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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

liable and successful as it would be unique.
The police force in every city, and sherifs
posse in every county containing no police
organization, would consist of enlisted SOL
diers, commanded by professional officers.
Every police superintendent and captain,
every sheriff, would be graduate Of West
Point The men under him would be drilled
in military evolutions. taught how to use
firearms, and, more important than all else,
would be kept automatic by means OF regu-
lar army discipline. As it is, in the larger
cities, the policemen are under fair control,
and one of them is worth dozen militiamen
in a case OF riotous uprising. How much bet
ter it would be If West Pointers were put In
command of these minions Of the law, to
convert them into veritable soldiers, to lead
them in all warfare, small or great, and to
utterly abolish the moblike National Guard.
The mimic soldiers are apt 10 be soclable
good fellows, they are abundant in lntell1-
gence and good intentions, they make hand
some pageantry on Fourth of July and Dec
Grafton Day; but for actual value in any
emergency they are bound to be failure,
because their training is desultory and IN
complete, and they are, in fact, soldiers for
amusement and not for business. Let
us do away with them. and substitute In
their place such an organization as have
briefly indicated.
Even in the event of a great war, this
army could be so commingled with raw re-
cruits as to very speedily produce far more
efficient multiplied army than the National
Guard of amateurs could yield.
Ahl civilian soldier, you are pretty to
look at but you are not Of much use.
WILLIAM KIRwAN NoRCRoss.
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A QUAKER DISLIKES THEM.
They Should be Abolished in the Interests
of Peace and Religion.

They Should be Abolished in the Interests
of Peace and Religion.
As consistent Quaker, it is no wonder
that am opposed to soldiers of any sort,
aud cannot understand how preachers Of
the gospel of peace, no matter to what de-
nomination belonging, can consistently act
as ehsplsins OF military organizations on
parade. Not long ago saw Talmage rid
ing at the head of body of citizen soldiery,
bowing proudly right and left to the crowd;
and I suppose there is no difficulty in OBJ
tanning a clergyman as chaplain Of every
regiment in the land. Away with the Ma
tional Guardl Do we officially educate men
to be thieves or murderers? Then why train
men TO be homicidal fighters? 1t is a dis
grace 10 civilization, and especially to
Christianity, that free government should
drill its people 10 proficiency in the taking
of human lie. Would there have been a
War of the Rebellion il military science
had been unknown in our country?
But it may be asked. should the United
States leave itself defenseless against foreign
invasions? I say yes. But even granting
that de ensive warfare is excusable, it should
be conducted largely-almost entirely-bv
mechanical and material means. Destroy
ships and forts, ruin properties and possess
lands, but do it with as little sacrifice of life
as may be, and never educate civilians as
soldiers. Let the profession of arms, if we
must still tolerate that remnant OF barbsrism
at all, be taught at West Point and An
napolis only. But abolish the amateur
soldier. He is disgrace to himself and the
rest Of rs. JOHN B. EVANS.
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Dr. TALMAGE APPROVES.
The Guardsmen Are Defenders and Promo.
tiers of Civilization,

The Guardsmen Are Defenders and Promo.
tiers of Civilization.
There have been occasions when the Ma
tional Guard. the great civil-military organ
iEation, has been absolutely necessary as a
CONSERVATION of peace. 1t is for such emer-
Rencies that the military is of inestimable
value. Nothing is more complimentary to
our American institutions than the calm
after the elections SIT is unsafe to give
free ballot to the masses of the people, :"
said foreign despots and monarchists. Re
publicsnism is mobocracy." "You are a
bubble-bursting nationality" said Lord
John Russell. Before the elections it some
times seems that anarchy is about to take
possession OF the people; but bY the time the
people have read the Wednesday news
papers their pulses begin to slacken. The
voters go back to their places of business,
perhaps q little jaded from being out to
hear the late returns. The political clubs
are dlsbanded, and q few men left to pay
the larger expenses. The stump orators go
home to eat troches for sore throats. The
victors for little while feel jubilant, and
the minority are somewhat depressed, but
in little while all is placid, as though
nothing Of importance had happened
So we have again illustrated that Repub-
hcanism is not mobocracy, and if this is a
bubble-bursting nationality, it takes it a
great while TO burst Our Government has
made her trial trip so successfully, that in
all the political dockyards Of the world
there win be Governmental craft fashioned
after the same pattern.
7. DE WITT TALMAGE.
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PRAISE AND REASONS.
In Peace Prepare for That Warfare Which
Happily May Never Come.

