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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
LESSONS FROM LIFE.

Head Mistress-Miss Balfour, 1 saw YOU
kiss that Tarleton boy. What is the meaning OF
that9
Sweet Girl Undergraduate-I can spell IT, Miss
Grayson, but can't define 1t.
The Czarina-Alex, there's q plot against
us, right here in our own household.
The Gar tcarelessly)-oh. I'm getting used to
that sort of thing.
The Czarina-But this is the most dastardly plot
yet.
The Czar-what is it.
The Czarina Tin awful whispers)-The cook Is
going to leave.
BOSTON MAID.
At love I never heard her scof,
Though Cupid yet has made no proffer;
She never would remark. "Come of, -
But doubtless prayeth thus: ''Come Offer
''Your mother, understand, has been
very i'll, Thomas
.'Yessir."
.'Is she mending. Thomas?''
''Mendin'? No. indeedy! She said could 70
without clothes before she would another
burned stitch.h
81 have lost nv heart" he whispered,
Gazing In her lovely eyes:
But the maiden coldy answered,
why don't you adyertise?'
''Pat, I'm in a kind ov dilemmy, an
divil avian ov me knows phwat to do. Yez must
know that haven't been home since yistherday
NOR r. min. and me wolfe is layin' for me, know
Phwat wud yez do If yez wuz me? If / go home III
get clubbed. an If 1 don't go home IN get
ciuhbed.''
'.Phwat would do? Why. I'D 90 home an take
my clubbin' from my ould woman loike a man.
Don't lose a wife's rispict, whativer yez do.''
Of the boys, (of rich families) 40 per cent
and upward are ruined by dissipation; and most of
the rest having need TO earn money, and resolve
ng that American politics too low-down for
gentlemen to meldle with. put in their time with
such elaborate toys as yachts and country places.
and die without having worked out what was in
them. Both men and women. having nothing to
do. and abundant means for doing 1t, are especially
exposed to the miserable risk of being drawn into
McAllister's maelstrom, and having their brains
sucked out by centripetal attraction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

ST.. PAUL talks seriously OF trying to get
the Democratic National Convention. Sue
cess to the efort.-iMinnedpol Journal
IF the other twin city of Minnesota suuc
ceeds in capturing the Democratic National
Convention, the platform will be the doc.
trine according to st. Paul.-Boston Herald
THE Cleveland following is said to be ad.
verse to the location of the Democratic Ma.
tional Convention in this city. This may ac.
count for the small subscriptions of Demo-
cratic hotel men to the expense guarantee
fund.-NeW York Press.
THE decision of the Republicans no doubt
will have the effect of bringing the Demo.
cratic National Convention to the West also.
Omaha, San Francisco ana Tacoma NAV now
go in for it with tolerably safe assurance
that one of them will get it.-Anaconda
(lfont) Standard
SHOULD there be n disposition on the mart of
the national Democracy to hold the conven.
tion in New York, the State Committee NAV
be relied on to do vigorous work toward se-
curing the prize. Work with National Com
mitteemen, not by big delegations of citi-
zens, is the only effective way.-Ai6uny dr..
gus.
THE last National Democratic Convention
held in "the solid South" was at Charleston
ton, and adjourned to Baltimore. The South
has never had the courage to ask for DEM
ocratfc convention since. 1t took several
years of hard shooting to get the party into
line under the old flag after that.-Chfcogo
Inter- Ocean.
SAN FRANCISCO can get along without con-
vcntions, but.it cannot get along without
competing transcontinental ronds; and il
our esteemed contemporaries would turn
loose their abounding enthusiasm i'll that
practical direction, and recognize compet-
ing roads as the paramount issue in San
Francisco, the city would soon have honors
thrust upon her, instead of having to beg in
vain for favors.--Sdn Francisco Daily Report.
MADE hopeful by the triumph of Mime
apolis, the other Twin is crying for the Dem
ocrsitic National Convention, and for an
any way. st. Paul has given up
the Ice Palace lest an uninstructed world
should imagine that the winter climate of
Minnesota is different from that of Algiers,
and she ought to have something in com
If she does build an Auditorium.
we hope its acoustic Accomplishment will
be such that the name will not be sarcastic;
and If she succeeds in getting the Demo
cratic Convention, the roof OF that Audi
torium should be made Of glass rainbows-
New York Sun.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

