Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-20
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
PEOPLE who have false teeth are the only
ones who wear crowns on this hemisphere.


THB old aphorsm runs: Believe nothing you
hear, believe only half of what you read, and
do not believe everything you see When tnese
words were penned the news OF the day was
circulated by gossips, the books were full OF
the wonderful tales of travellers, and telescopes
had not been perfected. Now things are dif-
ferenr, you know. The news of the day, that
which makes and goes down into history is no
longer mouthed or hawked iabout. growing or
shrinking under the tongues of the takers All
over the world busy brains, nimole fingers.
swift feet, sleepless eyes are watching and
recording, Sitting and sorting the true from
the false. the refI from the unreal, and scatter
ing it broadcast You are not asked to believe
the comments thereon, but If you do not be-
lieve only half the recorded events you only get
half measure ESQ farsas the real news
of the world is conce5pnG Seeing is believing
SO far as material life goes. too. If you see
aright-with the minds eye as well as the little
headlights-it's pretty safe to believe all you
see. Of course if you are blinded by prejudice
you will only see such things as are presented
in a favorable light, and even then 'twere
better not to believe all you see. But those who
see Alright, who think while they look, need not
doubt their senses or pose as skeptics, douDters,
jeerers. But when you listen to the small and
idle talk, catch the drift or the current of lifes
troubled stream, remember well the aphorism.
Don't believe a word of the gossip.
II your correspondent writes over
nom de plume, is Shiny snake crawl
ing through life anonymously, don't be-
lieve word you read. Burn the letter
and blot out its memory. If you Judge persons
and things by appearances don't believe what
you see. for appearances are mighty deceptive.
In these cases the old saying fits to nicely.
But when applied to the news record it is too
sweeping, and if followed would rob the world
of its chief charm. Error creeps in, to be sure,
exaggeration garnishes truth, rumor is clothed
SO as to be presentable. but when weighed the
record of the day is not found wanting in fact.
There is deal more realism than romance in
the heavy grist turned out with each revol lution
of the big ball-the grist which is bolted by the
toilers under the bright lights. beside the fash
ing and the sounding machines, down in the
deep cellars where the ink is black before it is
ground into the white paper to produce the
torch which guides liberty and melts fetters.
NEW YORK does not seem to consider Weed
good Senatorial timber.
FARMER WHEELER, one of Iowa's aspiring
Alliance politicians, farms by telephone. He
is now working the wires for Governor.
THE first steamer on the great lakes was
christened Walk-in-the- Water by the Indians.
She carried walking beam.
THE weather gives every promise of freezing
out the ice trust.
JUDGING from the fun New York society has
in connection with amateur operas and the
atricals innumerable high iinks are committed
in the name of charity.
MODERN religion points to the star of hope
in the sky of faith, and its creed divisions only
exist in prejudice.