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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
OBJECTS OF LABOR STATISTICS.

Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, the United States
| Commissioner of Labor, calls the attention
of THE DISPATCH to the fact that the act
of Congress creating his department charges
it with the duty of acquiring and diffusing
information, among other details, as to ''the
means of promoting the material, social,
intellectual and moral prosperity" of work
ing men and women. Mr.. Wright also
states that the divorce statistics were col
lected last year by special authorization of
| Congress.
This absolves Mr.. Wright from any in
! ference that he has pursued his statistical
inquiries into fields not warranted by the
law; but it does not alter the fact that the
practical result of directing inquiries into
these fields is at least disappointing, while
fields are neglected in which exact and re-
liable deductions concerning important
issues could be obtained. The law creating
the Department of Labor also directs
inquiries into the relations of capital
to labor, and the earnings of work
ing men and women. While it would, per-
haps, be hairsplitting to claim that because
the law states these objects first, they should
precede in Importance those which appear
to have been selected, it is necessary to say
that more important and practical informa-
ton is to be obtained by thorough and con-
slant statistical inquiry in that line.
For instance, few years ago very signif-
cant information was furnished concerning
the effect of combinations of capital on
wages, by the annual publication of the
wages paid to coal miners in the different
counties of this state. These statistics
showed that in the districts controlled by
combinations, wages were 30 to 40 per cent
lower than under competition. This fur
nished very important light on the general
claim that competition is the destruction of
wages. Singularly enough, about the time
that these figures began to bear on import
ant public issues, their collection by the
Bureau of this State entirely ceased.
If the United States department had
taken up and extended that line of inquiry,
it might have led to important information
concerning the conditions of capital under
which labor gets the highest wages. If that
point is made clear we may discover by ex-
perience that it has decided bearing on the
social, intellectual and moral prosperity of
working men and women.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
ReproxinR nm KrrinR Brother.

Herbert, Spencer and Tyndall are possessed
of abilities and opportunities far beyond any
average minister, and the best plan for the
preacher is to let such severely alone
The writer once knew q preacher whose
patience was sorely tried by leading member
OF his fock. who was disposed to kick in the
traces when he could not have his own way.
The preacher concluded to tackle the brother
from the pulpit. The description he gave Of
the troubles in Israel was close enough to lead
the brethren and sisters to cast many siguifi-
can't glances toward the offending brother
who sat in the amen corner. When The min
lister reached his climax by the affirmation that
churches were cursed by those who would
not be sheep unless they could be bellwethers
and that the cause of Christ would go on
triumphantly when all such were rotting In
their graves" the brother for whose benefit
the sermon was preached, broke forth in
stentorian Amen" which sent ripple of
laughter over the congregation and caused the
occupant OF the pulpit to labor in manifest
distress until the end of his sermon.
He afterward acknowledged that the brother
in the amen corner was ahead in the contro-
versy, though he did the business with one en-
phatic word. LILY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

THE bursting OF the Liverpool cotton cor
ner and the Chicago pork corner indicate
that this is year for cornering the cor
nerers. Even the trusts are getting squeezed.
Natural justice may do its work if legal
justice will not.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

CONGRESS may be more favorable to
railroads than to rivers, from the dislike of
water which statesmen often acquire in the
course of politics." remarks the Louisville
Courier-yJourT1GL. This intimation of be-
lief that the rivers have more water in them
than the railroads, displays what would be
remarkable anywhere else than in Ken
lucky. decided ignorance of railroads and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
ASCENSION ROBES PREPARED.
Jersey Adventists Prophesy That the World
Will End To.D Day.

