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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
ITS EFFECT GOOD.

While the resolutions of Mr.. Holman in
| favor of limiting appropriations to the
needs of the various departments are so
sweeping in their character as to tread on
large variety of toes, their most urgent
application is in direction which will
command the popular approval.
The declaration that there should be no
granting of subsidies or bounties by Con-
gress in money, public lands, bonds, or by
Endorsement, or by pledge of public
credit" in theabstract antagonizes policies
already adopted in the legislation of the
country and which the majority of the
people support. As general principle
HOimanS platform is sustained by the eX-
perience of the country with regard to the
| Pacific railway subsidies; but the subsidies
| for ocean mail service, and the bounties to
compensate sugar raisers for the removal
of duties, belong to another category. AS
| Holman himself points out, these grants
are protected by permanent appropri-
ations, so that while he may have intended
his resolutions as antagonizing them in
the abstract, in actual practice the reso-
lutiOns cannot affect them.
1t is with regard to pending grabs that
the resolutions are especially effective and
command public support. Considering
that the principal of these is the modest
proposition that the United States shall
loan its credit to the tune of 500, 900
to SuiId S65, 600, 900 canal for Nicaragua,
there was need of such resolution. The
promoters of this scheme are not satisfied
with having this nation make clean pres
ent Of the canal to the Nicaraguans, to be
gobbled by the strongest naval power in
case of war. There must be So, 200, 900
addition to its estimated cost for the pro-
moters in addition to what they can make
out of s1oO, 100000 issue of fictitious
stock When such schemes as this are
pending and have received the indorse-
ment cf the administration there was an
opportunity for the House to declare itself,
which that body, judging from yesterdays
vote, fully appreciates.
On that issue the Democratic House has
evinced the ability TO put itself on the
right side. The party that proposes to
keep up the billion-dollar record for the
benefit of stock promoters and foreign ma
tions is evidently determined TO put itself
in the wrong.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
THE BLUE LAW CRUSADE.
Sunday Not Sabbath.

Pittsburg Times.1
The Law and Order Society of Pittsburg,
as 1t exists to-day, neither has nor can have
the moral support of the community. The
deceit and treachery which its agents en-
ploy to entrap victims among the small
shopkeepers are the same as were used IN
the last century and earlier to entrap people
whose religious opinions did not conform to
the established confessions of faith. The old
fanaticism is playing a new role. That 1t
would restore the rule of past centuries If 1t
could, and make the Old Testament as ex-
pounded by teaching elders the law of the
land, the great mass of the people firmly be-
lfeve, and hence their utter want Of SYM
pathy with it, In resorting through It's
agents to deceit and treachery, it has dis
played the contempt which fanaticism has
always had for the safe rule that evil should
not be done that good may come. The peo-
pie of Pittsburg respect Sunday and would
have it decently observed, not only for its
moral uses, but as part of wise public
policy. They recognize, however, the
changes which all forms of progress have
wrought, and know that the Sunday of the
nineteenth century cannot and ought not to
be transformed into the Sabbath of the
seventeenth. 1t is we'll enough, that this
question should be passed ON by the courts,
and so let the Law and Order Society go on
with its suits
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
THE MERITS OF THE QUESTION.

1t is by no means singular that labor or
carnations take an interest in the Blue
Law question. Workingmen, engaged
through the week days at exhaustive labor,
are those who are mostly concerned in
having those opportunities for rest and
quiet recreation on Sunday, which the law
Of 1894, as interpreted by its admirers,
would cut off in every direction. On that
day principally have they time TO learn
from the papers the news of the world
and to acquaint themselves with the
progress Of contemporary thought. If
they have time for ride for themselves
Or their families, the street car, which has
also been attacked in times past by the
Blue Law supporters, and which will
again be interfered with if the present
undertakings succeed, is the poor mans
carriage. In the course of time, parks,
Libraries and art galleries become in all
large cities means of instruction, which
it is undesirable to have obstructed or
closed by the narrow spirit that bitterly
antagOnized even the opening of a green
house on the public grounds in Allegheny.
The effort to represent the companies
publishingnewspapers as being chiefly con-
cerned is futile in view of the above facts.
The papers are simply supplying general
public demand and convenience, the meas
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
MANY people are indignant when thew

