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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
CLEVER CLIPPINGS.

The dentist should make good politician
he is skilled in the use Of gas and has strong
pull.-LVe.
Experientia Docst.-Ted-Why dont
you take your girl skating?
Ned-She doesn't know how.
Ted-Lucky fellowl That's where all the run
comes in.-LVs.
"Ah, poor old Thompson ran a long
raceI'
.'Yes, after all It was dead heat"
''Why, what do you ueanY'
'sHe was eremsted. r-bVs.
She (at the menagsrie)-How meek that
camel seems. want to patti.
Hell wouldn't. II looks angry.
Il don't think 80. Why do your
Cant you see It's back Is uD?'-1tme.
Amv-Ethel, what did YOU do with those
verses you read to me 8 week or two agol
Ethel-I sent them 10 magazine, but they came
back.
$50 now they are reverses, suppose. .'-Tims.
What Next?-Bell-Well Mr.. Edison,
what startling thing are you at Work on nowa
FdIson-An electrical expert that knows some
thing about electricity,
BeiI-WouderfulI You are indeed q wizard
Puck.
In Cbicago.-Mr. Pigstieksr-Will you
be mine, dearest?
Miss Wabash consulting her memorandum)-
Let me SEE can't really. am engaged to Mr.
Dearborn, but Will be at liberty to marry you on
the-no, 1 shall marry Mr. Madison on the irst Of
June, but If you will wait until the last Of Oeto-
Der. l.
'.My darling. "-ZSme.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
MR.. oLIvER's APPOINTMENT.

Notwithstanding the temporary hitch
caused by the presentation through Senator
Quay of another name, Mr.. George T.
Oliver, was yesterday appointed Census
Supervisor for this district. The selection,
as heretofore stated in these columns, is one
of the very best that could have been made.
1t is SO important that Western Pennsyl-
vanis should be adequately y represented in
the next census reports, and Mr.. Oliver is so
admirably qualified for planning and super
vising the work, that we cannot believe that
even Senator Quay will be seriously disap-
pointed at the nomination.
The advertisement which the Pittsburg
region will get through the census reports
is of itself consideration of no small i'm
portance. But that is not all. Tariff leSis-
lstion in which the district is very deeply
interested is based very largely upon such
facts and figures as the census books supply
and from this point of view the need is
urgent that the security and presentation Of
the returns be in the hands of person
sharply alive to the circumstance.
There is nothing merely factional or of
political significance in the appointment to
detract from the general satisfaction with
which it will be received.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

CARDINAL PECcI, brother of the Pope, who
is suffering from pneumonia, is dying.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY has been elected a
member of the Russian Geographical Society.
GRACE GREENWOOD, 40 years ago, was one
of the chief attractions of Washington society,
and her pen is quite as fresh and fluent as it
was in those early days.
BAYARD TAYLOR. after doing profitable and
continuous literary work for more than 80
years, wrote to his friend, E. G. Stedman, that
he had no income except from his personal
labor. Yet, some winters, he made $40 900 by
his lectures alone.
ANNA DICKINSON, who was once so popular
lecturer as to command $500 night. is never
heard of now. What has become Of her? She
was ambitious to become theatrical star,
tried the stage, failed. and then returned to
the lecture platform, but her day was past and
her career as a lecturer was dismal failure.
FERDINAND Q. LATRoBE is aut Mayor aut
nullus. He has been Mayor of Baltimore seven
times and when he is out of office he is abSo-
lutely nothing or nobody. He first acquired
notice as the son-in-law OF Governor Thomas
Swami, of Maryland, who gave him his start in
politics by having him elected to the State
Senate.
REV EDWARD BRADLEY, who is better
known as 'Cuth bert Bede." died in London re-
Gently. His humorous novel of Oxford life.
"The Adventures of Mr.. Verdant Green" was
one of the liveliest books Of the kind ever pub
lished. and made great hit. Its author be-
came contributor to Punch, but he never
produced anythingsto compare with ''Verdant
Green" He was SO years old at the time of
his death, and rector of Stratton, Rutland
shire.
GENERAL NATHANIEL P. BANKS began
life as a bobbin boy in a Waltham, Mass, cot
ton factory; next, he edited paper; then he
made his appearance on the Boston stage as
Claude Melnotte; next, he became a dancing
master. Entering politics as Democrat
President Polk gave him good place in the
Boston Custom House; then Massachusetts,
sent him to Congress, and in three years he
was elected Speaker of the House; next he
was elected Governorsof Massachusetts. At
the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the
army, and became Major General. After the
war, he was again sent to Congress.
DIR. GAMALIEL BAILEY was pioneer in the
then unpopular abolition movement, and after
being thrice whipped out and ducked in the
Ohio river while editing the PhiLGnthropist
in Cincinnati, he went to Washington, where
he became the editor of the National Era, in
lS47. In this weekly journal was first pub
Iished "Uncle Toms Cabin. DR.. and Mrs.
Bailey gave receptions every Saturday even
ing during the Washington season, which drew
together the leaders of the antI-slavery move
ment, as well as other distinguished visitors to
the national capital. When Thackeray was in
Washington he was taken there, and COM
planned to the gentleman who accompanied
him that the coffee was served without the
brandy,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
TIE TIMES IN DECAY.