LONG BRANCH, October 6.-Three miles to
the westward, in the vicinity of Monmouth
Park, is-an old colony of Second Adventists,
and they have fixed upon tomorrow night, Oc-
tober I, as the end of the world. Though there
is some difference of opinion in the Advent
community on the subject, majority of the
Adventists about here seem to be convinced
that the end is at hand, but they do not like to
speak about their belief for fear of ridicule.
The Adventists in this county are most numer-
Gus in West Long Branch. Eatontown and
Oceanport. Their preparations for translation
have been made secretly. Every true believer
has a white ascension robe ready and will re-
pair to some elevation tomorrow night to wait
for the end.
Elder Esek Walcott, the leading spirit in the
Advent Church here, declined to give any in
formation on the subject, but he has not made
a free distribution of his property and does not
intend to. Fully one-thIrd of the Adventists
are not in sympathy with their brethren. The
news of the coming end of the world is particu-
larly alarming to some of the negroes about
here.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
NOT BAD TO TAKE.
From summers dear delights
Regretfully we turn us
To spend our days and nights
In wrestling with the furnace.

From summers dear delights
RegretfuIly we turn us
To spend our days and nights
In wrestling with the furnace.
Chicago Nstcs.
The wretch who steals a single pig
Lies wearily in Jail.
He who thousand swine can prig
Most commonly gets bail.
Chicago Tribune.
He Knew-Doctor Ito dying patient)-
Death does not end all. my dear friend.
Dying man-Right doctor. You and the UNDER
taker send In your bills after that.-Draks's
Magazine.
Miss Bunker Hill = Oliver Wendell
Holmes is 80 years old. Which Of his works do
you prefer?
Colonel western-well, Holmes Sweet Home is
about as good as any OF 'em.- Tszas SVtfn0s.
In Parlor Near the Sky-De Broke-I
say, soupin, why is our room up here like man's
estate as mentioned In the Bible9
soupin-I give it up. Why?
DE Broke-Because it's little lower than the
angels.-Drdke's Magazine.
Brown-I see by the papers that the
President has quilt giving his hand to callers at
the White House.
Robinson-Humphi II thought he had quis
giving callers the cold shoulder 1 would 20 over
and ask him how about that postoface 1 haven't
At the Opera-Miss De Gold-Ma, that
man in the upper left-hand box is . brute. He
has been ogling me all the evening.
Mother-That Is young Mr.. McCash, whose uncle
died and left him 800 900 last MONTH He Is look
ing for Q wife, they say, and-n
Miss DE Gold-He Is . nice looking gentleman,
anyhow. Can't we put him on our List mar
Draks's Magazine.
LOVES rHoUGHTLRssNEss.
The dying fire flames and glows
Upon the hearth, and gray and rose
The embers alternate:
While ftful flames curl lightly round
The blackened logs without . sound
The hour Is growing late.
With curtains drawn, in hrelIght dim,
She nestles lovingly to him
Whom she so much adores;
They little heed the driving rain
That beats upon the window pane.
Or realize It tpours.
loves flame Is glowing in their hearts:
And when at last the youth departs,
With vows that hen be true,
she dreamingly goes on to bed
without an idea In her head
That he WI get wet through
--Somsrviils Journak
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
A MESSENGER BOY WE'LL PAID.
He Receives Fees Amounting to Nearly $6
From the Presidential Party.

From the Presidential Party.
Harry Schoolcraft, messenger boy at Deer
Park, has had streak of luck. He was en-
ployed by the President to do some errands,
and Mr.. Halford was told by both Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison to give him a good fee. AS a
result of these commands Mr.. Halford gave
the lad So. but did not mention the fact to any
one. Mrs. Halford passed him little later,
and fearful that her husband had forgotten
him, she drew out dollar and handed it to the
boy As the train pulled up Harry was perched
on the railing to get last view of his munifi-
cent but departing patrons. Mrs. Harrison
saw him.
"The little messenger boy, Benjamin, don't
forget him.
"Ah, yes," said the absent-minded President,
shaking hands with the surprised Harry and
leaving in his palm charge that amounted to
exactly 81 80. In the car the subject was men
toned. .
did you -?" queried Mrs Halford.
81 did, answered her husband.
SIT is all right, Halford, had the change, so
feed the boy" said the President.
$50 did 1" remarked the Secretary pensively,
looking out of the observation end Of the fast
departing car to the open-mouthed lad on the
fence, who still held one hand full of the Presi-
dents quarters and drew from his pocket with
the other Lge's munifcent donations, the
whole aggregating S. 80.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

