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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

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Mr.. GEORGE W. CHADWICK, the musical
composer. is a descendant Of Edmund Chad
wick. who fought at Bunker Hin.
NINE. ANToINETTE STERLING, the well
known contralto singer OF this country, long
resident in England, has applied for admission
to the Society of Friends
Miss LETITIA ALDRIcH, niece Of Senator
Stewart, Of Nevada, it is announced, is to go
on the stage, making her debut on the 9th Of
next month in Washington.
SrGNoR SALvINI at home in Florence is one
of the most hospitable of men. and his house is
continually thronged with guests. He has a
country place, out on the Bologna road, whittier
he goes now and then for retirement.
SENATOR INGALLS, is as fond of literature
as he is OF politics, and is said to double his
Congressional salary by his magazine and
newspaper articles. His pen is very prolific.
and everything he writes Is easily marketable.
MARX TWAIN is reported to be growing indo-
lent with his advancing years. He no longer
has the incentive of poverty to force him to
work, and the products Of his pen grow smaller
every year. He retires early to bed and never
breakfasts before 10 o'clock.
IT is not often that French Cabinet officer
becomes a dramatist in spite Of himself. This,
however is the case with M. YYes-Guyot, Min
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1884 called "The Drole." The story has been
dramatized by M. Bertal for the Chateau d'Eau
Theater, Paris
MRS. REBECcA CoLLINs,a Quaker preacher,
now IS years old, has been speaking ever since
she was 20. and is still active, travelling and
preaching all over the country. She started IN
Philadelphia the Home for Discharged Women
Prisoners, is a Vice President of the W. g. I.
u, and is active in every kind of philanthropic
work in her home in New York.
SPEAKING of the new House of Representa-
tives correspondent says: There are no
Blacks and, strange to say, there are no
Whites or Grays, and. what is more renarka.
BILE, there is not single Jones. There is Mr.
Abbott and also Mr.. Cowles. There is Mr..
Flood and Mr. Raines. There is Grain,
Parrett, Hare and Bullock. There is
Flower, Spooner, Post and aStump. There
is Knapp and Goodnight Bland, Wiley
and Frank are good friends"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
ODD ITEMS FROM ABROAD.

A PROPOSAL is powerfully supported before
the British PostofHce for changing the place for
embarking and landing the American passen-
gers from Queenstown to Holyhead,
BARON HAUssMAN. in his roth year, is to
write his memoirs. He was one of tho most
active members of Napoleon Ills surround
ings and his revelations should be peculiarly
interesting.
NUMA GILLY, ex-mayor Of Mines, whose
revelations about leading politicians and Cabt-
net Ministers got him into hot water some time
since, has been released from the prison Of
Sainte Pelagle in Paris.
THE two principal prizes in landscapes given
to the Royal Academy students have been
taken by women and a third female student
carried of prize Of ESQ for decorative design
in water color The work of the male students
was still very good.
THE Queens Ladies-in- Waiting are begin
ming to murmur about dress grievance. They
only receive $500, and are expected to appear
in . new costume at every dinner. The maids
are compelled to trim up their old gowns in all
possible ways, for the Queen has an eagle eye
for old dresses and hates them.
THE continued trials Of the British torpedo
boats of the Rattlesnake class point to failure
100 much power for the hulls to stand. They
are of $40 tons displacement, and their engines
are contracted to indicate 4 500 horse power.
The last to be tested, the Seagull, nearly shook
herself to pieces with Development Of 30s8
horse power, and had to be sent to the dock for
repairs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
THE BoYcoTTs nECITrE.

