Newspaper Page Text
a&Jtfg:-''1" ' 'fp7w' BJWn!l'!?Wf wirr .Tnf'P1 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY. APELTi 2 1890. tft 3ft. hV a -.VOICES OF NATURE That in Clear, Harmonious Tones, Tell oflhe Glory of God. SCIENCE A GEEAT AID TO EELIGIOK, Tho Tast Systems of Error Falling Before Its Discoveries. ISAIAH'S PKOPHECI COMING TEUE fprECIAt TELEDBJUC TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 Brooklyn, April 27. The attraction of the parks in their new spring-time garb, which affects many congregations at this season, does not diminish the crowd which pours into the Academy of Music to hear the eloquent preacher. This morning the great edifice as thronged, as nsnal, as soon as the doors were opened. After the reading of an appropriate passage of Scripture and the singing of the hymn "Glory to God on High," Dr. Talinage annonnced as his text Isa. lx:13, "Tne glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary." Following is his sermon in full: On our iay from Damascus we saw tbe mountains ot Lebanon w liito with snow, and the places from which the cedars were hewn, and then drawn by ox teams down to the Mediterranean Sea, and then floated in great raits to Joppa, and then again drawn by ox teams np to Jerusalem to build Solomon's temple. Those mighty trees in my text are called the "glory of Lebanon." Inanimate nature felt tbe effects of the first transgres sion. When five touched the torbidden tree, it seems as if tbe sinful contact bad smitten not only that tree, but as if the air caught the pollution from the leaves, and as if the sap had carried tbe virus down into the very soil nntil the entire eirth reeked with the leprosv. Un der tbat sinful touch nature withered. Tbe inanimate creation, as if aware of the damage done it. sent up the thorn and brier and nettle to wound, and fiercely oppose, tbe human race. Now as tbe phjsisal earth felt the effect- of the first transgression, so it shall also feel the effect of the Saviour's mission. As from that oue tree in Paradise a blight went iortn tnrougn me entire eartn. s irom one tree on Calvary another force shall speed out to in terpenetrate and check, subdue and override the evil. In the end it shall be found that the tree of Calvary has more potency than the tree of Paradise. As the nations are evangelized I think a corresponding change will be effected in the natural world. I verily believe that tbe trees, and the birds, and the rivers, and tbe skies will have their millennium. If man's sin affected he ground, and tbe vegetation, and the atmosphere, shall Christ's work bo less pon erf ul or less extensive? GOD'S WORK ON THE EARTH. Doubtless God will take the irregularity and fierceness from the elements so as to make them congenial to the race, which will then he symmetrical and evangelized. The ground shall not.be so lavish of weeds and so gradge ful of grain. Soils which now have peculiar proclivities toward certain forms of evil pro duction will be delivered from their besetting sins. Steep mountains, plowed down into more gradual ascent, shall be girdled with flocks of sheep and shocks of corn. Tbe wet marsh shall become the deep-grassed meadow. Cattle shall eat unharmed by caverns once haunted of wild beasts. Children will build plav bouses in what was once a cave of serpents; and, as the Scripture saitb, "The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den." Oh what harvests shall be reaped when neither drouth, nor exces-ive rain, nor mildew, nor infesting insects shall arrest the gronth, and the utmost capacity of the fields for pro duction shall be testod bv an intelligent and athletic yeomanry. Thrift and competency characterizing the world's inhabitants, their dwellmgolaces shall be graceful and healthy and adorned. Tree and arbor and grove around about will look as if Adam and Eve had got back to Paradise. Great cities, now neglected and unwashed, shall be orderly, adorned with architectural symmetry and connected with far Distant seaports by present modes of transporta tion carried to their greatest perfection, or by new inventions yet to spring ud ou. of thi w ater, or drop from tbe air at the beck of a Jlorse or a Eobert Fulton belonging to future generations. Alucb of tbis prophecy of Isaiah has already been fulfilled, and I proceed to some practical remarks upon the contributions which the nat ural world is making to the kingdom of God, and then draw some inferences. The first con tribution which nature gives to the church is her testimony in I ehalf of the truth of Chris tianity. This is an age of profound research. Nature cannot evade men's inquiries as once. In chemist's laboratory she is put to torture, and compelled to give up her mysteries. Hid den laws have come out of their hiding-place. The earth and the heavens, since thej have been ransacked by geologist and Dotanist and astronomer, appear so different from what they ouce were that they may be called "the new heavens and the new earth." SCIENCE AND RELIGION. This research and discovery will have power ful effect upon the religions world. They must either advance or arrest Christian: tj, make men better or make them worse, be the church's honor or the church's overthrow. Christians, aware of this in the early ages of discovery, were nervous and fearful as to the progress of science. They feared that some natural law, before nnknown, would suddenly spring into harsh collision with Christianity. Gunpowder and the gleam of swords would not so much have been feared by religionists as electric batteries, voltaic piles and astronomical apparatus. It was feared tbat Hoses and the prophets would bo run over by skeptical chem ists and philosonh-rs. Some of the followers of Aristotle, after the Invention of the tel escope, refused to look through the instrument lest what they saw would overthrow the teach ings of that great philosopher. Hut the Christian religion has no such apprehension now. Bring on your telescopes and microscopes, and spectroscopes and the more tbe better. The God of nature is the God of the Bible, and in all the universe, and in all the eternities. He has never once contradicted Himself. Scientific discussions may be divided into those which are concluded, and those which are still in progress, depending for