jfSv-'-' SE PITTSBiniG- DISPATCH, SATURDAY, JANTTABY 4 1890.' '. ' ' ' ' ' ''?'. -1m, wr i - , , .H a --" a vs , i i " i - i : Rider Haggard's Last Story, JKTItlSD- "BEATRICE," Has been secured for publication. In the BUNDAY DISPATCH. The opening chapters will appear In to-morrow's issue. Am one the other contributors who will help to make this issue especially bright and en tertaining yrill be: - BiixNte, Hon. Hexby Hall, Clara Belle, Simeon Bissell, Kev. Geo. Hodges, Edw'd WAKEFIELD, E. R. CHADBOUBN, Mrss Gbuijdy, Jb, G. H, Sakdison, Thorpe Branch, b.p. shillaber, hepbubjt johm, Mbs. Frank Leslie, Brknan, Bumbalo, Bessie Bramble, James C Pubdt, Fb'K G. CABPE2TTEB, PBTXQLE, H.BAB. To-morrow's Dispatch will contain all the news from home and abroad, and a Staff Corre spondent at Columbus will give the inside facts of the Ohio Senatorial Situation. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY .8. 1S48, Vol. 44, So. S31. Entered at Pittsburg rnstofflce. K orcmber 11, 1SS7, as second-class natter. Business Offlce97 and 99 Fifth Avenue. News Rooms and Publishing: House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. Eastern Advertising Offlce, Koom 48, Tribune Building. New York. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. roRTAGE nil rx tub -jktted states. DAILY DISPATCH, One Year t 8 00 Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter . SCO Daily DsiPATcn, One Mouth 70 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 DAILY DISPATCH, Inelud'nsSund&y.Snrths. 2 50 Daily Dispatch, lncludlngSunday.lmonlh 90 Sunday Dispatch, One Year. 2 50 Weebxt Dispatch, One Year 125 The Daily Dispatch is delivered bycarrlers at 35 cents ner week, or Including Sunday edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. JAN. i. 1S90. AN OBJECT LESSOR OF LEGISLATION. The statements made at the meeting of the Bridge Committee, last night, with regard to the course of legislation on the acquisi tion of the bridges by the pnblic, afiords a remarkable illustration of the respective at tention which has been paid to the interest of the people and the interest of the cor porations. The original intention in nearlr all the bridge charters under which ihe structures in this city have been pnt up, was that the bridges should ultimately become the prop erty of the public. The provisions under which, at certain periods and under certain conditions, the bridges should pass into .public ownership, were clearly stated. But it now appears that by amendments ob tained without attracting general attention these provisions have been entirely repealed and all tbe rights of the public under them have been wholly taken away. Of course this does not destroy tbe power of the State to authorize the condemnation of bridge property under the right of emi nent domain. Numerous decisions have established the principle that all property is held ssbject to this public right and that no Walation can alienate it But it will neces ' .te the payment, under that process, of considerable sums for the franchises to be taken, in which, under the original charters, the public had an undoubted reversion. This state of affairs amounts to a very im portant object lesson to the people on the re sults of sending to the Legislature repre sentatives who are more active in securing the interests of corporations and rings than in guarding the interests of the people. " ATTACKING AH ABUSE. The Coroner's jury in the case of the two men who were killed at Shonsetown the other day, improved the occasion in their verdict to use some very plain language con cerning the abuses of employment agencies. The legal responsibility, arising from send ing two ignorant victims on a wild goose chase after work, for their death while walking on a railroad trestle, after they had found that there was no work for them, is not very plain. But there seems to be no donbt that the need of some check upon the agencies which pluck laborers, under the pretense of finding them positions, is not too strongly stated. Properly conducted em ployment agencies ought to discharge a use ful function; but they are too frequently made the means of fleecing the poor and .ignorant. If there is any means of stopping such abuses they should certainly be sup pressed. JTALLISTEB' S TEIITKPH. In the bright lexicon of "Ward McAllis ter the word "fail" does not occur twice. His bitterest foes will admit this. If cold water was poured ubon him at the Centen nial ball he swam to success on wine at the New Year's ball. Everyone who is watching the manufacture ot this great country's history will realize the import ance ot the triumph of New York society's godfather. In spite of influenza, in spite of "in flooence" arrayed against him in the Board of Police Commissioners, McAllister carried the night When we searoh for the causes of this signal victory we are confronted with hundreds ot dozens of empty champagne bottles. They were lull on New Year's Day, and the select society of New York was to a greater or less extent empty. "Presto! says Magician McAllister, and lot tbe bot tles are empty and the select society of New YorkisfulL Ihe wicked Police Commis sioners tried to thwart the magician. They wanted to stop tbe sale of wine at 1 A. u., and talked of raiding the ballroom if their orders were not complied with. But at the last moment it was found that McAllister had the law on his side, and the dancers could drink the laughing wine of Cham pagne till dawn made the gas lights pale. So the ball was a great success. Glory to McAllister and champagne 1" BBAVE HEWS FOE BILLY. The American goat has not had a fair show. It has been cramped, cabined and' confined. Tbe aspirations of the goat possibly hare been high, but its chances have hardly ever risen above a board fence of the top of a garbage neap. We all know Mje Sfflfflfrtf. that the goat has a strong nature; no one can come within a hundred feet of the animal and fail to perceive this. The circum ambient air is fall of its strength. And yet the horn of the goat has not been exalted. Here tbe brave Billy and his spouse have achieved no more than notoriety vas possessors of an enormous appetite and a " digestion which wonld make an ostrich blush with mortification. The European papers have been bristling j of late with brave news for the American goat The New York Sun says that in Cy prus, for instance, there's a goat and a half for every human inhabitant, or 64 to the square mile, and they are making them selves felt in an astonishing manner. The trouble with the goats is that they are killing all the young timber, and Sir Robert Bid dulph, last British Commissioner in Cyprus, says the last remaining forests of Cyprus bid fair to entirely disappear before the as saults of the goats. BIddulph conquered the locusts, but he admits that he wrestled in vain with the goat nuisance. Why should not the American goats be come allies in the pioneer work that is still attracting