The end of what was once craze is shown
to have been reached, by the report of the
New York Bureau of Labor Statistics on
the decline of the boycott. Within CON-
paratively short time the boycott was con-
sidered great power; but the statistical re-
port on its use in New York shows that the
spell has lost its sway. In 1888 the total
number of boycOtts started in that State was
266. Of this number So, or one-quarter,
were successful, 70 met with failure during
the year and 134 were carried over into the
present year. This was decrease as COM
pared with 1887 of one-third in the number
Of boycotts attempted and Of nearly one-half
in the number of successful ones. No sta
tistics are given for the present year; but it
is matter which everyone can OBSERVE for
himself, that the once common threat of the
boycott is rarely heard now.
This decline is attributed by some to the
decisions of the courts against it. That had
its effect, doubtless; but as the popular ad-
hesion to the boycott was outside the reach
of the courts, the decline must mainly be
charged to the inherent weakness of the
method. It was unrepubliean, opposed to
all ideas of individual liberty, and was no
tOriously at the command of the unsGrup-
ulous and irresponsible. Hardly any more
complete illustration of its weakness is
needed than the fact that the last heard of
the boycott in Pittsburg was the attempt of
rival labor organs and inharmonious labor
bodies to boycott each other. In other
words, the engineery which was started to
protect labor has by its irresponsible char
acter been perverted to the prosecution of
quaTrels among labor organizations, and has
proved to be utterly Intellectual in the pres
enee of such divisions.
Organized labor need not mourn the de-
cay of the boycott. 1t has plenty of means
for strengthening itself without resorting to
methods so little consistent with dignity and
so utterly at variance with law and indi-.
Yidual rights.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
PiTTsBURe. THURSDAY. DEC g, lSSG.
A GRACIOUS FESTIVAL.

The Christmas Day of 1889 will be long
remembered il for no other reason because
offhe extraordinary warmness of the weather.
Among Christmas days, as they have been
observed by the Signal Service since 1871,
Yesterday was the hottest. The thermometer
showed q maximum temperature of 65
degrees, which is eight degrees warmer than
that of the Christmas of 1877, also memorable
on the score of abnormally hot weather.
But it will not be on this account alone
that Yesterday will be remembered. 1t was
delightful day for everybody, if the con-
ventional attributes of the festival in this
latitude were wanting. Nobody but a
selfish misanthrope could see that sky of
summer blue and sigh for snow. nobody but
a hangman could breathe the warm wind,
which had no clouds to drive, and long for
a blizzard. The sunshine seemed to tempt
the entire population of Pittsburg to walk
abroad. The streets were never. so
crowded, and never with such happy and
prosperously-looking men, women and chill
dren. The services at the various churches
did not suffer in attendance by the lovely
weather. In the wealth of flowers which
adorned the churches and put the old-fash-
Toned evergreen in the shade, there was
suggestion of Easter time rather than
Christmas.
Taking the day all in all we ought to be
satisfied to see Christmas come to Us in such
gentle and gracious guise. over and over
again.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
THF nay AFTER.

A famous poet has made the assertion that
the sentence, "It might have been" e1
presses more sorrow and regret than any
other combination of four words in the En-
gllsh language. Perhaps he was right from
his point of view. A poet who scars through
etheriai space mounted on q pegasus warrant
ed not to shy or buck looks at Things in diff
fereut light from us poor mortals who travel
on street cars. But if the poet had given the
matter second thought he might have appre-
ciated the morbid horror of 'tThe Day
After" Whatever great event we may par
tieipate in, whatever of happiness, honor
and material g ain may result therefrom, a
reaction always follows which is very de-
pressing for few hours
There is no doubt but that this reaction is
widespread in all communities after gen.
eral holiday, and after none more than
Christmsstide For weeks old and young,
rich and poor. have been making arrange
ments for q fitting celebration of the great
est anniversary on the calendar. Surprises
have been arranged in the shape of hand
some presents to kindred or friends; feasts
have been prepared in honor Of the children
who viii gather under their parents roof;
bows who have wondered far from the old
homestead plan to drop in Unexpectedly
\ and gladden. the hearts of father and mother.
All these arrangements have been carried
out, and it is safe to announce that ninety
per cent have been successful. Tommy has
been duly aWestruck by the magnif-
cenee of the Christmas tree prepared
for him; mamma and papa have
received their presents with due apprecia-
ton, and have returned tenfold with becom-
ing humility; the dinner was well cooked,
the turkey tender, and the mince pie a
dream of Araby the blest; the prodigal son
and the fatted calf have had an interview
which resulted disastrously to the dish of
veal
To-day the sky does not seem as brightly
blue as it did yesterday; there is suspicion
Of alloy In the golden rays of the sun;
Tommy, upon mature consideration, feels
that q bicycle would be more appropriate in
an open winter than a sled; some of the
presents look trife shopWorn; papa real
ICES that he has some bills to meet; mamma
is tired out, and the prodigal son never did
like veal anyhow.
What mas caused this change OF spirit;
where has the glamour of Christmas gone?
Surely this Christmas has compared favor
ably with any previous one. Oh, yes; but
then, you know, this is the day after. Per
haps Tommy has eaten too freely of candy
walking-sticks, perhaps little touch of
dyspepsia is troubling his seniors, perhaps.
and more probably. we are all simply meet
ing 6raft we had drawn on Natures fund
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
A rnREaoNE CONCLUSION.

