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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
rHE ARMsrRoNe pEp1cArIoN.

The dedication and unveiling yesterday
of the monument to the late Thomas A.
Armstrong was a fitting ceremony for
Thanksgiving Day. In the vast concourse
gathered in the Allegheny parks were rep
resentatives of all classes. The employer
and the employed, the capitalist and the
laborer. touched elbows while uniting in
doing honor to the memory of the man who
sought to bring together in amity the two
great forces of the nineteenth century
capital and labor. The orator of the day,
in his eloquent panegyric of the deceased
labor leader, bore witness to his conservatism
and wisdom and to his single-heartedness of
purpose. Surely it is subject for thanks
giving that this country produced such
man from the ranks of its toilers, and that
capital and labor go hand in hand to offer
a loving tribute to his memory.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29

One would naturally expect to ind q
mugry atmosphere IN . beer saloon. -Tsrs Hauis
Kzprsss.
It Is strange that the man wko is dead in
love with himself should be hated By everybody
who knows him.-Bost0p 1,unseript
s'Did you have q spicy eall?" she asked
sarcasiically, after his return from the haunt Of
the festive Glove between The acts--DsfTott re-
Press.
There is one point in favor Of the man
that laughs a. his own jokes. You are never IN
doubt a. % whether be intended 20 be funny
Tsrrs Hanfs Bzprs1s
The Idsal-FangIe (rsading) Edison
often consumes 50 cigars day.
Mrs. FanEle-I should think be would inTent :.
machine 70 do It for him.-fsl1 K0rk Su1.
Mr.. ayathome--W What are you going 70
do with the shears, Johni
John dust nom Enaland)-Hi'm roin' to trim
the hedge 0fths edge. slr.-Hsl0 xork Siin.
Jones-HslIo, Smith; back from the West
again, chr What did you DO out there2
smith-Started paper.
Jones-Ahai What was fhs name oft?
Hmith-A subscription paper 70 GET ne back
East again. -Buriiagtop fFst Press.
The parties who undertook to show the
Pan American delegates the Industries Of the
United states donst seem to have understood
dustries was overlooked. The visitors we're not
taken 70 see baseball match. = forrlsfoioA
Herald.
Where Man Has No RivaI.-'eralk about
the capanllity Of womanl Why. she = already
ankefous rival Of man in many pursuits-e
'sfes; but there is one In which she VII never
eclipse hlm.r
..What Is thatf''
Trying TO say truly rural, a 3o'cloek N lH.
mominl :. fi--t1dQ1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
SALVATION IN MARRIAGE.

Mrs. G. J. A. Jump, prominent in the
councils of the W. c. T. o., says to the
girls: ''Don't marry a young man to save
him." Very good advice it is. Marriage
means too much to girl for her to take such
chances as linking her fate to young man
whose habits are bad. 1t is a very clearly
proven truth that a woman risks consider
ably more than man in marriage anyhow.
The enfrsnchisement of women in other di-
tion as compared with the husbands very
apparent. Even if she marry decent man,
who needs not saving, her risk is great
enough.
We can understand how many woman
would reply to Mrs. Jumps caution with
the simple inquiry: "Whom shall woman
marry; for, 10, where is the man to whom a
good woman to wife is not salvation?" And
there is lot of sober reason for such a re-
ply. IF women insisted upon mating with
men who were Tree from reproaeh altogether,
and if they refused to marry men who had
not the mark of salvation, there would be
an enormous shrinkage in the number of
marriages. Such hard and fast rule
would not be in the interest of morality.
But Mrs. Jump doubtless had no idea of
such general and sweeping Interpretation
of her warning. She means to say that
woman cannot afford to marry rake with
q view of reforming him. A tiny corollary
to this dietum seems advisable. If woman
is approached by a suitor whom she knows
to be in need of reformation, she may, if she
is confident in her own strength, subject
him to a trial, an extended probationary
course, and if he proves sincere, we can see
no objections to her marrying him. And
this has often been done, and the resulting
marriages, as far as our experience goes,
have been happier than the average.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
A SKATING INTERLUDE.

