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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
PERSONS PARAGRAPHED.

MADAME JANAUsCHEK says there is no
legitimate tragedy on the stage because people
would rather laugh than think.
Ex- GOVERNOR EVANS, Of Colorado, has
presented the University of Denver with
SlOO, GOO for its further endowment.
D. G. LovEL, of Tacoma. at the WASH
ington State Encampment of the G. A. R., was
elected Department Commander.
MISS GRACE HEBARD, of Cheyenne, and
Mrs A. " Quinn, Of Evanston, are appointed
regents of the State University of Wyoming.
HON JOSEPH G. CANNON who, with
his daughter Miss Ellen, is visiting Mexico, is
thought by the natives to be very big gun,
judging from the courtesies they lavish on
him.
JUDGE GRESHAM not infrequently rides
on the front platform of a Chicago street car;
and at least one driver has admitted that the
Justice knows vastly more about horse than
he does.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN LA TOILETTE of
Wisconsin. has accepted an invitation to speak
before the American Protective Tariff League
at the annual banquet in New York on the
10Th inst
Mr. RCAyENDISH-B -BENTIN OK, who died re-
Gently. was an authority on art matters and a
collector OF objects OF yertu. be usually spent
many weeks of the year in Venice. as being
the home of everything artistic.
CLYATT, the veteran reporter OF the
Central Criminal Court in London. died the
other day. In so years of service he bad heard
$1,000 cases tried, had seen l,0OO men sentenced
to death and had seen 800 murderers hanged.
PHILLIPS BROOKS regards merely selfish
protection less important reason for restrict
ing immigration than our duty. owed to other
nations, to stand guard over our development,
and thus insure the performance of our great
mission in the world.
GENERAL ALBERT PIKE is said to have
had the finest private collection of living birds
in that city. He had hearty I50 songsters, which
were kept in cages and not in regular aviary.
General Pike. at his DEATH left all the birds to
his colored valet
Mr.. JAMES W. QUINToN, the Chief
Commissioner of Assam. who is at present
prisoner in the hands of the Manipurs, is an
Irishman. He studied in the University of
Dublin, was the first Irishman who obtained a
writership in the civil service of India after the
opening of those appointments to public COM
petition, and has been for nearly 35 years in
the service,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
The Turks and Rose.

SIT would give genuine and religious Turk a
fit if he saw how little appreciation Americans
show for the rose, and what little reverence
they have for H." spoke florist to the st.
Louis PoSt-Uispatch man as he wrapped the
foil about the stem of a Duttonniere.
1.-The rose is beyond question the prettiest
flower that blooms, and it was SO considered by
the Turks many years before the conquest of
Grenada. There is religious legend gener-
ally believed in throughout Turkey that the
red rose spraug from a drop of the great
prophets Mohammed's blood. Everything
beautiful in nature is ascribed to him. The
Turks, therefore. have great reverence for the
flower, and allow it to bloom and die un ntouched,
except on state occasions, and for the purpose
Of making rose water.
After the conquest by the Turks they would
not worship in any church until the walls were
cleansed and washed with rose water and thu
purified by the blood Of the prophet. 1t is used
on the body for the same purpose. A Turk
whose conscience is stung by some act or deed
he has committed will caress and pay reverence
to the rose to appease the wrath of the prophet
and Allah.
with these ideas inculcated in him from
youth it would shock him severely to see the
pretty flower strewn in the path of a bridal
couple thrown on a public stage or banked up
in hundreds at a swell reception or party to be
crushed aud spoiled in an evening""
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
Obituary Notes,

