sSSSSm ima fa .' F I 10 J&sonth rather than in the north. StilHlie north lus J ccn -worked for agrs, imd gold and silvSr are turned nut there by the iiiil- ilions of ilolLirs worth vcry year. Een ilie northtm mining regions are corupani tivelv little knovrn.'aiid ColonclJJivins, a 'well-xnown American miner -who trails val uable property in the State of Guanahauto, tells cie taat lie has ohtained a. concession , X'or a Philadelphia Syndicate to some "ondcrfully ricli but unkuotm gold tcnitorv on the western roast of the conn- tftry. The agricultural resources of Mexico arc little kno'vn and hac been as little vested as its mines sad" there is f nouj;h un tillcd land here to feed the whole United States if it were cultivated. Just now cofi'ce planting is being largely undertaken nt'd neir sugar and coffee fields arc being planted in a number of the States. Americans .know but little of the Mexico if the present. They would consider it an evidence of ignorance if a Mesican had iwer heard of the name of one of the United States but ninety-nine Americans 'out 'of one hundred cannot name, without looking at the geography, 5 of the 27 States which make up this great Republic, and the majority of them look upon the whole country as about as large as one of our jiicuium-sizca btates. ihe tact is, Mexico is one-fifth as large as the United States, in cluding Ahiska, and it is six times as big as Jfc? tfSa Kf mpW KRHtiJlfc i r 1 W . - - 3 --feywjss'-'a' su.'a -d Group of Xativcs. Great Britain. It is more than three times r.i iarce as Germany, and you could lose three countries as big as ITrancc inside of it. Across the top of it, "Where Like a Great Horn it i fastened to the United States, it is as lorn: as Indianapolis is distant from New Tor City, and a line draw.i from the root f the horn at California catacornercd across it to its tiji at Guatemala, would be as long a the distance from New York to Den er. This horn is about 150 miles wide at the bot tom or tip, and about bOi" miles, wide at its roots wh-re it joins on to us. In its curve it embraces the Gulf of Mexico, and the .icific Ocean washes its other side. It is not a sniooiu horn by any means. Great mountains lie all along its top, and this top is a vast rolling table-land, the most of which is a mile above the sea. I had imagined this great Mexican plateau which runs from the Xprth to the South throughout the entire country, to be flat. It is rolb'ng and is made up of desert wastes rich -v alleys and of mountains which ha e for the past 00 years been furnishing a crear part ot tne gold ana silver ot tlie w'lld Population r Its Cilici. Mexico is a laud of good-sized cities. Its capita!, which is awav tit the south, has more than three hundred thousand inhab itants. Guadalahara has 100,000 and there are a number of ton ns the names of which are practically unknown to us, which have .",0OO and upward. It is a land of many climate. Alorg the co.ist you have the tropics with all of their rich vegetation, their fruits and a'.sn, I learn, their tigerg and tarantula. In the higher mountain regions it is cold, but on this Mexican pla teau vou find the ideal climate of the world. This plateau constitutes the greater part of Mexico, and this may be. called the climate of Mcx-ico. Here the climate is the perfection of a pleasant. June in Ohio the j car round. The air is as pure as that which sweeps over .Egypt from the desert in win ter time, and South Italy and Greece can furnish no more beautiful skies than these. 1 am now more than a mile above the sea, .and tiiis.is theieeL not of a point on a mountain side, but a plateau upon which tlicbigcest nation of the.Continent,with the exception of linssia. could be lost. There is perpetual sunshine here, and the blue skies tirebluer than those of the United States. The air is so rare that the eye can see many miles farther than with us, and it affects the nerves as though One TVas Krcithln;rCIiampa;rne. The skies are closer to the earth here than at home, the moon shines at night with a greater brilliancy, and the diamond-like srars remind me of the luminous heavens which bans low at night ot er the Gulf of "Siam. Iluivcbeenin Singapore, almost on the equator, where the thermometer stands a: aDOUt 60 tne year round and where the air Is always saturated with moisture. Here I judge the thermometer averages about TO, and the air is as dry and exhilarating as that of the equitorial Malacca is moUt and enervating. Think of a country where the crops grow in luxuriant greenness all the year; where the rose grows imo trees and flowers bloom forever. I saw yesterday men liarvesting crops in one end of a held while other men were planting the same crops at the other. Upon parts j of this, jilatcau, straw berries are rip? during tcry week of the car, and everything seems to grow at anv time it is planted. The rule about Silao is two crops of wheat from the same ground a year, and I see that in harvesting the Wheat Is rolled Koot and All from the ground, and this air and sun form the only niannre. This part of the Mexican plateau is like a garden. There is some irrigation, bat in many places the crops grow without it, and I rode for miles yester day through lauds which were as rich as