OftTHE UPWARD TUBN
Speculation and General Business
Show Increased Activity.
IRON HAS REACHED THE BOTTOM
And Now Expects to Show Marked Signs
of Improvement.
EEPOETS OP BRADSTEEET AND DUN
tSPECIAL TILZGRA.M TO THE DISFATCQ.l
NewYobk, February 8. Special tele
grams to Sradstreet's show moderate gains
in the movement of general merchandise at
Kansas City, New Orleans, St. Louis, Bos
ton, Chicago and San Francisco, though no
great activity is noted at them. The lower
temperature of the week has had a good in
fluence on the sale of seasonable goods.
Jobbers are not specially inclined to add to
their stocks in any line. Boots, shoes, pro
visions, drygoods and agricultural imple
ments at "Western centers have been in re
lativelv most active request. At most cen
ters, other than those noted, trade is gener
ally dull or quiet. The colder weather at
the East has not favorably influenced the
building materials market.
General trade at New York is fair to act
ive. Groceries are in increased distribu
tion, as is also rye whisky, which is higher,
furniture and paints. Paper and cigar
manufacturers are reported active. Local
trade in paper and wool is quiet. The cold
snap has interfered "with, building opera
tions and depressed the demand for building
materials. Large stocks of fruit, coal and
manufactured rubber goods depress trade
in above lines.
HTCBEASED SPECULATION.
Increased public and European buying
and enlarged activity are the feature's in
stock speculation. The advance of prices
is mainly in the specialties. A decision in
the Iowa railroad commissioners' case, un
favorable to the railroads, depresses the
granger shares. Bonds are very active and
strong, though manipulative influences are
at work in some quarters of this depart
ment. Money at Ifew York is fairly easy.
Call loans 22 per cent.
At Chicago, New York exchange is at
par. Funds arefirmer at Kansas City. For
eign exchange is lower on buying of stocks
by foreign investors. Demand sterling
54 88X 8S Bank clearings at 40 cities
chow an increase of 19 per cent over last
week, and 30 per cent over the week a year
ago.
Wheat has advanced some Z cents on
the week, at Chicago about 6J4" cents on
the week, and as ocean freights continue
strong the outlook for shipping our 10,000,
O00 or 12,000,000 bushels of surplus grain on
the Atlantic seaboard is not bright. This is
particularly true inasmuch as French,
I English, German and Belgian wheat mar
kets tend lower, with 22,000,000 bushels of
wheat reported at Odessa available lor ex
port. The reshipment of wheat west from
New York for milling purposes character
izes the scarcity of stocks at the interior.
"WHEAT I1T BIGHT.
Sradstreet's reports of visible stocks of
Wheat east of the Rocky Mountains aggre
gate 47,414,612 bushels February 1, a de
ciease during January, 18S9, of 5,325,791
bushels 10 percent or more than 1,000,000
bushels per week. The decrease in Janu
ary, 1888, was only 3,611,531 bushels 5 per
cent about 700,000 bushels per week. One
significance of the heavier decline last
month lies in our having exported but
111,000 bushels of wheat from Atlantic
ports during that period, against 1,468,000
bushels in January, 1888. Counting wheat
and flour as wheat, the gross Atlantic ports
January exports in 1889 were but 2,095,000
bushels, against 4.222,000 in 1888, yet the
decline in the visible supply each week in
January, 1889, was 50 per cent heavier than
in January, 1888.
Jobbers report a larger distribution of
cotton and wool dress goods at the East.
Prints, ginghams, all-wool dress goods and
men's wear, woolens and worsteds note most
relative improvement. A better export de
mand for brown and bleached cottons 13 re
ported by agents. Other lines note little
change. Prices are generally firm. The
cutting of ginghams' prices has infected
jobbers in prints, and some makes have been
reduced in the face of an otherwise strong
market.
