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6 COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1892 to which it had do shadow of right. An armed whose flag all men have a full and perfect THE PITTSBURGH, PA POSTOFFICE. THAT LITTLE HOME IN WALES. E. E.

Evans. Lucv Hazltln. agent of tho eleventh Censua in 1890, to compile the recorded indebtedness of West The Msgnltloent Structure Described-Amis, tant l'ustuiaatr Albert J. KilwanU, and other Cambrians ounuactetl therewith. The finest Postoffice buildlnir in the world ia at Pittsburgh, Pa.

There are larger buildings, but none so beautiful, architecturally speaking, or finished so handsomely in the Interior. Tho screen and woodwork throughout are of solid mahogany elegantly and artistically carved. The beauty and convenience of the Post-office in all its features are the marvel of all Postoffice officials and others who visit that thriving and prosperous city. OWEN THE OLDEST EMPLOYEE OP THE POSTOFFICE. freedom in every lawful pursuit of wealth and happiness.

The laws of this country are very plain and easily understood, and if obeyed there would be no trouble. Tbey provide that an employer has the right to discharge an employee, and as well, that any person need Lot be employed unless he consents to it, and it also provides that all men shall be protected in such consensual contracts, and that when the terms of such contracts has been complied with, neither party has any claim on tho other. The erroneous idea that the laborer has, in addition to that ALBERT J. EDWARD3, which has been agreed upon as the price of his labor, an equity or right in the property which his labor has produced is as impractical as It is idiotic. Were such a condition of things admitted, who would draw the line of demarkation between interests thus involved? What portion of the farmer's crop would belong to labor that is paid, and that of the farmer himself, as well as that of the capital Invested? What share of the goods on the merchant's shelves would belong to the clerks down through all the various grades? What portion of money in the vaults of the bank would the hired help of the banker be entitled to? How would the intermingling complications arising from the lapsing and renewal of labor contracts be determined? If the claims of organised labor at Homestead be true, why is it not true of all these as well as in all the diversified interests in which men can be engaged in? Such claims only pertends evil, they are the machinations of anarchistic mind, and aim at the overthrow of all that is equitable and just.

It is the worst kind of oppression, It recognizes no right of law, it alms to defeat title to propperty, either by purchase or inheritance, and it ill becomes the inheritors of so noble an ancestors as the AVelsh to countenance any such sede-tlous creed. Other nationsboast of solitary champions of liberty and right, we count ours by generations from Caswallon and Caractacus to Llewelyn and Glyndwr, we are on record as a nation that loves justice, that has contend cd all through the ages that to every man belongs the right to go wherever he pleases, the right wherever he is to protection from his land and sovereign, the right of equal privileges and equal restrictions, as well as the right and security of property ond the respect for law. To applaud insurrection and treason, such as has been witnessed In and around Homestead should bring a tinge of shame to the cheek of the sons of such noble sires. The contest there has not been initiated or prosecuted in the defense of the comforts of borne or of wages. It hasbcen demonstrated by an impartial investigation, so far as the records show, and to which both parties to the case were heard, and the conclusions of which go to show that the employed were amply compensated for their work, but rather the mam point in the controversy was who should control the vast establishment, the proprietors or the employed, and failing In the unlawful posession of works, the bloody hand of the assassin stepped into the arena, and though organized labor disclaims all responsibility for its act of violence, yet it cannot be denied but that to a certain extent it applauded the deed.

