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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

THE urgent deficiency bill appears to
have become decidedly urgent, as it appropri-
ates the neat amount of s5a0000O0 in round
numbers. This sum added to the total appro-
priations of the last session makes lively
total It also throws very peculiar light
upon the declarations of the Republican
leaders and organs last fall, that the man who
said there would be deficiency was.a liar and a
traitor to the State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Must Be a Stop Somewhere.

But division cannot go on forever. There
had to be a stop to it in England. Up in
Northumbria the King and the Queen had
received conversion and instruction from
different hands; one had been taught the
old-fashioned Celtic ways. and the other the
new-fashioned Roman WAYS. One of the differ
ences was about the time of keeping Easter.
The consequence was that while the King was
Keeping Easter-tide, the Queen was still prac-
ticing the abstinences of Lent. And that made
trouble. And the trouble was finally adjusted
by Ripon's other saint, St Wilfrid. They had
a great council, the two branches of the church,
at Whitby, before the King. And Wilfrid as
sured the King that st. Peter was on the Ro-
man side of this question, and that st. Peter
was the gatekeeper of Paradise. and bore the
keys. That convinced the prudent King. "Let
me'stand," he said, upon the side of him who
bears the keys, that he may let me in." So the
matter was decided. The Representatives of
the original British church withdrew from
Ripon and their other abiding places, and the
advocates of the continental fashion possessed
the land. Wilfrid built a cathedral here. You
can 60 down into the cathedral cellar and see
some of the old stones of it,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
The Monasteries of olden Times.

Every medi8val monastery had five roofs
a church, a cloister, a dormitory, refectory,
and chapter house. If the monastery was
rich, as Fountains Abbey was, there were other
buildings beside these,-guest houses and an
inirmary, and the abboes lodgings. The GEN.
ter of all was the cloister. The cloister was an
open space of green grass about which the main
buildings of the monastery were erected. On
the north side of this little square stood the
church: on the south. the refectory; on the
east the chspter-house; and on the west, the
dormitory. These buildings fenced in the
cioister with their great walls. Around the
sides, making covered porch all about the
stone pillars. This was the cloister walk.
Here the monks lived.
The coster roof has long since been broken
where the pillars stood. The buildings are still
about the square, with broken walls. You sit
down in the shadow of them and have vision.
The bell rings IN the old tower, ana the candles
are af1ame on the altars of the old church. and
you hear the voices of the monks chanting the
Psalms of David. Presently out marches a
procession of men in cowl and gown, into the
cloister and "a day that is past' comes back
solitary state; in the south walk the convent
barber is busy with his necessary labors in the
west walk, school is going on, with company of
mischIevous medieval boys for pupils learning
to read Latin learning to sing psalms. Here in
the north walk where the face of the is pleas
ATTEST. the monks ares gathered who have no
other dutles. The celiarer is in the
kitchen, getting dinner; the chamberlain is
in the dormitory. making beds; some are at
the mill, ana some in the carpenter shop,
and some blacksmithng. and some looking
after the needs OF the abbey's guests. For
there is plenty Of employment. The abbey is a
whole town in itself, with all the industries
which minister to human life included in it.
But all who are nowhere else are here in this
sunny side of the cloister. Here the books
are kept The account books. minute to the
last half-farthing, and fearfuily elaborate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

1T is calculated to create surprise in
Pennsylvania when we are told by the Elmira
Advertiser that Senator Cameron twas first
elected to the Senate in 1877 to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his father" Perhaps the
elder Cameron suffered political death in that
year; but the impression Is still strong that
then, as for many years after, he was the
Iiveliest dead man the world has ever seen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

IT NAV be remembered that while Gould's
great financial stroke was pending in Wall
street, there were some doubts as to whether
he was gobbling the Union Pacific or the
Atchison roads, Denials as to both were made
in Mr.. Gould's behalf; but they made no differ
ence. The emptiness Of the dispute is now
clear beyond question. He gobbled both of
them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
MIXED SCHOOLS IN KANSAS.

There Can Be No Discrimination Against
Colored Children.
TOPEKA. Jan. 1.-THE Supreme Court has
decided that colored children could not be dis
criminated against in the public schools
. In the case of Bertha and Lilly Knox, colored
children of Independence, Kan, against the
Board OF Education of that city the court
holds that the Legislature not having granted
to cities of the second class power to establish
the separate schools for colored children, the
action of the Board of Education in attempt
ing to exclude colored children from the
schools and compel them to attend q separate
school, was illegal. A writ Of injunction was
therefore granted as prayed for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A Couple of Corrections.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In q telegram published this morning !
notice that grandson of Field Marshal
Blucher has taken out naturalization papers at
ST. Louis. The telegram adds that the Field
Marshal commanded at the battle of Leipsic.
This is an error. The allied army opposed to
Napoleon was commanded by Marshal
Schwartzenburg. The battle lasted three
days, and ended in the retreat of the French.
The name Blucher is misspelled in the tele-
grams, which error ! also correct. CITIZEN.
PITTSBURG, Jan. TO-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

some other road than the aboriginal ali
mentary canal.
The hiatus in the Tribune's proof is in the
failure to show that the Indians got the sup
plies. The testimony that they did not is
conclusive; and the Tribune's efforts sue
ceed in making out, in addition to the
charge of neglect and incompetence, very
fair prin1d fdcie case of downright stealing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A Canal Suggestion.
New York telegram