decision upon future investigation. Those which are concluded have invariably rendered their ier- aici jor tnristianity. ana we have faith to be lieve that those which are still in prosecution will come to as favorable a conclusion. The great systems of error are falling before these discoveries, which have only demonstrated the truth of the Bible, and so reinforced Chns- iiauuy. Jiouamniedanisin and paganism in their ten thousand forms have been proved false, and by great natural laws shown to be jmpouuons. curied cities have been exhumed, and the truth of God found written on their coflln lids. Bartlett, Hobinson and Lajard have been not more the apostles of science than the apostles of religion. The dumb lirjs of the pyramids have opened to preach the fospeL Expeditions have been fitted out for 'alestine, and explorers have come back to say that they have found among mountains, and among ruins, and on the shore of waters, living and undying evidences of oar glorious Chris tianity. Wen who have gone to Palestine infidels have come back Christians. They who were blind and deaf to the truth at home haTe seemed to sec Christ again preaching upon Olivet, and have beheld in vivid imagination the Son of God again walking the hills about Jerusalem Cavlglia once rejected the truth, but afterward said, "I came to Egypt, and tbe Scnptutes and tbe pyramids converted me." When I was in Beyrout; Syria, last December, our beloved American missionary. Rev. Dr. Jessnp, told ma of his friend who met A SKEPTIC AT JOPPA, the seaport of Jerusalem, and the unbeliever said to his friend : "I am going into the Holy land to show up the folly of tbe Christian re ligion. I am going to visit all the so-called sacred places,' and w rite them np, and show the world that the New Testament is an im position unon the world's credulity." Months after. Dr. Jessup's friend met tbe skeptic at Beyrout, after he bad completed bis journev through the Holy Land. Well, how is it ?" said the aforesaid gentleman to tbe skeptic. The answer as : T have seen it all. and I tell you tbe Bible is true,! Yes, it is all true !" The man who went to destroy came back to defend. After what I myself saw during my recent ab sence, I conclude that anyone who can go through the Holy Land and remain an unbe liever is either a bad man or an imbecile. Again, nature offers an invaluable contri bution to Christianity by the illustration she makes of aivine truth. The inspired writers seized upon the advantages offered by tbe natural world. Trees and rivers and clouds and rocks broke forth Into holy and enthusias tic utterances. Would Christ set forth the strength of faith. He points to the sycamore, whose roots spread out and stnke down, and clinch themselves amid great depths of earth, and He said that faith was strong enough to tear that up by the roots. At Hawarden, England, Mr. Gladstone, while showing me his trees during a prolonged walk through his magnificent park, pointed ont a sycamore, and with a wave of the hand said: "In your visit to the Holy Land did you see any Sycamore more iinnriMafVA than thfLtf" T confessed that I had not. Its branches were bus more remarmiDie than lt roots. It was to such a tree as that Jesns pointed when He would illustrate the power of faith. "Ye might say unto this sycamore tree. Be thou plucked up by tbe root and be thou cast into the sea, and it would obey you." One reason why Christ has fascinated the world as no other teacher, is because instead of using severe argument He was alwavs telling bow some thing in the spiritual world was like unto some thing in the natural world. Oh these wonder ful "likes" of our Lord! Like a cram of mus tard seed. Like a treasure hid in a field. Like a merchant seeking goodly pearls Like unto a net that was cast into tho sea. Like unto a householder. LESSONS IN FAITH. Would Christ teach the precision with which He looks after you. He says He counts the hairs of your head. Well, that is a long and tedious count if the head have the average en dowment. It has been found that if the hairs of the head be black there are about 120,000, or if they be flaxen there are about 140,000. But God knows the exact number: "Tho hairs of your head are all numbered." Would Christ impress us with the divine watchfulness and care. He speaks of the sparrows that were & nnisance In thoso times. Tbey were caught by the thousands in the net. They were thin and scrawny, and had comparatively no meat on their bones. They seemed almost valueless, whether living or dead. Now, argues Christ, if my Father takes care of them will He not take care ot youT Christ wonld have the Christian despond ent over Ins slow ness of religious development go to bis corn field for a lesson. He watches first tbe green shoot pressing up through the clods, gradually strengthening Into a stalk, and last of all the husk swelling out with the pres sure of the corn: "First the blade, then the ear, after that tho full corn in the ear." Job makes all natural objects pay tribute to the rojaltyof his book. As you go through some chapters of Job you feel as if it were a Drignt spring morning, ana, as yon see tae glittering drops from the grass under your feet, you say with that patriarch, "Who hath begotten the drops of the dew?" And now, as you read on, yon seem in the silent midnight to behold tbe waving of a great light upon your path, and you look np to find it the aurora borealis. which Job described so long ago as "the bright light in the clouds and tbesplendor that cometh out of the north." As you read on, there is darkness hurtling in the heavens, and the showers break loose till tbe birds fly for hiding place and the mountain torrents in red fury foam over the rocky shelving; and with the same poet, you exclaim: "Who can number tbe clouds in wisdom, or who can stay the bottles of heaven?" As you read on. you feel yourself coming in frosty climes, and, in fancy, wading through the snow, you saj, with that same inspired writer, "Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?" Ana-wuile the sharp sleet drives in your face, and the hail stings your cheek, you quote him again: "Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail? ' In tho Psalmist's writings I hear tbe voices of the sea- "Deep calletb unto deep"; and