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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-10

that we gather all our theologies around the boy
in the temple, the Celebrations around tne
simplicities, and the profundities around Inc
charities sthetoctogenarian of scholastic research
around the unwrinkled cheek of IL year Juven-
escence Except you become as little child
YOU can in no wise enter the kingdom; and
except YOU become as little child you cannot
understand the Christian religion. The best
thing that Rabbin Simeon and Hillsl and
Shammai and the sons of Betirah ever did was
in the temple. to bend over the lad who. first
made rudy of cheek by the breath OF the
Judean Hills and on his way to the mechanics
shop where he was soon to be the support OF
his bereaved mother, stopped long enough to
grapple with the venerable dialecticians OF the
Orient ''both hearing them and asking them
questions" Some referring to Christ have ex-
claimed Ecce Deus! Behold the God. Others
have exclaimed Ecce homo! Behold the man.
But to-day in conclusion of my subject l cry,
Ecce adolescensl Behold the boy.
BEECHAM's Pills cure bilious and nervous Ills
PEARS Soap secures a beautiful complexion
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FLANNELs-A very attractive assort-
ment of French, Scotch and fine American
fannels in stripes, checks and figures for
gowns, tennis, blouse waists, skirting, etc.,
all prices from 25c to 81 per yd
MwFSu HUGUS & HACKE.
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Wall Paper.

Spring patterns of wall paper only &C.;
best whites only 10c; cheapest wall paper in
the country.
ARTHUR, SCHoNDELMYER & Co.,
MThs 6S and 20 Ohio st., Allegheny.
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GINGHAMs-Anderson regular 40c
goods now 25c, and best French ginghams,
were 45c and SOC, now SOC yd,
MwFSu HUGUS & HACKE.
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b. & b.

New and handsome Paris dress patterns,
rich silk embroidered, at S25. Special bar
gain in the SS patterns
BoGGs & BUHL.
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Commencement suits in India silk, null,
mohair and lansdown. Make your selection
early. PARCELS & JONES,
MwF % Fifth ave., second floor
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Kid Glove Bargains.

8-button suede mosquetaires, 81; real
French kid 4-b., best quality tans, only S9c
worth 81 rs, at Rosenbaum & Co.'S.
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LA MATILDE Imported Cigars from S1(
to $40 per 100.
G. W. SCHMIDT, 95 and 81 Fifth Ave.
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Flood PhotoRruphs.

Best made, largest variety, lowest price.
Jos. EICHBAUM & Co.,
4S Fifth avenue,
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ANTHONY MEYER.
(Successor to Meyer, Arnold & Co., Lim.,l
UNDERTAKEN AND EMBALMER.
Office and residence, 1l34 Penn avenue. Tele-
phone connection. myI0-69-MwFSu
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California Wines.

BEEcHAMs Pills cure bilious and nervous ills
PEARS Soap secures beautiful complexion
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Silk Observation-Disclosures
Values.
Colored Dress Goods.

New Department. Stock all new and fresh.
We are showing very choice line of Colored
Henriettas, in all the latest colorings, Csc.
2OO pieces Illuminated Mohairs. AZ inches
wide, very popular cloth, beautiful range of
colors, 39c; usual price, Soc
!26 pieces Mohair Lusrrines. This line COM
prises very choice selection of shadings; A
inches wide, and splendid value at 63c.
1 pieces Persian Challies, in very effective
designs and rich coloring, double width, 23c.
500 pieces double width Tongietta Cloth, in
plain, stripes and checks Would be cheap at
30c; our price, 15c.
800 pieces beautiful Challies-large assort-
ment to select from-at one-half the price of
other stores, Sc.
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WOOL DRESS GOODS


Stripes and Pd 5 4enoh plain light
novelties for combinations Toe 81 yard Black Cashme
and Silk Warp Hsnrietas Serges Nuns Vlng atlow
Sento
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Two Jersey Bargains That Will
Sell on Sight.

