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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
PLAYS TO COME.

THE William A. Brady Company, presen ting
the late Dion Boucicault's melodrama. AFTER
Dark" will be the attraction next week at the
Biiou. The story deals with life in England's
great metropolis. The production is to be
mounted here with new scenery from the brush
of Harley Merry. Among the many thrilling
incidents connected with the representation is
a fine view of the famous Thames embankment
by moonlight, an underground railroad tunnel
showing daring rescue from the railroad
track of an insensible man, and besides many
others, a realistic picture of a London music
hall which serves to introduce a host of vaude-
vile and minstrel artists,
THE latest work of the clever author and
actor, William Gillette. "All the Comforts of
Home" will be the New Years attraction at
the Duquesne Theater. 1t will be produced
here by the original New York company. in
cluding Henry Miller, Maud Haslam, Charles
Dickson, Bijou Heron, Samuel Edwards. Kate
Derrin Wilson, and other accomplished play
ers. under the direction of Mr.. Charles Froh-
man. The production will be identicalIy the
same. scenery and all, as distinguished the play
in its New York triumph. 1t is rushing,
roaring occasion of fun, and has led New York
Philadelphia, and Boston into easy captivity
A special matinee will be given New Years
day.
Years week, promises to be a musical treat for
Pittsburg, as the opera is decidedly one of the
novelties of the season, and as such alone it
commands the attention OF theater goers But
more than that, poor Jonathan" is said to be
of musical worth. The score is plentifully
sprinkled with really melodious numbers, the
chief, ones beng. "Wilt Thou My True Love
Be?r and the fluent waltz movement "I'm the
Unfortunate Jonathan" which permeates the
whole opera. There are many other pretty
things in the entertainments, and the West
Point cadet drill in the last act is notable fea-
ture. Mr. Aronson's company comprises many
well-known comic opera artists. Among them
are Camille Darvile, Marie Hsttou, Louise
Kissing, L. n. Ryley, Fred solomon, Henry
Hallam, George olmis' Max Lube, and others.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
AN IMPORTANT ELECTION DECISION.

1t VIII Probably Seat Democratic Candi-
date for Governor.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. A.-lntelligence of the
greatest importance, as bearing on the con-
tested Governorship, has Just been received in
this city. 1t is the decision of Judge Hall,
Republican, in a contested Judge of Probate
case at East Lynne. He decides that paster
put on blank space under the title, Judge of
Probate" in Prohibition State ticket makes
the ballot illegal under the State ballot law.
On almost all the Prohibition ballots in this
State the Judge of Probate candidates. were
left blank and the name was written IN for each
Probate district Under Judge Halls ruling,
this would throw out some $500 Prohibition
ballots in the State and elect Morris (Dem.) by
a large majority. Judge Halls decision is the
more significant, as it gave the Democratic
candidate the office in the East Lynne district.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
THE WINTER FESTIVAL.

If the only present in Pittsburg's stock
ing this morning is a continuance of the
prosperity which for several years has en-
abled her industrious citizens to celebrate
Christmas with right good will, she should
be content. And without pretending to an
assured knowledge of Santa Claus inten-
tions in this regard we believe Pittsburg
will not be disappointed. There can be no
doubt at ali that Pittsburg has good ap-
petite for her Christmas turkey. Plenty of
work, good wages, peace and health are
famous aids to appetite and digestion, and
there are very few in this city who have not
enjoyed them during the past year. Christ
mas, too, comes this year in old fashioned
garb; mantle of snow trimmed seasonably
with ice covers the earth, and frosty air
makes the steady gas fire as cherry
as the blazing yule log. If the
thronged streets and stores are any
sign full stockings and stomachs will be the
rule to-day. In such a workadsy world as
ours the winter festival is most welcome; it
breaks in two the most trying season of the
year, and cheers the heart of man to face the
trials of the new year at hand. And charity
that blesseth him that gives and him that
takes is no idle word at Christmas here; it
is translated generously into practice, so
that wherever the sound of the Christmas
chimes shall penetrate to-day it will carry
the message of peace upon earth and good
will toward men which centuries ago the
day brought to Bethlehem. Old as they are
these tidlngs retain their gladness, and the
anthem of responsive joy encircles the
earth. THE DISPATCH wishes all its read
ers very merry Christmas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

test in use, which occurred recently in
Michigan. 1t filled the car with live Goals
and gas" and 'the Goals fell over the pas
sengers. badly burning several and setting
fire to the seats and woodwork" This occur
renee shows that no heater can be depended
on, and that the only safe way of warming
railway trains is by the use of steam sup
Piled from the boiler of the engine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Her Stocking Will Overflow.

