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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
QUE MAIL POUCH.
HEPBURN JOHNS

Amendments to the Consultation.
To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
How are amendments to the United States
Constitution adopted? Do the people vote on
them? &C.
ALLEGHENY, december 80.
mo. Article V. of the Constitution provides
that, by two-thirds vote of both Houses,
amendments may be proposed to the States.
and that when the Legislatures or special con-
ventions of three-fourths of the States have
ratified the proposed amendments they shall be
incorporated in the Constitution. Another
way of amending is by a convention called on
the application of the Legislatures Of two
thirds of the States; amendments proposed by
such special convention must be ratified as
amendments proposed by Congress. Congress
can't amend the Constitution. as you will see if
you read the Constitution. You'll find much
strange and new matter in it'll
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
Social Chatter.

THE cozy little hall On Penn avenue of the
John ]. Davis Commandery was the scene OF
| much merrymaking last evening. About 45
| couples were in attendance, and right royalty
| enjoyable time they had. 1t was souvenir night
and each lady present received handsome
case containing three exquisite little books, the
"Matins," Moon Songs" and "Vespers,t' bear
bearing the name of Cassell Brothers. London,
on their title pages. A banquet was served at
IL o'clock, and with many toast was the old
year honored and the new year welcomed.
PINK dinner was given last evening. Mrs.
W. E. Schmertz was the hostess to a very
charming company and her table was decorated
with pink carnations of the Grace Wilder
variety, intermingled with maiden hair ferns.
The lovely residence on Craft avenue was un-
usually attractive, and the interesting farewell
given to the old year must have made it re-
luctant to resign in favor of its successor.
AT the pretty home of Mrs. John Woodwell.
Lang avenue, from to yesterday a very en-
joyable tea was in process. The house was very
prettily decorated with pink carnations, and
the costumes worn by the ladies receiving aud
the ladies received were such as to excite con-
siderable admiration.
AT the pretty home OF Mrs. John Woodwell,
Lang avenue, a number of congenial friends
gathered around the long mahogany table that
and with merry repartee and ENJOYABLE conVer-
sation the sumptuous dinner was appreciated.
NEW YEAR will be celebrated in fine style at
the Oliver residence, Shields station. Early
this afternoon the festivities will commence,
and until late this evening they will extend
Miss Amelia, the eldest daughter of the house,
will assist Mrs. Oliver in her duties as hostess
THE Yale Glee Club of q voices and a
banjo club of IL instruments will OCCUPY the
stage next Saturday evening of the Pittsburg
Club Theater. The programme is an unuusally
interesting one.
MRS. HENRY HAYS, of Ellsworth avenue,
received numter OF her friends yesterday af-
ternoon. The COneordia club had the third of
its series of receptions last evening.
THE McAllister -Four Hundred, or eight
hundred rather, are in tremor of excitement
over gowns and flowers to-day.
MRS. MCKEE will pose as the first lady Of the
land to-day in Washington.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

state of the political atmosphere-showed
an absolute loyalty to be dominant. The
Gar had playiully suggested that the
Czarina should be searched for dynamite,
when without the slightest warning the
electric lights all over the palace went out,
The Gar was so badly scared that his lungs
became congested, and he has been confined
to his room ever since. Nobody thinks of
attributing the extinction of the electric
lights to any cause but nihilistic plots
When it rains there loyal people always
curse the Nihilists. So now the latter are
blamed for broken dynamo or grounded
wires.
The next joke will be upon the Nihilists
the scafold, the classmates, Siberia or
suicide something humorous with boil
ing oil in it, as Gilbert puts it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
Cleanliness Next to GOdIiness.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Whence comes the expressions: Cleanliness
is next to godlinessp MARION.
WAYNEsBURG, Dec. 20.
TJohn Wesley used the expression, "Cleanli-
ness is indeed next to godliness," in his ninety
second sermon. ION Dress" Beacon, however,
used the idea in his Advancement of Learning:
CLEANLINESS of body was ever esteemed to pro-
ceed from due reverence to Gods" and Dr.
Bethlehem, rabbi, says that Phinehas ben
Yair, one of the Hebrew fathers, writes: THE
doctrines of religion are resolved into careful.
ness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorous
ness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into alb
stemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness;
cleanliness into godliness."]
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

CONCERNING that fire engine test, the
supporters of the rival engines should remem-
Der that there is scriptural authority to the
effect that it is wiser not to boast about your
engines as much before they have won in the
test as after.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
THE TOPICAL TALKER.

