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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17
With Long List of Speak-Easies and
Marked Men and Places to Fire
at The Unsuspeeting.
OTHER OLD LANDMARKS TO BE SEEN.
The Usual Run Of LOsfers in the Lobby TO Enjoy th,
Tun Between the Judges and the
Unfortunate victmA
PROGRAMME TO BE FOLLOWED IN To.DAYs WORK

The parable of the Servants and the
talents" with few variations, was enacted
in the License Court yesterday, and on &C.
count of its popularity the play is on for
about six weeks run. Judges Magee and
White are the leading actors. The talents
are supposed to have been given out year
ago, and now the servants are back to make
their reports. The decisions are to come
later, when to some the Judges will say:
You have done your duty decentIy and
hOnorably. You obeyed the law and made
right use OF your talents. Therefore, you
shall for another year be licensed to deal out
grog and other unrighteous drinks in
righteous quantities (and qualities) to your
neighbors."
There are others to whom it will be said,
and if Judge White says it, it will be chock
full Of sarcasm and harshness:
You have failed to do your duty in little
things, and you've had your last chance.
You kept open on Sunday and late at night
Ycu sold to minors andto drunkards. Thus
have you buried your talent. You wanted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17

He feeds about 125 people daily. He is 90.
ing to keep boarders again. He says he
stopped because of the erection of building
just below. He has IL rooms to rent out.
Queer Combination Business.
Frederick Tress is bridge builder, but
would rather 60 into the saloon business.
He never was in it before, but says he will
run a restaurant at Alb Smithfeld street
whether he gets the license or not. He pro-
poses to have the eating rooms up stairs and
the drinking room on the first floor. His at
togney says it is bona fide intention to start
lrst-class restaurant. He expects to bor-
row money to help him out.
John Wilson's place is at 1909 Carson
street. He has bought the property at No.
10 Smithfeld street, and wants to do bust
ness there. He proposes to build an addi-
tion to the house, and it will then contain 18
rooms. During the past year his restaurant
business was 40 OF so meals daily.
Charles S. Holmes, Of the Monongahela
House, was not present when his name was
first called, and he was heard at the close Of
the Second Ward list. He answered the
usual routine questions about knowing all
about the law and keeping it.
This closed the days work, and court ad-
journed to $50 to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17

to be sure of what you had, for fear that the
coming year you would not be given another
chance. You are no longer my servant.
Get thee hence and dig mud on the streets
or chew husks; I'll have none of ye."
Some of the Old Landmarks.
Had man left the License Court one
year ago and not returned to Pittsburg until
yesterday, and then drop into the same
court he would have sworn that he dreamed
the year away. The same crew was on deck
when the doors were thrown open at $780,
and the same men struggled vigorously for
q front seat" to lean against the rail and
listen to Judge White fire harshness at the
poor. shivering victims who are called upon
to annually face the Judge-or work. Only,
perhaps, the noses of the spectators were of
little deeper hue and their faces were
little more pinched.
There was another familiar old Landmark,
Attorney B. c. Christy, and some 20 so far
as to suggest that the initials of his name
only indicates his antiquity. Mr. Christy
says be represents no one, but is attending
court for purely patriotic motives and his
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17
T0-DAYS PROGRAMME.

The Applicants From the Third, Fourth
Fifth and Sixth Wards Will Be Heard If
Nothing Prevents-Names of Those to
Appear.
From this on the Judges expect to dispose
of about rs eases daily. which will let them
out on the six weeks time. To-day thew
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17
A Good Days Business Done.

All previous records Of speedy business
were broken yesterday. On the first day of
the License Court of 1890 6s cases were dis
posed of in hours and 80 minutes. Yes
terday two wards, the First and Second,
were disposed of. There were 79 applicants
and only 1 Withdrew without application.
That work was finished between the hours OF
9:45 and 1910 and 1:07 and 4:3O, in all not
6 hours. This is remarkably good time.
at the rate of 75 cases daily.
The man who withdrew yesterday was
Thomas ]. McTighe, who wanted a license
at "a Third avenue. A remonstrance was
lodged against him, and he decided to let
the whole thing pass.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17

DON'T strain your eyes trying to see, but
get your sight tested and your eyes fitted
with spectacles and see easy, at August
Loeh's, 145 Federal street. Fitting done by
Prof. Dodge. ruFsu
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b. q b.