Ex-Delinquent Tax Collector Tom Phelps
was shining example of the average man on
Christmas Eve, when 1 met him in a store on
Wood street yesterday afternoon. He was
loaded like a freight boat in a busy season with
all sorts of boxes and bundles. He had not half
got through his shopping then, though his
arms were full.
"a man doesn't know what Christmas ISL he
said. "till he has little cherub of his own to
introduce to Santa Claus The filing of my
little girls stocking is the merriest part of
Christmas for me, and Pm enjoying it to the
full just now"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Another Standard Concern Chartered.

CHARLESTON, w. VA Dec. 2-The Eureka
Pipe Line Company was chartered here yester-
day with a capital of 81, 100000. The iucorpora-
tors are Daniel o'Day, of Buffalo, N. Y; c. N
Payne, of Titusville, Pa; H. McSweeney and
]. R. Campbell. of Oil City. Pa, and R. E.
Alexander, of Parkersburg. w. Va. The con-
Germ Will operate In the West Virginia tield.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

THE figure of the sinking ship which MIR.
Cleveland used in his speech night before last
in describing the condition of the Republican
party was developed on the same lines and in
precisely the same connection in an editorial
in Henry Watterson's Courier-Jou17lGL some
months ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
BITS OF HUMOR.
The tramp will have no Christmas gifts

The tramp will have no Christmas gifts
For others or his own;
No tokens or financial lifts
Shall from his hands be thrown.
He may not deal out shoes and boots,
Nor plank the good things down.
Nor pass around the Christmas suits
But he may skirt the town.
oil City Bttzrdrd
Keely's motor is not vet in running order;
but there is room for more assessments on the
stock shares. He must have another can Of oil to
make his machine go--NeIo Orleans Picdyune.
The heated summer term Is Ger;
The perspirstion leaves the brow.
The man who used to shut the door
Will always leave 1t open now,
-Washtn9ton Star.
Names don't count for much. Bull Head
killed Sitting Bull.-TOtedo Blade.
Johnny Shattuck-Do the French people
build houses on microbes. papa?
Shattuck-What an absurd idea, Johnny! Where
did you get it?
Johnny-But don't they build them on Paris
sites, papa?-ChiedOO Inter Ocean.
Waiter (producing bill of fare)-what
will you order, sir?
Slgnor Succi (waving it aside)-Bring me every.
thingI-Chtcago Tribune.
The young California woman who is walk
ing across the continent for g. 900 has undertaken
a great feat. But 1t is nothing to what her own
will be after she has accomplished ft.-Chfeago
Times.
In divorce case in q New York town the
wife exhibits 165 love letters which her then lover
wrote her in three months. He sometimes wrote
her six per day, and his shortest notes contain six
pages. He had been married only six months
When he boxed her ears.-Dstroft Free Press.
Bieeks--It is more expensive to give than
to receive.
Kleeks-Don't fool yourself. 1 received a pair
OF shippers from my retty cousin last Christmas,
and she intimates that she is just dying for pair
Of diamond esrrings.-AinRe0poti JoHrn0k
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Santa Claus, Sweet Tooth.

