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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
THEY OUGHT TO BE PEARLS,
An Ohio Girl Whose Tears Seem to Be
Turned Into Glass.


Turned Into Glass.
Chicago Herald.l
The physicians and oculisrs of this city are
greatly puzzled over case which is as re-
markable as any that ever came under obser-
vation, writes a Findlay. O.. correspondent.
This was the taking from the right eye of
Jennie Sutton, 15-ysar-old girl, of 81 pieces of
broken glass by DIR. 7. C. Tritch. While this
OF itself would be very much out of the ordi-
nary, when it is considered that the eye was not
at all affected by these foreign substances, and
that there was no Inflammation or obscurement
of vision, as well as no pain. it is fact that
these pieces of glass have been coming from
the eye of this girl for tie past month, and only
the day before yesterday DR.. Tritch removed
every evidence of glass in the eye, and an
nounced that all were taken out.
Yesterday she came back and had 54 more
pieces removed, and yet no one knows how they
came into the eye. The girl is a domestic in
the family of ex-Surveyor Stringfellow, whose
wife has been taking these particles of glass
from the girls eye for month past bur be-
coming alarmed at their temperance almost
as soon as removed had Dr. Trirch undertake to
cure the young woman of her peculiar aff1ic-
tion. The case puzzles the doctor quite as
much as it has the girl and her employers as
she met with no accident by which the glass
could get into the eye, and the fact that the
particles give her little or no pain is equally as
inexplicable.
1t is estimated that over 100 pieces of glass
have been taken from the eye since the case
first attracted attention. The glass has been
tested and found to be pure crystals and as
the girl has no means of putting the pieces in
the eye, and, as matter of fact, would have
hardly intelligence sufficient to carry out sys-
TEN of imposition, not to speak of her ability
to do SO without pain, the matter has aroused
the liveliest sort of speculation, and the only
the ory thus far advanced to explain the matter
is, that the girl has some sort of chemical ma
ture, and that the crystals are formed by her
tears Another examination will be made TO-
the girl being closely watched in the
meantime to prevent any fraud, and the out
come of this test will be awaited with interest
All In all, it is a strange case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
nrEINLEY,S MISTAKE,

There seems to be a very strong point in
the charge made by the New York Post
against the Hon. William Mckinley, of
varying his utterances on the silver question
according to the locality in which he is
speaking. The Post is apt to be hypercriti-
cal in its attacks on the Protectionist lead
ers: but the quotations of Mr. McKinley's
language convey a decided impression that
the late leader OF the House has yielded to
the temptation TO represent different views
in accordance with what he imagines to be
the sentiment Of his hearers. The Post
quotes from McKinley's speech at Toledo,
TO show that he attacked the Cleveland ad-
ministration for "dishonoring one of our
precious metals, one OF our great
products, discredIting silver and enhancing
the price of gold" and from his speech at
Boston last week, it quotes the assertion
that there is not a Democrat IN the State
of Massachusetts who does not fear the free,
unlimited coinage of silver, which is sure to
come through that Democratic House"
1t is TO be noted that in neither of these
speeches did Mr. Mckinley put himself
souzrely on the platform of free SILVER
coinage or against it. But he committed an
equal insineerity in attacking the Demo-
cratic administration for its enmity to silver
in one place; and in another holding up the
bugbear of free silver as a result of Demo-
cratic success. E free silver man might
consistently attack the Cleveland admin
istration because it did not meet his views;
an anti-silyer man might regard the course
of the next Democratic House with appre-
henRion. But for the same man to do both is
10 convict himself of insincerity. Possibly
MIR. Mckinley got new light on the silver
question between his Toledo and his Boston
speech; but he should have recognized that
when public leader has to revise the views
be has already expressed, he should have
the grace to do it in a modest and apologetic
manner.
Mr. Mckinley has earned his prominence
as a leader of the Protectionist element by
an outspoken and consistent advocacy of
his opinions, without regard to local senti-
mint. He has sustained that reputation,
generally, by acts becoming an honest and
sincere man; and these qualities, together
with the general conviction that he was
treated unfairly in his retirement from Con-
gress, give him continued prominence in
politics. But he will not sustain that repu-
tation by changing sides on the silver ques-
ton according to the sentiment Of the sec
tion in which ne is advocating the Repub-
Iican cause Before delivering himself any
further on the silver question Mr.. Mckinley
should decide, once for all. whether he will
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
THE NEW TRUNK LINE.
Details of the Acquisition just Made by
the Canadian Pacific.

