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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
CURIosITIEs OF PATERNAIIsM.

Strange ideas Of the functions of govern
ment are making themselves manifest in
some quarters. The Nineteenth Century
theory, that government is solely for the
protection of the persons and property of
its subjects and the restraint of acts in
furious to the rights of others, has had
some wonderfully incongruous additions
built on it of late.
TIE imperious "war lord'' of Germany.
with his educational bill based on the
dogma that it is the duty of government
to see that the young are bred up in cor
rect religious doctrine, furnished strlk-
ing example of the paternal theory. But
The Kaiser was not satisfied with that.
German custom gives fiax-spinning par
ties, closely equivalent to the quilting
parties of our grandparents days, at which
young people indulge in decorous Irritation
or serious courting. The paternal William
has discharged his duty of watchfui-
ness over the welfare of the young by an
edict decreeing that the head of each
family must accompany the daughters to
these gatherings, and that no girl under
sixteen or boy under seventeen shall
attend them under any circumstances. 1t
is intimated that the Imperial mind will
next devote itself TO restraining the bill
ing and cooing of the turtle-doves.
Yet even in republican America we are
hardly so free from the absurdities of
paternalism that we can turn up the nose
OF scorn at the eccentric William A
match for his follies is to be found in the
proposal now pending in Congress to use
the taxing power for the abolition of the
deadly cigarette. THE DISPATCH the
other day referred to the lengths to which
this idea of reform by taxation might be
carried; but no suggestion of that sort
could carry the redNctiO Gd dbsurduna
further than this proposition to fire the
heavy artillery of Federal taxation at the
snipe of the cigarette habit When the
taxing power is employed to regulate the
habits of the people even down to the
smoking of cigarettes, there does not seem
to be much left for legislation to interfere
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
.BLUSHES IN THE SKY.

THE aurora borealis is cheaper than cleo
trio light. Here is a chance for capital
Toledo Blade.
II looked little suspicious for the sky to
be painted red so soon after the meeting OF
Jupiter and Venus.-Chicago Times.
SATURDAY nights aurora borealis has not
yet been claimed by the Hill men of New
York, because they only want the earth
NeaU York Press
The aurora borealis was exhibited from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
lakes to the gulf. 1t was the finest spectac-
ular performance of the season.-Bostoa
Herald
WHATEVER the aurora borealis may signify,
it certainly does not presage Democratic
victory next fall. That is one thing that
cannot possibly happen under this years
conditions.-T. Louis Globe Democrat.
1T is offered as an explanation OF the celes-
tial phenomenon OF Saturday evening that
the heavens may have been blushing for the
recent labors of Mr.. Hill and his friends in
Albany. 1t takes a big section Of the uni
verse to do an amount of blushing adequate
to the deeds of some of the Tammany min
ions.-Chica0o Ne,cy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
Obituary Notes.

MR.. svERDRUP. ex-Prime Minister of Norway,
is dead.
EBENEZER r. CURTIS postmaster of Maple town
ship, Pa, for 43 years, died Monday i'll his sOth
year.
REV. WILLIAM MORRISON, s. j., of the George
town, d. c.. University, died there, Tuesday, of
rheumatism.
HENRY HARNICK, awell-known musician of the
Cumberland Valley, died in Chambersburg Monday
night aged so years.
right name was Dennis Reagan. He had been on
the stage nearly 20 years, and was u valuable per-
former In burlesque.
GEORGE DREW. formerly noted as u minstrel
and variety comedian, is dead in san Francisco.
aged 3S. He was native OF Philadelphia. and his
AFTER long illness Mrs. Babetta Loewenthal,
aged So years. wife of S. Loewenthal> of No. 3O3
Locust street, died yesterday morning at oclock.
The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock.
DIR. X. W. WELLER, of No. 135 Irwin avenue,
died Tuesday. He is veteran. and member or
the One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers. The
latter will meet this afternoon at O'Clock to at
tend the funeral.
JOSEPH F. BERRY. theatrical manager. who died
in San Antonio. Tex, recently, had ut various
times directed the tours of Katie Putnam. Carrie
Swain, j. II. Wallick, Marguerite Fish and other
stars. At the time of his death he was assistant
manager of the Grand Opera House in San An
tonic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PlTTsBURG. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS,
TWELVE PAGES
CoNsoLID,TIoN RUMoRs.