Greeting for the New Yenr-The Messnge It
Brings-ResoIyesi in Isubber-New Yenr's
Receptions Out of styie--A Tip TO Bou-
lanRer.
A HAPPY New Yearl
How easy it is to say it, and how many times
it win be said. sincerely and otherwise to-dayI
Surely may say with all sincerity "a happy
New Yeartn to THE DIsPATcH's readers, to
whom have been talking for more than two
years and half continuously. That is one ad-
vantage the talker has over the talked to.
What they wish me can only conjecture. But
having wished them happy New Year and
many returns of the day, the Talker retires into
impersonal existence for another three hundred
and sixty-fivc days. This personal paragraph
is moreover, a first otfense.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
A NUPTIAL TREAT.

The Members of Trinity Vested Choir the
Recipients of n Pleasant Token.
By the courtesy of Mrs. M. W. Watson, the
Trinity vested choir was given treat at the
chapel last evening subsequent to the usual re-
hearsal
The music of the choir at the Watson-Sproul
nuptials gave so much pleasure that the mother
of the bride signifed an intention of conveying
to the choir formal acknowledgment, and ac-
cordingly arranged with Director c. 8. Hunt
ington for the pleasant event of last evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

The report that Mr.. Blaine is to make
an alliance with England to push the McMurdo
claim against Portugal does injustice to Mr..
Blaine. The Secretary of State may not be su-
perior to the suspicion of meddling with
claims, but his worst enemies never before ac-
cused him of being foolish enough to get up
an alliance with England.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

THAT ffty-thousand-dollar service of
silver, presented by the Vanderbilts to Mr..
Morgan. is slight testimonial to the services
which secured victory to the policy that no
railroad must run through New York in COM
petition with the New York Central or through
Pennsylvania in competition with the Pennsyl-
Yania Railroad.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

THE able-bodied Democratic journals
which are taking up their time in sneering at
John Wanamaker are likely to be chiefly USE
full in advertising the fact that Mr.. Wana-
maker made success of his business and is
likely to make a success of running the Post
office Department on business principles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

MRS. POTTER, her dresses and Kyrle Bel
lew have recovered from the recent indisposi-
ton which attacked the feminine part of the
combination, and are going to charm the Aus
tralian theater goers. We presume there is
plenty of opportunity for elevating the Aus
tralian stage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
Torie. De.pernte struits.

From the New York Star.i
The latest Tory assault upon Parnell is uni
versalIy regarded as evineing the desperation
of losing cause. Political opponents do not
resort to efforts to show that there are laws in
the private life of a popular idol until they
have lost faith in their ability TO combat him
in fair fight in the political field.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
How to Disgust La Grippe.

From the Boston Globe.1
1t is only solemn duty to the public which
compels us to state the unsaVory fact that the
man who goes to bed with his chest covered
with hot onion poultice. and his stomach full
of boiled onions. will wake up to find la grippe
disgusted and gone. 1t is an heroic remedy,
but brings with it great reward.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Dr.. W. O.weIILi1lnr.rons

LONDON, December 3l.-Dr. W. Oswell Living
stone, the only surviving son of David Living
stone the famous African explorer, died last
night at his home at St. Albans. Almost with his
dying breath he regretted that he could not live
to see Stanley again. Oswell Livingstone was
born in Africa SO years ago. He had been in fall
ing health for nine years, unable to follow his
practice as q medical man.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

THE prominent events in the Criminal
Court at the close of the year warn the Alder
men of this city to start the new year with the
good resolution to conduct their courts in the
future on the principles of honesty and justice
for the people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
Rer. wlnIam W. Pntloa. D. b.