THOMAS n. REILLY, leading wholesale grocer
of Erie died Thursday afternoon, aged so years.
Fx-MAYoR B. s. MERRIMAN of Keokuk, one of
the most prominent politicians in lows, died
Thursday, aged 50.
MRS HANNAH Foss, the oldest resident of
Brewer. Me-, died on Wednesday at the age of %
years and months.
MAJOR PEYToN RANDOLPH, Third Vice Presi-
dent of the Richmond and Danville Railroad died
Thursday night at his residence in Washin gton
MRS ANNIE B. sHANAHAN, a well-known resi-
dent of the Fifth ward. died yesterday az her
home 32 Federal street, aged 90 years. The
funeral will take place Tomorrow afternoon.
HIT HANFoRD, Vice President of the Louis
Vile Board of Trade. died suddenly yesterday of
heart disease. He was q member of the firm of
Lewis Hauford, wholesale seeds and imple-
ments.
NICHOLAS BoUR, one of the oldest and most re-
spected citizens of Newark, o., died the ere yester
day morning. He was 50 years OF age, came to that
city in 1886 and has lived there since, From
1859 until 1850 he served as Postmaster.
MAJOR GEO. w. BARTER, a well-known news
paper man of the Northwest, died Thursday at the
Steilacoom Insane Asylum. State OF Washington.
He served in the Civil War. and was afterwards
engaged in the newspaper business in Washing
ton. ID. c.
AUGUSTUS HATFIELD, well-known architect
died suddenly Wednesday at his home at Rich
mond HILL l.. 1. The cause OF his death was gan
CREME following the amputation of both legs and
one arm, which the surgeons had performed with
the hope of saving him from wasting disease.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
HORACE TO LYCE.
HdeS. ". I3.l

Lyce the gods have heard my prayers, as gods
will hear the dutiful,
And brought old age upon you, though you still
affect the beautiful:
You sport among the boys and drink and chatter
on quite aimlessly,
And, in your cups, with quavering voice you tor
ment Cupid shamelessly.
For blooming Cha Cupid has a feeling more than
brotherly
He knows a hernshaw from hawk whenever
winds are southerly!
He pats her pretty checks but looks on you a
monstrosity-
Your wrinkles and your yellow teeth excite his
aninosty.
For jewels bright and purple Coan robes you are
not dressabe:
Unhappily for you the public records accessi--
BILE;
Where isyour charm. and where your bloom and
gait so firm and sensible.
That drew my love from Cinara, lapse most in
defenslble?
10 my poor Cinara in youth Death came with
great celebrity
Egad, that never can be said OF you with. any
verity
The old crow that you are, the teasing boys will
jeer. compelling you
To roost at home; rehect-all this is straight that
am telling you.
-R. II. T., in Chicago Ne,os.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
THE CHINESE TO MAKE IRON.
Very Complete Works of a Modern Charac-
ter VIII Be Erected.


Age Of Steel.l
The Chinese wall was prohibitory of imported
labor and foreign ideas. 1t was isolation on an
imperial scale, and big patch of the planetary
crust incosed in a fence and made secure
with paddock. British cannon made a crack
in the old barrier and the arts, sciences and
industries of the outside world followed the
redcoats into the Mongolian inclosure. The
yeast in the dough has been working ever
since. Western civilization has inOcuated an
empire. and the pigtalls Of Confucius are COM
ing under the headgear Of European hatters.
China is not now the stagnont pool of the past
centuries. 1t Is being permeated with new
ideas, and vivifyIng energies of alien descent
are percolating through its institutions and in
dustries. A shrewd, prudent and thrifty race
are copying the figures of the Western slate,
and in commerce and enterprise are making
radical and rapid advances. Iron and steel
works On European plans are included in the
new departure
On the slope of the Hamyang hills. opposite
the native city of Hankow, a series of works,
are in process of erection that promise to be
complete and of considerable Importance.
They will comprise two large blast furnaces of
the Cleveland type, with the appurtenances,
apparatus and machinery capable of producing
about 100 tons of pig iron daily. A complete
Bessemer plant will be added, including two
five-ton converters. with cupolas, casting
also include large rail mill, with necessary
machinery and apparatus. A Siemens-Martin
plant will complete the steel work. The iron
department will include 20 pudding furnaces
and plate and bar MILL These works
will cover 20 acres. A foreign technical staff
has been secured, and in the course of few
months steel rails for Chinese railways, soft
steel for ships plates and special metals for
small arms and gun factory will be home pro-
ductions.
These industries are initial but preliminary,
and, circumstances favoring the supply of crude
ton of time when the Mongolian demand for
foreign metal will be measured only by the
limit of native supply.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
Swedish Real Estate Methods.