1t would be interesting to know how much
candy will be eaten IN this country to-day. A
somewhat prolonged sojourn in front of the
counter of one of the most popular Pjttsburg
candy stores yesterday afternoon convinced
me that this generation has a very sweet tooth.
The fair sex was slightly in the majority-but
only Slightly. 1t was patient crowd on the
whole. and it was noticeable that the women
were better walters - they stayed better.
Women are used to being kept waiting in stores,
and they are not averse to putting in an after
noon shopping. Men are not.
There were fathers who wanted candy for lit
tie stockings, husbands who desired to placate
the genius of the freside with sweet sacrifices,
and lovers who had mind to conjure Cupids
favors with bonbons There were mothers and
wives and maidens fair of all degrees, whose
purchases were in kind the same as their mas
culine competitors. The children for the most
part simply longed for caramels for their own
sweet sake. AS fast as a score or so of bright
young men and women behind the counter
could weigh. sort and pack uD the sugary goods
the buyers squeezed their way to the street.
Their places were taken at once by others-and,
by the way, at one time counted 81 persons in
the store. In all the other stores visited dur
ing the afternoon, while the crowds were great
everywhere, the scene in the candy store was
not equaled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
veneration and Alteration.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:

TO the Editor OF The Dispatch:
The notice of picture frame for the ma
donna di San Listo'' at the Cathedral. in yester-
days DISPATCH. represents st. Sixtus, st.
Barbara and the angels as ador1ng the Ma
donna; whereas. the alteration is directed to
the Divine Infant in her arms. Every person
should know that while Catholics may venerate
religious objects, their alteration is reserved
for God alone. w. L. AKERS.
BRADDoCK Dec. 23
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
1t May Come to This.


BnffalO Express.
Lawyers have succeeded in finding heirs to
another large section of Chicago, and they will
contest the titles Of the present owners. The
Worlds Fair Commission should make sure
that there is nobody who can lay claim to
ground on which the exhibition will be held
and sue visitors to the fair for trespass.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
DEATHS OF A DAY.
DIR. Diller Luther.

READING, Pa, Dec. 24.-Dr. Diller Luther,
who has been ill for the last month with a dropsl-
cal affection died at his home in this city last
night. He was until lately Secretary of the State
Board of Public Charities, and always took an
active interest in its affairs. In 1868 he ap-
pointed Internal Revenue Collector for this DIS
trict, by President Lincoln, and held that Office
for several years. Prior to this he had practiced
medicine in this city from 1882. He was also
pioneer in the coal mining business. He was 50
years of age.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Drop the Elections Bill.
liIadelphia Inquirer, Rep. )

Philadelphia Inquirer, Rep.I
The Republicans Of the Senate are appar-
emily drifting into snarl from which they will
not be able to exrricate themselves unless a
spirit of compromise is evinced. The stumb-
ling block is the Elections bill. Were this
measure out of the way there would be COM
paratively plain sailing. Why not drop it, or
at least postpone it until the work is sufi-
ciently advanced to make an extra session un-
necessary?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
John g. SamnIe.

the veterans in this county, died at midnight
Tuesday, aged 46 years, at the residence Of his
sister, Mrs. NJ. ID. Moniger, Page street, Allie
gheny. The deceased had served with distinction
as a member of the Slxty-irst Regiment, Pennsyl-
yania Volunteers; Company E First Battalion
Pennsylvania Cavalry: First Battalion Light Ar
tilIery, and Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy
ARTILLERY,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
A GOVERNMENT TEST OF STEEL.

The Best Record of Endurance of strain
Beaten by 10000 Pounds.
READING, Dec. 24-At a test of steel manu-
factured at the Carpenter Steel Works, this
city, a one-Inch bar broke at a strain of 233 S3S
pounds. being about @. 600 pounds in excess of
the highest record authoritatively known.
The test was made under the supervision OF
Government officers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
A STATUE TO CORTEZ.

The Conqueror of Mexico Officially Hon
ored in a Spanish City.
WASHINGTON Dec. 24-The Bureau of the
American Republics has information that the
first monument to Hernando Cortez, the con-
queror of Mexico, was unveiled in his native
city of Medellin. in Extremadura, Spain, on the
I'd of December.
The statue was erected by the municipality of
Medellin, aided by the contribution of $1,000
from the Senate and 81, 200 by the Chamber of
Deputies of Spain. The statue is the work of
young Spanish sculptor, Eugenio Barron.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
THE HEBREW RITUAL.
Changes Decided Upon by Committee of
the RabinicaI Conference.