Silk Braid Ribboned Jerseys, finest CASH
mere, in spring shades. Also tailor-bound Jer-
seys at 81 SO; worth more than double.
Silk Shocked Jerseys, Tailor Coat.back,
Yest-front Jerseys Pretty Puffed and Pleated
Blouse Jerseys all go at 81 go; worth from s. so
to S.
Captivating value-our Ladies' Irish Peasant
Cloaks, all colors, 81 49,
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And yonder the brook rehearses to the peb
bles its adventures down the rocky shelving
Yonder are the oriental homes the housewife
with pitcher on the shoulder entering the door
and down the lawn in front children reveling
among the flaming flora. And all this sprinQ
and song and grass and sunshine and shadow
woven into the most exquisite nature
that ever breathed or wept or sung
or suffered. Through studying the sky
between the hills Christ had noticed
the weather signs, and that q crimson sky at
night meant dry weather next day, and that a
crimson sky in the morning meant wet weather
before night. And how beautifully he made
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
A Beaver as a Pet,

''Big Joe" is magnificent beaver two
years old, and weighs fifty pounds Crowds
of people have focked to Mr.. J. C. vivian's
to see this living curiosity dining on pop
lar, which the owner has contracted for by
the cord, and to watch the appetite left
when he gets down the programme to the
dessert when he becomes satiated with ap-
pies and turnips A perfect live beaver in
town or city is rarely if ever seen. The
most celebrated travellers that have stood
in every quarter of the globe admit they
have rarely seen one before, and the best
writer's in encyclopedias can only guess
how they work by moonlight, but such
authorities can now see how big Joe"
works at Vivian's. Beaver is considered a
great delicacy as food, and the tail of big
Joe" fourteen by six inches-extra size for
his age-would make dish fit for the
gods, but he is healthy and likely to get
conspicuous place in some geological gar
den. He was caught by well known
trapper, and was contented at the mines
until the present owner brought him to
town in carriage. -Port Arthur (Cana7a)
Sentinel.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
"The Great South" Versus "The Great
West"
WHAT A GEORGIAN THINKS

g. H. o., writing from Santa Fe, N. M.
to the Sunny South, says: Toa G Georgian
standing in the midst of the "Great Amer
lean Desert, it seems pitiable that people
in the North and East should entertain for
moment the idea of immigration to Okla
| homa, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and
other States and Territories, to farm where
irrigation is needed, when the South, with
its varied advantages, is almost at their
door. In this country, and the same ap-
plies to Oklahoma and the whole South
west, nothing but cactus, stunted cedars.
pine and other dwarf vegetation grow
upon its barren soil, and none but the
widest and most uninviting flower can add
its measure of beauty to the desolate
strand A farmer might take "forty acres
and mule" in any part of this country
and sow, pillow and harrow until harvest
time, and get only sand storm for his
pains.
While this is absolutely true, taking
nature as you find it, yet with irrigation
the soil is very productive but where is
the water coming from with which to irri-
gate unit of this vast domain? This is
not country of rivers and what few there
are remind you of one of the many little
branches in Georgia, with the exception
that these rivers are so muddy that the
water is the consistency of milk. The Rio
Grande which looks so mighty on the map
of the United States, is not navigable for
an Indian canal, and is but a pigmE as it
winds along the arid plains and plunges
tbr< agh mountain canons and gorges One
might stand ON the great plains of South
western Texas, in some places, not over a
mile from this s'great river" and die of
thirst, so little grows on it's banks to entice
the weary traveller, or to show him that
water was so near. The rivers in Okla
homa, we are told by eye witnesses, are so
muddy, full of alkali, that even the thirsty
and furnishing turn away in disgust and
that at this season of the year the wind is
SO high that the dust in the atmosphere
obscures the landscape, and people grope
in darkness.
We can see how one can irrigate two or
three acres, and by giving much aim and
attention to it, produce enough for home
but when they undertake to
farm extensively it will be impossible to
do the work, as it has to be divided into
little squares 15x15 feet, and the dirt
drawn up around each square like potato
ridge to hold the water, and the hoe is the
only implement that can be used.
Extensive farming has not been at
tempted, but it is spoken of as an unde-
veloped resource, about which finely open
theories are skillfully woven into the i'm
migration literature of the ''Great West"
TO the farmers of Georgia and the "Great
South l would say. stay on your farms.
There is not spot in the South that would |
not make an ideal home compared to the
of which speak. h
Most of these people come from the
country places in the North and East and
nave not been South.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
Insurance and Heroism.