tbe roar of forests: "The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh," and the loud peal ot tne biacK tempest: "ineuoo oi glory tuun dereth:" and the rustle of tbe long silk on the well-filled husks: "The valleys are covered with corn;" and the cry of wild beasts: "Tbe onng lions roar after their prey;" the bum of palm trees and cedars: "The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, be shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon;" the sough of wings and the swirl of tins: "Dominion over the fowl of the air and tbe fish of the sea." THE TRUTHS OP THE GOSPEL might have been presented in technical terms, and by tbe means of dry definitions, bnt under these the world would not have listened or felt. How could the safety of trusting upon Christ have been presented were it not for the figure of a rock? How could tbe gladdening effect of the gospel have been set forth had not Zacba rias thought of the dawn of the morning, ex claiming: "Ihe day-spring from on high hath visited us to give light to them that sit in dark ness." How could the sonl's intense longing for Christ have been presented so well as by the emblem of natural hunger and natural thirst? As the lake gathers into its bosom the shadow of hills around, and the gleam of stars above, so in these great deeps ot divine trsth all objects in nature are grandly reflected. We walk forth in the springtime and everything breathes of the Resurrection. Bright blossom and springing grass speak to us of tbe coming up of those whom we have loved, when in the white robes of their joy and coronation tbey shall appear. And when In the autumn of the yearnatnre preaches thousands of funeral ser mons from the text, "We all do fade as a leaf," and scatters her elegies in our path, we cannot help but think of sickness and tbe tomb. Even winter, "being dead, yet speaketh." The world will not be argued into the right. It will be tenderly illustrated into the right Tell them what religion is like. When the mother tries to tell her dying child what heaven was, she compared it to light. "But that hurts my eyes," says tne eying gin. xnen tne motner compared heaven to music "But any sound hurts me; I am so weak." said tne dying child. Tben she was told that heaven was like mother's arms. "Ob, take me there!" she said. "If it is like mother's arms, take me therel" Tbe appropriate simile had been found at last. What a grand thought that tbe light nings, and the tempests, and tbe hail, and the frosts, which are the enemies of unrighteous ness, are all marshalled as THE CHRISTIAN'S BODY-GUARD. They fight for him. They strike with an arm of fire, or clutch with their fingers of ice. Everlasting peace is declared between tbe fiercest elements of nature and the good man. Tbey may in tbelr tuty seem to De indiscrimin ate, smiting down the righteous with the wicked, yet they cannot damage the Christian's soul, although they may shrivel his body. The wintry blast that howls about your dwell ing, you may call your brother, and the south wind coming up on a Juno day by way of a flower-garden, you may can your sister. Though so mighty in circum ference and diameter, tbe sun and tbe moon have a special charge concerning you. "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor tbe moon by night." Elements and torces bidden in the earth are now harnessed and at work in pro ducing for you food and clothing. Some grain field that you never saw presented you this day with your mornincjmeal. The great earth and the heavens are tbe busy loom at work for you; and shooting light, and silvery stream, and sharp lightning are only woven threads in the great loom, with God's foot on the shuttle. The same bplnt that converted your soul has also converted the elements from enmity toward yon into inviolable friendship, and furthest star and deepest cavern, regions of everlasting cold as well as climes of eternal summer, all have a mission of good, direct or indirect, for your spirit. Now I infer from this that the studv of nat ural objects will increase our religious knowl edge. If David and Job and John and Panl could not afford to let go without observation one passing cloud, or rift of snow, or spring blossom, you cannot afford to let tbem go without study. Men and women of God most eminent Jn all ages for faith and zeal. Indulged in such observations Payson and Baxter and Doddridge and Hannah More. Tbat man is not worthy tbe name of Christian who saunters listless y among these magnificent disclosures ot aivine power around, beneath, and above us, stupid and uninstructed. They are not worthy to live m a desert, for that has its fountains and palm trees: nor in regions of everlasting ice, for even there tbe stars kindle their lights, and auroras flash, and huge Icebergs shiver in the morning light, and Gua's power sits upon tbem as upon a great white throne. Yet there are Christians in the Church who look upon all such tendencies of mind and heart as soft sentimentalities, aud because they believe this printed Revelation of God are content to be infidels in regard to all that has been written in tbis great book of tbe universe, written in letters of stars. In para graphs of constellations, and illustrated with sunset and thunder-cloud and spring morning. FROM NATURE'S OPEN BOOK. I infer, also, the transcendent importance of Christ's religion. Nothing is so far down, and nothing is so high np, and nothing so far ont, but God makes it pay tax to the Christian religion. IE snow and tempest and dragon are expected to praise God, suppose you He ex pects no homage from your sonl? When God has written His truth upon everything around you, suppose you He did net mean you to open your eyes and read it? Finally, I learn from this subject what an honorable position the Christian occupies when nothing is so great and glori us In nature hut it is made to edify, defend and instruct him. Hold up your heads, sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty, that I mav see how you bear your honors. Though now j ou may think yourself cnbefriended, this spring's soft wind, and next summer's harvest of barley, and next autumn's glowing fruits, and next winter's storms, all seasons, all elements, zephyr and euroclydon. rose's breath and thundercloud, gleaming