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DISPATCH, SUNDAT,' JANTJAItY' 6, 1889,
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NOW DON'T GET MAD.
Eer. George Hodges Gives Some Ad
Tice to Ill-Tempered People.
GOOD MEN SOMETIMES GET ANCLRY.
Good Temper, Good Nature and
Humor Tastlr Different
Good
THE JOIS OP A CANTANKEROUS POOL
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E that is slow to anger
is better than the
mighty; and he that
rulcth his spirit, than
he that taketh a city."
This JS a proverb
about temper. Temper
is a certain condition
of metal and of mind.
If a link of steel has a
(Jl good temper, it is
rood for something. II
a man has a cood temper he is good for
something. Bill bad temper spoils steeland
spoils men.
There is a clear distinction between good
temper, and good nature, and good humor.
Good-natured people are born so. That
is their nat ire. They have inherited an en
viable hab t of having a pleasant face, and
of always joking upon the bright side of
things. They are commonly careless about
the little worries of life, easy-going, finding
it much easier to say "yes" than "no," and
not apt to be disturbed over evils which
thev cannot readily mend. They are not
always the best class of citizens; they repre
sent rather the inertia than the push and
progress of society; they are not commonly
of the stuff which makes leaders, or reform
ers, or saints, or martyrs.
Good-humored people, on the other hand,
are aereeable only -hcn they are in a good
humor. Agood-humored person is a pleas
ant companion so long as his digestion is
good, so long as nothing is the matter with
him. He may be, at times, a very bad
humored person, indeed.
But good temper means a state of mind
which is more attainable, and much more
.desirable also, than good nature Tou may
be good-natured whether you were born
good natured or not. It means a state of
mind and heart which goes Jar deeper and
is far more permanent than good humor. It
does not, like good humor, depend on cir
cumstances. To be cood-tempered is to be
cheeriul, helpful, strong, hopeftil, serene,
at peace, and to be relied upon, under all
conditions, and in all circumstances.
60ME DISTIXCTIOSS.
This distinction between rood temper on
the one hand, and good nature and good
humor on the other, comes out more clearly
when we consider their relation to that su
preme form of self-restraint, which we call
peace. We think at once of ba'd temper as
a breach of peace. But peace is of two
sorts, looks two ways up and down is of
earth or of heaven. So our Lord says: "My
peace I give unto you" "ily" peace, the
heavenly, the eternal, the perfect peace
which is his lot whose mind is stayed on
God: not the world's peace "not as he
world giveth, give I unto you." "What is
the world's peace, which is'but transitory?
"What is it to be at peace, as the world gives
peace? "Why, it is simply to be good-natured
and good-humored.
"We are all at peace when everything is
;well with us. Some . of my older readers
remember the "Essays of a Country Par
son." and among them one "Concerning the
Advantages of Being a Cantankerous
Fool." The chief advantage, as I remem
ber it, was that the cantankerous fool gets
the best of everything. People know that
the only way to get along with him without
a very unpleasant succession of rows is to
give him the easiest chair, and the best
place at the table, and the very choicest and
most desirable this, that and the other. But
even a cantankerous fool may be in a condi
tion of serenity in his possession of the soft
est chair; he may be at peace. Give us
strength, and a good hope, and kind and
helpful friends, and no debts, and nothing
to worry us; give us summer, and vacation,
and a clear sun, with a tree over us, and
soit grass beneath us, and we have peace,
one Kina 01 peace.
DITIKE TEACE.
But vex us with distractions, grieve us
with disapDointment, burden us with labor
and responsibility, sting us with pain,
weary us with sickness, let the future be un
certain and the sky overcast, let us taste tl ;
bitterness of sorrow, fill us with longinb
after unrealized ideals, take away our
money, make our friends to pass us with
averted faces and if we are at peace then,
we may know that it is the divine peace,
which is the fruit of faith, and the blessing
of God, which departeth not away, which
passeth all understanding. AVe may know
then that we are good-tempered, perhaps it
would be better to say well-tempered. We
are like a link of perfect steel. Wccan
stand the test
Good temper, however, does not for
bid anger. We must not think that.
Archdeacon Farrar well remarks in the De
cember Forum that Count Tolstoi's ideal of
the man who never gets angry, even when
he has a "cause," is a low and undesirable
ideal. Such a man is but a tame and weak
character. Tolstoi reads scripture with a
literalness which sometimes takes the heart
out of its meaning. Christ, we are Terpressly
told, was angry. He was the ideal man in
His possession of a righteous indignation.
"Be ye angry," St. Paul says, adding "and
sin not" There is the point precisely. The
man of sound temper knows how to get
angry, but he also knows when to getangry,
and at what, and how far. 2t otice the anger
of a man, and you have a measure of him;
anger is a test 01 cnaracier.
The word "test" brings me to the first of
three suggestions which I desire to make,
locking toward a bettering of temper.
When you are tempted to lose temper, it
is well to remember that you are at that
moment being tested. If you want to find
the temper of a sfeel spring, you put a
weight upon it. If the spring sinks down,
folds together, has no spring in it, cannot
hold the weight, or if the spring breaks off
with a snap, you know pretty well what
sort of temper, what lack of good temper, it
THE MERCHANT'S AID.
Some Interesting Facts Begarding
tho Inside Workings of
A PECULIAR MODERN INSTITUTION.
How Data of Value to Business lien is
Collected and Published
BI VARIOUS MERCANTILE AGENCIES
comes a test, Ko w, let us see what you will
do. Now is our opportunity to know just
what sort of person, just what kind of
Christian you are.
I make a second suggestion. When you
are on the point of losing temper, remember
that a loss of temper means a loss of influ
ence. TEMFEK AS A BEVELATIOIT.
Temper is a revelation of a man. Temper
is the most visible part of character, and
character is the most visible part of religion.
Now, whether he wishes it or not, or even
knows it or not, every Christian stands in
the sight of those who are yet outside the
church, as a representative of the Christian
religion. Men look to you, if you are a
Christian, to see what sort of a religion it is.
What tht-v see most rjlainlv is vonr ttmwr.
They know very readily whether you arc
patient, forbearing, charitable, kind, gentle,
well-tempered, or gruff, surly, fault-finding,
unjust and without consideration. They'
know what kind of temper you have, and
they judge you, and they judge the church
as represented by you, accordingly.
Men are in danger of losing temper in
their business. Now, however great may be
the need of reproof, there is never anything
gained by losing temper. No man" in an
ill temper ever persuaded anybody, ever re
formed anybody, ever goUany piece of work
done in a really better way. But that is not
the worst of it. Tou represent, you Chris
tians, the Christian religion. You may be
a very good or a Tery poor representative of
it, you represent it all the same. Now, yoM
good influence and your good temper go to
gether. Lose your temper and you lose
both. But keep your temper, refrain from
wrath, rule your spirit, and "you have
preached a better sermon on the reality,
and the divinity, and the helpfulness of tbe
Christian religion than will be preached
this day in any pulpit of all Christendom.
Women are tempted to lose temper at
home with their servants and their children.
The responsibility of Christian women for
their servants is one of the neglected duties
of modern life. The influence of the mis
tress over the maid is an often fortrottcn
avenue of good, according as your servants
see in vou the example of a Christian
woman. And the most risible part of char
acter, as I said, is temper.
HOLDING CHILDREN'S TEMPERS.
Then consider your immeasurable respon
sibility for your children. They are at the
formative age. Every day, whether con
sciously or not, you are molding them. Tho
difference of a few years makes all the dif
ference between molding molten iron and
filing a cold cast. By the time they are a
dozen years old you have practically settled
what sort of men and women they will be.
