' - j .-"Sal PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JAOTAEY 6, 1889. , ."M TIE SOLEMN MINUET Again to Become the Popular Dance in Fashionable Society. ITS REVIVAL DDE TO ERHIKIE. Dancing Masters Besieged ty Applicants Wishing to Learn it. SOME OF THE MOTEMEKTS ILLUSTRATED ICOREESrOXDEXCE OF THE DISPATCH. 2EW Xoek, January 5. THE dancing masters hare gone to the shelf where the musty relics of the last century are stored to get a novelty for this teason's entertain ment. They have brought out from its hiding-place the old-fashioned min uet which, disap peared with our great-grandfathers. and have dressed it up lor use in tne ballrooms and par- ' lors of to-day. They have not done this because of their in- The Bow. ability to invent new figures, or vary the old ones and put a new name upon them, but because there has been a popular demand for the minuet It promises now to become in the course of two or three seasons the most popular, dance for the better class of parties. There is reason for congratulation in this move ment, for the minuet is one of the most artistic dances ever invented, and there is ao better ground for laying it aside than there would be for musicians to give np writing sonatas, or for sculptors to stop carv ing Roman deities. SUPERCEDED BT THE "WALTZ. The minuet went out of fashion as a sacri fice to the passion for novelties, and in the growth of the waltz which became univer sally popular and admired it was entirely forgotten, and probably would have disap peared altogether from the world if it had not been for the theater. There are several classical plays in which the minuet figures First Altitude. as a bit of stage spectacle. In spite, how ever, of the admirable beauty of the dance and the interest it always arouses in the spectator it is jery frequently the case that it is omitted in the performance of plays of which it was originally a feature. Thfs fact shows more strikingly than any other the narrow escape the minuet has had from sinking into oblivion, for it is a part of the actor's business to learn fancy and society dancing, and the one reason why the minuet is omitted in the performance of plays is because the actors do not know how to dance it. There have been, however, a few artists who have studied it and thus kept it alive. Yet it might never have taken a hold upon the popular interest had it not been for the comic opera ''Erminie." It will be remembered that one of the most striking incidents in that opera is a minuet danced by the entire principals of the opera. It tt.s not that the "Erminie" people danced it so well, although their performance was excellent, as that the opera had such a long run that the spectators grew to be fond of the minuet, and to long to dance it them selves. BEVIVED BT EEMINIE. This may be speculation, but it is a fact that after "Erminie" had been on the boards in this city for several months the dancing masters received more applications than they had ever had before from pupils who wanted to learn the minuet These applications have been increasing steadily since then until now the best teachers are placing it on their curriculum of studies, and nearly all of them look forward to seeing it resume its old-fashioned place in the list of social entertainments. Until this winter the minuet has been re garded by the dancing-masters as a fancy dance, and it has frequently been difficult to teach it properly because it is a dance that requires two persons, and as a rule there has been but one pnpil at a time in a school. Thus it happened, naturally enough, that many of the pupils of the minuet to day are the dancing-masters themselves who sxeobliged to perfect themselves in it in order to supply the demand of their patrons. t It is usually taught by ladies, because the movements of ladies in the dance are 6lvcry great importance, and make by far the most picturesque feature of it. Sow to Hold the Slirts. The writer wandered info an uptown academy a few days ago and found that a ladv teacher, who was at one time a famous ballet dancer, was taking advantage of the absence of pupils at that hour to instruct one of the waltz teachers in the minuet. Por at least half an hour they courtesied to each other and looked up at the ceilinc and nut out their feet and swayed about the empty room, and the lady was chattering all the "time to her pupil and to the writer in ex- n mm wsm !5fc5i3fiisSwlftv Z2 U" 55?" IP$r USy planation of the various movements through which she was putting him. THE FIBST LESSOX. 'The first thing," she said, "that a lady has to learn is to hold the skirts of her dress. In the beginning of the minuet she must take her -overskirt with both hands, just clutching the edge of the garment with the tips of the fingers, and raise, it from the floor about as high as the tips of the boots. Then standing squarely upon both feet she is in the first attitude of the minuet. Fol lowing that comes the bow, which is a most difficult accomplishment I think it quite likely that one of the reasons why the minuet went out of favor was the very con siderable degree of skill which is required to dance it properly. It is even easier to learn to become a first-class waltzer than an indifferent minuetist, if I can use the word. "The bow is made by drawing the right foot back and placing the toe upon the floor and bendiug the whole weight of the body back upon it and keeping