The report appeared in this city yester-
dav that the recent Reading deal has been
extended so as to include the entire Baltl-
more and Ohio system; that the combina-
ton thus effected is really backed by Jay
Gould. who, with his Western system, will
thus control great transcontinental chain
of railroads, and is thus asserted to be the
master of the railroad situation.
A great corporate transaction like the
Reading deal-even though it has been
much overestimated through the predomi-
nance of water in its capitals generally
followed by cloud of rumors Of this sort.
1t has also been the rule of late years that
our old friend Jay Gould is discerned by
the eagle eve of the rumor-monger in the
background. 1t would be hazardous to
assert positively that Jay Gould is'not at
the back of anything; but until there is
more positive veriffcation the report can
be set down as improbable. 1t IS
not likely, simply for the reason
that it indicates sort of consolidation
not in fashion at present. The consollda-
ton which the Reading made with its n
walls was that of competing lines for the
Suppression VI CelhPotiuOh' n N0 -
dation of Jay Gould's western lines with
the Baltimore and Ohio would be that OF
connecting lines for the increase of compe-
tition, while that of the Baltimore and Ohio
with the anthracite roads would be simply
yoking together two systems of entirely
distinct character and purpose which are
neither competingnor connecting lines in
the large and important sense.
It is quite possible that the basis of the
report is that the arrangement for the in
terchange of business between the Read
ing and the Baltimore and Ohio, already
clearly defined policy of the two compa-
MES, has been increased and strengthened
in the late negotiations This is so mani
festly to the advantage of both corpora
tions that it is to be taken as matter of
cOurSp
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
/James Heard, Traveller.

James Heard died Monday of apoplexy at
the home of his nephew, Captain W. Fl. Wilson.
of Black Rock, Conn. He was born on the Isle of
life he became Mason, and had attained to the
highest eminence in that order, having taken the
degree with the Prince of Wales Forty-siX years
ago he disappeared. and up to two years ago was
not heard off, At that time he was in Fort Angeles.
Wash. During his absence he had visited nearly
every leading city in the world While he was
III the Northwest on a prospecting tour for the
Government several years ago he was seized with
attack similar in all outward appearance to the apo
plectic shock which killed hIm. The attending
physician pronounced him dead, and he was to
have been buried on the following morning. A fire
swept the town that night and burned the under
taking establishment, but the body was rescued 1t
became necessary to keep him several days before
a casket could be secured. and, during that time.
he awoke from his trance. His mind had remained
movement was perceptble, and he could do moth
ing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
PERTINENT PERSONALITIES.

THE King of Greece speaks 12 languages.
THE Emperor of Austria writes to the
Pope every week.
THE ex-King Milan of Servia is the most
frequent royal theatergoer in Europe.
p MADAME PATTI thinks that singing
should be taught to child as soon as it can
speak.
PRINCESS LOUISE, Marchioness of Lorne,
is going to follow her husbands example
and write story.
SETH LOWE, the youthful President of
Columbia College. is a man of somewhat
portly figure, with the general appearance
of prosperous merchant or banker.
FRANCES E. WILLARD recently refused
to enter the dining-room of the Sunset Club
in Chicago until the dinner was over, lest
she should see any of the diners in the act of
imDibing wine.
Mrs. JOHN A. DAVIS. of Chicago, as the
only surviving granddaughter Of Lady
Eleanor Stanhowe, succeeds to the title OF
Lady Thrush Stanhowe and to Cavan House
and the Clantalieu.
THEY say that Thomas Mast the great
cartoonist, grows younger as the years pile
up their burden on his shoulders. In his
New Jersey home at Morristown he is some
times seen cantering about on horseback
like n bOy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
HAD A HAND IN THE DEAL.
Deacon White Consulted the Stars and
Then he Racket Commenced.

