRISING, the
splendor of our own luminary.
.If the sun of the earth and all it contains
were to vanish the effect in the universe
would merely be that tiny star had ceased
its twinkling"-not reassuring thought to
those who look upon their own little affairs
as of so much Importance. "The first ques-
tion which we must attempt to answer (says
Sir Robert in the same volume), inquiries
whether the glowing matter which forms
the globe of the sun is q solid mass or if not
solid, which is it. liquid or gaseous? At the
first glance we might think that the sun
cannot be fluid, and we might naturally inn
agine that 1t was solid ball of some white
hot substance. But this view is not correct,
for we can show that the sun is not solid
body in so far at least as its superficial parts
are concerned" One way OF proving this is
by regarding the "sun spots" which occur
on the suns surface from time to time, and
which are very noticeable at the present
moment At one time the dfscoverers of
the SUMS spots were laughed at. They were
told that the "eye or the universe could not
suffer from ophthalmia," and that the spots
were not in the sun, but planetary bodies
moving between the sun and the earth: but
the reality OF the suns spots has long been
recognized.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
ONE ANTI-pAss ENACTMENT.

1t is an interesting variety to find one
case of legislators who actually pass
bill prohibiting the use of railway passes
by themselves. Legislators galore have
proposed and discussed such measures,
but when it came to actually giving up the
Joys of dead-head travel, lawmakers have
invariably voted down such reformatory
privileges. The exception is the lower
House of the Massachusetts, Legislature,
which passed such bill last week The
little fact that the bill provides for the
self-sacrifcing statesmen who passed it an
allowance OF 50 per mile for mileage,
may be thought to detract somewhat from
the genuineness of the reform. 1t cer-
tainly proves that the Massachusetts, leg
islators are able to recognize good thing
when they see it in the shape of a mileage
allowance some eighty times the actual
cost of railway tickets. But the people
of Massachusetts, should be grateful to
the legislators that they did not make
themselves the mileage allowance and re-
tain the free pass privilege as we'll
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
ANEw-FANGLED PEPPER MILL
Mistaken by q Western Congressman for q
Restaurant Call Boil.

Mistaken by q Western Congressman for =
Restaurant Call Bell.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-tSpecial. IA men,
Der of Congress from one of the way-back
districts went into the House restaurant
yesterday to get his luncheon. The room was
pretty well crowded at the time, and most
of the. walters were engaged with other
guests. Finally the Congressman became inn
patient and commenced to pound vigorously
on one of Caterer Murray's new-fangled pep
per mills, which he mistook for a call-bell,
When the waiter appeared the Congressman
was in a rage, and he at once opened up a
general denunciation of the establishment
and the poor service. He said: 81 have
been sitting mere over ten minutes trying
to call waiter. Even your - bell don't
ring"
just at that moment the caterer came up
and observed the Congressman wiping the
blood from his hand, which he had bruised
in attempting to ring the supposed call bell
Mr.. Murray explained tnat the little orna-
ment which the Congressman had mistaken
for call bell was pepper mill, such rs are
used in all the swell cafes in New York City.
The rural Congressman forgot his discom-
future, and declared he would Immediately
draw on his stationery account for one "of
them pepper machines"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
BAZAR BUZZiNGS.

