Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-24
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
The men who are taking the dimensions
of the saloons for the guidance Of the License
Court are using board measure.

The men who are taking the dimensions
of the saloons for the guidance Of the License
Court are using board measure.
The steam escaped yesterday, and the
human boiler is the better for it. Surely the
fete days serve 3 good purpose. II some outlet
was not provided for the escape of the pent up
patriotism. the tightly corked gases generated
by love of land. love of pleasure. love OF
change. Ulove of the spectacular, love of
pomp and parade, love of martial music
and love of crowds would f~retfully generate
and explode unexpectedly. But the dates for
display. for devotion. for memorial-for joyous
shout and holiday fixed firmly
on the calendars and in the hearts of the
people, and in between them we plod along
contentedly, quietly laying a train of powder
for the pyrotechnic display. into which . coal
will be dropped or a match applied according to
programme. Hence the steam escapes and the
gases ignite without kissing, Earring or fash
| ing. Those who touch elbows in the long lines
touch hearts in the living walls that line the
route. Good fellowship weaves a rope that
stretches clear across the land and binds the
brotherhood of man tirmer with each turn
taken in the knot by time. So the
festal days come and 60. So the
emotions which disttl the human
forces that can be applied for good or for evil
are regulated-held in check by the redlettered
figures which are the safety valves on the
calendars of all countries and all peoples. If
they were obliterated. if such occasions were at
the bidding of the few, or could be shifted at
the dictation of the many, surely the explosions
would be unexpected. the noise discordant, the
shock unsettling, the date uncherished. But
as it is they dot the years, sprIEkling memory
maps as the pages of childhood and mile posts
along the highway that, though it loses itself in
the shadow, leads to the light. Let them live
and multiply.
LESS creeds and more religion would not
hurt the churches now.
AN Ohio editor yesterday shot a brother
editor. He double-leaded his article.
SCHOOL children prefer a vacation to a
vocation.
GIRLS who are in the habit of lingering
long at the gate should remember that the night
air now induces pneumonia.
SYMPATHY should be judiciously admin
istered, else it will irritate the wound made by
sorrow.
NEW YORK is too English to build monu-
ments to American heroes.
IT requires grit to drink the gritty water
furnished after a flood
In this world those addicted to the tobacco
habit can have what they chews.
The doubters have frequently disputed the
Biblical story of the ark, but not one OF them
ever attempted to disprove the statement that
Noah once got drunk.
JERRY SIMPSON says the West wants
more money. 1t should start a lottery.
WE delight in flnging mud at a saint
and kicking a sinner.
IF we were as willing to share our riches
as we are to share our SORROWS life's burden
would be easier to bear.
WHY not ~legislate against the dude, and
strike at the root of the cigarette evil.
The elephant that vent calling in New
York the other day took his trunk along, of
course.
The scratch of a venomous pen hurts
worse than the scratch of a lions claw.
A GREAT many men make a good living
in the street by picking up negotiable paper.
THE greatest ~blackguards in Stanley's
expedition seem to have been white people.
THE grip is epidemic in political circles
about campaign time.
RENTEs fluctuate more in France than in
any other country.
The meter in Edwin Arnold's 'Light of
the World'' is cratic as the other light meter.
ECONOMY led to the New York tunnel
horror. It's the economy that allows the rail
road president $4,000 a year and the switch
men about a dollar a day.
The sneak thief manages to get his hooks
THE death struggles of the present Con-
gress promise to be of a sensational character.
THE stress of weather helps to increase
distress.
GIGANTIC frauds are committed in the
name of fraternity all over the land.
THERE'S a Tempest in a tea gown at the
Grand this week.
A GREAT many churches are dedicated to
self worship nowadays.
UNEASY lies the head of those at the
head OF the ~speak-easy.
WEALTH comes to he who waits on peo-
pie in the fashionable restaurants.
GEORGE WASHINGTON generally Sc
cures better birthday weather than 81. Patrick.
IT takes bills to smother a bill at Harris
burg.
THE little brown jug has cut out hard
year.
THE man who stepped into an East End
mud hole was out of sight.
SWEET sixteen may prove to be a very
bitter twenty-six.
WHAT Is sau ce for the goose is not sauce
for the pudding.
PIE breeds dyspepsia. Hence the more
crust you eat the crustier you grow.
1NGEksoLL says the world is full ~ofliars,