The Chicago Tribune thinks that the
London Times preferred settling with Mr..
Parnell to revealing in court how much
smaller its circulation is than is generally
believed. We do not think that this was
the reason SO much as the fear the Times
managers had off public revelation of their
scandalous conduct in concocting the libels
against Mr.. Parnell, and of the deadly effect
a second expose Of its malice would have
upon all tair minded people.
That the Times circulation has been for
years far below that of the popular London
dailies every intelligent Englishmau has
known. Until the damaging exposures of
the last year the Times boasted rather of the
high class of its circulation rather than its
size. Now, we believe, it is fast losing all
its basis for boasting, unless its managers
deem the reputation Of being reckless re-
tailers Of mendacity, malice, and meanness
worth boasting about.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
Social Chatter.

AT the Judge Magee mansion this afternoon
and evening Mr.. and Mrs. Kier Mitchell will
be sat home" to their many friends. The we'd
ding cake which, according to the Scottish
CUSTOM has been gaining in deliciousness since
the wedding last fall will receive the knife at
the hands of the bride, and the ring which is
concealed therein will become the property of
whomever fate may select.
A WEDDING at Harrisburg last evening re-
suited in the transforming of Miss Clara E
McFadden into Mrs. Joseph A. Weldon, who,
with her husband, will occupy cozy little
home in the East End after a short Eastern
trip. Rev. NJ. j. Mcbride performed the cere-
mony.
WITH the tempting results of their own ef-
forts, as guarantee of knowledge. spread out
to delight the eye and taste of their many
friends, the second cooking class will receive
their diplomas at the Grant street schoolhouse
tomorrow afternoon.
THE little daughter Of Mrs. George A. Chal,
FAINT will celebrate her birthday next Saturday
with number of her little friends A l o'clock
luncheon will be served and the afternoon will
be spent in pleasures most enjoyable to the tiny
mortals.
Mr.. AND MRS. NATHANIEL MILES, of Scott
dale, will give large reception next Wednes-
day evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. A. C.
Overholt the bride and groom, now spending
their honeymoon in Florida.
AN afternoon tea was given yesterday by
Mrs. Joseph Albree at her home on Ridge ave-
nue.. Guests to the number Of 100 parsook of
the cheering beverage with the popular hostess.
AN exceedingly well rendered programme by
the pupils of Prof. Simeon BisseIl delighted q
large audience in the Knoxville Methodist
Protestant Church last evening
In honor of the little autocrats of her home
on Ridge avenue. Mrs. R. g. Wood will give
children's party this afternoon.
THE Mckee reception to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
CELIBACY TAXED.

Celibacy is to be made a crime in Wy
oming Territory, that is for men who have
attained the ripe age of thirty-fve. A tax
of two dollars and half is to be imposed
upon all bachelors over thirty.fve. This is
understood to be rather a punitive than a
revenue tax. 1t is interesting, possibly, rs
a result of feminine influence in the Wy
oming Legislature, which women help to
elect. 1t may be the beginning of move
ment on the part of the women of Wyoming
to improve their condition generally and in
the way of marriage in particular. The
bachelor who is getting on in years had
better not go quite as far west as Wyoming
until the women voters of that Territory
have made full showing Of their hand.
The tax is too small to drive bachelors
into matrimony. The man who values cell
bacy at all, values it at more than 81 so.
Hence, whether the design is to make men
marry or merely to punish men for remaining
single, the act is not likely to avail much
Wyoming may want to increase her popula-
tion, and her women may want husbands,
but trifing tax on elderly bachelors is
hardly likely to secure either object.
1t will not surprise us if some stiff-necked
bachelor contests the constitutionality of the
tax. Every citizen of the United States is
guaranteed by the Constitution protection
in the pursuit of happiness besides his lite
and liberty. The bachelor welded to cell
bacy may contend with reason that the tax
interferes with his life, liberty and pursuit
of happiness. He is not to be converted by
such harsh measures. No, ladies of Wyo-
ming, it would be wiser far to put a
premium on marriage. As for increasing
the population, Wyoming has an example
in the action of the Quebec Legislature.
which rewards the father of twelve or more
children, which she should study,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
NEW IMPERATOR.