In Peace Prepare for That Warfare Which
Happily May Never Come.
In no direction does the theory of self
government show to better advantage than
in our militia system. sWhile the aristocrat
governments of Europe are staggering under
the expense and waste of standing armies,
we are able to maintain order within our
own borders, and command respect and good
usage abroad, at a nominal cost and small
drain upon the best time and strength of
young men. The existence of standing
armies is good proof of the artifciality of
monarchies; for it may well be doubted if
any people, left to themselves would sustain
costly, brutal and wasteful armaments. For
tunately, one reason and one excuse for their
maintenance, the vicinity OF rival nations,
does not exist among us.
1t is simply of vital importance that our
regular army should be kept down to the
smallest possible strength. A certain famil
isrity with the most efficient methods of de-
fense and enginery of destruction is part Of
the duty of the citizen, and should form
part of his education. 1t is a satisfaction TO
reel that this truth is recognized by young
America.
AT present our
and for many years to come will be strength
ened, BY the presence either in the ranks or
among the masses from which it is drawn,
of trained soldiers who demonstrated on
many hard-fought battle fields that they
were the equals in nerve and discipline of
the armies OF Europe General Won Moltke
probably would not call our troops armed
mobs" if he had to fight them among the
swamps, wild land and mountains which
formed the theater of the civil war. If they
deserved that name during the early CAM
paign OF the war, the close of the contest
showed the world armies which would be
formidable anywhere.
The efficiency of the militia in the several
States varies greatly, and in some sections of
the country needs raising; but it is not too
much to say that, were war to burst out
suddenly between any foreign power and
ourselves, we could instantly show a de-
fensive strength which would compel an
enemy to use the greatest caution and ad-
dress in attack, ana in a short time we could
put into the field an army sufficiently strong
and efficient to protect usagainst any prob
able armed invasion. b. R. ELLIoTT.
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AMATEUR SOLDIERY.
A Spirited Discussion of the National
Guard by Able Writers.
KIND WORDS FROM GEN. SHERMAN
Shots at the Militia by Elder Evans and
William Kirwan NorcrOss.
how IT STRIKES FEMININE HEARTS
[PREPARED FOR THE D1sPATcH.l

PREPARED FOR THE DIsPATCH.1
Our National guardsmen may be sur
prised that anybody should raise the cry,
Away with theml' 1t is a Quaker elder
who thus demands the abolition of amateur
soldiers, and his reasons are below set forth,
to be answered at once by several distin-
guished contributors to a symposism on the
subject There has of late been current
rumor that General Sherman regarded the
militia cOntemptuously, and would like to
see the regiments either diSbanded, or Off
cered wholly by West Point graduates. The
veteran writes a precisely contrary view,
apd advocates a substantial support Of the
different State military organizations by the
National Government. There is decorous
Quaker condemnation by Elder John B.
Evans, and a much more violent outcry for
abolition from William Kirwsn Norcross.
But these two articles are offset by those of
the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmsge, D. D., and
the Rev. Howard Crosby, D. d. There is
strength of statement in H. r. Elliotts
favorable arguments. Then we have, also,
some feminine admirations OF the handsome
soldiers, worded in q heartfelt way by
woman. On the whole, we think that the
National Guardsmen who read this matter
will be encouraged to remain about as they
are
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SHERMAN'S COMMENTATOR.
State soldiery Should he Supported Re-
gardIess of West Point.