.Six months ago it was, - said he
'1t seems a century OF changes
Since here, beneath this very tree,
We watched the moonllt mountain ranges.
1 hate this chattering. skating crowd
That so profanes our silent river,
The sacred spot where once we vowed
A faith that should endure foreYerF'
s.And so we meet again, - said he.
'Tn the same place where then we parted:
How the old time comes back to me!
The words that left us broken hearted"
Swift fell the answer from her mouth:
''Speak for yourself-lf you remember.
The wind blows north that,then blew south,
And June dies long before Decemberr'
sand does a woman's heart, " said he,
''Change like the wind or summer weather.
Yon moon is yet the same, you see.
That shone upon us here together"
ssAh. nol'' she said, ''that summer moon
Beamed with radiance mild and tender,
While this forgets the warmth Of June
In winters far and frozen spiendor."
.sAnd does that mean farewell2r said he;
'1s 1t q warning to remember
That dream OF June can never be
Which dies In such chill December
Your very wordsi,, s.Yet, even SO,
She said, controlling tears and laughter,
''DO you forget December snow
Melts in the June that follows afterp"
ssBut shall I go or stayg'' said be,
Searching her face with doubt and wonder;
'sAnd lf you care at all for me,
Why play at keeping ms asnnderar
ssBecause's-she smiled, while softly fell
Above her eyes their deep-fringed curtain-
~ did not mean, At drst. but-wells
You seemed so odiously certainI',
Kate PRtaam 0saood IN 0utings
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29

A CONCERT will be gwen at the Centenary
Methodist Church, corner Of Wylis avenue and
Kirkpatrick streef. next Tuesday evening BY .
company Of trained singers. The proceeds VIII
be used in paying on the Indebtedness on the
Warren N. E. Church. colored. corner Of Clark
and Fulton streets
THE inmates Of the Aged Colored Tomen's
Home may congratulate themselves this morn
ing over the successful results Of the dinner
given for the benefit Of the Home in Lafayetts
Hall yesterday. The dinner was largely patron
fzed.
AN organ recital viii be given this evening IN
the Arch Street N. E. Church. The fne new
Wirsching organ viii be played By Carl Retter.
and some able soloists will contribute
THE Forest Stream Club held very largely
attended masquerade ball at Turner Hall, Jane
street, Southside. last night Over 200 couples
participated in the grand march.
THE second entertainment by the 5ewickIsy
Valley Club viii be given this evening in the
Sewickley Opera House. The programme win
consist Of tableaux and music.
A REcEPT1oN was rendered the attaches Of
the Casino Musee by the manager and proprie-
tor at Duffy's parlors- A banquet was the prin-
cipal feature.
Mr.. AND MRs. s. S. PIEKERTos entertained
few friends and Mr.. and Mrs. Geofgs God
dart at dinner yesterday.
Mr.. AND MRS. @. H. PARK viii receive
friends this evening at their home on Flfrh aT-
enue East End.
THE Homewood Musical Club gave their
first concert in the Homewood II. E. Church
last evening.
VARIOUS churches all over the city and in
the suburbs we're aglow with light and music
last evening.
Mrs. LIvERMoRE VIII lecture in the Emory
N. Z. Church, East End. this evening.
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Over the AIIerhenIe..

June 14-An extra car brought Us from
Hollidaysbug at 8 o'clock this morning, to take
the Portage Railroad across the Allegheny
M ountains to JohnstownA36 miles-which is
effected by ten inclined planes, i've ascending
and five descending. similar to those on the
Delaware and Hudson Railroad, It is some
thing exciting, but nothing when we got used
to it. The scenery of these mountains il
astonishingIy grand, wild beyond description,
and would have been gratifying, but for the hard
rain and extreme cold which compelled
us to keep the windows closed. The delay Of
the early part Of this tedious voyage still fol-
lows us. Being an extra train, nothing was
ready; locomotives were to be sent for and
horses not TO be had. We had lost already
three days since we left Philadelphia. and
while waiting the new boat "Louisiana," /" lies at
the dock at Johnstown, waiting for the passen-
gers who were a day behind rs. SIX O'clock.
The cars are in; an influx Of passengers, of not
SO good description as the original set have
come on board, with fair quantity OF crying
children and vulgar mothers. and we are of
once more.
June I5.-Our canal voyage has been pleasant
on the whole, though tedious. and longer than
it should have been by a day and night at
least owing to delays on the first night which
we could not recover during the voyage. But
we arrived at
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
AGE IN COLLEGE TRAINING.

