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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
METER AND MIRTH.

Shrinker-Do you think, Miss Longwsyt,
that you like me enough to marry me If should
ask you?
Miss Longwayt-why. Mr.. ShrinkerI You ought
to know well enough that do.
Shrinker-Thanks. If 1 ever get over this darn
bashfulness enough to ask you, blame me If don't
come;sround here some evening and try it.-Boston
Courier.
Magistrate-You are charged, sir, with
hitting the prosecuting witness, McFadden, with
brick. Guilty or not guilty.
Mr.. Grogan-Please y'r amer. 'twor very sofs
brick. Mr.. McFadden is friend of mine. .-Ladts"-
apolis Journal.
The milkman got ahead in life
By selling watered milk
And. quite appropriately, his wife
Wears gowns of watered silk.
-Ne,o York Press.
Jeannette-Does Miss Boardman get her
lovely complexion from her father or her motherf
GLADYS (sweety)-From her father. He's in
the drug business.-C Chicago Neos-Record.
He never goes there any more,
Their hearts now beat as two;
Though for mcry he went each night
This maiden fair to WOO.
The reason is that one sad night
Her lips being in a pout,
He gave her a swift and sudden kiss
And her store teeth all fell out!
Brooklyn Eaob.
Skipp-Why do you say that old Misery
reminds you OF bloodhound?
Nipp-Because he holds so well to q ceut.-ChSe1-
90 Inter- Ocean.
When love first made the world 90 round.
Twas just for pleasure through all seasons,
But selfish grown, love now seems bound
To spin 1t for financial reasons.
-Nezo York Herald
Bangs-What kind of q war record has
Major Cascabel?
Shotts-None; he's . bachelor.-Detyoit Frss
Press.
He had brought her chair, then . fan,
then an ice, and as he went after her shawl her
friend remark ed:
You seem to think great deal Of Mr.. Slim
mins?''
''Yes. " was the reply; st like him for his fetch
ing ways. Ndshtngton Star
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
CELEBRITIES IN CLOVER.

RUDYARD KIPLING believes in ghosts
Mr.. GLADSTONE first spoke in the House
of Commons on May II. 1888 80 years ago.
q. s. HOBART died in San Francisco the
other day worth $4,OOO,0o0. In 1870 he was a
carman in n mine earning a a day.
LORD SPENCER'S library, which is said
to be unrivaled among the private colec-
tions of books in England, and which con-
tains a natchless set of Cnxton publications,
is to be sold at auction next year.
MARSHAL PATRICE MCMAHON the gal
liant ex-President of France, although 50
years old, is as robust as at 60 He boasts
that serious illness has never been his lot,
and that only when wounded has he been
confined to his bed.
MEsSRs. JOHN L PLATT and James B.
Platt, brothers, who have long conducted
the Poughkeepsie Eagle, which was founded
by their father Usaac Platt) in 1925 have
just taken into partnership a representative
of the third generation OF the family, Ed
mund Platt.
M. BoNNAT the famous artist whose por-
trait of Renan is one OF the salons show
pieces, lives with his mother and sister in
a beautiful cottage in the Champs Elysees.
He is a great friend of Cardinal Lairgeri, of
Algiers, who lives with him whenever he
comes to Paris.
GENERAL PRIM, who was Spanish Minis
ter of War for two years, held that office
longer than any of his predecessors during
the present century. The Military Weekly
of Berlin, says that there have been 1914 Min
listers of War in Spain during the century,
the average time of service being six
months.
THE Princess of Wales left Copenhagen
yesterday on her way home. The Gar and
Czarina and the Danish royal family came
in from the royal palace to see her off.
Afterward the Cabinet Ministers and foreign
diplomats boarded the yacht Polar Star to
pay their respects to the Gar, who is visit
ing in Copenhagen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
STOLE AWAY FROM HOME.
A Twelve-Year-Old Boy Ran on to Visit
New York ana Philadelphia