Foreign dress goods note a special degree
of activity at New York, and all late price
advances are firmly held. Raw wool is
steady, but without animation, owing to a
mild "winter, and the practical failure of
clothing woolens to advance in sympathy
with the raw product. Some holders are
granting concessions to dispose of surplus
stocks. The wool-clip of 1889 promises a
large yield and good quality. Eaw cotton
is 3-16e higher.
OUTLOOK FOE IKON.
The Thomas Iron Company has fixed the
price of forge iron at 515 25 for Northern
and $15 for Southern. There has been a
heavy demand for Southern forge iron, and
it is just as well to recognize the fact Iron
shows no improvement from last week, and
is still dull. Steel rails have sold at $26,
and are only nominally quoted at 27 at the
mill in the East. Anthracite coal is ap
parently in a very unsatisfactory condition.
Jt isn't easy to learn the facts where a busi
ness is as closely held as this one, but stocks
at tide water are very heavy, the market is
clogged, buyers refuse to place orders and
many operators are discouraged. Some have
shut down and others have threatened to do
so.
Sugar refiners were enabled to add to
stocks of rawsowing to free arrivals. Im
porters stocks haven't been increased much,
and prices were not depressed. Refined
sugar is about steady. Estimates of the
Brazilian coffee crop have increased, and
interest In the option market has declined.
Prices have gone off a little, closing about
steady. Really attractive goods have not
been freely offered this week, and the dis
tribution is less active.
Business failures reported to Sradstreet's
number 265 in the United States this week,
against 294 last week, and 234 this week
last year. Canada had 46 this week; 53
last week. The total of failures in the
United States, January 1, to date is 1,871,
against 1,686 in 1SS8.
A CHANGE FOE THE BETTER.
B. G. Dun & Co. See an Improvement In
General Business.
New York, February 8. E. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
The average price of commodities has taken
a turn upward dnnng the past week. The ad
vance has been abont 1 per cent in the aggre
gate, and is shared about equally by specula
tive and non-speculative articles. Outside New
York the payments through Clearing Houses in
January covers about IS per cent larger than
last year, and the colder weather tends to re
move an important cause of depression. Pork
lias declined hlf a dollar per barrel, lard a
fraction, and hogs 15c per 100 pounds, half a
cent in corn and a cent in oats. Wheat has
risen 2Jc, on reports that a power! nl combina
tion at Chicago has cornered May delivery, and
the margin between New York and Chicago
prices has grown wider, Chicago being higher.
The highly artificial nature of Western prices
needs no other proof than the fact that, in
spite of this difference, wheat Is still shipped
Irom the West and Chicago to New York.
Oil has advanced c and cotton K&. The
iron trade is thought by some to have touched
bottom. The Thomaslron Company has named
115 80 as its contract price for grey forge, equal
to flS for Southern iron at tidewater, but has
not yet decided upon its opening price for the
foundry grades. Borne Southern sellers have
withdrawn from the market, and except for
Bessemer nig no further depression in price ap
pears. No change appears in rails. Coal is
phenomenally dull, and many colleries are
stopping. The syndicate's stock of foreign
copper increased 4,300 tons in January. Tin is
steady, and the latest sale ol lead was at $3 75.
Business is almost everywhere called quiet,
but when comparisons are made some excess
over the last year is usually observed. There
it nowhere complaint as to the supply of
money. The Government report makes the
volume of money in circulation $1,408,000,000,
against 1.400,000,000 January 1, the larger in
crease being in gold certificates, and the prin
cipal decrease in silver and bank notes. Dur
ing the past week the Treasury has added
$3,000,000 to the circulation. The stock market
has Deen stronger. A general change in tone
has come.
The final decision of Judge Brewer adverse,
to the Iowa railroads is of consequence, not
only to them, but to others which have hoped
that the principles of his earlier decision would
shield them against State enactments. Re
ports of cutting of rates are more definite and
frequent. The earnings are still large, and
there is a growing belief that improvement
will m some way result for shareholders.
Foreign trade continues large, and for five
weeks imports show a gain over last year of 8.2
per cent, and exports a gain of 17 per cent.