The news that the people of Pierre,
S. D., went on spree over the selection of
their town for State capital, and put up the
prices of lots thousand per cent. furnishes
a stronger foundation for the real estate
boom than most Western towns require
Whisky seems to have been at the bottom of
this rise in real estate; while in a large ma
jority of cases the initiating element is
nothing stronger than wind and water.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS SURPRISED.
They Took a Picture of n Drowning Scene
and Didn't Know 1t.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l
NEW YORK, October 6.-Amateur Photogra-
pliers Charles Wylie, of New York, and Will
lam Maginnis, of New Orleans, started one
Sunday afternoon recently from the Maple
wood Hotel, in Pittsfeld, to get some views at
Pontoosuc Lake. lovely sheet of water nest
ling between the hills to the north of the town.
Reaching the lake and selecting a vantage
ground, they placed their camera in position
and made a shot Twenty minutes later they
met an excited man on the roadway who told
them that a rowboat had been overturned on
the lake and that two of its four occupants had
been drowned.
On reaching their hotel the photographers
developed several plates taken that afternoon,
and their surprise may be imagined when they
discovered on the negative taken at the lake a
reproduction of the drowning scene. There
was the overturned boat with one man cling
ing to its stern and anothers head Just visible
above the water. The young photographers
had no knowledge of the accident that had &C.
CURED before them at the time they took the
picture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

The Standard Oil Company kindly e1-
plains that it does not want the earth, any
more than it wanted TO refine Ohio petro-
leum last year. 1t sticks to its platform in
the prior case by confning itself to efforts
to prevent any one else from getting share
of what it does not want.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
TOADS AT $50 EACH.
Mr.. Sellers Engages in a Novel But Ap-
parentIy Profitable Business.


From the San Diego (Cal.) Union.l
A few weeks ago Mr.. Iderton, of this city,
left for a visit among relatives in England. Mr..
Campion, the real estate man, gave him a
horned toad to present with his compliments to
brother of Mr.. Sellers, his partner. A letter
just received from Mr.. nderton says that he
has not only had jolly good time, but thinks
he has dicovered a new source of revenue for
San Diego county, and especially for his friend
Campion. He found Mr.. Sellers brother at
Nottingham and presented him with the
horned toad, which was great curiosity in
that country.
To possess the handsome ''varmint" became
the desire of several of Sellers friends, and a
lively bidding ensued, and the result was that
Sellers disposed of it for the snug sum of sl0-
s50-and writes for more toads Campion says
that until real estate picks up he will go into
the toad business, and he has about 500 of the
product stuffed, and expects to start large
shipment of English gold toward San Diego in
the near future.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
THE TELEGRAM.

ISIS this the telegraph ofice?''
Asked q childish voice one day,
As noted the click of my instrument
With its message from far away.
AS 1t ceased turned; at my elbow
Stood the merest scrap of boy,
Whose childish face was all aglow
With the light Of hidden Joy.
The golden curls on his forehead
Shaded eyes of the deepest blue,
As If a bit of the summer sky
Had lost in them its hue.
They scanned my Office rapidly,
From ceiling down to floor,
Then turned on mine their eager gaze,
And he asked the question o'er.
"Is this the telegraph oficeP''
SIT is, my little man,
/ said; ''pray tell me what you want
And I'll tell you If cam
Then the blue eyes grew more eager,
And the breath came thick and fast;
And saw within the chubby hands
A folded paper grasped.
''Nurse told me, - he said. ''that the lightning
Came down the wires some day,
And my mamma has gone to heaven,
And I'm lonely since she is away;
For my papa is very busy,
And hasn't much time for me,
So thought I'D write her letter,
And I've brought it for you to see.
'I've printed 1t big SO the angels
Could read out quick the name,
And carry 1t straight to my mamma,
And tell her how 1t came;
And now won't you please 10 take 1t,
And throw 1t up good and strong
Against the wires in fLnder shower,
And the lightning will take 1t along"
All, what could tell the darling9
For my eyes we're filing fast.
turned away to hide the tears,
But cheerfully spoke at last:
ssI'n do the best can, my child, p"
Twas all that could say.
THANK you. - he said, then skanned the sky,
''Do you think 1t will funder to-day?n
But the blue sky smiled in answer.
And the sun shone dazzling bright
And his face as he slowly turned away,
Lost some OF its gladsome light.
ssBut, nurse, - he said, "if l stay too long,
Won't let me come any more,
So good-by, III come and see you again,
Right after funder shower.n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