Easter novelties now on sale-a line of
handsome, unique goods not usually shown
by any stores In this community. Tor usual
popular prices. BOGGs q BUHL,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17

as to acknowledge that one man was given
drink by bartender after he was in the
third stage Of intoxication the hopeful law
yer who is acting as support on the "pay IL
you get the license" plan, Immediately puts
down the work on the off side of his ledger.
1t don't very often occur, however.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17
b. g. B.

Cloak room to-day-ladies' military cloak.
BoGGs 3 BUHL.
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AFTERNOON HEARINGS.

The First and Second Wards Finished Up
Judge White Decides What q Res
taurant Is, and Asks About Cafe
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17

No. q Penn avenue is where John King
would like to keep saloon and restaurant.
He was refused last year, for what reason
ne does not know. He is employed by
Booth & Finn. The place had saloon in
it up to 1888.
Judge White-What do you propose to do?
Applcant-Run a saloon and, if the law
requires it, a restaurant.
Mr.. Christy-This man has applied three
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-17

Of the amount Of business
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29
How He Changed His Opinion.

Lord Shaftesbury told me a curious
circumstance connected with Hone.
the author of the "Every-day Book"
1t was told to him by Mr.. Plumptre,
M. P, for Kent, who. being present at
a meeting of. the directors of the rellg-
ious tract society in London, was sur
prised to see Hone there. On the
breaking up of the meeting, Hone
went to him and said, II noticed that
YOU looked at me very much, and no
doubt you were wondering why ]
should be here. I will tell you. !
was walking up from Blackheath to
London, and came to a part of the
road where two ways diverged, and
did not know which way to take. L
saw little girl sitting in garden
with book in her hand. went in
to ask for information, and after l had
found out what wanted. said TO the
girl, What book is that You are read
ing?' She answered, 'The Bible:
'O,' I said, surely that Is not book
for child like you to read" why
not? she replied; my mother reads
it, and gets all comfort from it, Well,
I walked on toward London, and the
reply of that child haunted me. l
felt that had never gone into a prop
er examination of that book, so as to
make it q source of comfort to myself,
and T determined that I would do so.
have made that examination, with
the result that it has entirely changed
my opinion with regard to the Bible,
and that is the reason why l am here. "
Life of Sir George Burns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

TOWER OF BABEL-Three different
piles of ruins in Babylonia claim the
distinction of being remnants OF the
original tower, the building of which
caused the confusion of tongues. A
full account of this remarkable semi
historical event may be found in the
eleventh chapter of Genesis. The
first of the three ruins above mention
ed is the celebrated Nimrod's tower
near Akkuref ; the second on the east
bank of the Euphrates river, five miles
above the modern city of Hillah; third
the conical mound known as Birs
Nimrud, six miles and a half south.
west of the city last named above---all
in Babylonia. Biblical scholars throw
the weight of their opinions in favor
of Birs Nimrud as being the site OF the
proposed heaven penetrating shaft.
The ruins at this point, which con-
sist mainly of kiln bricks, huge stones
and vitrified mortar, almost hidden
from sight by sands, the accumulationss
of centuries, are 1913 feet in height and
nearly 800 yards in circumference. Sir
r. X. Porter, who has given much
study to the Birs Nimrud ruins, be-
lieves its vitrified appearance to be the
results of numerous lightning strokes,
conclusions which, taken in connec'
ton with the tradition that the tower
was destroyed by fire from heaven,
forms an interesting subject for thought
Porter also says that. with the eXcep-
ton OF natural accumulation and de-
cav, the tower is, in his estimation,
almost i'm the exact condition as left
at the time of the confusion. st.
Louis Republic.
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Gin His Name."

