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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
The Music Not Very Ancient.

CAME out again into the world, under the
shining of the nineteenth century street
lamps and a few blocks away there was a
sound of music. There was no suggestion
OF ancient history about that music. It evi
IDENTIFY proceeded from brass band, vigorous
and enthusiastic. Presently the brass band came
in sight, and after it the queerest procession!
Here was company OF men and women march
ing down the middle of the street, waving their
arms and swinging their caps and clappIng
their hands in time to the music, and singing
the words of a religious hymn to the melody of
the most hilarious and secular and "nigger-
MINSTREL sort of tune. The men wore red
jackets and the women had on poke bonnets,
and upon their badges were printed in plain let
tiers the explanatory words, salvation Armyp'
followed them into their barracks. Here was
great barn of a room with high platform
and rows of wooden benches, and the walls
adorned with warning and inviting sentences
from the Bible The soldiers took their
places on the platform with the brass band and
began rollicking hymn in which the voices of
the chorus and the horns of the musicians Wed
with each other in rivalry of noise. "Now all
of you that's nicely saved" shouted the leader.
''say hallelujah p and such war cry went up
from the people on the platform as may we'll
have scared regiment of devils. Then prayer
and another prayer-queer, familiar. in street
language, careless of grammar, punctuated by
'amens" from the kneeling soldiers, but
straightforward, evidently sincere, earnest, full
of faith and really impressive. A converted
negro minstrel then came forward and sang
topical song. first teaching the audience the
chorus The title of the song was, Isn't 1t
Funny They Don'tr' and the chorus was:
"The Salvation Army they don't understand,
And isn't it funny they dontn'
1t was clever thing, with capital points in
it, and well sung. Then another prayer and
the collection, and an address or two and the
meeting was over.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
A CASE OF BRAIN AMPUTATIoN.
A Portion Which Oozed Out of a Child's
Wounded Head is Removed.

CHICAGO, Dec. IA patient will leave the
county hospital this week who has undergone
one of the most remarkable cases of brain am-
putation that has ever taken place in Chicago.
Last August 4-year-old Mamie Brown was ad-
mitted to the hospital, suffering from afracture
of the skull. The entire left side of The head
had been crushed in by the kick of horse. A
trephinlnC operation was performed. No i'll
effects were noticed for several days, when a
curious growth was observed on the head above
and behind the right ear.
A close investigation showed that the dura
matter, or tough membrane covering tie brain,
had been fractured and the brain was forcing
its way through the aperture and out through
the fractured skull. Enough forced its way
out to form a lump larger than a walnut. 1t
was seen that an attempt to replace the brain
would be useless, and it was decided to remove
il. The operation was in every way successful.
Little Mamie rallied from the operation and
was soon able to be running around the wards.
She lost none of her faculties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
THIS IS THE ENGLISH OF 1T.
A Collection Revealing the Curiosities of
Pronunciation.

A Collection Revealing the Curiosities o
Pronunciation.
The following examples, says the st. Loui
Republic, give some samples of English, not a
she is spoke, but as she is pronounced:
Abergavenny is pronounced Abergenny.
Beauchamp is pronounced Beecham.
BolIngbroke Is pronounced Ballingbrook.
Brougham is pronounced Broom.
Bulwer is pronounced Butler.
Cholmondeley is pronounced Chumley.
Cirencester is pronounced Sissister.
Cockburn is pronounced Cobun.
Colquhoun is pronounced Cohon.
Cowper is pronounced Cooper.
Grosvenor is pronounced Grovener.
Hawarden is pronounced Harden.
Holborn is pronounced Hobun.
Knollys is pronounced Knowles.
Leicester is pronounced Lester.
Maioribank is pronounced Marchbank.
Marylebone is pronounced Marrabun.
Salisbury is pronounced Sawlsbry.
St. Leger is pronounced Silliger.
Wemyss is pronounced Weems.
Taliaferro is pronounced Tolliver.
Norwich is pronounced Norridge.
Talbot is pronounced Torbut.
Thames is pronounced Tens.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

