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PtAY FOE PREACHERS
. Consensus of Opinion From Kew York
Clergymen.
A EETDEN TO COMMON SENSE.
The Sod, Gnn, Saddle, Stage. Cards and
Billiards Proper.
A EABBI DOESXT EIDfi HORSEBACK
rCOKEISrOXDEXCE OT TM DISPATCH. 1
i'Sbw Xobk, January 11. dorduroy and
brown leggings are the shooting costume of
,ifce Bey. Dr. Eainsforf, of St George's
Church, StujTesant Place, when he goes
gunning for ducks on Shinnecoek Bar.
"When Ber. E. "Walpole Warren, ot the
Church of the Holy Trinity, goes fishing on
the St Lawrence, he dons a jacket and coat
. that have decidedly more of an angling than
an Anglican aspect When Bey. Henry
"Van Dyke trolls the fiords of Norway,
whips the famous trout streams of the Scotch
Highlands or trots 20 miles straightaway up
the Hudson of a Saturday, he too wears the
sportsman's and not the clergyman's cos
tume. When Dr. Greer, of the Church of
St .Bartholomew, goes to the theater, he
doesn't wear a surplice, nor indeed anything
which would call attention to this fact: "Lo,
I am a minister of the Gospel, and I am at
the theater, and enjoying myself, tool"
When Bev. Dr. John B. Paxton. gerferally
snpken of with the addition that he is "Jay
Gould's pastor," makes a difficult masse or
follow shot, he doesn't feel obliged to wear
a white cravat and look sanctimonious.
In short, the agitation in certain pious
and profane minds of what out and 'in door
sports, games and exercises afford proper
and becoming recreation for a preacher an
agitation once more set going by Mr. Bains
ford's being fined tor shooting a quail out of
season has again returned, by a consensus
of clerical opinion indicated below, tothe
rules of common sense. The leading divines
of New York City as a body seem to be
lieve that a clergyman may do with pro
priety whatever a devout layman may do
with equal propriety. Whist, draughts,
, billiards, chess, for indoor diversions, fish
ing, shooting, riding, cricket, football, lor
outdoor exercises, are considered no more
unbecoming a clergyman than anyone else
by many, if not most of the most prominent
preachers In New York City, which draws
from the pulpits ot the country at large a
large percentage of their ablest men.
"TheChurch," said Henry Ward Beecher,
"has been so careful of amusements that the
devil has had the care of them." Life is full
of amusement to an amusing man. There
is nothing that so covers the nerves, nothing
that so tempers passion and anger, nothing
that is snch a natural cure for discontent
nothing that brings men to such a level and
creates such fellowship, as the divine spirit
of mirth. Merchants, business men, lawyers,
ministers, all sorts of toiling and laboring
men, have too little relaxation. Gaiety, of
everv degree this side of puerile levity, is
wholesome to the body, to the mind and to
the morals. Children are more apt to be
drawn into vice and dissipation by dull and
stupid sobriety than by innocent gaiety.
Nature is a vast repository of worldly en
joyment PEEACHZS "WHAT HE PRACTICES.
The Bev. Dr. Greer, of St Bartholomew's
famously rich and fashionable church at
forty-fourth street and Madison avenue,
where dozens of millionaires, tens and
scores of times over, are reputed to worship,
and where they hear unquestionably sonnd,
manly and thought-inspiring discourses, is
a young looking man for his place and ac
quirements. Serions, dark, muscular look
ing, tall and of agreeable presence, there is
a bright alacrity in the man's eye and a lack '
vi couweua jo ms uiscourse wai uum seem
to indicate an abundance of invigorating
outdoor recreation. What are the facts?
"I ride the bicycle, sometimes," said Dr.
Greer, when asked lor them; "I ride horse
back in the park as often as I get "a chance;
I used to be quite lond of gunning; I play
whist and I go to the theater!"
"There is as wholesome and as liberal a
list of out and indoor sports and diversions
in which preachers may indulge as is to be
found. Bnt Dr. Greer has not only prac
ticed these. He has preached, within a few
weeks, on the theater, the history of the
drama he calls it "Dray-ma" it's moral
aspects and influences and the proper atti
tude of Christian people toward the stage.
Dr. Greer believes in and goes to the thea
ter. "What," says he, "is the use of a
clergyman's ignoring the theater. I believe
that goodness and righteousness mnst take
possession of every factor of hnman life.
Now, the theater is certainly a part of our
social economy and there are.it seems to me,
just three courses which the Christian men
,, and women may pursue toward it, viz.: 1,
indifference; 2, abstinence; 3, wise partici
pation!" Here is doctrine as wholesome as sensible;
how many preachers in this or in any
American city, however, are willing to -be
put on record in such terms and to go to the
theater whenever they find on the boards a
drama properly amusing, instructing, in
spiring? Beecher said of the theater: "The
theater is the door to all kinds of iniqnity;
to be inlected with each particular vice in
the catalogue of depravity one need only go
to the theater. Hell is populated with the
victims of harmless amusements. The men
who provide tne popular amusements which
delight the sensual feelings are, the world
over, corrupters of youth. The theater was
disgraceful even among the heathen nations,
and has come down with perpetual dishonor
on its head!"
A. BETCEN TO COMSKW SENSE.
"What a contrast between these two sets of
views! And how surprised a great many
people win oe u learn mat tne .Beecher so
celebrated for wholesome liberality de
nounced the stare in such unmeasured
terms! I asked Dr. Greer if there had not
been among the clergy a decided movement
toward liberality of view on this and kindred
topics of late. "I don't call it a movement
toward liberality," said he, "but a return
to'common sense!"
