Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-11
This bright little poem is by Mary E.
Bradley, in 81. Nicholas:

This bright little poem is by Mary E.
Bradley, in 81. Nicholas:
THE REASON WHY.
when was at the party"
Said Betty tagged lust fourl,
"a little girl fell off her chair.
Right down upon the floor;
And all the other little girls
Began to laugh, but me
didn't laugh single biz"
Said Betty, seriously.
"why not?'' her mother asked her,
Full Of delight to find
That Betty-biess her little heartI-
Had been so SWeetly kind.
"Why didn't you laugh, darling?
Or don't you like to tell?n
- didn't laugh," said Betty.
cause ii WAS me that fell''
And here Is what Bishop HUNTINGTON
says in the Forum about the shortcomings of
the church;
More than half the religious organizations
large or small. are at present practical contra
uicJIOns of the sermon on the mount 1t does
not need an oStentatious hierarchy to open the
door for the prince of this world !" of whom
the Savior said, ''he hath nothing in me " let
ting him IN where he does tenfold the mischief
he could do by persecution. seductions CT in
hdel arguments outside. He buys up the prop
erty, holds the keys of pew doors, puts rich
families in the foremost seats. hires and paws
the choir, raises funds by lotteries and Jheatri-
Gals, tells the lower classes" to stay out in the
streets patronizes them with a mission
chapel in the outskirts, makes a fashion plate
of the female worshIpers, sees to it that parish
offices and all other marks of distinction are
assigned to prosperous merchants, politicians
and leaders of society-never to mechanics and
day laborers who have no qualifications except
piety and good sense-Suits the preacher to the
tastes of the ruling set, ano runs the concern"
What is all this parochial mAmmonism and
snObbeTy, but 4 surrender of the kingdom of
The crucitied to his adversary: Where Is the
divine brotherhood? Meantime, prudent care
is taken to keep the holy language and hand
some ceremonial safe, and not to put St Dives
into the calendar.
In Pittsburg this paragraph, from Mr.
BoutwelPs article in the Forum, will ind
no lack of commencing readers:
1t should be noticed that the tariff has not de-
sfroyed our foreign trade nor is there any evil
GenCe that ii has diminished it. although the
carrying has been transferred to foreign bot
toms. In 1870 our trade with the outside world
aggregated SS2S 600, 600, and in 1890 il had
reached the enormous sum of 81, ,647 900 GOO. If
20 per cent Of the carrying trade were in Amer
3can bottoms, there would not be employment
for one-half the men of New England who are
now engaged in manufactures and in the de-
pendent arts and trades; Will. for women and
children sea-going pursuits furnish no occupa-
tion, but the absence upon the ocean of faith
err husbands and sons creates more desolate
homes than can now be numbered on the hill
sides of New England. This great increase IN
cur foreign trade has come while the protective
system has been in operation, and no such gain
can be shown during the free trade period that
IS from 1882 to 1861. Nor is the volume of man
ufactures now exported an Insignificant item.
in the first II months Of the last fiscal year our