light and thick darkness, are sworn to defend you, and cohorts of angels would fly to deliver you from peril, and the great God would unsheathe His sword and arm tbe uni verse in your cause rather than that harm should touch jou with one of its lightest fingers, "as the mountains around about Jerusalem, so the Lord is around about His people from this time lorth for evermore." Oh for more sympathy with tbe natural world, and then we should always have a Bible open before us, and we conld take a lesson from tbe most fleeting circumstances, as wben a storm came' down upon England Charles Wesley sat in a room watching It through an open window, and frightened bv the lightning and the thunder a little bird flew'ln and nestled in the bosom of tbe sacred poet, and as he gently stroked it and felt the wild beating of its heart, he turned to his desk and wrote that hymn which will be sung while the world lasts: Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly,. While the billows near me roll W hile tbe tempest itlll la high: Hide me, Omybarlour, hldeT Till the storm or life bs past, Safe into the haven guide, o recelTe my sonl at last. GR0YER IN PRIYATE. Ex-President Cleveland's Unostenta tious Life in "flew Yorlr. THE DEVOTION OP THE WHITNEYS. Democracy's Leader Takes No Part In Purely Local Politics. HILL'S FJUENDS IN TOE METROPOLIS New York, April 26. Blakely Hall writes as follows concerning ex-President Cleveland: The exact position of Mr. Cleve land in New York is not difficult to define. Yet so many absurd things are said and written about him that a careful and accur ate statement of the ex-President's social and political position here may have a cer tain amount of value. I do not claim to have any special source of knowledge con cerning Mr. Cleveland beyond continual ob servation extending over many months. Mv personal acquaintance with him is slight, but I see him frequently and am acquainted with his professional associates. Last Sunday I happened to be at church on Fifty-seventh street when the ex-President entered. All heads were turned toward him and it was interesting to observe how closely the congregation watched every movement he made. He bowed gravely to one or two friends, then assumed a beetle browed expression and stared steadfastly at the clergyman dnring the whole service. After church he walked down Fifty seventh street, with his coat hanging loosely open and his head held slightly to one side, listening to the animated chatter of Mrs. Cleveland. She was beautifully dressed and a picture of youth, grace and loveliness. Occasionally men whom Mr. Cleveland evidently did not immediately recognize bowed to him with pointed politeness. He accepted such salutations by barely raising bis hat. Occasionally when he met friends a smile illnmiuated his face. Bnt he seemed inherently sad. He is in appearance a big, substantial citixen who displays to the casual observer no suggestion of genius or great ness. THE WON OP THE 'WHITNEYS Socially, it cannot be said tbat Mr. Cleve land exists in New York, except when tbe Whitneyrcall him into life. Mrs. "William C. "Whitney is at present one of the social leaders in New York. Her snperb house is accordingly besieged almost as mnch as that of Mrs. Astor and the people of what are known as the "smart" set, which means the hunting, coaching, polo, yachting and dancing people are practically well in line behind the clever wife of the ex-Secretary of the Navv. Mr. Whitney himself has been devoting a good deal ot time to social duties, and the position the Whitneys hold in New York society is an important and influential one. The loyalty of the ex-Secretary of the Navy to Mr. Cleveland is absolute. The Whitneys have made him an honored guest at their dinner parties, concerts and tea. and they have pushed Mrs. Cleveland for ward even more successfully than they have her husband. Occasionally some other ot the Whitney coterie has Mr. Cleveland out to dinner, but such instances are rare. It cannot be said that the ex-President is in any sense popular with society people, though there is no question abont the gen eral and cordial liking which everybody feels for Mrs. Cleveland. NOT IN LOCAL POLITICS. As far as local politics are concerned, Mr. Cleveland is thousands ot miles away from New York. The apparently insurmounta ble antagonism which he managed to inspire among the local politicians here during his tenure of office in Washington has been in tensified since he took np his residence in this city. It is, of course, exceedingly dan gerous for men whose ambition is directed toward success In national politics to be identified in any way with the schemers who from time to time get such an iron grip upon New York affairs. Doubtless Mr. Cleveland's present attitude toward New York's rulers is the result of choice; but there is a good deal of fate in it also. Perhaps it is true that he wouldn't manage things here if he could, but it is none the less true that he couldn't if he would. Mr. Arthur alwavs kept in cordial relations with the local politicians in New York whether he happened to be actively or only passively engaged politically at Wash ington. But Mr. Cleveland is absolutely and thoroughly out of it as far as local in fluence is concerned. His name is never even mentioned and his wishes are not con sulted in the management of the party in terests here. DIGNIFIED AND THOUGHTFUL. In manner Mr. Cleveland is quiet, digni fied, thoughtful and a trifle pompous. When he attends a public dinner in New York, as he did that of the pianomakers tbe other night, it is with a distinct and well defined purpose. This purpose is to make a speech. He arrives-very late, takes his dinnerquiet- ly and, after he has delivered his speech, he shakes hands heartily with the Chairman and hnrries out. In every way he shows, even to the most casual observer tbat he takes life seriously, though this does not mean that he denies himself any of the pleasures of a prosperous existence in New York. He attends the opera and the thea ters regularlv, and his invariable compan ion is Mrs. Cleveland. The men of the Cleveland administration who are in New York at the present time are constantly appearing in the small talc of the day. They are all moving about. Ambition may