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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

BILL NYE, the well-known statistician and
philosopher, has taken a house near Asheville,
N C.. and will remove thither in the spring.
Mr.. WILLIAM ]. LANE. the Irish member of
Parliament returned to New York from his
wedding tour and sailed yesterday for Liver
pool.
Ex-ATToRNEY GENERAL GARLAND has
built up large and lucrative practice in the
Supreme Court ut Washington, which is now
his home.
THE engagement is announced at Newport
of George Gordon King, of New York, and
Miss Annie Coates, daughter of James Coates.
the thread manufacturer.
GEORGE MEREDITH's daughter is said to
COPY all her fathers manuscript for the printer.
The novelist does his writing in the morning
in study cottage built in his garden.
PROF. j. F. RoTHEoCK, of the University OF
Pennsylvania, has returned to West Chester
from two months visit to Bermuda, with a
valuable collection of botanic, ornithological
and other natural specimens.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH's old home at
Youghal is occupied now by Sir John Pope
Hennessey, the new member of Parliament for
North Kilkenny. The house contains many
old relics of its former owner, including the
chest in which he kept his papers, but his
greatest treasure his tobacco pipe, is not there.
SENATOR FAULKNER, of West Virginia, is
a man of extraordinary endurance. In the last
campaign he spent several weeks in travelling
at night over rough country roads, and making
stump speeches during the day. getting little
sleep, and more recently he has distinguished
himself in the Senate by speaking for Il hours
against the force bill.
Mr.. WINDOW, like General Grant and Secre-
tary Manning, was a great smoker of cigars,
and his excessive use OF tobacco is supposed to
have aggravated his heart trouble. He was dis
inclined to take any physical exercise and dis
liked walking. Even in going the short distance
from the Treasury building to the White House
he was accustomed to take carriage.
JOHN H. LITTLEFIELD, who recently Iect-
ured in Concord. N. H., on Personal Recol-
| lectIons of Abraham Lincoln" was told before
he began his lecture there not to expect much
applause, as a Concord audience was proverb.
| tally undemonstrative; but during the lecture
| the audience cheered so uproariously at Lin.
| coins stories and hits at Douglas in the great
| debates of 1858 that the chairman afterward
said that he never saw anything like it. The
people never seem to tire of hearing about the
great War President.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
COUNTRY ROAD REFORM COMING.

Country road reform is now well under
way. The popular feeling on this subj ect is
so well understood at Harrisburg that the
bill of the Road Commission, introduced on
Wednesday, was reported from committee
with affirmative recommendation in both
Houses yesterday. There is very little doubt
about its prompt passage. THE DISPATCH
is glad to see this as it has taken great pains
to bring the road question properly to pub
lie attention.
Good roads in the rural districts mean to
the country people just what rapid transit
means in the cities. There is less apprecia-
tion of the proverb Time is money" among
dwellers in the country than among the
rushing, hurrying city people, but it is just
as true one place as the other. Good coun-
try roads are great time savers. They save
more than halt the time devoted on the
rivers OF mud which afflict the rural districts
now, and that means that much wealth to
the farmer and teamster. Having assur-
ance of country road reform what county
will be the first to adopt the Contra Costa
system of naming and numbering the high
ways?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
SAID JUST FOR FUN.

Did Shakespeare wish to make Julius
Cesar out to be an untruthful man "hen ne IL"
Marc Antony say:
..But Yesterday the word Of Cesar might
Have stood against the world; now nes No
there" -""o'S'O'' D''
Reader-Your paper is very much better
than 1t used to be. MIR. Paster.
Fditor-Ob. 1 am very glad to hear you say so.
Reader-Yes. you're clipping so much more
Boston Courier.
"Who is this man Seharwenka that is ad-
vsrti,ed to appear at the Metropolitan?' inquired
the football and billiard editor.
'.He IS pianist, Iepleo VIC "uele3A 0ranA'
..Born in American
An AUD now he's PO,'9'sin America."--
Brooklyn Eagle.
she-Do you believe in love a. first
sight?
He-why Of course. So few people marry at
their first meeting, you know.-Detrott Free
Press.
He-Music Is the food of love
she-Possibly, but methinks much OF 1t ought TO
be turned over to the Society for the Prevention
Of Adulteration.-S York Herald.
Sharpson (grinding out verses)-I want q
suitable rhyme for ''chains."
PhIatz What's the matter with ''braInsg''
''Can't use It. I'm writing a poem entitled
The Cigarette Smoker. &C Chicago Tribune.
Call Boy-Mephlstopheles says he won't
20 on without glass OF grog, sir. He's all off
shake,
hanager-welL give the devil his dew.-Judgs.
Mr.. Mayhem (with his lawyers bill in
hand)-Sir, this charge is outrageousi
His Lawyer (biandiy)-But 50 was the charge
against which defended you!-Puek.
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CHINESE JOHN L. SULLIVAN.