State sOIdiery Should lie Supported Re-
gardIess of West Point.
NY belief is that the several States should
encourage their select militia or State guard
utterly irrespective of West Point; and that
the National Government should lend q
hand by providing arms and equipments,
tents and camp equipages, and pay when
they are called into service. Our theory on
the subject is that our own standing army is
merely 8 nucleus, around which an army
can be organized. Although we have now
but about $4,000 officers and men in our
regular army, yet we could easily assemble
around this little nucleus, within 60 DAYS, an
army Of a million or more if necessary.
But this theory and practice compel the
Government to keep nearly all our troops on
our Western frontier. At this dav there
are not sufficient troops in all our Eastern
cities to suppress a well-organized riot in
either of them. We are almost entirely de-
pendent on our National Guard. Fortu-
nately for Us, we have in most cities disci-
plined and reliable regiments. The cost of
supporting them is but trife, while their
value In the protection of lie and property
cannot be estimated. Their very presence
has on many occasions prevented threatened
disturbance.
In another point of view these regiments
are OF great value to the country at large
Our great difficulty at the breaking out of
the rebellion was in obtaining competent
officers to lead our men. In providing our
volunteers with officers, every well-orgau-
lied regiment OF State troops was of great
value to the country. But to return to my
proposition that the National Government
should help the States in supporting the
militia, no reasons for such policy need be
sought outside General Washington's urgent
appeal to Congress in his several speeches
addressed to them during his administra-
tion. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN,
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have openly defed the Cdtitution. and nc
tessfully, too, how wouIdanv State Exeu-
I've fare who would hav the eourage+it
would be called audaey v II to press be-
tfe the Supreme Court the decIaraton
otorfeiture in such cases
The most interesting qution remains AZ
tolwhy the Supreme Curt Of the Shte
snqld oiffer from the cous of other States
upq railroad law? Can be possible that
H. ~ mere mental ecatricity, or that
tL LIZ is any thing in the Vlgar belief that
thinato do with it? The ConStitution y.
Presst requires that no passes shall he
issuedby the railroads emptiuo to ofiesIs
VI emtoyes OF the eompny. Il also ~
9u.i1e ~ tne Judges sha receive nothing
put theFalaries for theirervices, Do ths
court judges oenly violate the
Gonstitqon by riding f,e on the roads7
we musdefer this inquiE for a considera.
Slon la1 on, together VIII consideration
oi the eeequenees. BUhBALo!
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was tempted to direct the attention Of
this couple toward box filled with people.
They were the most ordinary looking lot in
the theater, an old man who could never
have been of prepossessihg appearance in
his best days of youth, q raw-boned, large
featured woman, with hard mouth and ugly
ringletted hair, and two girls OF % or more
without grain of beauty to serve for both
of them. This dlscouraging assortment were
obviously closely related to one another, for
a general plan of ugliness overspread them
ell. The old parties were the parents Of the
unlovely girls.
A MARRIAGE TO BE REGRETTED.
It seemed unfortunate that children should
be compelled to inherit total lack of physi-
cal attraction, and the artist, as well as the
physlologist, would have regretted in look
ing at them that marriage which could
perpetrate such a painful prOfusion OF home
illness should have ever been consummated.
But the interesting part OF it all is that
that old couple are the parents of the mag
nifcent actress as well as her excessively
plain sisters
How very little of true character even the
wisest of men can divine from the outward
appearance of feminine beauty. The other
for his profound moral convictions, and also
for his attractive physical appearance, was
walking along the sunny side of Fifth ave-
nue. when his eye caught sight OF charm
ing young woman who tripped across the
muddy pave. She seemed OF most evident
excellence of mind as we'll as body, for ones
attention was not more pleased with the
wholesome grace of her handsome figure
than with the thouphtful and refined eX-
preston of her pretty face.
TAKEN BY HER LOOKS.
"Now, there is lovely child,' said the
minister to his friend. "What is there more
encouraging and sweet to see than a pure
minded and noble example of gIrlhood such
as make no doubt that one is? 1t is the
fresh young faces like hers that speak as
plainly as flowers or stars of the worth and
meaning of total cleannesss. There is moth
ing coquettlsh in her."
As the minister was speaking, he, with
his friend, drew nearer and nearer to the
fair-faced daughter of a rich family, and it
was noted that she had fixed her large. ex-
pressive eyes upon the fine countenance Of
the divine, as though she felt an interest in
him. Presently she was within few PAGES
of him, and at that instant a pronounced
fash of eloquence followed by an ingenious
softening OF the eyes almost made the minis
ter's heart stand still. As he stopped in
amazement, and turned to look at the bold
beauty, the encouraging smile that met his
gaze drew deep sigh of despair from his
breast. As he walked sadly away he NUT
tered: II thought she wasn't a hirt. Am
I, then, such fool?" CLARA BELLE.
Copyright, 1890.
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They can be restrained only by the idea
Of force. In o country like ours, where q
national army is needed only for the Indian
frontier and the tenanting of forts, the ma
tional force is not sufficient to repress city
nobs. Nor can local police, with its COM
paratively small numbers and its limited
armament, be expected to do more than
check the sporadic ebullitions of crime.
The citizen soldiery meet the requirements
OF the case exactly. Made up OF citizens in
terested in the city's welfare, and taking
pride in IFS order, they form an army in
themselves with the full apparatus Of war,
the knowledge OF whose existence is an
efectual curb to the vile and violent pas
sions of the lawless. HOWARD CROSBY.
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CRITICISM AND RIDICULE.
A Proposal to Substitute Something Else for
Citizen SOIdIery.