EMIN PAsHA is back on the shores of the
Victoria Nyanza again.!a the head of German
expedition. There is tolerably strong though
tacit understanding among the members of the
late Emin Pasha relief organization that the
next time he wishes to be relieved, he will have
to relieve himself.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

ONE of the singular features of the COM
ments on the indictment of railway officials in
Chicago, is the unanimity with which the cor.
porate organs state that they are indicted for
cutting rates" Open and above board cutting
of rates. that is a general and announced re-
duction to all shippers, is not illegal, although
the railway interest tries to keep up the i'm
preston that it is The Chicago men were in
dcted for granting secret reductions to certain
favored shippers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

IT is stated that the capital of new enter
prises placed in the London market during the
past three years amounts to S1,7500O0, 600.
When we consider the inflated nature of most
of those enterprises, of which the public is
informed, it is not a surprising matter that
London has suffered monetary squeeze.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
THE HERO OF THE CONGO.
Explorer Stanley to Lecture Here Under the
Auspices of the Press Club.

Auspices of the Press Club.
At 10 o'clock this morning the sale of seats
for the Stanley lecture at Old City Hall next
Monday night will open at Kleber's music
store. Wood street. A rush is anticipated, but
the hall is large one and precautions have
been taken to guard against spectators. Stan
ley's personal narrative of his wonderful Afri-
can adventures has created a popular sensation
wherever it has been delivered, and judging by
the interest displayed in Pittsburg thus far IN
advance of his coming, 1t is safe to say that a
perfect ovation awaits the great explorer.
Efforts have already been made to secure
Stanley for a return date, but his time has been
fully booked for months in advance, and there
is every reason to believe that Pittsburgers
will have their only opportunity to hear the
Hero of the Congo on the evening of Mon
day, December 10. Information concerning the
prices of seats, etc, will be found in the adver-
tising column of THE DISPATCH.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

Latimer, the name of the third was Cranmer.
The reformation had come, and done great
work, good and i'll; and then as it seemed, it had
been killed and done away with. After Elizabeth
came many. And now the Reformers came in
for the usual reward Of the reformer. In the
midst of his sermon, the Sunday / was in
Oxford, the preacher at st. Mary's pointed to
the pillar just opposite the pulpit, beside which
Cranmer stood on the morning of the day of
his burning. There he stood and declared that
he had done a cowardly and wicked thing by
setting his name to denial of his faith. This
right hand" he said, (which signed that false
paper, shall burn first" And then they took
him out to Broad street. and set him in the
midst of the faggots, and you know how he
held that hand out without fiinching, into the
fierce fame. And you remember how Latimer
said to Ridley as the fire grew hot about them:
"Play the man, Master Ridley. for we shall
this day light such candle in England, as by
Gods grace shall never be put outr' You
think of all that as you stand in that Oxford
church and beside that Oxford street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
A HEBREW WEDDING
Celebrated Last Evening on Watson Street,
at the Brides Home.

At the residence of ]. Wizansky. No. 40 Wat
son street. last evening occurred the wedding
of his niece, Miss Jeanette Goldstein and Mr..
l. Myers. of Homestead. The ceremony was
nerformed in the presence eff large number of
friends, and the house was crowded with merry
makers. The wedding arrangements were in
charge of Messrs- s. Baum and D. s. Pringle.
Those present from other places were: Messrs:
Charles Stewart, John f. Cox, Squire Oeffner,
DR.. John Osborn. David DAVIS, Peter Oeffner
and Samuel Markiwitz, of Homestead; l. Simon
and wife, of West Newton, and A. Skirball, Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

PITTsBURG's samples of nickel steel
armor plate are winning the approval Of the
Navy Department experts. Within three
months Pittsburg will be turning out the armor
plates that reduce the compound armor Of the
British navy to the value of scrap iron.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
A STORMY VOYAGE.
The North German Steamer Saale Expert
ences Its Worst Passage.