guano and as black as the rich soil that makes clad the Vallc of the Xile. The lands along the coast; are. I.am told, even richer than the ic uplands, and th5 beauti lul valley in whiclfMex'co City is located . Is one of the garden spots of the world. Mexico Citv is about 7,000 feet above the ecu My ride o" yesterday was at an alti tude of more than ii.OOO feet above the le el of the sea. Tnp valley through which wc passed was lined on both tides with mount ains, which, in the hazy distance, looked as though they hal been dusted with the frosty silver which is so abundant within tbm, and a wc rode tin thronch the "Teen I pointed to them and asked one of mv Mex ican fillow-tnne'.ers what lay beyond. He replied that on the other side of ths mount ains there were other little valleys as rich as that through which we were passing, and the grcarcr part of Central Mexico was made np of such country. Where Only the Cactus Rroirs. The Mexican plateau is not, however, by any means all green. There are vast deserts iiko those of Arizona ai.d Nevada, and in coming here through the great State of Chihuahua on the Mexican Central Railroad, 1 tra eled for two days through a blinding blaje of dust sand where the only green thing was the cactui which grows there in all its beauty and in all its ugliness. These des erts are in some places nt for grazing, and Mexicans tell me that oa them are to be the great cattle-raising grounds of the future. Vast tracts of them will be regained by ir rigation, and thousands of acre-! lia-.e al ready been reclaimed. The land, when irri gated, wakes .splendid cotton ground, and one tract produced 37,000 bales last year. A number of new companies are "mnr be ing luiuiua anu jonericans arc jargeiv in terested in them. The low lan.is vhich elope from the plateau down to the coast do not 'iced irrigation. They have an hsmer.c ramiaii during the rainy season, and vegc tat'un grows as rank as that of the jnnglss 'of India. UUo Palestino In Spring Timo. The whole of this country partakes of the Orient The moment you cross the Kio Grande you are in the lands of thexomactio East, rather than in the practical "West. The air, the sky i.nd nature are those of Palestine in spring time, and the architec ture reminds you now of Moorish Spain, and again of the mud-hnts of Egypt. The people arc among the most nicturcsqae on the globe. Uvcry :naa is a fit subject, for a painting, and tho American artist, Mr. Church, who ha Fpent seven winters in jftiryrt ah'Vh'rgv "y be fi"dc! Mcx-'co a -- i mucli more fertile field than the twcll- I worked countries of Europe. as soon as l crosseainc xuo uranuc axr at every station lusty brigand-like men with handsome dark faces shining out from great sombreros, the crowns of which' came to a point above their heads, and the brims of which seemed to be a foot wide all round. These hats were gorgeous in their silver and gold trimmings. Some of them had ropes of silver around them almost as thick as your wrist, and they formed only a part of the glittering Costumes ofThcse Mexican Unties. Die clothes below themhone with silver buttons and braid. The pantaloons of some of theincn were striped, with silver buckles, while to the waist of each, fastened by a leather belt filled with cartridges, hung a big silver-mounted revolver. At many of the stations men dressed in this manner would gallop up on horses as gorgeously ap paralled, and across the country we saw now and then troops of cavalry dashing over the fields. The costumes of the common people were fully as picturesque, and both men and women presented rare bits of color and re minded us of the dance of the nations in a spectacular extravaganza. .The lower classes of the men of Mexico dress in cotton, hut they wear blankets of all the colors of the rainbow about their shoulders; and they drape these around themsches in a way that adds diguity and grace to them. Manv of these blankets are of red flannel and if you will take a blanket of this sort and throw it around your shoulders and over vour back same morninK as ou hop ont of bed in your suow-white pajamas, you will get some idea of the Mexican peon. Your hair, however, must be as blackras the wing of the raven; yon must stain your face with walautjuiceandput on yoar head one of these corgcous sombreros in a more or less dilapidated condition. Foot of -the Modern Aztec. You must get a piece of dirty sole leather so large that your foot can stand in it and leave a half inch of space all around and tie this to t our feet with leather strips, first . ., . , . -- cracking your heels and blacking the soles of your feet until they look more rough and tough than the leather itself. After j ou have done this you w ill present a fair cari cature of the Aztee of 1891. You are now, however, oujy the Aztec at rest. The Aztec at work is a different matter, and you will see him here in as many different occupa tions as are possessed by liis brother fellow in the land of Egypt. He carries the heavy burdens of the country upon his back. He lugs aboui Mexican beer in pig skins, as the Bengalee water-carrier carries the water he has for sale, and you see him in a hundred different forms on every street, and in every one he is a new picture. The