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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
THE DANCE BITTERLY DENOUNCED
BY Bishop Ludden, Who Declares 1t Is Pro-
fame and Dangerous

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. 2s.-[Specia. 1.-The
Lenten pastoral which was read in the Cath
olic churchs of the See of Syracuse, from
Bishop Patrick A. Ludden, in view of the
prominence of Bishop Ludden as candidate
for the vacant Bishopric of Brooklyn, will
be of general interest. The Bishops letter
was devoted exclusively to the morality of
dancing. He said:
"The manners approved and adopted in
the modern dance would not be tolerated
outside of the dance, and the man who
would elsewhere so demean himself would
be exposing himself to an angry husband or
brothers six-shooter, or some other physi-
cal violence not pleasing to the senses but
healthful and Christening to morals. The
McAllisters of society hold no pro-
prietary rights in it, The Ind
fans dance themselves crazy. As
conducted by the former it may be more ar
tistic, poetic, dreamy; according to the
fashions of the latter It is more natural, less
indecent and more picturesque. 1t is pro
fame and dangerous. The Church forbids 1t
in connection with any Christian, charita
BILE or Catholic name, and no society hon
ored with the name Catholic can honestly
or lawfully bring the name into dishonor by
connecting it with d ball or dance"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
RHYNKLES AND RHYMELETs.

Old Snaggs-Hain't you ashamed to be st
the foot o. yer class, Tommy?
Tommy-I don't know why should be, Pepper;
the foot's the foundation, isn't it?-Puck.
Her deft and busy fingers still knitted day
by day,
lot Of stockings to the poor she often gave away,
And thus she loved to show, amid mans vanities
and sins,
How charity will cover multitude of shins.
-Wdshfn0ton Star.
"Aren't you afraid of catching some terri
BILE disease doctor. in the practice of your pro-
fession?''
..Oh, no; never. am well inoculated. Before
I went into medicine baseball player.
Muffed everything. ''-Jttd0e.
She-O it's fun, tell you, to hirt with
a man till you get him to propose, and then say
NO."
He-Yes; but should think it would be greater
joke on him to say ''Yes. ."-Spdrks.
When the air is calm and sunny.
And the sward is smooth and green;
When an overcoat looks funny,
And muh is never seen;
Whenlyou hear the street bands drumming.
And the pavement IS dry and clear.
And you walk to business, humming.
You may know the winters herel
Puck.
Quester-I hear that Mrs. Skertleigh
made her long expected stage-debut last evening.
Have you heard whether it was a success or not.
Jester-It must have been. for 1 heard MIS-.
Jester say that her costume was irreproaenAoe--
Boston Courier.
Stranger-How much do you get for the
golden rule?
Jeweler (wearily)-Young man, stop rgnt saeie :.
/ recognize you as the desperate who VANS 70
price pair Of ruby nps.-M T. Herald.
The thing that would please her, the tnlng
we shoud say
At the moment however we try,
We never can think Of until we're away
From her side and the chance has gone oy.
~ T. PYess-
sDoes my hair need cutting?" inquired
the elderly customer.
The barber surveyed the wide expanse OF II fanial
desert with its thin fringe Of dropping vegetation
near the back of the neck. and shook his heact He
was an honest barber.
Mo-, he said. ..As it is now it just 4pout
balances the eyebrows.-Chtcago If5osnss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
A SUGGESTIVE COMPARISON.