ences Its worst Passage.
NEW YORK, Dec. THE North German
Lloyd steamer Saale, which arrived at her dock
in Hoboken this morning, had the stormiest
passage she ever experienced. Monday last the
strong westerly gale turned into hurricane.
Every wave washed the deck fore and aft. A
towering mountain of water swept over the
bridge and deluged the officer in command.
This was followed by another of equal size,
and shortly afterward by third.
The steam was shut of, and then there
occurred a sudden down draft through the fur
naces which forced vast volumes of smoke into
the stokers compartment. This puffed up the
air tunnels and rushed into the saloon and
dining rooms Some excitable person yelled
Fire ;" and for awhile panic prevailed. 1t
was eight hours before the ship could resume
her course.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

The statement that the new hotel which
W. w. Astor is to put up in New York will be
seventeen stones hlgh indicates the danger that
both style and prices of the hotel will be as
lofty as its architecture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
FOR MISSION WORK.
The Children of st. Marks Mission Give a
Pretty Entertainment.

Pretty Entertainment.
An interesting programme of sacred reci-
tations, dialogues and songs was gwen last
night at the st. Marks English Lutheran
Mission, Third street, Allegheny, by the
Childrens Missionary Society. The special
features were conservation class of IA of the
little girls from the Sabbath school and several
dialogues of a number of the little boys. These
meetings are held every two months, and last
night was the third. Sixty members were en-
rolled at the first meeting, and 50 more were
added at the second meeting. Last night 26
new members Joined.
Yesterday morning the pastor. Rev. o. B.
King. gave comparison of the lives of Esau
and Jacob This was the first of a series of
sermons which he will give on the lives of Isaac
and Rebecca.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

as a proof that the war must be fought over
again. But it is direct proof of the per-
sistence of Bourbon stupidity and the prob
ability that another generation will be re.
quired before it dies out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

SENATOR HoAR's discovery that one of
the sections of the elections bill is in the bill
by mistake may perhaps be prelude to the
perception that all the other sections of the bill
are there by mistake also.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
BATTERY BIS Bazaar Tonight.

The finishing touches are being put to the
Fifth avenue market hall for the opening of
Battery BIS fair and bazaar tonight. The
dingy old building has undergone a transforma-
ton, and has been converted into wilderness
of flags bunting and banners. The boys have
worked hard in the past As hours to get things
in trim, and those who patronize the entertain
ment tonight will undoubtedly be delighted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
AReformer of Olden Times.

AT Balliol College there is an ancient parch-
ment, yellow with age, sealed with quaint
seal, conferring college living upon John Wyc-
life. This was in the fourteenth century
Wyclffe looked out through the windows of his
Oxford study into the world he lived in, and
made I'D his mind that it was a pretty bad
world. He took upon himself the righting of
it. What a blessed encouragement it is that
there are always men, in all bad times, whose
motto is that of the Salvation Army, "All at it,
and always at itr' WycJitfe set out upon a
career of universal opposition. He was the son
of lshmael, with his hand against almost every
man He was the great obstructionist. He be-
gan with the Pope, and declared that he had no
right to a tribute which he was claiming from
the English nation, and the Pope, accord
ingly. failed to get his money. Then
he attacked the friars. Then he angered
the theologians by denying transubstantiation.
Then he exasperated the aristocracy by preach
ing Socialism. Against all the evils of his day
he found spears and armor in the word of God.
And he set about getting that word translated
so that everybody might read it. Thus out of
Oxford. and as the result of this second Oxford
movement. came the first translation of the
whole Bible. But Wycliffe. like Bacon, had his
reward up above, not down here. The wonder
is that they left him unburned. After he was
dead they did dig up his body and burn that.
But he died in his bed, his good works living af-
ter him.
In front of Balllol College there is mark in
the pavement, which indicates the place where
there we're two notable fires. These fires oc-
Cured in the sixteenth century, and in them
several distinguished citizens of England lost
their lives. Nearby, in the middle of Broad
street, is a monument set up to the memory Of
these men. One of the men who persisted in
the fire was named Ridley, another was named
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

WHEN we remember the prediction
boasts of Chairman Andrews. the information
that this recently ambitious political leader
has come down to clerkship in the Senate,
impresses us anew with the efficacy of a little
adversely as a remedy tor imitation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
Robert C. Loonis.