women are as strange as the men, though their plumage is less gay. Those of the wealthier classes are dressed in black, and the crowd at one of the cathedrals looks as though A Plague Had Struck the Town and all the women were in mourning. In these interior cities of Mexico the better class of women wear no hats, and their heads' arc either bare or covered with a black shawl, out of which theit olive-com-plcxioned faces shine and their dark, lus trous eves look at vou with a stranec won der. .There is no greater beautifier than black, and I believe these Mexican and Spanish women get a great part of their rep utation for beautvfrom the clothes they wear. At first sight they appear handsome, but a close examination results in the dis covery that most of them are rather homely than otherwise, and that manv are decided ly ugly. The Indian women are much prettier than their wealthier sisters. They have a strik ing beauty when under age, but after 30 they grow old rapidly, and hard work and poor lood makes them wrinkled and old at 35. They are more picturesque than the higher classes, and their dress takes you back again to the East. Show Only Half the Pace They often wear dark blue cottons and about their heads they drape a cotton shawl or reboso that only tho upper half of the face shows. Some oi" them wear bright red skirts and white waista and man of thigo bare-footed and stop not to rearrange their clothes if more of the ankVJ short s than our ideas of etiquet allow. Th children of the Aztecs arc more or les3 naked gener ally more in the back districts though even the poorest of those I have yet seen nave a short skirt to hide the "upper parts of their bodies. The clothes of all are as a rule cleanlier than those of other people in the same con dition of poverty, and the self-respect which they possessed, when under Montezuma they were the most civilized people on this continent, clings to them still, and many students of 3Iexican questions believe they are a people with a future. Eeask G. Cakpexter. BACTEEIA IN THE OATS. The Disease That Made the Pennsylvania Crop Last Tear a Failure A new disease has recently attacked the oats in this country, so that last year tho crop was largely a failure everywhere east of the Mississippi jivcr. In Pennsylvania and Xew York it was almost a total loss. "When the plants were from four to six inches High their leaves turned red and died; no head was formed and no seed de velopment usuallv. Farmers in various States have appealed to the Department of Agriculture for help, and an investigation has been made which has brought about the discovery that the complaint in this case" is caused not bv a fungus but by bacteria. The tissues of the oat leaves were found to be actually swarm ing with these minute organisms, which bored into them and ate them up. Ordi narily, where fungi is concerned, it is prac ticable to destroy them by spraying with solutions of sulphate of copper "and other mixtures, but the expense would be too great for oats. It was found that the seed produced in the infected district was cov ered with the bacteria, and it is feared that the planting of it at this season will result in bringing up a diseased crop for the pres ent year. Therefore, it has been recom mended that farmers procure all their seed oats from Michigan or other portions of the country in which the trouble has not yet appeared. It is not yet known how the remedy will work. KOPEBN ITEEPE00F BUILDINGS. If a Blaze Gets Started the Knln Is TVorso Thau in Ordinary Structures. If ew York Herald. 3 There is hardly a new hotel or business building in New York but that is advertised as fireproof, and yet a leading architect told me the other day that such a thing could not exist ' "They may be fireproof to all intents and purposes," said he, "but if inflammable ma terial be in them and it get afire, the iron girders and beams will so expand that they will let the floor above down. When one floor falls in an iron-beamed building they all go, and then the side walls fall. The ruin is usually more complete than it is in an ordinary building. We do not build these iron fireproof fronts anv more, because in case of a fire they fall forward and de molish,the building a.ros the street" Important Trade Xante Decision. Judo Thayer, of tho United States C'(rcnit Court at st. lAniis has recently handed town an opinion, and granted u perpetual injunc tion usainst the defendants iu tho caxoof Tiio Uostetter Company against tho JirUvx-rcn-ap, Keiacrt Distillinpr Co, alias "GoM. em-ins: Distilling Co.," prohibitinR tho nd verti'iiur. manuiactnnnf: or .ellliifr ot any article of etoxuach outcry, cither lu Imllc, by the gallon or otherwise, or la any way mak ing use of tho name "Jlostetter" except in connection with the salo of tho genuine hit ters, which are nlway said iu bottles se curely sealed; and n!v prohibiting tho sale of any bitters in bulk, saoiuth tho name "Ilostottcr" bo not used, but the shggcstlon made to the purchaser that ho cau put them In the empty Hostetter bottles, and purchas ers -woald not uiscoror tho difference. His decision supports the ITostcttcr Company iu the exclusive use of the name "Hostotter" in connection with either the manufacture or