There is good ground for protest against
the idea that has recently been mooted by
some of our college presidents that too much
time is spent by young men in collegiate
training, and the intimations that changes
should be made which will permit them to
leave college and begin life earlier than
they now do. It may be true that, in the
commercial view of life, many young men
cannot afford to spend the time at college
which they might put in at earning money,
and for these an Abbreviated course is to be
found in various scholastic institutes. But
with regard to the main question whether
those who can afford to take the time for
collegiate training should get through
earlier, it ought to be plain that they can
afford TO take it at the time that does them
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
HARD ON SOUTHsIDERs.
They Can't Even have Theatrical Shows
Without Being Moleated.

They Can't Even Rave Theatrical Shows
Without Being Moleated.
T. E. Hallock, patent medicine man. has
been entertaining the people Of the Southside
for several weeks past with free variety show
and lecture each night on the ills Of mankind.
Until this week he held forth in Odd Eel
lows Hall, but his audiences grew SO large
that he secured Salisbury Hall on Monday, and
he has made that his headquarters since The
hall has been crowded to Its utmost
capacity at each performance. Yesterday
afternoon. matinee was given, and the crowd
was unusually large. Every foot of standing
room in the hall was taken up, and sort OF
a minstrel performance was in progress when
Special Oficers Kelly and Carrigan stepped in.
They at once saw that the lives of the people
were imperlled, as the least confusion or ex-
citement would surely have caused q panic.
Not an aisle was left that was not crowded to
sufocatlon, and should fire have broken out
a great loss of life might have resulted.
Inspector McKelvy was notified about the
matter, and he at once made an information
against Hallock charging him with running
theatrical performance without having hrst
procured State license. The defendant was
arrested in the midst of the performance and
placed in the Twenty-eighth ward station
house. He was released on $1,000 bail fur
nished by John Fairman, OF Allegheny. He
will have hearing to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29

the most good. That time is more usually
after twenty-five than before twenty.
It has so frequently been demonstrated
that the training and scholarly habits Of
thought which colleges ought to furnish are
so much more thoroughly acquired and
lsstingly impressed when the mind Is be-
ginning to mature than when it is youthful,
that we would advise most young men to
wait until they are twenty-one before enter
ing college. If they have finished their
academic course earlier. let them 60 to work
earning their bread for q few years, and
their college work will be none the worse
for little previous experience with the
stern realities. But it should be remem-
bered that the impression made by college
training on the mind of young man of
nineteen or twenty is much more readily
efaced than the same impression on q mind
of twenty-five or twenty-six. The proposal
to make college life end sooner is not cal
culated to increase the results in value.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
The BIrmlnaham of Amerien.

At eleven O'Clock this evening regretted the
necessity of entering the city at night. but its
appearance was quite novelty; bright flames
issuing from foundries. glass and gas works
and rolling mills. steam engines putting like
broken-winded horses, and heavy clouds Of
smoke making the nights darkness darker.g gave
us grand entree to Pittsburg. where we are
sumptuously lodged at the Monongahela
House.
June 1e.-This is one Of the most active busi-
nesslike places have ever seen, with every
appearance of present prosperity and future
greatness; manufactures OF iron. glass and
machinery are carried on extensively and
under great advantages; iron abounds in every
valley, and bituminous coal Of the best qualify
comes cantering down from the surrounding
mountains. andis delivered by contract of four
and half cents per bushel, or about 81 20 the
half ton. A place SO situated. with such nat
ural advantages must rise to greatness. have
seen nothing like it IN Pennsylvania.
:And with this the genial traveller and discern
ing prophet pushes on into yet wilder regions,
pursuing his adventurous voyage even into
the savage district Of Sheboygan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
THE EARLIEST AMERICANS.
Evidence That Primitive Man Was Co
eval With the MnstOdon.