Dr. Henry Van Dyke has fished almost
around the world and holds clear-cut and
very interesting views on the diversions ol
the clergy. "My ideas on the subject," he
said to me, "are very simple. I think a
clergyman may indulge in any sport or
diversion which a Christian, a devout lay
man, mar indulge in. There are no two
standards of morality, one for preachers and
the other for the laity. I think a preacher
may enjoy and participate in-whatsoever
things are pure and honest and of good re
port. "I fish with enthusiasm and have almost
fished around the wotld. I have cast the
fly in the Adirondack waters, in Canada, in
the Highlands of Scotland, in Norway and
in Germany, too. I go gunning from a
sense ot duty; and what I mean by that is
this: I'm not particularly fond of shooting,
. but it's a good healthy sport in the open air
and I believe in it. (How wonld it do for
Bev. Dr. Bainsford to get up a club of
clerical gunners?) Bnt of course all these
things are only of use to keep a man in
good physical condition for the serions work
of life. A minister needs to be cheerful
and kindly and free from those blue views
of lite, which come from a disordered liver
and a false theology. Presh air and exer
cise are good for his soul and for the soul
of everybody. I ride horseback wih great
delight Almost eTery fine Saturday I do
from 16 to 20 miles on a fast trotting horse
as bard as I can go. Such exercise as that
brushes the cobwebs from my brain and
counteracts most beneficially the effects of a
sedentary life."
Dr. Tan Dyke has the rather spare figurr
of an athlete and looks tpringy on his leet
His brown eye is keen and good natured,
and his honest belle! in and practice of out-
. door sports evidently does him good.
A SEGABD FOE THE- EXAMPLE.
3$er. Walpole "Warren, of the Church ol
Holv Trinity at forty-second street and
Madison avenue, has, during his three
years sojourn with a New York congrega
tion, introduced into the Episcopal ritual in
this city, or at least in his church, some ot
the most beautiful formalism, or perhaps it
'would be better to say charming ritualism
ever seen here. Dr. Warren is a mild and
dignified gentleman with a healthy glow of
color in his cheeks. He looks as if his
fishing trip to the St Lawrence last sum
mer still stood him in good stead.
"Biding to hounds, ia which clergymen
of the Church of England used to indulge
so generally a hundred years ago," said
Dr. Warren, "has lor the past 60 or 60
years been considered more or less inadvisa
ble for the clergy, especially in full hunt
ing costnme. The current of opinion for a
generation or two has been against it I
never rode to hounds, but I am a believer
in open air sports in proper surroundings.
Nowadays when an English clergyman
hunts at all it is in his own garb, his horse
having, as it were, 'by accident run into the
field' and 'become uncontrollable.'
"But in my mind there is no real reason
why a clergyman shouldn't do whatever a
devont layman may do; I have always
favored honest manly sports as a recreation
and exercise, not of course lor habitual oc
cupation. And when a clergyman indulges
in them he must always have regard for his
example and influence. Now, lam fond of
fishing; I used to cast the fly in the old
country, and last summer went fishing on
the St. Lawrence, where I had excellent
recreation. As for such indoor games as
chess, billiards, whist and backgammon,
when played not lor money but simply for
recreation and without setting a hurtful
example, there is no reason in my'opinion
why a preacher shouldn't play them. But
only on week days. On Sunday there must
be no sport of any kind."
WHEEE TO DEAW THE LIKE.
Other Prominent minister Not Quite so
Libera! Catholic nnd Hebraic Ideas.
At Christ Church, Thirty-fifth street and
.tilth avenue, Bev. Dr. bhipman was
found. He is a man of engaging presence,
clear, sparkling eyes and kind manners.
"I am a fisherman," said he, "and for years
have spent two months of every summer
camping out on Beaver river, in the Adir
ondacks. I delight in that sport, and find
healthfiamusement and, indeed, recreation
in it I don't shoot, but see no special ob
jection to it It does seem to me, however,
that shooting takes away a higher type of
lite than fishing does, and that fish suffer
very little when caught My boys camp
out with me in summer, and they do the
gunning for the party. As for billiards,
chess, cards, and the like, I know of no
reason why a clergyman shouldn't play
billiards at a private billiard table. Public
billiard rooms, on account of their associa
tions and the attendant indulgence in
liquor, the bar, etc, would of course not be
proper places lor a preacher to frequent
As for chess, I haven't time, had I inclina
tion. I couldn't afford to' spend six hours
over a single game of anything. Cards I
know nothing about, so of course I don't
play whist do not, in fact, know one
card from another, but my wife and children
play at home in the evening."
Bev. Dr. C. C. Tiffany, ot Zion Church,
corner of Thirty-eighth street, and Madison
avenue, is a little too -portly for an athlete.
But the good Doctor's creed and disposition
in no way render him bigoted on the subject
of open air diversions. Dr. Tiffany's voice
is just the sort of one a horse or a dog would
love; it is lull of gentle consideration. And
be was very anxious I shonld quote here ac
curately. "Any healthful outdoor sports
proper for laymen," said he, "are prima
facie proper for clergymen. The Apostles
fished; why shouldn't modern teachers of
religion shoot, if they ieel so disposed? But
it should be remembered that While all
things are lawful, all things are not ex
pedient With that borne in mind there is
no reason why a clergyman should not take
part in chess, whist, draughts, etc, as in
door games or in tennis and croquet, for ex
ample, as outdoor sports. Indeed a proper
use of healthful outdoor sports is highly de
sirable as promoting a vigorous health and
a manly tone of file" '
Bev. Arthur Brooks was at first miffed at
the idea of expressing his view on the proper
recreations'of a clergyman. He is rector of
the Episcopal Chnrch of the Incarnation, at
209 Madison avenne He even expressed
surprise that anyone should suppose it im
proper or unbecoming for a clergyman to
take part in outdoor sports, but thought the
fact that the Apostles followed fishing not,
in itself, a justification of preachers of to
day fishing or shooting for sport
ANOTHER LEADING PEESBTTEEIAN.
A friend and admirer of Dr. John B.
Paxton, of the West Presbyterian Church
on Forty-second street, in the confinement
of his favorite preacher, spoke for him. Dr.
Paxton, who ranks with Dr. John Hall and
Dr. Tan Dyke among the leading Presby
terian preachers ot New York, is a yonngisli
man, with a yonng man's ardor, a clear gray
ere and a mass of iron gray hair which
gives individuality to his face. "My
friend Paxton," said the layman, at the
same time disavowing anv teation of
speaking ex-eathedrn, 'ut r nd Paxton
does whatever he cims w th his might
Walking, I believe, l m vnnte out-door,
exercise, and when he walks ne walks like
a steam engine. He handles a deft cue at
the billiard table, is a good judge of red
wine and doesn't scruple to take part in sec
ular debates, in a private house, with as
vigorous treatment of profane as he at other
times develops toward sacred subjects. Dr.