The opposition of Emilio CASTELAR,, the
Spanish Republican leader, to the Pan Am.
erican conference, is natural outcome Of
the Spanish tendency to desire an exclusive
relationship with the American nations oi
that descent. But the natural tendency OF
the Spanish orator leads him into view OF
Mr.. Blaine's attempt to increase trade rela-
tions between the North and South Ameri-
can nations which is calculated to provoke
laughter. He thinks that it is very difficult
to imagine character so chimerical and so
haunted with wild dreams as that of Mr..
Blaine. Such a visionary nature is especi-
ally remarkable among a people as prac-
tical as are the Americans. CASTELAR, then
says:
Let him conceal his thoughts as he may, be
has for his real purpose IN the organization of
the grand continental conference a secret
thought, or end. In his dreams he sees accom-
plished in the matter of Americanism what
was done by Alexander in HeIlenism, by Caesar
in latinism, by Charlemagne in Catholicism,
and himself the instrument of the sovereignty
OF single people in the two Americas.
1t was campaign cry OF Frank Blair's
in 1868, that Grant was the Caesar of the
United States; but it is rather novel and
surprising to find the lively Spanish imagi-
nation erecting Mr.. Blaine into the COM
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07

bined Caesar, Alexander and Charlemagne
of the Western Hemisphere. Senior Cas-
telar can compose himself However daring
Mr.. BIaine's ideas, his ambition has never
flown beyond the White House. The at
mosphere of North America is not favora-
BILE to the production of Alexanders or
Charlemagnes. Military conquest of the
Spanish-American countries has had no
charms for this nation since the days of the
filibusters; and all the alarmist flights OF
Iberian eloquence will not shake the evil
dence we have presented to our Pan-Ameri-
can friends, that all we want is to i'm
prove our trade with them in way that
will be to the mutual advantage of both
countries.
Our South American friends know this
well enough; but the needlessness of en-
forcing that point is lost beside the uncon-
scious humor of the Spaniard creating,
from the raw material of the magnetic poll
tician, the gigantic figure of the Alexander
who shall conquer both continents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
MORE HONORS FOR SWIFT.
The New PostOfRce Cashier Weds a Charm.
ing FinleyvIIle Maiden.

The New POstOfice Cashier Weds a Charm-
ing FinIeyvllie Maiden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert L. Swift were registered
at the Seventh Avenue Hotel last evening, and
a morning train will bear them Eastward.
The ceremony which united Miss Ella B.
Thompson and Mr.. Albert L. Swift was per-
formed at 6 o'clock at the lovely home of the
BRIDES mother in Finleyvillle, by Rev. John F.
Patterson of the Sixth Presbyterian Church.
A special train the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, which left the depot at $3.50 P M,
conveyed the guests from the city out to the sub
urban home, and returned at s o'clock with its
list of passengers reinforced by Mr.. and Mrs.
Swift.
The bride is very popular young lady, noted
for her charming manners and bright conver-
sation. She is a member of one of the oldest
families in F1nleyville. The groom is a rising
young business man, having been with r. c.
Schmertz Co., for the past ten years, but re-
Gently received the appointment of cashier Of
the postoffce. After spending a couple of
weeks in New York the young couple will re-
turn to the city and occupy beautiful little
home in Williamsburg, which is furnished in
luxurious manner and awaits its fair mis-
tresS. While it was not the intention to have
large wedding, great many guests were pres
ent at the ceremony. and afterward enjoyed
delightful repast served by Kennedy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
CONTRIYED BY CLEVER MEN.
Inventions on Which Patents Have Lately
Been Issued.