Organized labor has so much to say about the oppression of capltallsts.but forgets how It usurps the right and oppresses those who are seeking employment, and are willing to accept that which organized labor rejects. Every law abiding cittzen should be as free as another to enter those works to seek employment in order to earn an honest living. Why should he be compelled to ask the consent of any organization of either capital or labor what he should do in this respect? It is a matter wholly between the proprietors of the concern and himself. Auy other interference Is uncalled for, and smacks of oppression of he meanest kind, equaled only by the usurped authority by organised labor when it seized the Homestead property, defied the power of the civil authorities, and forcibly drove the regularly constituted chief civil officer therefrom, all of which was done before the arrival of the much despised armed Plnkertons, It is very questionable would there have been such a monstrosity known in this country as an armed Pinker ton had not organized labor usurped authority Plukerton Is as much the creation of oppression on the one side as upon the other, The maudlin sentimental sympathy that has been shown to one who so disgraced the uniform of an American soldier by applauding the act of a foreign anarchist is extremely nauseating to the good sense of the American citizen who loves good discipline as well as good government, The fact that it Is done is a stigma upon the name of any organization that applauds it. An American soldier who would Incite an insurrection to sustain an act of an anarchist as well as an assassin of an American citizen who was ASSISTANT POSTMASTER.

guilty of no offense except that of trying to manage his own business is not a fit subject to share the blessings of a free government, but should be dispatched with all haste to that place of abede where arch traitors and anarchists suffer the full penalties of their sins, and sympathy is not knovin. The government of this country, whether state, municipal or national, will be forced by such action as has been witnessed at Homestead, to nphold the majesty of the law, and see that the rights of property, whether these rights belong to capital, to organized labor, or to individual labor, shall be upheld. The law abiding people of this country will be quick to observe the lesson resulting from the attitude of sueh a disturbing ele nent, and they will require more THE PITTSBURGH, than mere resolutions or evasive explanations to satisfy them that the time has not come when these disturbances resulting from secret societies or otherwise shall be suppressed, and the law of the land maintained. Labor organizations must be judged by their acts, and not by their promises as embodied in their by-laws and constitutions. Its act of oppression as affecting those who desired eployment and were not permitted exercise their lawful right, but were forcibly driven away, as well as the act of defiance and overthrow of the civil authorities were of an unlawful charactor, and it, like individuals, should be held amenable to the laws of the land.

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P.S.-8end for Souvenir. Dedicated to my old playmate Richard L. Joutti, CirUiUiilorlowa. I know where stands a cottage, Far, far accmsg the sea; I know wliure Ilea a village Yoi, both aie dosr to uiei Tlmt cottage In In rtysorth Far, faroocross the inula. I'd vivo, yes, all on tils earth To uo that cot agalu.

C'HOXUB I often, often wonder The faot 1 can't deny When on that home 1 ponder, The tours roll lu my eye. I knew a little fellow, Who loved to slug uud play: Ills volee ws sweet and uiellow, HU heart, uye, Unlit and nays His grandma oft amused blw With iimiiv pleasant tales Nor iirlef uor care abused him In that fair home in Wales. Choiu'h-I often, often wouder, I know whore run a stream, boys, It tumbles down the bill; tag night 1 had a dream, boys, I dreamed saw that rill; listened to Its ripple, Then waded through Its now Just oi I did a little O'er forty yearn ago. Chorus I often, often wonder, I love, betimes, to ramble Through fancy'! fond domain, Then, I can play and gambol 'Hound boyhood'! dayB again; My thoughts oft run to Dyserth Wherever we may roam, No place we'll llnd on this earth Like childhood'! happy home. Caoiics I often, often wonder, God bless that little cottage (od chb that little stream, A blessing on that village I oft see lu my dream; When 1 have crossed the billow, With all my faults forgiven, I'll oft peep through the willow On that sweet spot from heaven.

CHOIU78 often, often wonder The fact 1 can'tdeiiy When on that spot ponder, My thoughts melt lu a sigh. SHKNCYN SlIADKACH. "Dvserth is (to me) the prettiest village in Flintshire. Dear little village: What, meui'ries of old to hy sweet name belong? There I spent nine years free of care and pain excepting what the little "i(im frttwfynttin" gave me once In a while. This little village is noted for Its old castles, old churches.