the left foot square down upon the floor. The lady should sink herself as far as possible without losing the balance. As she goes down, the heel of the left foot may come slowly off from the floor, but the heel of the right foot must not touch it. It is an exceedingly try ing movement until one has mastered it, and it takes not only muscle but some nerve to keep the equilibrium. In this movement the ladv must not take her hands from her skirts, her eyes must be directed Rightly up ward and her head should not bow forward. It should rather turn a little bit in thedirec- A Spanish 2Icn.emenU tion of the eyes. The movement must be made very slowly and the recovery eiecuted with equal deliberation. THE PAVAUE. "The gentleman's bowlduring this inter esting process is of a much similar nature. It consists in laying his hand upon his heart and bending forward very low. Part ners should recover at the same moment. There is another dance somewhat similar lo the minuet in its measured etiquette, and that is the pavane. In that the lady's bow is very similar to the one in the minuet, the difference being that she inclines her head forward and looks down upon the ground. It sometimes is a harder thing to prevent ladies from looking upon the ground than to teach them to keep their balance upon their toes. I remember hen I was study ing the ballet in Fans, that the teacher was always crying out: "'Come, ladies, are you looking lor pins upon the floor?" The novice, you see, is always in terror about her feet and apparently wants to look down to see if thev are all right. As a matter of fact the balance can be much better pre served by looking upwards, and it is a much more graceful way of doing it. "In minuet and fancy dancing it is as necessarv to train the arms as it is the legs. Xearlv all the old-fashioned dances em ployed arm gestures for effect, and it re quires a deal of patience to learn to use the arms gracefully. One rule lies at the base of all arm movements, and that is, never to make a gesture in such a way that the dancer's face shall be concealed from her partner, if she is dancing in society, or from the audience, if she is dancing in pub lic I will illustrate that by a movement which I introduce into the minuet as I teach it. I call it the Spanish." A GEACEFUL MOVEMENT. The lady, who had all this time been pull ing the waltz teacher this way and that and showing him how to hold his arms, made him stand beside her and they faced the writer. The lady, with her right hand, grasping her skirts in the way she had indi cated, took the gentleman's right hand, and swinging her body upon her hips away from him, raised his hand until she bad brought it over the back of her head; then she looked with an engaging smile at a crack in the ceiling, while the gentleman, his right hand extended as indicated and his left at his side, swung about in the other direction and looked gravely at the ceiling upon the other side of the room. After maintaining this pose for a moment, or if it had been in actual danc- The Last of It. ing, until a certain measnre of music had played, they slowly changed this position by swinging the bodies around toward each other, at the same time never moving their feet, until they were looking directly into each other's eyes. This completed the movement, and a very graceful one it was, too. "If you write anything about the min uet," said the graduate of the ballet, "don't forget to say that at no moment of the dance should the lady take both hands from her skirts. As in the figure I have just shown you, it is sometimes necessary to use one hand for other purposes, but just the edse of the front skirt should be raised at all times." Tue iconics of IiUtnbnpo. W. S. Phillips, East River National Bank, New York, writes: "It gives me great pleasure to add my testi mony in favor of yoar valuable plasters. Last October I had a very severe attack of lumbago, and suffered untold agony; conld not turn in bed or get in any position without assistance, and -nub pains almot unbearable. The folks Suggested AlLCOCK'S POHOTJS PLASTtKS. As soon as possible I had one applied to tbo small of my hack, and to my great surprise I expe rienced almost instant relief; I continued wear ing it until entirely cured, and 'am happy to eay that I bavo not had the slightest symptoms of lumbago since. Tbev are a wonderful and valuable plaster for luinbaco. and I take much pleasure in recommending them." su Extraordinary Bnrgnlns In ladies', gents' and children's scarlet merino, camel's hair and natural wool un derwear, to close balance of stock before our annual inventory. H. J. "Lyuch's, wssa 438 and 440 Market street. Slarvin'a Best. We want to sell a pound of our new cream puffs and of our Orange Blossom crackers to every housewife in Allegheny county. Get them from your grocer. TuFbu S. S. Marvin & Co. Firat Popular Excnnlon of the Season to Wnnlilnston City, Via B. & O. K. K. On Thursday, January 17, 1889, fare 9 round trip, tickets good lor return passage 10 days. Trains leave Pittsburg 7 and 11:30 A. M. and 1020 P. m. Pullman Parlor Cars on morning trains and Sleeping cars on night train. This will afford excursionists a fine opportunity to sec Congress in session, and will also give thetu acbance to visit Old Point Comfort. Por illustrated 'circulars giving foil information call on or address E. D. Smith, Division Passenger Agent, Cor. fifth avenue and Wood street, Pittsburg, Pa. Cash Hauch's, Said for old gold To. 295 Filth ave. and silver at v wrsu 0 If UNDER AZURE SKIES. Bessie Bramble Writes From the Garden Spot of Sonth Carolina. SHE DISCUSSES THERACE PROBLEM To Move in Southern Society One Must be a Good Democrat. THE WINTER KESOKT OF AMERICA rCOKBMPONDENCE OP THE DISPATCH. IKEN,S.C.,Janu ary 3.