Paxton's friends know and admire him as a
broad-minded preacher, who has no patience
with the exploded idea that there is a hedge
about a clergyman which, even on week
days, he may not overstep without subject
ing himself to deserved censure. l
"Dr. John Hall? Well, I can't speak for
Dr. Hall as accurately as I can for Dr.
Paxton. I know the latter admires and en
courages all desirable outdoor and indoor
sports and recreations. Dr. Hall, you know,
is a Scotchman, and you know'what the
'Scotch Sawbath' is."
Bev. Dr. McArthur. of the Calvary Bap
tist Church, said: "Your list of outdoor
sports and indoor amusements embraces
many diversions hat are not wrong in them
selves, but which a clergyman cannot enjoy
on account of public sentiment No wise
clergyman will do anything that will lessen
his influence for good. He must take into
account the foolish prejudices, as he may
deem them, of the community in which he
lives. The Apostle Paul clearly laid down
this doctrine when drawing the line between
things 'lawlul' and things 'expedient' He
was willing, for example, not to eat meat or
drink wine as long as the world said that
thereby he made bis brother to offend. But
there ought to be a limit to this weak
brother's rights. The weak brother, so
called, is o ften the most unreasonable bro tier
in the household ol faith."
THE HEBBAIC VIEW.
Bev. Dr. Alexander Cohut, of the Temple
Ahaweth Chesed, is one of the most "learned
and advanced of the reformed rabbis of
the country. He declares himself in favor
of all kinds oi sports that strengthen the
mind and body. He thinks shooting and
coursing are cruel and inhuman. All card
games tend to wickedness; theaters are not
to be shunned as long as they convey a
moral. A man who is a clergyman ought'
not to do anything that is inconsistent with
his place as a teacher and instructor in the
community. Chess, he believes, is the only
came that is allowable in the Hebrew faith".
The Ber. Bernard Drachman, one of the
shining lights of Hebraic orthodoxy in the
city, is also opposed to the shooting of ani
mals, but exercise which is beneficial to the
health is both proper and good. Theater
going he thinks allowable as long as it does
not corrupt the morals, which some per
formances certainly do. The bearing of a
clergyman should be dignified an dspiritual,
becoming a man of his sacred calling. Both
rabbis agreed that horseback riding must
uot be indnlged in by a rabbi or even au or
thodox believer, unless as a znoflter of ne
cessity. As a recreation or sport it is un
justifiable from the Hebraic point of view.
So lor sport pure and simple fishing is uot
permissible for a Hebrew, inasmuch as no or
thodox Hebrew will amuse himself by mak-
THE
ing any living creature suffer, for both
the above reasons hunting is a crime in the
full meaning ol the term.
TEACHINGS OT LEADING CATHOLICS.
Dr. BoberlS. Mc Arthur is one of the lead
ers in the Baptist Church. Dr. Tan Dyke,
Dr. Paxton and Dr. Hall are foremost in
the Presbyterian creed, for the Episco
palians none are better qualified to speak
than Dr. David H. Greer, Dr. Jacob 8.
Shipman or -Dr. Tiffany. Babbis Cohut
and Drachman are among the most eminent
of the Hebrew faith. Here are fairly repre
sentative opinions from the Protestant de
nominations and the Hebrews. The creed
of the Catholic Church, or, at all events, the
teachings of her foremost men, encourage
outdoor and indoor sports and games in
proper bounds, and are indeed liberal to a
degree in regard to them.
It can not be a great while until the wall
around the vicarage shall have wide gates
into the pleasure haunts of the Lord oi the
Manor, with frequent ingress and egress.
John Paul Bocock.
HAD FUN WHIIiE IT LASTED.
Snlcldc ofn Man Who squandered n Fortune
In Tiro Years,
rSrSCUI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Pbovtdence, B. I., January 12. A
dose of morphine ended the career of Walter
C. Sheldon, at the Dorrance Hotel,
yesterday. Two years ago he was
worth 575.000. Before he ' died
he was penniless. A pretty blonde,
Tina Briggs, helped him spend his fortune,
and while it lasted they lived regally. Dur
ing the snmmer of 1888 he was known to
provide elaborate dinners for a party of a
dozen friends, the cost of which was about
$10,000. He engaged a private yacht for
a ten days cruise, and the expense ot this
trip to sea was something like 517,000.
Sheldon reached New Haven on thiscruise
and $5,000 was squandered there in one
night
This fall, only 14 months after he received
his fortune, Sheldon was selling clams
about town. Sheldon drank heavily after
he lost his property, and was drunk when
he took the fatal dose of poison.
A GLASS HOUSE FOE SALfc.
The
Plant of the Crystal Company May
Have to Close Down.
The Crystal Glass Works on the South
side, is about to be sold. The plant is an
old one and extends from Sixteenth to
Seventeenth streets and back to Washing
ton street It will be offered for public sale
on Tuesday, the 21st inst ' The plant has
two furnaces and makes pressed and en
graved ware. The cause ot the sale 'is due
to the retirement of Washington Beck, the
well-known moldmaker and one of the
oldest business men on the Southside. The
machine plant of Mr. Beck will also be
sold.
AET NEWS AND BOTES.
Ma, D. B. Walexxy's fine painting of a
scene in a pottery at Akron, Ohio, which has
been shown at an Eastern art exhibition, is
again in Pittsburg and mar be seen at Mayer's.
A LARGE collection of fine oil paintings from
Reichard's galleries will be shown at Gilles
pie's daring tbe present week. Tbe works will
all oe of a high order of excellence, and will
include several important pictures among their
number.
M. A Bryan Wall is still sobully engaged
upon portrait work as to have bnt little leisure
to prepare tbn productions of bis last season's
sketching for exhibition, but it is safe to say
that when they are finally opened for public
Inspection, they will be found fully up to bis
usual standard.
Mb. Joseph Pulitzer, tbe proprietor of the
New York World, has commissioned the sculp
tor, Bartholin, to execute a statue of Washing
ton and Lafayette standing together. Tbe
work, which b already well under way, is ex
pected to cost 50,000, and when finished will be
presented by Mr. Pulitzer to the city of Paris.
