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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
WISPS OF WIT.

"wee uDg" is going to try DR.. Koch's
lymph on his name.-Eso York Evening World.
81 shall certainly call and see the old yea-
ont with you. ~ said the young man.
,.Well, ~ she said, resignedly, ''even the calen-
dar makes 1880 end with cypher. ~ Washington
Post.
Proprietor-James, it Is about midnight,
isn'tit?
CIerk-The clock has lust struck II sir.
ProprietOr-Then IL Is 1891. You may now sand
paper those maple-sugar bricks, put the sign over
them; positively the first lot for the season. -
and then you may go. A happy New Year to you,
James -Chicago Tribune.
Ignatius Donnelly, as President of the
Minnesota Farmers Alliance. ought to give .
boom to bacon.-ChtcGgo hter-Ocsan.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox SAYS that "whIle
the eagle screams shove the housetops the wolf
howls at many q door,, We should think the
howls of the wolf would frighten of the scream
ing eagle-or vice eversa.-NOrrfst0t0n Herald.
'I stand upon the threshold Of glad New
Yearr'
She SAID unto her lover, with rosy. winsoms
blush;
(which You'll find in time " he answered, ''s
better far, my dear,
Than standing on q measly. little bob-tail
husb." -oe' FduS otooe.
SINNERS will be much used this winter.
For grown-up persons the slippers will be accord
ing to the latest fall fashions on icy pavements.
For naughty children the slippers VIII be felt
Toledo Blade.
Sitting BuIl's1anguage was conglomera-
tion of pure Sioux, impure English and decayed
FRENCH When he swore, he used all three Ian
ouages so fiuently that the Recording Angel with
his stepogrspher ana typewriter could not take
down and charge up.all.his oaths. Fact-Graad
Rapids Herald.
There is said to be a serious falling off in
the supply of Maylayan gutta percha, but in Offset
10 the loss 1t may be note that the boardinghouse
steak is as plentiful as ever.-Chica5o Times.
Simmons-I've got chance to start q
newspaper. Some men are willing to back me.
Tlmmins-Which style Of paper readable OF 70
speotsblef-IsdsanapoIts Journal.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
THE DISPATCH ~''a', ~a%xrss s", IT, :. =


eirs 1891 with charming New Story, writ
ten for ifs columns by JOAQUIN MILLER,
the Poet of the Sierras. II is a CHARM
ING SERIAL, and will be read with inter
est by all. Other NEW FEATURES will
be found in To-MoRROW'S MAMMOTH
ISSUE. THE DISPATCH will continue to
add 10 its stefT of correspondents and
special writers the best Thought in the lit-
erary market. Letters OF travel out of the
beaten paths, scientific research in the
newer branches, Sotion of the freshest
schools, humor of the purest sort, reading
for the youth, hints for the home, pleas
ure for the 6reside will be the aim at all
times. THE DISPATCH TOMORROW
will carry the usual special CABLE LEI
TERS, covering all the news FROM
EURoPE'S CAPITALS. 1t has correspond
ents everywhere and complete teIegraphic
connections with all points. The HARRIS
BURG and WASHINGTON BUREAUS have
been reinforced. Begin The NEW YEAR
by securing copy of to-morrow's issue.
Order by mail, from your nearest news
agent or through the carrier in your dis
trict. Mail orders addressed THE DIS
PATCH, corner Diamond and Smithhelo
streets. Pittsbure, Pa, will be promptly
attended TO. THE DISPATCH is Pitts
buru's Popular Newspaper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
FIRELIGHT FANCIEs.

am sitting tonight by my hearthstone,
The fire has smouldered low,
But stir the perishing embers,
And catch their dyinS glow.
When, out from the dim, deep shadows,
Strange visions come to me;
Scenes from the vanished life-past,
Tossed on the surging sea.
Youth SENDS its golden echoes
From the land of laughter and song;
All, the faces. the merry faces.
That tonight my freside throngI
Now there are words in the moonlight,
And now the blush of bride,
Then the voices of little children,
And mothers matronly pride.
The years, with their ghostly mem'ries,
Glide on through the darkened room,
Now cheering my heart with their presence,
Now casting deeper gloom.
strive to detain the phantoms.
But, alas, they have quickly fed,
The spell has passed beyond me,
And 10! my fire is dead.
Ida Esteita Crouch in Toledo Blade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