-We left, Pittsburg on a "ark morning, 'mid dripping rain on the Alleghenies it wa3 frozen mist f.nd driving snow in Washington adriz zlu of rain and gen eral dampness that suggested nothing so much as rheu matism and pneumonia, but here we have come into a new world a world of bright spring, blue skies, and ardent sunshine, the wild orange hedges are thick and glossy green, and budding into springtime fresh ness, the fragrant pines are deepest emerald rather than the gloomy funeral foliage that makes the pine a favorite cemetery tree; the laurels, the meed of mighty conquerers look here in their richness, as if they were worth striving for by heroic deeds and glorious feats of brains and brawn, the holly with its polished leaves and scarlet berries sug gest thoughts of Christmas and Santa Claus in Arctic trappings, while all around in native home nature shows only brilliant sunshine, blooming flowers, and odorous springing plants. In the gardens the sweet Narcissus is in bloom, the tulips are peeping up, the cro cuses are getting ready to bloom, and what is more for utility than beauty are tne dain ty, tender lettuce, the juicy spinnach, the turnips and carrots, which are all growing in the gardens on this last day of the year. "What a wonderful country is this Sunny South. Two garden crops are gathered an nually. "With Northern push, drive and enterprise gardening might here be made to pay as well as a gas well or an oil stnfce. A THINLY-SETTLED COUNTBT. Btlt it would grieve the soul of a utilitari an to see the apparently boundless tracts of rich-appearing soil that seem never to have felt the plow, or to have been tickled with the hoe. For miles as the train swept by not a habitation visible, or any mark of civ ilization save the track and train. Then would come 3 little settlement of cabins primitive in the extreme. Only a simple shed, with a chimney and an open door. Not a sign of a window or any attempt at ornament, "With nature all around prodigal ofluxuriant vines, fragrant shrubs and magnificent trees, these cabins stand mostly open to the blast if ever blast there be in these lands of balmy air and brilliant! sunshine and exposed unshel tered to the ardent rays and rage of summer sun. In almost every door as the train whistled bv stood the ideal "mammy" in her turban, with the tots all around her, hiding behind her skirts. Wo used to -think the pictures of the folks or Blackville, as pictured by the Harpers, were exaggerated, but here they are in propria persona, in dress and demeanor, in form and feature, in speech and dialect. At every station were crowds of colored people, old men and young men, women and gins ana cnuaren or all ages and sizes, ar rayed in the most striking and picturesque garments and the most stunning hats and bonnets. The girls wore the most tremen dous bustles, that were in no wise concealed or held in bounds by their calico dresses, starched up to crackling perfection. Judg ing by appearances, the arrival of the train was the striking event of tlje day in all of the settlements, inasmuch as so many of them struck work to go and look at it. The vast preponderance ot blacks over whites was quit! remarkable and strikingly differ ent from Northern crowds. These" colored people are demonstrative and talkative and hilarious. They chaff and laugh and ex hibit all sorts of odd ways and strong emo tions with an abandon that makes them as good as a comedy to the interested observer, IGXOBAXX VOTERS. That thrift, painstaking industry and am bitious energy are not qualities that in any wise distinguish the- colored race in the South is plainly to be seen in their manner of life and careless and cheerful abandon. If anything were needed to show the ardent bigotry and idiotic devotion of politicians to one idea, regardless of consequences, their boasted bestowal of the franchise upon a race of people utterly ignorant and wholly incapacitated in mind from its intelligent use would be strong testimony. Some few there are now who can vote with some knowledge of what the use oi the ballot im plies, but the vast majority are as ignorant and as childishly simple as "befo' the wah." It is not wonderful, therefore, that efforts are being made to retrieve the error, made by the Republican party in granting the right of suffrage to the most ignorant class of people, by an educational requirement What a niean place in history in centuries to come will not those occupy whose views were so narrowed by the prejudices of sex, that they could see the highest virtue in be stowing the ballot upon the lowest and most ignorant classes of the community, while strenuously denying it to citizens or the highest intelligence. Even'with Charles Sumner and men of his stamp, 'who are largely responsible thrusting the ballot into the hands of ignoiance and cupidity, the negroes, the low-down foreign element came first by right of sex. Is it wonderful that American women have so little regard for or reverence or respect for such friends, countrymen and lovers. As for repressing the