"Ik the Hands of the Enemy" is the title of a
new etching by Hamilton Hamilton after the
painting by Thomas Hovenden,a copy of which
Is noted at Boyd's. If everyone who fell Into
the bauds of his enemies should find himself
In such comfortable quarters as-the Confed
erate soldier who is here represented appears
to bare done, he wonld have llttjo reason to re
gret the circumstance. The picture is a strong
and well-balanced work, showing a large,
roomy Interior in which are seen a number of
wounded soldiers, one of whom is baring bis
wounds bandaged, while about him are grouped
the members of the Union family, to whose
generous care he owes tbe tender ministra
tions he is receiring.and whose races express as
great a degree of kindly sympathy as though
tbe nnfortnnate man were a near relative, in
stead of a stranger and a memDer of an oppos
ing army.
CoUNTEBFErrs of a great variety of objects
both of nature and art "have been produced in
glass, and efforts are now beingmadeto imitate
Mexican onyx in this material. It Is to be
hoped that the attempt will result either in a
total failure or a decided success, since a poor'
imitation of this beautiful natural product
would only tend to destioy tbe value of the real
article without giving us anything worth having
in exchange. Mexican onyx is one of the finest
natural products ever discovered for use in
decorative art, bnt if cigar-stores and second
rate saloons are to be embellished with a poor
imitation of it tbe real article will scarcely
afford us any pleasure in onr homes. The real
onyx being of rolcanic origin, and of an infinite
variety of colorings and markings, will be ex
tremely difficult to copy, and even If perfect
success can be attained, it is scarcely likely to
be an unmixed blessing,as it would undoubtedly
be produced in many Interior grades. Alto
gether this is likely to prove one of those un
dertakings in which success rather than failure
is to be deplored.
THE hazy, misty days of autumn present
landscape effects that always appeal to tbe
artist eye of Mr. George Hetzel, and at this
season of the yer we may usually look for one
or more works of this character from his brush.
True to bis custom in this particular Mr. Het
zel has a small landscape now on exhibition at
Bovd's in which the vivid green of summer's
foliage has been replaced by the sober tones of
brown and rnsset that prerail during the latter
part of the fall. Among the bare branches of
the trees, many of them baring' already scat
tered their leares npon tbe coot winds which
herald the coming of winter, the soft mist
hangs like a veil, shrouding and partially ob
scuring the features of the more distant land
scape. The color scheme of this painting is
low in tone, but Is quite trne to nature
at the season represented, and tbe work as a
whole forms a very pleasing and effective pic
ture. In the painting of the sky, however, tbe
artist has in some measure failed to produce
the effect which be has evidently been seeking
to attain, and its appearance of solidity and
lack of softness and depth, while not sufficient
ly obvious to be noted by tbe casual observer, is
yet apparent enongb to -mar the unity of effect
which forms the most valuable feature of
works of this class, and which is understood as
being described by the phrase, ''artistic feel
ing." A second painting by tbe same artist is
a small picture showing a somewhat circum
scribed view between its loregronnd trees, and,
although without any serious fault, is still com
paratively derold of interest, as it is one of tne
least pretentious works he has shown this
season.
Photographer! In Lack.
Stewart & Co., photographers, 90 and 92
Federal st," Allegheny, have added new
laurels to their crown, they having been se
lected from among the large number of com
petitors and awarded the contract formaking
one thousand dozen cabinet photographs and
crayons by the club composed of the em
ployes of the Westinghouse Airbrake Co.
Good work at the lowest prices, courteons
treatment and prompt deliveries are the
secrets of their success.
CHRISTY'S DANCING ACADEMY.
Nos.1010 and 1012, PennAre City.
Prof. Christy is torming three new classes
for beginners, on Monday evening, January
16, 1890. Waltzing taught in one term, and
all those wishing to learn the art of dancing
will please call at the Academy Monday
evening at 8 o'clock. There will be three new
dances taught in this term, the La Beve,
the Bussian Newport and Military Schot
tische. For any information apply at the
Academy or address Prof. John, S. Christy.
The majority of the public judge a painted
or crayon portrait by tbe likeness, and an
artist lrequentljr gets credit for what he has
nothing to do with. The majority of por
traits nowadays are painted from photo
graphs. The more correct the photograph
the easier and better for the artist, however.
Opes this week, new Scotch and French
zephyr ginghams, best makes, 25c and 30c a
yard. Huous & .Hacke.
ITS?
PITTSBUBG - DISPATCH,
THE ROYAL PARADE
la Honor of the Shah Described by
Hon. Henry Hall,
HOW CABMEN SPOT AMERICANS.
The Odd Features That Crop Out During a
London Street Shoir.
GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND'S FUTURE ZINGS
I8FXC1AL COEBESPONWarCI OT THS DISPATCH. 1
IS MA0ESTY, Nasr-ed-Din,
Shah of Persia
will leave King's Cross
.station for Hatfield House, the country seat
of the Marquis of Salishury.Prime Minister,
this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Their Eoyal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales
will accompany their distinguished guest
from Marlborough House to the station."
So announced the London papers one
morning. Here was a chance to see
"crowned heads" cheaper than at Madam
Tussand's, so we took the "green 'bus" at
tbe Bank ol England and start for King's
Cross. We are fortunate enough to get seats
on top, next the driver, and the 'bus
lumbers up Cheapside, for 500 years or more
the great thoroughfare of London. As far
as th'e eye can see it Is a moving mass of peo
ple and vehicles. The great tides of travel
and traffic from Holborn and Oxford streets,
and from the Strand and Fleet street, with
the countless arteries of trade which join
these thoroughfares, fill Cheapside to over
flowing. The sidewalks are a perfect crush,
wh'ile our 'bus goes at a snail's pace, and
has to be checked every few yards lest we
plunge into some vehicle ahead of uS or run
down some venturesome individual who
dares attempt a crossing. Cabbies, 'bus
drivers, draymen and foot passengers chaff
each other, generally good-naturedly, but
often with threats of vengeance dire unless
the offender " 'olds hup," or "minds 'is
heye." The noise is something tremendous,
and the stranger grows almost bewildered at
the din.