Details of the Acquisition just Made by
the Canadian Pacific.
NEW YORK, March 29-The Canadian Pacific
is now a ful-hedged trunk line out of New
York City. Railroad men have long been
watching the maneuvers of President Van
Horne, wondering whether he would build
rival line from across the border or buy or lease
one of the established trunk lines
Mr.. Van Horne, who is regarded as a very
clever railroad man, has been on the war path
for several years; but he has a faculty for coy-
ering up his tracks, For this reason very few
railroad people saw what he was really after.
He neither built nor bought nor leased but BY
a series of skillful moves he got what he
wanted from the company that has the best
terminal hereabout5
Mr.. Van Horne, Chauncey NJ. Depew and H.
Walter Webb completed the deal yesterday by
which the New York Central Railroad lets the
Canadian Pacific bring its freight and passen-
ger trains in over the West Shore and the Gen.
Iral with as good facilities as the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad gets
The Canadian Pacific will come Gown from
Brockville over the new bridges which are to be
built at that point by way of the Rome. Water
town and Ogdensburg to Utica No Canadian
Pacific trains will come over the Vanderbilt
present, although this may follow if the Cana
dian Pacific completes its line either to Buffalo
or to the bridge.
After the main points of the agreement had
been reached at the conference at the Grand
Central station, Mr.. Van Horne declared the
war at an end, and returned to Montreal on
the night train. The details of the agreement
will be worked out by the traffic officers of the
two companies, and it will go into effect immc.
diately.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
Paradoxical Literature.
Pail Mall Gazette.

Pail MAI Gazette.I
Literature" SO MIR. John Murray, Jr., told
the banqueters at the Booksellers Trade din
ner on Saturday, was the most paradoxical of
careers. They saw individual authors making
larger sums than had ever been known before,
and, on the other hand, they had the sad sight
OF greater poverty and distress. There was
greater research on individual subjects, and
greater degree of slovenliness; there was
keener criticism on all that was published, and
yet more worthless productions appeared;
there was greater education and less discrim-
ination among the public; books were cheaper
than ever, and yet individual books sold for
fabulous prices."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
THROUGH THE SLUMS.
Mrs. Whittemore, of New York, Tells of Her
Work in the Metropolis.

Mrs. Whittemore, of New York, Tells of Her
Work in the Metropolis.
Mrs Whittemore. so well known throughout
the country as the prisoners Friend" related
her experiences as missionary in the New
York slums before number of people in the
Bethany Home yesterday afternoon. No one
listening to the lady's recital of the miseries,
wretchedness and crime she witnessed in her
missions of mercy through the poor quarters of
the metropolis, and her description of the
manner in which, little by little. the weak and
fallen were induced to listen to the words
which told them of better life through the
mercy of the Redeemer. could doubt Mrs.
Whittemore's singleness of purpose in devot-
ing her life to missionary work, or her intense
earnestness in seeking to rescue the fallen from
a life of sin.
Mrs. Whittemore sought. in her discourse. to
encourage others to undertake similar work.
She pointed out the difficulties of the task in
visiting rooms where eight or nine in family
occupied space but few feet square, in
running the gauntlet of rufianly men, and in
Drawing disease, but, on the other hand,
pointed to the good results that would accrue
In being instrumental in saving any of the
souls that so needed rescuing
Mrs Whittemore visited the county jail and
other local institutions during the day, talking
kindly to the inmates.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
PENN COMPANY MEETING.
The Successor to J. n. Mccullough VIII Be
To