Deacon White Consulted the Stars and
Then he Racket Commenced.
NEW YORK, Feb. us. V. White is credited
with having had a hand in the recent Lacka-
wanna deal, and is popularity supposed to
have made quite handsome sum toward re-
covering his impaired fortune. The good
deacon, as everybody knows, is addicted to
the study of astronomy, and incidentally is
believed to have more or less faith in as
trology as well. He has a powerful tele-
scope on, the roof of his house in Brooklyn,
and ever since his recent disastrous attempt
to corner the wheat market he is said to
have been more persistent student of the
has found mis- best eye glued to the little end
of the far seeing tube as he swept the ffrma-
ment and calculated on the course of the
shining orbs.
He was especially anxious for the conjunc-
tion of Venus and Jupiter, and calculated if
they came together as expected it meant
fame and fortune to him in the stock mar
ket j. Pierpont Morgan was born under
the planet Jupiter. With Morgan in the
deal and Jupiter hobnobbing with the lucky
star Venus, it meant that fortune would
favor the great coal road deal then on foot
The Deacon watched and studied the stars.
Nearer and nearer the two planets came to-
gether, and on Friday, February g. they
cried out: at has come to pass even as it was
writ. The stars favor us. Let the deal go
on and the boom BOOM" Next morning
Lackawanna began to move up, and the
world knows what a racket there was in the
market before the week ended
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
HUMOREsOUE LORE.

"You know" said the young man who
wanted to elope, THAT love laughs at locksmiths
'Yes, ~ she answered, but it doesn't 90 this
time. All my jewelry is in the safety deposit
vault, and papa has the key. ~ Washington Star
"All the world loves lover, the poets
say.
And I'm your lover. sweet May. said he.
''Not all the world loves lover - said May;
There's one exception, and that is me''
-Ne1o YORK Press.
Mrs. Bawnso-I regret to learn that your
daughters cough is no better. or course, you
have employed the best medical talent.
Mrs. Grubstakes-Oh. yes; no expense has been
spared We think now of trying this new gold
cure that everybody is talking about.-Puck.
remember, 1 remember,
The hickory trees so high
That would climb with hope to bag
Some shelbarks on the sly.
of course it was a childish whim
But ah! twas little Joy
To find how Farmer Jones' dog
Could masticate a boy.
Boston Courier.
Mrs. Di1-Hicks will get cold snack to-
night in place of hot dinner.
Dix-Anything wrong over there?
Mrs. Dix-He told Mrs. Hicks this was bargain
day at the postofce, when they sold 1S stamps for
IA cents.-Asriel Netcs.
There's many man of bluster,
AS bluff as you find,
Who blows in all directions.
Yet can not raise the wind.
smith, Gray & Co. IS Monthly.
He-You can always tell when woman
has told all she knows about piece Of neighoor-
hood gossip.
She-How?
He-She concludes with. II should be glad to ten
you all about it. but my lips are sealed ~ L
Herald.
The gas man when your bill you pay
Assumes a hight and airy way.
But to what we burn at night
The stuff is airier far than light
Washington Stdr.
Stern Father-Are you aware, SIR, that
my daughter has always been accustomed to every
luxury that money could buy?
The young man-Yes: but. bless you. that Won't
make any difference with me. I'D just as lie
marry that kind of girl as any othe-.-Chscaso
Tribune.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
in THE GAY WHIRL.
Notes OF Social Events of the Past and OF
Those to Come.