You desire, above all things, to influence
them for good. Every mother desires that.
But here again, good influence and good
temper go together.
Fretful and complaining mothers, kwho
are forever finding fault; loud-voiced, scold
ing mothers, who keep up a perpetual din
of empty threats, varied with angryandunjust
punishment; mothers who visit " their own
ill humor on their little ones, being too lax information which shall enablt them tc
when they are in a good humor, and wholly cide how far, if at all, these remote and
juu&iug iu mercy or consiaeration wnen
they have a headache or are tired; mothers
who have no judgment; mothers who have
no self-control; mothers who are not them
selves well-tempered lose more than they
know. Nobody in this world is so respon
sible for influences as a mother. Nobody
else can do so much for good or for evil.
Nobody needs to be more careful of every
act, and word, and look. There is no greater
need in the church or in the State to-day
than the need for well-tempered mothers.
A third suggestion looking toward the
bettering of temper is this: When you are
in peril of losing your temper, see if you
have not fallen into the "fallacy of a false
perspective." You are, very likelv, de
luded by that grievous and pernicious
obliquity of mental vision by which small
things look big and big things are invisible
frorn their very bigness. You are looking
at life through a microscope. Grains of
sand seem granite "boulders; threads of silk
loom up like the great wall of China.
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THE ilEASUEE OP A. MAS".
To him who sees life with clear eyes, the
most important thing in it is character.
To please God is the highest ideal of
human duty. The "things which are seen,"
the matters with which our dailr live
nre busy, are but transitory, while only
the unseen things, the spirit with which we
go about our daily tasks, the earnestness,
the honesty and helpfulness which we put
into them, the temper with which we per
form them only these are eternal. If we
could fill our hearts with these thoughts, if
we could see life as it is, we would have less
temptation to lose temper. We would care
less about the things which now vex us, and
we would care, beyond all value, for the
possession of a good temper. The point is
that you cannot afford to lose your temper.
Youmaylose your money, or the good
opinion of your neighbor, or your own
pleasure, or your own wish, or your own
way, and it will make no difference in a
little while. These concern having and
doing, not being. But when you lose vour
temper you lose a part of yourself. "You
weaken and. debase your character. You
are less of a man, you are less of a true
woman, than you were before. You hurt
your own soul, and that does make a
difference.
There is a society in this country which is
devoted to a defense of Amrln-Sn-rnr,
weights andmeasures. They have a maga
zine in which they write curious, and to
the uninitiated most uninteresting artioles
whose point is to show that the metric sys
tem is unscripturaljheterodox, atheistic and
everything bad. I wish that all Christians
could realize that they belong to another
society, organized for the defense of still an
other method of weighing and measurine
whose standard is spiritual and heavenly!
Measure life by the divine and only true
measurement, weigh the prizes of life in the
celestial scales, and we will find tw Hio
real value of most of the things for which
we lose our temper is astonishingly small
bnt that character and a good temper are be
yond measure and beyond price.
Geobge Hodges.
rwarrxES ron the dispatch.
EECANTILE agencies,
which make a business
of supplying their sub
scribers with informa
tion regarding the
financial standing of
people engaged in trade
in all parts of the
'country, are peculiar
modern institutions. The first in this
country was established in 1841, by Lewis
Tappan,- whose brother, Arthur Tappan,
was the A.T. Stewart of his day. The house
of Tappan & Co. failed during the panic of
1837. and Lewis conceived the idea of
utilizing the information gathered during
his long connection with the establishment
by making it generally serviceable to
merchants all over the country. By adding
to the data already in his possession and
establishing a system of correspondence
to keep him posted regarding the changes
constantly occurring in the mercantile
world, Mr. Tappan thought the commercial
agency might be made highly useful to
every person doing a credit business any
where in the land. The Tappans, by the
way, were early and prominent abolition
ists, as well as men of profound business
sagacity. The success of Lewis Tappan's
agency project has probably been -greater
than its founder ever dreamed possible.
A FAB-EEACniXG SYSTEM.
To-day there is not a merchant or business
man in any city, town, village, or even
obscure crossroads hamlet, anywhere in tho
United States or Canada, whose name and
financial rating does not appear upon tho
reports supplied by the agency to its sub
scribers. The value of these reference
books can scarcely be overestimated. Many
manufacturing and mercantile firms have
customers in every State and Territory in
the Union. Of course it is impossible for
the heads of the firms or even their confi
dential agents to know al these customers
personally, and necessarily they depend
more or less upon the mercantile agency for
information which shall enablt them to de-
un
known buyers shall be trusted. Individual
investigation is carried on, of course; but it
cannot go very lar or De very complete, Xhe
TRI-SIATE NEWS.
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TESTS OF TEMME.
All the worries and peace-destroying
things of life are weights which ttest us.
We are accustomed to sav; in words which
apply exactly, they "try our temper," that
is they try or test us that it may be seen of
just what temper, disposition, character we
are. Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical
papers, the result of years of labor, lie upon
liis study table. There is the best part of
his life. Upon the table is a lighted candle.
in tneroom is jxewton s little dog, "Dia
mond." Up jumps the dog upon the table,
over goes the candle upon the pile of paper,
and presently nothing remains but a heap
' black ashes. Then Newton comes in.
Now we shall see what sort of man Newton
is. Do you remember what he did? He
dt down and took the dog upon his knee,
and said: "Ah, Diamond, Diamond! you
little know the mischief you have donel"
He stood the test.
Great or little, the troubles of life test us.
The manifold worries, anxieties, annoy
ances, distractions of domestic work try the
tempers of women; the competition of
traffic, the incompetence of employes, the
unfairness of rivals, theupsand downs of
the market, the crowd, the heat, tho haste,
the pushing, and scrambling, and pulling
back, and rushing ahead of the race course,
which has a golden goal, test the characters
of men. Lile at home tests us. Life in so
ciety tests us. A long sickness is a test; so
s a headache. To have someone preferred
before you is a test. Children try the tern
ers of thiir parents. Let your neighbor
. neglect or slight you, or offend you there
A New German Decoration.
Pall Mall Gazette.
By the German Emperor's special com
mand all the royal princes who entered the
army during the reign of William L, and
all.the old Emperor's adjutants and aide-decamps,
will henceforth wear, in memory of
William L, a new and specially created
order, both with their uniform and with
their ordinary dress. The order is of the
size of a German 5-mark piece, and is in
scribed with the name' of William L, round
which a laurel wreath is wound. For Will
iam II., the princes and the adjutant gen
eral, the order is of gold, the rest of the
wearers of silver.
Puzzled.
Detroit Free Press.
Woman (looking at a house to rent) I
don't fancy these windows on this side. The
people in the next house can look in here
and fcee everything that's going on.
Landlord If you want the house.maclame,
I will have the.windows boarded up.
"How on earth could I see into their win
dows, then ?"
Particular About the Color.
America.
Mrs. Jefferson Jackson Leave me see
your gloves, sah; I want some flesh-colored
gloves.
Clerk How will these suit?
Mrs. Jackson No, indeed; I mean black
flesh-colored. I can't wear dem white
gloves, dey discolah the skin so.
A uTnttcr of Location.
Epoch.
Husband (at an evening entertainment)
My dear, what a charming manner young
Mrs. De Courcy has. I admire temper and
spirit in a woman.
Wife Haven't I temper and spirjt, John?
Husband Yes, but I mean when they are
possessed by other men's wives.