Chong Hong. Chinaman, who learned
to read English, has been committed to an
insane asylum at San Francisco for calling
himself John L. Sullivan and wanting to
slug his neighbors. Chong got to reading
the sporting papers, and then he got into
trouble. He refused to talk Chinese
any longer, and affected comical
style of Angio-pug language. Mean
time San Francisco, like other cities
in this country, is full of white people who
put on strange airs, strut and below, talk
jargon that might be Chinese, and imagine
they are pugilists who only need a trial to
prove their mettle. Others who are stark,
staring mad throughout the baseball season
and so on. They are never confined in asy-
lums, being passed by as ordinary, everyday
cranks. Chong made two mistakes. He
should not have been yellow, and should
not have learned to read.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
Social Chatter.

A SCHOOL entertainment was given last
evening by the pupils of the Thirteenth ward
public school, in Remnants Hall The pro-
gramme included ealisthenic exercises doll
drills. fantasia, fan, tamboriDe and parasol
drills. spelling bee, songs and recitations.
ENCAMPMENT No. 6, of the Union Veteran
Legion, has arranged a charming programme
for its public entertainment to night at 81 Arch
street. Allegheny. The leading feature will be
an address from Erasmus Wilson.
A "HARvEsT HOME SOCIAL" was given
by the employees of the Liberty Express Office,
at the new Masonic Hall. on Collins Avenue
East End, last evening. Music was furnished
by the Royals. and Kuhn catered.
THE Old Plantation Jubilee Singers will carol
negro melodies at Old City Hall tomorrow
evening for the benefit of the widows and
orphans made by the Mammoth Mine disaster.
A CAKE social. with a musical and literary
programme was given in the Fourth ward
schoolhouse last evening by Chapman Circle
ladies of the q. A. R
REV. GEORGE HODGES rector of Calvary
Episcopal Church, East End will deliver his
lecture on the passion Play" in st. Peters
Church tonight.
THE ladies of the Second Presbyterian
Church, Allegheny, gave a dinner yesterday for
the purpose of raising a fund for their pastor,
Dr. Fulton.
THE Linden Euchre Club will hold its regu-
lar meeting tonight. The patronesses for the
occasion are Mrs. Frank Bell and Mrs. J. K.
Cass.
TIE Allegro Club. of Allegheny, gave a re-
ception last evening in Cyclorama Hall.
Guenther furnished the music.
MRS HENRY KING, of Barton street. gave a
delightful luncheon yesterday. Covers were
laid for 30 guests.
LITTLE folks ran riot at children's party
given yesterday by Mrs. A. Il. McCaEdless of
Center avenue.
A CALVARY church sale aud doll loan will
be held this afternoon, in the chapel back of
the church.
Mr.. AND MRS. HUMPHREYS MILLER held
their first at home yesterday At their Stuc atom
avenue home.
Miss Lou JACKSON was hostess yesterday TO
an afternoon tea az her Penn avenue home.
The marriage of Miss Annie Huncleman aad
Michael Ryan was solemnized yesterday.
THE Murdoch reception, to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 1891.
oNE-sIDED AND IMPRACTICABLE.