New YORK ana Phliad0'pnta.
PHILADELPHIA, July n-Little Harry Sci
bert, of Millertown. Pa, only II years old,
was discovered yesterday by conductor of
a train at Thirty-second and Market streets
crouchlng underneath the cars. He gave
Lieutenant Miller, of tho Sixteenth police
district, history Of his escapade. He said
he had become imbued with the idea that
Philadelphia and New York we're great
cities, and he had heard SO much about
them he wanted to see them.
He accordingly arranged a plan to leave
his native town and steal a ride to Philadel-
phia. From what he had heard from other
boys he accomplished this in safety, al
though he was whole day on the journey
without food or drink. He reached Broad
street station safely yesterday morning, and
not being pleased with the location tried
to steal another ride to New York on the
same plan, but was detected by an in
spector and turned away. He. however,
begged something to eat, and found his way
to Thirty-second and Market streets and got
under train of cars that was going to New
York from Broad street station, but was
again caught The boy is of weIl-to-do
parents ut MilIertown, his father owning a
mill. The authorities have communica ted
with him regarding his runaway child.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
A STRANGE GHOST STORY.
A New York Compositor Obeys q spos
and Starts on a journey.

A New York Compositor Obeys q spook
and Starts on q Journey.
NEW YORK, July l1.-Lewis Friend. a COM
positor employed in the World office, disap-
peared several weeks ago, taking with him
$50 belonging to the members of the World
chapel. His friends decided that he had been
robbed and murdered, but he returned on
Saturday alive and well, with a remarkable
story to tell in explanation OF his sudden
departure.
from work on the night that he disappeared
he met his fathers ghost at Park row and
Frankfort street. The ghost told him that
go to England at once. In obedience to
the ghosts behest, Friend left for England
within "a hours; but when he got there he
found that the ghost had abused his conf
dence, SO ne came back at once, arriving
here on Saturday. He still has the $3.50.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
LADIES RAISE A CAMPAIGN FUND.
One Hundred Do lars Furnished by
Frances Cleveland Club

Z
Frances Cleveland Club
CHICAGO, July 1L-Contrary to the strict
Injunction of ex-President Cleveland that
Mrs. Cleveland's name must not be used for
organization purposes in the next campaign,
the Monmouth ladies have organized a
Frances Cleveland club of Warren county,
They not ONLY have organized the club to
promote Democratic interests with their
moral support. but their determination
seems to be to raise a campaign fund, as
shown By the subjoined letter:
PAHLoRs OF THE MONMOUTH ILL.,,
FRANCES CLEVELAND CLUB.
To Hon. Theodore Nelson, Secretary Democratic
State Committee:
MY DEAR SIR am directed by the Frances
Cleveland Club of Warren county, a woman's
Democratic organization. to send you the inclosed
check for 500 as our contribution toward the state
campaign fund. Though the sum is small, trust
that 1t will assist in wrestling our State from Re
publican supremacy. With this hope and this be
lief, remain, very sincerely,
SARA BOND HANLEY
This is believed to be the first contribution
to the campaign expenses of a political party
ever made by an organized body OF ladies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

IT is to be hoped that Tammany's po-
Htical immortality has been lessened by the
Christian Endeavor Convention. But the
hope is a rather forlorn one, since this is a
tiger that changes its stripes only for its
own pleasure and temporary mundane
profit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
Social Chatter.

Mr.. JAMES MAeEE, eldest son of F. NJ. Ma
gee, ESQ.,, leaves this week with Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Rodgers, of Allegheny, for
England, where they will spend the ensuing
six weeks.
STANHoPE s. PINKERToN, ESQ, is summer
ing with his family at their cottage in the
mountains beyond Altoona.
Mrs. Clarke and Miss Chella Clarke, of
Negley avenue. will leave for Chicago this
evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

The Kentucky treasury is empty and the
States June telegraph bill is unpaid, SO the
Western Union Telegraph refuses further
credit. But they are pretty slow down there
anyhow, and the deprivation will be borne
with good deal of eQuanimity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

OWING to detection caused by a sand
hill a schooner was sunk four miles out from
Sandy Hook on Saturday by shot fired
from the United States proving grounds. 1t
would be we'll in future for officers to take q
sight before ordering the discharge of a pro-
jectile, just TO see that there are no sand
hills, schooners Or anything else in the way.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Captain Francis r. Webb.