~
An article on real estate and real estat'
methods in Stockholm, in the Chicago Rea
| E,tat. Buuet;n saws tho most va,uab,e land ir
| S,ooLbolr, a. ,,,r-tt -. en- =. sIe -
LIN 1O, = "of'n iioni siV W sio per squaf'
i""'. Inc faiue Oh improved properly is oasee
on what it rents for, aud It is considered that i
| ought to Weld a YEARLY gross income of or
ner cant on its vsIno
~. eo". "n i'' '",ue'
Anhuai taxes amount TO or "a per cent OF
the value OF the property In selling real estate
"a contract of purchase is generally drawn
up. as with MS and A ..letter of purcbasen So
called io go ;,...oa :, a..
0"rrvu' - useu insseau VI ueeu'
Whep party buys real estate, In order to de
fend his right against previous owner and al
others, he applies for so-called legalxation and
a ,'certificate of lepalization,, is issued nv \
oo,,r, ot .h. It,. - ~ '-.,-s, -.
Soufs VI 'ne Guy wnere tne recorus arc Written
up Before said court the buyer exhibits the
documents by which he claims rights of owner
snip, and after examination, II found correct.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
A GREAT GENERAL GONE,

Count Won Moltke, who died Yesterday.
was Germany's greatest military strategist.
No European General of his time equaled
system, which consisted mainly in making
different army corps advance separately and
operate simultaneously in graphing with
the enemy, was the evolution of a mind of
singular clearness, wonderful logical powers
and unequaled capacity of patient research
He, of course, believed in war, but always
held that prolonged struggles were unneces-
sary, and, as General, bent his energies to
achieving the greatest results in the shortest
possible space of time. The f Franco- Prussian
war was a striking illustration of his abili-
ties to put his beliefs into practice. Having
long foreseen the contingency of the con.
fict, he was ready with his plans when it
suddenly broke out in 1870, and their execu-
ton resulted in the most rapid and uninter-
rupted series of stupendous victories ever
achieved by one great nation over another
This war is without parallel for magnitude
of results in proportion to duration of hos
tilities, and to Won Moltke more than to any
other man is due the Prussian victory.
Though he was 20 years of age when it
broke out, he personally directed the cam
paign, and the other German generals were
but subalterns.
1t has been said that to Won Moltke and
Bismarck the German Empire owes its ex-
isteEce and this is true. Without the latter
to plot in the council chamber and the
former to fight on the battlefield, United
Germany would be as yet nothing but a
hope. These two men did more for their
country than can ever be repaid, but Won
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Alfred j. Rankin.

Alfred J. Rankin, the well-known pro-
prietor Of the Rankin Pharmacy, at the corner of
Penn avenue and Sixth street, died at his " est
ern avenue residence bout 6:15 O'Clock yesterday
morning. Mr.. Rankin had an attack OF grip some
days ago, which rapidly developed into pneu-
monia, and finally caused his death. lie had been
in the drug business in Pittsburg for years. He
was born in shippcnsburg in 1871, and was a
Younger son of DIR. William Rankin. one of the
leading physicians of the Cumberland Valley.
His medical education was acquired in the Phlla-
delphia school of Pharmacy and in 1862 he settled
in this city and opened drugstore at the corner OF
Market street and Fourth avenue. subsequently
he moved to the sire of the Hotel Anderson, and
thence across the street to where the Rankin
pharmacy now stands. MIR. Rankin leaves many
brothers and sisters. among whom are: Rev. W.
A. Rankin, of Warren: DIR. ID. n. Rankin, of
Lincoln avenue Allegheny; James II. Rankin, of
Rankin & Holdship. Allegheny: Joseph z. Ran kin,
the Pittsburg real estate ascnt: Mrs. Carrie Mill
ler OF Carlisle; Mrs. Judge Moody. of Sharps-
burg: Mrs. George :. Johuston. of Shippensburg;
Mrs. A. c. McCure, of Sharpsburg, and Mrs
Anne Hayes of Shippensburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

THE Brooklyn Standard Union turns out
an editorial of a column and half, bearing the
earmarks Of the fiery Murat, on the expressions
approximating a backdown in Cleveland's al
legged silver interview. The fact that it got out
this smashing criticism just in time to run up
against the denial both of Mr.. Cleveland and
the man to whom the remarks are reported to
have been made illustrates the rough parts that
make the way of the organic editor tough
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
TWO WOMEN THWARTED.
They Go to a Great Deal of Trouble for Very
Little Money.
New York Sun. ]