EORTT-EIOHT-iucrr cream French dress
flannels reduced from 51 25 to 80c tr yard,
aiwrsu . Hcaus & Hacks.
books ot the various agencies are generally
regarded as reliable and accurate to such a
degree that a man doing business in San
Francisco would not hesitate to trust an
Eastport, Me., customer whose rating upon
the books appeared satisfactory.
I had an interesting talk the other day
with Mr. A. B. Wigley, manager of Dun &
Co.'s Pittsburg office, who explained the
systematic method by which the informa
tion contained in the big reports issued by
the agency every six months is obtained
and arranged. And the published reports,
it should be noted, represent but a small
portion of the work done by a mercantile.
agency, bam JUr. wigley:
now Esror.iiATiojr is obtained.
"This reference book contains the names
of over 1,000,000 firms and individuals en
gaged in trade in the United States and
Canada. The last volume issued con
tains a record of over 383,000 changes
which have occurred since the pre
ceding one was issxied. Some ratings are
changed; some firms have gone out of busi
ngs, ucw uues vuuuug ju, mere nave also
been changes in the styles of long-established
firms; all these things must be shown
in the book. The merchant, by turning to
the page containing the list of business men
in any given town in the country, can see
what line of business is followed by the
firm he is looking np and what the commer
cial standing of that firm is reported to be.
Al, as everybody knows, means perfectly
good, and the other letters and figures set
after the various names, have each a signi
fication which is explained in a key in the
front part of the book. But how is the in
formation thus placed before subscribers
I obtained? I will endeavor to explain.
COEBESrOJTDENTS' DUTIES.
"We have a correspondent in every im
portant town and village. The Pittsburg
office has charge of all the territory within
a radius of about 100 miles from this citv.
Each correspondent is instructed to keep us
informed ot all changes occurring in his
town, and perhaps one or two small country
crossroad settlements near by. He must ad
viseusof aohange as soon as it occurs; if
the change is important and likely to inter
est many persons, he must notifyus by tel
egraph," In any event he must report on
the standing and business of all firms in his
district at least once in six months. Beside
our local reporters we have traveling cor
respondents who must visit each town at
least twice a year and verify the reports of
the local men, and make investigations to
see if their reports are accurate and the
ratings just. When a reporter is asked to
look up a firm he is given a blank to 11 out,
in which information is requested on the
following topics:
Correct stylo of Arm; individual names of
members; place "of business; description of
business: former occupation and where: &pr:
married or sincle; character; habits; capacity;
length of time in business; succeeded whom
and when; real estate, if any, and its value; of
what does it consist; what mortgages, judg
ments, etc; capital invested In business; total
m rtb. over all debts; property out of business,
other than real estate: prospects good, fair or
poor; credit good, lair or poor; any borrowed
capital; how much and from whom.
INDITIDUAIi BUSINESS HISTORIES.
The answers to these questions, when re
ceived, are written out on the typewriter,
several copies of the report being made to
be forwarded to the different offices. One
slip is then pasted in a book which is alpha
betically arranged, and these books are kept
filed away in the office. As additional in
formation regarding the same party is re
ceived it is pasted on the same page, and
thus we have a complete history of every
man in our district from the time he began
business up to date. If any special infor
mation ib asked by a subscriber regarding
the firm of J. Jones & Co., we make it a
point to furnish it, Wje also make note ot
the fact, and the next time a change occurs
in the affairs of Jones & Co. we notify A,
B, C and all other subscribers who ever in
quired regarding this firm, what the change
is, as possibly they may still be interested
in Jones.
"In preparing copy for the printers of the
referencebook we make use of a different
colored ink for each month, all chann-ea
noted in January being written in black
ink, those in February in blue ink and so
on, so that an examination of the corrected
sheets will show exactly when the change
occurred. Besides the reference book, a
shippers guide is issued to subscribers,
which gives information regarding every
village and hamlet in the country; the rail
road station which is nearest; over what
lines freight must be shipped; whether the
place has a telegraph office, and other points
of especial interest and value to shippers.
Even our subscribers can have but a faint
idea of the trouble and expense incurred by
the agency in furnishing them the informa
tion which is to them so convenient and
valuable." Baet.
Condensed Special DUpatchel From Sur
rounding Communities Tributary to
Pittsburg.
The officers of the McKeesport Turnvereln
will be installed this afternoon.
The officers of Post 69, G. A. R, of McKees
port, were Installed last evening.
A Pittsburg detective is in McKeesport
looking for oleomargarine sellers.
The Beaver County Poor Board will meet to
morrow and elect officers and employes.
The Jr. O. TJ. A. M.. of Mineral Point, has
presented the public school with a national
flag.
Hog cholera has broken out In tha 'vicinity
of Waterford and a large number of a:
nave aiea.
The Cleveland and Pittsbure Railroad
piny mil erect a handsome depot at West
Bridgewater.
Sevkit-teae-old John Lowe, of Doylestown,
O., had both legs cut off by a train yesterday,
and will die.
Mes. James Ewtng, of "WeUsville, has re
ceived a White Cap notice ordering her to
leave the town.
John- Wilson's hcrdic lino stables at Akron
were burned on Friday night. Tho loss is
512,600; insurance, $11,000.
A charter has been granted to the Johns,
town Welsbach Incandescent Gaslight Com
pany, with a capital of 520,000.
P. DiNEHAKT.of Michigan, visiting at Green
ville, jumped oil a moving train near Big Run
yesterday and fractured his skull and died.
Charles Ackemian, 9 years old, was fatal
ly crushed between freight cars at Wooster
yesterday, while gathering coal on the traclc
Rev. T. F. Sjiith, of tho Third M. E. Church
McKeesport, will preach to-day to tho Sr. and
Jr. O. U. A, M. and the Daughters of Liberty.
Conehaugh's Councils has granted the
right of way through the borough to the Cen
tral District Printing and Telegraph Company.
Geokoe R. Di-keman's flouring mill, at
Shippensburc, was destroved by fire yesterday
morning. The loss is JS.OOi), with no insurance.
Burglars at Sharon robbed the house of
William Lamphcar of SJUO, and Harry Graham,
a guest at a hotel, lost his watch and some
money.
Carter Scott, colored, of Charleston, W.
Va., was acquitted yesterday of illegal voting,
and will now sue the prosecutor for 25,000
damages.
The citizens of Erie are in trouble over the
refusal of Councils to increase tho firemen's
salaries. The latter are resigning and fire-bugs
are at work.
Thomas Porter, of New Cumbprland, and
Banker Uooney of Steubenvillo, have leased
several hundred acres near WelUville, and will
arm ior on.
Wore has been commenced by 300 men at
theWilliamsportendof the Binghampton and
Williamsport Railroad. The work is being
pushed rapidly.
Squire Schrom, of Beaver county, while
riding yesterday, received a severe flesh wound
from a bullet from a rifle in tho hands of a
careless marksman.
Representatives of tho ten glass firms at
Findlay left for Washington, yesterday, to at
tend the National Convention of Glass Men,
which meets on Tuesday.
DAU Capel, of Newark, has sued the Pan
handle Railroad tor 510,000'damages for being
put off a tram which did not'stop at the station
lorwhich he bought a ticket.
John S. Bowers, of Lancaster, was arrested
in Altoona ygtterday on a charge of having
one wife in York and another in Lancaster.
Bowers was preparing to marry an Altoona
girl.
Spruce Merrits, a young man of HolUdays-
.burg, cut his throat from car to ear this morn-
ins, and nearly severed his head from his body.
His mother discovered him lying in a pool of
blood.