SENATOR FARwELL's explanation of the
high price of beet by the allegation that the
people will only eat the good cuts, carries
the implication that the ordinary cuts of
meat can be obtained for little or nothing.
An attempt to buy cheap meat on that
theory would cut up Senator Farwell's argu-
ment into mince meat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
Effect of Chicago Smoke.

From the New York SUM-
We learn from our esteemed contemporary,
the Chicago Herald, of ''the absence of the
devil from the moral city of Chicago" 1t may
be conjectured from the retirement of this
leading citizen of Cook county how strong and
terrible the smoke nuisance has become.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

Sawyer that the killing of Terry by Nagle
was entirely justi6able in law" was re-
markable assertion OF jurisdiction, the dec
laration Of the San Joaquin county grand
jury that it was intentional and deliberate
murder" indicates disposition to PREJUDICE
the case which confirms the opinion that
California justice is fearfully and wonder
fully made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

THE proposition to assess the pensioners
of the United States in order to obtain the
funds for the Grant monument is the climax
of New York's meanness. ALI further efforts
in that line are unnecessary. That record
of wealthy stinginess cannot be surpassed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
ARTHUR WALLACK QUIETLY WE'D.

He was secretly married 10 Miss Jessie
Churchill on September 8.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
NEW YORK, October 6.-Arthur Wallack.
the son of the late Lester Wallack was mar.
ried on September to Miss Jessie Churchill.
the daughter of Edward s. Churchill, of 1853
Fifth avenue. The ceremony was performed
Only the immediate friends of the bride were
present.
Mr.. Wallack's first wife died year ago. She
was daughter of Theodore Moss. The
newly married couple dispensed with the Gus
tomary honeymoon trip, and are now in this
city,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
WICKED BLUE-EYED BEAUTIES.
Blonde Women Held Responsible for q
Great Deal of Mischief

From the Hartford Courant.l
1t is the blonde woman who does the mis-
chief. Lucretia Borgia had yellow hair; so, ac-
cording to Grant White, had Lady Macbeth,
who was petite and slight. The mischief maker,
Mme Montbazon, was regal blonde. Mime.
Simon's blue eyes looked unfiinchly at the
guillotine. when the still fairer head of the in
nocept criminal, Marie Antoinette, fell into the
basket. Bloody Mary was slight and fair.
Marie de Medicf was feshy blonde woman,
though her hair was streaked with gray when
she died on her straw litter at Cologne, and
Catherine, of the same noble house. was either
fair or stained her rresses to make her ap-
pear so.
dare say the daughter of Herodias, who
danced before Herod, was yellow-haired-the
old masters made her so (those high-born He
brew maidens had the blonde tint)- land nobody
doubts that Delilah's blue eyes bewitched the
secret out of the soft-headed, soft-hearted,
Dlack-bearded giant.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
influence of n poe,,s Words.

Manyyears ago prominent minister Of this
vicinity, in sermon to students. quoted the
followsng sentiment from Pope to combat it;
For modes of faith let graceless bigots fight,
He can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
The effect of the preachers effort, SO far as
one student was concerned, was to impress in
delibly in his mind the sentiment of Pope,
while all the rest OF the sermon was soon erased
from the memory. And, as the years roll on,
that student is more and more impressed with
the truth of Pope's couplet-
The Clergyman who is charged with the care
OF congregation, and who must needs devote
large part of his time to visiting the sick,
burying the dead, and looking after a thousand
and one things pertaining to his flock, OF which
the outside world knows very little, would be
phenomenal man if he could successfully COM
bat lngersoll and the scientists in his pulpit
efforts. The wise thing for him Is to tackle the
questions of religious life and character, con-
corning which there is no controversy, and ig-
more the matters which free thinkers and scien-
fists delight to discuss. Let him by all means
follow the advice of the old professor and not
raise the devil unless he is perfectly sure of his
ability to wipe him out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

