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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
DRIFTING.


Are you drifting, friend ana brother.
Down life's dark and turbid stream;
Sometimes slower. sometimes faster,
YetstiH drifting with the streamg
Is the river sometimes shallow,
Then again both deep and wide?
Do you find yourself still drifting
Always drifting With the tider
Do you sometimes fgit againstit
Pulling with such might and main
That your oars are snapped asunder.
Broken by the mighty stratnr
Do you ever grow dishearfened,
Feeling that your work Is vainl
Sometimes Wish the voyage was over,
And the restfHl harbor EainedS
Dent despair, but still push onward.
Onward, TIL Iife.s voyage Is runk
Ever earnest, ever faithful,
Learn 70 say. .sGoaas will be done. ;,
--Eueene y. 6aknders IN BostOn fio1.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
HUMOR FROM THE HUB.

A brush between two artists may not end
in a draw, but 1t certainly begins with one.
Although rupee is worth only half
dollar lac Of rupees is to be preferred to lack
OF dollars.
Yellowly-There is something proud look.
ing about circus posters, isn't there?
Brownly-There is something flaming about
them, but 1 don't see where the pride comes in.
Y.-Well, they always look to me IS II they we're
stuck M.
A QUEER TEMPERANCE MEETING.
The speaker rose and looked around,
Around the audience looked he,
And he was startled when he found
The house as full ss 1t could be.
Another Trust.-Jobson-What are you
busy with n0Wg
Jepson-I'm baggage m sster on the K. 7. Rail-
road. What are you dolnKg
Jo5.-PVe got into the trunk manufacturing
business.
Jep.-Hal Let Us form combination.
Interior Furnishing. = Smith - Hullo,
Jonesl Got anything tOdO yetg IfIrecollect Alright
you were out Of employment,
Jones-Yes. I got very good job. lam manu-
fscturing material for interiors.
S.-Ahl Art decoratlonG
J.-No; I've turned cook.
First lady-I'Ye seen the divided skirt.
Second lady-I don't see how you could when
you haven't beep At the house since got the idea
into my head.
F. L.-What do you mean? refer to the reform
garment invented by Mrs.
3. L.-Ohl thought you referred 70 mine.
have Just divided one OF my skirts to make up
dresses for the twins.
"Where is the dashing boarder who used
to be the life Of the table when was here before,
Mrs. Llvermoreg's asked an old patron OF tne
house, addressing the landlady.
II married him, - was the quiet reply
''lndeedl He was one Of the sprightliest fellows
ever met, always babbllng over with spirits and
chock full Of stories. He's away from home,
suppose; haven't seen him since returned-n
Hes at home; he has never been away"
'slndeedl Where Is he. tnen5''
isin the kitchen washing dishes.''
--1R Es0m BostOA oosriR.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
TEE TRUST COMPANY TAKES CHARGE

The possible conflict of interest over the
appointment of liquidator for the Law
renee Bank was satisfactorily settled yester-
day by the appointment of the Fidelity
Title and Trust Company as the successor to
Mr.. McKelEy. All the parties in interest
agreed to this selection; and that corpora
tion can enter upon the work of winding
up the affairs of the bank at once. 1t is, we
believe, the first experiment in Pittsburg of
the assumption of such duties by trust
corporation and the outcome of the work
will be watched with keen interest. Under
the management of an institution SO well
equipped as the Fidelity, and possessing 50
thoroughly the confidence of all parties the
experiment will hardly fail of successfully
showing the virtues of the new method.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
BRILLIANT TABLEAUx.
A Series Given at Emmanuel Parish Build
Ing, In Allegheny, Last Evening.