MANY people are indignant when they
hear the assertion that America has no liter
ature. There certainly is National liter
ature, but it is almost as indisputable that
there is very little known of its authors. In
1887 the principal of school in this State
addressed u letter to Nathaniel Haw thorne
who had then been dead for % years.
This is pardonable, for we of Pennsylvania
have something more important to do than
keep track of the careers of even the great
est of the country's writers. But it is strange
indeed to hear that the postal authorities at
Salem, name indissolubly linked with
Hawthorne's, should have readdressed the
letter to the very late authors publishers
with a request that they should forward it
to their client. This is indeed undying fame,
and this prophet was not without honor
even in his own country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
Socia! Chatter.

THE last "bud" ball-which, by the way.
was of the male persuasion-giveD in the old
Hailman House, now the Hotel henmawr.
in honor of Mr.. James Hailman, and
took place about three years ago. 1t was u
very fashionable event; but in those days
there wasn't the splendid dancing floor,
sueh as that of the new dining room afforded
on Thursday night for those participating
in festivities connected with Miss Spang's
debut.
THE first of the series of two small dances
was given in the Duquesne Climb house last
night, at which about l51 of the exclusive
set were present. These dances were sue
cessfu!ly organized last season. and promise
to be the leading events of this season also.
The patronPSses are MIS- y. +. W. Painter,
Mrs. Wynn Sewell and Mrs. W. G. Park.
THERE is a rumor to the effect that the
Linden Club management NAV obtain the
fashionable exponent of Delsartism for
what is termed the lady's evening at the
club house. 4 causerie OF this nature can
structive. especially in the case of the
younger women.
Miss JULIA WATSON, in whose honor so
many brilliant functions have been given,
through the death of her grandmother, has
withdrawn from society, and will likely re-
main in a greater or lesser degree of retire
ment during the winter
THE programme for the Amateur Art Asso-
ciation's tableaux either requires the over
sight of Il careful editor or it has been very
badly inutilated in its publication yester-
day.
Miss ALICE WALTON gives n german this
evening for a most of her young friends.
One hundred and fifty invitations have been
issued.
Mrs. STEVENSON, who was Miss Hogg, and
a bride of the season. was among the ladies
who received at Miss Spang's eoming-out
ball.
Mrs. E. P. BLAIR, of Bluff street, gave a
progressive euchre party last night.
Mrs. PHILIP REYMER entcrtains this after
noon a her Bidwell street home.
Mrs. JAMES WOOD entertained a number of
debutantes yesterday.
Miss ELIZABETH LINDLE entertained yester-
day afternoon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

ure of which is best understood by the ex-
tent to which they are taken-and in SO
far as they supply it wisely and well they
are doing a meritorious work. And it is
precisely because this convenience is genu-
inc, and the public demand universal and
unquestioned, that the Quixotic and
ridiculous suits which were begun this
week before Alderman Robe can lead in
the end only to the complete and deserved
di2comfiture of the few who have insti-
gated them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
Obituary Notes.

JoHNW. BROWN. Treasurer of Mahoning county,
o., died last night in Youngstown.
JOSEPH SKILLEN, colored,. an old servant of
President Lincoln. died Thursday in Richmond,
Ind, aged leo years.
ANDREW MCCLISToCK, 50 years old, the oldest
lawyer in Luzerne county, died Thursday at his
residence. Wilkesbarre.
ROBERT FAIRBAIRN, the Oldest calico print en-
graver in America, died at Pawtucket, R.I., Thurs
day of Bright's disease He was 81 years old.
Miss c. NJ. TRowBRIDGE the authoress. and one
of the most widely known ladies in Connecticut
died IN Mansfield, Conn.,, Thursday. She 70
years old.
CAPTAIN CHARLES SCHULTzE, a well-known
river man, died in Louisville yesterday. after a
long and tedious illness, the result of sunstroke
several years ago.
REV w. NJ. A. FLEMING. pastor of the st. Alloy
sius Roman Catholic Church, Newark. N. j., and
of the most pro mnent priests in the city. died
yesterday morning. he was an active Republican.
GENERAL ROBERT RANSOM died at Newberne
N. c., Thursday morning. He was a younger
brother of Senator NJ. w. Ransom and a Major
General Of cavalry in theConfederate army and dis
tinguished himself in many battles, especially ut
Marye's Heights. Frederic5shurgs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Randolph Rogers, Sculptor

