Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-05
A LOOK AROUND.

A GAME of billiards was in progress
yesterday, and the man who lead was left
handed. 1t struck me, as it has often be-
fore, that left-handed men are usually more
expert at such games, or at things which re-
Quire accuracy and deftness, than their
right-handed brethren. wonder II 1t ia be-
cause they require their weakness early in
life and take greater degreesof trouble to do
things we'll?
CHICAGO seems to have aroused an ugly
spirit by the manner in which she treated
people who attended the Democratic Con-
vention, and it is sure to hurt her concerning
the Worlds Fair. There was too much rob-
berry to suit the public. When it comes to
hotels charging 500 a day for room con-
tanning five beds, it is time to call halt.
IT is understood that there is strong
probability that Mrs. schenley will agree to
donate q considerable addition to the park,
provided the city will buy about the same
acreage at q fair charge. This will add q
great deal of attractive scenery to the park
and permit some delightful additions to be
made to the drives
I'm sick of all the noises Of the people on the
street,
The days are full of weariness. the air is full
of heat;
The street car bells are jangling and the
wagons rumble by,
And the fever of the city seems burning my
brain dry.
I wish was afshing below old Struther's
dam,
And waiting for the lunch to come with
Struther's boy, young Sam;
I don't suppose there is fish within a half q
mile,
And fishing in that long. dark pool is moth
ing if not guile.
But oh! to feel the wind float by from further
up the pines
And see it stir the water and rumple up the
vines!
And oh! to catch the perfume of the new
leaves of those trees!
I wonder If that sweetness is beyond the
reach of bees?
And to feel the soft, deep cushion Of the
dead leaves and the moss,
And to listen to the signing of the forest fol
some loss;
To hear that saddening signing that has
fallen in soft waves
Upon the ears in long-gone years of dusky
maids and braves.
To see pure, deep laurel cups and smelly
honeysuckle;
To puff the smoke from brier pipe and take
quiet chuckle,
To think of those who stew and swear and
call for ICED champagne,
And try to find breath of air and try it all
in vain;
To hear the smashing ripples against the
messy stones,
And wonder If you'll see tonight that dark
eyed girl of Jones',
Who came along at twilight and said she
looked for cows
In scanty skirt of homespun and dark blue
flannel blouse.
To feel you might write verses If you only
had pen,
And are glad you have not got one for the
sake of fellow men;
To lie beneath that greenery and catch q
glimpse of blue,
To thank God you are living and have not q
thing to do.
Phew! afishing and awishing are sometimes
close akin,
But there's work tonight and copy's short
and must now begin.
I FOUND some figures in the City En-.
gineer's Office yesterday in regard to streets
and sewers which give some faint idea oi
what has been accomplished within com
paratively few years. 1t seems that we have
in Pittsburg at this time about 165 miles OF
paved streets, of which nearly so miles are
new, that is. were finished within a short
time compared with the age of the city.
There are about so miles of proposed streets
The city contains 7.65 square miles and the
parks. 703 acres. There are 225 miles o.
streets opened, 100 miles of sewers laid, Of
which 81 miles are brick and 70 pipe sewers
There are 3s miles of steam railway tracks,
Is miles of electric railway tracks and !!
miles of cable tracks within the city. The
frontage on the Allegheny river is 42.50(
feet, on the Monongahela, north side, 43. 500
and on the south side q, 900. These figures
SO far as they go, are official. 1t is proposed
next year to prepare a table for the En-
gineer's report showing exactly how much
street making has been done and what it has
cost.
THE Coroner's jury has decided that the
Homestead act is illegal. Still this will not
prevent settlement.
WHERE are the nhab1tants-at least many
of themG Go ask the railway and steamship
passenger agents, the excursion managers
the smiling proprietors Of the seaside
and hill resorts, and you'll get 6
quick answer. Truly the town is stripped
of a goodly number of familiar faces
The summer hegira is at its tor
notch, and the movement will no
cease until the nights grow
long and chilly. But the bronzed faces ar,
more numerous than usual at this season
too. The outing at Homestead put the tar
on many manly cheeks, and tn,
recall of portion of tn,
soldier boys has left with us a goodly mum
Der who wear the badge of seaside service
Still judging from the deserted ap
pearance of the public places it II
safe to conclude that Pittsburs
has added more than its usual quota to tht
rest and pleasure seeking throngs this sea
son. WALTER.