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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
A F0RGER IN CHURCH
Action Of Plymouth Church OF Brooklyn
Exciting Discussion.

Action Of Plymouth Church Of Brooklyn
Exciting Discussion.
New York Press.1
IT have been studying for SOM time"
said q prominent clergyman to me yester-
day, ''over the moral effect of the recent &C
ton of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn in
passing q resolution retaining in member
ship a forger who Is now in the peniten-
tiary. In spite of the injunction to judge
not, lest ye be judged, it does not seem that
this method of dealing with the criminal Is
good for the public or for the church. The
mar had been a heartless forger. His mis-
deeds ran through q long series of years.
He was discovered, ap~prehended, punished.
Then he became contrite. He was repent
ant only when found out, and he asserted
his repentance a. being acceptable to his
Creator.
$50 the church decided not to drop him
from the rolls, but to extend its helping
hand to him In prison. This is In accord
snce with the spirit, neither do I condemn
thee But not in accordance with the di-
rection that man shall do work meet for
repentance. The effect Of Christian fellow
ship might have been equally well pre-
served if the forger had been put on proba-
rion, suspended, or otherwise dealt with 20
that his future standing in the church
should depend on his future conduct. His
sudden contriteness and the action OF the
church look too much like laying the plan TO
secure his pardon from prison at an early
day, and if that should be done 1t will give
the public an idea that men who steal the
livery Of heaven to serve the devil may
have practical immunity from punishment
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ugly to view; and if you once set eyes upon
him, you might be very industrious OF the
bottle"
4 am a mar of my word" said Lopaka.
'.And here is the money betwixt u.s."
VERY WE'LL" replied Keawe, Il have 9
curiosity myself. So come, let US have one
look at you, Mr.. Imp"
Now as soon as that was said, the imr
looked out of the bottle ard in again, swift
rs a lizard; and there sat Keawe and Lopaks
turned to stone. The night had quite come
before either found q thought to say or voice
to say it with, and then Lopaka pushed the
money over and took the bottle.
81 an a man of my word" said he, land
had need to De so, or 1 would not touch this
bottle with my foot. Well, l shall get my
schooner and a dollar or two for my pocket
and then I will be rid o. this devil as fast al
I can. For to tell the plain truth, the look
Of him has cast me down."
''Lnpaka, " said Keawe, "do not think any
worse OF me han you can help. I know ii
is night, and the roads bad, and the pass BY
the tombs an i'll place to 60 BY so late; but
declare, since 1 have seen that little face, ]
cannot ear or sleep or pray till it is gone
from me. I will give you a lantern, and 9
basket 20 put the bottle in, and any picture
or fine thing in my house that takes your
fancy; and be gone at once, and 60 sleep al
Hookena with Nahinu."
"keawe," said Lopaka, many a man
would take this i'll; above all when l am do
ing you a turn SO friendly as to keep nv
word and buy the bottle; and for that mat.
ter, the night and the dark and the way by
the tom0s, must be all tenfold more danger
Gus to q mar with such a sin upon his con-
science and such a bottle uude his arm.
But for my part / am SO extremely terrified
myself L have not the heart to blame you.
Here 1 go them and 1 pray God you may
be happy in your house and I fortunate
with my schooner, and both get to heaven in
the end, in spite of the devil and his bottle
So Lopaks went down the mountain, and
AeaTe stood in his front balcony and list.
ened to tie clink of the horses shoes, and
watched the lantern go shining down the
path, and along the cliff of caves, where the
old dead are buried; and all the time be
trembled and clssped his hands and prayed
for his friend and gave glory to God that be
himself was escaped out of that trouble.
But the next day came very brightly, and
that new house Of his was SO delightful &c
behold that he forgot his ;errers. One day
followed another. and Keawe dweIt there in
perpetual joy. He had his place on the back
porch; it was there he ate and lived and
read the stories in the Honolulu Newspaper
but when anyone came by they would &c
IN and view the chambers and the pictures
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in these schools, and almost everything per-
tainipg to a noted Irishman of the past is
carefully eliminated from the school books
which are prepared and furnished the
teachers by The Government officials At naif
price. Irish history is unknown 50 far as
being taught in the schools is concerned, and
very rarely are examinations held there.
Inc district inspector visits the schools
once a year, but remains merely a few min
utes to note the average attendance OF pu-
pills. on which he bases the teachers salary.
So it is seen that the teachers receive a sal
airy from the Government as well as from
the people. But the Government stipend Is
usually very small. 1t might be noted here
that the Government does not furnish the
coal to heat the schools, the children being
obliged to contribute the money themselves
or go without a fire. Each child is assessed
a certain sum with which to purchase fuel,
but in a good many cases the parents are
not able to pay the assessment.
Turf In Place of Cash.
In such cases the school teacher never
tries to collect the assessment, but contents
himself with accepting the next best thing,
which ZONES in the shape of ga couple of
turf" It is not an sight to-day
In Ireland to see little ones going to school
with their books under one arm and q turf
uuueE the OLner. AS Turf Is the Iuel useu ny
the Irish people for the most part, such con-
tributlons come lighter on the heads of the
household than an assessment off or 8 shill-
ings.
Til national school course is very limited,
very few teaching mathematics. geometry or
history. The Government confines itself to
spending large sums Of money every year
on three or four Queens colleges, whose aims
are to make as good doctors as the world can
produce, while half of the money spent upon
them, if spread among the poor national
schools, would do a great deal more good.
The Irish Catholic pays taxes every year,
and the Government which collects these
taxes sees tit to endow three or four Protes-
tant colleges out of the general fund, Blu
positively refuse to give 1 cent toward the
Catholic colleges for the education of their
students. The question of education In
Ireland promises to give the English Gov
eminent almost as much trouble as the land
question and when the latter is settled the
former will take its place in legislative halls.
j. r.. LEONARD.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
Movable Incandescent Light.