Randolph Rogers, the celebrated Ameri-
can sculptor, whose serious Illness from pulmo-
nitis was announced few days ago. died yester-
day at his residence, Rogers Villa in Rome. PAN
dolph Rogers was born i'll Waterloo. near Auburn,
N. Y. in 1926. He was engaged in mercantile pur-
suits in Ann Arbor, Mich, and New York City.
He then went TO Italy and studied from 1913 till
1850. He then went hack to tho United States and
opened a studio in New York. where he remained
till 1856 In that he returned to Italy, where
he had resided since that time. One of his best
works. the has reefs the doors of the Capitol at
Washington, representing scenes in the life of CO.
lumbus, was designed in 1858 and cast in bronze at
Munich In 1851 he compleped the Washington
Monument at Richmond. which had been lett un-
finished by Thomas Crawford adding the statues
of Marshall. Mason and Nelson, for which Craw-
ford had made no design, as well as some alegori-
cal figures.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
The Remedy for Puritanical TYRANNY.

Toledo Commerciall
Pittsburg's Law and Order Society is GO
ing somewhat slow about opening IT'S attack
on the Sunday newspapers. They had the
warrants prepared, but did not serve them,
for reasons best known to themselves. Pos
sibly they find that when these old "blue
laws" are applied to the press, through
which public sentiment can be fully ex-
pressed, they have tackled rather larger
game than they were prepared for, although
they were 'oaded for bar" The remedy
for such puritanical tyranny is to repeal the
statutes which give a basis for extorting
fines from the weak for acts which cannot
be punished when committed by the strong.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
IN THE RUINS OF C0PAN.
The Peabody Museum Honduras Expedi-
;ion Is Doing Finely.

tion Is Doing Finely.
BosToN. Jan. 5.-[SpeciG. News has been
received of the safe arrival OF the Peabody
Museum Honduras expedition al the ruins
of Copan. The first report from the officers
of the expedition has been forwarded to
Prof Putnam, stating that they are in ex-
cellent health after their rough journey OF
100 miles by mule train, and that they are
deeply impressed by the grandeur of the
ancient ruins. among which it is their
privilege to study and explore during the
next six months. Comfortable living quar-
ters have been established in the western
courts of the big pyramids" A corps of &c
native laborers is already engaged in clear
ing the debris aroundsthe court.
Several interesting observations are re-
ported in connection with the compare tive
study of ancient symbolic and conventional
ornamentation, and plans are now boing
made for taking molds and photographs of
the hieroglyohics and figures carved in high
relief on the massive stone structures on
every side, The Government of Guatemala
and Honduras have not only admitted all
material free oS duty. but have also given
important official assistance to the officers
of the expedition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
PICKINGs FROM PUCK.

'Don't you just love the grace of nature,
Mr.. Dart?''
..Grace o. Nature? Pshaw! Look at her now
how she falls all over herselfr'
'sWas he hurt By falling at the hurdle?"
''Yes; but he hopes to get over it.''
Old King Cole
Was merry old soul
And Il merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his howl
And gorgeous Jag had hei
If every lie told in political campaign
were nailed, iron would soon be as expensive IS
gold.
''You've forgotten something, sah," said
the offensive waiter.
Never mind,'' replied the irasciDle old gent;
''you can have it!''
Upon the street in broad daylight,
He sat down in a chair
Where misspelled letters told the tale
That shoes were polished there.
Ard, as he sat with sheepish smile,
1t almost made him swear
As he-saw every friend he had
Walk slowly by that chair.
eyes, sirr' said the man from Colorado to
q new acquaintance; 81 believe in free silver, l
do''
80 do l." replied the other; I'm burglar,
myself
SIS it safe to attend one of these bazars
with only S. bill in your poeket?''
''Weil you have to take chances, of course
A single eye-glass we deride;
But many = lass.
And many 4 friend viii him commend,
Whose modest thirst is satisfied
By tn single glass.
\ Publisher-Hello, old mani 1 haven't
met you in years: in fact not since we left school.
How have you been getting along?
Visitor-I have made cool million ont of leaf
lard. $3.50 s
Publisher-Gee Whillikinst and hadn't heard
oft. Say. can't induce you to write an article
for my magazine on ..The Intellectual Decadsnee
or Modern EuropeS''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16