Rale of stomach bitters in any manner or form whatsoever, and flnnlv establishes its ownership in the name 'Hostetter'' as a 'Tmflo.K.jr.ic. THE TAKING IS HEW TURK. Bessie Bramble, in theftmly Bole of a Provincial, Tisits THE.0H.Y CITY ON TOP OF EARTH. Arnnsin' Ways of a 'People 'Who Imagine There Are No Other People. ST0HDITT AND STUPIDITY. GALOBE r WHITISH TOR TOT DISPATCH.! "Home-keeping youih have eyer.homcly wits," saith Shakespeare. It .may e for this reason that people who travel but little find the "sleepers" on the railroads uch a tax on temper, mind and body. It may be that in their country freshness, or provincial greenness, they are not up to the rush of the present age, which .requires,- for , the pur poses of locomotion, the housing for the time being of men, and women in shelves indiscriminately. The Pullmans, of course, are up to the knowledge of their maker, but they are behind as to practical comfort and modesty. Hogs are common everywhere, sad to'say, but on "a sleeper" they are more than usually abominable, when the exigencies of travel compel women to go at night and "put up" with things as they happen. Pull man, they say, has a great head, but if he cannot contrive a better plan than the pres ent he should retire on his millions. Great improvements are to be desired in the way of night travel Before the "World's l7ur comes off at Chicago some radical changes should be made, if it takes ihe best-brains in tho country. Coming Into New Tork. New York is an overpowering sort of a place. On approaching Jersey City on the Pennsylvania llailroad the people begin to rush. Overcoats, grips and traps are seized upon w ith an air which seems to slap into them the conviction that they are to be ready for a great bounce over a deep preci pice, or to take their last chance ot sur vival in a million. Before the train stops men and women are -all in the aisles, as if their final salvation depended upon jump ing off before the last snort of tWengine, or the final turn of the wheels. Heltor skelter, pell mell, off they madly rush for the ferry, hurry-ecurry on to the boat Tearing through with a dcvil-catch-the-hindmost sort of expression, thev never stop nor take breath until the prospect of cngulfmcnt with the menacing waves doth give them cause. The prospect of landing sends evervbody to the front with apparently one idea animating the entire multitude, which is to get.off that boat in the shortest possible time achievable by mankind. It would seem as if there would never be another boat, or train," or car but the first, which they are stretching every nerve to reach, and yet everybody "gets there" finally. This incessant, ever lasting rush is one of the distinctive features of New York life. It strikes the traveler at every turn. . Must Bosh or Get Left. Inthe Pittsburg 'local trains passengers are implored andf commanded "to remain seated until the train stops at the station," but a passenger who does so en "the ele vated" in New York will get "left" for a certainty. A mora hunted, harassed and heartless set of men than the train and street car conductors of New Yqrk have yet to be discovered. Where they will 'go to when they die is not known', but it innst be soul- harrowing to any human being to know that he has no time to answer a civil question, that he is too much rushed to speak plainly, that he is too full of business ,to icrk out more than a rude yes or no when asked any thing, and that the company does not pay him to be otherwise than disagreeable and domineering. Oh, these poor conductors of New York, both on the "El" and below! What driven, forlorn, tramped-dowu fel lows tney seem to Dei iiowmucn tney Up look as if they needed a good, "well-cooked meal, with plenty of time to eat it! How much they seem to require a long, home made, refreshing sleep to set them up and bring them to good terms with the going about world! On my way to the Central Park the other day, I was "conducted" bv a poor scrub of a iellow, who was as crusty, snappy and cross-grained as the law allows, and asv he "snipped" off the answers to passen gers right and left with a brevity born ot short temper, ugliness- of dis position, and general meanness, wc could not but think how his wrinkles would have been smoothed out, his smiles en couraged, and his general ."get up" bright ened and sweetened if his hours of labor were shortened, if his meals were good, and the company were not so "devilish greedy" as to his pay. Perhaps It's In 'Em. But still, after all, who knows? Some men are born ugly and hateful and mean. The wealth of a Vanderbilt would not im prove their morals pr manners. If they could "knock don," or iake extra toll on every passenger, some conductors would not beany more polite or less sulky thannt present Whether it is due to New York air, the regulations of the companies, or the total depravity theory as to mankind, I, do not pretend to say, but the manifest truth as to horse car and clevafW conductors is that 'thev are sour, .snappy, and uncivil. The rush in "which they live, and move, and have their being may account for shattered nerves, indigestion and conse quent crossness and ill-nature the fact re mains. Wier Mitchell, Dk Hammond and other experts on