Inventions on Which Patents Have Lately
Been Issued.
The following patents were issued to West
ern Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West
Virginia inventors for the week ending Feb
ruary 4 List furnished by o. D. Lewis, patent
attorney. l3l Fifth avenue, Pittsburg:
Henry Adler, Allegheny, fender; Henry Aiken,
Homestead, furnace roof; Frederick P. Baldwer,
Xenia, o., condenslng trumpet for spinning ma
chimes; Robert j. Bole Beaver Falls, insertable
saw-tooth; Edwin E. Carter, Pittsburg. mining
machine (reissue); William A. Conner, Pittsburg,
cable hanger; H F. Cox Altoona, rall-chair; j. C.
Culbertson Goheenville, Pa, hay elevator and
carrIer Elijah Dainty, Coal Bluff, Pa, hosting
machine; Edward Dambach, Evans City, Pa, ex-
tensible mantel: Albert E. Dain, Pittsburg, bot
tie stopper; Benjamin f. Fleshman, Alvon, W.
Va, running gear for vehicles Benjamin f.
Fleshman, Alvon, W. Va, steering gear for
hicles: Peter Aeesom, Pittsburg machine for
STRENGTHENING angle frOns George Lehberger,
Beaver Falls, device for eoiling wire; Edwin W.
Luce Bradford, oil can and hlelr; John Little.
Xenia o., automatic can-nlling machine; Daniel
e. Meeker. Bradford brake staff support; WILL
lam W Rankin, Allegheny, meat chopper: Frank
ter j. Thayer. Pittsburg, land reel; Robert q.
Totten, Allegheny, casting; John n. Williams,
Pittsburg, high and low water alarm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
A PASSING FACE.

Twas but moment. Long enough to feel
The grateful presence Of her quiet grace,
And at her beauty's shrine a moment kneel,
To mark the sweetness Of her gentle face.
To catch glance from out her downcast eyes.
A f1eeting light OF violet, more rare
Than all the colors of the summer skies,
That but moment fingered futtering there.
A moment. Then she vanished; yet to stay
Within my memory, as some distant strain
OF music, rising, slowly dies away,
But fingers yet when all Is still again.
Or, as a dream that fits across the mind
When care is bound by all-forgettinG sleep
Too soon will vanish, but yet leave behind
gentle sweetness that the senses keep.
If Fate had but been kinder. who can tell
Our paths had been the same, and, hand in
hand,
Together we had wandered o'er the fell
And crossed the border OF the unknown land.
We met to meet no more. Upon the sea
oflife we pass like ships. A moment seen,
A signal shown, shout thrown cheerily,
Then darkness. waves, and distance stretch
between.
y, z, EetOcomb IN Eep York Ledger.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
AN INCREASE OF PENSION.
Persons r quiring the Services of an Attend
nnf Get S52 a Month.

Persons Re quiring the Services of an Attend.
nnf Get S52 Month.
WASHINGTON, February 6-In the House
today Mr.. Morrill,, of Kansas, from the Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions, reported back the
Senate bill to increase the pensions Of certain
soldiers and sailors, with substitute providing
that all soldiers, sailors and marines who have
been since the 10Th day of June, 1880 or who
may hereafter become so totally and perma-
nently helpless from injuries received or dis
ease contracted in the service and line Of duty
as to require the regular personal aid and at
tendance of another person, shall be entitled to
receive pension at the rate of s72 per month,
from the date of the certificate of the exam
lining surgeon or board of surgeons showing
such degree of disability, and the Commissioner
of Pensions may, when it appears that any PEN
sioner whose condition by reason Of his service
is such as to be partially dependent upon an
other person for aid and attendance, but not to
the extent hereinbefore provided, grant such
pensioner or person entitled to receive PEN
sion not to exceed $50 per month, proportional
to the degree of disability. The substitute was
agreed to, and the bill as amended passed.
Mr.. Dolliver, of Iowa, from the Committee
on Naval Affairs, reported the bill for the re-
lief of the survivors Of the wreck of the Tren-
ton and Vandalia, and the stranding OF the
Njpsic at Samoa, which passed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
OUG MAIL POUCH.
Government of Alaska.