The letter on the ship canal project, pub
lished in THE DISPATCH yesterday, de-
votes its attention to the iron and coal
statistics of Sharpsville, and the feeling in
that town in favor of the enterprise. There
is no doubt that place whose business de-
pends SO largely on the cheapness Of trans
porting heavy freights would be warmly In
favor of improved water transportation; and
the same feeling could be found to wider
extent in the more important communities
of Youngstown, Sharon, New Castle and
the Beaver Valley. The immense freights
which these towns could furnish, would be
more than doubled by the ore and coal
freights of Pittsburg. These are in the
nature of foregone conclusions. The infor-
nation that is needed now, is the cost Of
the work, after which it Will be necessary
to solve the problem where the money is to
come from.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
LUCKY AMERICAN WOMEN.
An Austrian Regards the Uaited stntes a.
the EIdorado Of WomankInd.

An Austrian Regards the United Stntes az
the Eldorado Of WOmankind.
In North America, says writer in the FFeie
PTeSse, of Vienna, woman stands in many ways
above man. North America, especially the
United States, is the Eldorado of womankind.
No occupation is closed to the American
woman. To be sure, have never seen female
choppers Of wood. nor female blacksmiths nor
female Congressman, nor female Aldermen.
The last two diversions are forbidden women
by law. But if women never fell trees in the
primeYal forest, nor tame horses, nor perform
other heavy work, 1t is simply because they
don't wish to do it. not because they can't.
Owing to the fact that American girls pass
more years at school and college, ON the aver
age, than American boys, the American women
are generally much better educated than
standard bearer OF American culture and the
patroness Of the arts and sciences and higher
education The high culture and education of
the American woman explains completely tho
consideration and respect with which she Is
treated by American men,. The Amer
ican husband treats his wife with the greatest
consideration, which unfortunately canpot be
said of the German husband.
The American woman is generally beautiful.
or at least understands how to make herself
look 30. have not seen such beautiful women
anywhere else-Old women, too. with magnlh-
cent white hair. The American girl knows
how to dress herself tastefully and stylishly.
She knows how TO make the simplest garment
fetching" by means of little bow or fold or
flower. All the homage which is paid the
American woman in private and public life has,
however. its very shady side. To give up your
seat to woman in horse car is now and then
a trifie uncomfortable. To wait to have your
baggage checked till woman who arrived after
you had been attended to is in the highest de-
gree burdensome. To be delayed at q hotel
table while women who come In late to dinner
are served. Is almost unbearable. There are
also many other occasions on which the man
must step aside for the woman in America.
Custom demands it, and custom in America is
mightler than law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
: A DEER KILLED BY EAGLES.
An Odd Happening ON Twin Lake Stream
in the AdirOndacks.