NEW YORK, December u.-ReY. William W.
Patton, D. D., President Of Howard University,
of Washington, died suddenly at Westaeld. N. j.,
from congestion Of the lungs. The funeral serv-
ices will be held at Westheld on Thursday. The
remains will be taken to Hartford Conn, for in
terment. Before going to Washington DR.. Pat
ton resided in Chicago for number of years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

THE Montana and West Virginia dead
locks still continue to hold themselves up as
examples of what rabid partsanship can do, in
the way of reducing honest Repu bhcan Govern
ment to a mockery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
PennsylHania,. Record.

From the Boston Herald.1
Every Governor of Pennsylvania since the
war has been volunteer soldier. 1t is prob
ably the only State in the North that can make
good such boast.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

WITH no material increase in the public
works estimate beyond the 100000 required for
park improvements it hardly becomes neces-
sary to apprehend any undue enlargement Of
last years moderate tax rate
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
AN EXCITING FOX CHASE.
1t Extends Ninety Miles and Thirty Hounds
Participate.
ESPECIAL TrLEeRAM TO rHn D1srArcH.,

y " i
MILLERsBURe, o., December 31.-A fox
chase took place yesterday at Benton, FIVE
miles east of here, in which 80 hounds took
part. D. R. Spielman, noted hunter, had
charge of the affair." The chase began at A..
NJ and at 3:Ij P. NJ. the fox was caught hY a
genuine English hound, owned near Van
Vert, o.
AS nearly as could be ascertained, Mr.. Spiel
man claims that fully 90miles were traversed In
the chase. The closing scenes were very ex-
citing, q dogs still holding out and the Van
Vert hound only leading by afew lengths.s
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

AS Mr.. Westinghouse has solved the
problem of safe electric lighting by practical
underground system, with an induced current
for each lamp, let US hope that Pittsburg will
get the benefit OF it at an early date.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
GreeIy LosInR Hi. GrIp.

From the Philadelphia Times.1
This weather has been so bad for General
Greely that if he said tomorrow would be
Tuesday nobody would believe him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
Judge Avn stewart.

PORTAGE, WIS.,, December al.--Alva Stewart
Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of this State
died at the Corning House, this city, last night
from pneumonia. Judge Stewart was 66 years OF
age and had been on the bench Of this circuit for
Is years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

IT is to the credit of the strikers on the
Traction road that they are preserving the best
order. They will command the public SYM
pathy most thoroughly by adhering to that
commendable line of action.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
Some English Weather.

From the Newcastle, Eng, Chronicle.1
A correspondent says: Along the Shotley
Bridge road, on Monday last, the writer OBJ
served the following flowers in full bloom:
Wallhowers sweetwilliam, jessamine, roses
(cultivated), and wild strawberries.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

A SERVANT girl in Columbia, SC, is
reported to break everything she touches The
fact that she is regarded as a curiosity speaks
volumes for the solution of the servant girl
problem in the South.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
Remarkable Foresight.

From the Cincinnati Enduirer.l
The Philadelphia Record is right. That New
York iceman who quit business and went to
Congress must have foreseen how mild the
win ter would be.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
No Appropria,ior N.eded.

From the Germantown Independent
There appears to be no need of Congressional
expenditures to deepen Salt river. The ma
jority of political crafts that ascend it are light
inhf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

In view of the prevailing habit on New
Years Day, why not introduce little variety
on the present occasion and swear of from
swearing off?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

PERHAPS this contrary season will adhere
to its policy of reversing things by letting a
January freeze take the place of the usual jan
nary thaw
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

WITH the English syndicates trying to
buy up the United States, why would it not be
a mild retaliation for an American syndicate
to organize and buy up Irelandf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01