New York SUM-
The other day two women entered one Of
those dry goods store restaurants which have
recently sprung into being, and seating them
selves at table asked the waitress to bring
the bill of fare. One Immediately FASTENED to
say that she didn't care for anything. The
other wanted cup of tea. As soon as it was
brought she tasted it and exclaimed;
"Dear me. this is altogether too strong.
Bring me cup of hot water, please"
The waitress brought the water and then went
away AS soon as her back was turned the
woman, smiling to her friend. began to maniDu-
late the cup of tea and the cup of water. First
she put little water In the tea, and then
little tea into the water. until finally the two
were evenly divided, and loi instead of ons
there were two cups of tea. OF course her
friend, who did not want anything the moment
before, was now ready to take some tea, and
two cups of tea were secured for the price of
one At least that was what the women
thought until they came to pay the check,
when they found upon the bill of fare this
item:
zone cup of hot water. cents"
AS the tea was only s, they really saved
CENTS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
John Carlin.
John Carlin. who died Thursday mor,

John CarIln, VINO died Ihursday morning
at his home in New York City. an excellent
painter OF miniatures, as many examples of his
work in the possession of old New York families
attest and was poet or no mean merit. The
LATTER gift is all the more remarkable because Mr.
Cnrlln was born deaf. and never in all his lite
heard a sound or articulated q syllable No other
person. deaf and dumb f. ON birth, has ever mas
Tered the art of putting words into rhythmica
phrases. MIR. Carlin was born in Philadelphia in
iSl3 and was educated in the PENNSYLVANIA Insti-
tutc for Deaf Mutes. He was graduated AT the
age ofl2. He did not learn artlcuation. which
was not taught then, nor did he learn it in after
wears From his boyhood lie was a lover of
poetry. and was especially fond of Milton and
Shnkespenre.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
A QUESTION OF HEREsY.
The Case of Prof. Briggs Discussed By Min
listers at a Dinner

isterS at a Dinner.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
NEW YORK, April 24.-"Is Prof. Briggs a
heretIc?' was the question discussed at the
one hundred and ninety-first dinner of the Twi-
light Club tonight. The Rev. Madison G.
Peters. of the Bloomingdale RefoTmed ed Church,
said that he believed in the Bible. a whole
Bible, from cover to cover. But creeds we're
only mems interpretations of the Bible, and, as
knowledge increases. there must be a change
If all the creeds went with McGinty to the bot
tom of the sea ir would be a good thing for
Christianity. Churchianity was not Chris
tian1ty, People must be judged by their act
and Deeds
Prof. Grey, of Stevens Institute. an Episco-
palian did not think it was common sense for
a man to change his views and remain in the
denomination which held these. views. The
Rev. Mr.. Harris. an EDiscopalian clergyman
said that from the standpoint of the West
minister Confession the Professor was not
hereto. HAS Prof. Briggs" inquired MIR.
Harris, 'said anything against the summary of
the Ten Commandments, Thou shalt love
thy Lord with all thy heart, mind and strength,
and thy neighbor as thyselfT Just such her
etics as Prof. Briggs are the life of the Chris
tian church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
Japanese Matrimonial Ad.

The following advertisement appeared re-
Gently in Japanese newspaper, and suggests
that the land of the Mikado may be a good
place for matrimonial agent also that the
ideal she of one man at least has her distinct
limitations:
"ANTED-A Wife-If she is pretty she need
w not be clever. If she is rich she need not
be pretty If she is clever she need be perfect
in form (provided always that she be not con-
ceited). Her station in life is object: neither
in country or town. She ought to be in the gh-
borhood of 20 years of age, more or less. The
would-be bridegroom is artist of Osaka. oc-
cupying a medium position in society. Ladies' de-
string union requested to attend at the office
of the OSAKA Mainichi Shimbun by the 18th inst,
where full particulars will be given.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
A Primate's Pleasantly,

Newcastle, Eng. Chronicle.]
A candidate for priests orders, preaching his
extempore trial sermon before the late Arch
bishop TAFT and Dean Stanley, in his nervous
ness began stammeriDg, Il will divide my con-
gregation into two-the converted and the un-
converted" This proved too much for the
Primate's- sense of humor. ard he exclaimed,
81 think. sir as there are only two of US, you
had better say which is which,"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

Moltke alone remained in favor with the
knowledge that his country appreciated his
services, and that his name was honored all
over the world. History will speak of him
as one of the greatest generals that ever
lived
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