Notes OF Social Events OF the Past ana OF
Those to Come.
The promised exhibition of the recent
pictures and sketches OF Pittsburg's artists
will be opened this evening by one hundred
and seventy-third reception of the Art Soci-
ETY. at the Academy of Science and. Art
building. PittsDurg artists have been in
dustriously engaged during the winter and
it is limited that some of their works are Of
the first order of merit. Many of these will
be exhibited and it is expected that those
present at the reception will obtain an ex-
cellent idea of the status OF this branch of
creative art.
IT was quiet wedding party that gath
cred in the parlors of the Rev. Charles Ed
ward Locke, on Dinwiddie street, last night,
at $780, to witness the marriage ceremony of
Miss Mary Porter and Edwin o. Christy.
Only the immediate friends of the contract
ing parties attended. After the marriage
the delighted parties were driven to the
Hotel Schlosser, where wedding supper
was served.
Miss Dorothy Bishop talked Interestingly
upon the Del Sarte system at the Allegheny
High. School yesterday afternoon. Miss
Bishop found much to admire in the system
and awakened quite an enthusiasm in the
hearts OF those who heard her on the SUBJ
ject.
Mrs Mary A. Livermore will lecture
this evening on "The Boy of To-Day" at the
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. Mrs. Liver
make the most of subject such as she will
handle. The lecture is under the auspices
of the Woman's Press Club, which bespeaks
success for its reception in advance.
The ladies of the Arch Street NJ. E.
,r,II dr1r1f h
evening in the lecture room Of the church.
These suppers are becoming events of real
pleasure to the members of the church and
their friends.
Calvary Church ladies, this afternoon and
evening, will spread supper in Gymnasium
Hall, East End, and will offer dainty works
and wares for sale. The proceeds are to be
devoted to the good of the church, and as
the ladies are noted for their good works and
charity as well as for the cordiality of their
receptions they will no doubt reap rich re-
ward for their labor5.
A rehearsal for the tableaux to be given
for the benefit of Emory NJ. E. Church, on
March 8 and 9, took place last evening
in the lecture room of the church. About
40 or so young LADIES and gentlemen were
present, and, judging from the interest
taken, the colonial reception promises to be
grand success.
A reception will be given at the residence
of Mrs. J. C. Porter, on Beech street, ALE
gheny. on Thursday of next week in honor
Of Miss Geyer. of Washington, D. C.
The wedding of Miss Stella Bremen and
Mr.. j. G. Vilsack is announced for next
Wednesday at the St. Agnes Church
Fifth avenue. The happy couple will go
South on their Wedding triD.
The Western University Glee Club will
give its first concert tomorrow evening at
the Central Presbyterian Church. A pro-
gramme of IL numbers has been arranged
and as there is to be an orchestral accompa-
niment the affair will be an event of the first
magnitude.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
DIVORCED IN HIS TEENS.
A Young Man Pays $1,000 Year Rather
Than Live With His Wife,

Than Live With His Wife.
BALTIMORE, Feb. H.-[Specidl. Malcolm
Parker, a young man still in his teens, has
been granted an absolute divorce from his
wife, Minnie Parker Parker's family is
among the wealthiest here, and when NAL
colm's father died B. F. Newcomer, the
china importer, was appointed his guardian.
The boy, well provided with funds, travelled
at pleasure. Last spring. while in Philadel-
phia, he met Annie Birch, handsome girl
three years his senior. He forthwith fell in
love and married her then and there. The
grooms mother. who moves in the best
society refused to recognize her daughter
in-law, whereupon the couple settled down
in Philadelphia. For a month they lived to-
gether apparently contented.
Cne day, however, Malcolm disappeared.
His wife. after waiting reasonable time,
brought three suits against Mrs. Parker, Mr..
Necomber and Mr.. Frank Ehlen, the latter
her husbands uncle. She charged them
with kidnapping her husband and restraining
him of his liberty. The latter denied
this, and claimed that the boy was
inveigled into marriage. Ever since then
the LAWYERS have been trying to effect a SET
tlement, and last month agreed that, in con-
sideration of $1,000 per annum, Mrs. Parker,
Birch, should not contest a suit for divorce
brought by the husband. This agreement
has been carried out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
DETECTED BY A PARROT,
How = swindler Was Exposed by a Wis.
Chicago Bird.

How = swindler Was Exposed by a Wise
Chicago Bird.
CHICAGO Feb. T-Edward A. Trask, the
notorious swindler who was arrested on
charge of obtaining money by false pre-
lenses, appeared before Justics Glennon
yesterday. On January Is Trask called on
a jeweler and, representing himself to be
worth 800, 900, purchased some jewelry that
came to sl6S. He gave the jeweler a bogus
draft.
The jeweler was unable to locate Trask,
and he even went SO far as to offer a reward
for information as to his Whereabouts.
Trask roomed at 5S4 West Lake street, and
the information which led to his arrest came
in q very novel manner The husband of
the woman who rented the room to Trask
left home eight months ago to attend to
business in Virginia. The couple were de-
votedly attached to each other, and they
parted with tears and kisses. The parrot
screamed Papa, papa" word always used
when the head Of the family was about Re-
tarning, the husband found the parrot had
added q name to his exclamation Papa
1t said Papa Trask." The indignant nus
band gave the police tip and they arrested
TraSk.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
A H1pPoPoTAMUs WITH THE GRIP.
He Is Big Fellow and His Doses of Medi-
cine Arc PROPORTIONAL.