Proposal to Substitute somethinE Else for
Citizen SoIdiery.
The disbandment of the National Guard
is demanding by several dictates of reason.
In writing that for publication believe
that express the real sentiment of a ma
jority of the officers of the regular army.
Nor is this an outbreak of jealousy. How
could there be any? The professional man
is seldom or never Jealous OF his amateur
rival. But the physician and the lawyer
are protected by law against quacks, while
the diploma-bearing military officer has no
such sanctioned safeguard against the pre-
tender in his calling. The only tolerated
military officer should be a graduate OF
West Point, and there should be no other
entrance to military rank than through the
Governments own academy.
Would deprive the country Of body of
men to act as protectors or aggressors in
cases OF necessity? No, no. would create
system which could not fail to prove as val
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
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A Specific for the Cough Following La
Grippe.

Many persons who have recovered from
the influenza are now troubled with q per-
sistent cough. Mrs. A. j. Allen, wife of the
editor of the Scott county, Iowa, Blade, says
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a specific
for the cough which usually follows an at
tack of Ia grippe.
For sale by E. G. Stuckey, Seventeenth
and Twenty-fourth sts., Penn ave. and cor.
Wylie ave. and Fulton ST.; Markell Bros,
cor. Penn and Frankstown aveE.; Theo. E.
Ihrig, S61O Fifth ave. ; Carl Hsrtwig, Forty
third and Butler sts., Pittsburg and in
Allegheny by E. E. Heck, 72 and 194 Fed
eral st; Thomas r. Morris, cor. Hanover
and Preble aves.; F. b. Eggers, 172 Ohio
ST., and F. b. Eggers 8 Son, 199 Ohio st.
and IL Smithfeld st. wsu
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On Teuter HOoIxs.

Nervous people are usually in this state.
Their PERIODS of comfort are rare. Worried by
trifies startled by slight noises, pestered by in
digestion-usually the radical source of their
woes-theIr existence is anything but an envi-
able one. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the
nervine specially adapted to them, as it thor
oughly invIgorates the nervous system through
the medium of improved digestion and assimi-
lation. Chills and fever, kidney complaints,
Indigestion and costiveness are relieved by 1t.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Excursion to washInRton City.

The B.. & Q. R. &. will sell excursion
tickets to Washington, D. c., good to visit
Baltimore, for trains leaving Pittsburg on
Thursday, February 90, at A. M. and 9:20
P. NJ. for So round trip, good for 10 days, to
enable persons to visit the Congress OF the
United States. now in session, and the pub
lie buildings. Pullman cars on both trains.
Call early at city Office and secure accom-
mediation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
MORE CLERICAL SUPPORT.

Howard Crosby Deems the National Guard
aNecessity of Cities.
A citizen soldiery may never be called
upon to fight q battle, and vet be a genuine
defense of the community. The prevention
Of insurrection and anarchy is better de-
Tense Of the State than their extinguish-
ment In every large city there are lawless
elements ever ready to promote confusion
for private benefit and crazy philosophers
ever ready to second them. Law, as such,
has no moral weight with these characters
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Realism in Arr.