Frederick Tucker, young farmer liv-
ing on the shore of Lake Ontario. was in
sured in a Connecticut life campany. The
policy stipulated that the company should
not be liable if death should result, "di-
rectly or indirectly, from any voluntary
exposure to any necessary danger" One
November day a schooner in a storm was
driven aground in sight of fuckers home.
A flag of distress was run up, and the
farmer with his neighbors went to the
rescue of the eight men and one woman
on board. He was the first to reach the
disabled schooner and the last to leave it.
On the way to the shore the boat was cap
sized by the heavy sea, and Tucker disap-
peared under the waves. When he came
to the surface he was helped on the boat,
which was now bottom side up. He was
unable to speak, and was held on the boat
by the captain until he was washed away.
Two days afterward his body was found
on the shore. The company refused to
pay the insurance money on the ground,
among other, that ''the insured, by vol
UNFAIRLY going to the rescue of the crew,
exposed himself to unnecessary danger,
and did not use all diligence for personal
safety and protection" The company was
sued and jury returned verdict against
it. An appeal was taken to the general
term of the supreme court in the fourth
department. Here also the company was
beaten. It's defense was pronounced IN
tenable.. ut was the duty of the insured"
says Judge Follett in the opinion of the
court, ''to aid in rescuing the crew from
the peril in which they were, and there is
no evidence that in doing so he exposed
himself to unnecessary danger"
, The humane conclusion might we'll have
been admitted by the company before con
testing the claim.-N. Y. Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
Only One Alamo.

The following belongs among those
chestnuts which have sprung so numer-
ously from the ruins of Alamo. 1t is 9
dispatch from Louisville, KY, to the Fort
Wayne Gazette:
Col. James A. Wood died at Bloomfield,
KY, yesterday at the age of rs years. He
claimed to have been at the massacre of
the Alamo, and with two Others to have
made his escape, though the commonly &C
cepted story says that none escaped except
a woman, servant and child. Col.
Woods statement is believed by his neigh.
bors, and is corroborated by the fact that a
native of Lincoln county, Ky, till recently
alive in Texas, also claimed to have es-
capped.
Survivors of the Alamo are like Wash
ington's body servants. They increase as
the years go by. Thermopyle had its
messenger of detail the Alamo had none.
Still, it is no wonder why men should
wish to claim share in the glory that
gathers around the imperishable fame of
the spot where the bravest of the brave
went to the patriots doom as cheerfully as
bridal banquet. For one, this writer
cannot pass this venerable pile that re-
mains witness of their glorious deed
"iohouV AOOtiAS5 suC awe VI buOSo WHO tT08Q
on holy ground.
Leonidas and his three hundred Spartans
held pass which was considered impreg-
nable, and had it not been for the noun
tain path, unknown to them, they might
have held Thermopyl@ against ali Persia.
The Spartans thought they were secure.
Not SO with Travis and his men. They
were martyrs in the true sense of the
word and knew they would be beforehand.
They voluntarily laid down their lives for
liberty. There was scarcely hope when
Travis formed his men and invited anv
who were not ready to die to step from the
ranks. No man stirred. One universal
impulse moved them all. 1t was to die for
their country. Not one escaped. So i'm
partial history declares. There is no par
allel in history to the Alamo. 1t must
forever stand alone
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22

there are signs of orderliness and care and
a sense of refreshment to the eyes which
make an impression on the children 8
minds. 1t will not be difficult to educate
schoolboys to respect flower borders, win
dow boxes, vines and shrubbery, if teach
ers themselves will display intelligent in
terest and affection for the school gardens
When the grounds about school build.
ing are of considerable size, a great educa
tional field can be opened by teachers who
know something of botany, plant growth
and forestry. Mr.. Chases ideal school
yard includes an outdoor gymnasium and
and area of lawn and flower borders planted
with trees, shrubs vines and plants of the
widest possible variety. such surround
ings can be employed to the highest ad-
vantage in cultivating in children the
faculties of observation, and in imparting
elementary ideas of tural science. How
many tes cheers are there who care for these
things or are qualified to instruct children
in the laws of plant growth? We appre-
bend that there are comparatively few
who do not need an elementary education
in botany and forestry. The beginning of
this educational reform really lies with the
teachers themselves.-NeaoT York Tribune,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
A Texas Episode.
WHY SELF APPOINTED COURT RECON
SIDFRED ONE OF IT'S RESOLUTIONS