Republican vote of the South, so as to secure and maintain a Government by the intelligent classes, of which John Sherman and others prate so glibly, and complain so strongly, there is not aState in the North to-day that would not do precisely the same thing under like circumstances. There is not a State in the North to-day that would permit the blacks to rule the whites, and have charge of the Government and administration. A EECONSTBUCTED JUDGE. A Judge of Alabama who has filled high offices in his State, and sat on the Supreme Bench, says he has accepted the issue of the war; that he has been thoroughly re constructed; that he now knows that Cal liounism, State sovereignity and State rights to a belief and faith in which he was brought up as strictly as to the ten commandments and the Nicene creed are completely killed, and can never more find favor in this country, and hence he adapted himself to the situation, proceeded to use his influence and his vote for the further ance of tbe best interests of his State and the country. For this he has been ostra cised, and where ns a Democrat and Con federate he could command anv office in his State, as a Republican he could riot obtain the position of a ward constable, if he so desired. Such is the feeling throughout the ultra Confederate States. It is high-toned, Chris tianly and civilized down here to be a Dem ocrat, but low-down, white-trashy and vul gar to be a Republican. For this reason the colored race is not a unit in politics. The voung colored men who are ambitious .and like to be on the winning side vote the Democratic ticket as do the. white folks. But we propose to tell a little about Aiken, S. C., as a winter resort, which has such a reputation that even Nice aud Men tone and tne Riviera are pronounced infer ior as to blue skies, balmy airs and health giving qualities. Of course the land agents and improvement societies paint it in the most glowing colors nd trim their state ments with superlative adjectives. From might be thought "Was the land of pnre delight "Where saints immortal reign. But it is always safe to discount land agents, and to put no trust in the rose-tinted stories of orange groves and aweet fields of living green that are sold for a song, so to speak. But as to Aiken, we may toy, in begin ning, that it is located'upon an elevated plateau between the Savannah and Edisto rivers. Although 100 miles or more from the Atlantic coast, its soil is sandy as the ocean beach. There are no board walks or pavements, as. far as we have seen, and the rain sinks away out of sight as soon as it falls. The town is nearly 600 feet abovo the sea level, and owes its salubrity to its dry ness, equable temperature, and the pines which find hereiheir native home not the white pines of Michigan, but the rich, resinous yellow pine of Carolina. "They say" that this is the choice spot in the whole United States for dry air and mild climate. As it is pouring outside as we write, we throw that fact in as a reminder that into all towns some rain must fall. WHERE THE ROSES BLOOM. But as to mildness, we can testify of our own knowledge, since in a walk this morn ing we saw fine roses blooming in the open air. All the same, we enjoy the beautiful, glowing wood fires in the open fireplaces at early morn, and when "evening comes arrayed in hues of sober gray," not alone for their picturesqueness, but for comfort as well, Pittsburg's gas fires are charming, but there is a poctry about the fires of neatly cut pine logs with a base of resinous pine knots, that sets the fancy glowing and inspires a sympathy with the poet who says "I still adore my fire." But withal, the average temperature, they tell us, in the winter is about 65, which we can well believe from what we see of vegetation. With January the Aiken winter closes, and spring opens with rush of .bloom and airs divine, with azure skies and health- reviving sunshine. Whether all the stories of the marvelous powers of Aiken in the arrest and cure of lung diseases are true, we are yet inclined to doubt, but certainly there must be some thing in it. On the train we met a bluff, hearty old merchant of Brooklyn, wno, with a rich little touch of the brogue, told us he had spent 17 winters in this "geyarden of the gods." From Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Canada, Maine, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, were the band ot pilgrims who filled the Pullman, sleepers that were thronging to enjoy the balsamic fragrance of the pines, whose soothing effect upon the lungs is so largely expatiated upon, o breathe the warm dry air, and reveljin etherial mildness. On all hands are those who spend all their winters here, who have come here to live for health alone, who have left the stern New England coast to prolong their lives, who have left the snow bound hills of the icy. wind-swept North to revel in the delights of the glad spring time two months in advance, who have flown from the unwelcome embraces of pneu monia, rheumatism, consumption and all the ills that fiesh is heir to to pass the sunny hours under the open sky and amid the whispering pines. Not alone do invalids come, but people of wealth also to enjoy what the North cannot give for all its piled up milliSns. They come for sun, and air, and balm, and the cream of life. But more hereafter. Bessie Bramble. IN WINDOW AKD STUDIO. An Old Art Resurrected Plain