RUDYARD KiPLING completed his 25th year
on Tuesday. He was born December 30. 1866.
ALEX. WILLIAM KINGLAKE, the historian
of the Crimean War who is 70 years of age is
dying.
ARCHBISHOP FABRE has left Rome for the
South of France, and will embark for Canada
early in February.
DR.. W. H. MILBURN, the blind chaplain of
the House of Representatives, is writing book
on the pioneers of the Mississippi Valley. He
has a collaboration.
IDA LEWIS. the famous life saver, has been
offered chance to go on the stage as the
heroine in a life saving scene, but she prefers
her station in the Newport lighthouse.
FANNY DAvENPoRT's first stage appearance
was in February, 1857, at the American Theater
on Chambers street. New Y ork, of which her
father and Harry Watkins were the managers.
CLARENCE V. GREATHoUsE, formerly a
San Francisco newspaper man, after being ap-
pointed to a Japanese Consulate, has succeeded
in winning the favor of the King of Corea, and
has been made Deputy King.
AMELIE RIvEs CHANLER has completed an
other novel, of which Richard Henry Stoddard.
who has seen the manuscript, says, senten-
tiously, he thinks the pruning knife will be used
before the book is published.
EDWIN B. WINANS who will be the first
Democratic Governor that Michigan has had in
30 years. is a conservative, bald-headed old
farmer, with a neatly trimmed beard, and
kindly eyes beaming out of gold spectacles
ONE of the most prominent traits of the late
Selah Chamberlain, of Cleveland, was his ten
der feeling for all his relatives, especially those
who had not been SO fortunate in business as
he. He did much for those who needed help.
MRS. HARRISON never touches wine, punch,
or liquor of any description. and if her wishes
were carried out the strongest beverage served
az White House state dinners and banquets
would be Apolinarls water. On the Presidents
private table wine is never served.
SIR JOHN Pope HENNEssY. who was re-
turned to Parliament from North Kilkenny in
spite of Mr.. Parnell's opposition, has a fellow
and kindly feeling with the latter one ac-
count at least-they have both made the Lon
don Times pay handsomely for the privilege of
libeling them.
UNITED STATES TREASURER HUSTON is a
devoted horseman, and at his place at Conners-
vile, Ind, he has handsome stables, the stalls
of which contain valuable horses of aristocraric
lineage and noble records. Mr.. Huston is a
student of the trotting horse and his stables in
yariably carry OFF prizes when they are ex-
hibited at fairs and horse shows.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

IT is rather irregular to find going the
rounds of the press verse containing version
of that ancient juvenile jingle, You Are Old
Father William" in which the old man ac-
counts for ''the muscular strength of his jaw"
by the fact that in his youth he "took TO the
law'' and "argued each cause with his wife,"
This is credited to Mortimer Crossley" as ''a
new version of Father William" Who Mortimer
Crossley may be we do not know, but as the
verse was published word for word in that
juvenile classic "Alice in Wonderland" about
twenty years ago, it is hard to see how it can
be called new version.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Charles Barnford.

CHICAGO Jan. IA private cable dispatch an
nounces the death at Liverpool of Charles Bam-
ford, founder ana senior member OF the great firm
of Bamford Brothers, the most extensive dealers
in American hog products in the United Kingdom
and among the pioneers in introducing hog prod
ucts to the English public. Nearly 30 years ago
York, but after the business moved West they
closed out and went into the commission business
exclusively.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
A Tip on Tin Plate.

"Tin plate will be manufactured in this coun-
try in large quantities before this year is out"
said maker of iron and steel yesterday, and
several days ago another iron manufacturer
told me that he intsnded to have the invitations
to his tin wedding anniversary, the tenth, en-
graved upon American tin plate, and had
placed the order for the plate already. He
gave me to understand. also, that the tin plate
would be made in this country. The financial
stringeney which came with last fall un-
douDtedly strangled many new enterprises. in
Guiding tin plate manufacturing plant which
was planned for Pittsburg. With reviv1ng
confidence some of these frosted plants may
blossom yet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

The anxiety of the Republican lea ders
that Vice President Morton shall go to Florida
for his health, in order to let President pro-
tenn of the Senate be chosen who will force the
new rule through. exhibits tender solieitude
on the part of the Republicans that Mr.. Nor
toms health be worse, and develops an unpre-
cedented desire on the part of the Democrats
that he may continue in vigorous health with
a very strong spinal column.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

1T is interesting, in view of the supposed
fight between Governor Hill and Mr.. Smith NJ.
Weed in connection with the New York Sena-
torship. to notice that an arrangement is just
completed by which the Governor awards to
the firm of Weed, Parsons q Co., the State
printing of New York. With the great issue
of the State printing settled, it will possibly be
found that no minor matter like the Senator
ship need disturb the harmony of the scene.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