THERE is an evidently false story abroad
that Postmaster General Wanamaker keeps a
file of all the lies printed about him. This is
probably untrue. for if the Postmaster General
did that he would have time to do nothing else.
And MI. Wanamaker has made out to do sew
eral other things.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

AN iutimation comes from Washington
that the managers of the Republican League
Club pyrotechnics may find out that there is
such thing as fellow being hit on his head
by the stick of his own sky-rocket. Does that
lean that the head hit by the boomerang sky
rocket will be decapitated by executive orderf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

IT is worthy of notice that the division of
honors at the Cincinnati gathering was what
THE DISPATCH suggested in advance. Harri'
son got the resolutions. Blaine got the shout
ing. Alger in Clarkson's person. got the Presi-
dency of the League, and Mckinley seems to
have got left.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

ONE hundred thousand dollars, collected
for General Sherman's daughters in New York.
makes better record for the metropolis than
the omission to raise the money for the Grant
Monument fund.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
ITALY has undergone q decided streak G

ITALY has undergone decided streak of
bad luck since she undertook to quarrel with
the United States. First financial crisis at
tackled her monetary system, and then an ex-
plosion of her own munitions of war shook her
capital instead of being reserved to terrorize
our seaports. That Government had better
hasten to make peace with the United States
before Vesuvius breaks out into a universal
eruptiOn-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
Social Chatter.

MRS. DAVID LAUB Err leaves shortly for
New York City. to pursue the study Of art
DR. JESSIE TEAGARDEN. of Waynesburg. is
stopping in the city.
MISS ANNA SIPLE, of the Southside, was
united in marriage Thursday to Mr.. George 3.
Eggers, Of BelleyernoD.
THE marriage of Miss Lou B. Billings and
Mr.. Charles F. Rankin will be solemDized at
the BRIDES home. on Thursday. April so.
THE Industrial School of the Fourth U. P.
Church, of Allegheny, will hold its closing ex-
ercises this afternoon in the lecture room OF
the church.
AT 9 o'clock Thursday evening, on the South
side. Miss Flora NJ. Brown became the bride of
Mr.. Emil P. Hartung, with the assistance of
Rev. F. r. Farrand. pastor of the Southside
PRESBYTERIAN Church,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
Ingalls, Unfo rgotten.
New York Pre-

New York Press.1
While Mr.. Ingalls,, late Senator from Kansas,
is tnlling the soil he might wisely take a rake
and part his hair on one side of his head. 1t
was trying to part his political views in the
middle like his hair that foored him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
Politics This Spring,

New York Recorder.l
The shrewd politician goes forth to bucolic
labor in these blithe spring days. with one eye
upon the soil and another upon the Alliance
vote. Sherman il building a barn, Ingalls,
planting potatoes. and Uncle Sawyer, of osh-
kosh. has bought an ox-gad and is asking the
price of steers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
The Revolving Grenadiers.

Boston JournhI.
1t is tolerably well understood nowadays that
it takes something beside social prestige to n
force obedience, and that 1t Is wholly unneces-
sary to treat the private soldier as II he were
of different clay from that which his officer is
made of to secure good military discipline
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

A COLLISION on the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie road yesterday, which destroyed two lives,
seems to furnish new demonstration of the
dangers of insufficient precautions. Eternal
vigilance is the price of safety in railroading.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

Philadelphia Press.l
What the people of Pennsylvania want is bal
lot reform this year, not some other year.
With only Constitutional Convention to rely
upon. we might get the reform some time in the
future, and we might not.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

1.-THE plan of campaign" which has been
on trial in ireland for years is now reported to
be finally abandoned. The new plan OF cam
paign is for the Irish leaders to fight each other
as hard as they can.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25
His One Good Point.


Philadelphia Times.l
No political economist will attempt to justify
the principles of the tramp. but, whether to his
credit not, it must be said that his efforts to
get work do not necessitate the calling out of
the military.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

The judicial antagonist of Ben Butler
was much put out by the latter's description or
him as ian inferior judge of an inferior court
in the inferior State Of Rhode Island" To
make things even worse, he had Ben Butler put
out-out of cour..
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-25

THERE are about 10000 Americans in
Italy and 100000 Italians in the U nited States
But the Americans spend more money in Italy
than the Italians do in the United States, and
the thrifty Italians will not thank their Gov
ernment to deprive them of that source of
revenue.