New York Telegram.
twenty-five millions fora canal which will
unite the Ohio with the lakes and make West
ern Pennsylvania the industrial center of the
world, is dirt cheap" says THE PITTsBURG
DISPATCH, and It says truly. Even If a navi-
gable waterway from Erie to the Ohio river
should cost more than SIS 000, ,000 it would prob
ably be wise outlay. Why does not Pennsyl-
vania organize the work and carry it out, as
New York built the Erie Canalf Surely the
Keystone State is not waiting for Congress to
do it. eh?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Improvement of the Mississippi.

To the Editor OF The DfsDatch:
Your series of articles on the improvement
of the Mississippi river contain more practical
suggestions, exhibit more real engineering con-
ceptions and are broader in their scope and
grasp than anything that has hitherto appeared
on that subject. Not only this, but they rise
into the domain and amply cover the plane OF
the highest statesmanship.
BY comparison, the ship canal project sinks
into absolute nothingness. i am awaiting the
report of the commission to see by what iur-
rlery they propose to canal over dry hill.
PLEAsANTvILLE, PA, Jan. & N.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A RESORT OF sPooKs.
The Inhabitants Of an Illinois Village Fea
Haunted House.

Haunted House.
FA1RBURY, ILL, Jan. 1.-THE citizens of
Pontiac IL miles north OF here are considera-
bly, worked up over the thought that a haunted
house is located in their city. The haunted
residence is what is known as the Country mems
house, and Is near the Baptist Church. The
strange noises are in the nature of whistling
and scratching, which can be heard all day,
but in the dead hour of night it is the loudest.
Parties have investigated the strange noises,
and when they thought they had got to the
place where it was heard the sound could
be heard in another part of the building alto
getber. 1t is said that, in times past, before
the place went out of possession of the Coun-
trymens, many persons visited the residence at
unreasonable hours, with the thought to inter-
view ghosts or other bad characters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A constitutional Weakness.

From Detroit News, Ind.1
All these contests serve to illustrate what we
have often said about the weakness of our
constitutional system in this country which has
no means of referring all such disputes to the
people, and. in consequence promotes in the
minds of politicians an utter disregard of the
people so long as by hook or crook power can
be retained. Under the parliamentary system
which obtains in other free countries, NO
government would retain Office unless 1t could
obtain clear majority of the popular branch
which in those countries is the potent branch
and If those in Office could not transfer the
offices to others who could obtain such legisla-
tive support. they would refer the whole subject
back to the people in another election.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Signs of Last Falls's Upheval.
Sho ~ ~S CF>S'
ST. Paul Pioneer Press, REM

st. Paul Pioneer Press Rep.J
These are all signs of the singular shaking
up that the parties and the people received
last fall. In the Northwest an entirely new
element has come to the front-an element
which is not accustomed to the exercise of po-
1itical power. which has dreamed of it as the
height of human felicity, and which in Ne
braska at least is not especially careful of its
methods or its instruments It is inevitable
that the birth Of this new political force, or
this unaccustomed manifestation of an old
one, should be attended with unusual phe-
nomena,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

THE King of Portugal reminds his African
contingent that it is charged with the defence
of territories that have cost ''us" many sacri-
fees and much blood. The statement would
have been more impressive if it had dwelt on
the sacrifices and blood which the Portuguese
have inflicted on the unfortunate natives and
former owners of those territories.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
THE formation of the Oatmeal TRUST cali

The formation of the Oatmeal Trust calls
forth an expression of approval from the Buff
falo Express, which trusts that sit may send
the price of oatmeal SO high that no one will
ever again be obliged to eat the wretched stuff
for breakfast" This outbreak against popu-
lar article of diet leaves us in doubt whether it
is prompted by revolt against domestic
tyranny or an enmity to Scotch customs and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Democrats May Bide Their Time.

New Orleans Picayune, Dem.l
The growth of Democracy in all Of the New
England States of late years has been so rapid
that the Democrats may console themselves
with the hope that few more campaigns will
give them an absolute majority. and thus enable
them to sweep away the laws that have per-
mitted their political enemies to maintain
themselves in power in spite Of the clearly ex-
pressed will of the people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
BetNeen Two Fires.