In the controversy between Chicago and
the English sparrow it is worthy to note
that the parties are well matched. One is a
great deal bigger than the other; but all the
contests which enliven history go to show
that mere size is not vital factor In
nerve. cheekiness-not to say gall-dash, de-
termination to get there and recuperative
and staying power, the plucky little sparrow
can hold his own with the city making war
on it. On the issue of the contest of ex-
termination, the sparrow may be able to
hold an even place in the pools.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
A Big Ohio Farm.


j. H. Manchester, the largest and wealth
lest farmer in Auglaize county, and one Of
the largest in Northwestern Ohio, has just
closed q deal with Hauss & Jacobs, grain
merchants, for the sale of 10 900 bushels OF
corn. This is the largest grain deal Of any
kind ever made in Auglaize county. Mr.
Manchester has Q beautiful farm of over
10000 acres under cultivation in the eastern
part of the county. His residences situated
on knoll about the center OF his farm, and
with the aid of field glass he can command
a view of his entire farm. All of his machin-
cry IS of the latest inventions, and his reap
ers, mowers, plows, etc, are all run by steam.
He employs q large force of men, who are all
we'll disciplined. The farm is situated in q
very productive region, and his acres yield
an abundant crop. After having sold the
enormous amount of corn to the grain deal
ers he still has in reserve 900 or 1000 bushels
which is not yet ready for market He will
begin hauling this week, bringing in INSTALL
ments of 500 to 1000 bushels. It will be
regular train of wagons, drawn by a road
engine, a very uncommon sight in any
community.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
A London Social Exigency.

new Ork heCOrQtr.l
The London Times and Daily Telegraph pub.
lished the other day this remarkable adver-
tisement IA lady Of title, moving in the
best society, will receive a young lady into
her house as friend. Terms $4,000 per an
mum. Any Introduction Of such will be
handsomely acknowledged. Address, Patri-
clan, 49, 720, ETC." At once the court officials
set to work, and they found that it emanated
indirectly from the widow of q baronet, who
is in a position to offer the social advantages
which the advertisements implies, but she
finds herself in q very straitened financial
condition, h hence the advertisement. While
the officials refuse to give the name of this
latter-day "Patrician," they have taken
steps in warning debutantes and their
parents against this expensive lodging, and
furthermore the baroness has been notified
that If she appears in society with any
given to the press as the authoress Of the ad-
vertiSement.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

A VERY striking illustration of the idea
that what people are accustomed to is the
only right thing is presented by the protest
In England against Mr.. Goschen's project
Of issuing one pound notes in place of
the sovereigns. or coins which the English
are accustomed to handle. AS the one
pound note is the equivalent of our five
dollar bill, it is easy for US to see that the
objection is simply because the English are
used to the coins. If it were proposed to
take away our five dollar bills and make us
use coins instead we would object as vigor-
ously as the bold Britons are doing to the
exactly opposite proposal.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
Luxury and Starvation in Russia,

New Ork Advertlser.J
Mr.. Edmund Yates pleasantly notes that
an ermine MANTLE presented to the Empress
of Russia as wedding gift, cost $50, 0OO Cost
whom? Of course, the answer will be that
the gift was by the subscriptions of mobiles
and court favorites. who contributed their
own money to purchase this princely pres
ent. But where did these mobiles get the
money which they call their own? Not one
of them ever owned dollar, and the money,
when traced to the source from which 1t
came, will be found to come from the rents,
the taxes and the toll of the people, who are
the real supporters of all this royal
splendor, luxury and extravagance, and
who themselves are to-day starving by mill
ions in that same Russia
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
Obituary Notes.