Words From Ylnscstchngln Art Notes. It is indeed remarkable the great number and variety of the materials and methods which enter inio the production of works of art, more especially in its decorative branches. And surprisingly simple and commonplace are the means by which va rious effects are produced, proving conclus ively that nowhere is the mastery of mind over matter so evident as in the domain of art; a fact which is so generally admitted, however, that it does not require proof. Most of the art processes are of great antiquity, many of them are so old and so nearly forgotten that upon their re vival they may fairly be considered as new. Of these may be mentioned the art of burning upon wood or other material, which has come among us with apparently a new lease of life. Burnt wood in the form of charcoal, has long been a favorite material for drawing upon other substances, but in the process at present referred to wood or other material forms tbe basis of tho work, and the effect is produced upon it by burning with hot irons. The tools used are like soldering irons brought to moderately sharp points, and small flat-irons for scorching large surfaces; they are heated in charcoal furnaces. Com plicated instruments supplied with spirit lamps to keep the points hot have been invented for the work, and also a device in which a current of electricity brings a platinum point to tbe re quired degree of heat is used for fine outline work, but the best results may be attained by tbe use of the ordinary hot irons. Decorative panels, panels for folding screens, etc., may have very striking designs traced upon them by this means, which is sometimes supplemented by the use of sulphuric acid or suitable stains. Efforts have been made to determine what de gree of pictorial effect may bo obtained by this method of working, with results something in the nature of roughly executed etchings, but it is for decorations rather than pictorial effect that this work is suited. White wood 1b tbe material most commonly used, but plusb, bone, leather and such like substances are found to be effective for certain classes of work. . The man whose namo has been most often mentioned in art circles during the past two months, Vasili Vissestchagin, sailed for France on tbe steamer La Champagne, but he has left his pictures and curiosities behind him. He has also left some outspoken opinions regarding art in this country, which, coming as they do from a man of recognized ability as an artist, and who is both by nature ahd training a particularly keen observer, are worthy of serious consideration. "You have no American school of art," he said, "for the reason that there is no encourage ment to native art by tbe wealthy classes. I have seen many of your art museums, and they are filled with foreign pictures. In dress there is a sort of Anglomania here in art a Franco mania. Everywhere there are French pictures; I ask for American pictures, and can find none, except a small collection 'of Mr. Clark's. American pictures arc a drug in the market, and American artists are discouraged; they go abroad and lose their Americanism." Such, in brief, is this eminent foreigner's opinion ot the condition of art in tbe United States. He thinks also that our art schools are good ones bur&re not numerous enough, and that wo shduld have more schools where art as applied to manufactures is taught, for it seems to him that the taste of our workmen is not equal to their ingenuity. i.u spuo oi tne iact, uowever, that wo seem to him at present to lie overmuch influenced by foreign thought, and particularly French thought and ideas, Mr. Vessestchagln still looks for a great future for American art through the working of a strong spirit of indi viduality, which underlies and Is concealed by the present devotion to old world forms and models. Tho Home Artists. The Pittsburg Art School is a progressive institution, and it opens up after the short in terval of a one week vacation during the holi day season with increased activity, both on the part of instructors and pnpils. There is said to be a greater number ot applications for admis sion at this opening than ever before. The fact that there are so few etchers among the fair sex makes worthy of special mention the etching by Mrs. Emily Saitain of E. Wood Perry's picture. "Welcome News." This work is fairly well executed, taken as a whole, but there are portions of it so dull and formal as to indicate that it does but scant'justice to the' original. If those persons possessing pictures 'by Blythe continue to exhibit them with the in creasing frequency which thoy have been doing of late, his eccentricities will soon become nearly as familiar to the present generation as they were to the one in which he flourished, if durlne his Somewhat erratic career hemavbn said to have flourished. His picture, "Satur day Night," has been on view at Mayer's for some days past. Lines and figures in raised gold, having the effect of a considerable degree of relief, are now being much used in china painting. They are produced by a paste which comes in tubes, ready prepared, with which the design is worked out and the design Is then burnt before the gold Is applied. Care most be taken to keep the paste perfectly smooth or the gold will look rough when finished. The effects pro duced by this new method of workinc are such as are very highly prized, and It is