Robert c. Loomis, OF the well-known real es-
tate firm of Loomis & Brown, died yesterday
morning, after having lived over IS years. MIR.
LOOMS was one of the oldest, if not the Oldest
member of the Second Presbyterian Church. and
last evening the pastor, Rev. DR.. Sutherland
paid an eloquent tribute TO his memory. The
funeral Will occur tomorrow at O'Clock from his
late residence. No. 4l9 South Highland avenue,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

A-Fighting strength expressed in tons of the
standard battleship.
B-Total displacement tonnage of all armed
vessels, including those carrying less than six
incnes of iron.
C-Average efficiency of the navy, as compared
trtl tl,n sta andn I'd
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
The Kenialls Beat a Record.

NEW YORK, Dec. THE Kendalls closed
their New York engagement of eight weeks at
the Fifth Avenue Theater last night. The re-
CENTS exceeded $4,000. This is said to be the
Greatest engagement ever played by foreign
stars in that length Of time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

The expression of disbeliefon the part of
the Farmers Alliance concerning the accuracy
of the census report on farm mortgages will, we
fear, confirm Mr.. Porters's belief that the AL
lance is only mask for Democracy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08

PROBABLY the theory that all disease is
subject to bacilli would be carrying the princi-
pie to extreme lengths. Gripes are due to
much less microscopic causes, and the corn
bacillus would be a very hard citizen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
Pennsylvania Penal Institutions.

PennsyIvanIas PENAL INSTITUTIONS,
To the Editor The Dispatch:
Please let me know in The DISPATCH how
many penitentiaries there are in this State, and
where they are. e. RAY JONES.
KANE, Pa, Dec. ..
There are three-at Allegheny, Huntingdon
and philadelphia.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
THE TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
Two Enthusiastic Cold Water Meetings
Held Last Night in Allegheny.

Held Last Night in Allegheny.
The temperance meeting in the Little Jim"
Church on Rebecca street, Allegheny, last
night, was well attended. A. NJ. Brown was in
charge. and was assisted by James Horny, Will
lam Caskey, William Blackstone and j. W.
Moreland. The music was led by an excellent
choir This was the second of the meetings in
this church, and the promoters feel greatly en-
couraged. The work will be kept up all winter.
The attendance at the Sons of Temperance
meeting at 6S Ohio street, Allegheny. last night,
shows that the interest in these meetings is
growing The hall was crowded. Speeches
were made by H. Hershberger, Parker
Marshall r. Dain and others.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
Reformation Always in Order.

RUT the work of reformation is one which, in
this disordered world, is forever needing
to be done over again. Reformation is always
getting out of repair. After the Protestant
Reformation came presently the Puritan Revo-
luton. And that by no means ended the mat
ter. Our own century, and the one before it,
have seen the two most recent and notable
revivals of religion both beginning here at OK
ford. There are two small colleges in Oxford
which everybody goes to see. There is not
much to see after you get there. But there is
great deal to think of. In that second-story
room, at Lincoln College, whose windows look
out upon the quadrangle. John Wesley had his
residence. And in this other second-story
room, at Oriel, over whose windows the ivy
chambers, lived John Henry Newman.
1t was at Oxford that Christians were first
called Methodists. Here met Whitefield, the
preacher, and Charles Wesley, the poet, and
John Wesley. the leader of the Oxford move
ment of the Eighteenth century. Here in
these quiet halls, in the gathering of little
companies for prayer in these old rooms. began
that great Christian communion, which is still
going on, growing and helping men, and whose
good work in this bad world is altogether be-
yond measurement
1t was at Oxford, too. that Newman, the
preacher, and Keble. the poet. and Pusey, after
whom their followers were named, began the
Oxford movement of the nineteenth century,
which has changed the whole look of our wor-
ship, affected the services of every Protestant
church of our generation, and given new mean
ings to the word reverence" which our
fathers knew not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
A BANKRUPT STATE.