There is something strikingly ludicrous in
the campaign being waged by the Pittsburg
Law and Order Society against Sunday
papers of that. city. The object OF the
move is to do away entirely. if possible, with
Sunday newspapers, and to accomplish that
object warrants have been issued for the
arrest of several score of newsboys and
newsdealers. Managers of the newspapers
are evidently out of the question, but the
society seems to think that if it can succeed
in convicting the little newsboys and taking
the hard-earned profits of five or six months
from their pockets, it will have struck a
powerful blow at what it denominates one
of the giant evils of the age.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
FREAK OF a METEOR.
1t Shattered Trees and Created a General
Disturbance.


Disturbance.
GADsDEN, ALA, Jan. 1.-Two men were
hunting in the woods east of Gadsden
recently and about 8 O'Clock P. NJ. the
heavens were suddenly illuminated with q
lurid light. They quickly looked upward
and saw large fiery ball in the air ap-
proaching at a rapid rate. 1t seemed twice
as large as mans head, and almost at a
white heat. They declare it passed within q
few yards of them, making a whizzing
noise, and they felt tn. heat sensibly. 1t
approached nearer and nearer the ground
until it passed out of sight
In a few seconds they heard report
which shook the country for miles around.
The ene1t morning they went to the place
where they last saw the meteor, and found
that it had plowed up a furrow about as
large as flour barrel and three or four feet
deep, then rebounded and struck IL large
pine tree six feet from the ground, shiver-
ing the tree. 1t then exploded, scattering
its fragments in every direction, cutting
down small growth and tearing up the
ground. 4 few pieces of the matter were
found so firmly imbedded in the tree that
the men could not get them out. The pieces
did not look like anything they had ever
seen and smelt strongly of burning sulphur.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
John F. Reynolds, New Castle.

John F. Reynolds, one of the very oldest
residents of New Castle died Thursday afternoon,
less than week after the death of his wife, to
to whom he was welded nearly So years ago. Mr..
REYNOLDS was 90 years of age. He came to Law
renee county with his father, Robert Reynolds.
from Hagerstown, Nd, in 1906. For ten years the
family encountered all the incidents of pioneer
life at Mahoningtown and then moved to what is
known the Reynolds homestead. in shenango
township. BY frugality and hard work MIR. Rey-
nods amassed competence and the latter years of
his life spent in comfort. He was the father
of is children. He member of the Epworth
Church and contributed literally to the erection of
the new church when the old one burned down.
For several days prior to his death he was uncon-
scious and he never knew of the death of his be-
loved companion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
NEWSPAPER A NECESSITY.
Why 1t Is Indispensable to ths Daily Life
of Everybody.

Springfield, Mass, Union.l
That .he newspaper has become indispens-
able to our daily life is easy of demonstra-
ton. We kick and exclGim: "Pshe W! there 8
nothing in the paper" but if the carrier fails
to deliver it there is Il hasty visit to the
Office and an indignant demand to know the
reason. The daily paper appeals to every
class OF rea ders. There IS no one whom it
does not in terest in some way.
The business man finds it an invaluable
medium for advertising his merchandise
and from it he obtains the information
necessary to the most advantageous disposal
OF his wares. The market reports, from
which he learns the fluctuations of prices;
the trade reports, which indicate to him the
articles which are most in demand, and the
thousand and one other items, all give him
information which keeps him abreast of the
times. The professional and literary men
also find in the daily newspaper the first in
formation of what is happening in the
realms of science and literature.
The teacher and his pupil could hardly do
without this dispenser of news that revises
history and geography in almost every
issue. The pedagoGue undoubtedly finds
much to crIticise from grammatical and
rhetorical standpoint, but even that can be
turned to the advantage of the pupil, by
having him correct the inaccuracies which
unavoidably creep into the paper in the
haste of preparation. A thorough pe-usal
of the daily paper is, in fact a liberal edu-
cation.
Did you ever stop to think what diversi-
fed field the daily paper covers? If not.
just sit down and make thorough study of
it once. You will be surprised when you
rise to learn how much you have learned.
Scan the telegraph page, the local page. the
editorial page, and last but not least (as
every good housewife does without being
told) the advertising pages. Then sit down
and summarize the information you have
cleaned. You will find that it will be no
brief or unimportant summary.
If every newspaper were TO suddenly and
simultaneously suspend publication, even if
it were for one day only, this life would
seem drear and blank indeed. We would be
in a worse predicament than the man with
out country. May the spirit of Ben Frank
lin forefend such q calamity!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