be seething in their souls.but they manage to pluck a certain amount of enjoyment from life as the days roll by. Some ot them may allow their thoughts to dwell upon tbe Presidental chair, but they are exceedinglv shy abont having it known. It is said that the knowing ones are. the only men who are utterly ignorant about politics. I do not know whether that is the case or not, bat it is a fact that Mr. Whitney is very often spoken of by more or less renowned students of affairs as a dark horse of great promise. WHITNEY'S OCCUPATION. His large weath, wide popularity and thorough mastery of himself have given politicians great confidence in him, but his candidacy is only possible if Cleveland is out of the way. Meanwhile Mr. Whitney whiles away the hours by attending the opera, putting railroad deals through, dab bling in banks and attending to the man agement of two colossal fortunes. It is now generally understood that he has practically the direction of Colonel Oliver Payne's mil lions besides his own. He looks a broad shouldered and handsome athlete, and though he professes not to care at all for local politics, he manages to have things pretty mnch his own way when he cares to take the trouble. Perhaps the most interesting figure of the Cleveland administration is the ex-President's former private secretary. The mys tery of Lamont is profonnd. He is effacing himself thoroughly aud pushing the inter ests of his friends. These friends are three of the richest men in New York. Lamont has impressive offices in the Mills building, and the sole desire of his life seems to be to sink into apparent oblivion. He is forever try ing to get out of sight. When he enters a cab he pulls down the shade, aud his lavorite seat on an elevated train is at the tail end of the last car with his back to his fellow-passengers. A VERT HARD 'WOEKER. He goes to his office very early in the morning, slides in through a private door, and remains secluded until all but his confi dential clerk have departed for the night. He is successful in an extreme degree, but he is as anxious to keep this knowledge from mankind as most men are to conceal a failure. Lamont seldom smiles. He is thinner than when he was in Washington, and his long vigils at his desk have cast a nallor over a face that was never narticnlar- jj radiant. He is destined to be a very rich man. and there in no rlonht that his fortune his grown to comfortable nroDOrtions. Thet greatest success of the ex-private secretary has been won by the introduction of the ele ment of honesty in dealing with the politi cal rulers of New York City. They have not been approached that way in a very long time and probably Lamont's success was as much dne to the novelty of his attack as to any other cause. For many years it has been the custom in New York for capitalists who wish to introduce a railroad or any other similar improvement to attempt by means of bribery and cor ruption to push their measures through. It was usually a question of price. Mr. Lamont has returned to the primeval plan of operations by offering a liberal franchise to the city in an open and honorable way. The authorities have met him half way, but they are rather dazed and baffled by the developments. THE FOLLOWING OF HILL. The following of Mr. Cleveland's antago nist, Governor Hill, Inthe city is very large and as that astute statesman has his hands full in' Albany he does not meddle at all with reform in municipal affairs. Mr. Hill's sauvity is marked; he is one of the most thoroughly contented and amiable men as far as appearances go, that I have ever seen. His visits to New York are Irequent and as a rnle they are unheralded. His taste in theatricals runs to burlesque and he visits the comic opera theaters more fre quently than those which present the heavier styleofplavs. On such an occasion the Governor sits in the very rear of a box, while his companions take the front seats. After the performance is over Mr. Hill goes to his regular rooms in the Hoffman House and receives the politicians until 12 o'clock. At that hour everybody leaves, while the Governor goes to bed and sleeps 6 hours. This is his limit. He is lean, sinewy, ambitious, and his friends swear by him. MAEEIED luU.NG AND EEPENTED. Two Sisters Who Wedded Brothers Granted DIvorcrB Together. Middletown, N. Y., April 37. At a special term of the Delaware County Su preme Court at Delhi, Justice Charles E. Parker presiding, divorces were granted for identical causes to two sisters who had simultaneously married two Brothers. The actions were brought by Carrie Mayo against Zenas Mayo, and by Louisa Mayo against George Mayo, and the grounds in each case were cruelty. The plaintiffs are the daughters of Harrison Lakin of Han cock, and are nieces of the Bev. Arad Lakin, widely known in connection with his services as an army chaplain in the War of the Rebellion, and subsequently with the New York City Five Points Mission. They are highly connected on the mother's side with the well-to-do Wheeler family of the Delaware Kiver Valley. Tbe plaintiffs, who are still young and beautiful women, when mere school girls of 14 and 15 years respectively, were married, in a moment of williul caprice, to the brothers Mayo, who were greatly their social inferiors, and, as it now appears, were otherwise unworthy. After about four years of unhappy wedded life, they simultaneously appealed to the court for release from the conjugal bonds. The court awards to each an absolute divorce, with leave to resume her maiden name and marry again, and with the full custody of her children. LXCITING SCENE AT A BUEIAL. 