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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
TRFLEAP YEAR QUESTION,

The recent discussion of the question:
"ShOuld Women PROPOSE" has received a
new flip from the recollection that the
year 1892 is one of those quadrennial
periods during which a medieval tradition
assigns to the modester sex the privilege of
taking the initiative. More tersely it is
leap year; and while the privileges of that
season have been heretofore confined to
leap year parties and sleigh rides, the re-
formers seem to think that the tradition
would afford good starting for the
radical change of permitting the love-
stricken maiden to declare her passion to
the man of her heart and ask him the
tender question if he will be hers
The arguments so far have a rather
mOnotOnous sameneSS. One side holds
up the unreasonable discrimination that
Jeems if he thinks well of Belinda NAV
tell her so: while Belinda, however much
She may think of Jeems, must keep her
Ds sealed until he has made the avowal
The other side exclaims that Belinda, be-
ing woman, neither her lips nor her eyes
are sealed, and If she cannot make Jeems
understand the condition of her heart
without striking him with the
sledge hammer of a formal offer
of marriage she had better take her
sentimental wares to another market;
Jeems is too stupid to be married" This
is the argument of an opponent of the re-
form; and as its real significance is that
Belinda may avow herself by looks and
hints, though not in plain language, its
logic is rather more strongly in favor of
women's proposing than against it.
There are still other considerations
which should not be overlooked in the dis
cussion of this vital topic. The paper
from which the above sentence is quoted
says that ''the attitude of a woman to-
ward man is that of queen toward a
subject, evidently with an idea that this
is an argument against the proposed revo-
luton. But the prerogative OF queens is
Tndisputed to make the proposition to the
vOred consort; and thus it appears that
II sovereign ladies have the privilege al
ready when they choose TO exercise it. Be-
yond this they have support for the adop-
ton of that extreme resort in the example
of herOineS who have used it when other
and more conventional courses We're in
adequate. The case of Priscilla Alden is
a good precedent; while in more modern
romance the heroine of Walter Besant's
'sChildren of Gibeon, " who makes up her
mind to marry lover of poor fortune and
low family, and is told by her sympathiz-
ing mother MY poor girl, you will have
to ask him yourself, loses nothing of the
readers esteem and admiration by the
brave way in which she performs that un-
usual task
On the whole, we do not think there is
any necessity of a new social edict on this
question. The great majority of young
women can rely on their charms and the
usual methods Of intimating their prefer
ences to bring their swains to the point of
wooinG. But if any young woman finds
herself in the perplexing strait of having
a lover too modest or too much con-
strained by his circumstances to come to
the point, let her do the business and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
THE coRoNER's IDEAS.

Elsewhere will be found Coroner Nc
Dowell's annual report and recommenda-
tions for the increase of public safety, the
lessening of accidental, suicidal and felon-
ious mortality, and the better dealing
with such cases when they occur.
The Coroner's statistics show that a
large proportion of the years murders
were due to the criminal immigrants-the
fugitive, ignorant class imbued with their
national inclination to settle all disputes
by blood-letting. The question OF re-
Stricting immigration is one which must
be answered by the nation and cannot be
solved by one State The influx is due
not only to fight from criminal prose
cution and oppression, but also to the
economic supply of the demand in certain
quarters for cheap and unskilled labor.
Other advice from the Coroner has
more direct local bearing. All should take
ito heart his verdict that many of the acci-
dental deaths and suicides result from
carelessness on the part of the associates
and guardians of the victim. Mental
alienation and decreptitude should always
receive close attention, and, where this is
impossible from the household, the af-
flicted should be sent.to institutions pro-
vided for the purpose.
Children mast play.and have fresh air,
but if neglecttul guardians allow them to
use the streets they do it at an appalling
risk. The pointing o1t of the dangers in
this direction should lead to some reform
that will remedy the evil without robbing
the little ones of healthy recreation.
During the session of the Legislature
the Coroner made praiseworthy but
futile attempts to pass his morgue
bill The result is that the fa-
cilities for the Identification of
remains are still dependent on private en-
terprise-that Identification which, in
most cases, means the bringing of Grim
inals to Justice or the solution of the
mysteries of the missing. The renewal
of efforts to secure public morgue and
the recommendation to have permanent
Coroner's physician are certainly worthy
of public Endorsement. That fire escapes
are more frequent and elevators safer is
evidence of the wisdom of former recon-
mendations, and give weight to those now
submitted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
COLONEL CARA OF TEXAS.

