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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
BUILDING UP CHARACTERS.
Rev. S. n. McCorkle Tells How to Erect a
Good Name,

Rev. S. n. McCorkle Tells How to Erect a
Good Name.
The handsome FIRST Congregational Church,
at Manhattan and Franklin streets, Allegheny,
was again crowded to its utmost limit last night
to hear the third of the Rev. s. N. McCorkle's
sermons for young men. Last nights subject
was character Building" Character" he
said. "ought not to be left to the formative
chances of life, for on his character man must
stand or fall. ! here musttbe method, planning
forecast in building character. a young man
must lay his foundation on avowed Christian
belief. He must also cultivate the homely
virtues such as courtesy, honesty, truthfulness
and industry. They are essential features and
are coins current in any market.
"A young man needs self-reiance, not that
brassy forwardness which is obnoxious but
that perfect knowledge of ones powers which
will enable you to tell what labor yon will be
able to accomplish. 1t is learned only by
brushing against the world; by being npelled
TO stand up for yourself. Every man should
kick for himself, and this point is given by
Garfield, who said: Poverty is uncomfortable
as / can testify, but nine times out of ten the
best thing that can happen young man is to
be tumDled overheard and told to sink or swim
for himself In all my acquaintance I never
knew man to be drowned who was worth saw
ing. 1t is the pridelsof every American that
many cherished names, at whose mention our
hearts beat with II quicker bound. were won
by sons of poverty who conquered poverty
and became fixed stars in our armament
There is no horizontal qualification in this
country like those in the earth that hold one
down below forever. Our qualification is like
the ocean, where every individual is free TO
move and where from the lowest depths any
drop may come up to glitter on the highest
wave that rolls.
The pastor closed by pointing to Christ as
the model of the finished building.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
ANNIE RooNEy's ESCAPE

From Dime Museum Company Causes a
Sensation on Sixth Street-A Stable
Turned Into Hospital-Feeding Snakes
on Live Sparrows.
Annie Rooney is as vicious as her name
would imply. She is OF a species of Aus
tralian monkey which 10 hard to tame, and
though Miss Rooney was getting along very
we'll for a time, she began to kick over the
traces Immediately after she was given her
classical name.
annie is at present engaged in pro-
fessional way with the Boston Dime
Museum. now located at the Red Lion Hotel.
The actors are housed in Montgomery's sale
stable, and it was there that trouble began.
Annie had dined yesterday with her friends at
the noon hour, and was feeling
first-rate until somebody in the neigh,
borhood began playing the classical
air from which her beautiful and romantic
name was derived. upon u cracked piano or
bass drum-just which II is hard to tell. To
the dear creatures nerves this was terrible,
as she is contracted to show only with hand
organ accompaniment, and she broke her
fastenings and ran screeching into the street,
trying 10 escape from that awful nightmare.
A crowd of men and boys chased Dame
Monk around to Sixth street, and soon one of
the boys succeeded in catching her. But her
teeth proved too sharp, and she drew first
DiOOu lTOui ltI CdpbOi. AhO hOOpSi
upon the scene and secured Annie, and she is
now ready for the next performance. She will
probably never again figure so prominently in
a real sensation as she did yesterday, and as it
was frst-class advertising scheme she will
probably secure contract for the coming sea-
son at an advanced salary
Annie is about the only creature in the whole
aggregation travelling with the Boston Museum
that feels at all kittenish. as the majority Of
| them. are on the sick list. The stable where
the animals put up has the appearance of a
hospital and the death list includes valuable
monkey and a cockatoo. wolf refuses to
let forth any dismal hOwls just at present. and
is under the doctors care. suffering from a
dose of poison he squeezed from rat which
wandered into his cell alter making a dinner
on arsenic. The wolf quite dOcile, and
suffered himself to be carried in a basket to
the doctor, who began to practice" on him
forthwith. The deceased monkey was also re-
Gently under the care of physician, but he
succumbed. This was the most valuable
monkey in the aggregation, and the physician
was offered 500 if he would cure him.
The museum also includes snakes ranging
from rattlers and moccosins to q huge boa and
python. The rattler has bitten all of his at
tendants, but they have recovered. Yesterday
was feeding day for the reptiles, which, the
keeper SAYS occurs once in three months. The
larger snakes take live rabbits. while the little
ones chase sparrows. The sparrows were Sc
cured from small boys who answered an adver-
tisement in THE DISPATCH to secure live spar
rows at 10 cents each. According to the
keeper, snakes only eat after shedding, which
occurs once in three months. Yesterday they
were all given a bath in luke-Yarm water. and
then they had their feed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
CHRISTMAS AND THE CHRIST.