The Western Reserve Funeral Directors
Association met at Akron and appointed a
committee to prepare a plan of organization,
to be presonted to the next meeting in Canton
on February 2a
As excitement was created in Glasgow, Pa.,
yesterday by the allegation of a detective, who
is working on tho mysterious death of Ada
Flynn, that tho body bad been stolen from the
grave, .investigation proved tne story laise.
Efforts are being made to secure the par
don of John Fletcher, sentenced to the peni
tentiary for ono year, from Wooster, for steal
ing a watch. Fletcher pleaded guilty to grand
larceny wheh ho was only indicted for petit
larceny.
Farmer C. C. Deseur, of Union township,
was driving with his wife -and family yester
day, when his horse became unmanageable at a
railroad crossing and started across. The
wagon was struck by a train and the occupants
upset, but not seriously Injured.
D. W. Seiler, of Harrisburg, Recording
Secretary of tho State Agricultural Society
for many years, was last night unanimously
conflrired by Select Council as Harrisburg's
first High Commissioner. Mr. Seilor is a Dem
ocrat. The salary of the office is $1,500 a year.
The Executive Committee of the Pennsyl
vania State Teachers1 Associatfbn, consisting
of D. Keith, of Altoona; T. A. Snyder, of
Carbon; Z. X. Snyder, of Reading: M. G.
Brambangb, of Huntingdon, and L II. Mich
ener. of Philadelphia, has fixed July 9. 10 and 11
for the meeting of the association at Altoona,
THEWOBKOFAWEEK
A fie view 'of Business Matters Shows
Everything is in the Swiim
NO BALLOONING IN HTTSBUKG.
A Determination on all Bides to Break Last
Tear's Splendid Becord.
AN ENCODEAGIKG PE0SPECT AHEAD
A review of the week's operations in local
business circles discloses several interesting
features. The feeling in all directions was
hopeful, if not buoyant. Trade, almost
without exception, showed a gain over the
corresponding period of last year. There
were no breakers ahead so far as could be
discovered. Everything was resting on a
substantial basis. There was very little
ballooning. Monef was working easily,
accommodations being readily obtained on ac
cepted collateral. Iron men had reason to ex
pect a turn of tho tide in their favor. Coal and
coke were being placed on a better basis.
Stocks were in demand with a large aggregate
of transactions. There were several notablo
advances. Oil was unsettled under bearish in
fluence, and the result of the week's efforts
was to leave prices fractionally lower. Tho
cost of the buildings for which permits were
granted will aggregate about 515,000. Real
estate, especially building sites, found many
applicants, and a largo number of sales were
effected.
STOCKS GAINING GROUND.
The Ularket Active and Prices Firm More
Buyers Than Sellers.
Stocks exhibited a waywardness yesterday
that confused buyers and sellers alike. Phila
delphia Gas, as usual of late, received the
lion's share of attention, and moved up and
down with a celerity that would have done
credit to an acrobat. The variations, however,
were so small as to cause no particular alarm
to either sido of tho market. Chartiers Val
ley made a substantial gain over the preceding
day. All tho gas shares were active and gen
erally firm. Westingliouse Electric recovered
some of its lost ground. There was no special
demand for Traction stock. The general tone
of the market was firm. The total sales aggre
gated 871 shares, of which 710 were Philadel
phia Gas. There was a heavy demand for bank
stocks, but tho sellers were few.
Bids and offers are appended:
stocks. Bid. Asked
Allegheny National Dsnt .1.54 ....
Diamond National Bank.: ISO ....
First National Bank, Fittsbnrg .'1C3
Fourth .National Bank lit
iiitn Avenue Bant zi
Iron City .National Bank 83
Iron and Glass Dollar Savings Bank.. ..ISO
Masonic Bank
Merc'ts' and Manuf. National Bank... 57
Metropolitan National Bank SO
Odd Fellows' Savings Bank 63
l'eoples' National Bank 140
German National Bank 135
Second National Bank, Allegheny.. ...175
Citizens1 Insurance Co
Pennsylvania Insurance 32
Pittsburg Gas Co , 70
Chartiers Valley Gas Co 60
Natural Gas Co., W. Va fax
Pennsylvania Gas Co . H
Philadelphia Gas Co 39W
"Wheeling Gas Co 2jj2 Zj.
Tuna Oil Co CI
Washington Oil Co (A
Citizens' Traction so
Pittsburg Traction 50)4
buspenslon Bridge Co 63 . W!
Ia NorlaJIlningCo t
Westingliouse Electric 36M 36
Monongahela Water Co . 3S
Pittsburg Cyclorama Co 10
Mining quotations closed at New York: Ama
dor, 150; Belcher. 625; Best and B, $6: Bodio,
190: Caledonia, $3: Crown Point, JG; Consoli
dated California and Virginia, 912; Deadwood,
oj.1! ataj!e. 11.50; Iron Silver, 290; Ontario,
3250; Ophir, 575; Plymouth. 53.
wells abandoned, S3. The yearly report shows
'that during 1888 there were 531 wells completed,
800 being at North Baltimore, and 88 aban
doned. r i
PE0TERTT ON THE JUMP.
N- .-., ..uu.,.- v- ..-
laelbe Bales increasing.!
Threeof the principal real estate dealers on
Fourth avenuevwhen buttonholed for news yes
terday got off.by saying: "We have something
big on the string, but It is not in shape to make
public," It is understood that one of the "big
things" refers to the sale of a business house
on Penn avenue and another to a dicker of the
same sort in Allegheny. There are plenty of
applicants mostly for residence properties
but they hesitate at the prices. As there is no
prospect of a tumble they would probably
make money by investing at once. The trans
fers consummated are noted below:
Alles & Bailey sold a business property on
Fifth avenne, two squares from Court House,
for S7 000, The name of the purchaser is with
held. Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold 21 lots in tho R. M.
Kennedy plan, Homewood station, Pennsylva--nia
Railroad; price 510,000. The boom at that
place Is caused by the electric road. Tbey also
closed a mortcatre on McKeeSDort Dtonerty for
1,500, three years, at 6 per cent, and one on
Coraopolis property for 1,200, three years, at
G3-10. '.
Ewin: & Byers placed a mortgage of $1,700 on
property in the Second ward. Allegheny, for
three years, at Bf also placed a mortgage of
JL300 on West Bellevue property at 6 per cent.
W. J. O. Floyd sold to James Mullen one
lot for $300: to Thomas Murro, one lot for $450;
to John Small, ono lot for $500; to John Fagin,
two lots for $450; Lewis Edwards, two lots for
$400; to James Gallagher, one lot for $300; to.
Hen Eichenberg, one lot for $425; to Alex.
Gibson, ono, lot for $450; also, five others at
similar prices. All these sales were effected
tho past week, several ot them yesterday.
Samuel J. Flemlncr. 147 Fourth avenue, sold
to Oswald Werner, 36x120 feet, Forbes street,
Belleneld, foi J. O. Petty, for $2,525, being a
fraction over $70 per foot front.
John F. Baxter sold to Jacob Schumacher,
lot No. 4S, Bank 'of Commerce addition ex
tended, Brushton station, frontage o. 50 feet
on Baxter street by 250, for $300.
Black & Baird, 9o Fourth avenue, sold to John
H. Armstrong a lot on Perrv street. Eleventh
ward, city, 20x112 feet, for $800; also to William
J. Williams a lot on Hamilton street. Twenty
seventh ward, 20 by about E0 feet, for $125.
BUILDING 0PEEATI0NS,
125
M
CO
94
144"
42
68J4"
33K
3'A
Business Good for the Season Permits Is
sued by Inspector Frank.