Why do Christians so commonly
ask "for jesus sake?" Where in his
Word are we taught to use this COM
mon formula? Why not retain the
phase that Jesus himself gave US,
which is far more beautiful and equal
ly simple? "If ye abide in me, and
my words abide in you, ask whatever
we will, and it shall be done unto you"
The devout soul loves the language of
the Lord, and, denied the original
words, insists all the more strongly
upon the integrity of the thought.
Thus, "And whatever ye shall ask
in my name, that will I do, that the
Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask anything in my name,
will do it."-John xiv, 13, IA.
"Hitherto We asked nothing In my
name" John xvi, "a. "Wnatever
he shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you."-- John
xv., IL. "In that day ye shall ask in
my name. John xvi, 26. "What-
ever We shall ask of the Father, he
will give it you in my name. ."-John
xvi, %.
Can we doubt Gods correct choice of
words with which to express his mean
ing? He certainly might have said
"for jesus sake" but he did not.
Why should you or I? Now, to ask,
"in my name" is not to ask "for Jesus
sake" How many Christians are
praying amiss with Gods plain in
structions before them? Should some
wealthy friend place at your disposal
his bank account with directions that
you make all drafts in his name, no
amount Of jugglery about "for his
sake" would obtain for you one penny.
Shall the loyal one, lifted to joint
heirship with Jesus Christ, deem his
instruction for drawing upon his
riches of less Importance than mans
careful direction?-Horace Watees, in
Christian Inquirer.
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Exact measurements are OF

Exact measurements are OUT OK
place in hearty and affectionate speech
even though sincerity and truthful
ness in such speech must never be
counted unimportant. 1t Is not right
to say that we are glad to see another.
or that we love him dearly, when
that is not the truth but when we DO.
love another, or are glad to see him, IL
Is right for us to say 30 without stint
ing or measuring our words. Ex--s;
travagance in such case 1s 8 great
deal better than exactness; indeed,
extravaganza is exactly what is want
ed. The Bible measure for kindly
words and ways Is more than meas~
ure; it is a measure "pressed down..
and shaken together, and running
over" That is better standard OF
measurement than one that is closely
up to the limits, in any afectionate'
outgiving of the spirit and feeling. A
child realizes this truth iustinctively,
and he Ia a pattern to us all 80 far.
story is Just now going the rounds Of
a four-year.old child who, when asked:
how much she loved her father, an-.
swered promptly Gas many POUNDS
as twenty times all the counting there
is, and twenty millions more than
that" And. that was the way to ans:
wer such question. It was q great
deal better and a great deal truer than
If it had been expressed in cold-blood..
ed exactness. Let no one be afraid Of
giving overmeasure in measureless
love, 8
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Too Many Collections.