Subject of the Sermon by Rev. DIR. Townsend,
Yesterday Morning.
In the course of his sermon at the Unitarian
Church, yesterday morning. Rev. j. G. Town
send, D. D., said: "Under various names
Mithras, Noel, Weinachtzeit. Mother-night,
we trace the festival of Christmas far back into
the twilight of history-long before Socrates
questioned. Plato taught, or Buddha preached.
We are accustomed to speak of the perisha-
Dility of forms, but nothing seems so persistent,
SO Imperishable. The symbol of the cross was
aged when Jesus lay a babe Ill the manger-
cradle. 1t signifed the propagation of life.
But. though the old meaning passed away, the
form lived. 1t came to mean salvation instead
of propagat atioD. The festival of Christ
! mas, no doubt grew out of the gladness
which came into the hearts of men when
the sun turned benignantly toward the earth.
The return of the sun was TO them prophecy
of their liberation from the cold and the dark
How pathetic is the story OF the suffering of
the nations of the North, without facilities of
fire and light in the cold and dark of the long
winter! When the sun returned, Joy came.
Joy is social, gregariouS; grief Is solitary, ex-
elusive This festival became the Joyday of
many nations. Christianity, though with many
protests, adopted Christmas. and made it the
festival of the Christ. The lesson of Christmas
is the giving of gifts and tie sacredness OF the
child. Christianity has deepened and hallowed
the old festive day.
'.lt is hard. looking across the vast distance.
to give correct estimate of Jesus, SO much has
been read into and out of the gospel story.
But much remains. The clouds which festoon
the mountains hide only for a time these old
Titans. SO time only carries away the obscur-
ing elements. Jesus was great-the Columbus
of ethics. He was natural as Shakespeare or
Goethe or Moses. That great ethical nation
the Hebrews-poured its ethical force through
Him. do not think of Jesus as he was painted
in the Jesus before Pilot. His face there is
thin and pale-the face of an ascetic. think
of Him as large and robust of form. with florid
face, kindly eyes and voice like the sonorous
waves OF the sea. He was fond of eating and
drinking-fond Of society He had the vision
of God, but also the human, sympathetic side.
He was q leader of men. and thousands fol-
lowed Him in hunger and thirst. heat and cold
that they might be near Him. His coming into
the world has made all humanity richer"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
THE RAINBOW BRIDGE,

Hon. A. Ii. Richmond, of Meadville, De-
fends Spiritualism-He Insists That the
Faith is Compatible With True Chris
tianity and is Backed by Bible Evidence.
Hon. A. b. Richmond, of Meadville, one
of the leaders OF the Crawford county bar,
and a criminal lawyer OF national reputa-
tion, last evening addressed the Pittsburg
Society of Spiritualists on 'The Dual
Nature of Man.
After describing the phenomena OF the
physical and spiritual organizations. Mr..
Richmond went on to show that spirit man
ifestations have been recorded by both
sacred and secular historians. He said, in this
connection: 'All along the ages of the past
the occult phenomena now denominated spirit
manifestations have occurred and been recorded
in the history of passing events among every
people who possessed written language; not
as of uncertain or doubtful existence, but as
1acts as well established as the most ordinary
occurrences of life"
Mr.. Richmond related the vision of Belshaz-
Ear, and asked. "ls there believer in orthodox
Christianity here tonight? Do you believe the
sacred traditions of your creed and the reliS
ious teachings of your fathers? Ii so, IS that
story true? Did the awful sentence, Meme,
meme, tekel upharsiu,' appear upon the walls
of the palace of the licentious King? Was 1t
written by mateTiallZed hand without ma
terial body? Was il n prophecy, and did Dan
lei truthfully interpret it? If that story is
true, and you dare not deny it, is God an i'm
mutable being and are his laws Interchangeable?
II so, tell me if you can why spirit hands may
not write to mortalS to-day"
The speaker related the raising OF Samuels
spirit by the Witch of Endor. the visit of three
angels 10 Abraham, and the two that came to
Lot at the gate of Sodom. the voice in the burn
ing bush, ami the delivery of the Ten Com
mandments. Coming down to later days he
quoted Martin Luther as a believer in spirit
visi ations and spoke OF the wonderful phe-
nomena which occurred at John Wesley's home
when he was a boy.
In conclusion the speaker said: Spiritualism
believes in an immutabe Creator. and an insp!-
ration from the spirit world as recorded in the
Bible. 1t believes in the resurrection of the
spiritual body: hut that the physical body is the
lawful Inheritance of decay and the worms. 1t
believes that the grave is not the end OF LIE,
but mapgeT in which is born new existence.
FearleSSly it asserts its right to a position
among the religions of men, conscious of the
rectitude of its purpose and of the truth of its
demonstrations. 1t admits the existence of
fraud and hypocrisy among its v0tarles, but
claims that its garments are white as snow
when compared with the faiment that covers
tie church militant of the nineteenth century.
1t has charity for all and only asks for charity
in return. The religion of Spiritualism is the
rainbow bridge that in the faith or the ancient
Mortimer spanned the dark river of death. its
radiant arch vibrating alike with the footsteps
OF the spirits that come and the tread OF the
souls that 60"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
A MYSTERIOUS ASSAULT.
The Pittsburg Police Trying to Solve
Very Peculiar Case.