The business failures number 30J, as com
parea with a total of 332 last week and 342 the
week previous. For the corresponding week
of last year the figures were 289.
A BOARD OP TRADE BUILDING,
Wherein All Oor Commercial Organizations
Can Meet, is Projected.
Messrs. G. W. C. Johnston and C. F.
Horning arc at the head of a committee of
business men Tho issue a call upon other
prominent citizens to co-operate in the con
struction of a Board of Trade building for
Pittsburg. What they say they want is set
forth thus:
A commercial center where the different
branches of business shall be represented, a
central business home or Board of Trade.whero
merchant, manufacturer and shipper can come
into closer business relations, acquire and dis
seminate valuable commercial and economic
information and promote a uniformity in all
transactions, and inculcate principles of justice
and equity in trade. It is proposed to secure a
central location and erect a suitable building,
similar to those occupied by Boards of Trade
in other cities. It will be of such size as will
conveniently accommodate the various busi
ness interests of Pittsburg, such as Chamber
of Commerce, Grain and Flour Exchange,
Coal Exchange, Iron Exchange, Coke Indus
try, Builders' Exchange, Grocers' Exchange.
They want to have one building for all, where
each can transact their respective business;
likewise to have one main room, offices for the
various brokers, railroad representatives, and
representatives of other branches of business.
The stock, like that of similar institu
tions in cities such as Chicago, St. Louis,
Cincinnati, New York, etc.would in a short
time, they think, have a large commercial
value.
DR. TIXCEST WILL ATTEND.
The Great Chnutauquan to Teach at n Sab
bath fechool Institute.
A Sabbath school institute will be held in
the First United Presbyterian Church,
Allegheny, next week, beginuing Monday
evening, and closing Thursday evening. At
the opening session addresses will be de
livered by Eev. J. M. Fulton, D. D., and
Eev. B. T. yincent, D. D., of Akron, O.
On each of the three succeeding days, fore
noon, afternoon and evening sessions will
be held, beginning at 9.30 A. M., 2:30 P. M.,
and 730 P. M. respectively.
The time of each forenoon and afternoon
session will be divided between a normal
class drill on a succession of Biblical topics,
addresses on practical Sabbath school
topics, actual class drill, the answering of
queries by experienced Sabbath school
workers, etc.
The normal drill will be conducted main
ly by Dr. B. T. Vincent, whose work is
well known to those who have attended the
Chautauqua Assemblies. Eev. Wilbur F.
Crafts, author of "The Sabbath for Man,"
and present Secretary of the American Sab
bath Union, will present a number of
addresses on important subjects, and Mrs.
"W. F. Crafts will present practical plans
for the primary department, "Seven Lamps
of Teaching," teach the lesson for Sabbath,
February 17 to children, etc.
A PBOMNENT POLITICIAN CURED.
Given Up by tbe Doctors, Ills Daughter
Adopted the Faith Method.
rSriCIAL TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Cantos, February 8. A so-called case
of cure by the Christian science method,
which has a number of firm believers here
among a class of intellectual and devoutly
religious ladies, is claimed in the person of
Uriah Feather, whom the doctors gave up
some days ago. Mr. Feather is a retired
capitalist and a Republican politician, aged
about 70 years, and is well known through
out the State.
When the attending physicians said his
death was only the question of a few days,
his daughter, Mrs. John Allen, and Mrs.
Angie Manley, believers in the Christian
science mode of treatment took charge of
the case and their patient is rapidly recov
ering, and will be able to be about in a few
days. The ladies attribute Mr. Feather's
recovery to their treatment, but the skeptics
refuse to be converted. Several similar
cases of alleged cure by this method have
previously occurred here.
Sentiment Growing-.
Alderman Leslie returned yesterday from
the temperance conference at Harrisburg.
He hopes to see all the State societies or
ganize on the issue of prohibition. A meet
ing will be field in the Twenty-fifth Street
M. E. Church on Sunday.
At the regular meeting, February 6, 1889,
of the Board ot Managers of the Ilome for
Aged Protestant Women the following ac
tion of the board was ordered published:
"In the death of Mrs. Anna E. Bennett
the Board of Managers of the Home for Aged
Protestant Women mourn the loss of another
of the original members of the board.