CINCINNATI. Dec. 24-The committee ap-
pointed at the Central Rabbinical Conference at
Cleveland last July, to formulate ritual to be
used by all the synagogues in the United
States, met here and has agreed upon the fol-
lowing:
The Sabbath and holiday prayers will be SO
reeast as to be in accordance with tie modern
concep ion of Judaism. SO that while retaining
the typical sentences in the Hebrew the greater
part of the service will be in English. Special
forms of prayer will also be added for special
occasions such as marriages, funerals, con-
firmations, passover celebrations, etc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
DON'T grow too enthusiastic to-day and loa
up with more than you can carry.

up with more than you can carry.
WELL, you got Something of course. No
use trying to conceal it. Your face betrays
the secret. You wear your heart on your
sleeve to-day if at no other period of your
humdrum, work-a-day existence. No matter
what it was, it's mark for the memory, at all
events 1t lifts your eyes from the hard walk
to the shining stars. If you are lonely it makes
you feel as if you were in jolly company. If
you just beginning to tire of the struggle it
will give you fresh grip on the round OF life's
ladder and lead you step higher. If you are
stranger In strange land it will show you that
hearts are the same the world over-that the
brotherhood and the sisterhood are not divided
by imaginary lines; that blood, while it may be
thicker than water, doesn't flow quite so freely
Perhaps the gift you received was packe In
neat little box by loving hands. Perhaps
wrinkled face looked into it before the lid was
nailed down. Perhaps tear fell on the token.
If SO it was SO pure that it did not
leave a stain. In such gift you can see
vision truer and palmer than that said to be re-
vealed by the magic mirrors of the mystics 1t
will never fade Perhaps your gift recalls an abb
sent friend, arosy lip, laughing eye. task well
done, generous act a gentle rule-a crumb
cast upon the stream of life which did not get
lost in the wreckage or mired in the mud. And
the givers what of them? o, they're just as
pleased as the party of the second part, of
course. A pleasant task is surely an easy one.
They are the lions of the hour. 1t would never
do for them to hear all that will be SAID about
them to-day. The praise the kind words, the
sweet looks, the bright smiles, the warm wishes
are not for their ears, but when the little birds
come back they will sing them the secret. Keep
your keepsakes polished and bright. They
mark some day, some word. some deed which
can never again return, be spoken or be per-
formed. They commemorate past pleasure or
a heeting joy. They bind hearts and link
friendships They are the gems packed up
along the pathway. They are the flowers
pluckeo from the grave of Yesterday to place
on the brow of Tomorrow.
ALUM is suggested as tho new name for
aluminium. Life is too short to wrestle with
long words.
IF Congress could be gagged effectually the
public would not be loser.
TODAY will give you an idea Of what Sunday
would be if the city was ''wide open"
A DAM is worth 5000 provided it is located
on the Monongahela.
A GREAT many merry maidens will find
marriage license in their stocking this morn
ing. The more the merrier.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

THE strong points of the new Supreme
Court judge are being brought to light. 1t is
said now that Mr.. Brown. of Detroit, has killed
his man. Better still, the man was burglar
who sought to loot the house of Mr.. Brown.
The Presidents choice will be popular with
everybody but the burglars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25


Here's to the year that is going,
Here's to the absent friend;
Fill your cup to overfowing,
Let hearts with the red wine blend.
Drink to the joys left behind you,
Let sorrow remain where it lies;
The shadows should only remind you
That they darken sunlit skies.
So when the glad bells begin ringing,
Let your glasses merrily chime;
Drink to the youth who is singing
Over the grave of Time!
Tho under white snow sleep the flowers,
The holly hangs over the door;
Why should we weep for the hours
Lost in the Nevermorc.
Think of your old friends gladness,
Drink to his sunny side;
Don't embitter the cup with his sadness,
Joy with the wine should abide.
So when the cold moon is shining
On the tomb of the dying year,
Welcome the glad youth reclining
BY the side of the snowy bier.
Here's to the year that is coming.
No matter what it may bring;
We know that the bees will be hummiug
And birds in its springtime sing.
A sigh for the Past and its sorrow,
A toast to the Is To Be;
To-day we can drink, but Tomorrow
May end in Eternityi
So when the shadows are falling,
And bells peal a merry chime,
Drink to the strong youth crawling
Over the grave of Time!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