Inc EOLCo W OOAfC a
Very Peculiar Case.
Yesterday at noon well dressed man of
about 35. and small. delicate looking woman
of neat appearance, walked down Marketstreet
TO the corner OF Fifth avenue, when suddenly
the man stopped Shorthand struck the woman
two sharp, quick blows. telling her to the
ground He then ran down Cecil alley to the
Allegheny river and. as he was not pursued,
made his escape.
The woman III the mean time, was picked up
by couple of gentlemen and taken to drug
store. where q physician dressed her wounds,
which consisted OF cut the face and an
ugly cash on the head She refused to tell
anything about herself, except that she wanted
to go to the Farmers Hotel, at Fourth avenue
and Ferry street.
1t happened that the policeman was on an
other part of his beat when the incident Oc-
CURED, but he arrived few moments later and
search for the man was inaugurated. In
but she had been put to bed and as there
seemed no danger of her leaving the town she
was allowed to remain at the hotel. To the po-
lice she would tell nothing except that she
lived in the East Eud. that her assaiiart'S name
was Thomas Hayes and that he lived some
where in Allegheny.
The hotel proprietor said that the woman
had been stopping at the house at different
times for several weeks. On Saturday night
she came with Hayes, who registered as
Thomas Hayes and wife" This was the first
time they had known her to have anybody with
her at the hotel.
The Allegheny police were notified and
Hayes Will probably be arrested to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
A NEW LECTURE ROOM.
Carson Street Methodists Proud to Number
Mr.. Burleigh Among Them.

Carson Street Methodists Proud to Number
Mr.. Burleigh Among Them.
The pretty little lecture room of the Carson
Street NJ. E. Church wore new dress ytster-
day. 1t felt as PROUD and happy over the event
as the group of children that came out to cele-
brate the occasion. The painters audldecorat-
ors had retouched the walls. and what was for
merry a very dark room yesterday was bright
and cheerful.
G. L. Guichard, the pastor, wore n smiling
face, as did the other preachers present-C E.
Locke and j. w. Miles. He explained that
it was considered good Methodist Gus
rom always to take up collection.
but he told Clarence Bnrleigh he was going to
break the record and no. do it. Mr. Burleigh
advised him not to depart from the old land
marks. But Mr.. Guchard did not take up the
collection. however, even if the 500 which it
cost to repair the Sunday school room has not
all been paid. Mr.. Clarence Burleigh. who
WAS expected to make speech. was not pres
ent MIR. Guichard. in referring to his absence,
said that Mir. Bureigh had attended the Sun
day school during his boyhood and while he
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
FIRE ESCAPES AND LIVE WIRES

Are the Subjects Chosen for Discussion by
Rev. W. S. Williams.
Rev. w. S. Williams preached last evening
in the Christ Unversalist Church. Sixth street,
on THE Way We See Things" During his
sermon he said: "In this enlightened age we
hold life to be very valuable thing. and no
one has the right to jeopardze it when we have
all kinds of safeguards TO throw around it. Yet
in this CITY there are fire-iraps of buildings
which are allowed to be inhabited. The people
who. for greed of gain, allow these conditions
or permit them to continue are criminals, and
should be punished as criminals.
Again we have electric wires. which, under
the stress of storm. break and jeopardize the
lives of pedestrians and the men who are sent
TO repair the damage. In this age of invention
there is no reason that such dangers should ex-
ist There should be some power to enforce
the application of known methods for throwing
the necessary safeguards around these wires"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
PICKED UP BY THE POLICE.

MARTIN SCHMIDT was knocked down and
robbed by four men on South Thirtleth street
Saturday night. Larry Sullivan and Harry
Owens have been held tor court on suspicion
of being connected with the robbery.
H. SCHwAN's poker room, South Fifth
street, was raided Saturday night. The pro-
prletor was fined $40 and nine players S. each.
REDDY THOMAS was held for court yester-
day a charge of beating W. H. Leahy, a
saloon keeper, over the head with a brass plate.
PETER U.LRIcH and George Rescnoush were
arrested last night for refusing to pay fare and
raising 4 row in a Knoxville incline car.
PATRICK MURRAY paid SIS and Michael
Kaine s. for assaulting Patrolman Griffith at
Oakland.
PATRICK POWELL, confirmed wife-beater,
was given 30 days by,Judge Gripp yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
REDS IN THE BAD LANDS.
Rain-in-the-Face Said to he Causing All of
the Indian Trouble.

Rain-in-the-Face Said to he Causing All of
the Indian Trouble.
c. Kramer, Jr., cattle dealer of Rosie,
Mont: is stopping at the Monongahela House.
He came east with 9. 800 head of CATTLE l, 100 of
which lie left at Chicago, and the balance are
at the East Liberty Stock Yards. He says it
pays HIM to ship his cattle east of Chicago. and
every year he brings lot east. II states that
the prospects for the cattle business this winter
arc very good.
Mr.. Kramer went West IN '73 He was in the
Black Hills at the time of the Custer massacre
and bears several bullets in his body that he re-
ceiyed from redskins rifles. Over his right eye
is an ugly scar where SiouX's arrow ploughed
through the flesh. Mr.. Kramer says that i'm
mediately after Sitting Bulls death, Rain-in-
the-Face with his braves, intrenched them
selves IN the Bad Lands where it will be i'm
possible to disodSe them. He thinks if the
Chief could he killed that the Indian trouble
would be over. Rain-in-the-Face is bad man
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
SPOILED THE SLEIGHING.

A Sudden Thaw, With Rain, Converts the
Streets Into SlIlsh Beds.
The sudden change in the temperature Sat
urday night, which was followed by rainfall
during the early hours yesterday morning.
played havo with the slcighing. Streets that
were confidently expected to be in prime condi-
ton for Sunday driving, turned out to be beds
OF melted snow and slush. In the East End
that greatest of all places about PIttsburg for
the jingle of the merry bells and the flights of
all the crack snow horses not cutter was to
be seen in any direction
The change was entirely unlocked for, and it
carried sad disappointment to many hearts set
invigorating spins over broad andfrozen
streets, .-.,.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
Il. of l.. Printers New Officers.

Printers Assembly 1880. K. of L., held its
semi-arnual election yesterday, resulting as
follows: NJ. w, .,B.F Fink; w. F.. T. t. Lennon;
Recording Secretary. John Redfurn; Financial
Secretary. John A. Miller; Treasurer, Z. NJ.
Leighley; Trustees. Joseph McManus, John It.
Mccoy, T. ]. Dicus: Reading Clerk. Joseph
McA1anus; Judge. George K. Dabuey; Judge
Advocate. Thomas McNamee; Clerk of Court.
George d. O'Neill; Delegates to District AS
sembly. Nathan Green, George r. Dabney and
John i. Mccoy; Delegates 10 Central Trades
Council, CALVIN Wyatt and Thomas McNamee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
Il1. HlRNE K El.'5
PENN AVE. STORES.
STORE OPEN
This Evening
Until 9:3o O'Clock.

Every department filed to over
flowing to-day-even at this late
day we have received large ship
ments OF goods for nearly every de-
partment in the store. The ex-
traordinary business of last week
would have left this weeks buyers
little choice but for these timely ar
rivals.
You who have buying to do have
little time to read advertisements
so We do not ask you to see with
your mind, but urge you to come
and see with your eyes, and your
own eyes, these magnificent stocks
of holiday goods.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
PEOPLE WHO GONE AND 60.