"Faithful in the conscientious perform
ance of her duties, markedly charitable -in
her judgments of the action and motives; .of
others, zealous in all good works to which
she put her hand, a woman worthy of all
commendation has passed from the sorrows,
cares and disappointments of life to that
peace and joy that remaineth for the chil
dren of God.
"Though her chair will be vacant at our
meetings, her memory will be ever preent
with us, for years of association in the work
of the institution had so endeared her to us
that we feel her loss rather as a dear mem
ber of a family than as a mere associate in
public work.
"While our hearts are sorrowful at her
death, yet our sympathies go out to her fam
ily, whose bereavement is so much greater
than ours, and while the natural grief of
human affections will flow, it is not withont
its consolations to feel their tears are for one
who filled her part of wife, mother and
woman so bravely and so well during life.
"Eesolved, That this expression of our
sorrow for her death, our appreciation of her
character and our sympathy with her family
be entered upon our minutes, published in
the daily papers, and a copy transmitted to
her husband and children."
By order of the board.
Maby C. Thubston, Secretary.
Eddie, My Dear Boy,
You're looking bad; what's the matter? Oh,
bad headache; head boiling over with heat;
hair all coming out. Look here; let me tell
you something. Your hat is doing all this;
it's too heavy. Go to Bennett's, corner
Wood st. and Fifth avenue, and get one of
their light weight You will have no head
ache and retain your hair.
We have in stock Fisk, Clark & Flagg's,
leader and B. A. C; also their new shapes,
the protean, rival and lochmont You
never saw such an assortment
Will Peice, 47 Sixth st
Chance of Sentiment.
Accident insurance is becoming so popu
lar that we may soon expect to see in The
Dispatch the annonncement that John
Jones, who was hurt or killed, carried $3, 000
accident insurance or $20 per week benefits
in tbe National Benefit Association of In
dianapolis. J. T. CUlTNnrQHAM,
51 Lewis Block, Agent
Will Price's window display of fine
neckwear excels any display ever seen in
any city East or West
Sample Free. Ask your grocer for
Electric Paste Store Polish. No dust no
dirt Try it
FUN AND PLAUDITS.
The Elks' Benefit at the Bijou Theater
a Financial Success.
THE ATTENDANCE QUITE LARGE,
The Programme is Very Long, but Hardly
Up to the Standard.
A YRI PLEASANT PBESENTATI0N
The Eleventh annual benefit performance
for Pittsburg Lodge, No. 11, B. P. O. Elks,
was given yesterday afternoon in the Bijou
Theater. The favorite play house was
filled with a large audience. The pro
gramme was hardly np to the standard, how
ever. It is to be regretted that the illness
of Miss Minnie Palraer-andothersprevented
them from appearing.
The Great Western Band opened the en
tertainment with a concert. Prof. M. B.
Weiss acted as leader. Their rendering of
the overtures "Eienzi" and "A Night in
New York" was excellent
Mr. W. C. Erskine made a short address,
but few beyond the orchestra heard him, as
he spoke so low. Mr. John W. Bansome
gave some of his original specialties as a
dialect comedian, and won a round of ap
plause. His topical songs are above the
average.
GOOD MUSIC AND VARIETY.
The orchestra, under the leadership of
Brother Phil T. Weiss, played an overture.
Mr. B. A. Roberts and Paton Gibbs recited
selections. C. W. Allison sang "A Dandy
Coon." These artists appeared by the
courtesy of Mr. Bodgers and Managers B.
M. Gulick & Co.
Miss Mamie Oswald volunteered and ap
peared in a scene from "Borneo and Juliet."
It was one of the first good things in the
programme, and the young lady was heart
ily welcomed. Her performance was, on
the whole, very fair. A few errors were
apparent, but the young lady will yet suc
ceed in that line.