SIR EDWARD ARNoLD's idea that the
United States will eventually own the coun-
try down to the Straits of Magellan is
warmly welcomed by the Jingo element as
including Chile. 1t might commend itself to
the Chileans also as giving them the right to
mob either foreigners or citizens of the
present United States without any fuss about
it from the United States Government.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
They Took the Wrong Tack.

New York Commercial Advertiser.l
1t seems strange that the Law and Order
League of Pittsburg should go back to the
blue laws OF 1894 and arrest newsdealers for
the sale of Sunday papers, when.it would be
so easy to convict the readers of some of the
truckload mammoths of violating more
modern legislation against laboring on the
Sabbath.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

The Pennsylvania Railroad is about to
shorten its route from Philadelphia to this
city fifteen miles by reverting to the Portage
road from Cresson 20 Petersburg which was
abandoned several years ago. Competition
in rapid transit to the Worlds Fair and
growing traffic on the main line are the
causes to which thanks are due for this
shortening of travel.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

ONE of the oracles of the Law and Order
Society, seeing the indignation aroused by
the crusade against the press, is careful to
declare that there is no religion in the move
ment. The public, by this declaration, is
given to understand that tho crusade is in
spired by pure cussedness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

lican Senate stand in the way" The
esteemed Press seems to exhibit sublime
forgettulness or the fact that the Republican
Senate in the last Congress passed a Tree
silver coinage measure, and also that one of
the Republican Senators from Pennsylvania
voted for 1t.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
for its law, and then find itself out of order,
is certainly in deplorable condition.
The League is Partingtonia n.

OII CIVy DtITICk.J
The Law and Order Society OF Pittsburg
has fight on its hands at the outset of Its
campaign against the Sunday papers. The
first man that was arrested has made known
his determination to fight the matter to the
bitter end, and will carry it through all the
courts there are, or until he receives favor
able verdict. In its attempt to stop the Sun
day paper the Law and Order League of
Pittsburg is very Partingtonian.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

THE movement on foot tor the suppress
sion of Illegal clubs and "speakeasies" is q
startling contrast to the more pretentious
effort for the suppression of public con-
veniences and neccssaries.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
Shutting Down on Coal Production.

WILKEsBARRE, Jan. 15.-The Lehigh Valley
Coal Company issued orders to-day to sus-
pend work at their Heidelberg colliery, near
Pittston, until the 1st OF April next. On ac-
count OF the prevalent depression in trade.
This will throw many men oaS OF employ
1uent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
The Outcome VIII be Interesting.

The question of violating the Sunday law
by printing and selling Sunday newspapers
on the Sabbath day is to have test in Pitts
burg. A newsdealer anda newsboy have
been arrested, and the intention is to bring
suit against the publishers and printers. As
test case the outcome will be watched for
with much interest. The matter has been
talked about in Pittsburg for several years,
but it is only very recently that decisive
measures were determined upon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16

THE Worlds Fair Commission are wise
in their intention to open an office in Pitts
burg, for this is undoubtedly the most i'm
portans manufacturing center in the State
as well as the nation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-16
Things Have Evened Up.

Chicago Tiines.1
Drummers have been carrying off grips for
years, but things will even up now that the
grip is carving off the drummers.