Evidence That Primitive Man Was Co.
eval With the MnstOdOn.
DR.. Q. q. Abbott in Popular Science Monthly.l
In associating man with ancient river valleys,
we are apt TO think only of the stream, and ig-
more the surrounding country. Though largely
so palaolithic man was not strictly an amphib-
Gus creature; for instance, on each side of the
ancient Delaware river extended wide reaches
OF upland forest and here, too, the rude hunter
of the time found game well worthy Of his in
genuity to capture, and SO powerful that all his
wit stood him well in need to escape their equal
ly determined efforts TO capture him. While
the seal and walrus DISTORTED in the river;
while f1sh in countless thousands stemmed its
floods; while geese and ducks In myriads rested
upon the stream, So too, in the forest roamed
the moose, the elk the reindeer, the bison, the
extinct great beaver, and the mastodon, all Of
which, save the elk, had long since left for more
northern climes when European man nrst
sighted North America.
The association Of man and the mastodon is
somewhat startling to most people; but, as has
been time and again conclusively shown, it is
no unwarranted fancy. We are apt to consider
the mastodon as creature of SO distant a time
in the unrecorded past, that man must neces-
sarily have appeared much later upon the
scene. The truth is, comparatively speaking,
the creature SO recently became extinct that,
in all probability, our historic Indians were ac-
Quainted with it. Certain it is that, in the dis
tant long ago of the great Ice age, the mastodon
existed, and equally certain that with him
lived that primitive man who fabricated the
rude implements we have described. The bones
of the animal and the bones and weapons of the
deposited by the floods from the melting ice
sheet
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
An Obatlnate CoaI Bonr.

June 12-The breach in the canal caused Us
to stop several hours during the night, and this
morning. atsunrise, the "Commet, q huge coal
boat, had the bad manners to get stuck across
the canal twhat better could be expected from
a fellow who spells comet with two m's?) Here
i witnessed gallant exploit Of our Captain
the raising a ssoeH. which is thus performed
BE puts six horses on the tow-lines, backs the
boat and then. dashing on with the fury of the
horses in the hippodrome. raises a swell like the
waves at Roekaway. The first onset removed
the "Commet'' a little from her orbit, and the
second carried as trigmphantly through the
obstacle. The sight OF tins spirited display Of
canal tactics compensated for the delay. We
sat down to breakfast and went on our way re-
joicing.
June l3-This canal travelling is pleasant
enough in the daytime, but the sleeping is
awful. There are two cabins. in which the men
folk and women folk are separated by
a red curtain. In the former apartment
the sleepers are packed away on narrow
shelves fastened to the side of the boat like
dead pigs in Cincinnati pork warehouse. We
go to bed at 9 o'clock, and rise when we are
told in the morning; for the bedsteads are
formed of the seats and the tables. "A couch
by night, a chest of drawers by dayp' If I
should ever be SO happy as to sleep in my own
bed again, my comfort will be enhanced by the
remembrance of my present limited, hard.
sheetless d0rmitory.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
COOKERS AGAIN DISSATISFIED.
They Draw Up n Bill of Grievances al tn
Scortdale Convention.

They Draw Up Bill of Grievances al the
Scortdale Convention!
The following telegram was received last
night from Scottdale:
The special delegate convention Of Division
No. Knights of Labor, met here to-day with
so delegates present The forenoon was taken
up with the examination of credentials. In
the afternoon Master Workman Kerfoot read
his report, Civ ing the features of the work
during the past few months.
He referred to the various grievances that
had called the convention together. He
claimed that the operators had broken their
agreement in regard TO weighing the coke
working overtime, and the indiscriminate dis
charge of men. He also called attention to
the failure Of the operators to give the usual
ten days' notice of suspension of work at the
mines and coke works. In concluding he
recommended the consideration of the eriev-
ances and such action as would bring about
harmony.
The report was favorably received by the
Delegates The Scale Committee submitted
their report, which embraced the new scale as
already published. Very few items of the
scale were acted on to-day, and those taken up
were not changed from the original. The con.
vention adjourned until tomorrow morning,
when the balance of the scale will be taken up.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
1.-THE first thing Congress should do upon

1.-THE first thing Congress should do upon
its assembling" /" says the New York World, 'is
to adopt resolution sanctioning the project of
holding great Worlds Fair in the metropolis
during the year 1892, in celebration of the four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus" This may be the first
thing in importance in the minds of the New
Workers, but it looks very much like shrewd
scheme on the part of the World to get Con-
gress to help their Worlds Fair Committee out
of dilemma by giving the project a boom,
thus enabling them to raise the required
amount of subscriptions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
An IMPROMPTU BANQUET.
A ssrsnnds rendered to Coroner Hsbs