Series Given ne Emmanuel Parish Build
Ing, In allegheny, Last Evening.
A brilliant entertainment was given last
evening in the parish building Of Emmanuel
Episcopal Church. Allegheny.
1t consisted of series of tableaux. The
first one represented "a Sculptor's Studio"
and various figures of stAtuary were repre-
sented by Misses Irwin, Ida McClurg Katie
McIIwaine and Edith johnson. very appro-
pirate tableau entitled The Rainy Day. was
next seen, and little Mona IRWIN, Grace Irwin
and Mary Stuart were sheltered BY NAM
moth umbrella.
A huge hay field was next presented, and in
q farmers attire Mr.. Harry Robb rested from
his labors and awaited his lunch, which Miss
McClurg was In the act OF taking to him,
''Secrets" were told swinging on the garden
gate by Miss Katie McIlwaine and Mr. Lake.
Confessions of Love- was impersOnated by
Misses Kate Mcllwaine and sister Mamie, and
Messrs. Lake and McClurg
In Love or Country" Mr.. Robb was seen in
great perplexity. while his sweetheart Miss
Edith johnson, was demanding choice
In the "Gipsy Camp" Misses Edith John
son, Ida McClurg, Katie and Mamie McIlwaine
and Mr.. Harry Robb were the fantastic gip-
sizes.
The entire entertainment was notable for ar
tistic skill and finish, and was thoroughly ap-
preciated by the audience. At the conclusion of
the tableaux a pink tea was served by the young
ladies of thechurch. and various pretty booths
were utilized for the sale of fancy articles, ice
cream. candy, etc, etc.
The ladies in charge were Misses ROddy,
Phipps, Seely. Robb, Guthrie, Phillips Byllesby
and Campbell
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
Co.EdueartoD a Ramedx-

As remedy for these evils she suggested CO.
education, which would bring the sexes into a
free. oDen, healthy, good fellowship with each
other, and a more practical and less senti-
mental view of life would be taken. as a conse-
quence fewer unhappy marriages would be
made. Mrs. Taylor further remarked that
there were proportonately Just as many fail
ures in single as double life, aud said that mar
rtage was divine creation that should be OBJ
served in the extreme.
Mrs DR.. Sara Rutan commenced expound-
ing ner views IN the following happy, interest
ing style: "As my worthy colleague has taken
qualE1ed Affirmative front to this subject
shall be forced for want of antagonists and by
the negative back of the topic, and IN the
candle light Of revelation and the electric light
OF observation to deny that marriage, bona
hde, is ever failure"
Marriage bona fide Is not a faiIure. civil
contracts sometimes are Marriage is sacra-
ment, something entered into with an oath
that possesses unity and indissolubiity. Ii
Is 2 path In which the steps are all one way"
God: His goodness, peace, mercy, truth and
Justice having failed, He subdued and con-
trolled the earth and redeemed to Himself a.
peoPlesDy holy matrimony. Business contracts
of marriage relations need not be failures
either, If each partner will concede something
TO each other. Woman is forever fondly re.
memoering that she was given to be with man
in paradise, but forgetS that she was expelled
to be with him in exile; or, not satisfied with
the paradise he is able to build for her. she
strikes out to build one for herself, and loses
the one in which she might have reveled
But if women owe a duty in preventing the
failures. SO do men, for they are like
TO each other as the bark and
branches of trees. The lady mentioned
briefly the great number of divorce suits CON
tinually being granted in our country, and said
thata great many people rushed into divorce
courts because OF some defect in themselves
they do not see, or some flaw in others they
overmnch see.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

THE full account of the revolution in
Brazil, which has been published in the New
York Times, represents it as counter-stroke
to forestall coup Petat that was planned by
the imperial ministry in favor of the Comte
d'Eu and Princess Isabella, upon the expected
retirement of the Emperor. Since the revolu-
ton succeeded SO easily, it appears that the Re-
publicans could well have afforded to let the
new monarchy reveal its absolut1st tendency
and then fall to pieces of its own weight.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

PROF. TUCKER, of Andover, is quoted
as saying that this country has had but three
thinkers, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Frank
lin and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The spectacle
of Tucker, of Andover. ruling Jefferson, Ham
ilton and Emerson out of the list of thinkers,
deserves to be set up as a companion piece to
the picture of Oscar Wilde being disappointed
at the Atlantic Ocean.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
AN ARMLESS ARTIST.
A Young Man Without Hands Who Made
Fine Pictures.