BESIDES the depredations of bandits in
Mexico word comes from Cuba that organized
gangs of kidnapers there are carrying off
people and holding them for ransom. Perhaps
the people who are anxious to have the United
States Government purchase Cuba would
regard the bandits as adding to the value of the
purchase by reason of the lively and profitable
character of the industry.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

In connection with the report that the son
of "what-are-we-here-for Flanagan has been
arrested in Texas for highway robbery. the
New York Press remarks; Well. highway rob-
berry is the spois system in the second legiti-
mate generation, for if ITO the victors belong
the spoils." then might makes right" But
when the esteemed Press talks in this out
spoken way about the offspring and ideas of
the recent Republican candidate for Governor
of Texas is it not in danger Of the dire disaster
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

Owen Mcmahon died yesterday at his residenc Q
at aio Penn avenue, after illness of Il months,
Deceased was aged 65 years. and was for 40 years
employed as delivery clerk az the Duquesne
freight station. He leaves three grown-up ch IL
dren, Harry and w. j. being OF the FIRM Of Nc
Mahon Brothers & Adams. Mr.. McMahon was
highlY esteemed by all who knew MIN.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Mr.. Brice,s Comprehensive Residence.

. Mr.. Brice's Comprehensive Residence.
Youngstown Telegram.J
Senator-elect Brice is certainly in luck, good
or bad as you please. in the matter of resi-
dences. The New York Press calls attention
to the fact that the Senator-elect from Ohio, of
which latter State the constitution requires
that he shall be resident, and resident of New
York, has been elected director of Georgia
railroad, the charter Of which requires that di-
rectors shall be residents of that State. 1t
would be interesting to know whether or not
Mr. Brice will qualify.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
JOHN R. FELLows. the retiring District

JOHN R. FELLOWS, the retiring District
Attorney of New York. was congratulated by
newspaper of that city because ''he is no longer
called upon to prosecute his fellow-men." The
further subject of congratulation. that he
is no longer called upon to use the District
Attorneys offco to preserve Doodle aldermen
from conviction, was not expressed, but is
doubtless none the less heartfelt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
THE fact chat the other day when Demo

THE fact that the other day when Demo-
cratic Senator attacked the integrity OF cleo
tions in Philadelphia ''there was NO senator
from this State to reply" seems to the Phila-
delphia Press to indicate the need of this State
for ready and vigorous champions on the floor
of the Senate. The need Is unquestionable,
but the best defense of Philadelphia against
attacks the integrity of her elections is to SO
conduct the elections that the attacks will be
unfounded.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
business principles nowadays, and when the
partnership is dissolved the only matter in dis
pure is the funds of the firm.
Freuuentlv Misfit,

Frequently Misfit.
There are numerous signs of the times
Which denote that the world never lags,
But it Is safe to bet dollars to dimes
That the weather won't fit all the flags.
WOMEN are more stuck up than men simply
because they know how to handle pins.
THE female spiders rule the males but, then,
they DO most of the spinning, too.
PEOPLE who steep themselves IN scent should
make inquiry about their ole factory machinery.
Perhaps it is out Of gear.
GAMBLERS like sailors, can live between
decks.
THE order of Shefkat has been conferred
upon Mrs. Whiteiaw Reid by the Sultan. When
she becomes o mother r-in-law the shelf will be
dropped and "old'' substituted.
Bro FooT is not the only kicker now.
WILLIE WINKLE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

AN ESTEEMED illustrated cotemporary
plunges hero into the raging flood with his
shoes on to rescue drowning girl, and has him
emerge, in the next picture, bearing his un-
conscious burden and wearing high top boots.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

PITTsBURG's New Years resolution to
stimulate and encourage the development of a
gas fuel that will take the place of gas and
rescue the city from the smoke nuisance is one
that must not be abandoned with the ordinary
class of reformatory determinations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

TRENT Helm, who brought the Galatea
over here and pluckily sustained defeat in a
contest for Americas cup is in the country
again with proposition for new international
yacht race. Helm is such game seacock that
the yacht owners of the country should do their
best to o5lige his desire for a match.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Peculiar but Indescribable Fitness.

Philadelphia Times.l
"Small stove" coal is to be banished from the
trade and chestnut" take its place. When we
LOOK at the past stories told by the pleasant
parlor fire play in the welding of young hearts
together, the substitution of chestnut" as a
regular fuel has poetical fitness peculiar but
indescribable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
A Profitable Chance for Mediums.

PhiladelphIa Inqulrcr.J
General Spinner being dead, his autograph Is
now more of prize than ever. BY the way, il
any of the spiritual mediums wish to prove the
genuineness of their manifestations, let them
reproduce that wonderful signature
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Good Wishes for All.

