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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
FUNNY MEMS FAxcIzs.

Sir Edwin's Lightness.-MeCorkle- see
that Sir Edwin Arnold says Ireland has no griev-
ance.
McCrackle-Yes; he made Light or Asia, >, and
now he makes light OF IrelAnd's struggles.-FsD
York San.
First ehappie-Good heavens, Chawlesl
You not sending check TO your tafIor. ara
you? Second Chappie-Naw; Pm sending him =
note to tell him that may send him q check next
month. Must bweak 1t to him gently, doncher
-know?-AmerfcG.
An Iowa man has theory that sunshine
can be bottled up or imprisoned in such way
that ttcan be utilized on gloomy days. He has
built great tank for Storing It. but It looks 3
little queer to see him cropping aboul with .
lantern to see how his sunshine Is getting on
Teras SVttngs.
"Young man" said minister to menu
Der of his congregation. t'do you know what re-
lations you sustain in this worldg'' 'sweu. Just
at present the only relation 1 am sustainingdn
this world Is my Iafher-in-Iaw, but you can just
gamble on it am not going to sustain him very
long, - was the reply TezGs SVtfngs.
The Vein She Was sIn.-Papa-Which Of
your suitors do you think you wfll accept Maria.
Jones or Smith?
Maria-which would you favor. papa9
Well. Smith has fine vein OF humor.
But Jones has fine vein Of anthracite coal upon
his farm. papa. think IN take him.
Sensible girl!-Terds Stftfn0s.
Friend-How are you and your creditors
coming ong DO they dun you as much as ever
1mpscunious Party-O. am fixed now. Ihave
rented room up in the attic. 1t has no stairs at
all.
How do you get into your room?
With . ladder. When 1 am out 1 leave the
ladder standing. When am in the room pull
up the ladder.-Terds Stftags.
HE KNOWS 1T WELL
Observe the youth as argument
His empty head engages
Dispose Of questions held In doubt
BY gray savants and sages;
Some twenty summers may have tinged
His cheeks with color ruddy;
And yet he seems by means occult
To have obtained the net result r
OF centuries OF study.
Philadelphia Prsss.
THE SAD SEASON.
The melancholy days have comeI
With grief our bosoms thrill
As light the gas at O'Clock
And calculate the bill.
Nomor we hear the sad sea waves"
As on the shore rove;
'Tis time to pack the window screens
And set the parlor stove.
Our future shows no ray oflight
But deeper grief we'll know
When we must rise at A. NJ
To shovel OF the snow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
THE ROSARY DISCONTINUED.

Woodwork in So. PauIs Cathedral Makes
the Church Dangerous.
Owing to the great amount of scaffolding in
st. Paul's Cathedral, necessitated by the work
Of cleaning the church. it has been decided
that it Is too dangerous to light the vast ediice
at night. as the woodwork might catch fire.
The service of reciting the Rosary In the even
ing has therefore been discontinued until the
work is completed. The recitation will take
place each morning Immediately after mass,
instead of in the evening.
Nearly every person who went to the church
yesterday had his or her peace of mind ruffied
by the condition of the pews. The latter were
covered with dirt and mortar, and were in
dirty condition. The ladies gathered their
dresses closely about them, but could not pre-
vent their garments from being soiled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
ON OBJECTION WAS MADE.