At time when a succession OF terrible
mining accidents fixes public attention on
the dangers which beset miners, any meas
ures for relief obtain ready hearing. But
this should not prevent discrimination be-
tween those which are practicable and others
which are revolutionary. There is no doubt
the bill offered by Mr.. Davis, putting
special tax upon all the coal output of the
State to provide fund for those who are
injured and in cases of fatality, pension
for their families, is inspired by humane
motives But it is impossible to overlook
the fact that to begin this sort OF Legislation
on behalf of one class of labor implies as a
logical necessity its extension TO every other
class. The employees of the railroads, Of the
rolling mills, factories, workshops. and every
other form of industrial enterprise would,
of course, have an equal right to demand a
special tax upon their particular form of
industry to meet the same contingency. In
the end it would amount to each taxing the
other by increasing the cost of production
and selling price of all products. This is
going farther than the most pronounced ad-
vocate of labor rights has hitherto thought
of asking.
Should it ever come to pass that such
measures are to be thought advisable, they
must manifestly be of national rather than
of local application, and far broader in their
scope than Mr.. Davis bill. One of the
worst features of the bill is that il practical
ly puts a premium upon the cerelessness
which results in death or injury.
The true method, and the only one which
is practicable under the present conditions of
our industrial and economic system, is penal
regulations of the strictest sort, applicable
both to employers and employed, throwing
the most stringent safeguards around the
operations of mines which expert intelli-
geDce and practical experience can devise.
If the employer then becomes negligent he
should answer to the State for the injury in
life or limb which ensues to his employe;
while the courts and juries can further
assess civil damages for the benefit of the
injured, as the special circumstances of each
case might warrant. But to put the careful
employer upon par with the careless, and
the careless workman on par with the
careful, and to tax or benefit all alike is a
proposition at variance with ordinary good
sense. 1t will not commend itself even to
the class whom it is ostensibly designed to
benefit, and should be withdrawn,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

In the course of a lengthy article on the
Farmers Alliance, Mr.. T. G. Crawford, the
Washington correspondent, relates some
interesting bits of the history of the organi-
zation and of the Kansas campaign. He
considers the Alliance movement primarily
as a deep-laid plot of some Southern
schemers, who started it for the purpose of
disrupting the Republican party, and calls
attention to the fact that the promoters OF
the Alliance in Kansas were Southern men.
OF the campaign in Kansas last fall Mr.
Crawford says lecturers were sent into every
township with all kinds OF docu-
ments to disseminate the doctrines
of no tariff and cheap money
and as the campaign "went on
doctrines were advanced which, if carried
out to the end, would produce anarchy. I"
Every possible means was used to create
disconien: among the people. "There were
lecturers from the Socialist and Anarchist
classes of Chicago, people who took part in
the Anarchist riots and who called the Hay
market assassins martyrs, and who cried out
through the length and breadth of Kansas
representing the Chicago Anarchist press
were also permitted to have engagements
under the direction of the Alliance. These
women came into the canvass with fiery
eyes, with wild, loose flying hair and in
famed faces, shouting with fury worse
doctrines than were ever uttered BY the rep
resentatIves of the Commune in Paris
And finally the writer concludes, In tine
following language: 'It is an interesting
development in national politics, because
every one now comedies that the success in
Kansas practically brings new national
party into the campaign. II is a party
which will cooperate with the Democratic
party, and if it is to be judged by the princi-
Piles advocated in Kansas, will not rest in its
onward march until it has established free
trade, provided for the printing of fiat
money and the wiping out of national
banks, the reputation of all debts, public
and private, and the division of property
upon purely communistic basis"
This is a very dark picture, but we think
it is wholly unwarranted. 1t is possible the
Farmers Alliance may soon hold the bal
ance of power. or even be supreme in poll
tics and government. 1t may also be ad-
mitted that some Of its present leaders hold
extreme and even dangerous views Still,
there is no cause for alarm. We believe
that large majority of the people of this
country are conservative aud of sound
Judgment, and that at bottom these are
characteristics of the farming classes. For
the Alliance to gain supremacy long enough
to do harm it must have the support of this
majority. Just so soon as they might be
confronted with the responsibility o: gov
ernment they would become quickly and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
NO TERRAPIN THERE.