thousands of men to our "Western forest lands?' They should not be allowed of course to pursue their own sweet will among the forest trees. Organized into compact corps they could be employed to clsar off the underbrush and stumps in the track of the azman. This is the most tediouB part of clearing virgin forest land forcultivation. The goat would find enough to eat; and his eating would tell for man all the time. The objections to the goat as a next door neighbor in a crowded city would disappear in this wide field. The goat and civilization would go hand in hand, as it were, instead of being at war perpetually as now. And some new State whose silver' star has not yet risen upon our national banner may yet take the goat as a heraldic supporter in its coat of arms. BETWEEN POT AND KETTLE. The statement that five, and perhaps seven, Democratio members of the Ohio Legislator.) will bolt the caucus nomination of Brice for United States Senator comes through our special dispatches from Colum bus. If corroborated by the facts, it will show that a percentage at least of the Ohio Democrats are in earnest against the policy of making big bank accounts the sole quali fication of statesmanship. But as such an action might result in the election of a Bepublican from Ohio, the prominence of the name of Foster as the Bepublican caucus nominee leaves the pos sible bolters between the devil and the deep sea. Foster is the partner of Brice and the associate of the Standard Oil Company, The power which is urging the election of the Democratic millionaire seems to have provided against any slips in the cogs of the machine by setting up a Bepublican caucus nominee who is Brice's alter ego in all the objectionable qualities, with even less re deeming traits. If the Republicans have intelligence enough to present a name that offers any in ducements to the Democrats opposed to the millionaire regime, they may pluck the flower of victory from the nettle of defeat; but as between Brice and Foster the dissatis fied Democrats will have no better choice than to take to the forest BATTENBEBG'8 DISMISSAL. It is sad to hear that the matrimonial venture of the Battenberg son-in-law of the British throne has come to grief through the exposure of a titled agent who con ducted the negotiations by which thePrlnce sought to marry money. The report that the Queen has ordered the Prince to leave England, on the pernsal of the business correspondence, indicates that the favor which that adventurer in tbe matrimonial field has formerly enjoyed is suddenly and' tragically ended. The story does not show exactly what as pect of the case has turned the royal favor into disfavor. The discovery that he was in the field for pecuniary provision could not do so, as everyone knew that in the fiijst place, 8nd the Queen herself called on Par liament to provide the necessary income. Possibly the idea that the last marriageable daughter of the throne of England had se cured a husband who was previously re jected by American and Turkish heiresses may be galling to the royal pride; but it really does not seem to be so much out of the usual course in continental marriages as to be worth making a fuss about The idea that Battenberg employed an agent may also be disturbing; but that, too, seems to be strictly according to precedents. At all events it is the report that Batten berg has the cold shoulder tnrned to him. But, so far as can be jndged, he has the meat of the bargain left in the possession Of the income granted by Parliament, while the world has the benefit of renewed instruc tion on the shady side of princely mar riages. THE FIBE EHGIKE TEST. The action of the Allegheny Fire Com mittee last night makes it tolerably certain that the test between the nval fire engines will come off. The intimations that the Allegheny people would assume the ground that it was not their business to champion the Silsby engine, are shown by the discus sion at the meeting to have been almost wholly unfounded. It was recognized that Allegheny is as much interested as Pitts burg, in knowing whether its fire apparatus is the best that cau be obtained. Tho con test will be an interesting one; and it is to be hoped that its results may be so thorough as to prevent farther disputes and charges of favoritism in the purchase of engines. It may be relied upon that each city will make the best showing for its favorite -engine. EMIN PASHA' 8 POSITION. It is stated that the determination of Emin Pasha to devote himself to tbe ad vancement of German interests in Africa arises from tbe fact that a similar offer, made by him to England, when he was in charge of the Equatorial Province, was ignored and rejected. That Emin is under no bonds of obligation to England is undis puted; but it is difficult to see what reason he has for considering himself neglected by the failure to accept an offer of a province practically as far beyond England's reach an a colony in the moon. If England could not maintain Gordon at Khartoum it would have been insane to attempt to maintain Emin at Wadelai. As between the contention of European powers for the possession of Africa, Emin has the perfect right to take the side of his own nationality. But it is a pity that he and Stanley cannot unite in throwing their moral influence against the policy of reduc ing African colonization to a contest for territorial aggrandizement The Congo Free State was established on the broad policy of introducing civilization into Africa, not for the benefit of any particular power, but for the good, of humanity. If the same policy could be " established in Eastern' Africa It would be a credit to Christianity. . . , -. : But if Emin Pasha is tobecome eimply an agent for saining territorial dominion for Germany, he descends from his former high position of a champion of civilization to that of a mere agent of imperial greed. The promise of the Governdr of, South Carolina and Senator Wade Hampton dhat the Barnwell massacre shall be legally punished shows that these gentlemen do not tolerate wholesale mob murder; and also indicates the popular revulsion from that sort of thing. It Is not jet clex how the Governor and Senator propose to make courts and juries in the mur derous region do their work; bnt it may be hoped that they will redeem their pledge in a more effective manner than the Governor of Mississippi did with his promise to punish the prize fighters. The renewed announcement that Prince Murat and Miss Caldwell have come to terms is only a further proof of the fact that Miss Caldwell must want a title as badly as Prince Murat wants money. A bather interesting and novel subject is introduced by the fact that a writer In France and one in tbe United States have taken to discussing tbe population of tbe infernal re gions. They do not claim to have based their figures on a census; but It is probable that a good many census takers in the coming year will be