Food for reflection is furnished our
citizens in the publication at Chicago of
a semi-off1cial estimate that the tax levy
this year will be two per cent on valua-
ton of $3.50, ,000, 900. In other words. while
the Chicago valuation is less than that of
Pittsburg is expected to be, the amount
raised by taxation is from % to SO per cent
greater.
No one can deny that the relative value
! property in city of million inhab-
ants must be many times greater than in
a city of a quarter of a million; and the ex-
penses Of city government should also be
much larger. Pittsburg's expenses have
grown in greater ratio than her popula-
ton, but it is not necessary to calculate
that Chicago's expenses should be four
times those of Pittsburg because her
population is so much greater If we
suppose the legitimate ratio to be two or
three times, the contrast between the
taxation of Chicago and Pittsburg is
Efficiently marked
The fact that Chicago's tax levy is 20
mills while Pittsburg's is expected to be
from u to Is marks the slight import
ance which either valuage or millage has
by itself in determining the burden of tax
alton. 1t is the total of appropriations, or
amount raised by taxation, that deter
mines the fact that Pittsburg's tax levy
imposes burden of s12 to SIS per capita,
while Chicago's is less than S5, with the
percentage of levy on real value of prop
erty about the same.
Ought not Pittsburg in its present con-
ditiOn to administer its government as
economically as Chicago does when it is
preparing itself for the Worlds Fair?
Perhaps if or burdens of taxation were
brought somewhere nearer those of the
Western city, our city might approximate
more closely to Chicago's wonderful ratio
of growth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
Colonel seldom ii. LorinS.

Colonel Seldom Hollis Loring, well
known in army and navy circles. died at his home
in Aston, Mass, Saturday, aged 4s years. COL
onel Loring was a native of Marlboro. and was
the son of the late Hollis Lorng and Laura Hitch
cock Loring, who survives him. He served
throughout the war of the Rebellion, being
General N. A. M. Dudley's staff most of the time.
He also held Colonel's commission In the French
army during the Franco-Prussian war. He was
for many years in the Government service at
Hongkong, China, and Deputy Consul, Vice Con-
suI and Consul
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
The Reform Circus,
Detroit Journal

THE PIrrsBuRa DISPATCH is one OF the most
independent political journals in the coun-
try and its Washington correspondent. an
able and experienced writer, tells political
facts as they come under his notice with
charming fmpartiality. He has been show.
ing up, in terms of the most positive charac-
Ter, the utter worthlessness of she present
House Of Representatives. There is no mis-
taking his meaning, and he intends to make
it as plain as his command of the English
language will avail. Although the record is
a disgrace to the nation, it should be read by
every citizen in the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
A KNOWING FIRE HORSE
It Walks Upstairs and Arousss and Badly
Frightens Its Driver.

1t walks Upstairs anu Arouses ana Badly
Frightens Its Driver.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2s.-[Spectal ]-One of the
big horses belonging to Jefferson Engine
Company in Elizabeth, got loose in some
manner in it's stall in the back part OF the
engine house early yesterday morning and
assembled the stairs to the second floor, on
which are the handsome parlor and the room
where the driver sleeps. The latter was
badly frightened by the animal, which play
fully poked its nose in the sleeping mans
face. He jumped UP with yell of terror
and rushed downstairs, awakening lounger
who sleeps there occasionally.
Both men ran to foreman Denny Fitzger-
AIDS saloon, and arousing him, told what
has occurred. When the foreman reached
the house the horse was found contentedly
standing in the parlor. Ropes and a hoisting
tackle were procured and the big, good
natured brute lowered to the ground floor.
He did no damage to the costly prizes and
furniture in the parlor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Anne Jemima CIougb, Educator.

Miss Anne Jemima Cloueh died Satur-
day in London. She was noted for her efforts in
promoting the higher education for women. Miss
Clough went into residence at Cambridge for the
purpose of taking charge of female students who
wished TO take advantage Of the lectures open TO
women in the university and to 90 In for the exam
nations. She was very successful in this work,
and the number of students rapidly increased until
Newnham Hall, in which the stodies were carried
on could not accommodate all those who wished
to profit by the educational advantages held out to
them, aud another and much larger building had
to be opened and later 1t found necessary to To-
cate third hall.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

LAST year the California Legislature
made attempted train wreckIng or robbery
a capital offense. A New York paper COM
mented with pathetic sorrow on the back
wardness of civilization which could even
excuse such measure. II that New York
paper have a memory and a conscience it
must feel triie ashamed Of Perry's East
ern achievements.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