1 The Earth Cnvei In, Carrying a Man and a I fllonnmenl Into the Grave. Middletown, Conn., April 27. Th ere was an exciting scene in the cemetery at Cortland at the burial of Frank Hotchkiss, a young man who was killed by the acci dental falling of a factory elevator. The family aud friends had gathered around the grave and the officiating clergyman had paused in the services while the body was being lowered to its final resting place. Suddenly, as the coffin touched bottom, the earth around the grave caved in and car ried down the neavy granite base and shaft of the family monument, which fell upon and smashed the coffin. James Bobinson, one of the pallbearers, was also carried down into the grave and was nearly suffocated by the earth tbat caved in upon him. He was dug out in a badly bruised condition. While the ex citement and alarm prevailed women faint ed and the mourners uttered loud wails ot distress. The funeral services were inter rupted for an hour until the body could be transferred to another coffin and the grave cleared. IXCATATIOXS IN PALESTINE. Permission Granted by tho Turkish Govern ment to Resume Work. London, April 27. The officers of the Palestine Exploration Fund of England an nounce that alter a long delay they have at last received a firman irom tbe Sultan of Turkev which gives them permission to re sume their excavations and researches in Palestine. The Turkish Government re quested the officers of the society to furnish the name of the site at and around which they propose to be gin operations. The latter have pledged themselves to transmit to the Imperial Museum in Constantinople all objects of antiquity found in the excavations. They are permitted, however, to keep duplicates and to make copies and take squeezes of all inscriptions and reliefs and to take photo graphs of everything. The society "has entered into an arrange ment with Flinders Petrie, the well-known and successful explorer of Egvpt, to carry on its work. It will require 1,000 for the conduct of the work during the spring, and it asks all those interested to contribute. Ble Rcnl Estate Investment'. Chattanooga, April 27. Three mil lion dollars' worth of property in various towns in tbis vicinity has been sold in the past ten days, principally to New England people. New lines of underwear opened this week-, value good, in $1, $1 CO, $2 per suit, at Pfeifer's, 443 Smithfield, 100 Federal st., Allegheny. mwp Thoo Fine Men' Halts Which we sell at $10 and $12 are the great est bargain ever offered by any clothing house in the world. Call to-day and see them. 100 patterns to choose from jn men's sacks and cntaways. P. C C. C, Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the Court House. Your Blood Needs a good cleansing this spring in order to overcome the impurities which have accumu lated during the winter, or which may be heredi tary, and cause you much suffering. We con fidently recommend Hood's Sarsaparllla as the very best spring medicine. By its use the blood is purified, enriched and vitalized; that tired feeling is entirely overcome, and the whole body given strength and visor. The appetite is re stored and sharpened, tbe digestive organs are toned, and the Kidneys and liver invigorated. "I was very much run down in health, had no strength and no inclination to do anything. I have been taking Hood's Sarsaparllla and tbat tired feeling has left me; my appetite has re turned; I am like a new man." Chatjncey Latham, North Columbus, Ohio. Sarsaparllla Sold by all druggists. 1; six for 5. Prepared only by C. L HOOD fc CO., Lowell, Mass. ' 100 Doses One Dollar BLOOKER'S DUTCH COCOA. 150 CUPS FOB U. CHOICEST, PUREST, BEST. je&xxrr TRY IX Hood 8 Take It In Time. A man who presents an appearance of de bility, whose countenance Is anxious, and who Is subject to spells of faintness, Is liable to sudden death from heart disease. Let him take Br. Flint's Remedy before it is too late. Descriptive treatise with each bottle. At all druggists, or address Mack Drug Co., N. Y. Speclnl for To-Dny For men, 500 electric blue coats and Tests, bound with mohair flat braid binding and cut on the popular roll sack pattern, at $12. Tailors charge $28 to f35 for similar gar ments. P. C. O. O., Cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,- .opp. the Court House. B. dt B. Lace curtains, large lots, special importa tions, GOc to $35 a pair. Boggs & Buhl. Life size crayon $3 60. or 12 cabinets ?1 00. AufrechtEliteGallery,616Market street, Pittsburg. DIED. BALPH-On Saturday, April 28, at 1025 A. M., at her residence. No. 2 Norman street. Allegheny, Florence M. Bakph. wife of Charles A. Balph, in the 26th year of her age. Funeral Tuesdat at 2 p. M., from the family residence. No. 2 Norman street, Allegheny. BAIERBACH pril 27, LtJELLE MAY. dauehterot Mr. Frederick and Sophia Baler- bach. The funeral service will take place Inthe residence of the parents. Eleventh ward, Alle gheny, on Tuesday at 10 A. M. Friends of the family are respectfully Invited to attend. BROWN At Hoboken, Pa., on Saturday, April 28, 1890, at9 P. M., THOMAS Brown, mem ber ot Plasterers' Association No. 31, aged 61 years. Funeral on Tuesday on arrival of 3 p.m. train on West Penn Kailroad. Interment at Hilldale cemetery Friends of tbe family are respectfully invited to attend.' CAVENEY-On Saturday, April 26, 1S90, at 6 p. jr.. Mart Cavbney, inthe 37th year of her age. Funeral from her late residence. No. 9 Fort street, on Monday at 2 p. M. Services at fot. Alary's Church at 230 p. M. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. COOPER On Saturday, at 8 P.M., at the residence of her son-in-law, G. J. Gildrov, River road, Chartiers township, MARGARET C. Cooper, in the 70th year of her age. Notice of funeral hereafter. DUNN On Sunday, April 27, 1890, MBS. Mabia A. Dunn, widow of tho late W. 0. Dunn. Funeral services at her late residence. Rem ington station, p., F. W. fe C. R. R., Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Train leaves Alle gheny at 12 noon. Interment private. 2 FENESY At his residence, 323 Webster avenue, Supdav afternoon, Annl 27, 1890. at 3 o'clock, James Fenesy, in the 58th year of his age. Funeral Wednesday morning 9.30. Wheeling, Youngstown and Steubenvlllo papers please copy.l HERRON On Sabbath morning, April 27, 1890, at 850 A. m.. Russell McKee, infant son of A. C and Minnnie S. Herron. Funeral services at the residence of his grandmother, Mrs. S. A. McKee, Webster ave nue extansion, on Tuesday, 29th Inst, at 10 o'clock A. M. Interment private at a later hour. HASLEY On Sunday, April 27, at 7 o'clock A. M , Clarence F.. son of Henry and Annie Hasley, aged 28 days. Funeral takes place Monday, April 28, at 3 o'clock p. M., from his parents' residence, cor ner of Forbes and Joincaire street. Twenty second ward, Pittsburg. Interment private. KNOX Sabbath morninsr, April 27, Miss Mary A. S. Knox, in the 77th year of her age. Funeral from her late residence, 193 Wash ington avenue. Allegheny City, on Tuesday, April 29, at 2 30 o'clock P. M. Friends of tbe family are respectfully invited to attend. 