Soon, however, we enter Newgate street
and thence into Holborn, where the road
widens somewhat, and thence turn up into
Gray's Inn road, where the crowd thins
and travel is less difficult. Our driver is a
rotund and rubicund old gentleman, with a
red nose, moist eye and a voice like, the
Wm PT1 Pfll
Who Are You a-Shovin', Soft
sound of strong waters. A stout strap,
fastened to the seat behind him, goes around
his portly waist and keeps him from being
jolted from his lofty perch. He regards us
from the corner of his left eye, and finally
remarks:
"Strangers hin London, gents?"
"Yes."
"Where might you be from, hif hi might
make so bold has to hask?"
"Where do you think we're fromf" we
ask, in a non-committal sort of way.
"Well, gents, hit's suverins to sixpences
you're from Ham erica."
"What makes you, think so?" . m
(TT 4tn'f l-mnw what 1,5 i k-i 4t,jl
his somethin' habout Hamericans that hi
can tell 'em just has soon has hi lays my
heyes hon 'em. But hit's no wonder, for hi
lived six years in the States."
A PEIESTJ AND BBOTHEB.
Here is one who has breathed the un
polluted air of freedom, and we greet him
as a friend and brother.
"Yes, gents, hi -was coachman hat the
British Hambassy hat Washington hunder
Sir Frederics: Bruce, 'im has died hout
there. Hand hi knowed General Grant has
well why. Lor' bless yer! 'im hand me was
like brothers. Why, hi used to drive Sir
Frederick to the White 'Ouse Mm hand the
General was has thick has thieves hand
there they would sit hinside, hand there hi
would sit houtside, for hours' together.
Hand when Sir Frederick died, the General
would fain 'ad me come hand be 'is coach
man, hand honly for one thing hi'd n-gone."
iQ? j
There Are Many Women in ihe Crowd.
We express a polite curiosity as to this
one obstacle to such a closer cementing of
tbe relations between the two great English
speaking peoples of tbe earth, and he pro
ceeds: "Hi wouldn't sit hon the box with a
darkey halongside o' me. Hi says to the
General, 'General,' says hi, 'hi 'm a freeborn
Briton, band hi rides with no darkeys. 'Hi
happreciates your feelin's,' says e, 'but
Mrs. Grant wants 'em, and what a lady
wants she. 'as to 'are or there'll be trouble.'
'Lor bless yer, General,' says hi, 'hi 'm a
married man myself, hand hi knows 'ow hit
his.' 'John.' says 'e, graspin' my 'and
'ard, 'hi 'd like tb 'ave you, but you sees
ow the land lavs.' 'General,' says hi, 'hi
would like to be hin your sarvice, bnt hi '11
make no trouble hatweeu a man hand 'is
missus.' Hand so we parted."
Our arrival at King's Cross station puts
an end to. his entertainingreniiniscences.and
we have to leave him, bis last words being
to tbe effect that he has a son "has his con
ductor ion a Pullman car hatween New
York hand Philadelphy, hand hif hever you
runs hacross 'm, tell 'im has you seen me
hand hi was 'hale hand 'arty for a man hat
fay time o life."
There is an immense throng congregated
around King's Cross station. It iacludes"all
sorts and conditions of men," women and
children, for the London public "dearly I
loves a lord," or any otner cej eDrity, and tbe
Persian ruler's antics have created great in
terest in circles both high and low. The irre
pressible gamin is here in full force, perched
on walls, trees, lampposts, everywhere he
can get a foothold, and his remarks add
greatly to the hilarity of everybody but the
policemen. Two hundred er mote of thete
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SUNDAY, JANPAKY 12.
bluecoated guardians ofthe peace are pres
ent, a score or so being mounted, and their
patience is sorely tried in striving to keep
the surging, restless throng on the side
.walks. They try hard to keep good natured,
but the flesh is weak and the provocations
great and many.
HE OBJECTED TO BLAMIN'.
"Who hare you a-shovin' hof?" demands
an irate gentleman whom a bobby is press
ing back toward the pavement.
v'Hi'm a-shovin hof you, that's whohi'm
a-shovin' hof."
'.'Well, don't you go a-shovin' hof me. Hi
'ave a right to stand hon the street"
"Beg your nardonl You 'ave a right hon
the pavement, but not hon the street Hand
why hare you a blamin' me? Hi've got
my horders'from the Commissioners, hand
ham a-carryin' hof them hout. Hif you're
wronged you've a right of taction hagin the
Commissioners, but don't go a-blamin' me."
"Why don't you stand hon the pave
ment?" demands another of a sporting look
in c eentleman in a velvet jacket.
"Hi 'ad a place on the pavement hengaged j
since Cbewsday was a lortnit, be tacetious
ly replies, "but that delicate hold creature
hover there 'as planted 'erseif hon hit, hand
hi 'aren't the 'art to disturb 'er," and he
points to an elderly female who must weigh
a ton and a fraction and around whom the
crowd surges like the Atlantic around Cape
Clear, and mores her just as little. Every
body laughs but the elderly female, who
glares scornfully at the facetious gentleman
aud says something about "himperence."
"Who hare you a-drivin' that their Per
sian gray'ound o yourn hovei?" asks a stout
gentleman' of a diminutive old cabman,
who is trying to get his Boslnante through
the throng. The old man joins in the laugh
and the crowd parts and lets him through,
but another cabby, not so good-natured, loses
his temper and tries to force bis way into the
station. Instantly a score of hands seize
the horse's head, while a dozen belligerent
Jl it the Shan't Baggage.
bystanders invite his driver down for a
thrashing. A policeman interferes, and the
cabman drives sulkily on. The 'busses
come along, crowded inside and out with
passengers, and have to fisht their way
through. Smart fellows on the roof iron
ically ask " 'Ave you seen the Shah?" At
which a general groan goes up, and some
one importunes the other passengers to
"throw 'im down till we murders "im."
Thereare many women in the crowd,
most of them with babies in their arms,
and they discuss the Shah with democratic
ireedom.
"Why, Mrs. Wilkins," says one, "my
Dan tells me has 'e 'as three 'hundred
wivrM"
"Hoi the hold beast!" chorus her com--panions
in virtuous indignation.