Captain Francis Ropes Webb, who was
stricken with paralysis on July ., died yesterday
morning at Chula Vista, a suburb of San Diego,
Cal. Captain Webb was in the naval service dur
ing the war, serving under Admiral Porter. From
1857 to 1874 he was located at Zanzibar, United
States Consul. 10 his efforts wa largely due the
negotiation of treaty. in the latter year of his
on the east coast of Africa. Stanley was indebted
to him for material assistance in fitting out his first
expedition of exploration of the dark continent In
1881. Captain Webb was appointed consul to New
Zealand, and retained that place until last Novem-
Der. when he resigned. He was born in Salem,
Mass
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
Chicago Sends Aid to St. Johns

CHICAGO. July 1l-Thirty-five former resi-
dents of st. Johns, N. F., held meeting at
the Grand Pacific Hotel to-day and took
steps toward extending aid to the stricken
city. A Central Committee Of ten was
formed and a subscription Immediately
started. Mayor Washburne and the Board
of Trade will be asked to cooperate. 1t is
proposed to call mass meeting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
MORE OF CLEvELAND's M0DEsTY,
He Declines to Furnish Portrait Of Baby
Ruth to aNnEspaper

Roth to a Newspaper.
ATLANTA, GA, July IL. - The Atlanta
Journal this afternoon prints the following
lcttcr, received from ex-President Cleve-
land in answer to request for picture of
Baby Ruth for publication in the Journal:
Replying on behalf of Mrs. Cleveland to your
letter of the 18th inst. have to say that there
has never been photograph taken of our child.
and it is impossible for that reason to comply
with vour request 1t is only frank TO add that if
there was any of her pictures in existence we
should not be willing to have published in any
newspaper. We are doing all we can to check the
notoriety which would be increased by such pub
Iicatlon. We would be glad to please you and the
paper with which you are connected. but can
not bring ourselves to the point of giving our
baby,s picture to be printed in a newspaper.
Yours truly, GROVER CLEVELAND
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

to agree with the learned judge that they
do not see of what use District Attorney
is. But it is also very decided conclu-
sion that this class of law-breakers have
what is slangily termed dead cinch on
the law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
Mrs. Elizabeth Belts.

Mrs. Elizabeth Belts, widow of Peter
Belts. revolutionary soldier. died in Harrisburg
Sunday. aged 90. Before she was IS years of age
she married George Eppley, Of Millersville,
Lancaster county, the place of her birth,
and was left widow at %. Two
years subsequently she became the wife of
Peter Belts. who was then IS years old and who
fought with General Washington for independ-
ence. In 1910 Mrs Belts left a widow again,
her husband having died at Harrisburg. She was
a remarkably bright woman for her age, and told
many interesting stories of her husbands expert
pension Of SIG a month from the Government.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
The Right Course to Pursue,



Candidate Bidwell is said to be worth
somewhere from %, 600 600 to SIC. 600, 900, and
it is sad to reflect that this handsome for
tune of the Prohibition candidate was
largely made in the native wine and brandy
business. The least Bdwell can do is to
turn over his i'll gotten gains to the Prohibi-
ton campaign fund.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
In o Tight Squeeze.

Philsdelphia Press.1
That interesting Vice Presidential impossi-
bility (stevenson) is trying to explain to the
satisfaction OF Eastern Cleveland Demo
Gratis how he came to be Greenbacker and
Q Copperhead. He will offer apologies for
his more modern bad record later on,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
It Has Been Dono Before

Brooklyn Eagle
THE P1rrsBURs DISPATCH calls Mr.. Cleveland
"the prophet Of English prosperity" He
has also been called "the stuffed prophet"
The trouble with these CRITICS Is chat they
can't knock tho stuff1ng out Of him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

UNDER the Baker law the ballot sheets
required for the fall elections will be of such
a size as to warrant the assumption that the
by the acre.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
On the Right Side Of the Fence.

st. Louis GlObe-DemocraL
The great majority of the Republicans in
Congress are opposed to free silver, while
the great majority of the Democrats favor
it. This is shown by the voting which has
thus far been HAD. The Republican is now,
as it always was, the sound money party.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

Now that Pittsburg has been made local
forecast station, and the observer is to be
paid for making official forecasts for thirty
eight hours in advance, a great improve
ment in the weather is to expected.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

THERE are portions of this country where
cyclone pits will soon be regarded as ap-
pendages to well ordered establishments as
indispensable as bear pits to geological gar
dens.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