SOUTH AMERICA reports a disaster SINH
lar to that of the Johnstown food As the
afiicrion falls on the already afflicted Argen-
tine Republic, that struggling country is en-
titled to the fullest sympathy
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

NEW YORK politicians have discovered
that Governor David Bennett Hill was left out
of the Reform Club banquet, and there is more
bowling over the eminent "reformer" who was
lost than the 500 who were there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Joe Hoy, Labor Leader,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCHl
ScoTTDALE, Dec. A.-Joe Hoy. the well-known
young labor leader, who was member of the Ex-
ecutive Board of the Knights of Labor and was
very active in building up that organization in
the coke regions, expired at his home in New
Haven Monday. His remains were laid to rest
this afternoon, the funeral being att ended by a
large number OF members of tue b. Of L.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

ATTORNEY WALLACE escaped from the
Doodle prosecution at New Castle because of
the refusal of Tate. Downing and Shaffer to
testify. Naturally enough he wants to get the
others out of the hole the court put them in.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
John Paxton.

WASHINGTON, Pa. Dec. A.-Grocer John Pax
ton, OF Houstonville, who is probably as widely
known in Washington county as any man. died
this morning. The deceased was about 80 years of
age, and leaves family of four children, two of
whom arc Rev. John K Paxton, the noted Pres
byterian minister of New York, and Wilson PSx-
ton, of Washington, ID. q.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
w. b. Daniels. Merchant.

DENVER, Dec. "a. w. b. Daniels, the wealthiest
drygoods merchant in Colorado, died this morn
ing of paralysis. The deceased was 65 years OF
age, and leaves pne son, now in Japan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

The Kansas City Star says that Senator
Ingalls, has the stuff in him to write novel.
Nobody will be inclined to dispute this; his
political speeches abound in entertaining
fiction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

A WHITE Christmas and a merry one
and city folks must be content to know that
the snow is lying wherever it has a fair chance
to in the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
How Oil Dri1lers Celebrate.

The town will be full of men from the oil
fields about Pittsburg to-day. Pittsburg is
headq uarters for them on Christmas Day. If
you run across genial, well-dressed man with
plenty of money in his pockets and an evident
desire to spend it upon others to-day, you are
very likely to discover that he halls from the
land of the derrick and the drill. The tool
dressers and drillers generally follow their own
devices on Christmas Day about here. Most
wells in the Pittsburg field flow and the men
employed about them are given the holidays.
Where the wells are pumping the owners see
that the bumpers get turkeys and something
TO Keep them warm and cheerful. The National
transit Pipe Line treats its employees gener-
ously, too. at this holiday season, and indeed
you will find that there is a good deal of heart
in the oil business everywhere.
The bumpers cannot leave the wells. and
some Christmas dinners will be eaten in the
shadow Of the derrick. but they will be rel
ished all the same. But in this field, where the
wells generally are flowing, the drillers and
tool-dressers will get into Pittsburg to cee-
brate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Who Can Give This Information

Who Can Give This Information
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you kindly inform me through the paper
where the word husband is first found In the
Bible. Also where father is first found in the
New Testament. A SUBSCRIBER.
PITTSBURG, Dec. %
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Even Gold Plugging Barred.

new I Ork otlr.I
The scheme of making bimetallic money by
taking silver quarter of dollar and insert
ing 70 cents worth Of gold into its center will
not go. There is popular aversion to plugged
quarters that il will not be easy TO overcome.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
Few Thousand Miles.

Chicago 1nter-Ocean.1
1t is said that Jay Gould will give the Union
Pacific to his son George for Christmas gift.
George must have extra long hosiery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

Weldon Swope Mason, eldest of H. L.
Mason member of the firm of j. X. Weldin
Co., died yesterday, aged 2s years. Mr.. Mason
was well and favorably known in business and
social circles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25

q JAY GOULD doesn't care SO much about secur-
ing peace on earth as he does about getting a
piece of the earth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
i. e. Lauffer, District ATTORNEY.

GREENsBURG, Pa, Dec. A.-The death of Dis
trict Attorney j. L. Lautfer. which occurred
early this morning. has cast a gloom over the
community. He was about 81 years of age and
had been practicing at the bar for about sly
years. He very popular and had large
practice,