The Gushing ST. Louis Maiden Put the
Caterers Fine Effort Out of Joint.
New York Evening SUM-
A young girl from st. Louis, in recent visit
to this city, was introduced for the first time to
the peculiar charms of terrapin. Not long after
her first experiment she sat in the crowded
supper room of a private house, into which the
guests were pouring from the ballroom. mo,
1 believe l won't have any terrapn," she said.
as the waiter held it down before her. "What,
not eat terrapin?" asked her escort rs it pos
sible that you don't like ierrapin?'
"Oh, yes. l like it well enough" she
answered, indiferenLly but in a voice So loud
that it sounded over all the clink of glass and
silver and hum OF voices; "yes, 1 like the taste
of it we'll enough, but don't like to eat it. It's
so full of little bones. always feel as if were
eating boiled kittens" Instantly the clink of
forks upon plates was audibly lessened. and the
next day the caterer said to his chef: what
in the world was the matter with that terrapip
up at the Ms last nightT
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
A FEAST AT THE SCHL0SsER.
The st, Vincent Society Observes Its Twenty
Fifth Anniversary.

The st, Vincent Society Observes Its Twenty
Fifth Anniversary.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the st. Vim
cent Literary Association was celebrated by the
members and their friends with a ban
quet at the Schlosser. The society is com
posed of members OF the Catholic Church on
the Southside, The organization has fine
clubhouse and library on Twelfth street, and
has been very successful in its work. Covers
for l60 were laid at the banquet and it was a
noticeable fact that the ladies were in the ma
Jority. In these days of feasting the fair sex
are usually prominent by their absence, but in
this case the tables were turned, and 1t was q
most agreeable change.
After the dinner an address of welcome was
delivered by President V. J. Cartus, promi-
nent Southside merchant. He also acted as
toastmaster and spoke for the association.
Rev. Father John B. Duffner, of st. Peters
German Catholic Church, eulogized Pope Leo
XIII. To Mr.. p. w. Lascheid the brewer, had
been assigned the pleasant task of speaking for
"Our Country" and he did it well. Shaker
peare" was the subject of A. P. Yochum's
toast. Mic Cartus sang a song. and then
Prof F. w. ImmeKus talked about "Das
Deutsche Leben." A better man in the assem-
bly, could not have been selected TO praise the
ladies than Joseph F. Erny, cashier of the
Germans Saving Bank. 6. ]. Bleichner dis
cussed Truth" and August Buisker talked for
Our Guests" The Review" was made by
w, G. Aul,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06

safely conservative. Extremists may agi-
tate, but they are only the yeast to leaven the
mass. The yeast, of course, is not palata-
BILE, but it bears no resemblance toAthe loaf
We think there Is no cause for alarm from
the farmers, even though some of the
ideas so far propounded in their name are
crude and impracticable. 1t is much more
likely that their presence in the political
arena will operate by way OF wholesome
check or stimulant upon the two older par
ties, upon whom the functions of govern
ment promise for long while yet to mainly
rest
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
AMUSEMENT AT The RINK.
The First Regiment, U. A. NJ, Gives Its
Second Annual Reception.

Inc Ilrsb heSlnent, Os a. W., UlVes ltS
Second Annual Reception.
The decorations of the Grand Central Rink
in honor of the second annual reception of the
First Regiment. U. A. NJ, last evening were in
tensely patriotic. The rink was one glamour of
silken flags and national colors entwined in and
around the ratters of the building and waving
from every available point of vantage. Ever
green and smilax we're very effectively CON-
biued with the red, white and blue that inspired
even the most negative American with an en-
thusiastic respect for his country. The orches-
tra-the First Regiments own-discoursed
national hymns, while the company of nearly
1000 assembled and then sent forth the merry
dancing strains that soon transformed the hall
into q maze of poetic motion. No arrangements
had been made for supper, other than an ice
cream and lemonade stand, so that the hungry
ones, Ia European hotel, dispersed at will to
the various cafes and restaurants. to return
again with more zeal than ever to the dancing.
The proceeds of the affair, though goodly
were not SO large as to necessItate the use of
the iron safe that occupied a prominent place
in the hail. and will be nearly consumed in pay
ing expenses attendant upon the event, which
was more for socIability than money making.
The surplus will increase the regiments e1-
cleQuer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
A CHANCE FOR FACTS AND FIGURES

