Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

occasion in which an attempt at reconciHa-
tion has been in the least successful
In the meantime, however, there has been
number of seeessions or rather COM
promises which have given to the Roman
Church branch known as the United Greek
Church, which preserving the characteristics
of the eastern branch, accepts the supremacy
of the Pope and the general laws of the
Roman Catholic faith. The United Greeks
are found in several European countries,
where their numbers are estimated as fol-
lows: Italy $4,000; Poland 200 and
Austria 100000. One of the most i'm
portant usages of the regular Greek Church
is maintained by the United Greeks in that
the priests are permitted to marry. In the
event of any reconciliation it would proba-
bly, be.on this basis, for the time being at
least.
The Church and the Stage.
The assertion often made by foreigners
that there is more real hberality of thought
and opinion on the other side of the ocean
than on this, is forcibly borne out by the
Bishop of Durham, one of England's most
intellectual men, who, during the course Of
the past week, has contributed letter to
the newspapers of his country, in which he
severely scores the tendency of some preach
ers to condemn the drama. He remarks
that the universal instinct toward dramatic
representations appears to show that the
theater answers to the natural and right de-
sire, =" and goes on to say that, although a
harmless pastime of any kind may be bad
for particular persons, that is no reason
why others, who can enjoy it without harm
and be benefited thereby, should be de-
prived of it, and that an amusement which
serves to tighten the burden of human cares
is, in his opinion, "a blessing divinely
sent"
The only objectI have In quoting the
eminent Bnglishman Is to show how men
having the same aim in their Efe's work
namely, the saving of souls-differ in their
methods.
A Famous Case Revived.
A man named John Doe owns q farm on
the Niagara river. His fine pasture lands
have earned considerable money for him.
Richard Roe pays for the privilege of hitch
ing his rowboat to Does bank Ebenezer
Dick pays for his cows pastursge. The
other day Roe lost the chain of his boat and
made rope of hay answer for the time
being. Dicks COW wandered to the river
and into the boat; chewed the rope and the
entire combination drifted over the falls,
the COW being drowned and The boat
smashed to pieces. The questions now asked
are, whether Dick has a claim on ANYBODY
for the loss of his milk-giver and whether
Roe oan recover for the loss of his boat? II
30, from whomf Thus does the most ridicus
lous fiction, namely, the case Of 'sBuIlum
versus Boatum" manifest itself again.
Had q Good Chase. Anyhow.
Now that the Itata has been run down
the Washington authorities announce with
agreat deal of dignity, that as far as they
understand the matter, the runaway vessel
had been. guilty of no breach of interna-
tional law. That's nice. After all the
threats OF coming disputes. claims for dam
ages, etc, the whole question amounts to
nothing. Justthink of the trouble the sea-
men OF the much-vaunted Charleston have
been put to In this matter-how they have
chased and chased quarry of which they
never knew the exact location, and while Il
was all going on, what stirring stories of the
hghtlng qualities of our great warship's
still greater commander were written and
copied fore and aft" SO to speak, to saw
nothing Of So. 900 that was spent in catching
an old tub that quietly gave itself I'D, when
our statesmen had satisfied themselves as to |
their exact position in the matter.
A tendency to 'lateness' permeates the |
entire affair as far as we are concerned. We 4
were late In discovering that the insurgent |
vessel meant to escape; the Charleston was |
always little behind time when the Itata
was sighted by other vessels and now comes
this last very tardy and expensive discov-
cry. Inc Governments action in the case