requested to go there, and others may even wish that they were detailed to that job. A PUBLIC official in Hungary has made off with 70,000 florins. The example of Silcott seems to spread into the effete monarchies more readily than the example of bonest De mocracy. This announcement that Jnstice Lamar is so busy that he cannot deliver his proposed eulogy of Jefferson Davis, appears to demon strate tbe converse of Dr. Watts' old proposi tion about Satan finding mischief for idle hands to do. In this case the overworked condition of the Supreme Conn is keeping the busy hands out of mischief. If the influenza has fastened his grip on the queens of the kitchen In this city it has vindicated its European reputation of working its greatest ravages among the rulers of the land. The proposition to establish an alleged 150,000,000 savings and loan association, with branches throughout the country, to pay 10 per cent interest on deposits, will be an excellent thing for people who wish to get rid of their money without anything to show for it. The news that Judge Kelley is on his deathbed will be the subject of universal re gret among the many admirers of that veteran and unwavering advocate of protection. The buoyancy of real estate in the face of the weather which saturates it with water, is an eminent example of rising above material burdens. Let no scoffer venture to suggest that there Is as much water In the value of real estate as in the ground itself. That Electrical Union strike bids fair to afford a new illustration ot tbe principle that striking without a fighting chance of success Is likely to hit the strikers the hardest. . The cold wave in the Northwest was again reported to bo "unusually severe" on Wednesday, but the usual feature of losing its severity before it reaches this latitude bids fair to prevail. The moist mildness of the present season remains unconquerable. The Senatorial contest at Columbus ought to be one of brains against barrels ; but from all reports there is no indication that brains are in the field. The reported acquisition of the McKees port and Bellevernon road by the Pittsburg and Lake Erie will give the latter corporation an acquisition of tributary territory that will doubtless yield a pleasant addition to its already prosperous business. The protest of the rubber trade of New York against the Brazilian rubber monopoly will be more effective If Indorsed by the Bra zilian people. Mb. C. P. HmriiNGTOif is stated to .have invested $610.305 62 in tbe New York War. It is to be hoped that he got the 62 cents worth of satisfaction out of tbe ownership ot the paper, for that is about all he can expect to get out of his investment. The strikes on the transit lines threaten to become as much of an epidemic as the grippe. With the denial of the Controller that he said there would be a deficiency in tbe city revenue this year, and tho'absence of any other city official who will back up the statement, the taxpayers can still hope that they may be happy yet PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Mb. W. H. H. Murray, of Adirondack fame, is about to publish a Volume on the great pleasure resorts of the country. . Judge Chamberlain, Librarian of the. Boston Public Library, thinks that he has found in tbe filling of the back of a copy of North'sN"Plutarcb," edition of 1603, a largo amount of Shakespeare's handwriting. The next reunion of tbe Army of the Poto mac will be held in Portland, Me., on July 8 and 4, 1S90. The orator will be General Francis Walker, of Boston, and the poet ox-Postmaster General Hiratio King, of Washington. Pbesident Eliot says that Harvard is the only college from which a professor was over taken for President of the United States, John Quincy Adams having held the chair of rhetoric and oratory in that institution. It is said that Washingtonians are puzzlod at the variety and extent of Secretary Rusk's stock of stories. Tbe stories are all new and well pointed and the more famous of the Capi tal City's rcconteurs are rather jealous of the witty agriculturist's success. General SpcMfEn, ex-Treasurer of the United States, now 90 years of age, writes from Jacksonville, Fla., to Citizen George Francis Train to say that ho is sorely afflicted. He is almost blind. Ho says: "Can just see with great effort to write, but can't see to read my own writing." Kino Carlos, of Portugal, who possesses 16 Christian names, while his younger brother answers to no less than SO, is personally one of the most amiable of monarebs. He is a hand, some, bloud young man, who carries himself with a military air, and is credited by his per sonal friends with considerable decision of char acter. He is a devoted sportsman, an accomp lished musician, speaks seven languages and paints in water-colors. No Need of Harry. From the Warren Mirror. Elephants have been known to live 400 years. Young man, don't be In a hurry to see the elephant He'll keep. DEATHS OF A DAY.. finmnel Conner. Mr. Samuel Conner, of Knoxvllle borough, father or Mr. B. P. Conner, Register of Wills, died In tbe 69th year ofhls age at tbe family resi dence. Mr. Conner was a veteran of tbe late war, Captain of Company H of the Slxty-ieeond Penn sylvania Volunteers, which was commanded by Colonel Black. For several years Mr. Conner had been In falling health, the result of wounds re ceived In action at Gettysburg. The funeral win take place on Sunday afternoon at 2:W o'clock from the family residence at Knoxvllle borough. William. Bllis. New Yoke, January . William Bliss, or the firm of Boulton, Bliss ft Dallett, owners of the Bed Line of steamships to Venezuela, is dead. He eanght a severe cold about two weeks ago, which developed Into acute pneumonia. Louis Natnnl. New Your, January S.-Lonts Nsthal, the well known author, musician and composer, died at the French Ho.nltal lastntirhtof cneumonla. su perinduced by la grippe. Dim. Joseph H. Tooker. New York, January S.-Mn. Joseph H. Tooker, wife of Commodore Tooker and, 'sister of "Y. J. .Florence, tfie" actor, died of heart lallure this mojelng in her 65th year; -.,',. THE TOPICAL TALKER. LA GfilPPE HOT HEBE. THE STROLLER'S STORIES. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.'-," HE Some Foreigner Only Understand Ensllh When It Sulfa Them-A Joke on a Dra matistThree afn. Kind Beaten. Tm knowledge of English which some for eigners profess to possess Is amusingly convenient. The other day an Italian frnit vender boarded an accommodation train on the Fort Wayne Railroad. He had an immense basket filled with bananas, apples and peannts, which he wished to set down in the aisle. Tbe conduct or objected, and told btm to take the basket to the baggage car. The Italian did not appear to understand a word tbe conductor said. The conductor pointed to the baggage car and repeated bis injunction as the basket's removal a dozen times, all to no effect. Despairing of clearing the aisle any other way, the conductor took tbe basket and carried it Into the baggaee Car, tbe owner following and keeping up a tor rent of protest In soft rich Italian. After this the frnit merchant returned to his seat. It was directly in front of me. Two or three stations nearer town a stout little man with a jolly ronnd face of Hibernian cast, en tered tbe car and sat down beside tbe Italian, whom he at once addressed with: "How's trade, Charlier' "Vera good," replied the Italian, and a regu lar conversation set in between the two con cerning tbe fruit business, weather and other subjects of interest. The Italian spoke good English witn the usual accent or his race and apparently understood every word thatwas said to him. It was a miraculous change. V A railroad contractor who usually has sev eral hundred Hungarians and Italians in his employ tells me that he has no trouble in understanding their English nor they his, save and except on pay days. On those days they re lapse into utter ignorance of English; they forget all the phrases they knew the day be fore and can't understand a word spoken to them. The general reason for this peculiar phenom enon Is that disputes as to timo and pay are constantly arising on that day between the pay master ana the men. The Hungarians, partic ularly, imagine they can get the best of the paymaster's patience, and get the few cents which are usually in dispnte, as the price of their sUence and departure. With some pay masters they succeed at first bnt not for long. - pnARLES Wyndiiam, the English comedian, on iuo uajr ui ma arnrai in xtew xorK irom London, played a good joka on Bronson Howard, the dramatist, which has lust been brought to Ihiht. Wyndham arrived in New York at 1 P.lL.but the steamer was not expected until 8 o'clocK, and went .to the matinee that afternoon to see Shenandoah." Bronson Howard is his brother-in-law, and he was anx ious to know just how good a play ho could write. That samo evening Mr. and Mrs. Wynd ham were dined at the Gilsey House br Mr. and Mrs. Howard. In the course of, the con versation the subject of new plays came up, and Mr. Howard asked Mr. Wyndham to tell him what was new in tbe dramatic line on the other side. The comedian told him abont several plays, and then began to describe one which he declared to be tbe most interesting play he bad witnessed in years. "It was a military play," he said, "and there were some charming love scenes and much excellent comedy in it." He then described a pretty love letter Incident of "Shenandoah." and toldwhata lovely situation it was, and how the audience was delifrhtftrl with It. Bronson Hnwrirrt r.i a ilnntAnnilail U la rf?n .i.f4 ..... .... An, her amazement. Mr. Wyndham was enthusi astic, and dropped a mischievous wink in Mrs. Wyndham's direction. "And the battle scener be continued. "Ob, but it was grand, with the wavering line, the broken ranks, the rout, the rally, the turning of tbe tide and the snatching of victory from the jaws of defeat." "And tbe love scenes In the third act" said Mrs. Wyndham. "And the death of the old General's son in the very presence of bis father, who fails to recognize him," exclaimed the comedian. "And the funny Irish sergeant who breaks the cups and saucers in tbe last act" added Mrs. Wyndham. "Why, Charleyl" cried Mrs. Howard. "My dear tellow," gasped Mr. Howard, pale and anxious, "Oh, but it was a beautiful piece of work," shouted the comedian-- j - . -' "Perfectly loyelyf rtmarked Mrs. Wynd ham. "What was it called?" the dramatist asked appealingly. "Shenandoah," was the answer. "That's strange," said Mrs. Howard, "where did you see it!" "At the Twenty-third Street Theater this afternoon," said the comedian laughing, "just after I left the steamer." You may be sure this explanation pleased Bronson Howard and hifwife. Alports of miserable thoughts had been crowding their heads, but now they saw the whole thing was only one of Wyndham's little jokes. All joined in laughter, and there were fresh congratula tions for tho author of "Shenandoah" upon the enormous success of his play. 'Three small boys, two white and one a curly headed negro, were leaning over the rail ing of the Sixth street bridge yesterday after noon when a steamer I think it was the Katie Hudson laden witb produce and some passen gers came np the river. The- boys were still leaning over tbe rail when the boat' went under tbe bridge, and in that pleasant fashion boys of an uncultured sort affect, tbey expectorated liberally. It is one ot 'the perils of navigation in this harbor. A stout, broad-shouldered man, in whom I recognized a well-known river captain, was just abreast of tbe boys as they fired at the steamer. He raised a thick, knotty-looking band and brought It down with amazing speed upon three.projecting plateaus of juvenile an atomy. The effect was electrical. May it also be salutary. STILL GOING AHEAD. A Marvel of Progress nnd a Library of General Information. 1'rom the Steubenvllle Gazette. Of the numerous metropolitan newspapers sold In Steubenvllle there is none that more completely commends itself to tbo sharpened judgment of the regular reader than The PmsBUEO Dispatch. For years The Daily Dispatch has been in tbe, front rank of enter prising news gatherers, and, as slower com petitors, under stress of its powerful poshing qualities have also improved with each passing year, It was only to find that The Dispatch still occupied Its favored place in tbe march toward perfection. But The Sunday Dis patch, that marvel of growth and popularity, is even more noticeable for Its excellence, filled, as its 20 pages are, witb tho choicest productions of the best minds in all branches of. literature, togetberwlthspeclal correspondence and telegrams from every quarter of the earth, andfair-minded editorials on all questions of the day, making it a library of general inf orma tionand Instruction. That all it contains can be bad for a single nickel would have been tho wonder of the world a score of years ago and a subject of amazement even within tbe past decade for so wonderful has been news paper progress in recent years. But The Dispatcii never wearies in1 well doing and still keeps going ahead, its plans for the coming year contemplating improvements' made necessary by Its rapid growth and development that would daze tbe ordinary newspaper proprietor. Its position is assured, not because it depends on past popularity, bnt instead keeps constantly adding to' tbe many .strong features that hare made it the Idol of the Iron City-eyerprogresslve, The Dispatch of 1890 will be as much ahead of The Dis patch of 1889 as tbe latter was of The Dis patch ot 1833. We can and do cordially com. mend it as Just the kind of. a great metropoli tan newspaper that should be in every home. Old, Bnt Very Buslness-LIke. Tbo Franklin Eepoiltory, which traces its ancestry back to 1790 and claim3 to be tbo sec ond oldest paper In the State, celebrates the beginning of its 100th year by issuing an illus trated JOUTenir edition of 20 pages. This is certainly .a, very, creditable stroke of enter prise, on the part of a journal tbat Is always wide awake- Expert Authority for Ibe Absence of tbe Disease From Plttsbnrg- Explanations Bledlcal and Whimsical. Influenza is a contagious disease, so the doctors say, and, as they know the most abont it ladies bad better give up tbe idiotic practice of kissing for a time, It evidently isn't epidem ic in Pittsburg yet, but it may be ere long. Ex tended Inquiry last-night developed the fact that there was i vast amonnt of nasal catarrh and many cases of severe colds, but very few that 'had the symptoms of tbe real bone-cracking influenza, such as racked people nearly 60 years ago, when the river men christened It bone-break fever. Meantime it bas become fashionable to take quinine lor colds, and many people are taking larger doses than usual under tbe Impression that they have influenza, and many, not know ing bow to treat themselves, aggravate tbe dis temper, instead of alleviating their trouble, Drs. Cable and English were discussing the matter last evening in Kerr's drugstore, when tbey incidentally remarked on tbe infreqnency of the disease of late years, which bad given tbe younger class of physicians bnt little practical experience in tbe treatment of tho malady, thongb theoretically they know all abont It and its treatment. Dr. Cable remarked that it prevailed largely in this country 45 or 48 years ago and was popularly called "Tyler's grip," his putting the Whigs through such a severo course of sprouts, and their sufferings being likened to those of the victims of tbe disease which river men called breakbone fever. It was supposed by many to have origi nally come from Africa. That African malady was of tbe savage order, victims losing their hair and whiskers. The disease that in the early 'forties raged was by some called "den gue." Tho term is a corruption of the word dandy, the name given to the fever in the West Indies, from the stiff and constrained action it im posed on tho limbs, and mistaken by tbe Span iards for their word dengne (prudery), which is next door to the sense in which tbo term dandy Is used. It was also called contagious catarrh, and tbe evidence of its being contagious was that.like cholera, it followed tbe lines of travel. Dr. Cable stated that It nut neonle to bed. and the real article will, if it comes here, put a stop to business just as the epizootic of 1SI2 did. Its subsequent effect 40-odd years ago was bad, many people who came through tbe influenza dying later of congestion of thu lungs. Dr. English remarked that so far no cases that he bad heard called Influenza were considered contagious. The prescription clerk in Kerr's drugstore stated that their prescription trade was at present fully 60 per cent larger than usual, quinine forming the base of most of them. Mr. Hhlrmer, at Simon Johnston's drugstore, said he bad filled two prescriptions last night for people who thougbt they had the svmDtoms. but most neonle who were buying quinine had nothing more than cold. At J. L. McKenna's tbe clerk reported sale of much quinine, but be had heard of no serious cases and no real Influenza. At A. Tor rence's store, large sales ot quinine were re ported, but no cases of real Influenza. Mr. Faller, at Joseph Fleming & Sons'.stated that be hadn't beard of any influenza. At Ran kin's the same report was made, though a prescription was filled for one person who seemed to have symptoms very nearly related to the genuine article. At Byers' and at Christy's large sales of quinine were reported, but no cases of influenza. The general im pression among dootors seen was that when the real disease arrived there would be no dis cussion as to its Identity. Dr. Shaw, of Penn avenne. said in reference to the reported prevalence of influenza in this city: "There are some genuine cases of influ enza In the city. I have a number of patients who have shown very markedly the symptoms of the painful disease. Miss Montooth, the sister of Major Montooth, has had a very severe attack of 'la grippe.' There Is consid erable diversity of opinion among tbe medical fraternity as to the natnre of this epidemio which has now begun to rage In Pittsburg, My diagnosis of tbe disease is influenza, and I treat it assucb. It can be said, however, that tbe disease is not so prevalent in Pittsburg as it is in other cities, yet the possibilities are that it will rapidly develop, and become a general epidemic For a good many years no influenza bas been known in America, in tbe human family, and the result is that the doctors do not as quickly recognize It as if they were practicing among it every day. This fact makes the physician a a little caret nl in saying that the disease is the dread "la grippe;" preferring to call it a severe cold, accompanied by high fever. The cases that Ihave attended correspond with de scriptions given by our learned commentators on influenza. The victim is first attacked by a sudden chill, followed by catarrhal symptoms, severe pains in the small of tbe bank, violent sneezing and a choking of the mucus mem brane, which interferes with the healthy work ing of the air passages. An epi demic is not a frequent occurrence; it comes periodically; separated by many years. Wo have evidences that it is as old as tbe hills. In every age there Is a record that tbe race has been attacked with it. There are different names by wblcb the disease is known; now, for instance, influenza is known in France as "La Grippe," or Italian fever: in Russia, as Chinese catarrh; in Germany and Italy, Russian fever; in Belgium, as Spanish catarrh; what ever yon call it, or whatever name it went by in olden times, the symptoms are the same, and tbe patient suffers nonn tbe less pain by changing tbe name to that of feverish cold, which a majority of people suffer from every winter. In our medical literature it is said that if a patient shows certain svmptoms, and the temperature is 104 or above, then the disease is Influenza. I have such cases as the medical works describe, therefore I am safe in asserting that there is in Pittsburg to-day what is generally known as influenza- "La grippe Is not merely confined to tbe hu man race, it is as severe on tbe brute creation as it is on man. About ten years ago Pitts burg had an epidemic of influenza among the horses. It was about this season of the year when tbe horses were attacked. So great was it tbat trade was Impeded for several days. Tbe way tbe horses were suffering was exactly similar to the symptoms which are manifest and prevalent among tbe commnnity now. The attack among tbe horses was of sbort duration, but it was painful, sbarp,fierce, and accompanied by great suffering as long as it lasted." Dr. McCann, another prominent physician of Penn avenne, held a diamet rically opposite view of tbe matter to his near ' neighbor. He said: "I do not believe there is a case of Influenza in Pittsburg; indeed I would venture to assert that there bas not been a genuine case in tbe United States. Quite a number of people have come into our office, suffering great pain, and averring that they had tbe influenza. If people believe they have got la grippe, we don't try to dissuade them from their opinion. It would be useless. We listen to the description of their ailment and then proceed to give them a prescription according to our diagnosis of the case. The general character ot the case, sup posed to be la grippe, which in reality is noth ing more than a high feverish cold, Is this: A high temperature, not over 100 or 101, which is under tbe standard for influenza, backache, and frontal headache. These are some of tbe svmDtoms of influenza, but tbe real thing is more aggravated and violent than any case I have seen. If influenza existed in tbe city every doctor wonld be prostrate with the dis ease, becanse It is Infectious. I don't tblnk a doctor could prevent himself from catching the disease once it got into the city. You may Btate from me that influenza does not exist as far as my knowledge goes." A number of other physicians were interviewed. The preva lent opinion was tbat influonza did not ex,lst in the city. Or, McCrea'dy, in talking about la grippe yes terday, said: "La grlppo bad a considerable hold on the Twelfth ward for somo time past. Quito a number of people came into my office every day almost doubled up, which is tbe first symptom of influenza. Not long ago most of Carnegie-Pblpps' men were attacwd with the disease, and tbey were obliged to quit work on account Of it. The disease is a vcryremarkable one. It attacks certain localities, while another district possibly not far from where la grippe is raging is entirely free from the disease. Car negie, Phipps 4 Co., however, bas been at tacked more than any other place where a largo bodv of men are working. Among tho pri vate families of tbe ward influenza bas sub Sided within the past few days. Whero I had from 20 to 30 cases a day three weeks ago, I bave no more than three to f onr cases of influ enza now. Yesterday Superintendent Baker, of tbe Bureau ot Health, prepared his report of the work of the Health Inspectors for December and sent it to Chief Brown. Tbo report shows tbat so far as contagious diseases are con cerned, the old city and tbe 8on.tb.slde, wblcb are popularly supposed to be less healthy than the balance of tbe" town, are real v healthiest. Physicians are required by law to report all cases of contagious disease, and tbe bouses where these are located, and at once visited by the Health Inspectors to see that proper sani tary precautions are taken. In December there were 281 cases ot contagions diseases re- Sorted. Of these tbere were but 14 cases in the rst five wards of the citv. The Penn avenue wards,. Including the Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth and Fifteenth, with their rows of tenements bad but So cases, Tbo Hill wards, tbe Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Nintn, and tbe Twenty-first and Twenty-third wards had 73 cases. Tbe Lawrencerlile wards bad 67, and tbe East End wards, except the Twenty-flr-t, which is Included in the Hill dis trict; bad 55. On tho Sontbslde thero arothree districts. - . Odd Opinions and Quaint Observations From Curb and Corridor. A party of rather distinguished politicians placed their signatures upon the Hotel Anderson .register yesterday. They were: Charles W.Stone, the Secretary of the Com monwealth; ex-Senator Lewis Emery. Jr., of Bradford; Senator J. W. Lee, of Franklin, and G. W. Phillips, of New Castle. Nbne of these gentlemen are supporters of Senator Dela mater in his present skirmish for tbe Governor ship nomination, and It was reported about town that they bad run into this port for tbs purpose of holding a conference with a number ot local leauers wuo are Darning wiin uesire to "do up"tbe gentleman from Crawford county. Secretary Stone is an avowed, candidate for the Governor's chair, and Senator Leo Is supposed to have bis lightning rod directed to the zenith. Ex-Senator Emery bas been an active opponent of tbe Qnay-Delamater Influence for several years. The four gentlemen were absent from tbelr hotel all afternoon. Tljey left tbe Idea with the clerks that tbey were in Pittsburg on oil business, and that politics bad nothing whatever to do with their business nothing in the world. A local member of the Legislature said to the Stroller:. "There is a great deal or fig uring going on in Dolltics just now. You may be sure that the four gentlemen who are hero to-day are after something. I don't think, however, that they have had a conference w"b C. L. Magee to-day. I saw him on the street about an bonr ago. Those gentlemen are all opposed to Delamater, and their counties, Mc Kean, Warren, Venango and Butler, are all likely to send In delegates against Delamater." p W. PHIMJP3, of New Castle, Is a large, broad, handsome man, who wears a com fortable beard, but keeps his upper lip smoothly shaven. He has made two fortunes in tho oil business. His first was lost by unfortunate ventures, and his second was won by himself and his brother by assiduous devotion to busi ness, rigid economy and rare foresight. He is now altogeth'er easy as far as financial matters go, and is prepared to win a name and a place in political affairs. rRLEND to Senator Lee said yesterday: "I am very sure that Lee is not a candidate for the Governorship. His ambition is to go to Congress, and be is working steadily to tbat end. The fact is. T. W. Phillips is a Guberna torial candidate, 'and Senator Lee is pledged to the support of bis friend Phillips." tT was probably only a coincidence tbat at the I same time that tbe above mentioned gentle men were registered at tbe Hotel Anderson, Congressman Ray, of Waynesburg, was at tbe Seventh Avenue. He Is a more ardent admirer of Senator Quay and State Senator Delamater than are tbe members of tbe quartet from the northern counties. He said tbat be bad not touched In Pitts burg on any political errand. ,Ho simply stopped here for a few hours on his way back to Washington City. He bas had an enjoyable holiday visit at home, and is ready to roll np bis sleeves over the Congressional work. His faith is still pinned to Mr. Underwood as the coming postmaster at Little Washington. 'The mild winter has been a blessing to the poor. The man out of work bas not seen his wife and children shivering for lack of fuel, nor suffering with bare feet in the snow. The gentlemen at the office of the Department of Charities say that the weather bas made a decided decrease in tbe demands for supplies. Chief Clerk Eaton says: "A year ago the weather was rather mild and work was good, so that tbe poor aid not need as much as in former years, but during this winter season we have been called npon for less aid than during any year tbat I know of. Tbe chief decrease bas been in coal and shoes. Footwear has not been worn out as much as in snowy seasons. Com paring this year with the seasons of two and three years ago, I suppose there baa been a de crease of 60 per cent in the amonnt of coal given out through this department. Not only has the weather been unprecedentedly mild, but. work bas been good In and about Plttsbnrg, and it is only tbe sick and infirm who ara compelled to be idle." THE mild winter has been. In at least one way, a boon to the barbers. There are many young men who shave their chins in the spring time and in the autumn let their beards grow for tbe cold weather. Last autumn near ly as many as usual began tho cultivation of their hirsute disfigurements, bnt the mildness of November and December disgusted a large percentage of them and they have had their beards shaven off. Gentlemen wbo bave not been barber patrons for several winters past, now go into the razor shops three times a week. CPEAKINO of barbers, the proprietor of one of the downtown shops, while yesterday in structing bis new porter In bis duties, uttered an aphorism which many people migbt remem ber witb benefit. He said: "Ask every man who comes In for a shine. It don't make any difference whether be-needs one or not; ask him anyway. I've seen some of tbe boys get their best money out of fellows you'd never think wonld get into the chair. There are lots of good things lost by not asking for them." r E. Kohl and George Middleton, two well ' known amusement managers of Chicago, were at the Hotel Anderson yesterday. They own popular houses of entertainment in Cincin nati and Chicago, and always hare their eyes open lor new things. Cenator Matthew 8. Quay, before retnrn- terday and took a room at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Tbe nows of bis coming must hare been sent, out beforehand, for a crowd of pil grims flocked to the hotel to see him during the afternoon. Congressman J. W. Ray as cended tbe elevator to learn what Mr. Quay Intended to do about the Little Washington postofflce. P. S. Nenmyer, of Connellsville, called to ask whether it would be advisable for him to become a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. It Is reported tbat the junior Senator Intimated tbat be was not making up a State ticket just at the present time. Chill W. Hazzard, tbe handsome editor of the Afo nongahcla Republican, strolled np tLo stairs to find bow be stood for the position of Pension Agent He was supported by the venerable George V. Lawrence, of Monongahola City, William Denny, ot Claysville, got the Sr.nator's.j ear xor a- lew minutes, to inquire aooui nis chances for being made Superintendent of tbe Census for the Ninth district of Pennsylvania. Judge Harry White, of Indiana, presented his compliments and hoped tbe Senator would soon recover from bis bad cold. 'The Senator was not without comfort from the local politicians. Collector Warm castle dropped In, and was not far ahead of James S. McKean, who will bo P. M. after February L James V. Long, who isanappll cant for tbo consulship at Florence, Italy, stopped at the hotel long enough to present bis good wishes. Last but not least came a delega tion of "hustlers" from McKeesoort, who laid before the Senator tbelr views as to the merits of the half dozen candidates for tbe manage ment of the postofiica in tbat enterprising suburb. After that the Senator was weary, and he sent down word to the office, at 3:30 o'clock, tbat be was going to, bed. T5 obebt Petty; tho lawyer, walked into the Sheriff's office yesterday afternoon, and. with overflowing eyes, congratulated Sheriff McCandless on his lecovery from the grlppo. "I didn't take ranch stock in that disease," Mr. Petty said. "I thongbt it was a sensational scheme of tbe newspapers, but now I know that it is a sternreallty. I think I'll go homo and go to bed." Jack Steele, one of the best-known news paper men of Pittsburg, bas returned to the city, and has been warmly greeted by many old friends after his somewhat long absence. Jack bas been down in West Virginia for three months, growing fat on roast 'possum and. buckwheat cakes. Some of bis best acquaint ances were scarcely able to recognize him. He tells some great yams about the 'possum ana 'coon hunting in which he has been indulging In the West Virginia wilds, where the mount ain dew la distilled in its native purity. TheSteolleb. It Cost Ql-a Nothing. From ths Chicago News, Now tba Hon. Calvin S, Brice has the .'in fluenza. He got it in Ohio, but as bft did not have to pay anything for it'PrObably.tth'as no nMltlnal n!ciflftanfi. " , . . r - CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.'- ,, A Cincinnati man whn I111 nreservedr&, record of 320 railroad accidents bappeoinKln. ' this country in the past year finds tbat'on73 X::f human Control. Evervonoof the others was due to drunkenness or carelessness. ' Aiie tnrrvmg ana enterprising town ui Plymouth, Pa., has a novel society In Its mldstif iwaitnowu as me xonng Aaaies' protective; Association, and its primary object Is the prokS tectlon of the matrimonial interests of tba; young women of tbe place. Girls between tbe, ages of 17 and SO are eligible. No woman can,. I be admitted over the age of 30. The dynamite and powder mills of Ger many, bave just formed a trust. The .agree ment will be binding to all parties till 1923. Any mill owner who violates it will be liable to heavy fines: in aggravated cases as high as 300.000. All the profits of all the members of tho trust will be pooled. Sixty per cent of them will go to the dynamite) manufacturers and the rest to tbe powder men. Correggio's "San Giovanni," cite'd in the biographies and catalogues as having been In a chnrch and subsequently lost, is thought to have been found- A gentleman bought tbe picture lately for a very trifling sum from a poor family In the town of Correglo. and after -submitting it to experts it bas been pronounced tbe real thing, a picture of great vigor and spontaneity ana in Corregio's best style. Trumbull county, O., has a plague of rats. Tbey Infest town and country, are in field and forest bonso and barn, cellar1, gran- ary, bogpen and corncrlb. Tho warm weather is favorable to their ravages, and tbey are making hay while the sun shines. A Warren paper says the reason the rodents are so numer ous is that the farmers have tilled off hawks, snakes, owls and other creatures of prey until none are left toslay tbe rats. E. H. Monger and H. S. Munger, of Merlden, Conn went out through the woods the other day to search for trailing arbutus, a,, flower that usually blooms in April or May, and Is generally known in New England as tbe May flower. They secured nearly a hatful ot this beautiful pink and fragrant flower, which had blossomed in the open air under the warm rays of the sun, and tbey also bore away with them ' a large collection of the roots bearing buds, which will be potted in the house. Thu is tbe earliest appearance ot arbutus on record there. Cleves, a village about 12 miles west of Cincinnati, Is excited over a ghost. The specter makes bis habitation in an old house close to the read, and next to the residence of Mr. William Gibson. He is quite a muscular spirit, and one of bis playf nl amusements is to stone passers-by on the road. Horrible noises are heard In the old house every night and people will not go along that part of the road alone. Several claim to bave seen tbe ghost. The annoyance became so great that Gibson packed np his things and left. The people are organizing to Investigate. The train from the North carried to Newport Ark, Thursday, Mrs. Burleigh, from Dayton, O. She went in response to an adver tlsement for a wife by David M. Jack, a mem ber of the G. A. R., who two weeks ago was anpointed postmaster at Sulphur Rock, Ark. He was a widower, with several small children, and advertised for a wife in a number or Northern papers. Tbe replies he received '' would have filled a bushel basket, bnt none of them impressed him so favorably as Mrs, Bur leigh. He met her on arrival. She pleased him and be pleased her, and so they were mar ried within tbe bouse. Mr. Philip Walker, of Salt Creek, W, Va., during tbe first summer months bad an old turkey hen come up with one young turkey and one quite youngand small quail. Both tba young turkey and young qnall continued to fol low and feed with the old turkey ben, who manifested equal maternal care and tender ness over each, and now both are full grown, and at twilight tbe old turkey ben files up to her roost on tbe apple tree In the yard, and the young turkey takes a roost one side of her and the full grown, beautiful and fat partridge on ' tbe other. This trio seems quite happy and -content, as if from the same consanguineous -origin. A topaz of considerable value was re cently found in Popowagie canon. In Fremont county, Wyo. About a year ago L. P. Web ster secured several similar stones and, being impressed by their beauty and hardness, sent them to Jobann Drnmmond, In Amsterdam, Holland, to be cut and polished. Tbe result of the operation was recently returned to blm in tho form of fire brilliants varying in size from one-quarter carat to one carat. Mr. Drnm mond bas written Mr. Webster that the gems so closely resemble diamonds that only experts can detect the difference, and tbat aside from the diamonds they are the hardest stones ever cut in bis establishment. The gems possess a beautiful bluish tint. In a sensational pamphlet entitled "The BomVa Servian railway officiar bas just told1 the Servian peoplehowM. Bontonx secured the '' concession for the construction and operation -of the Servian State Railway. According to the pamphlet Bontonx bonght the favor of King Milan with 000,000 francs. He also gave -the Minister President Pirotschanats. SOO.COO; the leader of the Progressive party, Garascba nin, 00,000; the Servian Ambassador then in Constantinople, 200,000, and the Minister of Public Works 220,000. These astounding dis closures have turned Belgrade topsy turvy. All of tbem, save the one concerning Milan, are : thougbt to be substantially accurate. - Hank Beynolds, of Cadillac, Hich., has a trick horse which rivals the famous Dan Rica horse or Forepangh's tight rope walker. He is master of 21 tricks, and among them will open bis ilnor. walk ant on an elevated nlank 20 feet and back into his stall; Alrnb upon a scaffold and , "teeter," and do It as nicely as a school girl; go to tba water tank, wash bis face and wipe it on a towel: climb no stairs and down: ouen and shut the barn door and back the buggy ont without a hitch or miss, etc. Hank is not so bad-looking, but that the borso will waltz up to him and imprint a loving kiss upon his brow not so tastefully, perhaps, as a Cadillac girl would do it. bnt still a kiss and be does nu merous other things a horse Is supposed to know nothing abont He is a fine, powerful ' iron-gray, and his master would trado him for tbo rest of Cadillac, maybe, but for not much' less. One of the genial characters and best known club men of New York, is Robert Stuyvesant whom everybody in Wall street ' affectionately calls "Bob." He is a lineal do scendent of the famous one-legged Governor of New Amsterdam, whose ashes rest In Sc Mark's Churchyard, and Is known all over town for his hobby for collecting rare gems and jew eled scarfpins. He is credited with having . tbe largest collection of these ornaments of any nun in town. Ha has a curious babit of bay- - ing certain gems Set and reset dozens of times a a week, and keeps Tiffany's artisans busy work ing out unique and costly combinations of gems to gratify new whims. He owns a big slice of real estate that orlginallv belonged to, in. nin Tinteh ruler of Gotham. He Is a tall. ruddy-faced, good-natured man, still youthful.. nrt is a caDital story teller. Carrying diamond'. pins in his overcoat pocket and flsblng them upr "V unexpectedly to dazzle his friends is one of hist' whimsical traits. TO PROVOKE A SMILE. a -nnken . man of war Boulantrer. Puck. . ; Sjj A woman is never so badly in love-(thatI she does not try to una ont too cost 01 uer engage n.n,tin Atthiton Otobe. i C.W The man who is sure that he can't 'baf. ,J; wrong is always the very one to find that It Is the '. . :v Impossible which always happens. Puck. - -.l. . , Tbe rooster is one of the most tidy. of. all -members of the animal kingdom. He always - '!, carries a comb with him. Merchant Trawler. j He I don't sewwhy there should'be'no M marriage or giving In marriage la heaven I "j Bhe-Probably because tbere won't be any men a there,-Lift. If everybody believed everything that ha heard about everybody else, bow much better every man would think himself than every one of his neighbors I-Pu'. That Faded Coat Rudolph Well, how did Clara's father look upon your suit? iA iCrnest-Hegot his eyes on tne laueo uiwuv this coat and I thought he woum never u.o tnem ov.-Botton Herald. The Tailor Agreed. Aunt I'm glad tojj hear such ffood news from Thomas. I think he ls a nroraliln 9 vonn tr mn. Uncle-Yes, I think to, too, and 8hears,,tbew tatfor, agrees with me.--" -n-. . THE plumbeb. - . , The actor down to the footlights strode; , Anahlsstriaes.ucj ". -v. , , .. And from Mi psrted lips there flowed -iii i ".....r, r etoauence. t . x" wk.t caused the actor's head to spin, -f&3 And his sight to leave him there? A a Twai the blaze of the plumber's diamond Sllll WMchgleameaiBsnorcuesiracuair, -Botto'n CouritirTi 'want 13 A MOCXEB, Wine is a mocker And strong drink is raging,. But wbo cares for that When-his thirst he's assuaging? 'Tbi only next day. When his temples are aching, VH thinks what a fool.-.' . - - - .Of himself he's been making. jKnton country US fi jsT$Fi '' up r w f -': '- -" ' ' v '...j '''"- 1 ?.: J ,'fe. - M ft.... .'".., .Xi. ' Ki ." V W jtH -- I
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