M. LEMoNIER, President Of the International
League of Peace, is dead.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH KEEFE, Company c, Fourth
Infantry, died at Boise City, Idaho, Friday.
KT. REV. EDGAR z. WADHAMs, Bishop of Oe-
densburg, died at the episcopal resldence in Og-
densburg, N. Y. about O'Clock yesterday morn
Ing aged "A years. He had been i'll tor some time.
Wnen his death was announced the Cathedral and
City Hail bells were tolled.
MRS. MARY A. CRAWFORD, the aged widow of
Alexander I. Crawford late President of the New
Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad. died at her
home in New Castle at Io'clock yesterday morn
ing. She was the mother of Mrs. b. s. Hoyt Of
New Castle, and Hugh A. Crawford. OF Terre
Haute.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
Bob Ingersoll on tho Navy.
New York Advertiser.l

Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, in his speech
at the Carpenter banquet on Tuesday even
ing, said that arbitration was good thing
for civilized nations. but for his part he was
in favor OF a strong navy for this Republic.
81 want" he said. "the biggest and best
ships and the biggest guns. The olive
branch OF peace is good thing to extend,
but no weak. puny nation can extend olive
branches to well-armed nations. When the
olive branch is extended in a mailed hand it
is understood that there is no foolishness.
If we are going to have a navy at all, 1 want
the best, because if we have poor navy we
shall simply make a present of it to the
enemy when. war comes" Although the
dinner WAS given to celebrate peaceful
methods, the Colonel's war-like sentiments
we're heartily cheered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Isabella b. Laughlip,

Mrs. Isabella B. Laughlin, wife of George
M. Laughlin. Of Jones & Laughlins, died yesterday
morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. New York. OF
pneumonia. Mrs. Laughlin went East to spend
Thanksgiving, and on last Sunday caught a severe
cold that developed into pneumonia. She was a
daughter of ex-Judge McKennan of the United
States Circuit Court She leaves husband and three
sons George NJ. Jr., Irwin and Thomas the two
last named being at college. Mrs. Laughlin was
widely known IN the TWO cities, She was con-
stantly interested in church and charitable work
and was an active member of the Shadyside Pres,
byterian Church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

THAT story that the Emperor William
told his new recruits that they belong to
him "Dody and SOUL" and that he may order
them "to shoot down your relatives-your
brothers, even your parent" shows that
either the Emperor repeats himself or that
the people who get up stories about him
lack in fertility of invention. The same re-
markable and mutiny-inspiring speech was
reported as having been made by the EN-.
peror about a year ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
SALVATION ARMY IN BUSINESS.
London Woodcutters Object to General
Booths UndersolIing Them.


rBY CABLE TO THE D1sPArcH.l
LONDON, Dec. 5-Much resentment pre-
walls among London woodcutters against the
Salvation Army. General Booth is now the
biggest merchant in this trade, and as he
processes to combine benevolence with
business, he is a formidable competitor with
the ordinary tradesmen, who endeavorsonly
to make living out of it. Booths men are
making bigger bundles and charging less
for them than the private traders, with the
natural result that the latter are being
ruined.
Salvationists claim that they are saving
souls, but the hard-working and worldly
minded woodcutters strongly object to
sinners being reclaimed at their ex-
pense, and argue, in mundane and
forcible language, that II brands are
to be plucked from the burning
it should be done at market rates. Similar
complaints come from other humble indus
tries in which members of Booths "sub-
merged tenth" compete fairly with ordinary
work people, and it may be necessary for
the trades unions to interfere, which will be
bad thing for the Salvation Army.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

Thy pencil lend me. Jack,
And with 1t, pray,
Thy cunning etcher's knack.
/, too would play
The artist on my lady's window pane;
So shall she deign
To read my verses pricked in sparkling ice.
With quaint device
OF wrearhed fern and frond and feathered grass,
But stay, alas!
lily burning fingers mar thy tempered tool;
Thy heart is cool.
And doth not spoil thy knack.
Here, take thy pencil. Jack!
Esther B.1lfdny, in the Christmas Century.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