A Young Man Without Hands Who Made
Fine Pictures.
have before me the proof Of an etching Just
published (writes the London correspondent of
the Scotsmanl, the work Of an armless artist
M. Noel Mason. The etcher was young man
who died suddenly few weeks ago, immedi-
ately after he had completed this plate. Dur
ing the Commune he lost both arms and hands
by the explosion Of a shell. He WAS then IA
years OF age. He got himself fitted with me-
chanical hands and set to work to learn etching.
OF his success the plate now published is full
proof. 1t is a view of Nogent-sur-Marne.
NJ. Mason, in choosing the subject put
considerable strain on his powers Of execution,
for the drawing is fun of detail, not to be done
except with much painstaking care. He has,
however, produced q bold and striking picture.
u. Mason had unquestionably sympathetic
feeling which his mechanical hands could not
always interpret But even on its artistic side
the etching does not lack interest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
A ReEnIar Death Trap.

A policeman saw flames burst from the sixth
story window of big business building at 66
Eld-idge street early this morning. He turned
in fire alarm. knocked on the doors and
shouted fire" with all his might. There were
six men in the buildings watchman of a He
brew synagogue on the second floor, TWO ap-
prentices in a tailoI's shop on the fourth floor
and Abraham Wisoivat, Solomon Eiley and
Harris Elias, shoemakers in the loft All the
men heard the policeman's shouts. The watch
man and the tailors' apprentices got down to
the street in their nightclothes. The three men
in the loft; however, were met By fire at the
head of the stains and driven back. Before they
could decide what TO do the flames made fiery
barrier between them and their only means of
rescue, the fire escape. They dashed through
the fire and threw themselves against the win
dows. In the brief encounter they had been
scorched and burned. Only one at q time could
go through the hole in the iron balcony The
last man was half dead when the fourth story
windows were passed. At the second story the
iron ladder was not down. Three moaning,
blackened men in smoking rags sat on the fire
escape until the fireman ran up ladders and res
cued them. Eiley and Elias were so badly
burned all over the body that they win proba-
bly, die. WisoiVat will recover. The fire was ex-
tinguished half an hour after. Its origin is un-
known.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

THE sale at Long & Co.'S yesterday presents
the singular feature Of realizing more for
property at q forced sale. than the firm was
able to get in the eourse of regular business
This is not an indueement to other iron firms
to make an assignment. It is simply an evil
dence of the firmness of the iron market.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE.
This IL the Decisios of the Woman,s CIuI
Affer Dlacunufou-Basnfe HPnmhI. -.

This II the Decisios Of the Woman,s Club,
After DIscussIOn-Bessie BrambIe SAYS
81. PaHl Was Jllted-sIugBe Women
Rather Wary.
Marriage Is not failure, so say the members
Of the Womzu's Club, and the discussion of
the subject by them yesterday afternoon in
the Teachers Library was Of such clear,
comprehensive and exhaustive character that
the most caIloused cynical advocate of the
failure side Of the question would have been
converted without murmur. The question,
SIS marriage q failure?" was not discussed
but why are so many marriages failureF'
Mrs. Taylor, in well written paper, said that
it would be just as reasonable to discuss. .'Is
God q failuref' as to discuss is marriage a
failure? but taking the qualified question,
why is marriage SO often failureF' there
were great many reasons to be given, and the
wonder is not that there are SO many failures,
but that there are SO few, taking into consid-
GRAFTON the immortality, lntemperance,
defective education, poverty deceit and
intatuation with which so many mar
riages are entered into. The lady in a
skillful manner dealt with each one of the yari-
GUS topics which are sure death to o happy
union, and dwelt at some length upon the un-
healthy atmosphere in which a great many
young ladies live and breathe, with no other
idea in their diseased minds than the obtain
ing of husband, BY fair means or foul.
Her reasoning. however, proved that the
young gentlemen are just as often as deceitfuI
in securing the choice of their hearts as the
young ladies. Poverty, she thought, in the
present condition Of the world, q pail bearer 70
marital happiness, for people are not inclined
Henry Ward Beecher-wards, with few excep-
tions. She thought it would be hard to find a
couple nowadays who would be willing to
commence life IN the humble manner in which
the great Henry Ward and his plucky little
bride did.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
Qua1,, Pension Bill Solid.