a valuable addition to tbe already almost Doundless possi bilities of decorative art. Mrs. Thoiias Little has a picture of Mult nomah Falls, Oregon, oh exhibition at Boyd's. Such a subject as this is a difficult one for any but a master of the art of landscape painting to endeavor to handle with any degree of justice. The ambition to depict such scenes is com mendable, but when some ot our most skillful their eloquent reports it that here painters hesitate before attempting such work, the difficulties wpich beset an amateur's efforts In this direction may bo Imagined. To produce works like tnls and expect to render tbe effect of the scene with any degree of truth, is re-c-uired an extended knowledge of nature's laws .regarding rock formations, the growth and ramincaunns oi. trees, tne nature oi lunate, shrubbery, etc, together with such a complete mastery oi tne materials ana meiuoas oi an. . is only attained by those who devote their lives to its study. Mb. Charles .LnrFORD's picture, "An Autumn Storm," to be seen at Mayer's, Is fine work, though, it Is somewhat too small a can Tas lor such a subject. Storms, sunsets and other special effects of nature's changeful moods cannot be fairly rendered except in works of considerable size, and they call for the exercise of the best powers of the artist to perpetuate their grandeur and beauty. The picture in question is a clever work as regards composition, very well handled, in a broad, free stylo of execution, and as effective as pan be looked for in a work in which so much has been compressed into such a small space. Tho sun breaking through the storm clouds lights up a scene of picturesque beauty; a glimpse of uistan; meaaow irom wmen abuiuu bucaui comes winding toward the spectator, reflecting ehtfrom the clearine sky and Dear- ing upon its banks some fine old trees which are just assuming the gay colors of autumn, all go to form a picture of artistic excellence and of unusual interest. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Secretary of .the Treasury yesterday afternoon accepted the following bonds: 4"s, registered, $289,500 at lOSJ. i 'Bill Ryan, the train robber, and a member of tbo famous James gang, has been granted a commutation of his 25 year term by Governor Morehouse, of Missouri. Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers, is in Chicago arranging the details of the settlement of the Burlington strike. The terms will not be made public for some days yet. The earnings of the Union Pacific Railway Company for the month of November were $1,60.238; Increase over November last year, 838,607; expenses, 8,619,59; increase, 3193,523: surplus, SI.01S.639; decrease, $134,870. So warm and pleasant is the Treather on the St. Lawrence m er that Folger Brothers, own ers of the steamer Maud, gave an excursion from Klugston to St. Vincent yesterday. The weather is unprecedented for this time of year. Since New Year's Day there has been much wrangling between the Knights of Labor and the Miners' Union, two rival organizations, at the little coal mining town of New Castle, Wash. T. The trouble culminated Thursday in a riot, in which onn man, William Raston, was &iueu, ana many omers uauiy injurea. The cases of James J. West and Joseph Dunlop, respectively publishers and city editor of the Chicago Times, who were arrested at the instance of Inspector Boutield and Captain Schaack. on a charge of criminal libel, came up before Justice White. Upon request the hearing was postponed until January 10. Fifty deliberate murders and only one hanging is the terrible record that Chicago makes for 1888. Of the 49 remaining, 13 have been convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, 11 have escaped through legal jugglery, five have added to their original crimo that of self-murder, and six, although known to the police, have never been captured. A man named Charest went from Montreal to California 18 years ago to seek bis fortune. After some time news reached his wife that he was dead. She married again, but her second husband was killed by falling off a bridge. She married a third husband in the person of a Mr. Farmer, of Laval connty. A short time since her first husband appeared with $33,000 and wished to lire with his wife. She, however, de clines. The case is now likely to come before the courts. FOR ABU&E OF AI-COHOL Use Boraford's Acid Phosphate. Dr. "W. E. Crane, Mitchell, Daksays: "It has proven almost a specific for this disorder; It checks the vomiting, restores the appetite, and, at tbe same time allays the fear of im pending dissolution, that is so common to heavy drinkers." Extraordinary Bnrgalm In fine plush sacques, modjeskas, new markets, cloth jackets, jerseys and children's wraps; also winter dressgoods, cashmeres, Henriettas, serges, wool plaids, broadcloths and combination suitings at greatly reduced prices, before our annual stocktaking. H. J. Lttnch's, tVSSn 438 and 440 Market street. Catarrh Cored. A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease, catarrh, vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a recipe which completely cored and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending self-addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 Warren st, New York City, will receive the recipe free of charge. THUMA'S DAKCIKG ACADEMY, 64 Fourth Avenne. Opening of second quarter for beginners