New York Herald.1
And here's to Senator Hoar in bumper of
good New England cider. When the force bill
dies may he bear up under the afliction which
deprives him of his offspring and not swear too
much over his loss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Abolish the Property Oualifict,on.

Boston Globe.1
The knowledge that Governor Russell barely
escaped being disqualified for the Office to
which he has been elected, because he did not
until few days before his election possess real
estate "to the value of fl.000" as required by
the Constitution of this State, is enough to
arouse an almost unanimous sentiment in favor
of taking that ridiculous anachronism out of
the fundamental law of the Commonwealth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

NEW YORK doctors are not satisfied with
the promise of destroying the white plague"
with Koch's lymph, but are already trying it on
leprosy and the terrible eating cancer. May
success attend all of their efforts
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
But Have They?
Harrisburg Tel

Harrisburg Telegraph
II speech is silver, some Of the United States
Senators must shed halo like polished Bland
dollar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Turning the New Leaf,

Tonawanda Review.1
Resolved. That during 1891 will not be smil-
ing in public and snappy at home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

= Mr.. INGALLS, is still engaged in the
greatest effort of his life-namely to make
minority re-elect him to the United States Sem
ate. His determination is worthy of better
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Buffers Esteemed in Washington.

Washington Post.]
An Iowa man has brought suit for $40, GOO for
the loss of two fingers. Such man would be
rare game behind full hand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Catharine s. Blair.

Mrs. Catharinc Saver Blair. wife of Kinder
Blair, the well-known Allegheny baker, died last
night at her husbands residence, No. % Ohio
street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
of getting itself denounced as hated mug
wump?

THE ice machine which cannot make ice
as cheapIy as nature freezes it. with the cost of
housing and hauling added, is likely to take a
rest next summer. Concurrently Herewith is
the hope that prices will take tumble.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

IT is some satisfaction to know that one Pitts
burger with murder in his heart went to New
York to kill his man. He will be electrocuted
there. Here he would be fed, clothed and
housed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Alexander william Kinglake,

LONDON, Jan. 2-The death OF Alexander King
lake, the historian, Is announced.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

BRADDoCK FIELD IS keeping up its war
record Huns instead of Englishmen are biting
the snow there now.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

YOUNG Mr.. 1891 seems to be bowling
with collie induced by exposure to very chilly
atmosphere.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
The Back Numbers.

THE downward current of trade in Pittsburg
now is confined solely to the rivers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
All Beautiful, Some More Than Others.

Boston Herald
Vhe wife of Mr.. Justice Brown is said to be
most beautiful and accomplished woman. OF
course. That is the way they describe every
woman whose husband gets boosted to WASH
ington.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
In the Carnegie Library.

The Carnegie Library. in Allegheny, is be-
coming rather rapidly what library should
be-a place of books. 1t is great deal easier,
by the way, to found a library. appoint libra
rianiandideb ebate,about libraries in Councils than
to create the library. get the books. unpack
them, put them on the shelves, catalogue them
and do all the other things, and their name is
legion. which go to distinguish library from
book store. Well, Librarian Stevenson and
the four ladies assisting him have accomplished
great deal in the last few weeks There are
some six thousand books in the library now,
and nearly all of them are classified, though
the process Of cataloguing them has yet to be
completed.
Mr.. Stevenson showed me yesterday the dis
position he had made of the books SO far OBJ
tained. The books are classified broadly in
sections, such as history. geography, science.
poetry. fiction and so on. The standard authors
in all the principal departments are already on
hand, and as far as cursory examination re-
veals. the editions chosen, as well as the char
acter of the literature are well suited to the
needs of popular reference and reading
library. The fiction which is likely to be
handled most of all. is for the most part re-
markable for plain but substantial binding,
and good paper and print. Another handy
point in novel is reasonably small size, and
noticed that most of the editions were of the
convenient form that Mt the pocket.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

The suspicion may be aroused that Jerry
Simpson goes without socks that he may get
into ingalls, shoes the easier.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
The Frames Are Grand.

If the pictures in the Verestchagin collection
upon which we are shortly to feast our eyes are
on the grand scale indicated by their frames
which are already here, they will surpass any
thing in the way of an exhibition that this COM
munity has seen. Great sections of the gilt
frames lay all over the halls and staireases of
the Carnegie Library yesterday. looking for all
the world moro like pieces Of some great
proscenium decoration than the setting for
canvases.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

AMERICANS admire pluck. Poor Lo will
profit by the bravery of Big Foot's band.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03
Ube 9iSpatfb.
ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY s, 1876,

Vols No. SSO.-Entered at Pittsburg Postofhce,
November Il, 1885, as second-class matter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-03

SOME soaps are made without I've, but the lie
is introduced when they are placed on the
market.