2 MARSHALL On Friday, April 25, 1890, Robert Isomers Marshall, son of Robert H. and Adallne Marshall, in tbe 46th year of his age. Funeral 'Monday at 10 A. k. Interment private. McAYEAL On Sabbath morning. April 27, 1890, at 8.30 A. M., Mrs. REBECCA MCAYEAL, aged 91 years. Funeral service at berlate residence, in Tar entum on TUESDAY, April 29, 1890. Washington county. Pa., papers please copy. 2 PELLETREAU On Saturdar. April 28, 1890 George Welles, son of tbe late Wil liam S. Pelletreau, of South Hampton, Long Island. Interment private in Homewood Cemetery. RUPPLK On Saturday, April 26, 1890, at 3 p. M., Mrs. Mary D. Rupple, aged 53 years and 12 days, at her residence, 101 High street, Allegheny. Funeral services will be held at the residence of her brother-in-law. Mr. William Tlnne meyer. No. LIS James street, Allegheny, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. RITCHIE On Sunday morning, April 27, 1890, at 2.30 o'clock. Annie P. Ritchie, only daughter oftMary Ritchie, aged 18 years and 9 months. Funeral from her late residence, No. 3 Warner street, Allegheny City, on Tuesday morning, April 29, at 10 o'clock. Friends o'f the family are respectfully invited to attend. 2 STEEN-On Sanday, April 27, 1890, at 10:45 A. M , Whiston Steen, son of Robert and Kate fciteen, aged 2 years, 8 months and 14 days. Funeral from the residence. No. 225 Rebecca street, Allecheny, on TUESDAY, April 29. 1890. at 2 p. m. Friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend. 2 SINNOTT At the parents' residence. 79 Maenolia street, Allegheny, on baturday, April 2ti, 1890, at 10 30 A. M., Aisnie Kate, youngest daughter of Pierce and Jane F. Slnnott, in the 5th year of her age. Funeral MONDAY, April 23, at 250 P. M. SWEENEY At 2 A. M., Sundav( SAMUELL Sweeney, only son of Kate H. Sweeney, at the residence, No. 26 Brady street, Allegheny, aged 24 5 ears and 11 months. Funeral services Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Deceased was a member of Farragut Council No. 146, Jr. O. TJ. A M and Lincoln Commandery No. 4 U. A. M. Members of sister lodges invited to attend. TAFEL On Sunday, April 27,1890, at 1050 A. m., Kate A., wife of Edw. F. Tafel and daughter of John Bernhard, aged 34 years and 6 months. - Funeral on Tuesday, April 29, at 2 P. M, from her late residence, 167 Washington ave nue, Allegheny. Friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend. 2 ANTHONY MEYER, (Successor to Meyer, Arnold & Co., Lira.,) UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Office and residence, 1134 Penn avenue. Tele phone connection. myl0-(j9-MWFSu FLORAL EMBLEMS. ORCHIDS AND ROSES OF RARE BEAUTY. A. M. & J. B. MURDOCH, C1 A SMITHFIELD ST. Telepbono 429. no20-MWI' JOHN R. k L MURDOCH'S LAWN SEED Contains white clover, and we.gbs 20 pounds to the bnshel. 503 SMITHFIELD STREET. 'Phone 239. apl4-MWT I)EPRESENTEDN PITTSBURG IN l&CI. t; ASSET . 9jCr71,60033. Insurance Co. of North America. Losses adjusted- and paid by WILLIAM L JONES. 84 Fourth avenue. ia20-s2-D TEETH. ?4, 17 AND tlC. FULL mini. Elegant sets. Fine fillings a specialty. Vitalized air 50c. 111!, PHILLIPS. 80) Fcnn ave., mi wslt. Open Sundavs maL.es or repairs sets while you roh23-143 vQUIOK STOP THE ONLY SAFE MEDICINE THAT WILL CURE ANY HEADACHE IN 16 MINUTE& Warranted to cure. For sale at the following drugstores: S. S. Holland. Smithiled and Liberty sts. Jas Kerr, Jr.. 547 Smithfield st. Christy's Drugstore, 315 Smithfield St. Jjouis Emanuel, Second ave. and Grant. Emanuel $. Anthes, 23 Fourth ave. Jos. Firming Sc Son, 417 Market St. E. Holden & Co , 03 Federal St., A. J. A. Koch, 56 S. Twelfth St. John T. McKennan, 431 Market St. Sitler & Zelgler, 2631 Carson St. Daquesne Pharmacy, Smithfield St. D. A. Hassler, 2b01 Penn ave. mhl9-E0-MWT STORAGE. HOUSEHOLD GOODS cared for at reasonable rates. Separate and private apartments rented for any period. Furniture packing and transferring. PENNSYLVANIA STORAGE CO, 89, 40 and 41 Water at. Telephone 1626. mh7-!t"ffT 5BW AD-ERTISEMElvT. WEDDING PRESENTS: We are not boasting, bnt stating facts whan we tell you we have the nicest assortment of foods in the city suitable for WEDDING RESENTS. Come and see what we can show you in Solid Silver articles. Fine Mantel and Cabinet Ornaments, Piano and Banquet Lamps, Onyx Top Tables, Fine Brass Cabinets, Onyx Pedestals, Marble Figures, Fine Plates, Cups and Saucers, Rich Out Glassware, etc. We feel snre you will find something suited to your taste. WATTLES & SHEAFER, JEWELERS, 37 FIFTH AVENUE. f ap9-irwT I Please Take Notice. A NEW DEPARTMENT. A short time ago we opened a line of Men's White and Fancy Vests, In White P. K., Linen Duck and Fancy P. K. and Duck, in Spots, Stripes. Checks and Fancy Plaids, both single and double breasted, ac cording to tho latest mode. This week we open another large lot new patterns. Also Full Dress Vests, Plain White P. K.. Embroidered P. K.. Otto man and Moire Silk. We also call your attention (thongh it Is a little early yet) to a line of very choice things in Gentlemen's Outing and Tennis Suits, In White and Fancy Flannels and Cloths, rang ing in price from 510 to 20 per suit. Gents' New Neckwear. Embroidered Creoe and Embroidered Silk Four-in-Hands and Tecks. Windsor Ties, of India Silk.wbite and figured, at 25, 60 and 75 cents. Embroidered and Figured India Silk Do Joln villesat75c, and all the new thlujrs in White, Light and Dark Colors in Four-in-Hand and Tecks, from 50 cents to SI 50 each. Open Saturday evenings till 9 o'clock. , HORNE & WARD, 4:1 FIFTH A VENUE. ap25-D A WORD TO MEN. '"We have our entire stock of Spring Hats in, embracing the fol lowing celebrated makes, of which we have the exclusive sale in West ern Pennsylvania: Knox's world-renowned hats. A. J. White's English hats. Rob!. Heath's English hats'. Victor Jay&Co.'s English hats. Tress & Co.'s English hats. Cooksey's English hats. Also the productions of the best makers in this country. A WORD TO WOMEN. We have just received Mrs. A. J. White's and Mrs. Robert Heath's Straw Sailor Hats. Also a full line of Blazers. FURS STORED AND INSURED. We are now ready to receive Seal Garments. Insure against moth and fire for summer months; at the same time we can make necessary repairs much more reasonably than in the fall. PAULSON BROS. 441 Wood Street. apl6-68-MW7 FIFTY-CENT BOOKS 25 CENTS. NAME SERIES. NO 'Almost a Duchess, Mirage, Afterglow, Baby Rue, The Tsar's Widow. A Baubling Story. A Daughter of the Philistines, Some Women's Hearts, South-County Neighbors, Marmorne, Diane Corybal, Golden Mediocrity, My Wife aftd My Wife's Sister, And others. Fleishman &Co. PITTSBURG, PA. MILLINERY No charge for trimming. ap23 MANUFACTURERS AND .MERCHANTS INS. CO.. 417 Wood St., Pittsbnrg; Pa. capitaL. rao.ooooo Asset', January 1, 1890. 