A serenads rendered 10 Coroner Hsbsr
Mcdowell and Its Pleasant Results.
Last evening Coroner Mcdowell was agree
ably surprised at his residence on Ninth street
by . food Of music upon which, -Where Did
You Get That HatF' and other gems hoated in
through his windows. The Major E. A Mon
tooth band was the propellIng power which
scattered its notes in more profusion than the
Lawrence Bank, bat with much more agree
able results.
After the serenade the members Of the band
and number of the Coroner's nearest friends
who we're accidentally present. were invited 70
IN impromptu banquet at the Hamilton Hotel,
where greetings and pleasantries were ex-
changed until nearly midnight. Shortspeeches
were made BY the host George Treusch. As
sistant Superintendent O'Mara, Inspector Nc
Aleese and others, in which the Coroner was
congratulated on his success in the late cleo
tion, and he was wished as pleasant tenure Of
ofice as the nature Of It would permit. The
spread was choice and ample and done fun
justice to BY the company present.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29
TWO BUCKEYE FREAKS.
A Couple of Boys. Aged and IS, Who
Weigh Nearly 400 Pounds.

ELMwooD PLACE, O., November 2S-Elm-
wood has occasionally been aroused by the ap-
pearance of dancing bears, a monkey and his
Italian master, a new dude or a photograph
agent, but two monstrosities in the
form of the "fat brothers," formerly of Cincin-
natl, who have been living on Cook avenue, this
place, for the past five or six months, have
excited greater interest. Willie and Robbie
Schaeffer are respectively and Ii years
of age. Although of ordinary height. Robbie.
the elder. weighs 30 pounds. and Willie, being
somewhat above the average height of lad of
five years, weighs 170 pounds.
They presented quite comical appearance
playing at horse in their summer cos
tunes of blue. embelished by hat
less head of long yellow locks. Willie,
being hitched to a toy wagon, would
take the equine position in the shafts, while his
brother took his stand as drivet The driver, how
ever, would soon become impatient, for his horse
proved no fast trotter. On these cool days
they may be seen trudging along hand-in-hand,
at every step the point of a wooden shoe show
ing itself from beneath their trousers. In the
Schaeffer family there are eight children, all of
whom, except these two boys, are of ordinary
els
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29

The unloaded revolver has added an
other to its long list of victims. 1t is the same
old story, with change of date. A West
Elizabeth man snapped his revolver several
times to prove it was empty, and then handed
it to lady friend. She playfully pointed the
weapon at its owner, and proved she was the
better marksman, by killing him at the first
fire. Thanksgiving Day was turned into day
of bitter sorrow, grief descended upon the
relatives Of both parties to the little joke, and
all because of the foolish trick that is pro-
hibited by penal law, and which should be
incorporated in the text books of our public
schools.
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DIDN'T SEE THE POINT.
Even an Accomplished Insurance Man
Couldu't Make it Clear.

COuldu't Make it Clear.
Boston Globe.I
Solicitors for life insurance often meet with
funny experiences. Here is something which
happened to young Boston man who is solicit
ing for one of the big companies.
He went to see man about insuring his life,
but the man. who appeared to be a shiftIess
sort Of a fellow, referred the agent to his wife.
To use his own words, the insurance man says:
Invent to the house to see the old lady
the next day, and arrived there found her
talking over her troubles with lady friend.
She had had q row with her husband, and
she was mad clean through. From the
manner in which she received me / did not
think it would be much use to tackle her on
the insurance racket but was there, and
had to say something. SO brOached the sub
ject end told her what the terms would be,
and how her husband felt about being in
sured.
Long before had finished, however she in
terrupted me, saying: Insure the life Of that
lazy spalpeen is it? 1 II do no such thing for
he's of no earthly use now. What would be
wanting to get his life injured for, when the
quicker he dies the better Pll be suited?'
mo matter how much / talked could not
make her understand what the real meaning Of
life insurance was, and was forced to give it
up as bad job"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-29

In reply to the demand being made by
Republican papers that no millionaire be sent
TO the United States Senate from Ohio, the
Democratic press calls attention to the fact
that if all the Republican Senators who are
millionaires were retired there would be but
four Republican Senators remaining In their
saafs