Newly Arrived yisitor-What do you do
here in the evenings
Country Host-We 90 and watch the $50 express
pass.
Irish woman-Take me seat.
Dude-Ah. thanks-but-
Irish woman-och. take it! Yez don't look able
ter sthand. Dim more ov man thin yez be.
Old Yallerby-What yo' wants to do,
Mose am to save de pennies.
NIose-I nebber has none to save. uncle. Ole
whitewash allus pays me in silver or bills.
Snooks (reading about French politics)-
What a remarkable man Henri Rochefort is!
snikes-Yes; and think of the delicious cheese he
makes!
Young Hopeful-Father, did you under
stand trigonometry when you were boy?
Nan of acknowledgements Why, bless
yJu, my son, there wasn't nobody in the whole
country handler with gun than me,
1 care not what the world may think of me,
care not what the caviers may state,
For I'm convinced. in spite of what they see,
That I've mind that's marvelously great
And so / saw 1t does not bother me
What carping foes in ignorance may state,
Since I'm convinced, in spite of what they see,
That I've mind that's marvellously great.
Old Gentleman (opening parlor door
the young man stole q kiss)-Well am sur
p-ised.
Young Man teonfused)-So ami.
'March is q vile month";" said Mabel IT
hate to go out on March days. 1t nearly blows the
hair OF my head.''
"Dear me! How unfortunater' said Heavy
weight. Can't you fasten 1t more securelyr''
Mrs. Greatchum-How can you wear that
glaring bonnet. my love? never liked 1t.
Mrs. Tooswect-My husband likes 1t, and as long
as please him don't care.
Qntermission of two hours)
Mr. .,sf hava At
ounce preserve for tea tonight. Clarissa?
Mrs. T.-Not much! That's for company.
whats the matter, Parker? You look
blue?s'
II am asked Miss Morrison to be my WIFE,"
'.Ah! Rejected?'
..No. Referred me to her mother. snd-weii,
her mother rejected ne herself last september o.
NAraGansett.'' 49, See -,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
A GUN MADE OF STEEL SLAVES.
Many Miles Of Wire Tightly Bind Them
In Piaea and Reduce tho Strain.

In Place and Reduce tho Strain.
BosroN. March 6-The new Woodbridge
gun, which is intended to be capable Of
throwing projectile weighing quarter of
ton a distance of from IL to 10 miles, and
which is being constructed at the arsenal at
Watertown, will be completed in about four
months. The speciality of the Woodbridge
gun consists in steel slaves. Around the
steel tube, which Is made of hard rolled
steel, are placed strips of steel like barrel
slaves, and around these miles of steel wire
is wrapped. The steel slaves are put in to
equalize to the pressure caused by the tight
wrapping of the wire. The wire is l5 l00ths
of an inch square, and it is capable of bear
ing tension of eco, 900 pounds TO the square
inch. The wrapping of the wire upon the
tube is done by a special winding machlne,
so as to put the wire on at great strain
Several miles have been wrapped already so
thtckly that the tube, several inches In
thickness, is shrunk in until the diameter Is
reduced by 4l00ths of an inch.
The object of putting tho wire on SO
tightly is to develop the elastic resistance of
the tube, in other words. the immediate
bursting stress comes upon the wire, because
the wire Is comprising the tube all the
while, and not until the wire has been
stretched n little could any strain come upon
the rolled steel tube itself. This would not
so 900 pounds to the square inch. In the first
trial with the gun, 1t is likely ordinary
powder will be used, calculated to throw q
projectile weighing $50 pounds for about u
miles, and a distance of three or four miles
with great accuracy. The charge of powder
will be about 270 down to $50 pounds. DIR.
Woodbridge says that the new smokeless
powders are receiving careful consideration
by the War Department but since the ex-
plosive power of smokeless powder is greater
than these formerly in use, it is not always
possible to utilize the new kind for the
existing guns. The new gun will be rified.
The prOiectile will not make q complete
revolution before reaching the muZZle, but,
as the rifliug gains in curvature as it goes
along, the proiectile, when 1t leaves the
mouth, will be whirling at a speed equal to a
complete revolution in the length of the
gun. In about two months it will be ready
to be sent to the Watervliet arsenal, New
York, for finishing touches, and then it will
go to Sandy Hook to be tested. The gun is
of the tyne used in forts, but this one is
intended for experimental purposes rather
than anything else.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
THE WAY TO RETALIATE.