An Odd Happening ON Twin Lake Stream
in the AdirOndacks.
NoRTHwoop. n Y. December &.-James D..
Sloan killed an eagle over on Twin Lake
stream one day last week under circumstances
that have excited good deal of interest among
the woodsmen. Sloan was looking for a suita-
BILE spruce for shingles. He was carrying his
rifle, he says, on account of the possibility of
seeing rabbit or a bear, two sorts Of game
now in season. About two miles below the
North Lake road two large birds few up from
the brush before him very unexpectedly and
alighted in a tree not more than six rods away
Sloan thought they were hawks, but of such
enormous size that he at once raised his rifle
and shot the largest one, when the other few
off in numbering fashion and disappeared.
Then Sloan looked at the bird, and found that
it was real bald-headed eagle, with wings that
spread bit wider than he could span with his
arms, OF perhaps 81 feet. On examining the
brush where the birds were first seen the body
of a freshly killed fawn, born last spring. was
found. It had been killed by the eagles, and
they had then eaten 50 much of it that appar-
emily they were too tired to Hy far when
alarmed. Eagles, and especially bald eagles.
are rarely seen in this country, while the oldest
inhabitant does not remember such circum-
stance rs deer being killed by them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
THE OLD HOTEL TO STAY.

A Christmas present to Pittsburg, and q
welcome one, is the assurance that we are
not to lose the old, the famous hostelry, the
Monongahela House, after all. On the
strength of the rumors regarding the dis
posal of the old hotel which were current
yesterday, it seemed more than likely that il
was to be numbered with the glories Of the
elder PittSburg past and gone. The exact
facts concerning the sale of Messrs. Ander-
son & Woog's lease to the, lessons, which
The DISPATCH prints to-day, will resssure
the public on this point
As to the comparative profit of the prop
erty as hotel or an Office building we do
not presume to speak. Theowners are salts
fed to maintain the hotel, and will put it
after it is reopened in competent hands. The
public concern is that historic landmark
and Pittsburg has none too many links with
the worthy psst-is not to be swept away.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
Jay Gould Hot on the Trail.

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
Please inform me through your Mail Pouch
who is the richest man in the world, and his
wealth, and ohlige A. ID. o.
PITTsBURG. December "a 1889.
1.-The Astor, Vanderbilt and Rothschild es-
tates are undoubtedly the largest in the world;
but many individuals have their fingers in each
Of these rich, naky pies. II the latest pub
lished returns are correct. Jay dould can come
very near seeing the richest man IN the world
when he looks into his plate-glass mirror at
Hudson and sees little man
Of about five feet (altitudel. weighing probably
not more than 95 pounds ayoirdupois, but per-
haps nearly S0,0O0OO0 pounds sterling. Ger
tain It is that be is, thus far, the only man on
record who has been at any one time able to
show mp such full hand as $50 O00,000 in bonds
and securities. while he was supposed to have
hidden up his sleeve as much more in value
OF real estate and other solids too numerous to
mention. If Jay Gould is not the richest man
in the world, he is 'hot on the trail" Of that
man, with the Detring two to one that, If he
(Gould) lives long enough, he viii overhaul and
do mp the champion-J
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
LAST OF THE GREAT EASTERN.
The Largest Steam Vessel Ever BniIt Being
Broken Dp.

The Largest Steam Vessel Ever BniIt Beina
Broken Up.
From the New York Tribunel
For nearly a score of years the English news.
papers have periodically announced the last
and the very last and positively the last Of that
magnificent but generally useless ship called
the Great Eastern. She has been huge sink
ing fund from the day that the first plate of her
keel was laid in 1853 and she proved q COM
mercial failure, having performed only one
practically serYiceable and honorable task
that Of laying the Atlantic telegraphic cable in
1886.
Perhaps it should be said, however. that she
has been OF service in deterring investors from
making similar foolish ventures in shipbuild-
ing. She had lived 80 years of an obscure and
a proitless existence before the positively
last" Of her as q floating obstruction was
reached. From the time of the ill-success of
the first attempt to launch her she was a sort Of
JONAH Men were killed by the breaking Of
the gear Of the hydraulic engines that slowly
pushed her, almost broadside on into the COM
paratively narrow river. Mr.. Brunei. her con.
structing engineer, died few days later from
anxiety and disapp0intments.
Then came the explosion of one OF the steam
pipes on her FIRST trip at the cost of ten lives
Her single voyage to this port, to New Orleans
and to Melbourne resulted in loss Of several
thousands Of dollars, Finally the leviathan
that cost about El O00.U00 to build was sold only
is being broken up. The sale realized 1880
for the copper, f4.160 for the gun metals, E8,
for the brass, &Ale5 for the lead, sl26OO Tor ne
outer iron plates, El2 300 for the inner iron
plates, riysfs and beams and 500 for the
anchors
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
OUg NAIL ROgCa.