A neat way Of increasing the usefulness
of the i~ncandescent light by making it port
able, has been devised by the manager of .
telephone exchange. Finding that he could
not get the strong light he required for the
examination Of the delicate points of his
switchboard. he strung two copper wires the
full length Of the room about four inches
from the ceiling. and Immediately behind
the switchboard. Both these wires are con-
nected with an ineandeseent circuit. A
small car which travels along the copper
wires, carries the light. It is made Of wood,
and has four metallic wheels, two of which
rest on each wire. A flexible cord, having
two electric conductors, passes up through
the center of the car, and each Of the con-
ductors is soldered to the frame, the lamp
socket being attached to the other end Of
the double cord in the usual manner. By
this arrangement its clever designer Is able
to run the ear along the wires with ease and
carry the light wherever it il needed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
PITTsBURGs SUMMER RESORT.

First Ball of the Season at Atlantic City and
the Improvements.
The first dance of the season at Atlantic
City was given on the evening of February
Z, at the Seaside House, under the auspices
Of Charles Evans. It was held in the
parlors Of the hotel, which were specially
decorated for the occasion. The invitations
extended we're generally accepted, and the
assemblage was a brilliant one. Some of
the gowns worn were elaborate, and there
was a liberal display of diamonds.
The impulse of the increasing number Of
visitors is felt at the Inlet. "A number of
yachting parties were made up at the vari-
Gus hotels and enjoyed sailing. although
there was but q limited number Of days
during the week suitable for such di-
versions.
The contemplated Improvements at the
Inlet by the railroads are of an extensive
character. Plans have been submitted that
will enlarge the present pavllions, and ar
rangements made to make it an evening
resort, with music in attendance. The
yachtmen's wharf, that was SO much dam.
aged by the late storm, Is being rehabili-
tated and extended. All through this dis
trict Improvements are contemplated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
Fishiue Rod