McFagg had somewhat serious
difference with his spiritual pastor
about some personal matter not long
ago, and coming off second best in the
encounter he straightway announced
his intention to his joining the Episco
palian community. This was a
month ago, and next Sabbath the
members of the parish church con-
gregation were somewhat astonlshed
to see Mac occupying his usual seat in
their midst. After service was over
old Crawford, who is rather lnquisl-
tive parsonage, approached Mac on
the subject of his return.
"I thought you had Joined the
Episcopalians," said he.
NO" replied Mac, II haven't. ]
intended doing so, but 1 have changed
HAh w exclaimed the other, inrerrog-
atively, what induced you to do
that, prayw
"Well," replied Mac, "the fact is, I
could never stand so many collections.
They have far to many of them for
me-"
"Collections ~ repeated Crawford.
"Why, I didn't think they had any
more collections than we have our
selves"
"Hav MT they, exclaimed Mac. "Man
alive, we can't hold candle to them
in that respect. Why, last Sabbath.
when L went to their church for the
first time, 1 happened to pick up one
of their pray er-books that was lying on
the seat in front of me, and began to
read it, as I was somewhat early, and
very few of the congregation had yet
arrived. 1 hadn It read very far before
came to the conclusion that it would
not suit me to become an Episcopali-
an, so I got up, and came out"
"And what about the collections"
queried the other.
II didn't wait for them to begin"
answered Mac "but there must be a
terrible lot of them, for on nearly ev-
cry page of the book it said Collect
One collection every Sabbath is quite
as much as I can stand. 1t must be
swfully expensive to be an Episcopa-
lian.
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The fathomless agony of soul, the
measureless misery o. spirit, voiced in
those lines give us hint of whist this
poor girl suffered, and yet her suffer-
ings are the sufferings of tens of thou
sands.
A black wagon drove up to tFe little
restaurant Friday morning; the dead
woman was taken to the morgne and
from thence Oh the steamer Fidelity to
the Potter's Field, there to be thrown
in the trenches of the city's dead.
This unknown dead woman is a
type of multitude who are perishing
on every hand, in the midst of our
present Christian civilization, in the
midst of unequalled wealth, in the
midst of social Indifference and stolid
selfishness, which willingly pay out
tens of thousands Of dollars for ban.
quets or carnal pleasure. and contrib
ute princeIy sums for stately temples
with sky-cleaving turrets, but which
iH action display moral obliquity and
total lack of conscientious realization
of human brotherhood when appealed
to to save the sinking, dying masses.
Yet it is written that He whom with
lip service they call Master came ITO
seek and to save the lost."-American
Spectator.
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Are We Shining ?

Ye are as lights in the world. Phil. II. Is.
Fellow Christians, are we shining?
Daily shining az wa might?
All along our pilgrim journey
Can the world descry our light"
Shining out upon its darkness,
Beacon lights mid storm and strife.
Where the clouds have gathered blackness
Holding forth the word OF life;
Amid the fogs OF skepticism.
Unbelef and scOrn and pride;
When the goddess make derislOn,
DO our candles never hide?
Do we keep them clearly burning?
Shedding light for a II around
For the wanderer returning
For the lost and tor the found;
For the comfort Of each other.
For the weak and for the lame,
Who are greatly helped or hindered.
AS our lamps burn bright or wane!
Are we honoring the gospel?
Proving 1t the power OF God
BY the straight paths we are making
In the way our Saviour trod?
Is our faith in Christ producing
Constant care His charge to keep?
So that. suddenly appearing,
He shall not find us asleep!
Lord. forgive US our short coming;
Holy Spirit, be our guide;
Faith and works In concert Joining.
Till the Bridegroom claims His Bride.
E. M Ifipp, in Friends Review.
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In Christ.

Every Christian Is in Christ, All!
Christians are in Christ. It is not
blasphemy, it Is not irreverence, It Is;
not thoughtlessness, to say this. We:
have authority for it. We cannot ex-,
plain it, but we can assert It. Paul
says :"There Is therefore, now no con-
demnation to them who are In Jesus
Christ. And again: ''That I may
win Christ, and be found in him. "
And again: "Who also were in
Christ before me.". And Jesus says
II am in my Father, and ye in me.H
"Abide in me-" '"As it cannot bear
fruit of itself except it abide in the:
vine, no mere can ye except ye abide
in me-" 1t is a great mystery, but 1t isl
alsda great revelation. Christ is In.
the Christian, and the Christian is In
Christ. The fire of the forge is In the
bar of steel, and the bar of steel Is In
the fire Of the forge. The car can get
fire into it only by getting into the fire.:
The Christian can get.
Christ in him only by getting in.
Christ. It is very wonderful, but
very ,glorious.-Illustrated Christian
Weekly.
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Sowing Beside All Waters.