GARzA's bandits have changed the Mexi-
can border to q ragged edge.-Phladeiph
Record.
PERHAPS Cara has made the mistake of
not believing the Mexican war OF '4S is over
Philadelphia Times.
If Cara was once a sewing machine agent
che fact accounts for the way he is ripping
up the border-St. Louis Republic.
If Cara wins he will be called a patriot
and elected President; if he loses he is q
rebel and ought to be hanged Chicago
Globe.
WE can't help feeling that Colonel CARA
would be happier if he would swear Off now
and hire out as Pullman car porter.-Cht
cdgo Mail.
FROM the rapidity with which Cara skips
from one side to the other of the Rio Grande
it is little difficult to tell just whose
bandit he is.-DetrOit Free Press.
CARA, the outlaw, will soon be Cara, the
rebel, if he continues to gain additions to
his forces. A man with 800 men behind him
is hardly an outlaw.-Bost0n NetUs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
AN ABANDONED FUNCTION

One of the positive features of January
l, 1892, was the definite and final aban-
donment in American society of the prac-
tice of New Years calling. The custom
had been dying a slow and rather painful
death for some years; but its complete de-
m Sc was to be reported as of last Fri
days date. Except in official and diplo-
matte circles, where archaic customs sur
vive sometimes century after they have
been left behind the progress of the world,
society everywhere relegated the New
Years call TO the customs of effete ages.
No regrets will be wasted by the social
philosopher on this abandonment OF a
once universal custom. The original
Dutch idea of making the rounds of ac-
quaintances TO wish them a happy new
year was pretty sentiment in its natural
environment of Dutch slowness and
formality. But when transplanted to the
conditions of modern society it, became a
travesty on all ideas of real society. In
its mildest and least offensive form it was
a burden of monotonous rapidity: i'm its
worst manifestations it was wild orgie.
The practice of rushing in upon a lady,
wishing her happy new year, saying two
sentences about the weather and
one about the number of calls you
have made, and then leaving in
the earnest attempt to inflict the same ex-
perience on a possible hundred and fifty
hostesses was burden to the caller, only
to be surpassed by the penance to the en-
tertainer. The thought of taking in the
proper observance of the day one hun
dred and fifty nibbles of one hundred and
fifty different slices Of cake and one hun
dred and fifty swigs from one hundred
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

and fifty cups of coffee was something
the retrospect of which almost excuses
the too frequent practice of drowning the
whole sorrow in the mad oblivion of one
hundred and fifty swigs from one hum
dred and fifty different varieties, brands
and degrees of intoxicating fluids.
Society has lost nothing calculated to
contribute to its intelligent enjoyment
from the demise of the New Years CALL
But we can hardly flatter ourselves that
its abolition is due to any of the
reasons indicated. The New Years call
is unknown to English society, and the
disappearance,of that function is simply
secondary but consolatory effect of the
prevailing anglpmania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
HUMoREsoUE ODDITIES.

