Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-26
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
THE Prohibitionists will fish for votes with a
Gill-net.


into the natures of the people who work among
them? Well, look about you. The highways
and byways are full of object lessons IN THIS
line of study. Look at the man OF the MILL
Measure with your eye his full-lunged front.
his mountainous muscle, his tough but not
stern face. his rough but ready hands. His
father aye, his fathers father, first sucked the
iron into his blood of course. But the son and
the sons son would have lost his ruggedness
had he quilted the furnace, the rolls or the
hammer for less sterner surroundings. And
the men of the mine-hard stern. gritty The
coal dust has hardened their faces, soiled their
hands, and set their nature on edge. III the
solitude of the pit they peck and think and
think and peck. And what a place for think
ing to be sureI Dark thoughts must
come in the dark of course. The world to him
is not much brighter than the thin rays OF the
Davy lamp-sunshlne seldom. clouds in the
coal. SO he thinks and pecks away-content
yet restless, comfortable yet cherries, happy
vet sorrowful. But there he stands-Strength,
Pluck, Grit writ by the coal so he who runs
may read. His father and his fathers father
too doubtless lived among the Goals, and the
dust descended to the son and the sons son.
Had he taken to the sunshine Of the field or
the gloom of the forest the birthmArk would
have been lost, 1.-THE grit blown away. So here
they stand-men of Drawn among mites of
humanity, giants of the forge and mine among
the mdgets of the store. the ofice-the in
door race which wastes nerve force without
straining developing muscle-the iron and
the coal beside the book and the desk. No
where else in this land will you find such
object lessons. Nowhere else does the iron and
the coal enter SO largely into the blood through
constant contact. It's rubbed in, it's breathed,
it's taken up by the pores opened with the
sweat from heat of furnace and swing of pick
No kid-gloyed, dainty-fngered. shrunken-
shanked, hollow-eyed, narrow.chested, addle-
pated fellows these of the Iron and Coal.
Strong, shrewd. gritty, broad-gauged men are
theyI So long as sparks fly and coal burns
they will be the men among men.
WE grope in the dark for the light that never
was.
THE beiress-hunting season has opened in the
drawing-rooms.
THIS is the night set for the disfiguration of
Delamater's political record by Emery. You'll
hear all about it in to-morrow's DISPATCH.
IF the police will only let Herr Most alone he
would soon be forgotten.
SOME Customs officers ask: Are musicians
laborers7 Judging from the muscles on the
bass drum beater's good right arm, we vote yes.
THE Wall street shorts might find happiness
on Long Island.
SOME doctors say gum chewing produces
weak-minded girls. the constant working OF the
Jaws causing too great a strain on the head.
Oh, no, Doctor. Girls work their jaws up to
the edge of the grave and their minds are not
affected. Only weak-minded girls chew gum,
however.
STONY eyes reflect finty heart.
BIRTHDAYS are the mile-posts on the road to
the grave.
PEOPLE who look into teacup for their for
tune are among the unfortunates. They are
usually teetotally left in the race for fortune.
JAMES PAYN says everyone loves the club
cat. Perhaps. Everyone also loves to club
the fence cat, too.
The tramp who strikes you for a dime does
not commit an assault, but he should be ar
rested just the same.
A PRACTICAL Joker in Philadelphia commit
ted suicide in order to carry out his joke. He
knew his audience. to be sure.
OLEAN up Inc dlleys, anu Lne sLEeets Will taAo
care of themselves.
BRAINS seem to be running to the feet in
Congress.
How goes the battle2 Read the answer In
the newspaper, not the organ.
FOUR giddy chorus girls of a burlesque
troupe addressed perfumed note to the Union
League Club extending an invitation to any of
the members to show them the town, as they
were lonely. The Union Four Hundred carried
the news to the manager of the show and the
girls were discharged. They can hardly be
blamed for seeking some means to while away
the time in Philadelphia.
THE weather is settling. and SO Is the South
side water in the cooler.
AFTER the Boucicault mourners dry their |
tears look out for litigation over what he left.
Several widows are expected to consult law |
yers.
GOOD manners are not taught in the school |
books. They are found in the home lessons.
BERTHS and deaths are about equal on the |
palace cars since the advent of loose ties, green
and fast time. |
CARNEGIE says Democracy is the govern
ment of the poor. The woods must be full of !
Democrats, Andy.
ROCKEFELLER can touch a button in his IL |
brary and electrically illuminate his park on |
the Hudson. His lightning is well creased !
with Standard oil. |
HANDSOME girls should be shipped from |
Europe to America in cage. The ocean jack |
alls could be thwarted by this device. Too |
many are mysteriously disappearing. Beauty |
needs body guard nowadays.
PITTsBURG does not Point with pride.
TENANT. Stanley's brother in-law, is to
marry Miss Furniss. Here is case where love
has fired furnace.
BANK notes are one of the issues of the hour.
WHEN Balfour and his Tory followers peruse
Davitt's dynamite plot expose they will prob
IDLY say it!
AUSTRIA and Germany are going to hold
mother peace conference. Now look out for
mother war scare.
THE Gossiper Is the social rattl esnake. The
attic of their tongues warns victims of the
coming scandal.
A LIBERTY Pole bearing Freedo ms flag is to
,e erected at the Nevasnk Highla nds, the first
and sighted by new citizens from broad. How
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