TT iscurious how the New Years reception
has gone out of style, out of existence alto
gether. The custom has taken half dozen
years dying here. Gradually year by year few
er receptions were held, and fewer young men
have gone to them. Last New Years it was
clear that society had buried the reception
which once was so great feature Of the day.
The custom has long been in decadence in the
East Eight years ago there were still plenty
of ladies in New York who received at New
Years. and the society dandies, gorgeously ar
rayed, went from house to house exchang-
ing courtesies and swallowing wine
ing kindness and liquor that they
were content to allow the coachman to drive
them home. do not know how the decadence
Of the hospitabls custom came about here, but
in New York the presence of wine upon the
sideboard had good deal to do with it. Re-
fined women naturally grew tired of having
their parlors turned into barrooms, and of
seeing young men in various stages of intoxi-
cation paying loud compliments to their
daughters. The best people found the only
remedy was to cease receiving on the holiday;
for though they might remove the wine cup
from among the refreshments offered in their
own houses. there was nothing to prevent the
men who called upon them getting all they
could drink at other houses. So the custom
born in revolutionary days died.
#xx
BE OUGHT TO CHANGE HIS NAME.
Boulanger's changed his mind, they say,
1t is way he has
And home he now intends to say,
Nor come to us, alas
Boulanger should no longer bear
That name-he's not baker,
But rather agent funerdire
That is, an undertaken.
HEPBURN JOHNS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
RESOLVES oF RuBRKR.

AbIuring evil habits is
A pretty custom OF to-day;
Man swsars to go that way or this,
And straightwsy goes the other way.
The trouble is that time dissolves
Cast iron vows, when mortals make 'em
0frubber form; your good resolves,
You then may bend and never break 'em d!
And when old Satan starts to pave
Anew his realm, he'll rage to see
Intentions good rise wave on wave,
In rubber melted instantly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

"THERE has not been any profit for u.s."
said an iron ore man at the Hotel Du-
quesne yesterday, ''for the past two years. The
trade is good now, however, and prices are up.
We look for good season in 1890 IL always
runs that way in our business. For two or
three years we make no money but we keep
the furnaces in blast. 1t is only in the good
years. every three or four years, that we make
up for the dull season. Iron, ore dealers gen.
orally expect good season."
THE STRoILER
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01

ATa meeting Of veterans the other evening.
G. F. MeKenna, the lawyer, smiled across
the table and said: "The other day down in
Philadelphia General Pearson sat for photo
graph of Phil Sheridan" "How is that Cen
eral?" two or three men asked, with smiles on
their faces That's right" General Pearson
replied. ''They wanted good-looking portrait
of Sheridan that day 1t was the time when
Charlie McKenna sat for picture of Ossa-
watomie Brown" The close resemblance set
the laugh going the other way.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-06-13
Mr.. Tilden's Broken Will.

Probably the most astonishing con.
sideration, in view of the decision of
the Supreme Court regarding Mr.. Til
den's will, is the suggestion that even
the ablest lawyers are incapable of
making will which will stand the
test of Judicial Interpretation. Judge
Beach, of the Supreme Court, has Just
decided that Mr.. Tlldens will contains
unconstitutional and un wise provisions;
unwise in the sense that they are con.
trary to public policy. And unless the
highest court, probably in the last
event the Supreme Court of the United
States, reverses this decision, Mr.. Tild-
ems will is broke, the great trust which
he created for the establishment of
three public libraries fails, and the
heirs, who are the nearest of kin, will
take this estate jus, as though Mr.
Tilden had died intestate. Mr.. Tilden
was himself one Of the ablcst lawyers
who ever practiced at the New York
bar. He was regarded as especially
strong in his understanding OF probate
law for years it had been his pride
that no will which he had written for
a client had beeen broken by the courts
although he wrote manv which were
complicated in terms and devised and
bequeathe1 great estates. He is under
stood to have prepared the original
draft of his will himself, but he was
wise enough lawyer to call in the aid
of outside council when his own affairs
were the subject for consideration.
Therefore he retained Mr.. James c.
Garter, who is by common consent at
the head of the New York bar, and to :
gether they wrote the clause which the
Supreme Court now declares to be un-
constitutional. If Samuel j. Tilden and
James Q. Carter could not draw up Q
will which is good, the suggestion will
occur to everyone that no lawyer can
prepare document OF this kind which
can be pronounced sound until it has
had Judicial Interpretation.
The decision gives considerable con-
Germ to men of large estates who have
contemplated rather complicated devils
es and bequests. Some of our wealthy
men think that the best way to do is
to follow the example of Peter Cooper
aud make the gifts during lifetime aud
then leave the estate intestate. In
such case there can be no litigations
OF consequence aud the purposes of a
testator could not be avoided. Had
Mr.. Tilden created the trust in his
lifetime and turned the millions of dol
lars named in the trust over to the
trustees, he would have had the delight
OF seeing the trust organized, the work
OF founding the Libraries begun and
the certainty that no posthumous liti-
CATION could prevent the carrying out
of his purpose.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-06-13
Tanners Big Portu ne.