Its mounds, "wherein, It Is said, lies tno remains ofathose who fell In the early battles of Wales, before the ime of the Koinans," The "stream" mentioned in the above song refers to the beautiful waterfall that "tumbles" down tbo hill above the pent re', and gracefully winds Its way through the middle of the same, Strangers from all parts of the world come to see It. Judging from the deep gap which II has made In those ancient rocks, it must have run down the same, "Yes, ages long ago." many a time, bad tba honor of holding an umbrella over the artist's bead on a summer's sunny day while be or she sketched it. And to use an American expression "There was money In It." Some artists paid as high us sixpence for "shading" while took the "out Iocs." I hope fortune will be kind enough to let me see that dear Bpot 8. WHO IS TO BLAME? By Tomoka. Tho readers of Columbia will undoubt edly notice that this Is not the first time the above question in relation to the Homestead troubles has been asked.

It will also be noticed that all answers or explanations given relative to the late "unpleasantness" at that place, as they appeared in Columbia, has been remarkably uniform in sentiment, as well as In sympathy with its editorials relating to the subject. However, If men were candid with themselves as well as with the readers of Columbia, and were to express their opinions based on facts, and with that manly independence and courage we have heard so much about; were men's epinlons given unbiased by fear and favor, we might get the benefit of both sides of the question, and then arrive at a just conclusion in the matter. There is too much talking and writing of freedom and equality of rights, and yet tread the trodden path of others for the mere sake of sentiment, or catering to popular clamor; for this reason they think a9 another think, act as another acts, and simply because that other bids him so to think or act. If this be liberty, or manly independence which is so loudly calico, for by somo, give us back the dark ages, for there at least we shall not see the chain that binds us to the earth. A writer has said that honor is the support of a monarchy, fear, of a despotism, and virtue, of a republic.

If this be our support, if moral excellence, that course of action or conduct by which a man fulfils, or tends to fulfil the purpose of his being, be the bond that binds us a great nation, the recent conduct of men in and around Homestead has been wholly at variance therewith, as well as a sad commentary upon th3 enlightened civilization and humane feeling that is so pathetically described by correspondents, whose chief purpose, apparently, is the cultivation of a mutual admiration society, and not a com' plete record of incidents as they occur. Anarchy is as Godless as it is inhuman, and any attempt to bolster up the cause for which organized labor has thrown down the gauntlet, by showing the least sympathy with it, is not only offensive to good citizens, but it is rank sedition, and in its wake follows all the evil incidents thereto. Such conduct is as reprehensible as treason itself. It Is as cowardly as It is unholy to incite men to do deeds of violence under cover of pretended indignities of the law of the land. There Is no excuse for any man to suffer the agonies of the lost, or the sufferings of the starved, or the humilation of the debased, which your correspondents would have us to believe to exist among the worklugmen at Homestead.

There are other climes to which they should no, and go with haste, for when men look with a feeling of shame upon the laws of the land they dwell in, It is full time for them to move on to some more congenial place of abode. They are, ccn talnly, as well off financially as when they came here, and the laws of this country, which they charge as being defective, certainly does not forbid any person to leave It who is not satisfied with It. It would display those commendable traits in their characters we read so much about, courage, manly independence, and that humane tympulby with their follow men, for then Jbey would be doing their fellow working-men a real service by not inflicting upon them a senseless, as well as profitless strike in some quarter or another every change of the moon. God abhors enforced service, I and so does this free land of America, under. II.

Morris. G. W. Phillips, J. K.

Will-, lams, W. T. Watklns, J. J. Williams.

D. N. Williams, James Deacon, Joseph Harris, F. H. Morgan, A.

S. Snow, Albert Strelner and Chris. Williams, are all faith-ful workers in the office. Among the boys who wear uniform, and belong to one of the handsomest body of letter carriers in the couutry are E. L.

Davis, J. R. Hughes, Wesel U. Jones, Aug. Morgan, Reese Price, Edward Phillips, Albert E.

Thomas, W. E. Thomas, George M. Williams, and R. M.

Chambers. THE LORD'S RETURN. By Luther Keen, Dallas, Texas. ORDER Of EVENTS AND KINDItED TllUTUS. 1.

Israel. 2. Church. Millennium, A. (1.) Ascension.