The excitement over the reported re-
fusal of the Tory Government to maintain
the modus ctpendS for the protection OF
seals, pending the arbitration proceedings,
has reached the expected result OF war
talk. The report is not officially corrob-
GRATED, but it is given with such persist
ence and confidence that the general opln-
ion is that it has some foundation.
Of course, the talk of the junior naval
officers who put themselves so strongly IN
evidence in connection with the Chilean
trouble about the glories of war with
England is simple nonsense. A war with
England over lot of seals would be sui
cidal folly. There is no such question OF
national honor involved that we need to
enter into conflict which would result in
cutting off our commerce and blockadlng
our ports.
Moreover, there is no necessity Of in
curing such disasters in order to record
our resentment of such an unjustlhable
act on the part of the British Cabinet.
England is as much interested in the
preservation of the seals as the United
States. If Lord Salisbury will not act in
good faith in preserving them while the
disputed questions are under arbitration,
the United States Government has COM
plete measure of retaliation. Let 1t
authorize the killing of all the seals on
the islands, secure the full revenue of
5,ooo,ooo to s1o,Ooo,Ooo from the catch
thus obtained, and let the world go with
out sealskins after the stock thus captured
is exhausted. The world can live without
sealskins, ii necessary.
Such a course would leave the Arbitra-
ton Commission the task ef deciding
what should be done with defunct seal
fishery. But that would be better than to
inflict on civilization the disaster of war
between England and the United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
AN INTERESTING POSSIBILITY
A Chance That There May BE Tie In the
Next Electoral College.

A Chance That There May Be . Tie In the
Next Electoral College.
New York Recorder.l
The fact that the Electoral College chosen
on the 6th Of November will be composed OF
an even number of members renders pos
sible q contingency that has been possible
only once since 1856, and. has never before
been probable during the entire voting by
Presidential electors, first practiced In 1924.
The contingency referred to is an equal di'
vision of electors between two candidates,
thus making the vote of the college = tie.
During the most recent eight Presidential
contests 1t has been possible to tie the cleo
tors only once-in 1868, when the college had
294 voting members. But the Grant sweep
that year-2l4 votes against tS0-demonstrates
how small was the probability OF such an
event. In 1883 and 1884 the college had 40l
electors. In 1880 and 1876 the number was
S79. and by the odd number Hayes won, the
award being 1856 votes to Tilden's 1A. In
1872 the number was $40, in 1854 1t was 23S,
and in 1860 also an odd number, 20S. Previous
to the war there were three odd and six
even colleges, and of the entire II national
electoral bodies ten have had an odd num-
ber of electors and seven an even NUMBER;
But there has never been a Presidential
electorate with any such probability of
equal division as now exists.
A circumstance that increases the chance
Tor tie TINS year is tne u1stricC law IN
Michigan. 1t Is possible, but not likely, that
the votes by States would divide equally.
But with the district element introduced by
the Don Dickinson dodge the probability OF
such outcome of q close contest becomes
worthy of consideration, if 1t be assumed
that no third party will carry State. Kan
sas with ten electors and Nebraska with
eight are both even number States, and
there is bare possibility that one or both
of them might go for the third ticket and
leave 10 one of the leading parties just half
the college, but not enough to elect. tie
in the electoral college would throw the
no party had half the votes. The chance,
therefore, slight as it is. of an equal division
tells against the Republican party. The way
to settle that question and all others is to
sweep New York for the MINNEAPOLIS nomi-
nee and thus make his ''calling and election
sureH
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
IOWA MINERS NAY STRIKE

Their Wages Cut Down 10 Gents, Owing to
Fall in Coal Prices.
DEs Mo1NEs. Ia, March GA coal miners
strike seems imminent here. The miners
scale has been cut down from 30 to 50 cents.
Mine operators claim that lack of demand
has forced the selling price of coal down
fully SO cents ton, and they cannot pay the
higher scale to the miners.
The strike q year ago at this time served
to open the Iowa markets to thousands of
tons OF Illinois coal, and the loss of trade, it
is asserted, has not yet been made good.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
THE FEDERATI0N's PLEA