NEW YORK, Feb. H.-[SpeciaL. l-Caliph, the
big hippopotamus at Central Park, was con-
valescent to-day. For a week he HAS been
suffering from an attack of the grip. Super
intendent Conklin thinks CaIiph has been
suffering from stomach ache. Caliph
is Is feet around the belt, and his
stomach aches are big in proportion.
His temper has been very dfsagreeable,
and he has spent much OF his time sulking
in his tank. He does not approve of medi-
cine, and it took seven keepers, a veterin-
airy surgeon and Mr.. Conklin to force down
his throat a few pills containing croton oil
and other thing, and in size somewhat
smaller than a football. These big doses
were poked down his throat with pole
while he was lassoed to an iron railing in
his cage.
Ca1ph was fenced Off from the rest of the
family to-day anu he spent most of his time
pudding around in his tank. Caliph's death
would mean the loss OF q specimen which
coulu hardly be replaced, and he is sure to
receive the best care. His dose OF phena-
cetin was increased from l,G00 to ECO grains
to-day, but the water in his cage was heated
beyond its usual temperature.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18

with except the evil Of too heavy dinners
or the crying abuse of the producing
shoe size-and-a-half too small for the
foot which it tortures.
These are curiosities of legislation al
most qualified to take rank in the same
museum as that imaginary measure which
has aroused the opposition of the minority
of the House Coinage Committee, for the
exchange at the Treasury of sixteen silver
dollars for one gold dollar
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18

BY the smallness of her appropriation for
Worlds Fair purposes England is cutting Oft
her nose to spite her face. There must be
many men in Britain who are intelligent
enough to see the shortsightedness of this
parsimony, and no doubt they are chagrined
by the news that progressive Japan has
just quadrupled the amount which was con-
sidered sufficient for English enterprise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18

GOVERNOR MCKINLEY made new de-
parture in political tactics by his affable re-
ception and recognition of the Democratic
minority. Let us hope he was instigated by
something more than desire to mako
friends with the mammon of unrighteous-
ness, and that his promise that the party
should be fairly represented on the boards
of trustees of State institutions is indicative
of spirit of justice, and an intention that
fitness shall have some weight in assigning
public appointments.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18

The opinion expressed, apropos of the
Reading deals latest developments that the
next news will be that the combination has
obtained control of a transcontinental line
to the Pacific, is unwarranted by the indica-
tions. We may soon expect to hear that the
Capitol has been bought up, and that the
nation is in future to be run undisguisedly
for the benefit of the monopolists
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18

THE number of Anarchists now under
arrest in Spain is evidence of the prompt
measures which are being taken for their
suppression. The number and holiness of
those still at large clearly shows the serious
condition of social problems in that unhappy
country. which has so woefully fallen from
its quondam proud and high estate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-18
BALI IN REAL LIFE.

One of BalZac'S most powerful and at
the same time repulsive stories, "Cousln
Pons,' told of an old man, whose means
were so limited that he depended on his
relatives for his dinner, but who by keen
scent for rare works of art and bric-a- -brac,
which he picked up at nominal prices,
amassed a collection worth hundreds of
thousands. One of the strongest exam
Piles of the realism in fiction of which we
hear so much nowadays is the story of
the plots and cheats resorted to to defraud
the poor old man of his valuable possess
sions before he had drawn his last breath.
The character and the circumstances
which surround it are apt to strike the
reader as overdrawn. But it is striking
fact that the character turns out to have
been reproduced with practical fidelity in
actual life by an old man whose death fur
nished an item to the New ork papers and
THE DISPATCH this week.. In this case
we have a man who for twenty years lived
by himself in a lodging house there.
His income was so restricted that
he performed the necessary work
of caring for his room, so that
servants were never admitted. But during
that time he had used whatever he had to
spare from his slender income in buying
works of art, and after his lonely death it
is found that his room is packed full of
paintings, statuettes and curious books,
including many of unique and positive
value.
Men like the imaginary Pons, and the
real Gamage, who verified the creation of
French fiction half a century after it was
given to the world, are actuated by the
misery motive in an altered FORM But it
must be said that the man who gives his
life TO boarding creations of art has a dis
tinctly higher aim than the one who de-
votes himself to boarding gold and silver.