next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings; children ' Saturday afternoon. Por particulars call at the academy. Two Thousand Grocers In Allegheny connty sell Marvin's superior bread and crackers. Don't be satisfied with any of the inferior makes. tufsu Use Rosalia flour, manufactured only bv Whitmyre & Co., Thirty-eighth street and Allegheny Valley Eailroad, guaranteed tbe very best in the market. Go to Hauch's Jewelry Store, No. 295 Fifth ave., for wedding presents. Large variety. Lowest prices. tvfsu For 3Q Days. Boys and youths' suits made to order, $15 and upward, at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood st. wsu II IIPLIIilll Two gentlemen collided on a busy thorough fare. And used language toward each other quite emphatic. While one was young and dressed with great care, The other looked seedy, aged and rheumatic. "You must be trying to catch a fast train?" The old man quito shrilling exclaimed; "Or ele something heavy is' pressing your brain. For It's not your fault I am not maimed." At first, to be angry, the youth was disposed, As he was only partly to blame, But being well bred, as might be supposed, Decided to explain how it came. He said: "I was in a great hurry. To reach a big downtown store, And I was in quite a flurry. Lest niy neighbors should get there before. You see: they have great bargain prices, Which lasts for a week or ten days; Their clearance sale so manv entices. That I think to deal with them pays. Lamps, cut glass and high art pottery, At prices that are quite astounding, It is really like an honest lottery, So many prices are there abounding. Elegant sets for tea or dinner. Or for fish, game or ice cream; A man who buys there is a winner, His smile on gloom would cast a gleam. French, China and bronze and onyx tables, And all the latest styles of clocks. At prices that read like fairy fables, To make room for new lines of stocks. Their toilet sets are also beauties. The ladles o'er their quality rave; And one of married men's f orenfost duties, Is to buy them there and money save." "Where 1 this placet" the old man cried, . "Directly to it together we'll go;" "ItR on Penn avenue," the youth replied. "You will see their business card below." here THE J. P. SMITH, LAMP, mil & CHINA CO,, 9 ( 5 Fenn Ave Ja5-wrsu B I J Oil THEATER, Under the Direction of R. M. GULIOK & CO. Business Manager A. J. SHEDDEN. WEEK OP JAMJARY 7, 1889. Regular Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday. The Most Thrilling and Realistic of all American Pldys, the Military Romance, HELD BY THE :e nsr :e With Superb Cast, Scenery and Properties. Gillette's American Drama, Fqunded on Incidents of the Civil War. A Triumph of Honor and Devotion to Country. A Success of America, England and Australia, BIJOU PRICES, Jannary 14 KATE OASTLETON. In a "A III 11: E. D. WILT Lessee and Manager. ONE WEEK, COJiMENCING MONDAY, JANUARY 7. SATURDAY MATINEE. EDWIN BOOTH, LAWRENCE BARRETT AND THELR EXCELLENT COMPANY. monday Ju I ius Caesar NIGHT, j Mr. Booth Brutus LMr. Barrett Cassius rtuXelRCHAliTofMCE Matinee, 1 . Entire Play (6 j Mr. Booth. i Shylock Acts), l.Mr. Barretts Bassanio Wednesday jQTH ELLO Friday Nights. Mr. Booth Iaeo LMr. Barrett Othello HAMLET I Mr. Booth Hamlet (Mr. Barrett Laertes THURSDAY NIGHT, SatfTHEF00L'SREVENGE if 'J And YORIOK'S LOVE A Double I Mr. Booth Bertuccio BUI. LMr. Barrett Yonck -8SThe above plays will be presented wi h Messrs. Booth and Barrett'saiew and elaborate scenery, costumes, armor, properties, etc. A quintet of selected vocaljsts ana a largo aux iliary force. Parqnet and two rows of parquet circle. . . .S2 50 Balance of parquet circle 2 00 Five rows of dress circle 1 SO Balance of dress circle I 00 Gallery 60 Box seats first floor. S3; second floor, $2. January M-HERRMANN. JaM CASINO 'MUSEUM. JOHN W. O'BRIEN Proprietor JOHN W. FLOCKER Manager JOHN W. WALLACKER Press Agent WEEK OF JANUARY 7. The second and last week of the Crescent City Combination, Headed with Sy monds, Hughes and RastusThorne and Willett. Miss Jennie Brady, Da ley and Mack. JOHN W. COFFEE, TheSkeletonDude and his Pet Pug Dog. This man has no equal, as he Is the only living be ing that deserves the name of a Skel eton. COL. DECKER, the crowning glory of diminutive man kind, the handsom est, finest formed and most talented Liliputian living. Mrs.Pat O'Brien. widow of thoiam- S ous Irish Giant,tho i late rat uurien. 10 CENTS ADMITS TO ALL. Open from 10 A. M. to 10 P. 3T. Chief Publo and Wife week of January 14. ja64 THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY SOCIETY'S BENCH SHOW OF DOGS Will be held January 29, 30, 31 and February L 18KJ, at GRAND CENTRAL SKATING RINK, A large list of nrizes are offered. Premium lists aie now ready. Apply to A. C. Krueeer. Sop't, office Jas. Bowtf i fc Son, Gun btore, MB smitnneia street. de31-7-ThSu E. GREGG. President. FIRST GRAND CONCERT RECEPTION AND BALL To bo given by the Pride of Allegheny City Lodge No. 14, Order Daughters of St. George, at Masonic Hall, corner Washlng ington street and Madison avenue. Allegheny City, Tuesday evening, January 8. 