To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
How is Alaska goVsrped? What is its system
of courts7 b. N. R..
SCoTTDALE, February6
IAN act of Congress passed May IL, 1884, pro-
vided that the Territory of Alaska should con-
stitute civil and judicial district with sitka as
the temporary seat Of government A Cover
nor. District Judge, Clerk of the District Court,
District Attorney and Marshal are the terrific
rial officers. There are to be at least two terms
of the District Court each year, one at Sitka
and the other at Wrangel. The Clerk of the
Court is ex-oficio Secretary and Treasurer of
the district, Recorder of Deeds, Mortgages,
ETC., and Registrar Of Wills. The general laws
of Oregon in force at the time the act was
passed are the laws of the district, so far as
they may be applicable and not in conflict with
the laws of the United States. Alaska is land
district, Sitka being the land office. The Secre-
tary of the Interior is required to make provi-
sion for the education of children of school age
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
A MILLIONAIRES DAUGHTER DEAD.
Romantic Yet Sad Life History of Mrs. Alice
M. Lagrove.

Romantic Yet Sad Life History of Mrs. Alice
M. Lagrove.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
NEW YORK, February 6-Mrs. Alice NJ La
grove died of heart failure at home on Monday.
She was daughter of Isaac Nj. Singer. the
sewing machine inventor and millionaire
When she was l9 years old she married in Paris
to please her father, il is said. W. A. P.Lagrove
who was twice her age Shortly after the two
came to this country she got divorce. Not
long after this Mrs. Lagrove became fascinated
with the stage. She desired to star, and did
star with company of her own. She soon
tired of this, but not until she met Frank
Bangs, and after about a years courtship the
couple at o'clock one night rang the door bell
of the late Henry Ward Beecher, and asked
him to make them man and wife He did SO.
They took the midnight train for Washington.
The honeymoon was very brief. The next
mornings express to New York carried Mrs.
Bangs back TO her home in Brooklyn. aud she
had her marriage with Mr.. Bangs annulled on
an unusual ground.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
MASONIC VETERANS, BANQUET.
The Ladies Secured Admission and Enjoyed
Themselves.


Themselves.
The banqueting hall of the new Freemasons'
building, on Fifth avenue, last night presented
very pleasing spectacle, and was initiated
into its special role by the fourth annual re-
union of the Masonic Veterans Association of
Western Pennsylvania.
The reunion was a little more than the name
implies for the ladies were in the union last
night; but it was not reunion for them,
as it is the first time they have
been admitted. The association is composed
only of Master MaSons, who have been in good
standing for q years; there are now about Id
members including many of the most promi-
nent Freemasons in Western Pennsylvania.
The supper was served by Kennedy, and the
programme of toaStS was as follows:
1.-THE reception-Our aim and object only to
First Vice President; music: "0ur guests, the
come them in its portals" H. 1. GourIey; solo,
Mrs. James E. Porter; "Response-Smallf favOrs
thankfully received, but larger ones hoped
for' Lee s. Smith; music; 1.-THE Veteran
Masonic Associaton-They bear the marks OF
years, but still are ready for the call of duty"
E. s. Wright; music; "rhe Masonic Fraternity
Wide as the world. it is link in the universal
brotherhood of mankind" w. W. Barr; ''Auld
Lang Syne."
AL the conclusion of the festivities the elec-
tion or advancement of officers took place.
Major Samuel Harper, the President died in
Office. Mr.. w. B. Luptou, the First Vice Pres
ident, takes his place, and the other officers
were correspondingly advanced.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-07
HANDSOME LOOKING MEN.
The First Annual Reception of Uniformed
American Mechanics.

The First Annual Reception of Uniformed
American Mechanics.
Old City Hall was in its most festive attire
last evening. in honor of the First Annual Re-
ception Of the First Regiment U. A. M. The
stage was tropical forest. so numerous and
towering were the plants used in its decora-
tions, and the National colors in streamers,
flags and designs emblematic OF the order,
were gracefully arranged on the walls and
ceiling.
The hall. however, but served as fitting
background for the multitude of gay dancers
on the floor. The scene was indescriba5ly
pretty as the handsomely uniformed gentle
men participated in the exhibition drill, grand
march and afterward in the various dances.
Even an ordinary-looking man becomes an
Apollo in handsome gold embroidered uni
form, but, in this instance very few of that
class could be found who were not literally en-
dowed by nature. They were, when uniformed,
irresistible. The music was very satisfactory
and the supper was served by Hays.
Charles D. Bcrland, A. Y. Swickard, Samuel
Kirk and Edward Kien of Monongahela City,
were present to attend the banquet