Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-28
A LOOK AROUND.

| WHENCE comes the lofty 1nulHerence oi
the conductor of an electric car. say on the
| Birmingham road for examplef Why does
this class Of employe seek to make himself
| obnoxious as a rule to women or children
| who are alonef There is an extremely re-
served and naughty gentleman who pulls
| the bell cord. or rather neglects to do so, on
| car No. l, on the Birmingham line. He
| stands with folded arms and eyes fixed upon
the horizon as though seeking Nirvana or
| communicating with his Karma. Wrapt In
a role of beatitude he passes coldly by
the fat woman on the corner, who wildly
waves her um mDrella, or the man who must
| in ten minutes catch a train at the Lake
Erie depot. This kind of man ought to be
| elected to the chair of contemplating men,
dacity in some Arkansas college.
A TIME is coming in politics In this
| county when the nights will be full of music
and the air will be full of hair, when long
| time friendships will become "reminiscences
and there will be a bounty for scalps paya-
| bic in promises. There are signs of disin-
| tegration, dyspepsia and disgust in unlocked
| for quarters.
| AN amusing case of (which shall it be?"
| arose recently. There was q railroad en-
| ployes' picnic on one of the leading roads Of
this city few days ago. The company gave
| each man two free tickets but in some way
an impression got abroad among the men
| that they were to have three. As a result
| nearly all of them prepared to take two of
| their women folk. In the case of the unmar-
| ried men they almost invariably turned up
| with their mothers and their sweethearts or
their sweethearts' mothers. When they
| learned that there were but two tickets to
| be had there was a general shifting of plans,
and am told that in nearly every case the
mother was left at home, the sweetheart be-
| ing too potent picnic attraction to be
| lightly cast aside
THERE is generally disposition to abuse
the police and to call them blunderers,
| blockheads, etc. The manner in which the
police of Pittsburg and Allegheny have thus
far handled the Anarchist attack on Mr..
Frick should earn them long rest from
public criticism. 1t cannot be said that the
police of Paris have done as we'll as ours, for
| most Of Ravochops accomplices have not
been located. In this case there has been
rapid and accurate operation, which has re-
suited in much that is astonishing and more
that is lamentable. Officers McKelvy,
O'Mara, Murphy, Shore, Steele and others
have acted inteIligently and carefully, and
it is we'll to call attention to this fact.
acres of West Virginia coal land is to be
bought by Pittsburg syndicate for coking
purposes. The coal is said to show a good
analysis and a large amount of money will
go into the new plant.
SPEAKING of coke, it is said that owners
of Connellsville coke coal land are advanc-
ing values rapidly. Some leases have been
made from the Thaw estate on a Is cents a
ton royalty, but it is understood that in
future no leases will be made by the Thaws
at less than 80 cents ton royalty.
"WHAT is good thing to drink this
weather." asked a physician yesterday.
'The best drink is nothing" was his retort,
'but If you must drink stick to Duttermilk
or acid phosphate twice a day."
THE road to Swissvale is the popular drive
nowadays. Horseback parties, buggies,
drags and other vehicles adapted to a rough
road full of sudden drops and deep mud
holes swarm over the road during the after
moons. The cause of all this is desire to
take look at the Homestead works and the
troops from the top of the hill just off the
Swissvale drive. 1t is a pretty sight at any
time, but just now is the best place from
which to see without being seen and with
out having to give pass word.
SIT has been one of those days" remarked
Charles Lamb, "when one felt as though 1t
was almost too hot to exist and wished one
could ascend to a hill top and divesting one
self of flesh sit in bare bones as the winds
pass to and fro through you"-or words to
that effect There are days in large cities
when one fries and then there are other
days when one merely siZzles. Yesterday
f,lo, T.,
body who from choice stays away from
mountains or sea deserves to be proceeded
with at once without benefit'of clergy.
WALTER