"Hif e 'as three 'undred wires, hand
still lives," remarks a cynical looking gen
tleman smoking a black pipe, " 'e's heri
dentlr a hangel hand not a beast"
The ladies turn up their noses in scorn,
and one says:
"You'd be has bad has 'im, hif you honly
'ad the thance."
"Ardlyl" replies the cynical gentleman,
"ot hif hi knows myself. One wife 'il do
me, thanks. Hi finds one a great plenty."
HEBE HE COMES!
Now cheering is heard in the distance,
and with it music isborne to our ears.
" 'Ere 'e comes!" "everybody sbouts, and
we all crowd forward as one man and sev
eral women to the roadway. The mounted
policemen ride up and down, imploring us
to stand back, while those on foot join hands
and strive to hold ns in check. The music
draws nearer, the cheering grows louder and
finally, "with drums and fifes and banners
batin," comes not the Shah, bnt a detach
ment of the Salvation Army, singing with
more rigor than melody,
"Ho, won't you come balong-o'-me,
Halong-o'-me. halong o'-me.
Ho. won't you come balong-o'-me,
Halong-o'-me to 'earenf"
The crowd hoots and groans and cheers,
bnt they pay no heed, and soon get a ring
formed, and their vociferous praying and
singing mingles with the general din. Soon
two large vans come along, in which are
piled a score .pr two of heavy trunks. It is
the Shah's baggage.
"There's 'is diamond cases," cries a wag,
and the'erowd laughs again. After them
come half a dozen carriages filled with
chocolate colored Persians in high black
conical hats, members of bis suite. We hear
more music, more cheering. Surely this mnst
be he. But no; it is, as the banner tells ns,
the East London Temperance Association,
with 17 members, brave in sashes, and a
martial band. The crowd cheers ironically
and groans heartily. Haifa hundred voices
joins in the song Lonner the comedian
sings in "Faust Up to Date":
"Are a drink halone-o'-me! What, 'wontyouT
You don't drink! What! don't youT
Hi've 'ad many a one balocg-o'-you, etc."
A PEEP AT EOTAMT.
But now heavy cheering along the line
shows that somebody that is somebody is
coming and it proves true, for a guard of
mounted soldiers gallop noisily by and close
behind comes an open carriage, in which are
seen the familiar faces of the Prince of
Wales and his popular wile. The Princess
Maude sits beside her father, while beside
the Princess of Wales sits "Collars and
Cuffs," Prince Albert Victor, who will be
King when Victoria and her son are dead
if a republic hasn't been proclaimed before
that time. He is a rather surly looking
youtb, with lowering brows aud a smile that
would be pleasant, but fails. The crowd
cheers that dispiriting British cheer, the
royal party bows right and left and enters
the station gates.
More carriages filled with Persians go by,
and at last terrific cheering tells us the Sh.ih
is near. The crush is something awiul.
The police draw their batons and threaten
savagely. Down through the throng sweeps
a detachment ot guards, brass helmeted,
white plumed and red coated, their drawn
sabers flashing in the sun. The trumpets
sound, and, in an open carriage, drawn by
four white horses, ridden by postboys in red
livery, comes Nasr-ed-Din, Shah of Persia,
a coffee colored man about 65, with a black
mustache. The breast ot his dark coat is
covered with orders, and a white plume
springs from a glittering aigrette ot dia
monds on the front of his black tez. Bow
ing right and lelt, and throwing kisses from
the tips of his white gloves to the cheering
crowd, he' disappears within the gates and
the show is over. Hehby Hall.
Abominable
Is tbe stinging sensation produced in tbe throat
by beartburn, one of the numerous progeny of
indigestion. Tills and wind upon tbo stomacb,
fluttering of tbe heart, nervousness and In
somnia, go hand in band. Bamsb them and
tbeir cause, dyspepsia, with Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters, foremost of stomatics. Rheu
matic, neuralgic bilious and constipated people
derive great benefit from the bitters.
The old established firm of Z. Wain
wright & Co. are maintaining their high po
sition in public favor as brewers of the best
and purest ale'and porter. All best dealers
keep them. fvsu
The Iron City Brewing Co. (formerly F.
& V.), are experiencing "a constant increase
in the demand for their, ale and porter.
Kept by all dealers. -
Cabinet photos. 51 per-dozen, prompt de
livery. Crayons, '.etc., at low prices.
i. .Lies" Gallebt,
xxr lOoadUBiztkBt
f & Y, J "n
1890,
PITTSBURG'S BORGIA.
An
Old Eeporter's Kecollections of
Mrs. Marina Grinder.
SHE GATE POISON TO THE SICK.
Tender Missions ot mercy Were bnt the
Cloak of Murder.
KOBBERI THE 0NLI KNOWN MOTITE
IWEITTEir POB THE DISPATCH.
This is a very busy world, and the people
in it are so much occupied with their own
affairs that they don't spend very many
minutes in abstract speculations about their
neighbors. Still, such speculations are in
teresting in their way. In every man and
woman you chance to meet there are possi
bilities that might well, make every hair on
your head stand up and the very marrow in
your bones thrill with apprehension. Even
your-next door neighbor, with whom you
think yourself pretty well acquainted, is as
likely as not to break out suddenly in the
most surprising fashion.
A quiet, orderly, well-behaved citizen jogs
along for half a lifetime of properly-conducted
experience, and then, some fine day,
without a warning symptom that anybody
has noted, he lets it be known that he is not
that kind of a man at all. Perhaps tbe rev
elation comes in the shape of a ghastly mur
der; perhaps it takes the form qf a gigantic
swindle. Whatever it is, it is unexpected.
That is the interesting point. These people
who do the startling and terrifying things
hare not been in the habit of startling and
terrifying the people around them. Unsus
pected, the criminal fire has lurked in them,
through all these quiet and peaceable years.
Some sudden impulse or opportunity un
covered the fire, and it burst into astounding
flame. It is just as well not to think rery
much upon such matters. Otherwise, one is
apt to feel uncomfortable in shaking hands
with his friend.
A Surprise of the kind I have spoken of
chilled the blood of Pittsburg and Alle
gheny many years ago; and rery soon, as the
strange and startling facts were developed,
the whole county, then the whole State,
then the whole country, was stirred with the
horror of it Eventually Europe shared in
the dreadful interest: aud the affair has gone
on record as one of the "celebrated cases" of
the world's criminal calendar.