A Report as to the First Murrin ge of Jeffer.
son Davis Denied.
ATLANTA, September 22.-The published
details of the first marriage of Jefferson Davis
are contradicted by Major John F. Edwards,
of this city, at the home of whose grandmother
the wedding took place. Mrs. Allison
was the sister of General Taylor,
and at the Generals request the
marriage took place at her house. The license
was procured by Mr.. Allison. General Taylor's
objection to the marriage of his daughter
sprang from his reluctance to part with her
company and not from dislike to the man Of
her choice. Says Major Edwards:
"The wedding came off quietly at my grand
mothers house, with the consent and good
wishes of all the relatives of the young people.
The witnesses were Colonel Hancock Taylor.
General Taylor's brother; Captain Allison, his
brother.in-law, and my brother and grand
mother"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Origin of West virginia.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch;
What were the causes that led to the organ
ization of the State of West Virginia. r.
UNIoNTowN, September q.
(The people of West Virginia had from the
beginning of the Civil War been opposed to
secession, and they persisted in refusing to
place themselves under the rule of the Confed-
crate Government and the State Government
of Virginia, which had seeded. On June II,
1861. representatives from about 40 of the west
ern counties of Virginia met in convention at
Wheeling; and on the 17th they declared West
Virginia indepenpent of the rest of the State
and elected Frank Pierpont to be Governor.
On December 81, 1862, Congress passed an act
admitting West Virginia into the Union as
separate State. and it took its place among the
States on June 20, 1863
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
FOUR PHASES.

Golden ringlets, hazel eyes.
Deep and dreaming, fixed afar;
Thoughts that to the zenith rise,
Life the sky and he star;
This the boyish poets rapture
Ere the hours his being capture!
Chestnut locks about the brow:
Love and beauty ripe and real;
Love. a faith the heart to bow,
Beauty, divine ideal;
These the poets manhood gladden.
Till the years his spirit saddenl
SIlvery gray the clustering curls;
Darkling clouds in autumn's sky;
Youthful gems but melting pearls;
Beauty dead and love a lie;
This the poets fatal after
Bitter tears or blithesome laugbteri
Snowy hair and frosty beard.
Kindly glance and CHEEKY saying;
Fair the plant IN once he feared
While the soul was still a-MaYing,
Poet chant celestial measures;
Rapt the realm that holds thy treasuresi
Dautd Graham Adee, IN Warrington Critic
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
A PRETTY WOMAN In A RAGE.

Highly Indignant ut Question Concerning
the Cost of Her Teeth.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.l
In Vine street cable car, the other day, were
an old gentleman with an ear-trumpet and
very pretty young woman, accompanied by a
little boy. She smiled at intervals on the boy,
and showed her pretty teeth in a bewitching
way. All at once the old man, in the way Pc
culiar to so many deaf people who do not know
how to modulate their voices, said in tones SO
loud as to be audible all over the car:
II only paid IS for my upper teeth. What
did yours cost?''
To say that the pretty woman was mad is
putting it mildly. She f1ounced around with a
flush of anger blazing in her cheeks, and sig
nailed the conductor to let her out at the next
crossing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

In private note to us, referring to the above
he says: "The child is now born who in his old
age will be one of 1000 900, 900 of people in
the United States, of which S0.00Q,000 will be
blacks, or of African descent"
After pointing out that the cities will in
crease the population at least as fast as the
rural districts, and that, therefore, New York
City will contain over 30,00O.O0O, he alludes to
the work of architects, engineers and me-
chanics that will be required to provide for the
increase of S. 600, 900 people.
The present population of the whole earth is
between !, SOC. .0O0. 600 and 1600, 5000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

The Rev. Joel Hicks having committed
himself boldly to the prediction of violent
autumnal storms and atmospheric changes
for the 23d to the 26th, the weather is doing
the usual rule full justice by settling down
to period of bright, calm fall weather.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
The Name Great Britain.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch.1
Why was England called Great Britain {?
MANSFIELD, September q. FRED.
THE term Great Britain" was first applied
to England, Scotland and Wales at the union
of two crowns, October "a 1904 when James ].
was proclaimed "King of Great Britain,
France and Ireland" The legal application Of
the term commenced at the legislative union
agreed upon by the commissioners, July %,
1706, when it was provided that the TWO States
should form one "United Kingdom of Great
Britain" Of course, Great Britain is only an
enlargement of the term Britain. The origin
of the word Britain has excited much con-
troversy. Aristotle-B. @. 3S4-322-is the first
writer who makes direct mention of the word
Britain. Herodotus uses the term, though he
declares that be can give no information on
the subject of its origin. In early native poems
it is called the Isle of Prydhain, of which Carte
conjectures Britannia to be the Latinized form.
Aristotle mentions two large islands, Albion
lEngland) and IerDe (Irelandl called
Britannia in the ocean beyond the Pillars Of
Hercules.1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

FINDING the assertion that "the conduct
of the Agricultural Department has been
for years a national scandal" in the es-
teemed Louisville Courier-Journdl. the pub
lie wonder is aroused first as to the nature
of the scandal, and second, as to the genius
in that line which created ascandal for years,
in department which was brought into ex-
istence about seven months ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Loudou's Population.