The Successor to J. n. Mccullough VIII Be
Chosen Tomorrow.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Pennsylvania Company will be held here
tomorrow. The most important business will
be the selection of a successor to the late ].
N. Mccullough. A. j. Cassatt and Sec
ond Vice President James McCrea are
talked OF for the place. Mr.. McCrea
has been attending to the duties Of the
office for some time and he is thoroughly con-
versant with the business. The chances are he
and is welded tn Philadelphia. He probably
would decline II the position were offered to
him.
The Nominating Committee has reported
favorably on the present Board of Directors
and they will be reelected. The report will
show good increase in earnings for some OF
the lines. Most Of the branches will be in the
soup as usual.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

cit is well to remember" remarks the
Boston Traveller, "thar the disappearance of
the surplus about which the Democrats prate
so much has been largely caused by the pay
ment OF s265, ,OO0, 900 of the bonded indebtedness
of the country" This would be quite re-
assuring if it were true. But in view of the
fact that the appropriations which have no
relation to the payment of the public debt
show an increase of more than 5000. 600 as
compared with those of six years ago, we
must conclude that our Boston contemporary
has a very unreliable source of information as
to Government appropriations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
PINIONED TO A TREE.
How Was This Man Killed and Made Fast
Like Caliban?

How Was This Man Killed and Made Fast
Like Caliban?
Here is q strange and ghastly story from the
Minneapolis Journal: Freeman P. Lane. who
has Just returned from Chaska, says that a
farmer living near that place, while traversing
a copse of heavy oak timber some five miles
from Chaska. discovered human skeleton Sc
curely pinioned to huge oak. The supposi-
tion. based upon the surrounding conditions is
that the man must have met with death before
cold weather set in last fall. The skeleton was
in an upright position, and the entire right arm
and shoulder were wedged into crack in the
trunk of the tree. The tree Is badly shattered
from top to bottom, and this theory is evolved:
"Dur1ng heavy thunder shower last fall the
man sought shelter beneath the widespreadinS
branches of the oak, and thunderbolt rent
the tree from tip to root, killing the man and
opening a crevice in the tree that imm ediately
closed, pinioning the man. 1t is narrated that
a farm hand employed some four miles from
the death trap has been missing since early in
November or late in October. 1t is surmised
that he was the victim of natures unwonted
freak"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

in the Indictment, and that, in
consequence. the accused could not
be legally convicted. The other held that
charity is better than theology, even in eccle-
siaslical courts, and that the supreme law OF
the church is the law of love, and that the
genius of the church is he widest spirit Of toll
Grafton. This is very beautiful and true. Ii is
a pity that some Of the religious papers could
not have been converted to this sort of Chris
tianity, and that the aceusers had had 4 zeal
more according to love, if not to knowledge. Bat
because juror does not believe In capital pun
ishment he has no business to maintain that
guilty murderer is innocent.
These two brethren could not be prevailed
upon to unite in a unanimous verdict of guilty.
And so the decision was rendered in the unsat-
isfying shape in which we have 1t. But this
does not mean agreement with Mr.. Mace Queary.
Not at all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

IN commenting upon the sugar bounty
the Philadelphia Record says: while losing
fiscal revenue of $50 OOO, geo on sugar the people
pay an indirect tax of 80 per cent on bounties
to producers of the domestic product" The
esteemed Record should be little more care.
full in its mathematical statements, SO as to
prevent confusion. If iI had said that the
indirect tax is to pay bounties of 80 percent it
would have been more accurate. The net re-
suit of the change is that bill which processes
to reduce the revenue makes good its pro-
fession, and the people get the benefit OF it In
reduced prices on sugar.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
Derivation of Hurrah.
Tho North.