nervous strain would so decide, I doubt not, if they could bring their great minds down to "rapid transit" subjects. The transient traveler little heeds or cares for these minor discords or discomforts, but those interested in social science could hardly fail to note them as a factor in the study of mankind. Another corresponding class to these, I noted, were the shopgirls. They have wits so quickened and sharpened that they know outsiders at once, Every body oat of New York is a "country jake," to be maltreated accordingly. Nothing is more funny than the airs they put on. No one on the face of the earth , Can Bo More Coldly Condescending than the three-dollar-a-week girl of a New York store, when she has "sized up" her customer as from tho country, or from ihe outlying districts of heathendom say Pitts burg. She furnishes a type and no end of fun to such customer, bnt'she is serenely un conscious, and thinks it is no.us'e to "bother over such people. - While in con templation of her ways and manners, we sometimes think what a hauling over the coals she would get if "the boss" knew of her "goings on.,r We have some of this contemptuous condescension of shop girls to customers in Pittsburg, but wc are quick to acknowledge that in this respect, at least, New York "takes the cake. There really should be a school of manners for business, as well as society. Clerks should be -instructed not to "scowl," not to look as if they wished the,customer a thousand miles away; not to gauge their politeness by a "sliding scale" as to appearance. It is now the "swell thing"' to dress with exceeding simplicity and absen6e of show. Only those outside of the "Four Hundred" so to speak of any town "put" -on style." Blue blood is not advertised by fuss and feathers, and furbelows and flunkeys. Bluo blood quietly walks, and modeBtly buys, ;vhile the nobs of nobdom kick up the dust iu every direction. It is not on these last tliat the merchants make tbelr living, but upon the multitude of "small buyers. This is so well known that no clerk is so polite to the plain everydaypcople as the-'proprietor'. On this one point clerks want ranch instruc tion especially in New York, where schools of manners are so greatly needed. That editor, who would cater to a few nabobs, rather than to a million readers, would as. suredly come to grict On the principle of serviner their largest -natrons.. nronrietorW '.r1ir.",-Tcnfirf rmon io'- in'vwu'rBt -"s. thi -, . ---,.- ...., . -. .v v - PCTTSBTffiG DISPATCH prominent business qualification of politl ness and attention to alb An Experience nt Tiffany's. I anfnot aware that any great grief had fallen upon- the Tiffany establishment on the morning of my visit -or not But it is very certain that the clerks were all as solemn as undertakers, and nearly as mum as gravestones. Is this manner of men a feature of the trade? Is such stiff, staring, solcmnitv the etiquette of dealers in gold and precious stones?" How any young man can buy an engagement ring in that estab lishment without a chill over his rosy visions and glowing hopes, it is harf to see. How anyone can purchase a wedding present, a without having it impressed upon- him that this life is a vale of tears and all is vanity during the process, I cannot imagine. Those grim, tomb-stony, frigidly taciturn men all around conveyed the idea that any Eurchases of .less than 1,000 or so were ardly worth xonsideration. They look as if life were a terrific struggle, a horrid grind, with smiles at a discount, and only sorrow a verity and non-election a cer tainty. Another thing I noted in a morning's shopping was the dreadful prevalence of red tape or something of the sortt An ice-cream soda could not be secured without hunting up the cashier to get a check. Why should this work be put upon the customer with money" in band? To buy necessary hair pins lor 3 cents the circumlocution took al most half an hour. Why such a rushing people should be so slow in methods of business is something wonderful to con sider. Better Than Barnurn's Display. I took in the "passing show" at Central Park of an afternoon. This is where the New Yorkers disport themselves and dis play their tastes and points from the "four hundred" down to the, million. Barnum, in his day, was wont to pride himself on his "greatest show on earth," when you saw all the' animals for 58 cents, but Jiere in New York you can see all the turnouts and tommy noddies and "hogs" for nothing, or, at most, 10 cents car fare. It is a mighty good show, too to the student of human nature. The noodles and the nincoms are here in plenty, and they require no label to distinguish them. What amazes a "wild Westerner" from Pittsburg is the growth of flunkeydom. Two stiff flunkeys, square shouldered, ram roddy, and solemn as marble statues, are now, it would seem, the proper thing. Our grandfathers hooted and scoffed at the wearing of a livery as a mark of servitude, but democracy seems to be on the down grade in New York Pittsburgcrs should take notice that to be real out-and-out swells they must have a stunning "victo ria" or a drag, a .pair of bobtailed horses with silver mounting's and a couple of flun keys done up in livery of knee breeches, yellow-topped boots, high