WASHINGTON, December Ex-senator Tur-
pie, from the Committee on Pensions, to-day
made q favorable report on Senator Quay's
bill, fixing at s72 per month the pension to be
granted all persons who are or who may be-
come totally helpless freD injuries received or
diseases contracted while in the military or
naval service of the United States
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

OFcourse, the verdict having been secured
which saved Sullivan, Coughlin and Burke
from the gallows. the next thing is to get them
on from all punishments- And the effort has
at least the virtue Of logic. If they do not
deserve to be hanged they do not deserve any
punishment at all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
HOME RULE HOLDS THE FIELD.
What an E7glIsh Minister Thinks Of the
Present Situation.

"HaI IN EIBH1H AIhIsIEF ANInAI OF INC
Present Situation.
From the Philadelphia Press.I
The following letter was received by Thomas
Walter. Of this city from Rev. Charles Leach.
F. G. s., pastor Queens Park Congregational
Church, London, England, who visited this
country last summer:
Home Rule holds the field all along the line;
there is settled conviction that the next election
will settle it. The Tories are playing game OF
waiting against the life Of an old man. In the vain
hope that If they can see him of to heaven before
the general election, they may creep back to
power, place and pay.
They are living In fools paradise. The bye
elections tell their own tale. 1t will be great
loss to humanity when the Grand Old Man Is
taken home, but Home Rule can not be shelVed.
1t has seized the English democracy and must
come. Scotland and Wales have many pressing
questions but they now alive to the fact that
even for them Irish Home Rule is the most i'm
portant question, as 1t blocks the way.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
More ReIIable Than the Goosebone.

from tne NtW I 0rk 6unsI
Against the many signs and prognostieations
of hard winter should be set the story that the
toad which has been imprisoned in solid rock
since George Hoar was an ancient and Adam a
lad in knickerbockers, has been released on
good behavior Also the story that pots OF
treasure" are being found in various parts of
the country The excavation of that same old
toad and the unearthing Of that same old pot of
treasure indicate very open winter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

The collection Of relics in the National
museum contains an enormous punch bowl
which belonged to George Washington. This
the Chicago Herald regards as evidence Of "a
Kindly and genial nature which softens the
grave and austere aspect" Yet the same issue
which contains this remark continues to jump
on Vice President Morton for his buffet at the
shorehan. II makes great difference when
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

NoTwITHsrANDINGth the authoritative denials
of the purchase of property above Smithfield
street between Fifth and Fourth avenues, on
the part Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the
deals still 60 on. The public JOINS in chornssing
the question: If the Pennsylvania Railroad
does not want this property, who, in the State
of Pennsylvania, does?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
SENT TO TIE SENATE.
Another Big Batch of Nominations, Chiefly
far the Weat.

for the West.
WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE President
to-day transmitted the following nominations
to the Senate:
Alphonso Barto, to be Register Of the Land
Once at st. Cloud, Minn,; August Kickbusch, to
be Register of tho Land ONCE at Wausau, Wis:
William Westerman, to be Receiver of Public
Moneys at St. Cloud, Mimi; Andrew NJ Craw-
ford, to be Receiver Of Public Moneys at Rose
burg, Ore; Frank NJ. Foote, to be Receiver of
Public Moneys at Evanston, Wyo.: Eugene Hay.
to be United States Attorney for the district of
Minnesota; Fremont Wood, to be United States
Attorney for the Territory of Idaho; wiz
loughby Cole, OF California, to be United
OF California: George E. Gard, of Cal
iforna to be United States Marshal for the South
ern district OF California; John W. Jacobs ia he
United States Marshal for the Southern district Of
New York: Cyrus Leland, Jr,, to be Collector OF
Internal Revenue for the district Of Kansas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

AUSTRIA is reported to have got a new
explosive which is one-third more explosive
than dynamite, and is expected to work
wholesale destruction in the field. The in
ventions of destruction viii soon reach point
which will wipe the defeated army out of ex-
istence and break up the victorious one by its
cost
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
CANADIANS FOR ANNEXATION,
Dissatisfied With Present Conditions, They
Want 70 Join the UniOu.