Bnildings for whicn permits were granted the
past week were neither nnmerous nor import
ant Tho majority being small frame houses
.for residence purposes. Business is good for
the midwinter season. The prospect Is encour
aging. Those granted permits are:
John Ward, two-story frame.'WamDUm street
between Thirty-fourth and city line.
P. C- Taylor, two-story frame, Mayflower
street, near Larimer.
F. Beese, two-story frame, Mignonette street,
between Euclid and Beatty.
William Charlton, twotory frame, Natrona
alley, between Fifty-second and McCandless
streets.
John C. Gray, two and one-half story brick,
Gist street, between Hope and Bluff.
A G. C. Frankel, two-story frame, Cairo
.street between Natchez and Ennis.
Peter Shaffner, two-storv brick, Krose ave
nue, between Arlington and Lillian.
Otto Heinrrich, two-story frame, Allen ave
nuo, between Washington avenue andFreeland
street.
Ernest Rohrkastc, two-story frame, Franklin
alley.
MOVING UPWARD.
A N0YELETTE.
Peter Beyer Elopes With a Pretty Shop
Girl, Bobs Xlcr and Attempts Suicide.
rSFXCIAL TXLXOBAJt TO Tir DISPATCII.1
New Yobk, January 5. Some years ago
Peter Beyer married Gretchea Vondiehl, a
Baron's daughter, in Eisenach, Germany.
He did not live very happily with her, and
shortly after this marriage began making
love to ilary Sittard, a young shopgirl.
When Mrs. Beyer found out what her hus
band was up to she gave him money enough
to bring Mary over to America. FoTir
months ago Mary and Mr. Beyer arrived in
New York, still unmarried. Beyer found
only intermittent employment here.Mary
supported him and saved money out her
wages as a servant.
Yesterday Beyer sfole her money "and hid
himself in the hold of the steamer Rhyn
land, which sailed to-day for Antwerp. At
Mary's instance he was arrested. He broke
away from the policeman andthrew himself
into the .fiver. He was fished out much
against his will. In his pocket was found
a document, signed by his wife, giving him
permission to get a divorce from her. He
will be tried for larceny and attempting
suicide.
THE NIMBLE SHILLING.
Banking Operations Show on Increase Over
Same Time Lnst Year.
Business at the banks for the first week of
the new year shows a material Increase over
that for the same time in 1SS8, with a still better
prospect Business in nearly all lines is so
active and so indicative of expansion that an
unusual demand for money is expected in the
near future, sufficient It is thought, to absorb"
the large amount of funds that has accumulated
within tho past few weeks.
Bankers have been too busy 6ince the begin
ning of the year, cutting coupons, collecting
dividends and straightening uo accounts, to pay
close attention to strictly legitimate business,
but nevertheless they all concur in 'the state
ment that the financial situation is peculiarly
Cratlfylng.
While there was no special movement In
monetary circles yesterdav business was far
removeu irom tho Kip Van Winkle state.
Large amounts of cash were taken in over tho
counters and considerablepaid out the former
being "in a large majority." Rates were un
changed. There was a better demand for ex
change, bnt not enough to disturb the equi
librium with currency.
Analysis of the Clearing House .business for
the week (four days) shows the following results:
the start, the speculative offerings were too
heavy to sustain the market and a weak feeling
set In. A prominent local operator .was
credited with having fed the market with
wheat most of the session, and as Other operj
ators were all loaded with long wheat the de
cline brought most of this out thus aiding in
establishing the decline. The opening was
some a higher than yesterday, advanced JjO
and then declined ijjc, advanced c and closed
&c lower than yesterday. There was a rumor
that drought in India was doing damage to the
crop there, and that shipments from Russian
ports wero cut off by ice. Someexportdemand
was again reported at Baltimore.
Corn was in much the same condition as on
yesterday, there being but little disposition
among local operators to traae to any exient.
and the pit at times was quite deserted. The
feeling was notably steady and fluctuations
limited to c range, the market closing about
the same as yesterday.
In oats good business was transacted early
in the session. Offerings by several large trad
ers were free and prices for May declined c
After the urgent sellers had withdrawn there
was a little offered, a few buyers came in, and
prices reacted to opening figures.
Only a fair trade was reported in mess pork,
and the feeling was steadier. Little was doing
outside of May contracts. Opening sales were
made at Ec advance, andafurther improvement
of 5c was gained. Later the offerings were in
creased somewhat and prices declined 1215a
Toward the close the market was stronger and
, prices rallied 2022c, closing comparatively
Trading was only moderately active In lard,
and the feeling was steadier. Prices ruled, 7j
10 higher, and the market closed steady.
Only a limited trade was reported in short
ribs and the market was comparatively steady.
Prices ruled? bout 7Ji10e higher and closed
quiet
The leading f utnres ranged as follows:
WHEAT No.
98c; Februar
May,$105ai
uijitjyjc.
Cobk No. 2 January, 333333v
March, 3134JW34343ic; May, S
36c '
Oats No.
February.
wyMZixmiiic.
Mess Pork, per bbl. Januarv, $12 8312 95
012 05012 95; February, $12 9o13 0512 95
18 05; May, $13 25I3 37K13 12K1S S5.
Lard per 100 Bs. January, $7 407 45
7 3767 45; March. $7 47K7 607 427 60;
May, $7 57K7 62K07 52K7 02.
Shoet RIB3, per 100 its. January. $S 753
6 806 756 SO; March. 8 876 95Q6 82
G 92X; May, $6 97K07 056 907 02J.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
steady and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat
93K98Jc; No. 3 spring wheat 87S8c; No.
2 red, 98KsS9sc No. 2 corn. 33Vc No. 2 oats,
24c No. 2 ryo, 47c No. 2 barley, 74c f.
o.b. No. 1 flaxseed, $1 62. Prime timothy seed,
$1 60 1 57. Mess pork, per barrel, $12 9G!12 95.
Lard, per ICO lbs. $7 45. Short ribs sides (loose).
$G 80. Dry salted shoulders (boxed). $8 25
6 37K- Short clear sides (boxed), $7 0007 12K
Sugars Cut loaf, unchanged. Receipts
Flour, 9,000 barrels; wheat. 21.000 buShels: corn,
161,000 bushels: oats. 95.000 bushels: rye, 2,000
bushels; barley, 45,000 bushels. Shipments
Flour, 14,000 barrels; wheat, 14,000 bushels; corn.
217,000 bushels; oats. 131.000 bushels; rye. 2,000
bushels ; barley, 23,000 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was dull; extra creamery, 272Sc; extra
firsts, 232ic; extra dairy, 2224c; extra firsts,
-I'ft-ic. .eggs weax ana lower at loaiac.
this degeneration be arrestedT 'Surely this J
is possible to a large extent Everything!
depends on the treatment of the child in his'
earliest years and on the character of the
persons with whom he comes m contact
Monday's Trial LUtsv
common fleas jno. i Bakeweu et al va-
Nellis Company; Schlitz Brewing Company vS
Delp; Harter Medicine Company v Dolnt.
Gerrard et ux vs Metropolitan insurance Com- '
pany; Masters & Co. vs Lander; First National "
333!c:
.eystuneuirewing company.
Common Pleas No. 2 Hutchison et ux m
Maconbrey (2); Fisher vs Baden Gas Company;
Koenlg et al vs Chartiers Valley Gas Company; .';
Francis, executor, vs Large et ux; Jones vs J
Welglo; Center Street M. EL Church vs Pitts- -.
burg Light Company; Kay et ux vs Citizens'
Passenger Railway Company; Martin vs Speer '5
Jones vs Quinn.
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs George
Anderson, J, A. Cook, John Rollinger, P.