A CHANCE FOR FACTS AND FIGURES.
The opening skirmishes over the Burdick
bill at Harrisburg, which aims TO adjust the
charges tor storage and transportation of
oil on a basis of substantial relief to the
producers, are indicative of as vigorous con-
test as attended the famous Biilingsley meas
ure four years ago. Then as now the Re-
publican party was in a majority in the
Legislature The fact was m ade clear that
it would be held responsible for its course on
the Billingsley bill; but few of the leaders
set the interests of the corporations con-
cerned above this argument, and the bill,
after passing tine House, failed in the Senate.
How this action made itself felt at the polls
was apparent enough to all who took the
trouble to analyze the vote of the Western
and Northwestern counties OF the State on
the morning after last November's election.
1t would be well for the majority party to
consider past results now that the same
problem is again presented. Not that any
member who honestly believes the Burdick
bill does injustice to the Standard Oil Com
pany or pipe lines should vote for it merely
because of his own popularity or the popu-
larity of the party. Mere demagogery is
never commendable. But it is the duty OF
every member upon the other hand to iacil-
itate the passage of the Burdick bill unless
ir is clearly and publicly shown that its
;-rms are unfair or inequitahie, or would
not Weld an adequate and just return to the
corporations concerned upon their invested
capital. If such demonstration can be
openly and publicly made the question
would then resolve itself into settling figures
to meet the new light upon the case.
What it is now timely to note is that so fan
no such demonstration has been volunteered
by the monopoly. On the contrary, it seems
20 be pursuing the course adopted in pre-
Yious years OF relying upon its Influence
with individuals. Complaint is MADE that
the reference of the Burdick bill in the
House to the Corporations Committee in
place of the Judiciary Committee was thus
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06

NEW YORK continues to make discoveries
in the railroad world which THE DISPATCH an
nounced severa al months ago. The latest East
ern agitation is over the connection between the
Baltimore and Ohio and Richmond Terminal
system which is aimed at the Pennsylvania
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
Four Lady Stars for One Play.

Interest is on tiptoe for the presentation of
Macbeth" by Byron W. Kings Shakespeare
class this afternoon at the Bijou. The cast is
a promising one, and the rehearsals have been
matters of serious moment instead of amateur
ish larks. The composite character Of Lady
Macbeth will be an interesting and novel feat
ure of the performance. No less than four
young ladies will for an act each become that
unlovatle woman. Stage scenery and costumes
will be elegant and correct
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
A Dinner That Was Worth Having

The organ fund of the First NJ. p Church is
decidedly swelled up. since dinner was given
in its honor yesterday by the ladies of the
church. The same honor repeated to-day will
probably increase The swelling until a swell
organ will be the result. The dinner was a de-
Hght1ui concoctlon OF all that Is delicious and
was perfection, with no tips" demanded
Preparations are IN order for enlarged patron
age to-day. Hours from l130 to o'clock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06

COURT circles in Europe profess to detect
a warlike tone in Emperor Williams remarks
in connection with the appointment of Count
Won Waldersee to the command of the army.
1t is just barely possible that William is anxious
enough about his general disarmament scheme
to fight for it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06
A Brilliant Social Success.

The cotilion at the Linden club last evening
was a brilliant success. as might be expected
from the names of the patronesses, who were
the following well-known society ladies of the
East End: Mrs. Henry M. Bailey, Mrs. George
Singer. Jr.. Mrs. George W. Dilworth, Mrs. ].
Ernest Schwartz. Mrs. Carter g. Beggs, Mrs.
Edward NJ. Quimby, Mrs. George A. Macbeth,
Mrs. William y. Frew. Mrs. Christian l. Nc.
Kee. Mrs. james NJ. Schoonmaker, Mrs.
William Ross Proctor and Mrs. Charles P.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06

JAY GOULD is taking vacation and a
iaunt over his Southern railroads, and is said
to be a very sick man. After he gets home
again the chances are some other fellows will
take an involuntary vacation feeling much
worse than the Wall street wizard.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06

The announcement that Miss Mary Watson
was the successful competitor for the gold
medal of the School Of Design, made in THE
DISPATCH recently and read by the Trustees
of the Conservatory of Music and Art con-
nected with Allegheny College at Meadville,
resulted in a pleasant sequel-that of her
unanimous election as instructor in the art de-
partfnent Of the school, the same being tele-
graphed to the young lady immediately
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-06

INDICATIONS point strongly to strike
in the coke region. The companies have been
looking up the condition of their customers
supplies and are of the opinion they have stock
enough to stand fight for three months. This
amounts to a declaration of war on the part OF
the operators and the men have declared their
determination to have what they ask or in
augurate prolonged strike.