NEW YORK has got the League pennant.
With that glory, it does not care for little
thing like the Worlds Fair. At least it
does not care enough to put up the mony
fnr Ii
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
MINISTER'S MISTAKES.
Errors Which Clergymen Are Liable to
Make-AmusIng Result Of Reproof

Errors Which Clergymen Are Liable TO
Make-Amusing Result Of Reproof
From the PuIpif.
One Of the standing admopitions which an
Allegheny theological professor was wont to
give to his classes In the olden time was,
Never suggest an infidel objection in the pull
pit, which you are not perfectly sure Of your
ability to overturn. In other words, do not
raise the devil unless you are sure you can
knock him down."
There is very large nugget Of wisdom in the
advice. The writer has often been reminded
OF the counsel OF the old theological professor
In listening to some minister whose education
and advantages were none eff the best while he
oDl1terated, to lis own satisfaction, Huxley and
Darwin and Herbert Spencer at one fell
swoop
There are, in every congregation of worship
pers some who are not ready to accept loud as
sertton tor logic. and the devil is not always
downed in minds where he is raised by the
preacher. 1t is not long since Pittsburg
preacher denounced Hume's argument against
miracles as not being worth the paper it was
written on. Tie fact that the wisest theo-
log1ans have been for century expending their
utmost force in attempts to meet Hume's ar
gument is proof enough that it is a very strong
statement of the anti-orthodox idea, and
thoughtful hearers are not satisfied with such
summary annihilation of Hume as that. 1t is
unworthy of notice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
or the Greatest Utility.

From the Chicago Herald.1
Mr.. Edison is not producing all of the great
inventions of the age. A piano muff1er has
been invented which reduces the noise made
by the practicing girl to comparatively agree
able minimum.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
A Dismal View.

From the Globe Democrat
Senator Harris, of Tennessee. thinks that the
time is coming when Congress will be in con-
tinual session. Most people, however, prefer
to take less dismal view Of the country's
future-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

THE reported revival of demand fol
Confederate currency and defunct State
bank bills in the South indicates an alarm.
ing dearth OF waste paper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
A School Teachers Good Fortune.

PARKERsBURG, October 6-John L. Grove,
a school teacher of Berkeley, has fallen heir to
$4,000 An elderly lady of Frostburg, ND,
took fancy to him some time since, and on
her death bed few days ago she made Grove
her principal heir.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

A 5O-YEAR-oLD grapevine grows In German
town on a trunk which measures two teet and
a half around.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
THE REGULAR WAR c1onns.

The old story about the impossibility of
war in Europe because the Rothschilds
could not afford it, is reversed by the cur
rent reports from Europe. If the infer
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

The report that the telegraph wires are
going underground in Philadelphia almost
permits the hope that the reform may strike
Pittsburg some time in the sweet by and by.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

From the Pioneer Press.1
Patti and Jay Gould are the great annual
'.retirers." And it is safe to keep your hand on
your pocketbook when you hear arumor of this
kind IN regard to either of them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
An Excellent Equipment.

From the Boston Herald.1
Sir Julian Pauncefote is on his way back to
this country with all his pretty daughters. He
couldn't be better equipped for diplomacy in
Washington.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

"HoNEYMooN Row. is the name given q
row Of houses at West Chester occupied by
newly married couples exclusively.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
Merely n Coincidence.

From the Washington Star.l
1t is an interesting coincidence that the
chestnut season begins in the markets and on
the political stump about the same date every
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

If the fellows who have been predicting
earthquakes and destructive storms for the
beginning of this week had been satisfied
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

AT Cory when the free delivery Of mails
went into operation there were 900 applications
for the four positions of letter carriers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07

BRYN MAwR, Pa, October 6-The Right Rev.
Thomas Hubbard Vail, ID. D., LII. D., Bishop Of
the diocese of Kansas. died here this morning,
after an illness of two weeks