FRENCH justice has received somewhat
tardy vindication, but at last the multi-mur-
derer Ravachol has paid the extreme PEN
atty of his crimes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

THAT Peoples party candidate must be
making his P. P. C. appearance before a final
retirement into obscurity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

IT would be odd if baseball pitchers
turned strikers in opposition to a reduction
of their salaries.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

LOVE is highly appropriate name fol-
the President OF the Universal Peace Union.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
CAPTAIN David M, DRYDEN

Captain David M. Dryden died at Bland
vflle, KY, Friday Of tumor of the stomach. He
served in the army as First Lieutenant Of the First
Kentucky Infantry, United States army also in the
navy as Commander of the steam ram Queen Of the
West at the battle of Memphis. He had wide
reputation II steamboat captain on the Ohio river
from 1886 to the close of the late war; when he be-
came falls pilot at Louisville. Captain Dryden was
born February 4, 1910, at Palestine, Clermont
county, u.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

How Stanley VIII Live In History.
New York Advertiser.1
Mr.. Stanley will live to some extent in hiss
tory IS the man who was lambasted in Lam
beth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

MT. ErNA is indulging in a pernicious
activity. for the suppression of which no
suggestions have yet been made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12

A CLOSE atmosphere is the cause of open
doors and windows.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
Obituary Notes.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES e. BLUNT. of
the Engineer Corps. United States Army. died Sun
day in Boston.
BARON WINMARLEIGH (John Wilson Patten)
died In London yesterday, aged 90 years. He was
Chief Secretary for ireland in 1858. The title,
which was created In 1874, expires with the Barons
death.
ISAAC ID. GARFIELD who was one Of the promi-
nent leaders in the recent Cleveland movement in
Syracuse, was found dead at his mothers home in
the village Of Cardiff. Sunday. Heart disease was
the cause of death,
HON. JOHN c. WADE. of Digby. N. s., died Sat
urday in his I'D year. He represented Digby
county in the Dominion Parliament for over .
quarter Of . century. and 1t was his vote as
Speaker Of the House that ova Scotia entered into
the confederation.
HON. ROSCOE l.. BOWERS, one of the Maine
Railroad Commissioners, died suddenly of heart
disease at his home in Saco July Z. aged 81 years.
MI: Bowers was twice Mayor Of Saco, had repre-
eented the city in the Legislature, and was q mem-
Der Of Governor Robie's council.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
8. n. Brasco. Riverman.

S. II. Brasco, well-know pilot, died in
JefersonvilIe yesterday morning. He was known
all along the river on which he ran. and admired
for his faithful attention to duty. He was always
ready to lend a helping hand to a steambOatman.
He ran on the Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland and
Mississippi rivers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
AROUND ABOUT HOMESTEAD.
Tho Old Munh.ll F.rryman.

The old ferryman at Munhall. just above
the place where the Pinkerton's were
trapped, is quaint and shrewd He rejoices
in the not uncommon name OF John w.
Smith, and as he rows you across the oily
waters OF the Monongahela he is likely to
tell you that he fought three years in the
Army of the Potomac and draws pension
or $40 month for wounds. But he shows
no sign of his age or his wounds as he pulls
the crazy old tkifr across the river, though
perhaps he does show q readiness to lie on
his oars whenever O chance is given him to
talk. The first ten days Of July
have been golden to Ferryman Smith,
for first in war and then in peace the de-
mand for his eight skiffs has been incessant.
HIS patrons. he says, "come from every
wheres-1 never see such crowds"-this
with plain tive reminder that his charge is
only 80 cents, including full view OF the
battlefield, with a running lecture upon the
when the Little Bill and her luckless con-
voys hove in sight till the bloody finale Of
that awful day. The bronzed old soldier Is
heart and soul with the men, OF course, in
their struggle, but he had one criticism to
make. "'Twasn't right to knock them
Ptnkertons about after they gave in" he
said, "1've been Q soldier and fought at
Gettysburg and pretty nigh everywheres
the Army of the Potomac did.
put I, that was the toughest hight
man gives up, let him gor The women
acted worse than the men-my! how they
did belt them Pinkertons!" and there was
pride as well as pity in Mr.. Smiths tones.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
The Women sympathrze With Them.