Kickshaw-Did you make any New Years
calls?
Dinmick-One.
Kickshaw-what did the other man hold.-Jtu1os.
'Ninety-one sat on avail;
'Ninety-one had great'fal-
An the kings horses and all the kin IS men
Can't put 'ninety-one back again.
-Harper's Bazar.
Dick Hicks Ito dentisteMy jaw ached
when came here. but now 1t has stopped.
Molar (grasping forceps)-We can soon remedy
that.-NeO York Herald.
Nrr. Neer-what ought we to do, doc
tor as a community. in order to-er-meet the
grip?
DIR. Blunt-Don't meet 1t. my dear sir. Avoid it.
Chicago Tribune.
Those household bills, thoseihousehold bills,
Their presentation woe instills I.
listen for the postman's ring
And know full well the grist he'll bring,
For Yesterday my darling wife
With shopping schemes was more than rife.
To-day she tops my other ills
With household bills, with household bills 7
-Neto York Herald.
Irate Purchaser Ito house furnisher's as
sistant-This stove won't burnl
Assistant-Ave cOorse not, sorr. Iron usually
won't.-H,Tper's Baz1r.
Husband-I don't see why you women
always begin lifting your skirts before YOU get
within ten feet of a mud puddle.
Wifs-I don't see why you men never roll up
your trousers until you get half way through a
mud pnddle.-Puek.
She declined proposal not quite to her
taste.
And the youth sent away in displeasure.
For she said that she never would marry in haste,
And now she's repenting at leisure.
" Y. Press.
Mr.. Halfcentury-The newspapers must
be hard up for news.
Mrs. Halfcentury-why so?
NJ. HaEeentuTy-Here's an item that the oldest
man in New York State died last week. and the
oidestman In New York State died when wasn't
more than 16.-Jud0e.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

TOUCHING the reported reappointment of
Morrison as Interstate Commerce Commis-
sioner, the Chicago Herald asserts that "the
interstate commerce act provides for the
appointment of a certain number each of
Democrats and Republicans" and says Nor
rison belongs to neither party. 1t would be
interesting for the esteemed Herald to point
out the section of the act in which this re-
markable provision is made. A law which
says that there must be so many Democrats
and so many Republicans in a governmental
body would be one of the curiosities of legis-
latiOn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
TO RIVAL THE PITTsBURG EXHIBIT.
Upper Ohio Manufacturers Arrange for :
Show at Wheeling,


WHEELING, Jan. 3-[SpeciaL IA number
of the leading manufacturers of the Upper
Ohio Valley met here last night, and agreed
to establish an exchange for the display of
sample and sale of goods at the times of
year when the buyer is in the market. The
main idea is TO counteract the display semi
annually made at the Monongahelu House,
Pittsburg. A combination of the factories
for any other purpose is not intended.
The following were present at the meet
ing: Lucius Martin, President of the Fos-
toria Glass Company, of Moundsville; F. NJ.
Strong, Secretary of the Nail City Stamping
Company: Harry wood, President of
the Northwood Glass Company, Martins
Ferry: \. D. Seamon, President of the Buck
eye Glass Company, of Martins Ferry; A.
G. Stoilenwig, manager of the sales depart
ment of the Wheeling and Labelle potteries;
Charles w. Franzheim, Secretary of the
Warwick Pottery Company; Captain Muhl-
man. President oil the Crystal Glass Works,
of Bridgeport; John Dornan, President of
the Riverside Glass Works. Wellsburg, and
Mr.. Meder, of the North Wheeling Pottery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
APPLES FROM A FAMOUS TREE.
The Original Was That Beneath Which
General Lee Surrendered.

RICHMOND, Jan. "a quart of apples have
just reached this city which were taken
from a tree at Appomattox which has his
tory. The old tree stood in the yard of Mr..
Wells Inge and shell from one of the last
guns fired at Appomatox in April. 1865,
struck the tree and split it nearly to the
roots. The next morning General Lee sur
rendered about mile from Mr.. Inge's
house. in Squire McLean's house.
Many mistook the Inge tree for that imag-
mary apple tree under which it is said Gen
eral Lee surrendered, and the shattered
tree was soon sawed up by the relic hunters
and converted into canes, only stump
being left on the Inge place. From that
stump a sprout grew, and now the sprout is
an apple tree nearly as large as was the
original. On the new tree the fruit Mr..
Inge has sent to this city grew. Mr. Ham
mersley the Worlds Fair Commissioner
for Appomattox, intends to have some of
next years apples from this tree presented
for exhibition at the Columbian Exposition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

THE renewal of the attack on Governor
Flower by the Vine and Spirit Gazette, which
arraigns him for a sin of commission in
going to church and a sin of omission in fail
ing to be sufficiently devoted to the rosy
god, creates narrowing suspicious as to its
inspiration. The attack was first made
during the Gubernatorial campaign with the
result of giving Flower a crushing majority.
The resurrection of the same fearful arraign-
ment suggests the deep doubt whether the
accusing journal is not under pay to help
along the Governors mild Presidential boom.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
Spiked With Silver Dollars.