WHY A SELF APPOINTED COURT RECON
sIDERED ONE OF ITS RESOLUTIONS
Texas in 1887 had no jails, and had Just
cut loose from Mexico, and there were but
three modes of punishment, small viii o.
ping, large whipping and branding for
minor crimes. For murder, horse stealing
and forgery-desth | was a soldier in
General Houstons army and recall one in
stance of horse-stealing where the guilty
party was permitted to escape. 1t was in
Montgomery county in 1887. The man
was tried, found guilty, put upon the
horse he had stolen, his legs tied under
the horse and he was led out the edge of
the timber by some twenty or more of the
members of the "conrt," all mounted and
armed. Arriving a. the end of the timber>a
all dismounted except the prisoner, aud
setting their rifles against the side of a
log; commenced looking around for gal
lows tree. One of the party discove red,
SOM three hundred yards out in the prai-
RE, such tree with large limb growing
at right angles to the trunk, some twenty
feet from the ground He remarked that
the Lord had planted it there to hang our
horse-thief on. Agreed, and the whole
party walked, leaving guns and horses
behind, leading the condemned man still
tied to the horse It was found hard to
climb the tree. The discoverer of it asked
fora "boost. Being large fat man, it to k
all that could get around him to give the
boost, but they did it, and he climbed to
the limb. One end of the rope was around
the prisoners neck ; to get the other end
fast to the limb was the task set for the
man up the tree After several throws he
caught the rope, but the limb was so
large that it could not be easily brought
around to hand and unless the end was
caught under the rope could not be tied
The big man lying on his breast, holding
the main part of the rope in one hand,
with the other tried to throw under the
limb, but every time failed to catch the end
The committeeman below all had their
eyes on him, looking up The prisoner at
the other end of the rope was struck by
an idea. There was life and liberty in it.
He drove bis heels against the horses |
sides. Luckily he had stolen good fast |
horse, and like flash away went horse
and rider, and in the alarm of the outcry
the fat man up the tree missed his hold and |
fell to the ground, badly hurt, of course
The fugitive went flying over the prairie,
the rope streaming behind his neck. The
vigilance party's guns and horses were
'wo hundred yards off. After the excite
nent was over meeting of the court was
held to reconsider the matter of nature
having planted that particular tree 10 hang
hat particular man upon, and il was
carried that it was tn.
Z. BOgce, in Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
A Natural Bridge.

High up in the crest of the mountains
on the Birmingham, Sheffield and Tennes
see River Railroad there is to be found one
of natures wonders. 1t is a natural
bridge, as complete as perfect, as symmet-
rical, and, in some essentials, more re-
markable than the great natural bridge of
Virginia. The bridge lies between the
stations of Lynn and Delmar 1t is about
fifty eight miles from Sheffield and TWEEN
ty-nine miles from Jasper. It's length
from abutment to abutment is IT'S feet
Its width is twenty FIVE feet, and the thick
ness ranges from four to six feet 1t is of
pure sandstone. and has no doubt stood
the climatic changes of ages. Leaning
over the bridge you see in the ravine
which it spans, some sixty five feet below,
the-shimmer and sparkle of many springs
of pure limpid water which bubble from
the sandstone soil, and, joining, flow down
the ravine. A singular feature is sub
division or smaller bridge, constructed on
tie same pattern, perhaps even more per-
feet in its outlines, which leads from one
side of the bridge proper Detroit Free
Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
The Plan They Tried,