To the Editor OF The Dispatch;
Please answer through the columns of your
paper, which has the greater population, the
city of London or the five largest cities of the
United States combined, according to the
latest obtainable reports? Meg.
PITTSBURG, September q.
1.-THE latest official census returns are those
of 1880 in this country and those of 1881 in En-
gland. The figures are: New York, 1,206 299:
Philadelphia. s47,170; Brooklyn, 566. .663; Chi
cago. sos, ls5; Boston, 369.s32; total for five
American cities, 3,493, 49, Population of Lon
don, 3,832,44lL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

The discovery that Sunset Cox lived at
No. 13 East Twelfth street; that he was a
member of the Thirteen Club; that he was
buried on September 13, and was five times
13 years of age, is published as "a morsel
for the superstitious." The last fact should
convey the instructing conclusion that it
took good deal of the thirteen nonsense to
kill him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

THE information that ''the Window Glass
Trust seems in danger of breaking" is re-
garded by the Buffalo Express as warrant
ing the comment Fragile stuff that" But
the information being wrong, owing to the
fact that the Window Glass Trust has never
been organized, and therefore cannot break,
its fragility is as purely matter of the i'm
agination as its existence
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Congress.

PARIS can rejoice in her superiority over
the United States in one respect. Her ma
tional canvass only lasted few weeks.
But the rival parties fought for position be-
fore it came of, even longer than our states
men wrestled with the tariff question.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

Mr.. SULLIvAN's canvass for Congress
has started out with his usual vigorous sue
cess in drinking the greater share of the
potables in his prospective district and
cleaning out the crowd wherever he may be.
Mr.. Sullivan's campaign methods are Wig
orous, but they are nothing to the way in
which he will get his little bill through
ConUreSs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
4 MAMMOTH NUMBER.
Brief Review OF the Contents Of Yssfer-
days 2O-P Dispafch.

Brief Review Of the Contents Of Yesfer-
days 40 Page Dispatch.
THE DISPATCH Of yesterday was . great
newspaper in every sense Of the word It con-
sisted of 20 pages, l60 columns, filed with fresh
news from all parts Of the globe and special
articles, by prominent writers, on topics of
general interest There was not dull page.
or dull paragraph. in the whole mammoth
edition. A library of useful information for
half dime-that is what THE DISPATCH IS
giving and will continue to give to its readers
every Sunday.
The interesting question in European poll
tics at present is What will be the result Of the
French election Boulanger claims he will get
80 seats 1t is thought that other English labor
ers, encouraged by the success Of the dock
men, will soon strike for higher wages.
Preparations for war are steadily going on, and
it is thought that the yisit Of the Gar to Ger
many VIII have no effect on the relations Of the
two countries. Smokeless powder is declared
to be great military acquisition. Another and
superior powder has been invented in Russia.
A formal protest has been made against the
American Consul at Berlin, but he is under
stood to be supported by Blaine.
Chalkley LeConey. Of Merchantville, N. J..
has been arrested for the murder Of his niece
Annie. The efforts Of the Quay men to cap
ture the Berks county convention resulted In
bolt Two conventions were held and two sets
of delegates stolen. It Is now charged against
General Malone that he was coward during
the war. Virginia Democrats propose scheme
to try him-for campaign effect. Senator His
cocks candidates were defeated in a nominal
ing convention at Syracuse, in his own county.
Dissatisfaction with the distribution of local
patronage was the cause. Thomas Jordan. Of
Braddock, died while under the influence of an
anesthetic. The Coroner was called upon to
stolen $4,000 In Northern Wisconsin. There
is no clew.
An interesting review of local politics was
given on the second. page. ]. ]. OReilly the
agent, says the English syndicate has paid S6O,-
100000 for American breweries. The question
of postal savings banks was discussed, pro and
con, by Postmaster Larkin and others. A
music hall is talked of by the Exposition man
ayers. The appointments made by the African
M. E. Conference were given. The Trades
Council has asked Mr.. Marvin to resign as
President Of the Exposition Society.
The Pittsburg club played the Indianapolis
team and was defeated, o to G. Other interest
ing baseball news and sporting gossip filed
portions Of the sixth and fourteenth pages.
III
Parts IL and III. (pages to 20) were rich In
and attractive features. very
complete history of the old Wyandot mission
in Northwestern Ohio, finely illustrated. was
furnished by a staff writer. Henry Haynie
gave q series of graphic sketches of life in
"The coin craze" was the sub
ject of M. Ms paper, which contained much
information of interest to all collectors. A
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