A WEALTHY and honest philanthropist
would find useful outlet for some Of his
superfuous abundance in the endowment Of
q college Tor the study of statistics on a
truth full basis. 1t is all very well to say that
facts cannot lie, but there is at present no
more fruitful source OF untruthfulness than
that of tabulated statistics perverted by
unscrupulous special pleaders to prove
whatever may be desired.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

THE three most promising methods for
attaining notoriety, according to present in
dications, are: To attempt to stifle the voice
of a political party, to rob an express train,
or to lay claims to the butlership of polite
society. Curiously enough we are indebted
to New York State for the exhibition of all
three.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

For the benefit of "A Reader" who asks
us to give tho "true English" of our quota
tion from Lord Bramwell's pen, we would
say that we feel hardly competent to in
terpret the idea which that illustrious writer
intended to convey. We criticised the
passage for its indirect confusion OF style,
not for any specific grammatical error, and
we feel that the author alone is capable Of
conveying his meaning without fear of mis-
take.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
TO TAX THE B. & O.
The Bill for That Purpose Is Liable to Pass
the Maryland Legislature.

the Maryland Legislature.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 2s.-[Specidll-It looks
now as if the bills to tax the Baltimore and
Ohio and Northern Central Railroads will be
passed by the Legislature. Up to the present
the Baltimore and Ohio has made no effort to
prevent legislation. Mr.. John X. Cowen, coun-
sci for the company, expresses the opinion
that the act if passed will be declared in
valid by the courts, inasmuch as it conflicts
with the charter rights of the company,
which exempts it from taxation. Based ON
the Dartmouth College decision this would
be an impairment of contract.
The friends of the bill claim that it has
nothing to do with the original act, and that
if the company shows fight the case will be
carried to the United States Supreme Court
for adjudication. It is not believed that the
company will risk letting it go SO far, but
that a compromise will be effected.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
pENNsY TRAINMEN AGGR1EvED.
The Various Brotherhoods at Harrisburg t.
Present Their Complaints.

Present Their Complaints.
HARRISBURG, Feb. ga secret meeting of
the employees Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company was held this afternoon to
discuss certain grievances relative to
the hours of work Represen tatives
from the Brotherhoods of Locomo-
tive Engineers, Trainmen, Conductors
and Firemen were present. Two represent
atives from each of the Brotherhoods were
appointed to put their grievances in writing
and present them for adoption at q meeting
to be held next Sunday.
Committees will be appointed to go to
Philadelphia and lay them before the Off
cials of the company. Superindent Quicker,
of the Philadelphia Division, will meet the
committee from the Columbia lodges Tues
day and hear their grievances.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

SINCE there is no report that Senator
Hill is suffering from a severe cold, on re-
suming his place after his prolonged abb
sence, it is to be surmised that his constitu-
tion is more robust than the average Presi-
dental candidate or else the chairs must be
kept very well aired.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
A Sleeping Beauty.

wnKEsBARRE, Feb. 2s..- tSpeciaL1 - Miss
Lille Jones, of Miners Mills, attended a
party last Monday night. When she re-
turned home she fell asleep in a chair. She
has been asleep ever since. All attempts to
arouse her have failed, and physicians are
puzzled
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

HOWEVER inconvenient. from Govern
ment point of view, may be the number of
desertions from our army and the difficulty
of obtaining recruits for the British military
forces, it is very significant of the social
and industrial progress Of the age that the
conditions of a soldiers life are less allur-
ing than they were.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
Obituary Notes.