The crime suddenly and unexpectedly
brought to light was murder, and the mur
derer was a woman. A woman, she was,
not struggling with the hardships, and
temptations ot extreme poverty, but living
in moderate comfort AU her life, ap
parently, she had existed in respectable
obscurity. Very fev people beyond the
circle of her immediate neighbors and
the members of the church where she
worshiped knew ot her existence. Those
who did know her regarded her as a model
ot all the modest, lowly virtues. Bespect,
affection, gratitude were the elements of the
regard cherished forher. Yet it was proved,
almost beyond peradventure, that that woman
was a murderess; that her victims had cer
tainly been twoor three, and probably more;
that she had tried her deadly arte on some
who had escaped; and that her criminal
record extended over a considerable portion
of the time when she had borne the reputa
tion of a blameless Christian woman.
This was Martha Grinder, the Pittsburg
poisoner; the criminal whom the news
papers far and near with a painful lack of
inventiveness designated the "Modern
Borgia."
A TEBITABT.E SISTEB 07 MEECTY.
It was in the year 1865 that the exposure
of this remarkable series of crimes took
place. Mrs. Grinder was, and had been
for a long time, living modestly in a respect
able neighborhood in Allegheny City. She
was a woman approaching middle age; ap
parently possessed of average intelligence,
and with nothing whatever that was strik
ing or remarkable in her appearance;' She I
was or meaium neignt ana rawer slender in
figure. Her face was pleasant and rather
refined, and was lighted by a pair of rery
dark bright eyes. In manner she was lady
like and wholly prepossessing. Her most
distinguished characteristic seems to hare
been the fact that she was an ideal neigh
bor. When anyone within the widest cir
cle of her acquaintance suffered trouble or
distress, Mrs. Grinder was the friend in need
always. She had the time and was
never without the disposition to
give help and administer comfort
Indeed, she might have been, called strenu
ously kind. She did not wait to hare her
services asked for, but offered them freely,
and even insisted upon their being ac
cepted in'some cases where there seemed to
be no need of them.
In all cases of sickness particularly she
was a veritable Sister of Mercy. She was
the volunteer nurse for the entire neighbor
hood. No service was too great for "her to
render, no vigil too wearisome for her to
keep. Whether the patient were man,
woman or child; whether the sick room 'were
near her own home or distant from it, Mrs.
Grinder's ministrations began with the early
symptoms, and ended only with recovery or
death. Night after night she would watch
sleeplessly at the bedside. Day after
day she would cheer and comfort the
patient, administering every dose of
medicine herself, and herself preparing all
sorts of strengthening food and tempting
delicacies. She seemed to' have a special tal
ent for nursing, and was so deft and gentle
and watchful and sympathetic that herpres
ence in a sick room was always welcomed by
patient and friends.
P.,hqnt ttflp-r all ihtk Vtni7noB nwrt flia
sympathy which made her neighbors her
gratefnl triends were tne genuine ruling
traits of her character; and the fiendish
cruelty which manifested itself now and
again was only an occasional and transient
phase developed under stress of an ungov
ernable impulse or irresistible .temptation.
Perhaps; let us hope so, at all events.
THE STABTLINQ BEVELATIOIT.
Suspicion would not be prompt, to attach
itself to such a woman as this. But sus
picion was aroused at last, and in a rery
short time was in fierce activity.
It was noticed that . in a num
ber of houses which Mrs. Grinder
had entered to minister to the sick, she had
remained to .minister to the dead. Cases
which had seemed bnt instances of slight
indisposition had developed with terrible
swiftness into cases of fatal malady. People
who had begun by having varying forms of
sickness had all developed the same sort of
symptoms under her care. These recollec
tions brought another that the constantly
recurring symptoms had always been
strongest alter Mrs. Grinder bad admin
istered medicine or food.
The .whisper of suspicion soon smelled
into the loudly spoken declaration, that
Martha Grinder was a murderess.
I think the case which first aroused the
attention of the authorities and led
to the arrest of Mrs. Grinder, was
that of Mrs. Caruthers, a young married
woman living near the poisoner. Mrs.
Caruthers was taken ill with what
seemed a trifling ailment, and Mrs. Grinder
went to her house voluntarily to attend ber.
Soon the sick woman's symptoms changed
and became serious. In a short time she
was suffering intensely. The physician, I
believe, suspected arsenical poison and
ordered his treatment accordingly. But he
did not suspect Mrs. Grinder. She con
tinued to prepare the patient's food and.
medicine. The doctor's treatment did not
avail, and in a little time the poor young
wife slept eternally. A post mortem an
alysis revealed the presence of enough arsenic
to kill several people.
Then the recent death of Miss Buchanan
was recalled. Mrs. Grinder had attended
her also in the beginning of a slight illness.
She had grown worse and worse as Mrs.
Caruthers had done, and like her, had died
at last in intense agony. Analysisin this
case alto developed the existence of a large
quantity of arsenic in the organs of tbe
body.
Mrs. Griader, protesviBg her igaoraaee,
was arrested for these two murders. But
where" now were all the friends who bad so
respected her and been so grateful for her
unwearied Kindness? They were all busy
asking themselves and each other how they
could have been so blind to the woman's
real character. Those who had
blessed her execrated her now, and the air
was heavy with the recital of all the atroci
ties she had committed.
EEB CBUELI.T GE2TTLE HAND.
Other deaths than these two were hinted
at deaths attended by the same terrible
symptoms, and occurring under the same
cruelly gentle band. Narrow escapes were
described. Sick people whom Mrs. Grinder
had nursed had drawn near to just snch an
agonizing death, and had only escaped it
br fiatlr refusing to eat or drink
.anything more prepared by the neighbor
hood nurse. If the rumors prevailing could
be believed the woman was a monster of
cruelty without a precedent. According to
what was related she deliberately experi
mented with her ravorite poison when
nothing whatever could be gained by it ex
cept to give her knowledge and facility
against the time of need.. Instances were
related of her administering arsenic with
out any purpose of actual murder, just to
learn how much could be given at a dose
without producing tell-tale symptoms. Tt
was even told that more than once, after
reducing her victims to such a condition of
suffering that blisters bad to he applied to
them she sprinkled arsenic on the dressing
for the blisters', that tbe poison might be
taken into the sytem through the circula
tion. How much or how little of all this had
foundation in fact no man can tell. Very
little, I hope. That which was proved to
the satisfaction of the jury. was bad enough.