370,211 70 Directors Charles W. Batchelor, President; John W. -Cliaifani. Vice President: A. E. W. Painter, Robert Lea, M. W. Watson, John Wil son, Joseph Walton, Win. G. Park, A M. Br ers, James J. Donnel, George E. Painter, John Thompson. Win. T. Adair, Secretary; James Little, Assistant Secretary; Angut Ammon, General Agent la232-xwg HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. PROMPTNESS -rs THE- DELIVERY OF OUR ORDERS, Combined With the Best Cutting and Manufacturing Talent, To be had, shows that our facilities mark "Top Notch." Special sale for this week S0O BBAND NEW STYLES in Fancy Mixed Cassimeres, Worsteds and Coatings. SUITS to ' ORDER from $20. If von want to "get there" for choice, HTJERY UP. nfctfcubrr S13 SMITHFIELD ST., Pittsburg. ap2S-KTh DANZIGEE'S 'ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST,1 MILLINERY. The leading attractions in our Mammoth Millinery Department is our famous low prices and ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE FOR TRIMMING. This is what draws the Ladies of the two cities and surrounding towns to our elegant Millinery Rooms, now replete with all the newest shapes. We show the "East Lad," the ,fEraeiy," "Promenade," the "Cadet" and the "Breton," and many others just as merito rious. Also, all the leading shapes in Toques in Hair, Milan and all Fancy Braids, so popular this season. Also a full and complete assortment of Flowers, Wreaths and Millinery Trimmings and Ribbons, both for Millinery and Dress Trimmings. OUR SPECIALTY is Misses' and Chil dren's Hats. We show more styles than all the other houses in the two cities combined. LADIES' BLAZERS -AWD- SHIRT WAISTS. We show without doubt the largest assort ment of Ladies' Blazers in Pittsburg. Every style manufactured, every price represented:, id ouruueqnaled selection. Flannel Blazer Jackets at 51 74, in all the Combination Stripes. Imported Jersey Blazer Jackets up as high as $8, and please remember we have hundreds of styles at all prices be tween the lowest and highest. Ladies' Shirt Waists and Blouses, the coming tad for the summer. We show all advance styles as fast as they apuear in New York. Ladies should examine our line before purchasing, so they can have an idea of what they want, as no other house shows the many different styles that we do. LADIES' SHOULDER CAPES, Entirely new. Prices range from $3 49 to $18, made with yokes or without, raised shoulders, and are light, stylish and durable. Also Cloth Capes at 51 74, equal to any sold for doable the money. LADIES' WRAPPERS, Made of Calico, that others advertise as a bargain at 98c. We never asked more than 74c lor them. By this you can judge how our prices compare with others. DANZIGEE'S, Sixth St. and Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. THE DISPATCH BUSINESS OFFICE HAS BEEN REMOVED To corner Smithfield and Diamond sts. mh9-117 JgL noun um7) y NO MAN OR WOMAN, intending; to go housekeep ing, and being in need of Furniture, Carpets, Housefurnishing Goods, etc, should make a single purchase before having called at KEECH'S and seen the matchless inducements presented to purchasers at this store. A SAVING OF 25 PER CENT is posi tively guaranteed to every patron. Beside, you have the by no means insignificant advantage of making your se lections from the LARGEST, NEWEST and BEST STOCK of HOUSEHOLD GOODS shown in this city. CASH OB CIEIEIDI?!?. 923 and 925 Penn Ave., -1 -i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS k? . ., B. &B, AN EXTRAORDINARY BAR- GAIN PURCHASE On sale this week that will produce results. REGENCE, A new weave in Silks manufac tured to retail at $i 25. SALE PRICE,here and now, is 75 CENTS. Exquisite shades and superb qual ity creams, whites and evening colors included at same price. Another Special: BLACK REGENCE SILKS, $1 25 we know of none their equal at less than $1 75 to $2 a yard. NEW WOOLENS. CLAN TARTAN CHEVIOTS. ENGLISH SUITINGS. A large and comprehensive col lection at less than regular prices for medium and fine goods 65c, 75c, 85c; $1, $1 20, $2, $2 25 and $2 40 per yard that are values buyers will appreciate. We realize ' that we must make it to your in terest either in style, quality or price if we expect the preference of your patronage. Large arrival 4-4 ZEPHYR GINGHAMS, at 25 cents, in new Clan Tartan Plaids and Stripes, and other new styles and color com binations. ANDERSON'SZCELEBRATED SCOTCH ZEPHYRS And Novelties. Over 500 pieces for selection: FRENCHCHALLIS. A wonderful large assortment of the choicest and best. A special bargain lot of 40-INCH CREAM CHALLIS, with Printed Borders, imported to retail at 75 cents and $1 a yard 50 cents a yard is the price you can buy these at. 4-4 AMERICAN CHALLIES At i2j cents. Choicest printings, and more closely resemble the 50 cent French Challies than anything hitherto shown 4-4 Challies and 12J4 cents is the price. Boggs&Buhl, Allegheny. J ap28 Our incomparable new stock, se lected from tbe best manufacturers of the laud, is lavishly displayed in our pioiieiai Acknowledged by the public as the most elegant and complete em poriums of trade in this city. Recognized as the leader of drives and bargains we purpose to main tain our established reputation by presenting advantages to patrons unattainable elsewhere. We court strict examination of our styles, qualities and invariable low prices. W. M. LAIRD, SEW RETAIL STORE, 433 Wood St, WHOLESALE HOUSE 515 Wood St. 408, 403 AND 419 Market Street, Recently Enlarged, apZ7.srwTSu THE DISPATCH BUSINESS OFFICE! Has been removed to corner Smithfield and Diamond sts. mh9-117 - Near Ninth Street. " A4 Spring Shoes. tllirgrt V fPHbikirfl.fyk :' ,