Rosenthal, Johanna Elsholz et al, Mary Get- .
socle, alias uesta; Dora Schuman et al, Henry A
Mehring, Karl Grimp, J. H. Shannahan, JobaJ
uruoer, wiiuam wiier, xnotnas BtwrV
John Terio, Fat Deskln, John Robinson et aL
Charles. A. Murray. Thomas Kane, Lilian
Sloan, Teresa Lee, W. Pittger, Joseph Mamlon, i
nenry uarris, james ji. unrmore, James iiiu, ;
ueurKB iiuey, anas amiin; josepn xnaima.
Monday's Audit List.
Estate of Accountant
Elizabeth- Bust... Charles Rust.
Thomas Sbeehan... Ann bheehan.
Terunce Campbell J. Y. Campbell, et aU '
a. tt. isiguy. ............uiiu.3i. Aenneax-
Wm. Morrison Geo. Shlraa. Jr.. pt&l.
J. AV. Drum J. Met'. Carpenter,
John Spittle J.C. Dlcken.
(ieo. v. Smith D. Hostetter, et aL
Nancy Coleman S. C. Miller.
BEOKEES- FINANCIAL.
De WITT DIL IVOR TH,
BROKER IN
"PU'n'P.nT: u' i i rr fc1
Oil bought and sold on margin. de27-21-Dsu.
WHITSEY & STEFHEASOfl,
CT FOURTH AVENUE.
ISSUE TRAVELERS' CREDH3
THEOrOH-
MESSRS. DREXEL. MORGAN & CO
NEW YORK.
PASSPORTS PROCURED. aD2S-x78
COiV3iV.ISS.ON,
0IL.1
Hailrdad Mining
Stocks. Stocks.
1 3
9- i
BOUGHT AND SOLD Sssisfc
Han Iraneisco, Philadelphia or Boston Ex
changes. Loans made at low rates of interest
Established 1S761 OS-Weekly Circular FREE.
A. R. CHISHOLM & CO., 61 Broadway, N. Y.
mhl5-157-su
. MEDICAL..
WASTE IN TUB KITCHEN.
Stocks Without Spccinl Feature but Close a
Trifle Iliahcr.
New Tons, January 6. Tho stock market
was not so dull as it has been on some previous
Saturdays to-day, but it was as devoid of feat
ure a3 possible, and the result of the day's
transactions is to leave almost everything but
slightly changed. There was very little doing
on the part of the commission people and out
siders, and except for Jersey Central and New
England the movements in the list were en
tirely unworthj- of notice. The Grangers, on
account of the settlement of the strike on the
Burlington, were rather better supported, but
tbey moved within the narrowest limit
The supporters of Jersey Central seemed to
have exhausted themselves in the effort to get
it to par and it slowly fell back to 87 but re
covered a small fraction before the close. The
temper of tho room was bullish, but the only
stock making any movement of importance in
theunward direction was New Encland. and
(.although the sales made were said to be for
iioston account, mere was a good demand for
tbe stock, and it scored a gain of nearly a point
but lost a portion later. The advances are In a
small majority this evening, but are confined
to fractions.
Railroad bonds were qniet but firm to strong
throughout and final figures show marked
gains in some instances. The sales wero
$677,000.
The following table shows the prieei of active
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange.
Corrected daily for The Dispatch by Whit
ney & Stephenson, members of 'New York
Stock JSxchange, 57 Fourth avenue:
Open- High- tow-
in
Am. Cotton Oil M
est.
Balances.
t 476,245 86
3J3,S3S7a
408.043 S"
837,633 C9
Murderer Reich Loses AU Hope.
rSrECIAL TELEGBAM TO TOE DISrATCn.l
New York, January 5. Adolph Reich,
the condemned wife murderer, has given up
all hope that Governor Hill will commute
his sentence or giant him another stay. The
death watch was set upon him some days
ago. To-day his grave clothes were bought.
He will be executed on Januarv 11.
r-ri.
weanesday $ 18M.121 20
Thursday 2,4a791C6
'; AiOO K
baturday 2,133,696 43
Totals for the weet.. SI 2, 202,089 34
Exchanges, daliyaverage ...
For the same week last year the exchanges
were $11,309,212 19 and the balances $1,594,021 63.
At New York money on call was easy at 24
per cent It was offered at 3 at the close. Ster
ling exchango was active and steauy at 484J4
for 60-day bills, and 4S8 for demand. Prime
mercantile paper ruled at 5Ji7. Government
and State bonds were dull.
The weekly statement of tho New York banks
is as follows:
(1,932,313 73
z,w, 41, ai
Reserve. Increase
Loans, increase ,
bpecie. increase
Leftal tenders. Increase
Deposits, increase
Circulation, decrease...
$1,051,750
3,538,200
511.200
2,691,000
8,601,800
11,800
The banks now hold $7,272,495 In- excess of
the 25 per cent rule.
Boston Clearings today, $14,280,870; bal
ances, $1,702,155. Money, 5 per cent.
BALTIMORE Clearincs lo-dar. fttSrtA47jff
balances, $315,910.
Pnn.ADET.pnrA Clearings to-day, $13,470,620;
balances, $1,735,839. ...
St. Louis Bank clearings to-day, $3,483,650:
balances, $548,009.
New York clearings today, $126,496,313;
balances, $6,287,282. For the week, $702,790,118;
balances, 38,490,126. '
Atch.. Ton. b S
Canadian Pacific
F.... 56
A Dos Unearths a Doublo Crime.
rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yobk, January 6. In East New
York this morning a dog which accom
panied a hunting party dug up a bandbox
containing the bodies of two little babies.
One of the babies had a very black eye, and
both showed marks of strangulation. "They
had been buried but a few hours.
Helping Alone.
Philadelphia Becord. 3
ITirst Kentuckian Say, Colonel, there's a
Mormon elder down the road preachin' to a
crowd o' young women, an'singin' "'Would
1 "Were a Bird!" Second Kentuckian
Well, I kin furnish the feathers You git
some tar to stick 'em on.
Doing it In Style.
Chicago News. 1
Nurse "We ought to have a piece of soft
old linen to bind'upMasterBupert's bruise.
Young Mother (anxiously) Ought we,
Barker? (To under-nurse) Jane, go right
out and buy three yards of the finest old
linen you can get
OH,
Disqualified.
Judge.
Aunt Tildy Ain't ye gwine to de rafful
fer de'Crismus fowl, eke?
Uncle Yeke No, Tildy; no gemman wot
ain't got 14 razors can take paht in dat
yere rafful. .
When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
When she had Children, she gavethem Castorla.
mhii-hOS-invroVsn
SHi)ET AND SWEET.
Twenty Minutes of Good Trading in
Closlns Dull and Lower.
The bulk of the business at the Oil Exchange
yesterday was transacted In the first 20 min
utes. There was considerable excitement at
the opening, attended with free buying. This
stiffened the market and prices moved np a
point to 6. Trading then relapsed into a
state of dullness, which lasted until the close,
which was below the opening. Tho . market
Closed weac ana uncertain as to -the future,
owing to the impossibility of fathoming the de
signs of the Standard. That it is engaged in a
deal of some kind no one doubts.
Pivotal prices ranged: Opening, 6: highest
86K: lowest, 86; closing, SfiJjJ. Field news was
a little more encouraging. Brokers almost
without exception concur in the opinion that
there will be llttlo or no improvement so long
a3 prices remain on the existing basis.- Ninety
cent or dollar oil would interest outsiders and
quicken trade. t
A. B. McGrew quotes puts, 85J to 85; 'calls,
8
lue following table, corrected by De Witt D1I
wortb, broker in petroleum, etc., corner Fifth
svenue and Wood street rittsburg, shows the
order of fluctuations, etc. i
Canada Southern SI!4
Central of New Jersey. 98f
Central Pacific
C, Bur. & Qulncy 109
C, Mil. & St. l'aul.... 62K
C, Mll.iSt P.. pr.