(2.) Pentecost (P). C. (1.) Descent. (2.) First Resurrection. (3.) Rapture.

(1 Return. (2.) Judgment of believers (J.B.) (3 Great Tribulation (G.T.). (4.) Satan (5.) Judgment of nations (J.N.). Second Resurrection. (1.) Judgt.

Gt. White Throne. (3.) New Heaven, New Earth. (3.) Gog and Magog. "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree." Isa 55: 13.

"The wilderness, and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." Isa 35: 1 "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb! and the leopard shall llo down with the kid; -and the tho young lion, and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed together; their young ones shall lie down together; and the Hon shall cat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole or the asp, and the -weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice den. They shall not hurt nor destroy In all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Isa 11: 6 9. "And they (the nations) shall beat their sword3 into ploughshares, and their spears Into pruning hooks.

Nation shall not lift sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Micah 4: 3, and Isa. 4. The Church reigns with Christ over this Millenial Kingdom, the position of individual bellevera being determined by faithfulness In the service of the Lord during his rejection. The question whether the saints will be visible to those living on the earth during the Millenium is often asked. When the Lord descends, we learn that every eye shall see him.

We also know that our bodies will be the same as his glorious body, hence we shall be seen. A person ruling over ten cities shall be known. This will be a period of great blessedness, and a time when the Lord and his bride will receive great glory. It will continue one thousand years. In Rev 20; 710, we read, "And when the one thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magng (G.

to gather them together to battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sta. And they went un on the breadth of the earth, and compassed tho camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God, out of heaven and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall bo tormented day and night, forever and ever." We have here a most astounding comment upon human nature. After a thousand years of universal peace and blessedness, we find that, as soon as Satan Is loosed, he gathers under Gog and Magog an army to make war on the Holy City. The flesh remains the same through all the dispensations.

In the face of all this testimony, it is not surprising that the Lord sets It aside and exhorts us to have no confidence in the flesh. This last rebellion is quelled by devouring fire from heaven. Satan is now finally cast out. Now occurs the second resurrection, "the resurrection of damnation." (2nd Res.) "And the sea gave up the dead which were In It; and death and hell delivered up the dead that were in them." Rev 20; 13. The Judgement of the Great White Throne (J.G.W.T.) now takes place.

"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And I saw the dead small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; andan-o her book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, accordiug to their works." Rev 20; 11, 12, Again, "And death and hell were cast Into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Rev 20; 14, 15. We now have the eternal state (N.H.

N.E.), "the new heaven and the new earth; for the first heaven and first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Rev 21; 1. The New Jerusalem, tho Holy City, comes down from God out of heaven, and a voice from heaven says, "Behold, the Tabernacle of God is with men. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eye; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain." Rev 21; 24. In Philadelphia, a "double event" Is not twins. It is a stew made of oysters and clams.

ern Pennsylvania. He resigned this ap pointment a few months later to accept the position of Assistant Postmaster, which was offered to him without any solicitation on his part. That Postmaster McKean made a wise choice is the general verdict of the public. When the postoffice moved Into the new building several months ago, 25,000 beautiful souvenirs were distributed to the public. The souvenir was a book entitled, "Historical Sketch of the Postal Service and General Information for the Public This work was compiled by Mr.

Edwards, and received econlums from the leading newspapers and postoffice officials in the country. Mr. Edwards is one of the most popular after-dinner speakers of the state, and is in great demand during political campaigns His reputation as a lawyer and speaker is a credit to the Cambro Americans. He is a half brother to Hon. Miles S.

Humphreys, Chief of the Bureau of Fire of Pittsburgh. Mr. Edwards was one of the charter members of St. David's Society, and was one of its early secretaries. When Hon.

John Jarrett was called as consul to Bir mingham, he was succeeded as president of the society by Mr. Edwards, who was twice reelected. He is one of the promoters and treasurer of the Cambrian Choral Union, who will represent Pittsburgh In the International Elsteldfod next week. He has been close'y Identified with all Eisteddfods given by St. David's Society, and as is well known, none of them proved a failure.