The French Twin Sisters sang a solo,
danced and looked pretty, all of which
they can do in a pleasing manner, "The
Sappho Serenade," Misses Lawrence, Wil
let and Wood, was good, as was also the
singing and drill of the Olympia Quartet
It was reserved for Mr. William Hoey,
"Old Hots," ot the Parlor Match" Com
pany, to make the hit of the afternoon.
His renderings of the songs "I Forget" and
"Goodby" won him much applause. Mr.
Charles Corcoran sane a baritone solo,
"Alone inthe Desert" The "Si Perkins" or
chestra played an overture. The Perkins com
pany gave the second act of the comedy,
"Si Perkins." The leading roles were
filled by Frank Jones and Miss Alice Mon
tague in a creditable manner. The singing
by the members of the company and the
dancing of Master Frank Young were well
done. Manager Harry Williams, of the
Academy of Music, and Mr. Frank Jones
are to be thanked for their appearance.
THE MELAKOE CLOSED.
Songs were sung by John B. Wright
and Miss Lottie Burns, of the Casino Mu
seum; Claire and Lysle appeared in a
tumbling act, and J. J. Kaufee performed
some marvelous feats on roller skates.
The entertainment was closed with "The
Elks' Gathering." The members of tbe
order formed in a semicircle on the stage.
Clarence Burleigh. Esq., then stepped for
ward ana, on Denaii oi jurs. w imam unalet,
presented a large, well-executed portrait of
the late William Chalet to the lodge, of
which he was an honored member. Dr. J.
P. McCord accepted the gift on behalf of
the lodge, and paid a high tribute to their
dead brother. The members present then
joined hands and sang "Auld Lang Syne."
Financially the entertainment was a
great success, and the lodge may feel proud
thereof.
The performance commenced at 1:30
o'clock and concluded after 6. Much of
the programme was, even then, cut out
The audience was composed princinally of
ladies. All of the private boxes were filled,
and the body of the house itself presented as
pretty a scene as was ever put on a theater
stage.
SEQUEL OF A SENSATION.
John W. Norton Ak lor a Divorce
From
Bis Runaway Wife.
rSFECIAI. TELZGBAX TO THE DISPATCH. 1
St. Louis, February 8. John W. Nor
ton, by his attornsy, filed a petition this
afternoon asking for a divorce from his wife.
Emma S. Norton. In his petition he
charged that in the month of July, 1888,
she was guilty of improper conduct
This is the only allegation made in the
petition. Mrs. Norton, on the above date,
eloped with Henry W. Moore, managing
editor of the Post-Dispatch. Both are now
living in New York City.
Natural Gas Gets There Once More.
An explosion of natural gas took place at
4 o'clock yesterday morning in the. Union
Hotel, on Frankstown avenue, which was
caused by a defective piece of plumbing.
The explosion caused a fire to break out,
and 500 damage was done to the house. It
is occupied by John Tranger.
It Will be a Fine Bridge.
The Ohio connecting railroad bridge will
cost $1,500,000. The contract has not yet
been placed. There will be two spans, one
420 long, the other 525 feet. There is some
talk of building a branch np Chartiers
creek to Mansfield on the Panhandle, bnt
this is denied.
The Inspector's Investigation To-Dny.
A court of inquiry appointed by Chief
Brown will meet in the rooms of the cap
tains of the police at 1 o'clock this after
noon to investigate the charges made against
Inspector McAleese by Dr. Orr. The in
vestigation will be public.
On Egypt' Light nnd Darkness.
Bev. John Giffen, of Asyoot, Egypt, will
deliver an address in the Lombard street
Chapel, to-morrow evening at 730 o'clock,
on the subject, "Egypt's Light and Dark
ness." Bev. H. H. Bell will preach in the
chapel in the morning.
Business Offices for Rent
The Germania Savings Bank building has
been fitted up with 15 new offices of vari
ous sizes which can be rented either
s'ngly or in suites of two or more. These
offices are splendidly lighted and fitted up
in elegant style, having all modern conven
iences, gas, Water, steam-heat, elevator, etc.