The Budget Committee of the Reichstag
has voted 900, 900 marks, or about $225, ,00O for
the German exhibit at the Worlds Fair
Every power is apparently going to contri-
butte its hare to that great show except the
Empire State of New York, which still lags
behind the rest of the world with an appro-
priation of nothing at all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

THE New York papers are jeering at Gov
ernor Ben Tillman, OF South Carolina, who.
during his candidacy. was fiercely opposed
to railroad passes, but now that he is Gov
ernor takes all that he can get. We should
say that the case shows that Governor TILL
man is superior to the average politician in
having known a time when he was theoreti.
cally above the Establishments of free trans.
rarta tion
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
AN agrarian issue looms up rather threat.

AN agrarian issue looms up rather threat
eningly in the Red River country of North
Dakota. The railroad has ordered farmers
to leave their lands and the grangers de-
clare that they will "stick." This is an il
lustration that Secretary Mobiles optimistic
view that the land grant forfeiture bill,
which confirmed the land grants to the rail.
roads, was good thing because it left the
settlers undisturbed, may prove to have
soured on itself in the practical application.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
Mayor Grant Sails for Home.
tBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATCH.l

LONDON, ,Dec.5-Mayor Grant, of New York
took the Teutonic at Queenstown Thursday.
having been compelled to give up his pros.
pective visit to the Belfast docks. He spent
most of his time in Newry in going over his
aunt's affairs with her lawyers, and it is said
that at her death he will inherit most of her
property. Dock Commissioner j. Sergeant
Crum sailed on the Teutonic from London.
as did also j. Pierpont Morgan and his
daughter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

STATE CHAIRMAN KERR now seems to
have very bright prospect for his candi-
dacy for the House Clerkship Mr.. Kerr
enjoys the pleasant popularity of being the
one Pennsylvania Democrat whose political
importance has not been severely docked by
recent events.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

New \ Ork sum-
A Western applicant for public school
teachers appointment wrote the subjoined
essay on the subject, "The Application of
Steam:"
Before the invention Of the application of
steam people road in sailing vessels. Those
who travelled on land were obliged to use
wagons drawn by horses or canal boats or
mules"
And this is the latter end of the nineteeeth
century.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

Mr. ANTHONY CoMsToCK has gone to
Chicago with an expressed intention of puri-
flying that city before the Worlds Fair. If
Mr.. Comstock points to New York as a speci-
men of his publication, it will be likely to
produce a verdict that If he has purified the
metropolis no one would ever have sus.
pected it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
III. NJ. Frazier.

II. M. Frazier died yesterday at his late
residence, No Arch street. Allegheny, from lead
poisoning. He was in his 47th year and was well
known In Allegheny. where he resided for a num-
Der of years; Mr.. Frazier was employed as mill
wright for Beymer. Bauman 6 Co. He leaves n
wife and three children Funeral services will
take place this afternoon at O'Clock. The inter-
mnet will be at Saxonburg tomorrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

SUCCESS to American shipbuilding,
whether on the banks of the Delaware for
new war vessels or in Lake Superior for
whaleback steamers. And success to the
canal projects which will give American
shipbuilding its greatest boom and let Pitts
burg contribute large quota to the steel
and iron fleet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
Bill Nye Nursing His Wounds.

Atlanta Constitution.1
Mr.. Nye is u kind, gentle-natured man, ,and
as he sat in his room at the Kimball yester-
day, with his right arm in a sling and a big
patch of court plaster on his right temple,
you felt sincere sympathy. Bill toyed car
essingly with bottle of liniment on his
dressing case, but says he has no dread of
becoming addicted to the phial-stuff.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

A FEW more days of such beautiful
weather as the past two days will establish a
genuine case of the much-talked-of but
rarely realized, Indian summer. The real
Indian summer is period of bright weather
after the first touch Of winter. Such days as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

1t being practically settled that Governor
Hill will retain his grip on the New York
governorship until Mr.. Flower takes his
place, New York will have to content itself
with being represented in the United States
Senate by Frank Hiscock and Calvin S.
U-fn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
Charles c. McCairness.