hats, closely buttoned coats and dazzline buttons. In their high, choking collars, their faces like cast iron, and their figures as etiff as graven images, these men sit up befre or behind, as their proprietors choose, and give token that their employers are aping the aristoc racy of Europe. A Little Off on Good took. The women who are advertised by such a stunning rig are usually homely, stupid lookine and caze out upon the foot men and foot women as if they wondered why such people were allowed to desecrate the sacred precincts of the park. They lean back luxuriously and possibly thank God they are not as the other people "air." As Schenley Park is looming up as a place for display, perhaps it may be as well to say that the custom is, so far as I can see, for an ugly fat woman or a scrawny lean one to dress herself up, in stunning style and ride forth in lonely splendor, with a dog upon the seat arrayed in ribbons to match. It a New York husband and wife are together they look silently "glum," as if thev had iust had a Mrs. Candle or pot-and- kettle-time of it. But then this sour silence may come of the flunkeys in hearing, who, though they may apparently be wax figures like those of the EdenMusee, are always sharp to hear what the master and missis are a-saying to each other. But alas the -wrinkle in the rose leaf,- the canker that preys upon these aristocratic people is the soul-harrowing sorrow of being imitated by the vulgarian people. Victorias, bob-tailed, high-stepping nags with gor geously attired footmen and 'coats of arms and all the rest of it are easily obtainable for money, and cxclusiveness cannot be secured in the park. The common herd cannot be shut out, and" they have pretty much all the fun there is in it Who TV111 Be tho Plrst, ' I wonder who in Pittsburg will first dis- Slay in Schenley Park the liveries and unkeys. By the way I should announce that when the aristocratic occupant of a car riage is in mourning the coachman and footman are arranged in dead black with a weepers band of deep affection on their hats. The dog is also decorously decorated with black ribbon and wears a sad countenance to be in keeping with the sorrow of his ow ner. After witnessing the daily circus at the park I drove down Pifth avenue in a rattlcdy bang stage, and wondered what possessed the old stagers of thq "four hun dred" to hold out against a traction or elec tric line that would ensure mnch more of quiet and rapid transit. -Is it because they are so stupid, or because 'they hold out against the comfort of the .people? More anon. ' Bessie Bramble. BAD COOKS MAKE DBUNKABD3. Insufficient and Poorly Prepared Pood Cre ates an Appetite for IJquor. New York -World. There are greater evils than those of indi gestion and ill-temper arising from bad cooking, it would seem. In a paper upon the social questions of the day and upon la bor reform, where the opinions of such men as Seth Low, Henry C. Potter, Samuel W. Dike and others are given, there occurs this paragraph : "Insufficient food more often, insuffi cient -variety of iood and ..poorly cooked food create a craving for strong drink and create intemperance. One of fhe first phys iologists in the world is authority for this." WESLCr, son of Mr. M. P. Donaldson, Talley Cavey, Pa., for over two years deaf from chronic catarrh of the throat and mid dle ear, has had his hearing fully restored and cured of the catarrh by a course of treat ment by Dr. Sadler, 804 Penn avenue. He could only hear a watch-on .pressure before treatment Salts for the Boys. Mothers, fathers and guardians should see the boys' suits we will sell at 51 90, special for Monday. They are well made, pleated or plain, and very desirable patterns; sizes 4 to 14. P. C. C. C, PIXISBTTBO COMBIKATION CLOTHiif g Compakt, corner Grant and Diamond streets. TThen Ton Buy Diamonds Go to an old-established house, where you can see first-class goods at reasonable'priccs. Special inducements offered this week in diamond rings, eardrops, lace pins and studs, at Hauch's Jewelry Store, No. 295 Mfth avenue. Established 1853. nj. Lynch, 438-440 Market Street, Will offer ladies' spring jackets, reefers, embroidered fichus, bice capes, jerseys and summer shawls at greatly reduced prices for the next 20 days. Call and see them, wssu Badges for lodges and societies at Mc Mahon Bros. & Adams'-, 63 Eourth avenue. Daubs, the well-known photographer, says Jnn6 is the best month in the year for making fine photographs. Cabeftjllt read the article, "A Word About Carpets," second page. J. H. KXmtKEIi & Bbol StnorYSTDE awnings at Brown & Co.'i, corner Grrnt fl 1 WntT street. Ttd. 1111, ' SUNDAY,, . MA.Y "31, DANGER OW THE SEA. More Bisk Walking Along the Street Than in Ocean Greyhounds. THE PASTEE THE SAFEE, TOO. - Experiments in Aerial Navigation That At tract Attention. A MACHINE FOR POLISHING SHOES rwitrrrKT ron toe dispatch. W. H. Kideing, in a recent article, ad duces facts which tend to reassure the pub lic as to the actual amount of danger in volved in crossing the" Atlantic. He states that in spite of all the perils by which the passage is menaced the steamers of the transatlantic-lines are so stanchly built and so capably, handled that a man is less likely "to meet with