KALLEsPEL, MINI, Jan. 3.-The Pacific ex-
tension of the Great Northern Railway was
completed into Kallespel Friday, the last
rail being laid across Main street at noon in
the presence of $500 people. A silver spike
made here of silver dollars contributed by
ladies' was driven at the end of the track by
an old pioneer This was the signal for an
outburst of pent-up enthusiasm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
HER DOT WAS SMALL,
But After Waiting Six Years Miss Mitchell
Satisfies the Prince

LONDON, Jan. 3-The marriage of Miss
Mitchell, daughter of Senator Mitchell. of
Oregon, to the Due de la Rochefoucault.
occurs in the early part of February. 1t is
learned that the couple have been secretly
engaged six years, but have deferred the
wedding because of the opposition of
the Dues family. The opposition grew out
OF the fact that the Senator was not rich
enough to provide dowry satisfactory to
the family of the bride The Due himself is
far from rich, but he has u good reputation,
and is much more desirable "catch" than
many of the titled gentlemen who have OBJ
tanned American wives during recent years.
The latest betrothal in which Americans
are especially interested is that of Lawrence
Lawrence, brother of Charles Lawrence,
of Boston, to Miss Violet Mills, daughter OF
Lord HilIingdon, who is a partner in the
famous banking house OF which Glyn Mills
is the head.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Judge William C. Hazeldine.

Judge William G. Hazeldine, Solicitor
General of the Atlantic ard Pacific Railroad Com
pany, died at Albuquerque, n. NJ, yesterday, of
pneumonia. Judge Hazeldln e.was a dis tinguished
lawyer, twice member of the Territorial Senate of
New Mexico Chairman of the Republican Central
Committee, Member of the Constitutional Conven-
tion. President of the New Mexican Bar Assoca-
tion, and a prominent Mason. He went to New
Mexico from Battle Creek, Mich, 12 years ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
TOO POOR TO cLOTHE SOLDIERS.
GuatemaIa's Government Accused OF
Cheating Its Seamstresses.

GUATEMALA CITY. Jan. 3-LG CronistG
charges the head military officials here with
defrauding poor seamstresses employed to
make clothing for the soldiers. The
local commander, however, says
there have been no funds at
the disposal of the War Office for months to
meet such bills, and claims this to be the
only reason why the women have not been
paid A committee of 300 of these sewing
women waited upon President Barraillas
lately to protest against their wages being
kent back.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
THE LOUISIANA sQUABBLE.
The Congressional Committee in keilogg's
District Denounces Boilers.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3-The Third Congress
sional District Committee met at Morgan
City Saturday. This is keliogg's old dis
trict The committee Endorsed the call of
the State Committee for the State Conven-
ton January IS; condemned the action of
Federal officials in boitlng from the State
COMMITTEES; urged all Republicans to sup
port the regular state Committee, and in
dorsed President Harrison's administra-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
Colonel John c. Haines.

Colonel John C. Haines died at his
home in Seattle, Wash. yesterday afternoon, of
pneumonia Colonel Hanes Chair man of the
State Republican Committee. but resigned upon
being arrested for completely in the famous
Garden opium-smuggling He was taken
to Auburn, N. Y. for trial and acquitted. When
Washington admitted into the Union he was
a prominent candidate for United States Senator.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A RECEIVER SAID TO BIZ SHORT.
The Referee Investigating an Alliance
Failure Makes q Damaging Report.

ALLIANCE, Jan. 3.-[SpectaL.l - Referee
Frank L. Baldwin, who was appointed by
Judge Pease to investigate the doings of G..
Q. Freer as receiver of A. W. Coates & Co.,
manufacturers of rakes of this city, has filed
his report. 1t criticises the extravaganza
of the receiver, and finds him short in his
report ,765.
Mr. Freer, at the time of his appointment
gave. bond for $4,000 with the late John
Atwell and Peter Kimberly as his sureties
An action will be commenced at once
against Freer and his bondsmen to recover
the amount said to be short. Mr.. Freer is
now a resident OF Cleveland.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

THE big November exports beat the
record again, reaching the total $1lO, ,0OO
They contain also the gratifying exhibit
that nearly half these exports, or S53.OOOOOO,
was shipped from Southern ports. No
better evidence is needed that the South has
fully recovered from the losses of the Civil
War and is now contributing her full share
to the nations prosperity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

IT is rather difficult to comprehend the
political or domestic necessity by which
each administration signalizes itself in the
purchase of a costly set of china from for
eign factories; but We suppose the social ne
cessity covers the whole job
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
An Old Silver Coin Demonetiz,d.