A Christian young man from towr
in western New York, was passing
night in New. York city. On going t.
his room at hotel he found upon tht
table the Bible with this inscription
upon the fly leaf:
'"Placed here by the American Bi
BILE Society,"" Underneath were writ
ten with lead-pencil these words
"Although stranger to this Book,
am not an unbeliever. This night
for the first time in eight years,
picked it up and read that which
did not expect to find, Psalm XII"
Three initials were signed to this
and below another hand had written
"Your words have added another
reader"
The practical man of the world may
smile at the tiuanciering that invests
money in Bibles to be placed in every
room in large city hotel; but cannot
those who are seeking to lay up
treasures where moth and rust do not
corrupt, find some encouragement in
this little incident?
We may never know the sequel OF
the story on the fly-leaf of that Bible.
Even the fact that it has found these
readers may never reach those who
placed it. there. But perhaps that
reading of the fortieth Psalm may
have touched a heart hardened by
eight years of neglect, and led him .to
make his own the prayer, 20 Lord
make haste to help me :" and perhaps
ere this he can testify with the Psalm
ist, "He hath put new song in my
mouth, even praise unto our God."-
American Messenger.
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IMMEDIATELY after His baptism,
our Blessed Lord was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness, to be tempted OF
the devil. This was the first event af.
ter his glorious sealing" by God the
Father. After blessing came testing.
But what followed? Testimony for
God in the power of the Spirit. Jesus
returned in the power of the Spirit"
The lesting-time is always meant to be
a stepping-stone to higher blessing. 1t
is not enough to have received the
Holy Spirit; we must also know the
power Of the Spirit. 1t is through the
pathway of temptation we are led to
the knowledge of His mig hty power
And so we are fitted for life of servic.
in fellowship with Christ. Christians!
put that down as the Divine order for
your growth in grace-Blesslng, Test
ing, Power, Service.
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EoreWarneG by Pigeons.

A few days before the most destruc-
tive earthquake on record the pigeons
of Antioch are said to have left their
nests in the city walls, and taken ref
uge in the suburban groves. The
philosopher Dion Damascus warned
his fellow-citizens to follow the exam
pie of the winged refugees, but failed
to inspire them with his PRESENT.
ments of peril, and on the third day
came an earthquake which cost the
lives of $4,000 human beings, and
shook the very mountains all over
Syria and Asia Minor. On the after
noon of the 5th of October. 1746, the
barber Perez, a citizen of Lima in Pc
ru, was attending to q customer,
whose dog suddenly began to betray
signs of uneasiness by standing in the
open doorway of the shop and break
ing forth repeatedly into a peculiar
howl, then listening for second or
two, and breaking out into that omni-
Gus wall again. Several of the visi-
tors had started to their feet, but stood
silent looking at each other in vague
alarm, when the owner of the shop
made spring for the door, as if under
the impulse of a sudden inspiration,
and rushing out into the street,
shrieked out warning cuidad, ueci-
mos"-"Look out, neighbors !" he
shouted, "there is trouble coming "
and almost as an echo of his words Il
rumbling noise and the sound of dis
tant screams approached from the di-
rection of the sea, and in the next
minute the crash Of falling houses re-
sounded on all sides. An earth-wave
had struck the town, and swamped
the neighboring seaport of Callao
with a flood that swept away all but
forty of its five thousand inhabi.
tants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-29

A BETTER CHARM.-A boy was
knocking the horse chestnuts off a
tree on Cass avenue when pedestrian
observed
81 suppose you think they will act
as a charm to ward off rheumatism,
but they WON'T"
81 didn'tsuppose they would" re-
"Then Wi WI h you want of them ?''
"ro act al g srm to ward on lex,
ings. l kn& ss ~ who carried foul
of them i'm his pockets and didn't gel
licked in four straight week" d"
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1t is by doing our duty that we learn
to do it. So long as men dispute
whether or no a thing is their duty
they never get the nearer. Let them
set ever so weakly about doing it, and
the face of doing things alters. They
find in themselves strength which
they knew not of. Difficulties which
1t seemed to them they could not get
over disappear. For God accompanies
it with the influence Of His blessed
Spirit, and each performance opens
our minds for larger infiuxes of His
grace and places them in communion
with Him, 49,.