C, ltockl. &P 97X
C, St. L. & Pitts
C, St. L. & Pitts, pf.
U, St. 1,M. AO
C, St. P.,M. & O., pf. ....
V. & Northwestern... .VT1X
C. .Northwestern, pf. .. .
C.C.G.&I 57)4
Col., Coal ft Iron 30
Col. & Hocking Val
Del., L. A W 140K
Del. ft Hudson
E.T., Va. &Oa M
E.T.,Vs, ftOa., lstpf ....
E.T., Va. &Ga. 2dpf. ....
Illinois Central
Lake Erie ft Western.. 164
Lake Erlo ft West. pf.. 51
Lake Shore ft M. S 103!
Louisville ft Nashville. 6SK
Michigan Central
Mobile ft Ohio
Mo., K. ftTexas 13
Missouri Pacific llji
New York Central
N. Y.. L. E. ft W 27H
N.Y., L. E. ftW.pref ....
N. Y., C. ft St. L.
N. Y., (1 ft St. L. pf.
N.Y., C. ft St. L.2dpf ....
N.YftN. E .44
N.Y., O. ft W
Norfolk ft Western
Norfolk A Western, pf ....
Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific prof. 59K -
Ohio ft Mississippi.
Oregon Improvement. 72
Oregon Transcon 3CX
PaciflcMaU
Peo. Dec ft Kvans
Phlladel. ft Heading.. 3H
Pullman Palace Car
Richmond ft W. P. T.. 24
KIchmond ft W.P.T.pf 79
fat. Paul ft Duluth.....
St. l'aul ft Duluth pf.
St P., Minn, ft Man
StL. ft San Fran
St. L. ft San Eran pf.
St. L. ft San F. 1st pf. ....
Texas Pacific
UnlonPaclflc (H
Wabash
Wabash preferred
Western Union M
Wheeling ft L. E M.'-S
BOX
109M
62J6
est
an
ira"
C2H
Clns
lrg. 51
'j6
B7H mi
67
57K
111 140X
K2i 1C3!
65 Kti
13
72X
71
27J4" 27K
UX
S9X
72"
SDK.
72
30M
4S.H 4SK
241f
7!
24S
7SS
MX ux
S3
53
513
7
100)1
24
103
87
31
0)f
107
140K
57K
803,
26M
lWh
131
9
65
22
114V
ma
52
103
66
8T,H
8
MM
71
107
27H
0l4
H
74
J7H
m
IS
50 i
25H
6914
21H
72
ZOH
3S4(
23
3K
172
244
78,
S3
94
SSlf
26)4
MH
113
22
64 (J
Vd
1V4,
S3'i
Things Thnt the Prudent Housekeeper Must
Cnrefully Guard Against,
Table Talk.l
The table is, however, the place where
most waste can occur, so guard it well and
pay strict' attention to the second serving of
food. The people who prefer an economical
table, which, in their own mind, means
broiled steak and roast beef, are the most
difficult to cater for. Study to make the
warmed-over dishes decidedly more than or
dinary hashes. Employ judicious combina
tions and pleasant seasoning; for instance,
use sage with warmed-over pork, parsley
with poultry, sprig ol mint with your mut
ton or lamb, and a little onion to stimulate
the beef. Cucumber catsup, inexpensive if
you make it yourself, heightens the flavor
of fish. An acid jelly with tame duck, and
tomato sauce with warmed-over veal. For
warming over dark meats use brown sauces,
made from browned butter and flour; -for
white meats, cream sauces, which, of course,
can be made Jrom milk. One or two pota
toes, left from dinner, will make a comfort
able dish of Lyonnaise po'tatoes for break
fast The two tablespoonfuls of green peas
left may be turned into an omelet for an
other meal. Boiled rice mar be made into
croquettes. Pish into scallops, cutlets or
cream fish. Ham into croquettes, Beef
into hash, meat balls, ragouts, rissoles, or
warmed up in its own gravy. Soup meat
may be pressed or potted. Game and duck,
made over into salmis. Chicken and turkey,
into salads, croquettes, rissoles, boudins and
timbale. Pieces of bread, left at the table,
may be used ior toast, croutons, bread pud
dings, or crumbs for breading. "Veal, re
warmed, makes delicious blanquette or
cromesqui.
Many vegetables suffer bat little from a
second warming, and even if only in small
quantity, may beserved as a garnish for a
little meat dish, thereby rendering it palata
ble and sightly.
In all these little points we must be on the
alert, or the garbage bucket will devour our
subsistance. Those who have the responsi
bility of the household management must,
not lorget the necessity of practical work in
the kitchen. The power of giving direc
tions so clearly that tne maid will from them
produce the desired results, is, perhaps, all
that is required in some cases, but to teach
others thoroughly, so that no waste will
occur, one must be able to do the thing one's
self. It is well to give at least one hour a
day to the study of cooking as an experi
mental science, also to study the chemistry
and physiology of food, and I have no hesi
tation in saying that in three months you
will be well repaid for the time thus spent.
Look, for. instance, at a combination like
this roast pork and mashed potatoes, such
occurs frequently in families of some intel
ligence, but nothing shows one's ignorance
so quickly as such menus. Pork and beans
or peas show' some sense, bnt port and pota
toes none. No domestic art shows so much
thought, care, judgment, intelligence, in
ventiveness and taste as good cooking.
; A CHILD'S EAELT EDUCATIW.
HITTIER
930 PENN AYUXUE, PTTTSEUKtt PA,
As old residents know ana back files of Pitts,
burg papers prove, 13 tho oldest established and
most prominent physician in the city, devoting
special attention to all chronic diseases: From
cBredp"'"N0 fee. until
N ER VOUS lTSoMtWSS
of energy, ambition and hope, impaired mem
ory, disordered sight self-distrnstbashfulnesSL
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, ln"
poverished blood, failing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, un
fitting the person for business-society and mar
riage, permanently, safely and privately cured.
BLOOD AND SKIN &SM.
blotches, falling hair, bona pains, glandular
swellings, ulcerations of tongue mouth, throat
ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, and blood
poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system.
IIRIMARY kidney and bladder derange
Unil'lttn I 1 ments,weak back, graveL ca
tarrhal discharges, inflammation and other
painful symptoms receive searching treatment
prompt relief and resJ cures.
Dr. Whittiers life-long, extensive experience)
insures scientific and reliable treatment on
common-sense principles. Consultation free.
Patients at a distance as carefully treated as II
hers. Office hours 9 a. m. to 8 p. jr. Sunday.
10 A. K. to 1 P.M. only. DR. WHITTIEK, 9jJ
Penn avenue, Pittsburg; Pa. ded-f 8lK-isuwk
A CURE I GUARANTEED HKALTH.E
ERQY and strength secured by using Am
oranda Wafers. Thes4wafers are-the onlyrelt
auiu saie reuiuuy ior me permanent cure 01 lm
potency, no matter how long standing,seperma
torrnoea, overwork of the brain, sleepless,
harassing dreams, premature decay of vital
power, nervous debility, nerve and heart dis
ease, kidney and liver complaint, and wastln
of vital forces; 75c per box or six boxes for (4;
six boxes Is the complete treatment and with
every purchase of six boxes at one time we will
give a written guarantee to refund tha money
If tho wafers do not benefit or affect a perma
nent cure. Prepared only by the BOSTON
MEDICAL .DT8rrUTE. For sale only bv
uujjiu a--uuu, j o .uuret, s. reel. .rut
burg. Pa., P. O. box 37
aplO-kooVttWTSU
EXHAUSTED VITALITY,
A Great Hedical Work for Yonnjj and
iliddlc-Aged Men.