A now ancient comic paper gives q picture
of a country scene on the banks Of q river.
Stretched at full length on the grass, and
enjoying the balmy warmth of the summers
day is a dwell~er-in-cities, who has come out
of town for a days fishing. The rod has
been duly fixed in the bank, and the sports
man" is casting his eyes every now and
again. from a few feet away, on the gently
swaying line. Suddenly the float scuds
away, and with a look of disgust the fisher
mar says. Just like my luck; I've no
sooner lit my pipe and got comfortably set
tied than there is a bite"
For such fishermen as this the new fishing
rod holder will be a godsend. and, indeed,
it is said to have been invented by q
gentleman who likes fishing and liberty in
about equal proportions" 1t consists of
very light, thin bars. supporting a triangle
which is hinged to fold fiat. The base bar
has at its rear end a butt bar. with eve loops,
to receive the butts of the fishing rods. A
securing pin is passed through the rear end
OF the base bar into the ground, and holds
the contrivance firmly when the fish draws
down the pole. The braces hook In and are
readily d~isengaged, the whole thing folding
compactly together. The device weighs
about a pound or a little over, and can be
carried in a small case, the hooks being in
serted in slot apertures and readily remov=
able. Several poles can thus be set at once,
and a variety of inclinatIons secured, and if
they are left for a moment there is, ordi-
narily, no fear of their being dragged away
by the fish.
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IL

CHAPTER II.
Now the house stood on the mountain
side, visible to ships. Above, the forest ran
up into the clouds of rain; below, the black
lava fell in cliffs, where the kings of old lay
buried. A garden bloomed about that house
with every hue of flowers; and there was an
orchard of papaia on the one hand, and an
orchard of fruitbread on the other; and right
in front, toward the sea, q ships mast had
been rugged up. and bore a flag. As for the
house, it was three stories high, with great
chambers and broad balconies on each; the
windows were Of glass so excellent that it
was as clear as water and as bright as day;
all manner of furniture adorned the cham
bers; pictures hung upon the wall in golden
frames; pictures of ships and men fighting,
and of the most beautiful women, and OF
singular places; nowhere in the world are
there pictures of so bright a color as those
Keawe found hanging in his house.
As for the k~nick-knacks, they were
traordinary fine; Ginning clocks and musical
boxes, little men with nodding heads, books
filed with pictures, weapons from all guar
tiers of the world, and the most elegant puz-
Eles to entertain the leisure of a solitary
man. And as no one would care to live in
such chambers, only to walk through and
view them, the balconies were made SO
broad that a whole town might have lived
upon them in delight; and keawe knew not
which to prefer, whether the back porch.
where you get the land breeze, and looked
upon the orchards and the flowers, or the
front balcony, where you could drink the
=. - Lab darn tho ctaon
wall of the mountain, and see the Hall
going BY once q week or SO, between
Hookena and the Hills of Pele, or the
schooners plying up the coast for wood and
ava and bananas.
When they had viewed all Keave and
Lopaka sat on the porch.
'iWell?" asked Lopaka, sis it all as you
1esigned?"
words cannot utter it." said Keawe.
SIT is better than / dreamed, and I am sick
with satisfaction"
There is but one thing to consider, said
Lopaka. "All this my be quite natural,
and the bottle-imp have nothing whatever
TO say to it. 1t 1 were to buy the bottle and
get no schooner after ali, I should have put
nv hand in the fire for nothing. I gave
you my word, L know; but vet I think you
would rot grudge me one more proof"
81 have sworn I would take no more IA
vorE," said KeaRe. III nave gone already
deep enough"
This is no favor 1 am thinking Of" re-
piled Lopaka. '1t is only to see the imp
himself. There is nothing 10 be gained by
that, and SO nothing to be ashamed of, and
yeti if ! once saw him, 1 should be ashamed
of the whole matter. So indulge me SO far,
and let me see the imp; and after that, here
is the money in my hand, and I will buy
it"
There is only one thing that 1 am afraid
Of" said Keawe. THE imp may be very
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
Meat Preservation.