1839. uiaiiu aixaiuu ah ?.ou. iliu&ic uy mo 3GCUUU Italian Band. Tickets 60 cents each. All friends are cordially Invited. jaWS DIIIM UaRITa,n,e98l7'cnredlnlOtoSO rltlrn nHUII Days. Sanitarium or Homo Treatment. Trial Free. No Cure. No Par. THE BUMAXE KutEOT Co. La fajctte. Ind. sel4-u29-su P ATEWTS. o; D. LEVIS, Solicitor of Patents, 131 Fifth avenue.above Smithfield, nextLeader ofiice. (No delay.) Established 20 years. se29-hli DANCING ACADEMIES. THUMA'S DANCING ACADEMx, 64 Fourth ave.; second quarter commences next week; classes for beginners Tuesdar, Wednesday and Thursday evenings; advanced, Monday and Friday; children, baturday after noon. Ticket, 10 lessons (limited to 10 weeks), J00. Class commences at 7:30. ia5-27-su PROF. BROOKS' DANCING ACADEMY, Sixth and Liberty Stbeets. (Member of the American Society of Pro fessors of Dancing, New York.) t The second term for ladles and gentlemen will commence THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, at 8 o'clock P. M. For ladies (exclusively) THURS DAY, JANUARY 3 at 3 o'clock P. M. For mioses and masters, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 at 3 o'clock p.m. For particulars call for circulars at music stores. de30-23 CHRISTY'S DANCING ACADEMY 1010 and 1012 Penn avenue, PITTSBURG. PA. The latest dances of the season taught: tbe best of assistance rendered to each individual student to accomplish a perfect step in danc ing. Beginners' class, Monday and Friday evenings; advanced class, Tuesday evening; private lessons, y eunesuay ; pnvue lessons lor ladies every afternoon; children's class Satur day afternoon. For any further information MI PVDU . apply t tor J PROF. J. S. CHRISTY. oc3I-e83-ST; ADVERTISEMENTS. :m: i RESERVED SEATS, 75c, 50c and 25c. Paper Doll." ja6-3frsn iff 1 J. MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 7. Matinees: Tn6sflay.,niBrsflay& Saturflay. Rose Hill's English Folly Company. Miss Veda Mansfield. Miss Mane Kestelle. Toner and Frobel. Miss Nellie Hague. The Whitings. Misses Queen and Pond. Carrand Tourgee. Caldwell Sisters. Fred Roberts. Rice and Barton. And the New Burlesque, Called ;, or rap January 14 Peter Rice's Syndicate of Vaud eville Stars. Ja6-29 HARRIS' JHEATER. WEEK OF JANUARY 7. Only Four Matinees This Week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The success of the present time. Lights Olondon Produced better than ever before. New and elegant SCENERY AND MECHANICAL EFFECTS. A cast of RECOGNIZED ACTORS. All the actors and actresses in the city invited to attend the Friday matinee. Next week "One of the Finest,' deW F. G. REMEMAN, 62 AND 54 SIXTH STREET, Headquarters for Costumes of all descriptions, for hire at reasonable prices. del6-sa F. G. RFJNEMAN. m r Aeadein rHAT STRTLIZLSTG- DISCOUNT SALE ! NOW GOING ON AT DANZIG-ER'S. )$-$( Our immense establishment to be enlarged ! Our entire business to be reorganized ! A partnership to be formed on February i, 1889. All this necessitates the rapid disposal of the bulk of our big stock. We are ready to Sacrifice 1 OUR LOSS is the PEOPLE'S GAIN! And for the Next TVenty Day's you can almost buy what you want at your own prices. All our Ladies' Wraps, Plush Goafs, Cloth Newmarkets, Jackets, Jerseys, Misses' and Children's Cloaks ! All marked away down from last week's prices ; and, as a further induce ment to create rapid sales, we offer TWENTY PER CENT DISCOUNT, on every Cloak in our big store. Don't delay in making your selection ; the assortment is ample and we can please you. We are hustling lively to make our sales tell. : )-( t WOOLEN UNDERWEAR ! For Men, Women and Children, must be moved at once. TWENTY PER CENT DISCOUNT will induce you to help us do so. Ladies' Muslin Underwear has to go in this remarkable sale. TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT on every garment in our store to-day. All our Fancy Goods, J3ric-a-Brac, Pictures, Easels, Albums, Fine Pottery, Mirrors, Dolls, Books, Games, to be .sacrificed now. TWENTY PER CENT DISCOUNT on all these rich and elegant goods on our second floor. CORSETS AND BUSTLES ! TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT for the next 20 days. LACE CURTAINS, WHITE GOODS, TOWELS, TABLE LINEN, NAPKINS, all at TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT now., TWENTY PER CENT DISCOUNT on all Woolen Goods. ,', B-TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT in other departments .-3 .IPIE OLAL.' Come in the morning and avoid the afternoon crowds. -- MORRIS H.DANZiCER'S, 42-44-M-M m St. jaS-xwna NEW ADTEttTTSEMESTS. . . Vx WE" "' S EXj L i q LADIES I C0ATS j M CASH.;; j OR ON W As I TIME. V 1 $$$$$$$ ' A FINE COMB- ination of Quality. Quantity and Price, 'which EDMUNDSON &PERRINEare offering to their customers during their stock-taking CLEARANCE SALE CATCHES 'EM ALL. No other store can best us in our en deavor to satisfy every customer who trades with us. THE BIGGEST LICENSE given to those who wish to examine our goods and compare one prices. We have never been, and we neverwDl be, undersold. TERMS FOB TERMS CASH OR ALL CASH OR CREDIT. KINDS OF PAYMENTS. FURNITURE, CARPETS, DRYGOODS, LADIES' WRAPS. CURTAINS, BEDDING. 635 Smithfield Street. jaSsu HOLIDAY, BIRTHDAY Or Wedding Present. This Celebrated COMBINATION t Easy Chair Excells. Elegant and Useful for the Luxuri ous or In firm. Wlieel Cliairs and other Invalids', Goods a Specialty. Our Annex to the abovo business embraces an .extensive line of OFFICE DESKS. ALL- GRADES, STYLES AND PRICES ATA 'DISCOUNT. STEYEXS CHAIR (MPMY NO. 3 SIXTH STREET, OPEN EVENINGS. se25-eCU-SVTh PITTSBURG, PA. 3 -JX--H 538-540-542 Pemlye. ii liPflik fllBtei ff 4i l m I "'.SVt ir i 3,, . ,.. ja'.-- r . t -T
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