One familiar English word of ours-"Hur-
rah"-says Sarah Orne Jewett in her interest
ing work on "The Normans-is said to date
from Rolfs reign. "Rou," the Frenehmen
called our Rolf; and there was a law that if
man was in danger himself, or caught his enemy
doing any damage he could raIse the cry "Ha
Rour' and so in woke justice in Duke Rolf's
name At the sound of the cry everybody was
bound on the instant to give chase to the Of
fender. and whoever failed to respond to the
CRY of "Ha Roup' must pay heavy fne to Rolf
himself Thus began the old English fashion
of hue and cry" as well as our custom of
axcited
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
SPRING.
Thou art coming. Joyous spring
With the sunshine for thy dover,

Thou art coming, joyous spring
With the sunshine for thy dover,
And the love of leaf and flower,
And the swallow on the wing,
Hark, how the thrushes sing
Thou art coming in thy mirth,
To give rapture to the earth,
And cheerful thoughts to me;
Thou art coming in thy glee,
And the chestnut buds will burst,
For the blossom time athirst,
And for Thee.
Thou art coming, thou art nigh,
Young as in primeval years,
Blushing amidst smiles and tears,
With a laugh and with sigh,
Fair as in days gone by.---
Ali the bliss that once was mine,
When this life was half divine,
When in innocency strong
Loving beauty. hating wrong,
And. with wine of April gay,
Joyously welcomed May
With song!
Thou art coming on the way!
And the primrose's sweet face
Thine advent-hour will grace,
And the boys and girls will play
As in the olden day,
When my lamb could Join the rase--
But the years grow dark apace
With shadows of the night;
fet feel thy youthful might,
And catch the quickening sound
Ofthy footsteps on the ground
With delight.
London Spectator.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Elizabeth Parker.

Elizabeth Parker, who died Saturday
night at her residence, No. 20 Logan street. was
for more than GO years a member of Wylie Avenue
A. Nj. Z. Church. She was always a strong sup
porter of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and her loss will be mourned by many.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

THE amendment of the ballot reform act
in New York. with the avowed object ITO pre-
vent nominations for the purpose of annoying
and embarrassing the older political parties"
is a singular declaration of the principle that
legislation is now for the benefit of the
parties and not of the people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

AN official declaration by the Secretary
of War is quoted to the effect that the civil
war began April 15 1861, and ended August 20,
1866" 1t would be interesting to have the
official authority that makes this statement in
form us what acts of war were committed later
than the spring of 1866.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

THE Baltimore american publishes some
facts about some young men who left Balti-
more and went West ITO get rich" The fact
that they did not do it. is taken by that journal
as an argument in favor of Baltimore. But
what is the proof that if they had remained in
Baltimore they would have got richP If they
had gone West, not ito get rich" but to be use
full and industrious citizens, there is possibili
ty that they would have succeeded in their pur-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

IT is interesting to be told that letter
from the chairman of committee on uni
versity extension remarks that nobody objects
to the measure after they understand its pur-
pose" 1t is also plain that with this sentence
before them, nobody should object to meas
ure for grammar school extension.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

refunding payment so much sooner than Gov.
Pattison got Pennsylvania's share. Senator
Penrose suggested that Gov. Hill holds two
offices, which gave him an advantage. But if
that is true, it does not explain the difference.
1t only raises the question why Senator and
Congressman John b. Robinson did not make
himself useful
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
Mrs. Mary A. Herbert,

Mrs. Mary A. Herbert died Yesterday at
her residence Is fremont street. in her SOth
year. Mrs. Herbert was the widow of John
Herbert, and was we'll known, both in this city
and Allegheny. The funeral will take place from
the residence tomorrow at IL O'Clock A. NJ,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

IF it be true that the portrait of George
Washington has been removed from the Ar
kansas House of Representatives to make
room for one of Jefferson Davis, it is only
necessary to remark that Washington can stand
1t better than Arkansas can.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
He Warns Himself.

Philadelphia Press.l
Spring is coming, as are also the poets of the
season. But paragraphers should remember
that their chestnutty comments are almost as
bad as the poems.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

BARBADOS joins the ranks of the West
Indian colonies that wish to establish reciproci-
ty with the United States. And yet some of
our partisan friends continue to insist that
there is nothing in reciprocity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

The policy of using clubs to make things
lively in our politics must now pale its dimin-
ished light before the demonstration in that
line furnished by the Sligo election.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

The rapid succession OF bright, warm
sunshine TO the stormy weather of last week
may make the spring fever prompt successor
to the grip epidemic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
Mrs. Jane C. Finley.