Persons desiring a change of location or
seeking more room would do well to call
and see them before renting elsewhere.
Business men who have seen them consider
them the most desirable offices in the city.
Bent very reasonable.
Keep looking young and save your hair,
its color and beauty Parker's Hair Balsam.
Parker's Ginger Tonic the best cough cure.
Nent Fencing
Of iron or wire for front of public or pri
vate buildings and around cemetery lots.
Also stable fixtnres,iron stairs and shutters,
tree boxes, fire escapes, and wire windows
and door screens for protection atrainst flies
and mosquitos. Taylok & Deax,
203 and 205 Market st.and 67 Seoond ave.
ITS
Society Cbnrmr and Emblems
On hand and made to order promptly. A
complete assortment of Masonic, Knight
Templar, Mystic Shrine, Pythian, Odd Fel
lows, American Mechanics, A. 0. U. W.
and all secret society pins, charms and em
blems, at E. P. Roberta & Sons, corner
Fifth avenue and market st vrssu
TO DIVIDE A SCHOOL.
Sterrett Township Doesn't Want Bruddock
Borough to Eob Peler Even If It Does
Far rani.
An application of the school district of
Sterrett township for a division of school
property was filed in the Quarter Sessions
Court yesterday. In the petition it is stated
that prior to October 4, 1837, what is now the
borough of Wilkinsburg was a part of tbe
township school district On that date the
borough was incorporated. The township bad
but one school and that was in the borough,
and by the decree of court incorporating the
latter it was given to tbe borough.
The township school district now asks for a
share of the property it helped to pay for. Tbe
property is valued at $60,000, and has 30,000 of
debt on it In proportion to the amount of
taxes paid the township claims 23 per cent of
the 30,000, or $8,400. They also claim 28 per
cent of $465 69, the amount of funds on hand
at the time of incorporation, amounting to
130 39.
MAKING A NIGHT OF IT.
The Second Police Gazette Jnry Hangs Fire
for a Little While.
Before Judge Blaglo tho greater part of the
time was taken up with the trial of AW. Gross
for selling obscene literature in the shape of
the jPoltee Gazette. The prosecutor in the case
is Captain Wishart, and it is one of the lot
among which was Schade, who was convicted
tbe other day.
Five of tbe jurors who were called had served
upon the jury that convicted Sohade, and four
of them were set aside by the defense. Judge
Slagle refusing to do so. The testimony ad
duced was similar to that in the Schade case,
the defendant admitting the sale ot the paper,
At tbe adjournment of court tbe jury, which
went out just after dinner, had not reached a
verdict
WITHOUT MANSLAUGHTER.
The Starr Indictment Stripped of an Im
portant Connt by Court.
A ruling was made yesterday in the proceed
ings to quash the indictment against Superin
tendent Starr, ot the Ft Wayne Railroad,
quashing the count of manslaughter in tbe in
dictment The Court has under advisement
the three counts charging negligence on the
part of railroad emplojes, and will give a de
cision on them shortly.
Trial List
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs John
Work, Gustave Heffler, Edward Tinsley, Eu
gene McGIUicudy, Peter Reiss.
Lines From Legal Quarters.
The suit of George Grantz vs William G.
Price & Co., over the shot tower on Price
street is still on trial. No new evidence is
being ottered.
The jury is out ifitbTaaulf casebl'DaVIa
Bennett, tried before Judge Slagie, for aggra
vated assault and battery on James Schade.
Both are boys, and Schade had an eye knocked
out by a stone thrown by Bennett
The County Commissioners yesterday heard
appeals from the assessments in the Twenty
seventh, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty
first wards. None of the complaints amounted
to anything, and were easily settled.
An argument was had before Judge Stowe
yesterday afternoon in the equity proceedings
of B. Coursin against Isaac S. Van Voorhis.
The case was on a mortgage on some land in
McKeesport Major A M. