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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SUPERCEDED BT THE "WALTZ.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-
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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."
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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
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giving foil information call on or address E.
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fifth avenue and Wood street, Pittsburg,
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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RESERVED SEATS,
75c, 50c and 25c.
Paper Doll."
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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.
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rHAT STRTLIZLSTG-
DISCOUNT SALE !
NOW GOING ON AT
DANZIG-ER'S.
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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.
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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.
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MORRIS H.DANZiCER'S,
42-44-M-M m St.
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NEW ADTEttTTSEMESTS. . .
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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.
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HOLIDAY, BIRTHDAY
Or Wedding Present.
This Celebrated
COMBINATION
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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.
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