accidents on board one of them than he would be in walking the streets of a crowded city. Those who are the best quali fied to know, declare that increased speed means greater safety. Swift steamers are able to escape from areas of fog and storm sooner than slower vessels, and are more easily handled in thick and in heavy weather. From the rapidity with which they can be maneuvred, they can avoid collisions which would be inevitable under some conditions with slower ships; if a collision becomes in evitable their impetus enables them to cut the obstructing vessel in two with compara tively little injury to themselves. As a most comforting confirmation of his opinions as to the safety of Atlantic travel', Mr. Kideing puts forward the testimony of fered by the record of 1890. During that year there was no less exposure than usual to dangers; nearly 2,000 trips were made from New York alone to various European ports; about 200,000 cabin passengers were carried to and fro, in addition to nearly'372, 000 immigrants who were landed at Castle Garden. Not a single accident was re ported. Experiments In Artificial Flight The latest experiments of Hiram J. Max im in aerial navigation have given .results which are attracting serious attention. A large machine is being constructed of silk and steel, with a plane 110 feet by 40 feet, with two wooden screws 18 feet in diameter, very much like the screws of ocean steamers, only with broader blades. A petroleum condensing engine will furnish the power, In his previous experiments, Mr. Maxim found that one-horse power would carry 133 pounds 75 miles an hour. It was also proven that the screw would lift 40 times as much on the propelled plane as it could push. A motor has been built weighing 1,800 pounds, which pushes 1,000 pounds, and will consequently lift 40,000 pounds. As the estimated weight ot engines, gener ator, condenser, water supply (two gafions), petroleum (40 pounds pcrnour), and two men is about 5,000, the indefatigable in ventor is very confident of ultimate suc cess. Pacts About Truck Farming. For the first time the industry known as truck farming has been made the subject of census investigation. It is found that up wards of 5100,000,000 are now invested in this industry, which involves the utilization of over 500,000 acres. Its annual products amount to 576,517,155, requiring the services of 230,893 persons, aided by 75,806 horses and mules, and $8,971,206 worth of farm im plements and machinery. The income of this comparatively new traffic, after paying at 552,000,000. Trucffarming differs from I F YOU ARE WISE, YOU'LL BE IN IT! CASH OR CREDIT. Has been kept busy during the past week by the throng of eager buyers who have taken advantage of thq Big Reduction Sale of BABY COACHES and REFRIGERATORS. The stock has been replenished and you can select from the biggest and best assortment that has ever been shown in this city. Keech's prices are reasonable in every department You can always be Certain that you are getting the best and at the lowest prices, be it for Cash or Credit "VJWH save 25 Per cent ani be satisfied if you buy of Keech. BABY COACHES! Unsurpassed bargains in this department The finest line ever shown and at factory prices. More styles and better than shown by all the other dealers in the two cities. Handsomely upholstered in Satin, Silk, Iamask and Plush, with rubber-tired wheels or with out The prices are as comprehensive as the stock. , From $3 50 to $30. Send for catalogue. Our .extraordinary bargain sale of Body Brussels Carpet during the past two weeks has been appreciated by hundreds of patrons who took advantage of it Not every day can you buy $- 35 PER YARD CARPET AT $1, $1 10, $1 15. We still have a few pieces left-r-come soon if you wish to save money. i Bedroom Suites, $16 75. Parlor Suites, $30. Positive Bargains in all Departments, Stoves, Ranges, Kitchen Utensils, Mattresses, Queensware, Ladies' CASH OR CREDIT- MAMMOTH HOUSEFURNISHING STORES, 923, 925, 927 Penn Ave., Near Ninth St oiFiBiisr s-a.ttt:r:d.a."2"s tix,Ii 10 i- im:. 1891 market gardening in that the latter belongs to small holdings within easy driving dis tance of cities and towns, while truck farm ing is the production of green vegetables on tracts remote from market, the truck farmer being dependent on water and rail trans portation for the delivery, and on commis sion men for tho sale of his products. A very considerable portion of tho truck products consumed in our great cities is grown from 600 to. 1,000 milt away. In a consideration of the various districts whence theso supplies arc derived, one is struck Dy the fact that the centers, of truek farming are moving southward and westward. Scientific Value of Phosphate Becords. Tho phosphate deposits of this country, in addition to their immense commercial value, form a wonderfully rich field for the investi gations of tho scientist. Their formation undoubtedly extended through many ag03. Fossils from the ago of reptiles to the age of man are found embedded within them, and the history of the intervening periods aro written in thoir strata as in a book. The great bulk of theso deposits woro formed of the excrement of prehistoric animals, and larpe quantities of the remains of