Harper's Young People.1
Three-year-old Edgar was drawing on the
blackboard. "Auntie," said he, "I'm 60
ing to draw big, black bear, and he'll bite
youT' In moment his mood softened, and
be said, soothingly: 'Therel I'll rub him
out, and then he can't bite your
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Cheaper Than Rwllu1-

Iaunton Izette.
II nn should standou the green and
howl for week he oonIJ =. -..o5 :.
people vi his voice a. n con ~ Ok -.
advertiseut in tbis - ;S-S : -oS -
time. PP0A AHSeASeN VAs
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GUN w A
No 40 West Washington Street,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

NorE-Gun Wa especially desires 20 hear
from all Of his old patrons and win cbeerf-,II1
complete any treatments that were interrunead
By his arrest and persecution. Gun Ha,1
latest book, Monitor for Men" sent tree upoa
application. fr3H.w1S
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6yitv I'D Ave. (Soh0)
Mr.. Weinman had bee,h,., .-..,. -.
stomach for over three ~ - sIsn --I- -
nounced symptoms being Z Ia --os-s,,S-'.-
of food, with soreness over S HS rolsLs I.H.1ss
Tongue always coated, witHt =. .1-i
ing, frontal headache, with ~ ,;..as I'M
spots before eyes, roaring il Sto..St..,. =
Of nostrils. During the lasL ~ PiLs * ~ -
ing cough set in. sleep beca se.sLi 49, -
he would get up in morning esLos ~, .S.A S.H
when he went TO bed Night .. .ee. s1s. ..t
and he lost flesh and strenEi, a.. S@ny NJ O.i,
days before calling at DR.. ByeaHy' ..n's' tnls
tied up every meal. DR.. Bye.oos-anHeS,ss ne w. ~
trouble to be catarrh of the he5 1es<Htu ~
and under his treatment the s'nA @
Heved instanIaneously, and in - - n,
W. was entirely well and had gtn .a1,.t., -
TREATMENT S. A MO
Until further notice DR.. Byeri -. -,
cases at the uniform fee of s. pc, ~ = ~ 5I ~
cine included. Write for symI1, meuE
call at ofice. DR.. BYERS, sued "a oE
Logan & Byers, No. 421 Penn ave. ~ -.
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FINE watches a specially, low prices {
certainty, at Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave.
KFSu
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SEE the new Administer carpets at Groet-
fingers, Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

NEW lace, turcoman and chenille cur
tains at Groetzinger's, Penn avenue.
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Trsu

CABINET photos 81 per dozen, prompt de-
livery. Crayons. etc., at low prices.
LIES GALLEY,
Trsu 10 and II Sixth Sk.
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'NTIL Lent puts a
stop to fashionable
gaiety In New York,
which it will a few
days hence, the pur-
suit of pleasure Will
be q mad one in Fifth
avenue. Every wo-
man in swelldom is
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oc22SMwFsu

Owing to the Jealousy and persecution a
local doctors, Gun Wa, the celebrated Chinese
physician. has decided to leave Pittsburg. He
has taken up his permanent residence at the
beautiful city of indianapolis, Ind During his
four months residence here he made many
converts TO the mild and gentle natural herbal
remedies Of the Flowery Kingdom and effected
some marvellous cures. Thousands Of people
who had long doubted the wisdom Of our reg
ulars. and their powerful mineral drugs and
poisons, believe that an outrage has been CON-
mitted on an inOffensiVe foreigner whose sole
aim was to do good The less bigoted medical
fraternity Of Indiana have made Gun Wa vel
come among them. Gun Wa does not practices
medicine-he has perfected himself and does
not need TO "practice"-but he has a line OF
prepared herb remedies which positively cure
dyspepsia, rheumatism, neuralgia, female weak
ness, tumors, piles. consumption. costiveness.
salt rheum. cafsrrh. scrofula, tapeworm. ma
laria, nervous diseases, and all diseases of \
private nature, Young, old or middle-aped
men wfo feel exhausted from Overwork or
other causes, should consult Gun VA No
charge for advice and the medicines are Rold
for small sum. Write to