O1sSatleue0 WIN freeenL COnditionsp They
Want 70 Join the UniOu.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
OTTAWA, December 1.-THE fact that there
is a rapidly increasing desire for national
change in Canada is indisputable. Even the
organs of the Dominion Government admit it.
Considerable surprise. however has been ex-
pressed over the candid way in which the
London Free Press, the organ of the Minister
of Agriculture. the Hon. John CARING, makes
the admission that dissatisfaction prevails, and
to use its own words, that "a good many people
are found concerning themselves Just now with
the future of Canada The Free Press says:
They want to know whether we shall become
independent; whether we shall become part of
imperial federation, or If it shall be our fate
TO be annexed to the adjoining Republic. It
evinces patriotism that is praiseWorthy and
gives expectation that the sons Of Canada will
ever be alive to its best interests. And that il
a guarantee that it is not TO be despised It
has its reassuring conditions and anchors us to
the conviction that, come what may, loyalty to
Canada will be the prevailing Watchword."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
SHE'S A REGULAR HOODOO.
A sOnth Carolina Damsel Who Possesses
Supernatural Powers.

Supernatural Powers.
ESPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE DIePATcH,1
COLUMBIA, 8. C., December IA wonder.
full story comes from Sumpter, this State,
about the discovery by a girl II years old of
supernatural powers that throw the Georgia
phenomenon, Lulu Hurst, in the shade. Her
name is Daisy Robinson, and she lives with
her mother on the premises of one of
the most reliable citizens of the eoun-
tH VINO vouches for the follow
ing: To-day the girl discovered that
some unseen power was following her every
where. The first demonstration was the fall
ing of q sideboard fat on its side, then a water
bucket fell from a shelf on her shoulder. Her
mother thinking the room haunted moved into
another, when the same agency moved tables
smoothing irons, and furniture
These demonstrations continued at intervals
during the day A large crowd heard of the re-
markable exhibitor, gathered about the house
and reporter tried to get admission, but the
father Of the girl said that all persons must be
excluded but the reporter could have an inter-
view at some other time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
The report that the furniture men h,

THE report that the furniture men have
resolved that the people must have their
moving day in pneumonia weather, in order to
make business better for the furniture inter
ests, is probably an injustice to the furniture
men. They are.a an intelligent set Of men, and
know that they will get more business by
serving the public at the public's convenience
than by trying to make the public serve them
at their convenience
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
The N. c. 0. Entertained.

The IN c. o." or the Oakland Society Club.
was entertained last evening by Miss Stella
Seibert. at her residence on Forbes avenue.
Dancing and music was the principal features
of the evening. The Royalania italian Or
chestra was in attendance. Refreshments were
served by the charming hostess. A full dress
reception VIII be given by the club in January,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Mrs. Jane A1cwIlIIans.

County Commissioner Daniel McWilliams'
Grandmother, Mrs. Jane McWilliams, aged 80
years. of Mt. oliver. died yesterday morning,
after a six weeks illness. Mrs. McYnliams was
born In Scotland, and came to America with her
husband in 1858. Mr.. McWilliams died in $780,
The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at
O'Clock from st. JOINTS Church on South Four
teenth street,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
DofouIrrr sTIcoft,s succe,sor

WASHINGTON, December H.-Sergeant at
Arms Holmes Of the House has appointed E.
]. Harrshorn, Of Iowa, 70 be cashier Of his
ofhee in place Of the defaulter SiIcort. Mr..
HaFtshorn has given q bond Of S50OOO for the
proper performances Of hiB duties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
the geniality is on the wrong side of the polit
ical fence.

NEW YORK does its best to satisfy the
lovers of horsefiesh of all ranks. Bonner can
buy Sunol and Maud 8. at the fanclest prices.
and the Newtown sausage factory gives the
poor people all the horsefesh they want IN re-
tail lots, and at the lowest prices
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
Quay Arrayed for Battle.

From the Boston Heraid.l
A Washington correspondent calls attention
to the fact that nobody ever saw Matthew Stan
ley Quay in a swallowtafl coat. He prefers his
shirtsleeYes and mailed hand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

The number of men who are stating that
they are not candidates for the nomination for
Mayor is large; but the number of those whoare
not candidates is much larger.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18
No, Going to Lose Their PAY.

WASHINGTON, December 17.-In the Senate,
to-day, the House joint resolution to pay the
officers and members of both Houses their De-
cember salary on the Goth instant, was reported
back from the Committee on Appropriations
and passed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-18

NEW YORK is left in temporary darkness
because the authorities are taking down the
dangerous poles and wires. Pittsburg was left
in partial darkness night before last, hut not a
pole or wire is coming down.