The preservation of meat has come to be
an important industry, to which new
methods are constantly being applied.
Nearly all the newer methods OF preparing
preserved meats have, however, been dis
carded for the older methods Of boiling,
drying, sailing and smoking, which together
with freezing preserve the taste and digest
Utility of meats better han any of the more
recent chemical modes. It is found, as the
result of experiments on q large number Of
food materials, such as ham, pork, bacon,
various kinds of sausage and fish, that most
meats are salted not only to preserve the
taste, but also to withdraw a large proper
ton of the water from the flesh; that smok-
ing has very much the same effect; that
1t hides the salty taste, and being able to
penetrate dried flesh, its anti-putrefactive
action is rendered more efficient. One
advantage of smoke il that it acts not
only by drying, the heat at which it is gen.
Grated producing this effect, but also by the
action of small quantities of the antifer-
mentative constituents, such as c~reosote,
carboiic acid, and even volatile oils, which
appear to have a direct influence ON the vi
tally Of putrefactive organisms.
Sailed lean meat, exposed to the action of
smoke at from 300 to 25o G. for 4S hours no
longer contained liquefying organisms,
which had been present in considerable num-
bers before the smoking, but ~non-liquefying
organisms disappeared only on the ninth
day of smoking. Bacon sailed for ten days,
and then exposed to the action Of smoking
for 48 hours, also showed no liquefying
organisms. Bacon sailed tor five weeks con-
tanned no organisms alter seven days smok-
ing. Fish may be preserved for a short
time by smoking only, but 1t could not be
kept permanently. Ham and larger saus-
ages require q longer period Of smoking
than do similar articles Of diet,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
THE ELECTRIC NEWS.
An Atlas of the States Showing the
Progress Up to Date.
FINANCES OF STREET RAILWAYa
Significant Statistics From France On the
Telephones.
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER BY WIPE
rnzrAazD FOE THE D1spArcH.I

pRzPARED FOE THE DIsPArCH.I
A very interesting publication has Just
been put forth by one of the leading cleo
trical companies Of this country. It is .
large atlas showing. State by State, the dis
tribution of electric lighting central stations
and Of electric railways, the various plants
being marked at each Of the towns and cities
in which they are installed. The grand
totals shown are 1885 central station plants
and 24O electric railways, figures which, Of
course. would be much larger if brought
down to later date. A vivid idea is given
of the great variety still existing in cleo
trical apparatus by the fact that in such
States as New York and Pennsylvania no
fewer than 16 different kinds are running in
the stations to produce light and Ave differ
emit kinds for electric railway work.
The tendency during the last five years
has been toward a reduction in the number
Of Systems" but as fundamental patents
expire and the industry is more generally
thrown open, it is not unlikely there will be
as great q variety of dynamos and lamps as
there now is of steam engines or of locomo-
tives. These new systems, however, will be
sold on a basis of ordinary manufacturing
PAOAby uuAESo Aa0ASoA OCpdAbuICS II mducn
for the time when either a charlatan or q
genius could put a system" together and
get 81, 000, 600 for it offhand has gone by.
Up to the present period much of the appa-
ratus hash had somewhere in its selling price
the items Of cash or stock given out to the
inventor, and OF costly experiments that
probably ledI Z no whittier. In the older
branches of electrical industry, much of
that experimental work has baen done for
ever, and the knowledge OF the things that
need not be attempted has become common
property. Mr.. Edison himself has said that
he had :. 900 theories about his ~incandesceDt
lamp, and it is safe betting hat he tried
them all. It is said that when the first big
electric railway was tried at, Richmond, at
least 100 UNDERMINING" trolleys were put
to test in a few brief weeks, to say nothing
Of new forms of gear, new styles Of brushes,
new lightning arresters, new switches and
other details. In work of that nature money
goes like water, but there is no help for it;
and in due time there is the reward, for had
there been no Richmond in 1888 there would
certainly have been no atlas in 1890 with
240 electric roads, 200 OF which, with nearly
another 100 now building, dating from that
eventful victory in a great new industry.
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of Power.

The London World in an article which EN-.
bodies an English view of Americsn electrical
enterprise, gives q graphic sketch of the char
acterissics and capabilities Of electricity. Il
says:
An electric cable, carrying power" from
some spot hundreds Of miles away, can do the
work Of q whole manufacturing region and
clear it of noise, smoke. fog. filth, Drutalizing
slave labor and all their insanitary effects for
ever.
One Of the engineers engaged in the stupen-
dous enterprise Of utilizing Niagara says he can
force through his narrow cable An electric cur.
rent of 5000 horse power to q distance Of 100
miles with a loss of only 10 per cent. After .
time he hopes to drive this current to q dis
lance of 500-in other words. through a region
1000 miles in diameter. and the richest In
America, for 1t includes such places as New
York and Buffalo. In the scientific millennium
which Is approaching aspider web of wires radi-
ating from q few centers will work every fac
tory. steamer and railway, and light and warm
every house and street from the herring pond
to the Pacific, and from the Gulf to Hudson's
Bay. The scientific millennium 10 not 70 be .
time OF small potatoes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
THE pRrvATE DINNER
All the Trappings Of the restaurant Are
Being Disposed OF