JOSEPH r. GARDNER an old mill worker, died
Sunday morning at McKeesport in the Ssth year Of
his age. of the grip. The deceased was an odd
Fellow and . member Of the Knights of Pythias,
and also of the Jr. o. u. A. M.
JUDGE VAN b. Young, Presiding Justice Of the
Kentucky Superior Court. died Saturday night at
the age of So. He was attacked with grip several
weeks ago. but had not been seriously Ill until
Sterling. He was nephew Of ex Chief Justice B.
j. Peters, of Mt sterling.
HENRY CHURCH. SR., died in the interior of
Wetzel county. w. Va. aged es. yesterday. His
sister died recently aged 81. His father was liz
years old and his mother 100 when they died The
elder Church was British born and was not MATURE
allied until he was 100 years of age. He lived In
the mountains for many years, and his son. just
dead, Lived there his entire life.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
J among themselves over

,0SlUtHCdI SIIuHuUH.
These lasus indicate that the trouble
with Congress does not lie with any one
party, but is due to the vices of our poll
tics and the unwieldiness of the House.
But the immense majority of the Dem
ocrats there places the entire response
bility for the loafng Of the present ses-
sion on that party.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

INDIANAPOLIS has at least two reforms
urgently pressed upon its consideration. Its
police force should be strengthened and its
strikers should be taught that violence is
out of place in the labor disputes of to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

IN this age of transformations and mo-
nopolization, it is gratifying to learn that
strong movement is under way in California
for splitting up its immense farms ana
ranches among small holders.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

HOWEVER much truth there may be in
Mercier's statement that he did not receive
fair play, his attempts to stir up race hatred
in Canada are indefensibe and should lower
his standing with the thoughtful public, if
that be possible.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

BY its unprecedented preparations for
prize-fght New Orleans is hardly going to
work in the right way to establish reputa-
tion for the law-abiding characteristics
which make city's commercial success.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
Denver to Have a Lumber rru.t.

DENVER, Feb. 2S.-An association approach
ing as near to a lumber trust as possible
without violating the law, is to be put into
operation here April l. A new schedule of
prices higher than the present ones will be
established, in order to cover losses growing
out OF recent sharp competition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

THERE is as much sincerity in the desire
expressed by Congressman to get rid of
their power for patronage as there is in the
rich mans wall that wealth is burden, and
that poverty is essential to happiness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

WITH Hills convention on Washington's
Birthday and the Third Party's variety
entertainment scheduled for July our
national anniversaries will be specially il
lustrious this year of grace.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
Had,Better Cali a Doctor.
Chicago News,

Cnlcag0 NeWs.J -
If Mr.. Blair's Presidential boom is suscepti-
BILE to cold waves and chilly days it would
better call q doctor right away.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

HAVING had a week of delusively good
weather we should be grateful for q change
that warns US that spring has not yet ar
rived.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
General Secretary d. W. Seller.

The General Secretary of the State Agri-
cultural Society. d. W. Seller, died yesterday
afternoon at Harrisburg, aged about s. years. He
was also Highway Commissioner OF that city.
Death resulted from q complication of diseases.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

THE new French Cabinet is more than
usually remarkable for the variety of its
components, and it is probable that its life
will be even shorter than the average.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

KAISER WILHELM is as fearless as he is
antiquated, and there is little hope that he
will ever acknowledge that Discretion is
the better part of valor."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
OIL PAINTINGS AS couNTRRFE1ra


Imitation by an Artist OF Treasury Note
Seixed in an Art Gallery.
CHICAGO. Feb. 2s.-The Secret Service off,
cials have seized as counterfeit an oil
painting in imitation of a 81 Treasury note
on exhibition in an art gallery here. The
painting is by Carl Linden, local artist,
and it will be forwarded to the Treasury
Department at Washington.
There are said to be many paintings of
bills of various denominations in art gal
leries here, and if any of them are found
they will meet the same fate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29
successfully Concealed Their Surprise.

Chicago News.]
Most of the politicians have been emil
nently successful in conceaiing their sur
prise At the Albany conventions indorse-
ment Of Hill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-29