This was that Martha Grinder administered
arsenic in fatal quantities to Mrs. Caruth
ers, Miss Buchanan, and, I think, to her
own brother-in-law.
And for what reason was all this terrible
cruelty indulged in? So far as could be
made out for no earthly reason save petty
robbery. From the house ot one victim she
was sbown to have carried away a few
dishes; from the house of another a few
clothes: and so on. While her trial was in
i progress the fact tnat her husband's brother
bad died in her house was developed.
He was an invalid soldier, but he
had died with the same symptoms
as the others. His body was taken
Irom the grave and an analysis made,
with the result, if I mistake not. that ar
senic was found. The only possible motive
for his taking off, it seemed, was that Mrs.
Grinder might come into possession of his
army overcoatl The most charitable ex
planation of the whole strange career of the
woman is that she did not really intend to
commit murder at all; but only to keep her
victims seriously sick for a long enongb
time to give her good stealing opportunities.
STOBT OF THE TBIAJj.
Never did tbe old Court House hold
larger or more intensely interested throngs
of spectators than while the trial of this ex
traordinary criminal was in progress. Day
alter day " every foot of space withiu the
court room was occupied, and crowds
of people who could not get within
the room at all stood patiently hour after
hour in the rotunda, in the hope of catch
ing some word of the proceedings at second-
band. Women were almost, if not quite, as
numerous as men in the daily throngs. And
they were by no means the vulgar curiosity
mongers who habitually haunt the court
room, but respectable, well-dressed women
who had probablr never before been inside
the court house walls.
And how pitiless they werel When court
took a recess or adjourned for the day the
prisoner was conducted through the rotunda
into the Sheriff's office and thence to the
jail. The pathway had to be roped off to keep
back the crowd; "and on more than one oc
casion I saw women reach orer the ropes to
catch or strike at 'the unhappy woman kept
beyond their reach.
"Gire the women a chance at her!" cried
one. "It will save the county the cost of a
rope!"
At such times Mrs. Grinder would cling,
trembling to Sheriff Stewart or Deputy
Cluley, seemingly as much terrified as when
the rope was actually about her neck. The
trial was a long one. .Judge Sterrett, I be
liere, occupied the bench. Hon. John M.
Kirkpatrick was Prosecuting Attorney, and
Thomas M. Marshall, Esq., conducted the
defense. Some of the incidents were in
tensely and thrillingly dramatic. Barely
has any trial awakened profounder interest
or more passionate comment The end was
conviction. Then a petition, numerously
signed, was sent to the Gorernor, asking for
a commission to inquire into the sanity of
the convicted woman. The result of the in
quiry was the decision that she was sane
and responsible.
THE CLOSING SCENES.
When sue stood up to receive sentence of
death the prisoner protested her innocence
in a rambling, shrill-voiced speech. What
she undertook to say was so incoh erent and
hysterical that she was checked in the ut
terance of it, and then received her sentence
calmly enongh, but without a traced stolid
ity or bravado. The last scene of this nota
ble tragedy did not take place until some
months after the end of tbe trial. But not
withstanding the lapse of time there seemed
no diminution of the interest in the case,
and but little abatement of the indignant
passion it had excited.
The execution took place in the jail yard,
and, of course, was witnessed by only a se
lect few. But long before the earliest hour
mentioned in the death warrant, Boss street
and the upper part of. Fifth avenue were
thronged with peonle who had no thought
of catching ihe faintest glimpse of tbe grue
som spectacle, but who waited with a sort
of eager patience until they were assured
that the woman they held in suchexecra
tion'had passed to the other world.
James C. Pubdt.
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Clocks, Bric-a-Brao, Onyx Tables,
etc.,
AT A DISCOUNT OF15
PER CENT '. nrs,.,,..
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from our reduced prices.
THE J. P. SMITH
Lamp, Glass I China Co,
935 Penn Avenue.
Bet. Ninth and Tenth Streets.
P. S. Every article marked In
plain figures, with old prices and
present reduced prices, from whioh
.we discount 15o on each dollar.
jal2--WTSn
MR. A. K. NORRIS,
A well-known gentleman of Snarpsbnrg; re
siding on Eleventh street, and employed at the
extensive sjeel works of Messrs. Spang, Chal
lant&Ca, of Sharpsburg; has passed through
an eventful experience. His catarrh caused a
stuffed-up feeling about his nose and eyes.
The catarrhal secretion that dropped from his
head into his throat was so tenacious and hard
to raise that in the morning it would often gas
him and cause him to feel sick at his stomach.
His hearing became dull, he took cold very
easily, had no appetite in the morning; and as
his food did not digest properly, gas formed la
his stomach, causing pain. He often felt dray
and lost flesh. He tried various treatments,
bnt without success. He also used local treat
ments, bnt his disease gradually grew worse.
In this condition he began treatment with the
physicians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Insti
tute, 323 jf enn avenne, and became cured by
their constitutional medicines, which are
always curative and permanent in their action,
He can be seen at either his residence or place)
of business, and will gladly tell anyone further
about his condition and core.
Mr. John. V. Hartman. ,
"I was afraid of consumption. I had a con
stant hawking and spitting. I coughed and'
felt a soreness and pain In my lungs. My,
throat became sore and ulcerated, breata
short. 1 lost flesH, and had night sweats and
many other symptons. It gives me pleasure)'
to add my testimony to the hundreds already
published, to my complete cure by these physi
cians. "I now weigh more than ever before and feel
well and strong.
"JOHN V. HABTMAK, 1214 Main stress
Bharpsburg."
Remember the place. The Catarrh and.
Dyspepsia Institute. 323 Penn are.
Consultation free to all. Patients treated sne, .
cessfully at home by correspondence. Offlea""
hours, 10 A.jttor.t,anQ0to5P:Ji. obct j
days.UMfr.Jt , jsxwjswjts !
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