The sympathy of women generally with
the strikers was again exempiifled just as
the ferryman was speaking. The steamer
Lud Keefer, with two barges crowded with
excursionists, most Of whom were young
women, passed u.s. and in response to the
hat-waving in our skiff and another filed
with iron workers, loud cheers for Home
stead came from the fair holiday-makers.
The cries from the steamer and barges were
clearly distinguishable above the general
cheering, and they were: "Hurrah
Tor Homestead!' and the like. all
showing hearty good feeling
towards the men. 1t was think the loudest
cheer l have ever heard from feminine
throats. The significance OF the incident
was deepened by the fact that the cheers
were given just when the steamer was
abreast the cinder bank where the charred
ropes which had moored the Pinkerton
barges still lay at the waters edge, and black
fragments of the burned craft recalled the
bloody events of last Wednesday. The
cheers from those fair young throats echoed
again and again from the shore, and the old
ferryman allowed the boat to drift hun
dred yards before he recovered from the
ectasy into which this manifestation of fem
inine sympathy threw him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
Brinton's Brief Fame.

1t was supposed for the best part of yes.
terday that the troops were to rendezv zvous
at Brinton, place II miles from Pittsburg
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, that is re-
markable for nothing particular but a
labyrinth of railroad tracks marking the
junction of the main line and the Pittsburg
Virginia and Charleston branch. As mat
ter OF fact. nobody gathered there yesterday
but half a dozen reporters. 1t would not
have been such a bad place for the brigades
of the National Guard to go into camp prior
to moving as a division over the Virginia
and Charleston tracks to Homestead, for
there is q tolerablv wide and level tract of
unoccupied and uncultivated land between
tracks.
The first reporters who arrived sought the
shade of some trees about 100 feet above the
railroad, and they had considerable fun at
the expense of their fellows who came later.
As the latter appeared upon the track below
the reporters on the hillside tied handker-
chief to an umbrella and initiated as best
they could with this flag the actions of q
signal corps of Homestead workmen. One
at least of the newspapermen below who
saw this singular performance was
taken in, and sat for 20 minutes
on a barrel in the sun trying to make out
sent to some other watchers on the hills
toward Homestead. As he tried to interpret
the mock signals by the Morse alphabet it
may be imagined he wearied himself rather
more than the enterprisin2 party with the
handkerchief and the umbrella. He was
still more fatigued when having climbed
the hill he discovered the truth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
Homestead,s Health in PERIL

The town of Homestead certainly did not
wear warlike air yesterday, and the most
hostile thing about the place a
casual visitor would surely have de-
cided to be the smells in
the streets. Open drains and neglected
water courses and cutters, full of green
coated water and refuse load the air with
noisome odors. A hose with good head of
water would do much good, and some at
tempt at modern drainage would save the
town from a worse enemy than even Pinker-
tons. If the population of Homestead Is
doubled for any length of time without some
attention to these evils, the consequences
are bound to be terrible. Whether this
negle ct OF sanitary safeguards is the result
of the peoples anxiety about other matters
or not, and it is strangely out of keeping
with the plenty OF pretty homes and trim
yards and the personal cleanliness of the
great majority OF Homestead's population
the matter is worth attending to, and
that right soon. HEPBURN JOHNS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-12
The Young Men on Guard,

Atthe end Of the high fence. with its triple
barb-wire fringe, q stones throw from Mum
hall station. four lads were playing cards.
They were all bright-looking boys in work.
ing clothes. and they gave us good-natured
greeting as We approached them. One of
them, a lad of 20. with good square brows
and deep blue eyes, speaking Of the
advent of the National Guard, said:
swell help 'em guard the works. Why
shouldn't we? The Carnegie people don't
want to take care of the mills any more
than we do. Why. my fathers inside the
works now on guard for the Carnegies." Yet
these young fellows were a picket OF the
workers, as much on watch for Pinkertons
and other foes as any of their elders. This
was proven five minutts later when the
ancient mariner, MI. Smith, having rowed
us a dozen strokes from shore, the same
quartet hailed us from skifr which they
had by some short cut reached before us,
and we're then patroling the river bank. Mr..
Smith kindly vouched for our innocent in.
tentions. and the young watchmen steered
for the shore again Thus the perfection Of
the sy stem by which the workers are guard
ing the mills was once more illustrated.