Boston Herald.l
What with the Indian uprising and the blood
shed threatened by the Farmers Alliance Ne
braska is dark and bloody ground just now.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

CONCERNING the dissolution of the Har-
vester Trust it is satisfactory to observe that
the members of that body recognized their
duty 10 respect the laws-when they had to.
The attitude of most of the trusts is that they
do not have to.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Not Go ,ernor Thayer's Fault.
New York Tribune, Rep.l

New York Tribune, Rep.l
1t is undoubtedly serious thing for Cover.
nor Thay to interfere with the will of the
people as expressed in Mr.. Boyd's plurality
but the Governor has sworn to support and
maintain the Constitution, and the Constitution
plainly says that mo person shall be eligible to
the Office of Governor who has not been for two
years next preceding his election citizen of
the United States and of the State" 1t is not
Governor Thayer's fault II Mr.. Boyd has been
careless or Indifferent with regard to his rights
and duties. The question is purely legal one.
and some way should be found of determining
it in a prompt and lawful manner. Partisan.
ship should play no part in such controversy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
The South and North contrasted.

AtidHta JOurnal, Dem.l
The present condition Of the State govern
ments Of several of the Northern and Western
States affords striking contrast with the peace
fulness and order everywhere prevalent at the
South. 1t suggests that if the bayonet or Fed
eral interference in State politics is needed or
would be justifable anywhere, it is in these
Northern and Western States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A Point in Boxd,s Favor.

Washington Post, Rep.1
1t may be mentioned In passing that the
militia holds itself subject to Governor Boyd's
order, which is a point In his favor. as he is a
good, conservative citizen, tenacious of his
rights. but not inclined to resort to revolution
ary methods for their vindication.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
The Fault of the Alliance.

Chicago Herald, Dem.
Unfortunately for the cause of good govern
ment the Farmers Alliance party in the Leg
islature. by defying the rights of the minority
and engaging in various violent demonstrations,
played into the hands of the defeated Repub.
licans and brought additional scandal upon the
State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A COMING WEDDING.
Miss Audenreid and Count Devonne to Be
Married on Wednesday.

Married on Wednesday.
rFRoM sTAYF CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. Lizards are out fol
the most fashionable wedding of the season, to
take place next Wednesday at st. Matthews
tRoman Catholic) Church. The bride-to-be is
Miss Florence Audeureid and the groom Count
De la Forest Devonne, of the French legation.
Secretary Blaine. as the head of the diplomatic
corps, will bestow the hand of Miss Audenreid
upon Count Devonne.
Archbishop Corrigan, OF New York, who IL
the brides godfather, will officiate. After the
ceremony there will be a breakfast at 1890 p.
M. at the residence of Mrs. Audenreld on Ver-
mont avenue. Among the guests at the break.
fast will be the President and the officers of the
Cabinet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

THE Nebraska rumpus seems to be de-
signed for a demonstration that when the
Farmers Alliance gets into Congress- it can
play the grab game as recklessly as either of
the regular parties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
The Republican Advantage.

st. Louis Post-Dispatch. Dem.l
So it would seem that the Republicans in
power in New Hampshire can count them
selves into power again after every election,
as long as they have the nerve to violate
openly their own laws and precedents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Playing a Dangerous Game.
ST. lrnI1is liInha- Den ocraf 4

St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Rep.
There is reason to believe tia in the end the
Alliance people will have their own way. The
power is in their hands, and they will hardly
consent to any sort of compromise. They are
playing dangerous game. however, from a
political point of view. Their party has much
to lose and nothing to gain by prolonging the
present unfortunate contest for the mere
purpose of showing that they can do what they
please
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JONES, OF
New York, in a speech on Jackson's Day inti-
mated very plainly that Governor Hill should
not have a third term. THIS is taken to mean
that Jones is anxious to pay the freight of a
gubernatorial campaign.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

WELL it can be said in defense of the
weather that the sun actually did shine yester-
day. There was not very much of it; but what
there was, was real sunshine
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

out regard to the question VIII ether they are
honestly elected or not. continues to demon
strate how inimical the present spirit Of par
tisanship is to the republican system Of honest
representation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

The Western railroad agreement is
affirmed by the Philadelphia Press to have re-
suited in the best sketch-plan for a general
traffic pool yet proposed" 1t does not seem
worthy of notice either by the Press or the
railway magnates that certain provision
known as an act of Congress forbids pooling.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Circumstances After Cases.

Toledo Blade.1 s
Suppose England owned Alaska, and Yankee
seal hunters were foragfng around the seal
rookeries; wouldn't the British lion roar,
though? 1t makes vast deal Of difference
whose OK is being gored.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
The Rebellious North.

Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem.l
1t will be noticed that all the turmoil and re-
bellion is in the Northern States. where the
defeated party is unwilling to surrender, even
when commanded by the people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
The Irish War Map.