Charles c. McCairness died at his home.
in Centerville Butler county, yesterday after a
brief Illness He was law partner of Attorney
year. He was not "a member of the Allecbenv "
County Bar Association, but Mr.. Sullivan an
nounced his death In the several courts yester-
day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

SINGULAR to relate, the English people
who bought stocks in the brewery syndi-
Gates year or two ago. are now beginning
to find out that the glowing prospectuses
and steady dividends are not identical.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

ONE of the peculiar features of the war
on English sparrows in Chicago is the fire..
quency of reed birds on the bills of fare of
the restaurants of that city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
A Clear Explanation.

Philadelphia Tlmes.]
Another explanation of the policeman
being in politics is the old one that as gen.
eral rule he is where he is not wanted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

ONE hundred million dollars worth Of
exports in October. 1891, shows what the
United States can do when it starts out to
beat the record. (.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

yesterday belong indisputedly to that class;
but the trouble is that we do not often have
enough Of them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
THE PROGRAMME FOR CONGRESS.

PITTsBURG. SUNDAY, DEC. 6, 1891.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

This issue of THE DISPATCH contains
go pages, made up of THREE PARTS.
Failure on the part of Carriers. Agents,
NewsdeaIers or Newsboys to supply patrons
with Complete Number should be prompt
" reported to this office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
rrHoN A srArr coRREspoNpkNr.i

less inflow" in order to keep in the literary
swim-his active brain was naturally busy
with new combinations of whisky gin
absinthe, vermouth, syrup and Angostora.
What usually puts others to sleep keeps an
A. MD. awake.
Other things besides dreams and tips on
horse races go by contrnries. So it was with
Williams somnambulism. No sooner would
he get soundlv asleep than he would get up
and walk up and down the room and fall to
mixing drinks, passing his hands deftly in
the air and to and fro from beneath imagin-
ary bars and shaking Elusive glasses with
his accustomed grace and abandon. winding
up each operation by wiping his hands on
his robe de mutt. BY this last token his
roommate knew when each particular
drink was finished. In fact, it was the
manner in which william wiped his hands
which indicated the particular character
of the imaginary mixture, and the room
mate AYERS that by TINS alone ne could tell a
fy Such is the mannerism of genius Like |
all somnambulsts William was at such
times responsive to vocal suggestions and
his roommate had only TO call for aEy |
specific drink to set William at work max |
ing it, He noticed that when this involved |
samples of his higher art the A. NJ. d. would |
proceed with great alacrity and cheerful |
ness, but when it was q steady succession of |
rum and molasses or beer, or some other |
plebeian drink. William would soon become |
tired and return to bed. The psycholooicaI |
student pursued his nocturnal studies of |
Williams spiritual nature to the point of |
practical experiments with glasses of water
when the A. NJ. ID. one cOtd night threw q |
glnss of ice water in the bed under the inn |
preston that it was the ''all sorts" can. !
This broke up the school and the partner |
ship at the same time.
From High to Low Attitudes.
-"It is curious fact" said Colorado |
man at the Fifth Avenue, "that while thou /
sands of Eastern people seek high attitudes |
among us every year for their health, quito
as many residents of Colorado find it ex-
ceedingly beneficial to pass a portion OF
every year at Excelsior Springs, near Kansas
City, and other resorts of low altitude.
They find the change greatly relieves the
nervous strain. The tension of every day
life and labor in an extremely rnrified at
mospherc il too great to be successfully
withstOod by many constitutions. 4 change
is quite as distinctly marked in good results
one way as the other"
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY