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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURe. THURSDAY, JAN. % 1890
MORE PRESSURE NEEDED.

The shortage of gas which was exper-
fenced with the sudden advent of the cold
wave, was not as decided as som of its pre-
decessors have been. No considerable Sec
ton of the city SO far as learned was left
entirely without gas and the prog
ress shown permits the hope that the
fuel companies will in time attain the point
of making such provisions for meeting
changes to cold weather, as to leave no pos
sibility for any failure of that most neces-
sary fuel.
This is an essential portion of their bust
ness; and as they have been granted impor.
tant public privileges for the conduct Of
that business the public has the right to ex-
pect full performance. The reasons why gas
pressure is INSULT cient with a sudden cold
turn are various, but they can all be
summed up to the effect that the gas con-
tracts and the demand expands. But with
the knowledge of this in advance and with
their own statement Of an abundance of gas,
it seems that the companies, with the warn
ing of a cold wave, should anticipate the
trouble by turningo on an increased pressure.
Some of them appear to have done so yester-
day. Taken as a whole they met the de-
mand measurably better than on some pre-
vioEs occasions. But their full service to
the public will not be done, until an ade-
quate supply of gas can be relied uponSon
cold mornings as certainly as a supply of
meat from the butchers.
If the gas companies cannot give their
patrons all the gas that is needed, at the
time when it is most needed, they weaken
their own right to exist.
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A COMPARATIVE EXEMPTION.

Though Pittsburg, in common with the
rest of the country, has had one of the Sc
verest seasons on record for influenza and
the less distressing phases of "colds," the
town has been blessed with singular mmu
nifty from fatal cases. compared with almost
any other large city East or West. 1t
might be difficult to define the causes to
which this fortunate exemption is due.
Probably there is a good deal in the protec-
ton from the winds afforded by the hills
which surround Pittsburg on every side.
The points at which the greatest mortality
has been evidenced so far are those on the
sesbosrd and upon the lakes-notably New
York, Boston and Chicago.
There is no scientific backing for the
alarming assumptions put forth in certain
quarters that the cholera is likely to come to
Europe and America on the heels of ia
grippe" At least, the most competent OBJ
servers declare that the idea is fancifuI, and
that sensible people will give themselves no
trouble about it. But sensible people will
be inclined, all the same, to urge upon the
city authorities strict and vigorous sanitary
measures, so that the least invitation NAV
be presented to any form of disease. With
the paving that is now done and which is on
the programme for next year the streets of
the city later on in 1890 should be in better
condition than ever before.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
Social Chatter.

THE wedding of 1fiss Nolie Rose, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G. Rose, of New Castle,
Yesterday at 5 o'clock, to Mr.. Oscar T. Hance,
of this city, is one that will interest q great
many Pittsburgers, as the groom is well and
favorably known here.
The marriage of Miss Agnes Eccles, of Allie
Bluff, of Allegheny, will be solemnized to-day
In Allegheny. Immediately after the m
they will depart for their future home in Port
land, Ore.
The PittsbuEg Alumni Association celebrate
their annual banquet tonight at the Duquesne
Club House. The association includes grad
uares of Washington, JEFFERSON and the united
colleges.
AT Beaver Falls last evening Miss Byrde D..
Morrison, the daughter Of Alexander Morrison,
was united in marriage to Mr.. Wilbur L
Wright, Of the firm Of Boyd & Co., Of this
city.
The monthly musical and literary entertain
ment at the Pittsburg Female College to-mor-
row evening Is to be q very pleasing one.
THE third chamber musical recital by the
Beethoven Quartet Club at Hamilton's Music
and Art Chamber this afternoon.
Mrs. John A. Bower entertained some friends
at dinner yesterday at her home, I'll Allegheny
avenue, Allegheny.
ME-. A. KoRNBLUM, the ~well-known o~ptician,
has returned from New York City.
THE GIlmore-C Cunningham wedding in Sc
wickley this evening.
THE MCDOWELL aWrie wedding in Allegheny
tonight
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
THE PROBLEM OF THE ECONOMIES

The death of Jonathan LEM, one of the
leading members Of the EconUmite Society,
calls attention to the steadiness with which
death is winnowing out the members of that
remarkable community. Within a few years
more all the older members of the Society
must have passed away leaving behind them
the wealth which the united efforts of the COM
munity have created. The life of these men
furnishes q striking example of what COM
mon effort and united sell-denial can do in
the creation of wealth, although the practi.
cal answer of the question, what shall be
done with the wealth 50 created? is bv no
means SO clear in their experience. When
the rest OF the old members have followed
Miss Rapp and Mr.. LEM, the question will
require either a modification of the rules of
the community, or q settlement of the future
disposition of the property of the society.
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A TOUGH JOB IN VIEW.

A Tax Assessor Ordered to Test the Depth
of the Mud in Stowe Township.
The County Commissioner think there is no
encouragement for virtue in the manner in
which the Assessor for Stowe township has
been made. In view of all the oil development
in that township during the past year and the
losses paid to a good many persons, the Com
missloners think the number of people return
ing personal property, such as money and
stocks, is entirely too small. Il would seem
that the assessor is a peace-Ioving man who has
not insisted strongly on the inquisition into his
~neighbors' affairs, but the Commissioners
while sympathizing with this trait of character
say they do not propose 70 go the length of
going TO Jail through chIvalrous sentiment, and
the assessor has been told that those assess
ments must and shall be made.
Stowe and Robinson townships seem to vie
with each other as to which shall have the
meanest roads, and if that assessor cannot walk
on stills be will find the toughest job before
him that he ever encountered. But out of his
evil plight general good may grow.
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Theatrical Events.

The popular melodrama, THE White Slave"
will begin q weeks engagement at the Bijou
Theater on Monday next, and the box Office
sale will commence to-day. BARLEY Campbell
has touched the most delicate and responsive
chord in human nature in The White Slave
namely, sympathy. As a dramatic and literary
work it is worth all the Uncle Toms" kits"
and "Octoroon's'' that ever were written or
ever will be written. 1t is a fact that The
White Slave has outlived dozens of melo-
dramas, and is still very welcome here.
Next Monday night at the Grand Opera
House will see the return Of the charming and
always welcome Cora Tanner. Fascination"
in which she made such a marked success here
last season will again be presented with the
same superb company and with new and mag
n~ifcent scenery. Seats can now be secured at
the box office.
The third chamber music recital Of the
Beethoven Quartet Club will take place this
afternoon. An attractive programmes offered,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

REV. ALBERT GALLATIN MORTON, of
Amesbury, Mass, is still preaching in a pulpit
that he has regularly filled since 1875, with
out, in a single instance, writing out a sermon.
MRS. ALEXANDER McvEIGH MILLER, who
lives near Anderson, in Greenbrier county, W.
Va, is said to draw an annual salary of S 5000
from a New York weekly paper for stories and
other literary work.
ROBERT ELLIS THOMPSON, preacher. jour-
nalist and professor, does not know when he
was born. Few persons remember when they
we're born, but they generally know when that
interesting event took place. Prof. Thompson
is more fortunate than most of mankind in one
respect, he can choose his own birthday.
AT New York Tuesday evening two Exon
federate officers visited the widow of General
Grant and were cordially received. One of the
visitors was General John s. MOsby, the noted
cavalry officer under General Lee, and the
other General Cadmus Wilcox. The pair met
accidentally on a street car, and in converse
ton discovered that their destinations we're the
same.
AMANDA M. DOUGLAS began writing novels
by accident but finding that her first novel, in
Trust" sold to the extent of 5000 copies, she
continued novel writing as an occupation, and
for the last ten years has been turning them
out with the regularity of semi-annual divi.
dends. Miss Douglas is so years old, short, thin
and angular, with a large mouth, small eyes
and sallow complexion.
THE dedication of a new church in Whittier,
Cal, recently, elected from the good poet in
whose honor the town is named a letter, in
which this passage occurs: II see your town is
spoken of as an orthodox Quaker colony. I
hope there will be no sectarian fence about
Whittier, but that good men, irrespective of
their creeds. will find a home there. Nothing
would be worse for it than to have the idea get
abroad that anything like intolerance and self
righteousness was its foundation.
ALEXANDER e. BoTELER was a conspicuous
figure in the United States Congress, before
the war, and in the Confederate Congress dur
ing the war. He also served In the Confederate
army under Stonewal jackson. Colonel
Boteler is the great grandson of Charles Will
son Peale. the celebrated American historical
painter. He is now living in Sheperdstown,
Va, and although 20 years old, is still active
and vigorous, and interested in a claim of ST.
000,0 900, which the DARCY and Didier families
have against the Government of Chill for mill
rary stores furnished under contract to General
Jose Carrara, Provisional Governor of Chilli
during the Gillian War of independence,
which these very stores helped to secure. The
whole story reads like a romance. General
Carrara was shot before the independence was
won, but Henry Didier was declared TO be the
Savior of Chili'' on account of the timely as
sistance rendered to the struggling patriots.
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HEARTS n LIVES.

Which is the more valuable, q woman's
heart or her life? The highest human au-
thOrities, the courts of law, have answered
this question in some fashion. If the rela-
tives of q woman who has been killed on a
railroad or in some other violent way sue
Tor damages they may reasonably expect to
get four or five thousand dollars at the ut
most. If that woman gives her heart to a
man under a promise Of marriage, and that
promise is not kept, the damage to her may
be assessed by a jury at almost any sum
from one cent to fifty thousand dollars.
Usually q broken heart is worth twice as
much to her as her life would be to her rel
AtiYeS It seems fairly well established
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
OU2 MAIL PUUCH.
An Old Pennsylvania Map.


To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
In THE DISPATCH Of January II, you pub
lished a letter from a Miss Wood, Of Philadel-
phia, asking for some information in regard to
some old deed far beyond the date of the for
nation of Allegheny county. You stated that
the Historical Association might be able to
give some information thereon. Well, perhaps
it can: ], as Secretary thereof, will give an ex-
tract of the minutes Of the ASSOCIATION at q
meeting held in December, 1889:
"Mr. Marshall exhibited a map with expla-
nations thereby of the Penn Manor, as laid
out in 1859, issued by the land office of. the
colony of Pennsylvania"
That map might give the information de-
sired, as it was issued seven years before John
Hancock signed the Declaration Of Independ-
ence, and 13 years before Pennsylvania ll7S2)
was admitted into the Union. The map can be
seen by interested parties by addressing the
undersigned. J. Q. PORTER,
Secretary Historical Association.
PITTsBURG, January q. q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23

that a woman's heart is the most valuable
part of her.
In the case of Miss Cammerer, q thirty
fve-year-old spinster who teaches music in
Philadelphia, ior breach Of promise the
damage to her heart by the unfalthful con-
duct of Mr.. Muller was estimated by
the jury to be $4,000 Surprising Muller
had broken Miss Cammerer's back, with such
eloquent counsel as Colonel Ingersoll to
defend him, he would probably have. been
convicted of murder in the second degree,
and sentenced to ten or twelve years i'm
prisonment. 1t would have been more eco
nomical for Mr.. Muller to have committed
murder-that is considering the financial
aspect of the case.
We do not disapprove Of maidens being
compensated for injuries of a sentimental or
moral nature-which are truly often more
grave than physical hurts. A man who
willfully breaks his solemn word and bono
with a woman deserves condign punishment,
and if the penalty can be made comfortable
to the sutton also so much the better. Dol
lars are a salve for wounded hearts, some
times. But would it not be well to place
upon human life q higher valuation? Lives
it may be admitted are not all Of the SAM
value, but surely no life is worth 50 little as
some judges and juries would have US
believe,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.

The man who works like thunder for four
or nve years in order to get q mother-ln-law, and
| then begiBs TO kick against her as soon as the vic
tory is won, is no gentleman.-KsdTHeg Enter
prtss.
Fair Young Creature (after some recira-
tions)-Do you think 1 would do for 3 JuRstI
Manager anxious not to hurt feellngs)-Jm-er
we'll, you'd look very pretty in the tomb-EsaO
York Weekly.
Sweets to the Sweet-Fenwick-AIlow
me to congratulate you, Ed. That young lady Of
yours has the sweetest disposition In the world.
Ed-Well l should hope so. 1t costs me g per
week to keep her in confeetionery .-Ksarnsy Ea-
terprfSs.
Circumstantial Evidenee.-He-I swear
It, Maude, you are my first love!
Shell believe you, Har~old-nObody but the
merest novice in matters Of the heart could ever
have acted as awkwardly as you have for the last
six months.-LVe.
Young Man with q glance at Johnny
who has remained in the parlor all eveninR)-Is see
the Rev. John Jasper is mistaken, Miss Bylo. The
son does not move.
Young Lady (eoldly)-He moves MI. Plpsley,
when the right Joshua comes along. Chsea0o
Tribune.
Recitation of a class in natural history.
The professor Is nettled at the inattenfion OF his
pupils, and exclaims:
Gentlemen, I demand your attention. 1 am
giving YOU an interesting lecture on the personal
peculiarities Of the monkey. The least you can
do Is to look AZ me. ''--ysD York Ledger.
SIS marriage a failure?" asked the elderly
spilkins Of a former fame, who had been = party
TO \ May and December marriage.
trNo. ;, She replied, with a glance toward her
husband In the nextroom. 'Not a failure. Only
= temporary embarrassment. Mem York Ledger.
MATRIMONIAL coBwEB.
A gallant named Cobb met a maiden named
Webb,
And straiEhtway he sat down beside her.
And quickly proposed in q manner so glib
That he won her as soon as be spider.
Chicago Herald.
Johnny Blnks-Pa, is ivory very sxpen-
sive?
Binks-Very.
'The pure. white kind costs more than other
kinds. doesn'tit?'
',No, my son; the white is a dollar. the red two
dollars, and the blue i've dol-o yss, ! guess IL
.doespl-6sR Xark RERh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Hon, John Mcsveeney,

WOOSTER, o.. January 22.-Hon. John Nc
Sweeney, the most prominent criminal lawyer in
Ohio, died at his home in this city, at1I O'Clock
last night from acute pneumonia. Mr.. Nc
Sweeney was born near Rochester, N. Y, about
IS years ago. His parents were from Innesfallen,
Ireland, and settled in Stark county, this State,
when he was an infant. The boy received his
schooling at the Western Reserve College, and
studied law with John Harris in Cincinnati. In
1915 he came to this city. He was six feet in
height, straight, powerful, and had a rich and
voice. He swayed a jury, and with
magnetic eloquence made the most hopeless case
seem bright. Although one of the wealthiest men
in Wayne county, Mr.. McSweeney was unostenta-
tious in both dress and In his domestic life. He
had two daughters andBone son, the latter ex-
Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne county. Politi-
cally, Mr.. McSweeney was a Democrat, but he
never sought office. He paid considerable atten-
tion to politics. He loved his family and his pro-
fession. He was engaged to help prosecute the
men accused of numbering Detective Hulligan,
and also assisted in the Star Route cases,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
E US LAUGH.

Let us fill the world with laughter,
TIL the moon queens scamper wildly,
Yellow sun gods chasing after;
Till existence once SO mildly
Moving on with holy zest,
Takes the semblance Of a jest.
While the earth is full Of weeping,
Full Of misery n sadness,
Full OF loathsome vices creeping,
Full Of hatred and hates madness,
Let us I'LL our cups and quaR
Lethe's nectar. while we laugh.
While our foolish hearts are breaking
With fierce passions u~nrequited.
White our hands, our graves are making,
Digging with decisions bliRhted.
Let us one more bumper auaf.
Death defiant, while we laugh.
~ W, 6ht6Iey, IN Boston GtObe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
A LAKE OF ASPHALT.

The Great Natural Curiosity on the Isle of
Trinidad.
From the New York Star.1
Inever meet General W. W. AVereII without
thinking Of the curious island and still more
singular place from which asphalt is procured.
General Averen, who is q familiar figure along
Broadway, was the first to bring it to this coun-
try as a paving material It is found about the
center Of the Island of Trinidad. a dot IN the
Caribbean Sea, Just of the coast of Venezuela.
There is an asphalt lake there. It is
said to cover about 100 acres. and to be in
exhaustible. 1t is a black, sandy substance, and
is believed to be crude, rotten petroleum. A
singular feature is that although about IO0, 900
tons are taken out of this lake every year. it
constantly fills up, so that there is no lesssning
of the supply.
This remarkable lake Of paving materials Is
owned by the Venezuelan Government, but
leased to a company in Washington. They have
a fleet of schooners running to Trinidad, and.
having a monopoly of the business, bring vast
quantities of the material to this country, and
we find it everywhere on our streets and PARK
sidewalks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION.
Report Of the Secretary of the National
Divorce Reform League.

Report Of the Secretary of the National
Divorce Reform League.
BOSTON, January 22-The tenth annualm meet
ing of the National Divorce Reform League
was held here to-day. Samuel W. Dixie, Core
spending Secretary, read a lengthy report on
the progress of the past year. showing a great
increase in public interest in the SUBJECT of
divorce reform The report shows that SOL per
cent of divorces occur in the State where the
marriage took place, thus dispelling a pre-
valent idea that a uniform national divorce
law would remedy the evil. The center of the
problem is proved to be whe than in uni
formIty of law. but the report shows that the
marriage laws are in a deplorable state and
that uniformity of registration is a pressing
need. The majority of our States have yet to
provide a system of registration of marriages
SO that returns can be collected. States having
such systems should perfect them.
Provision should be made for orderly mar
riage, under proper licenses before officially
recognized authorities, with witnesses and with
official records as to age, relationship and
previous ~conjugal conditions. Provision should
be made for the proper filing. preservation and
publication of divorce papers. The spirit of re-
form has evidently completely checked the in
crease Of loose legislation, and has inaugurated
a few better laws in some States, but the great
work is as yet almost untouched. The Secre-
tary closes with a review of the educational
work of the league and the desirability of an
international conference to devise a common
system of law relating to the family.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-23
studyIuR for the Stage,

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
Please answer through your paper: l. What
do people study elocution for? 2. Do you have
to study elOcution to 60 on the stage-that is,
to become q tragedian? 8 If there is q school
for studying for the stage, please state where it
is situated and oblige ]. N. A g..
P~TTTsBCRG, January Il.
II. For the same reason that they study
other arts, probably; because their tastes lie in
that direction and they desire to gain knowl-
edge of the subject. 2. The mail pouch editor
does not go on the stage-somebody must have
misinformed you. But if he had any expecta-
tiOns of winning fame as a tragedian he would
do right SMART Of studying before making
his appearance before the public. & There
was a school of acting" started in New York
some time ago, but we haven't seen IL adver-
tised lately1
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A BARREN TRIUMPH.

When it was stated last year that the
treaty concluded at the Berlin conference
over the Samoan dispute was a victory for
American diplomacy THE DISPATCH sug-
gested that it might be wise to await the
text ofthe treaty before pluming ourselves too
proudly on having beaten Bismarck. The
treaty was kept secret, but the German
mission was given to Mr.. Phelps as a re-
ward for his successful diplomacy.
The diplomatic secret has at last got be-
fore the Senate, and being guarded by the
awful mystery of executive session, the text
of the document has, Of course, got into the
papers. Having been published, the
Senate, with commendable wisdom, con-
cludes to permit it to be published.
The document shows that while the
United States may have got the shell of
victory, Bismarck takes the kernel.
If the treaty is ratified, the principles for
which this country has commended, that of
leaving the Samoans to select their own
government, with no more interference than
is necessary for the protection of white
residents, will be wholly abandoned. On
the other hand, the German policy of inter-
ference, domination and control of Samoan
will be carried out in full.
1t was doubtless to obtain this treaty that
Germany made the seeming concession of
permitting Malietoa to return to a nominal
rule which will really be hedged about with
German interference. Whether the sam
considerations induced the administration to
join Germany in setting aside the choice OF
Mataafa for king may be an interesting
question for future discussion.
In future when the administration an
nounces its diplomatic triumphs, the public
will restrain its ardor until it is permitted to
see the documents.