The capitalist who studies industrial society
from his own point of view alone is bound
to be wrong. The workingman who studies
industrial society from his own point of
view is just as sure to be deceiving himself
And we want no lies in this business. We
want the whole truth to build on.
Going at Problem systematically.
Il HAVE been reading with great interest
the Bulletin" of the "University Settle
ment'' of New York. The University Settle
ment is an endeavor to follow along the
lines of Toynbee Hall and Oxford House in
London and Andover House in Boston. 1t
is made up of college men who have taken
lodgings in q tenement house in Forsyth
street in the most thickly populated part of
New York. The Tenth ward, in which these
men have gone to live, is that district which
the police OF that city know as the 'typhus
ward" the "suicide ward" and the "crooked
ward" People are crowded there just twice
as close as they are in Whitechapel. Num-
erous street intersections have saloons on
three corners. Gamblers, thieves, drunk
ards, fugitives from Justice, candidates for
the penitentiary, managers Of sweat shops,
people of all varieties of disorderly living,
flock together in these unclean nests. Here
the politician is met on every street, while
the plumber is unknown.
These men of education and refinement,
men with big hearts and clear heads, have
gone to live in the midst OF this foul human
swamp, and. if possible. to drain tia lit
tie, and to make it q little more habitable
for human beings. Here they have a gym
nasium, and q library, and a kindergarten,
and Penny Provident Bank and Young
Mems Club, and Young Womans Club.
and whatever agencies may possibly avail
to bring out something of the innate good
ness which they believeis somewhere hid
den in the heart of every brother and sister
OF ours under the sun.
Pittsburg in Need of School.
THEY are getting personally acquainted
with the people. They are studying social
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-14
THE OUTLOOK FOR 1892.

All the leading tinanciers, manu>
facturers and merchants who have
been interviewed on the subject agree
in the state ent that seldom, il ever,
has a new year dawned upon this
country with brighter prospects for
prosperity then that of 1892. Tho
nations wealth, it is generally con-
coded, increased to greater extent in
1891 than during any two previous
years. The output of agricultural
products has been greater and the
prices better. This has given the
agricultural community increased pur-
chasing and paying power. This
power will lie felt during the year
1892, in every department Of industry
and commerce, and the New North>
west must share in the general pros
perity which will ensue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-14
A Protective Tariff.

American Economist
That system of tariff legislation
which levies duties on imports such as
are adequate to establish and maintain
industries, ,nsurng high wages to
laborers, is called protection.
The amount of protection needed is
determined by the difference in the
cost of production at home and abroad.
For instance: If, because of high
wages here, it costs $50 to produce
ton OF steel rails, and because Of low
wages it only costs $50 in England,
then steel rails need duty of about
$40 ton to keep our mills open and
to protect our town workmen from
tho low wares abroad.
Again, If it costs seventy cents a
bushel to raise barley here and only
forty cents bushel i'll Canada, then
barley needs protection to the amount
of thiIt, cents bushel.
ia duty is imposed on any article
less than the difference in the cost ol
production, it cannot be protective
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-14
A LEVEL.HEADED NORWEGIAN,

A Pittsburg work,ngman, in ans
wsr to the question, "Why are farm
products, such rs are daily used higher
than they were years ago." put the
whole argument for protection as a
benefit to farmers in a nutshell. He
said: because you aud !, under a
high, or at least protective tariff, can
make more money working in steel
works, iron works or glass factory
than we can raising eatables. Under
Cleveland's instructions aud the ad-
vice of the Golden Club of England,
pass free trade bill, and you will
put plenty of people to work on the
farms and no doubt reduce the cost
Of the necessaries of life. But what
difference will it make to you and me
how cheap they are if we do not have
work and cannot buy them?"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-14
A Knock. Out Remedy for In Or

A Knock.0u. Remedy for In Grippe.
DR.. Kelley, the inventor Of the BIZ
chloride of gold treatment for con-
frmed drunkArds, now comes to the
front with specific for Ia grippe. He
says:
would like to suggest a treatment
for the grip, which | know is
nearly aspecitio as we'll as innocent.
1t is simply assafe,ida. given in fou:
grain pills, one pill four times day
No man need be sick of the grip these
days who will take it. For the past
two years, with all the patients here
subject, OF course, to such an epide mic
| have not had one man to 20 to bed
from the disease. l break it up very
quickly, and, in fact cure it. II this
treatment was generally known i,
would save sufferers much expense
and wretchedness aud many usefu
and valuable lives.