NOTWITHSTANDING the abundance OF
Republican harmony on Saturday, the re-
port crops out that the late leader of the
Home Rulers is going to cut the ticket.
Whether this is an invention of Mr. Ma
gees enemies or not, it indicates that the
harmony is not universally harmonious.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

The mighty issues of metropolitan Jour
nalism are disclosed by the Wig orous para
graphs which the New York Sun and World
are hurling at each other concerning the
vital point whether the name of the noted
field in Paris is "Champ de Mars" or
"Champs de Mars"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

THE report that combination of baseball
players, instead of combination of man
ayers, is going to run the business next year,
is calculated to make the professional um-
pire seek some light and safe business, like
throwing torpedoes into oil wells.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

IT is insisted by the Cleveland Plain
Dealer that Judge Thurman's heart "still
beats strong for the Democracy" Most
probably; hut that does not demonstrate
that Democracy's heart in Ohio beats as
strongly for Judge Thurman as for the bar
rels of the Standard Oil and Beer Trusts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

The reported discoveries of lead ore in
Iowa may be an addition to our mineral
wealth, and they may represent eligible real
estate for sale to the Lead Trust.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

The equinox has come and gone; the
summer has ended and the baseball season
is drawing to close, with the Allegheny
team clinging desperately to its position of
second place-from the bottom.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
As Viewed From Afar.

From the Alta California;
The Ohio campaign is hot enough to cook ap-
Piles on the trees. Foraker is fighting like a
wild cat, and the situation is so torrid that the
cooling presence OF Senator Sherman is prayed
for BY the whole people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Another Error Exploded.

From the Boston Herald.1
The Secretary Of State will shortly return to
Washington. The suspicion that he was lost,
and gone forever from the administration, is
thus hung up alongside the reports concerning
his falling health.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Just What 4. Wanted.

From the Washington Post.I
Scales so delicate that they register the
weight of an eyelash mans signature have
been perfected. This fills a long-felt want
Just such pair of scales are needed to weigh
the ante-election promises Of political candi-
dates,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

A CLEVELAND woman climbed tree in one
OF the public parks just because wild Texas
steer chased her.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

yesterday, but before determining whether
he has new lease of political life. it is
necessary, in France as in this Republic, to
wait for the returns from the rural districts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Merely Geographical Information.

From the Washington Star.l
That was a smart girl in Alexandria who
wrote to her young man, who was forbidden to
loaf around the ranch, that her ma was going
by boat to Washington but that her pa would
be hanging around home base, presumably at
the corner grocery. The old man read the let
ter and delivered it himself, thinking it con-
tanned merely little geographical information.
It read: "Marseilles to Washington over 5000
miles but Paris not SO far"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Unsucce,.ful ms an Incubator.

From the Chicago News.1
New York has been brooding over the Worlds
Fair idea for two months and hasn't Matched
anything yet. 1t looks as if that city were be-
slowing its attentions on nestful of door
Erobs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Nlnfhew j. Forse.