A telegram received last evening an
nounced the arrival of the Westernland at
Antwerp. Jacob and Philip Burkhardt and
this steamer.
George r. and Robert S. Scull, two
sons of Congressman Scull. of Somerset, and
J. r. Thomas. of Niles, are at the Mononga-
hela House.
Colonel Thomas NJ. Bayne and r. NJ.
Gulic came in on the limited last evening.
r.. H. Lee. of Titusville, is guest at
the Duduesne.
David Coliingwood went to New York
last evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
SMALL SCRAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.

THE usual temperance meetings were held
last evening by the Rebeeca street. Allegheny.
NJ. P. Church, Sons of Temperance and More
head w. C. T. U. The attendance was good
and addresses interesting.
AT 3:25 yesterday morning there was an alarm
of fire from box l5S, which was caused by a
blaze in P. & L. L. watchman's shanty at the
foot of South Twenty-tfth street.
THE Coroner was notified last night of the
sudden death of Jacob Slmmen at his home on
Lillian street, Thirty-frst ward.
THE limited was 40 minutes late last even
inC
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
AFTER SUNDAY LOAFERS.
Allegheny Police Make an Unsuccessful War
dc

Allegheny Police Make an Unsuccessful War
on Street Corner Crowds.
For some time complaints have been coming
into the Allegheny police regarding the habit
of boys loafing about street corners, especially
in the upper part of North avenue They are
boys from 10 to 10 years and collect in big
crowds. Each Sunday they have class drill in
profanity.
Last evening Detective Zimmerman and
Lieutenant Alexander went after the boys. On
East street they picked up four boys and
further down North avenue they got two more
At North avenue and James street there was a
big crowd, but the boys ran at sight of the Off
GERS. They pursued, but the pavement went
out from under them, and while they were try
ing to punch holes in the horizon the boys
escaped
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
81 A YARD.

Three special values in All-Black
Cheviots-Our 81, 81 IS and 81 so
qualities now reduced to 75c, 81
and ST IS yard.
French and Scotch Ginghams-
The entire remaining assortments,
regular 4oc and soc qualities and
styles, reduced now to I5c yard.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
EARTRs CURTAIN DRAWN.

The Body of George Winn Laid to Rest in
HilIdaie Cemetery.
The funeral of George Winn, the Superin-
tendent of the Allegheny Fire Alarm, who was
killed on Friday by electricity, took place yes
terday from Lowry's undertaking rooms, on
Beaver avenue The body lay lin state for an hour
while being viewed bv the tiremen and police
50 of the former and "a of the latter being III at
tendance as mark of respect. The Council
Committee on Fire was also present.
The firemen ant police escorted the large
funeral to HilIdale Cemetery where the inter-
ment took place The service was conducted
by Rev. Launitz, of the German Presbyterian
Church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
THREE vICTIMs OF THE RAIL.
They Die From Their Iniurie, at the West
Penn Hospital.

Penn Hospital.
Coroner Mcdowell will hold inauests to-day
on the bodies of the three railroad men who
died at the West Penn Hospital.
Joseph Kennedy. the Pennsylvania Railroad
engineer who had both legs cut off in the yard t,
at the Twenty-eighth street roundhouse Satur-
day morning, died yesterday morning. The
deceased was 56 years of age and had been an
engineer on the Pennsyl ania Railroad for over
20 years. The remains were removed to his
late residence in Williamsburg.
Jacob Weis. aged 6S years. who was injured
bv falling elevator at Madison street and the
West Penn Railroad, Allegheny, died Saturday
night.
Frank Kelly. aged "a years. died yesterday
morning from injuries received while coupling
cars on the Allegheny Valley Railroad at Forty
seventh street on Saturday morning. The re-
mains werc removed to his late residence, at
No. 1855 Hatfield street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-22
THE PRISONER PAINTED.

A Head Cut and an Eye Closed in Melee
Yesterday.
James Thornton and Thomas Pollard were
incarcerated in the Seventeenth ward station
yesterday morning on charge of dIsorderly
conduct. Thornton tainted from the loss, of
blood when he entered the station house. Pol
lard is Thornton's landlord and the two got
into fight the cause of which they refuse to
divulge. The latter got severe cut on the
left side of the head. and had numerous
bruises Pollard was considerably bruised and
one eye was almost closed.
a hearing was to have been held yesterday,
but was postponed until this morning.