Two such woe begone, draggled it'll
hgures They came back to the house
one behind the other as slowly as if the,
were gong to their great. grandmother
funeral, and indeed they looked like chic
mourners.
The nurse had caught them playing il
Inc brook, an amusement strictly forbid
den at this time of the year, and whip.
ping was inevitable.
The whippings didn't come very OTTER
IN this family, but for direct disobedienct
they We're as sure as fate.
Lefty, said the older of the two little
sisters, IN tell you what let's do"
They had on dry Clothes and had been
seated ON two stools, one on each side of
the sittipg-room fire place, while mamma
went to get the switch.
"Well, what let's do7" asked Lefty, in
depressed tone.
"Why, the first lick mamma gives, let's
boiler like we were being killed." wlis-
pered Sue. Then she won't whip much. "
This naughty plan seemed to work well
Both little girls yelled SO loud that mamma
was scared
"My switch must be too keen, she said
and left off
1T didn't hardly hurt me bit, said
one little girl gleefully when mamma was
out of hearing
Me neither" said the other.
Just then they heard a,rustle of news
paper in the library, and peepipg through
the lalf- opened door, they saw papa.
After that the children went about like
culprits with rope round Their necks,
expecting another whipping. But mamma
was trying new plan.
Mamma, please take this splinter out
OF my hand, said Lefty. 1T hurts me-"
'Oh, no" said mamma, quietly. "You
are hollering before you are hurt ;" and
the poor little finger fes'ered and got sore.
"Please give me drink of water" said
Sue; 'l'm so thirsty"
81 reckon NOT" said mamma. You al
ways holler before you are hurt, you
know" and Sue had to go to the kitchen
for water
Every petition was treated in the same
way, until they could stand it no longer
1--WE most haven't got any mamma"
shifted Sue
Then they took courage and made
clean breast of their misery.
sis it cause papa told you what we did
bout bein' whipped ;" asked Lefty.
Yes, said mamma gravely, that's the
reason treat you as if you never tell the
truth"
ooh, mamma" they both cried, wed
rather be whipped. "
But this is Gods plan with his big
children" answered mamma. "Ananias
and Sapphire were punished quick and
sharp like whipping, but mostly God
leaves liars to get their punishment by de-
grees. And it always comes; as soon as
people find out that you have told lie
they quit believing anything you say; and
Eve just been showing you how uncom-
Portable that is"
'But, mamma" said Lefty, eff we say
we are sorry and won't do so any more,
won't you believe US thenT'
Yes" said mamma, with her brightest
smile "That's Gods way, too as soon as
any body is sorry and wants to do better he
says he is slow to anger and plenteous in
mercy" l never knew Lefty or Sue to
act another lies s. Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-22
hank You"
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SINCERE AND
SPONTANEOUS COURTESY.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SINCERE ANn
SPONTANEOUS COURTESY.
There is nothing we car give that costs
so little and counts SO much as politeness.
Not that surface dressing that, like white
wash when rubbed off, leaves an object
entirely wanting in comeliness, but that
genuine courtesy which roots in the heart
and is fed by the truest purposes. Some
people seem to think they can be indepen-
dent of courteous manners because they
are rich or occupy honored positions. Some
girls and boys are careless in manners and
thoughtless of the feelings of others be-
cause their fathers are rich and bear titles !;
and have known little people to be dis
courteous just because they happened to
have little higher standing in classes at
school than some of their fellows. It is q
good thing to be rich. to occupy higher
positions and to be at The head of ones
class but there is nothing that will SO
embellish person who is thus fortunate
as that genuine kindness of heart which
thinks of the feelings and wishes of others
at all times. One who has the germ of
true politeness in his heart can never be
boorish and our aim should be to make the
foundation of courtesy solid then there
will be no cracks in It's superstructure.
With kind heart the face speaks the
words OF politeness, and the hands act tie
courtesy. We want no counterfeits, but
the real thing. No Thanks, !" that comes
out like words from rubber stamp, but
II thank you," that is each time written
with an individuality of its own. The APP
probation of q kindness shown in the hearty
Il thank You, warns the heart and
carries delightful thrill with it that
awakens harmony that kindles pure
emotions and strengthens ones faith in
humanity.