Mathew ). Forse, Of los jackson street. ALLIE
gheny, died yesterday morning at his home He
was young man of great natural talents and a
well-known and popular member Of Allegheny
society.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
Well Worth Picking Up.

From the Baltimore Americana
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain intimates that Glad
stone has lost his head. 1t would be the
luckiest thing that ever happened to Joseph
to find it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

DR.. O. L. SAYLoR, of Bethlehem, owns a
cocker spaniel that can pick President Harr1-
sons photograph from a group Of pictures.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
A MIGHTY METROPOLIS.
New York Given n Population of 80, ,0OO,.
900 for the Year 1890.

From the Engineering g-Building Record.l
General NJ. c. Meigs has published in re-
cent number of Science paper entitled: 1.-THE
United States, their Growth in Population in
Two Hundred Years" in which he estimates
the progress of our population for the next
century on the basis of an increase of 1913 per
cent every ten years. which is a little less than
the mean rate of increase for the last hundred
years, and thus computes the following table
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

BoULANGER recognized that there was
time for disappearing, some months ago.
He bobbed up once more at the elections
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
TRI-STATE TRIFLES.

A FISHERMAN at Doylestown saw q sunfsh
swallow bee, and few minutes later saw the
fish on the water dead. He cut il open and the
bee flew of.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

Ar the Berks County Fair Common Council
man John c. HepIer had ia cases containing
"a 1000 buttons, no two Of which are alike.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

POSTAGE FREE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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DAILY DISPATCH, including Sunday, Sm this 50
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SUNDAY DISPATCH, One Year ................ 2 50
WEEKLY DISPATCH, One Year ................ Is
THE DAILY DISPATCH is delivered by carriers at
J5cents per week, or including Sunday edition, at
¢s per week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

A MoNTHs-oLD calf raised on the farm of
Thomas King, Of West Chester. weighed 2Ao
pounds,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

A cIsrERN built about 40 years ago by the
Moravians Of Bethlehem. and which stood on
the premises of the village blacksmith, was
discovered Friday by workmen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

A coLoRED man had lively time Of it in
Williamsport Thursday morning He attempt
ed to remove some honey from the heart of an
elm tree that had just been cut down, when the
bees attacked him. They stung him about the
face and hands, and even got under his clothes.
After this he naturally lost all interest in the
honey, but others cleaned out the tree, getting
at least IS pounds Of the sweet deposit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-23

THERE was fun at Weston, w. Va, ball
the other day. Someone threw pint of red
pepper on the floor Of the dancing hall. and
while the dancers were holding on to each other
and sneezing and weeping great scalding tears,
the rascal further complicated matters by
hiding all the hats, bonnets and wraps. Some
of these articles were found up the chimneys,
and others were never found at all.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-10-29
The New York World save:

1t is no wonder that Secretary
Noble was moved TO an expression OF
alarm in his letter to Commissioner
Tanner checking that official in his
wild career OF "busting the surplus. -
The results of the "liberal pension
policy" as already put in operation,
indicate that hay-scales instead of
"apothecary's scales" have been used
in weighing claims. In Tanners first
and last report figures are given that
almost stagger belief, and that would
seriously affect the credit of
any nation less rich and prosperous
than our own. At the close of the
fiscal year there were on the pension
list 4S9.729 names. This is 1000
more than the standing army of Ger
many. 1t is nearly quarter of a
century since the close of the war,
and yet there were added to the list
of pensioners during last year 50, 81 5
names, against only 16, 900 dropped -
a net gain of q 900. There are still
pending 479, 900 original claims, be-
sides the requests for reating. The
amount paid for pensions during the
year was sSS,275,113, and the
heavy disbursements in Ju,
ly and August indicated
an expenditure for the present year
of fully 100000, 900. This exceeds
by nearly one-half the entire cost of
the government before the war. 1t
overtops the cost of the standing army
of Great Britain and nearly equals
that of France. The payments on
pension account since 1861 are ST.
052, 21S, Alb almost as much as the
present amount of the public debt.
The increase of pension has outruu,
in recent ~ears, the diminution of the
interest charged"