o3ttlLI - AAlL4t Eruul ots AoAA1a
To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
A few days ago, in looking over an old copy
Of your paper, my attention was called to an
article describing an occurrence in your city on
the 9Th of this month--an occurrences Of which
was an eyewitness On the day in question 1
was guest at the Nuttridge House. Diamond
Square. your city, and during the temporary
absence Of the proprietor. party Of i've men
entered the house, one Of whom &C least was
drunk. The proprietor's son, who was in
charge Of the bar, assisted by two competent
barmen, very politely but firmly refused TO
serve these men with any liquor. Whereupon oc-
CURED ne0f the most disgracefui scenes lever
Witnessed certainly disappFoyed on the part
OF the men Of the house. and am sure that but
for the great forbearance exercised on the part
Of young Hnttridge and his assistants. the oc-
currence would have ended disastrOusly. per
haps tragically. Eventually they we're ousted
from the house, when the scene was renewed
outside, when one OF these men, in the most
whose only fault consisted in having quietly
helped TO eject them.
Your article says that 1'two men were arrested
in the house q few days ago. one of whom had
badly used-up head" As an eyewitness i
can affirm that this did not happen in the
house, and personally have no interest to
serve beyond that OF laying the facts be-
fore Jour Pqbllc, thus preventing an inno-
cent person being compromised By an occur
renee over which he had no possible control.
Hoping you will give this prominence in your
widely circulated journal, am. sir. very truly.
ST. LOUIS, NO., December q, 1889.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
HOUSES OF IRON.

The use Of iron for structural purposes is
no new thing, but there is more than a
probability that that use will be greatly ex-
tended before long. As will be seen by q
perusal Of the interesting article which ap-
pears in another part of this issue,
the new movements birthplace is
England. There iron is being used
for the construction of seaside villas,
summer cottages and other structures of a
residential character. On this side Of the
water, while we have frequently erected
business buildings of iron, or of composite
construction in which iron predominates,
and have recently built commodious struct-
ures, of which Pittsburg's Machinery Hall
is good example, the employment of iron
for residences has not been often heard of.
Mr.. Marvin has not taken unwarrantable
risk in prophesying that the day will come
within the next century when iron houses
will be the rule rather than the exception.
1t is reasonable to believe that iron is not
yet thought of for various purposes for which
it is well fitted. Naturally the increase in
the demand for iron, which would follow
such revolution as Mr.. Marvin suggests,
makes the subject of tangible interest to
Pittsburgers.
The arguments used in irons favor as Ia
material for house building are clear and
convincing SO far as the experience Of Eng
lish builders is concerned. They show that
an iron house can be erected for far less
money and immeasurably less time than one
of brick or stone. Other advantages of a
less notable sort are promised, but these
would have to be submitted to the test of
this climate before they could be certainly
assured. The movement ought to be felt
here in earnest before long.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-26
MR.. BARNUM A PARADOX.
How a French Editor Regards the Great
American Snowman.

How a French Editor Regards the Great
American Snowman.
Barnum has been to Paris for little visit.
and Paris is astonished to find that he did
nothing astonishing. sQne of the soberest of
the weeklies puts it in this way.
"But what does Barnum in Parish For Bar
mum is in Paris, the king of the puff, the en-
peror of brag, and he has not yet given sign Of
life! We have not heard yet the beating Of a
great drum or the sound Of cymbals. Barnum
will have to taste the EARTH
SIN the country of NJ. Snob it is easy for him
to draw a crowd. In the country of NJ. Gogo
this ought not to seem much more difficult for
him. await something resounding and enor-
nous; but what the - can Barnum invent?
The most astounding thing that he has done in
his life has been to pass through Paris without
making any noise about it. Barnum ineognito;
that has the air of a paradoxr
Upon reading which Mt. Barnum probably
rubs his chin and remarks that he seems to be
getting the advertisement just the same, noise
OF no noise,