BERLIN, Jan. 3-Arranaements have been
completed with Austria II ungary to demon
etize the silver coin known vereins
thalers II vestige of the old German-Aus-
trian monetary union. The operation will
extend over three years. The agreement is
certain to revive the silver discussion in the
Reiclstap
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

THE Baltimore Sun claims the honor of
being the first to suggest the Worlds Fair
in commemoration of the discovery of
America, but would it not be wiser to wait
till the Fair is over before arrogating to it,
self the glory of the proposition?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
THE modest demand is made bv the New

THE modest demand is made by the New
York World that if the New York Central
does not at once adopt the block system
Mr.. Depew shall resign the Presidency of
that corporation. Mr.. Depew will be likely
to think twice before adopting that policy.
The position pays a comfortable salary, and
Mr.. Depew probably will be able to recall
instances in New York of men who resigned
desirable positions and found considerable
difficulty IN getting them back again.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A NEW YORK paper excuses the omission

A New YORK paper excuses the omission
of any public bequests from the will of Hon.
W. j. Scott on the ground that such bequests
are so frequently broken down by the
courts This may be good way of whipping
the will smashers over Hon. w. L. Scott's
shoulders, but in view of the fact that most
of these cases of bequest-breaking occurred
since Mr.. Scott's death, we are impelIed to
the conclusion that the millionaire left all
his property to his heirs for the good reason
that he preferred to.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

THE new Senator from Kansas seems to
be fully qualified for political preferment.
Ex-Governor st. John sums up his fitness
with the remark that during twenty-three
years acquaintance between himself and
Perkins the latter has been only thirty days
ont of office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

BY the way, that preannounced proclama-
ton of the President, restoring duties
against certain countries which do not take
advantage of reciprocity, seems to have been
forgotten in making up the list of political
New Years resolutions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
B,aine,s Most Momentous Year.

New York Recorder
This year will probably be the most mo-
mentous in all Mr.. Baine's official life.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

A LATE assertion that Senator Hill does
not indulge in Intoxicating beverages
his speech on the coinage question, except
on the basis Of plain unadulterated ignor-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

The annual promise of sweeping ad-
vance in fire insurance rates is heard as usual;
but the insurance combine is not yet suffi-
ciently centralized to prevent the issuing of
policies at about the old figures.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
A MARTYR AT REST.
South Americas Father Damien Succumbs
to the Leprosy.

to the Leprosy.
PANAMA, Jan. IA Surinam dispatch an
nounces the death, at Batavia, recently of
Padre Balkes, the Father Damien of South
America. He had been in charge of the
Dutch Guiana leper station since 1866, when
he came out from Amsterdam, volunteer
to the service.
Ten years ago he developed the terrible
disease His fingers went one by one, then
his feet became affected, and lastly his nose
and an eve were attacked and eaten away,
and yet up to the very last he managed to
attend to his priestly duties and consoled
and cheered his fellow sufferers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
John &. Schorr.

John C. Schorr died yesterday at his home,
16l Juniata street. Allegheny. He was 40 years old,
and was well known in secret society circles. He
was a member of Mozart Lodge /. o. q. F., Teu-
tonia Lodge No. 81, A. z. A. A number of other
lodges will attend mis- funeral tomorrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
\ Significant Omission.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.j
The most significant thing about the din
ner given to Governor Hill was the careful
omission OF the name of Grover Cleveland
from all Of the speeches.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
Which is Making Mills H.?

Chicago Inter-Ocoan.l
1t is query which is making Mills the
sickest, the grip he has lost OF the grippe he
nas found.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

afterward devote herself to the task of
making him bless the day when she did