MCKEEsPoRT, March 29.-Mrs. Jane c.
Finley died at her home in Elizabeth, yesterday
morning. The deceased was the mother OF 8. II.
kinley one of the most prominent merchants in
Mckeesport,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30
KEPT THE HOLIDAY,
Corkworkers Held Aloof From the Factory

Corkworkers Held Aloof From the Factory
Yesterday, Leaving 1t to the Police.
The big cork factory at the end of Twenty
fourth street presented desolate appearance
last evening. 1t was alike deserted by the 800
new workers and the patrol of locked-out en-
ployes who have mounted guard about it
lately.
A couple of officers on special duty had the
vicinity to themselves, but should occa.
sion have required it a reinforcement of half a
dozen could have been had from within the
next three blocks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

In response to an inquiry in the State
Senate, the other day, why Gov Hill of New
York got that States share of the direct tax
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

Vol. 46 No. sI.-Entered st PittsDurg Postofice,
November IA. lSS7, as second-class matter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-30

Really the place where there is the most need
of Mr.. McAllister's instructions in the art of
dinner-giving" is up in heaven. For one day
the door stood open and somebody looked in
and, behold, the servants were eating with the
family, and "the office clerk and his wifo and
the blacksmith and his daughter were sitting
in the best places, anG some of the Four Hun
dred were left out altogether
The Professor of Things in General wonders
sometimes what the parsons preach about
where Dives goes to church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-03
HE STOLE HIS FATHER-IN-LAW
The Mistake of Young Eskimo in Try
ing to Steal Bride.

The Mistake of Young Eskimo In Try
ing to Steal Bride.
A young seal-hunter became engaged
to the daughter OF a rich neighbor,
but was unable to obtain the consent
of her parents to a speedy marriage.
Between the cake of ice On which
the young sealer erected his hut and
the larger foe which was pre-empted
by the parents of his sweetheart the
cold had broken an impossible crevasse
some hundred feet or more in depth
and twenty in width. Save tor a single
lutting fragment, just thick enough to
bear little more than his own weight
his home was completely cut off from
the world about him. This practical
isolation inspired him.
He began storing up in his humble
quarters oil, blubbers and other deli
cacies sufficient for the support of two
persons for at least six months. He
had resolved to steal his bride and
knew that if he gained his ice fat with
her and broke down the bridge they
were safe from trouble or pursuit for
the winter season or until the warmer
weather OF the summer moved the ice
bergs to clo3er contact. BY that time
he hoped the opposition of the parents
would give way to pardon and recon
Citation.
The Eskimos sleep on raised snow
bank on one side of the igloo or ice
house. Encased in their sealskin
nightbags, with a huge projecting
hood over the head AMI face, they are
as comfortable as their nature requires.
The youth walked outside the girls
home until he thought that all wi hin
were asleep. Then creeping through
the narrow entrance he made his way
toward the young woman. He seizeo
the long baglike mass in which her
form was encased bore it triumphantly
across the narrow bridge to his strong
hold, and before pursuit was possible
cut down the ice bridge with his axe
and was safe.
Not waiting to hoa- the ob3urgations
of those on the other side OF the abyss,
he knelt down beside her and dragged
back the hood to catch a glimpse Of
her face.
He had stolen his intended father
in-law!-Parson's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-03
Co-operatfon of the Wife.

A man seldom prospers in the world
without the cooperation of his wife.
IF she unites in mutual endeavors or
rewards his labOrs with an cndearing
smile, with what confidence will he
resort TO his merchandise or bis farm.
fly over the land sail upon sests. meet
difficulty and encounter danger. if he
knows that he is not spending his
strength in vain, but that his labor
will be rewarded by the sweets OF
home. Solicitude and disappointment
eHter the history of every mans life
and he is but half provided for his
voyage who finds but an assoc ate for
happy hours while for his months OF
darkness and distress no sympathizing
51rtner is prepared. New York Led
ger.