A recent number of the Pittsburgh Leader referred to Mr. Edwards as follows: Goodlooklng? You bet, he's a pearl without price, As lair as a Illy and ten times ns nice; A susceptible chap and a bachelor, too. Now. girls, here's the chance of a lifetime lor you. Who Is he? Well that we're not giving away, He's young, but he's climbed fairly high in his day; Sullice is to say that his ancestry halls From some place with a 1'ume that's jaw-breaking, in Wales, With the aid of the Welshmen he first blossomed forth, And worked tho Eisteddfods for all he was worth; Forspeiilting at blow outs ho had such a That he soon got tho solid Welsh voto at his back.

The political bosRes received him with joy, And gave him a job In tne county's employ; Aud his pull at elections being soou recognized. The industrial census he soon supervised. When the census was over be didn't get left, 'Xwuuldn't do to go back on a chap of his beit; An appointment he got with his usual luck, As left bower to a federal high muck-amuck To give him Ida due, we are bound to confess, He's "enveloped" In glory aud "stamped" with success, His "address" Is perfection, he's truer than steel, And his future Is marked with prosperity's "Beal." There is no face or name more familiar to the old time Welsh residents of the Iron City than that of Owen Evans, the oldest employee of the Postoffice. Ho was born in Merthyr Tydvll, South Wales, yn 1831. He was left an orphen at an early age, and was sent "over the ocean" in 1844 to a brother who resided in Reading, Pa.

He remained with this brother for three years, when he decided to start out for himself by going to the Industrial town of Pittsburgh, where he has remained ever since. He secured work in 'a rolling mill, but left it in April, 1861, to accept a position as letter carrier under the old "penny-post" system. He was one of the first appointments In the country under the free delivery system. After elghf years of service as a letter carrier, he worked as a letter distributor until a few years ago, when he was transfered to the paper distributing case, where his eood work is appreciated. It is needless to say that the employees of the office regard him as a sage.

He is popular with all his fellow workers, and it is never a trouble for any of them to do a good turn for "Owney." The clerk next to Mr.Evans in time of service is S. B. Williams. William J. Dav-les, formerly of 7 Wang is a familiar face at the stamp window, and has the reputation of being one of the most rapid and reliable In his line in the country.

Among other Welshmen by birth and descent who may be mentioned are Jos. U. Jones of registry division, and the indomitable T. G. Jones of the mailing division.

David D. Davies, The cost of the building alone was $1,500,000, to which may be added the cost of the ground and furnishing, making a total of $2 000,000. Contrast this with the recently finished Postoffice at Birmingham, Englar df over which there was great rejoicing because it was the finest in all Great Britain, and costing the paltry sum of 60,000. James S. McKean.

the genial postmaster at Pittsburgh, has not only gained the favor of the Welsh people of the city by the perfect system he has introduced in serving the public, but also by the large number of Welsh people employed in the office. First among these may be mentioned the efficient assistant Postmaster, Albert J. Edwardf. He Is the youngest and only remaining son POST OFFICE. of the late Rev.

nenry Edwards, who for more than thirty years was the pastor of the Welsh Baptist Church at Brady's Bend, Pa. Here it was where young Edwards was born, June 16, 1858, and spent his schoolboy days. The first work he ever did was in the rolling mill of the Brady's Bend Iron Company, but came to Pittsburgh in 1877 to clerk for Rees Owens Co. He was chief clerk in the employ of Owen Jones, the Fifth Avenue Tea Merchant, in 1882, when Collector of Internal Revenue, Frank P. Case, appointed him General Deputy Collector, which position he resigned when the Democratic party assumed control of tho office.

He then accepted a clerkship under County Commissioner Robert U. Mercer, and shorty afterward registered as a law student in the office of N. S. G. W.

Williams, with whom he is now associated in the practice of law. On account of his familiarity with Courthouse records be was appointed special.