Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-21
A LOOK AROUND.

j A DIAMOND street lunch counter man
ran his place for time on the conscience
| plan. This is the scheme which was orig
| mated by the first sandwich lunch man in
New York. You walk in, eat what you
| please, helping yourself from the various
piles OF sandwiches, pies, cakes ETC.. and
then you walk up to the captains office and
| settle on your own basis. You arc supposed
to run your stomach and conscience on the
same scale, but it seems this does not work.
A great many people appeared to have bad
memories and good appetites and it became
necessary to establish q new basis. The
| lunch man locked himself up and took
think, and as q result he evolved q most in
genfous plan. As you enter the place you
are handed slip Of six tickets each repre-
| senting an expenditure of cents. Walters
go about seeing that you wait on yourself
and how much you eat. When you have
| concluded your lunch the waiter tears off as
many checks as you have eaten sandwiches
or other portions Of food. The unused
| checks are given to the cashier as a credit
and you pay the difference between that and
80 cents It is 30 cents to get in and what you
| please to come out.
4 PARTY of Italians trooping off to
some boarding house made a rather unusual
sight on Fifth avenue yesterday. The first
udll uOZcu men u8u Uuuul0S III OH0 uduu
and shotguns in the other, while the long
Indian file which followed carried the usual
! assortment Of trunks. valises, boxes and
packages. 1t was a rather suggestive look
ing group.
LAST night seemed to be night of jags
mot a national, amalgamated, comprehen-
sibIe Jag like that of Fourth of July or
Christmas. but an aggregation Of personal
and private Jags in ju1taposition. There
were jags, bowling jags in buggies scattered
along the East End streets, together with
the half-smothered, jags in carriages; street
car jags, some quarrelsome, some sleepy,
but all muddled, prevailed to an unusual de-
gree, while perambulating jags strolled
about the downtown streets or pushed
swinging doors of jag shops. Dignified jags
in semi-disguise, and musical jags sans mel
ody wandered homeward together, and
hopeless, helpless hundred per cent jags
were hauled of by the human scavengers
who ride in brass-railed open wagons. The
whyness OF all this jaggedness is beyond
me, but it was there.
THE clubs and leading restaurants are
fuller of prominent men than usual at this
time Of the year. There are great many
iron and steel men who usually ge away
about the first of July with their families,
but this year they are at home looking after
differences with the workingmen.
THERE can be no two opinions as to the
feeling of the bar on the Shiras appointment.
All shades of politicians agree that it is a
happy selection. Mr. Shiras is a man of dig
nifty and of natural judicial instincts. He is
the best kind OF a reader and student
namely. one who can give out what he ab-
IIv~ ha 10 nj l{v1rP
ion full of wit and droll stories and quick to
see the htmor of q situation or occurrence.
He has not been as active of late years as he
used to be, but that is quite natural, owing
to his success, his ample means and his ad-
vancing years. Pennsylvania need have no
fear that her judicial reputation will not be
enhanced by the elevation of George Shirns.
IMMEDIATELY after the adjournment of
Congress Senator Quay will go to Beaver for
the summer. The report that he will spend
any considerable time at Brigantine Beach
is incorrect The Senator's health has not
been good since his sickness in Florida, and
he desires the quiet of the Beaver cottage.
THERE has been some talk about ex-
Speaker and ex-State Treasurer Boyer being
q candidate for Speaker of the next House.
but there is no truth in 1t. He will no doubt
House, while Charley Porter and Senator
William Finn will divide up tho work Of
looking after matters in the Senate.
PEOPLE at various resorts along the Jer-
sey coast unite in writing home that the
water is colder than ordinarily in July, but
bathing is as popular as of old in spite Of
this.
T = SsI- 1,,I
changes will be made next year in the Baker
ballot law. 1t is admittedly failure as far
as it goes, a costly innovation which does not
afford any protection not given by the old
law, while it does allow the majority parties
to hold the polls unfairly in the large dis
tricts in the cities. 1t will not be attacked
as a whole, perhaps, but it certainly will be
subjected to liberal amendment and re-
vision. WALTER.
COPENHAGEN A FREE PORT