New York Telegram.
Summary of the Irish situation by cable:
Parnsll w0n's wi'l withdraw.
Mccarthy wOn,, wi11 meet o'Brien'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Who Steals My Purse Steals Trash.

New orleans Delta, Dem.l
The New Hampshire Legislature chose Tut
tie. the Republican candidate, as Governor of
New Hampshire. While legal, this was as
clear steal as if they had put their hands into
the pocket of Ames. the Democratic candidate,
and taken his pocketbook.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

THE Supreme Court of Pennsylvania would
be appreciated in New York. As a street
sweeping machine it's dandy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A Little Lord Fauntleroy Palace.

You go out across the fields two or three
miles, along Kirkgate and Skellgate. over the
stiles and past st. Wilfrid's Well, and you get
to the entrance gates of the magnificent estate
of Studley Royal, the residence of the MARQUIS
of Ripon. Studley Royal is like the place
which so surprised Little Lord Faunt1eroy"
who was amazed that a man should live 'oVer
a mile from his front gate" You 60 along
fine avenue of lime trees, straight as an arrow
and a mile long; and then you turn
OF TO the left along shady walks
bordered with great hedges, cut away
here and there for glimpses of lake and river;
and through the glade where once the "Curtali
Robin Hood and you come in sight of Fount-
aims Abbey whose ruins are the most extensive
in England.
The abbey lies by the river bank some of its
buildings being extended out across the Stream.
Here is the church, with its square side tower
and its long eastern chapel ''of the nine altarsn
and its ancient chancel, and its majestic nave,
roofless but with its two rows of great, round
Norman pillars standing like avenues of forest
trees. There. is grass where the pictured floor
of the monks lay. The ivy grows over the
broken walls. and all is open to the sky. They
broke in here after the monastery was sup
pressed" and sold by the Defender of the
Faith" and pulled the roof to pieces, first
had fine, big bonfire in the mid
ole of the church. with the wood of
the choir stalls for fuel; and they melted the
lead, aud burned up all that delicate carved
work, anu left the unroofed, desecrated sane
tuary to the birds, and the bats ana the
weather,-the pious reprobates, the cultured
savages!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
His Visible Means.

AFTER the waiter feeds you he expects to be
feed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

The embezzler who is led on by a woman
would be justified If he christened her misap-
propriation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
He or His Dollars?
Boston Herald

Boston Herald
senator star ford.' Of California, has been
triumphantIy renominated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA has written up a
soap works for an English magazi ne. It must
have been costly paid local." and contains
good deal Of lye.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
The follies of healthy youth are the sharp
pains of weak old age.

pains Of weak old age.
RAINsToRM in winter is not pleasant af-
fair. Is 1t? It's unreasonable, unreasonable,
unbearable. The summer shower the season
able downpour. is refreshing. Then the clouds
are silver lined, the raindrops sparkling, the
patter musical, the air damp but balmy. But
in winter time it's different. There's no
music in the wind-driven drops that cut
through the fog which seems to drag the cold,
gray clouds down to the soggy earth. They
touch it, too. seemingly within the range Of
vision, bringing the horizon closer and closer,
narrowing the circle which is embraced in the
sweep of the blinking eyes. Dismal damp,
dank, dreary is a yainy winter day. Nature
wears weather beaten. bedraggled look.
and humanity Is hypnotized in like man
ner. The mist goes through the water
proof and chiIls the very marrow. Faces come
out of the fog with eyes bent downward and
lips tight closed, as if holding back dark
thoughts and checking unkind words. The un-
kenneled dogs stink along close to the base
lines of buildings or stand shivering on door
step and in dark Railways Horses coats send
off clouds of vapor while they fretfully paw
the pavements and champ uneasily under the
fagellation-winter's wet whipping. Children
of the alley look like wharf rats Just returned
from forage up city's main sewer
grimy, Shiny, scared looking. Tots who
shout in the April shower pout in thelwinter
pour. They see birds. buds and flowers in one,
dead leaves. leadea Skies gray fogs in the
other. The boy who owns sled and skates sees
the snow and the ice slip out of sight with a
sigh. He is the greatest sufferer. Each rain
drop falls into his beating little heart and in
his eyes the mist is binding. Poor little fel-
low! he does not stop and think that the soft
fakes will come again out of a blue-black sky
Hov,l 81, ,lC
gathering while he looks at the mud-talnted
little ridge below the window running off gut
terward, riverward, seaward. He sees what his
eyes see. happy little lad-no more. no less.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

AN April shower in January is quite a nov
city. But. then. the weather is nothing if not
novel.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

WHY not ship cigarettes to the reservations
and allow the braves to smoke themselves to
death?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

THE political plans for controlling Legis-
latures by seating or unseating members with