San Luis Potosi in Mexico, in Bad Financial
Shape.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 1T is rumored that
the Government of the State of San Luis Po-
tosi is running behind in its financial affairs.
1t is also stated that the famous Conception
mine in that State is narrowing down, and that
the European stockholders are throwing their
shares on the market
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
Typical of the Place.

1yplCtI VI tne lace
THE church of st. Thomas-ye-Martyr and the
barracks of the Salvation Army do not
look alike, but they belong together, and are
both typical of the place which Oxford has
held for centuries in the life of England.
Every utterance of protest every proclama-
tion of discovery, every voice of every new
truth in the intellectual and religious history
of the English people, has been echoed against
these old gray walls. How quick they were i'll
the twelfth century to take up that new move
ment which Becket's name represented! And
here in the nineteenth century is the very
latest religious experiment, the Salvation
Army! Every revolution and revival in the
records of the English religion has had leaders
in this old town of Oxford.
A hundred years ago they pulled down a
queer old tower in Oxford, which went by the
name of 'Friar Bacon's Study" There was a
curious legend about it, to the effect that that
cunning magician had SO constructed his tower
that if any wiser man than he ever walked be-
side its wallis the tower would straightway
tumble over upon that unlucky wise mans
learned head.
And they used to caution freshmen against
verturing too near the friar's tower. This pile
of venerable stone marked the fact of the
residence in Oxford of the universty's first
great scholar. Roger Bacon was an Oxford
o
Paris, and had there divided his time between
Christian theologians and Mohammedan phil
osopEers. And he had come to have his opinion
about many things. They had an idea in the
thirteenth century that pretty nearly every
thing was known which could be known. Men
like Thomas Aquinas were writing books un-
der such titles as 'Summa Theologia," tie
s'Sum of Theology" All truth. they held, had
been discovered. But Roger Bacon knew that
truth was only beginning to be found out. He
observed that all men were studying the two
great books OF the world, not in the
original, but in most inadequate trans
lations. They were rea ling the Bible
in Latin. and they were looking at
nature through the glasses of theology. Bacon
knew that there were whole treasures of truth
in both of these great volumes, which nobody
had guessed at. But people were not willing to
listen. They drove the Professor into a monas-
terry, then into a prison, and finally into grave
And the Oxford movement of the thirteenth
century seemed to come to an end.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
A United states Marshall III.

MADISON, WIS, Dec. General George q,
Ginty, of Chippewa Falls. United States Mar
shal is critically i'll here. His wife has been
summoned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-08
A Recognition of the Mind.

Now, what need we more? Wesley reorgan-
lied pIety; he taught people that they
have souls. Newman reorganized worship; he
taught people that they have knees. Give us
now reorganization of theology, recognition
of the fact that we have minds. and that we
must use our minds, and that truth to commend
itself to men with minds must be stated reason
ably; let us have a restatement of Christian
doctrine which will include in it all the new
truth which has been learned since the creeds
were set in shape. And give us a reorganiza-
tion of society. recognition of the fact that
We have hands, and that they are meant to
work with, and that every one of US ought to
have work to do which shall support US and be
of value to our fellow men; let US have some
kind of change in the conditions of our modern
life, some bettering of all the injustice and
cruelty and starvation and sin Of it.
Here are open doors for two new reforma-
tions. And saw beginnings Of them both at
Oxford. The book stores there were full of
copies of LUX Mundi." And what is that? 1t
is book of studies in theology, edited by the
head of Pusey House in oxford, and embody-
ing an endeavor to commend Christian theology
to 30 men, and to show it's harmony with all the
truth which has been discovered in our gener-
alton. 1t is prophecy of the next great move
ment in the church. a reformation of theology.
And in the barracks of the Salvation Army
there to-day the soldiers are reading the book
which their General has written, SIN Darkest
England" the only plan which has yet been
proposed which seems a possible remedy for
our economical distresses, prophecy of the
next great movement in the world, a reforma-
tion of society.
Lux Mundi" and 'In Darkest England" are
the two pre-eminently significant books which
have been put forth this year. And the two
mos. notable buildings in modern Oxford are
Pusey House and the Salvation Army barracks.
G, H.