For Self-Government for the District OF
Columbia Presented by Gompers.
NEW YORK, March 6.-President Gompers,
OF the American Federation of Labor, sent
letter to President Harrison yesterday, in
which he said that at the last convention of
of the confederation he was instructed to
forward copies of the resolutions adopted
by that body, indorsing the action OF or.
ganized labor in the District of Columbia, in
requesting the passage of a law restoring to
the citizens Of the District the right of suf.
frage.
The resolutions declare that the people OF
Washington have government forced
upon them which is un-American and un-re.
corporations, real estate rings and million.
aire residents. the people having neither
voice nor influence in their OWE affairs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
DEFENDING THE DEAL

Petitions to Governor Pattison Are Being
Extensively Circulated.
READING, March 6.-At a late hour tonight
petitions addressed to Governor Pattison,
placed in all public places throughout East
ern Pennsylvania for signatures, were num-
erously signed, alleging that tine recent deals
by which the Reading Railroad obtained
control of the Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central
and other railroads, were for the best in
terest OF the State, and that the interests OF
all the people will be the best snbserved by
the fulfilInent OF the plans comprised by the
leusing in question. The Governor is asked
to bring the matter to 4 speedy termination.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07

the stability of corporate investments, if it
put corporations under the ban which re-
pudiate the obligations of their charters.
But there is more in it for the manipula-
tors by disregarding charters and law, and
consequently Wall street takes it out in
tabooing communities which assert their
rights against lawiess corporations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
New Electric Road for McKresport,

McKEEsPoRT, March 6.-[SoeciaL IAN
electric street railway Is to be built parallel
with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from
Boston to Elrods. thence to ChriSty PARK
and McKeesport, n distance of about three
miles. The idea is. after leaving Christy
Park, TO cross tile hills and meet the Union
Passenger Railway line in Riverview Park.
The line is assured, as several capitalists
from this section and others from Pittsburg
are in terested.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
buouesne,s New National Bank.

DUoUEsNE, March 6.-ISpectaL 1-Applica-
tion for charter for the First National
Bank of Duquesne will be made at once, the
paid up capital stock Of $o0000 having all
w. Crawford, Charles p. Pavne, William
Oliver, Charles Downey, DR.. Bodkin, j. K.
Wylie, George F. Gray, of Dnquesne; John
NJ. Risher, Drayosburg; 5. O. Lowry, Nc
KaasnaIf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07

"THAT is the way we talk in Kansas, I"
remarked the Hon. Jerry Simpson the other
day when called to order for having alluded
to a collegue as san iniquitous railroad at
torney." derry must learn that the wild
Western Manner of calling spade a spade
will not be permitted under the Pickwickian
rules of debate
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07

AN angry theater-goer in the East has
entered suit against theatrical manager
claiming damages for the non.appearance of
the star singer whom he paid his money to
hear. These unreasonable fellows who
think they ought to get what they paid for
will kick up row now and then, but it
makes no difference in the long run.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
DIR. Lewis p. Bush.

DR.. Lewis p. Bush, President of the Del
aware State Board of Health and President of the
Board of Managers of Delaware College, died yes
terday afternoon 1t Wilmington, Del. Of heart
failure after a few hours Illness He was so years
old and was one Of the most active, energetic and
experienced public sanitarians in Delaware. He
was also keenly interested in local historical mat
ters Dr. Bush was graduated at the University Of
Pennsylvana, in 1885, and with the exception of a
few months term OF service in Philadelphia hos
pitai lived at Wilmington all his life He was the
author OF u number Of medical and historical
works.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07

WE observe that an enthusiast is out with
a new boom for the hot water cure of some
years ago. He bases the demonstration of
the cure on the process of creating a dis
ease ana then curing it." This suggests the
practice of the old time quack who boasted
that he always achieved success by soaring
the patient into fits and then exclaimed,
I'm death on fits"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-07

ONE eminent stock operator Is frank
enough to tell the truth on the witness
stand about the anthracite coal combination.
That person is Mr. Russell Sage, who says,
what everyone knows, that the purpose Of
the combination is to put up the price Of
coal by suppressing competition. 1t is also
instructive to note that Mr.. Sage indulges in
this frankness when he is outside OF the
combination.