the ani mals themselve'i are constantly brought up by tho miners. The greater number of theo animals belong to species now extinct. Ite mains of land animals of every kind, from the great mastodon to the diminutive bones of prehistoric man are found in abundance. A 30-foot shark of tho present time has a tooth half an inch long, but in these deposits thousands upon thousands of sharks' teeth are found which aro over six inches in length, and with a length of body in propor tion. Boot and Shoe Polishing Machine. A machine has been patented for use in the ofllcc or tho home, which will enable tho matutinal "shine"' to be achieved under now conditions of case and economy. Tho ma chine is so constructed that tho operator can seat himself in front of it, place his feet on tho rests each side of a rotary roller, brush the inner sides at tho same time, and by alternating tho feet from one rest to tho otber, enable tho whole surface of tho shoo to bo effectively polished. Underneath tho brnsh Is a dopressiblo foot plate set on springs to afford easy position for finishing tho top of tne shoe. A belt from a driving wheel engages with a V-grooved wheel on the shaft of the brnsh and drives it at a multiplied speed. The shoes are cleaned of dust or dried mud very quickly and the blacking is applied in the usual manner by a daubing brush, after which the polishing process is quickly completed. TJio Up In Dental Operations. A late invention in dental practice is a device for protecting the lower lip of the pa tient while operating. It consists of a suit ably shaped strip of German silver plate, bent to form, when placed in position, an in verted letter L. A soft rubber pad is held within the bentportion, which is detachable, and Is intended to rest upon tho teeth to render the device more comfortable and se cure. A loop of braid is attached to the loner end, by which the patienf can hold the appliance firmly in place. Though designed mainly to protect the patient's lip, this de vice also protects the fingers of tho dentist from the cutting edges of the lower teeth, assists in keeping tho mouth open, and, pos sibly, partially distracts the mind of the pa tient from the operation. Connecting a Steamer by Telephone. A system has been devised by means of which a ship'haviug a telephone installation on board, can be placed in connection with tho central exchange whenever it comes into port. A telephone is placed in the captain's office, and the wire connecting with it is at tached ton flexible cord, fitted with a con ductor nt the side of the boat. The wire leading from the exchange is brought down to a corresponding position on the dock and is also fitted with a conductor. When the ship comes into port, all that is necessary is to make the connection, which is simply done, and the purser can at once communi cate with any of the business houses of the town. Clond Photography. . A great deal of .remarkable data, which is of immense valuo in the preparation of weather forecasts, has lately been compiled from an investigation of cloud photographs. The range of observations extended from clonds floating less than ono and a half miles high in air moving at seven miles an hour, to nine miles above the ground in gales blowing 65 miles an hour, while the surface wind was only a gentle breeze of five miles an hour. KEECH . Wraps, Men's Spring Clothing, at K EECH'S NETT ADVEKTISE3IENTS. MISFIT PARLORS, csxe SrnitMeld St. i mmm That Does a Good Business SURELY MUST HAVE WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT! The fine Merchant Tailor Made Clothing sold by the Mil Hi 516 SMITHFIELD STREET, Is attracting thousands of clothing buyers, not alone from onr'own city, but within a radius of a hundred miles of Pittsburg. LO'W IE'IRICIEjS on fine merchant tailors' misfits anduncalled for garments is what's doing the business for us. Suits that originally cost $2$ we sell for 12. Suits thatoriginally'cost $3$ we sell for $iS. Suits that originally cost 45 we sell for $22. Suits that originally cost $60 we sell for $30. Suits that originally cost S70 we sell for $3S- Garments received daily from some of the finest merchant tailors throughout the United States. 29 Choice Light-Colored Sack Suits . Received Yes terday, on Sale To-Morrow. IttttiU m WAA W'"A i. ;, f i ftA WfUl Itr. -fl7. T, i, . ' 'A 4 'Jf. 7 -f REFRIGERATORS ! In Ice Chests and Refrigerators Keech shows over 50 different styles, and you cannot fail of being sat isfied. The number of sales during the past week is proof of the quality and excellence of the stock. You can be furnished with any size, and style finish, poplar, walnut ak, etc. Special inducements tp buyers this week. Keech wants to reduce stock. From $5 50 to $50. 'Send for catalogue. - MISFIT ; PARLORS, csie SmithfieldSt. D Pantaloons for 3 that were made for $6. Pantaloons for 4' that were made for $8 Pantaloons for 5 that were made for gio. Pantaloons for $6 that were made for $12. Pantaloons for $8 that were made for $16. All Alterations to Improve a Fit Done Free Of fcharge. my31 p nnQ CASH OR rytnpTBww CREDIT. s CASH OR CREDITv .n tf. As. i -"4 4. :iW&&rs.. &-9&:-lA&jJLi&s f A----.'- -k &':' ' v'lS IHi
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