KNOWLEDGE IS- I0WEB. BEAD!
BOSTON STOCKS.
Time. Bid. Ask. Time. Bid. Ask.
Opened SS Sales 11:15 p. it.... mi SSH
10:15 X. M.. 86 S6 11:30 r. jr.... stk 864
10:30 JL. M.... t&t 86k 11:45 P. M.... 8r,3 S6
10:45 A.M.... 86,'i US'A VZ1X, S6? ..
11:00 A.M.... 66fr 8uX Closed
Oneneu. S6c: hlrbet. KSllc; lm,..r. at.
Closed. SGKc
Barrels.
Drily runs 45,716
Average runs 44.S3Q
DaUysnipments 60.158
Average shipments 85.CJ3
Dairr charters.. 61. 904
AveraceCnarters 1 nw 41,218
Clearances ..,wu..,.1.42;W
flew York closed at 86Hc - t..j,-,w
Oil City closeo at SBJfc
Bradford closed at 86,'Sc
Hew Jfors:. rettned. Jc
London, retlnsd. a 13-18J.
Antwerp, re&ned. 13XC.
Deport of tho Ohio Oil Field.
rsrxCtAL TELXGBAM TO TUB DISPAIOH.l
1'TKA, O., January 6. Following is 'the De-
A Number of Seasons for a Favornblo Close
for tho Week.
fSPECIAL TILEORAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Boston, January 5. Higher quotations from
London, tho settlement of the Chicago, Bur
lington and Qulncy strike, a good Dank state
ment nnd more than all, the- condition of the
short interest, had a favorable influence, upon
to-day's stock market Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, Mexicans, and the land stocks were
the strong features. The tone at the close
was firm, except for Atchison, which
opened at 57JJc and closed at S6c,
making a net decline of 1 points as there
suit of the first weekof tbe new year. Mexican
Central Rained further, 67 to 08, and tbe stock
from 13 to I3X, a net rise for the week of 2
points in the 4s and in the stock. The7 land
stocks attracted much attention, and talk of
renewed activity in these specialties Is heard
generally. Closing prices:
AtlantlcAPaciflcInc 21
V.. B. &.North'n6s. 95
Hex. Central 4s 63'i
jiex. central inc.... X
Oregon Short L'e 6s. 110
fconora 7s 87
Atchison stock KM
Atlantic & Pacific. 8H
Boston A Albany. ..203
Cal. Southern -23
C. B. .Northern.. 43)4
C.B-.&it 109,'i
Clnn. San. CI ere. :44
Fltchbnrz 767a
Flint i derail, ord. 89
Mexican Central .... 13M
-N. IT. A Aew Knit... 41
N. Y.,.NewEnrDr.ll5!4
Oregon tihort Line.. 43
union racise Hi's
WestEnd Lid 23!
Calumet A tfecla....2t'3
Osceola , 19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
ABrcnkln Wheat Caused by Speculative
Offerings Corn Neglected Oats Active
Pork Steadier Lard Firm.
Chicago There was a very fair aggregate
trade in wheat to-day and the feelinc was un
settled. The news was of a variable character
cember report of the Onto, oil field: "Wells.! and generally made to appear favorable to the
completed, 46; wells drilling, 83; rigs up, 8S; I bull side, and although prices ruled higher at
Sensations and Feelings That Influence the
Future Life of nn Infant.
James Donaldson la the Forum.l
"We take little note of the education which
goes ou in a child's mind during the first
years of his life. Indeed, we take little
note altogether of what we may call uncon
scious education, and the unconscious action
of the mind.
I walked the other day along a crowded
thoroughfare for a few minutes, and I
counted the people that passed me. There
were upward of 300. Each one of these in
dividuals I noted. I recognized, at least.
parts of their attire. I saw the features of
their faces, their mouths, their noses, their
eyes. In moving along I noticed the stones
of the pavement on which I was walking. I
avoided the lamp posts: I observed the
houses and shops, and, indeed, a wide range
of objects came within my view. It would
be difficult to say how many things, and
thoughts connected with these things, passed
before my mind during this short walk, but
at least there were many thousands.
All these objects and thoughts, there is
reason to believe, found a permanent place
in my memory, produced a certain effect ou
me, and became, as it were, a portion of-myself,-but
not one of these can I recall.
They were all for a single moment on the
surface of consciousness, and sank forever
into the deeper and wider abysses of uncon
sciousness. But doubtless they give some
color to my whole life. So it is with the in
fant. He sees and hears and feels thousands
of things during the period of his infancy.
These sensations and feelings have an incal
culable influence on his future powers and
character. And it is here at the commence
ment that we may expect an indefinite im
provement in the future of mankind,
through an improvement in the unconscious
influences that work on the child.
It has often been observed that children
have nearly all finely developed foreheads,
and no one who takes an interest in chil
dren can have failed to be struck with the
exquisite beauty that characterizes very
many children of the humblest classes who
are brought nn in healthy places. In fact,
a sad degeneration takes place in the looks
of the humbler classes as the child grows to
boyhood and the boy to manhood and old
age. And the question occurs: Might not
KNOWTHYSELfti
"More Than One Million Copies Sold.
TOTTCG and middle-aged men who are suffering
from the indiscretions of youth, Exhausted
Vitality, Nervous and Physical Debility, Prematura
Decline, &c. and the thousand untold miseries con
sequent thereon, and all who are stele and suffering
and do not know what alls them, can be cured with
out fall by following the instructions In the Science
of Life or Self Preservation. Price only $1 by null
postpaid, sealed. It 13 a'book for every man, SCO
pages, full gilt 125 prescriptions for aU acuta and
chronic diseases. Fully Indorsed by tho National
Medical Association, who awarded the gold and
Jewelled medal to the author, mustratlre sampla
with Indorsements of the press, sent free If you
apply now. Address, The Peabody Kedlcal Instt
tute. V. O. box 1895, Boston, Mass., or Dr. W. H.
PARKER, graduate of Harvard Medical College, 3
years' practice In Boston, as consulting physician
to the Peabody Kedlcal Institute; who may be con
sulted confidentially. Specialty, Diseases of Man.
Do not be deceived by worthless Imitators. Be sure
you address or call at tho Peabody lledlcalalai
tute.No. 4 Bulflach St Ho. 4.
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Gray's Specific Medicine.
TRADE MARK Tm GnxAT TRADE MARS'
lDT.An unfad
ing care for
Seminal Weak
ness, Sperma
torrhea, lmpo
tency. aud all
diseases that
roiiowas a se
quence or Self
Abuse: as loss
. lf fm nv
BSFDHETAXIHG.DnlTersal La'slftHES TAMB.
sltude. Pain In the Back, Dimness of Vision, Pre
mature Old Age and many other dlseaes that lead
to Insanity or Consumption and a Premature
Crave.
BjS"Fu1! nartlenlars In tmr mmntilat whi.iiw.
desire to send free by mall to every one. .(ar'Tha
opvi-iuciueuiciue a soia oysu aruggists at 71
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lutuilAl MEUitaECO.
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lot ofthejuoney. by addressing
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On account of counterfeits, we hare adopted tha
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Smlthfleld and Liberty streets,
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HARE'S REMEDY
For men! Cheeks the worst cases In three
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