All the Trappings Of the Restaurant Are
Being Disposed OF
New York 1imes.l
There is a growing feeling that in just 80
far al a meal in q private house can differ
from restaurant and hotel affairs Of Q SINH.
lar nature in that ratio is the proper fash
ionable effect obtained. Menu cards have
received their death blow, temporarily at
least. although even the high-class caterers
are relinauishing them reluctantly. Their
value to this class as a medium of decora-
ton and effective display is too great to 40
NIT of q quick resignation.
Crumb scrapers, even of silver and gold,
are NO longer In vogue, q folded napkin
doing duty in their place, although this can
hardly be put down as q non-restaurant
practice. In many fashionable establish
ments the walters tray is also ON the shelf,
literally and fguratively. In lieu of it q
napkin folded square in the palm of the
hand secures the untouched plate to each
cover. There is an especial significance in
this method. It takes the most skilIfully
trained and expert of assistants to accom-
plish successfully this hand serving. Carafes
are absolutely unknown o w~ell-regulated
tables.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
Telephones In France.

The marvellous progress which 10 being
made in this country in various branches Of
electricity can only be appreciated by COM
pairing 1t with what is being done in other
countries. France, which is one Of the most
progressive countries in Europe, Is sup
posed to have awaited itself literally Of the
advantages OF the telephone. Its nine chief
exchanges were subscribed TO at the end Of
last November as follows: Paris and
suburbs, $500; Lyons, 300; Marseilles, 500;
Bordeaux. 800; Lille, 45o; Rheims, 400; Rou-
balx. $50; Tourcoing. 800; Nancy, lie;
Cannes, st. Etienne, Nantes, Troyes and
Saint Quentin have about 150, and some 30
towns from 80 to 100 subscribers each. The
total IL only about 5000 down to the 80
limit. The number of telephones in the
United States 10 about 400, 900.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
INGENUITY OF THE RED MAN.

The San Carlos Apaches Invented the
Center-Fire Cartridge.
San Francisco CALI
C. H. Russell, an old resident of Arizona,
was at the Palace yesterday. In speaking
of the trouble among the Indians he asserted
that in his opinion the most intelligent, and
at The same time the most cunning of the
Western eavages are the San Carlos
Apaches. To them, according to Mr.. Bus
sell, is due the invention Of the center-fre
cartridge.
"During the outbreak some eight or nine
years ago" he continued, "their arms were
all Winchester rifles of the rim-fre pattern,
and they soon exhausted their supply Of
cartridges. They had plenty of powder.
bullets and percussion caps, but they were
not available for breech-loading guns. The
cunning rascals had saved their brass shells,
and, with surprising ingenuity. they altered
the hammers of their guns, drilled holes
through the center of the shells for the caps,
loaded them, and used them during the rest
of the wal. It was discovered when they
we're captured. They were. I believe, the
hrstsof the kind in use."
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And the fame of the house went far and
wide. 1t was called Ka-Hale-N ui-the
Great House-in all Kona; and sometimes
the Bright House, for Keawe kept a China.
man who was all day busting and furnish.
ing, and the glass, and the gilt, and the fine
stufs, and the pictures shown as bright as
the morning. As for Keswe himself he
could not walk in the chambers without
singing. his heart was so enlarged, and
when ships sailed by upon the sea he would
fly his colors on the mast.
So time went by until one day Keawe
went upon a visit as far as Kailua to Ger.
tain Of his friends. There he was vel
Toasted; and left as soon as he could the mex
morning, and rode hard, for he was impa.
tient to behold his beautiful house, and be-
sides the night then coming on was the might
in which the dead of old days 60 abroad in
the sides of Kona; and having already
meddled with the devil, he was the more
chary Of meeting with the dead. A little