Corporal Tanner says he expects to
make about 100000 tnis year from
his business as peusion attorney and
hopes to double that amount next year
and keep on increasing it till he makes
perhaps, $780, 900 per annum in filing
claims for pensions. He has already
rece' Yed large number of advance
applications under the new bill, not yet
passed. This new pension bill to
which Mr.. Tanner refers is neither the
Morrill, service bill nor the "depend.
ent" bill which was considered in the
Senate, but it will be a new measure
which the conference committee for
both houses will bring forth.
1t will, Mr.. Tanner says, give to
every soldier of the late war who
served ninety days or more and who is
disabled from whatsoever cause a pen
sion of So per month. 1t is expected
TO add $40,000,000 annually to the
pension list and increase the present
number of pensioners 100000. As
each applicant will pay q fee of $40
''in order 10 secure q proper eonsidera-
tion of his claim it will be seen how
rich harvest, $4,000,000 in round
numbers, the pension attorneys are
anticipating in the passage of the bill.
How profitable is the business OF
pension attorneys is shown in Mr.. Tan
ner's case Six months ago Mr. Tan
ner opened an office in Washington as
a pension attorney. He now regrets
that he did not enter this field twenty
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-06-13
Raum Follows Tanner.

1t is likely that Commissioner Raum
OF Pension Bureau, will find his road
as hard TO travel as did ill-fated Cor
poral Tanner.
Representative Cooper, of Indiana,
to-day introduced resolution, which
was referred to the Committee ON
Rules, directing the Committee on In i
valid Pensions to inquire into the
charges that have been filed with the
President relative to Commissioner
Rau.ns conduct of the Pension Bureau.
The resolution sums up the charges as
follows:
Ftrst-That the present Commits
sioner of Pensions has been engaged
in selliug to certain employees Of the
Pension Office shares of stock in cor
poration or company of which he Is
Pres den, which is organized for the
purpose of introducing a patent refrig-
orator which, it is claimed, is impract.
icable and worthless, and that in con-
sidei alton of such purchase said en-
ployees are prot oted in offl1e; and.
Second-That said Commissioner OF
Pensions has recert'y, By an urjust
and pariislruling, advanced and caused
10 be .aken up out of their order mar y
thousands of the claims of certain
attorney residing in the city of Wash
ington and that in consideration there
OF said attorney has be come surety on
the note of said Commissioner in a
bank in the CITY of Washington for the
sum of $4,000.
There will be little trouble in proving
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-06-13
Extension of Dinnlr Oar Service on the
Pennsylvania Lines.

In these days of hurry and rapid
transit the dining Car has become an
essential OF every through train. The
Pennsylv mia Railroad was the pioneer
in the East of this branch of the serv.
ice, and It's dining cars have won a
well-merited reputation among travel.
ers. In order to better provide for
its comfort of its through passengers
dinning cars will, on and after June
10Th, be added to the equipment of all
through trains running over the lines
west OF Pittsburg between thu East
and Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Loris
The:principal trains Oh the lines East
OF fittsburg are now equipped with
these cars, and their addition TO those
of.the Western territory will greatly
enhance the convenience of passenger,
destined to the three great Wes.err
termini.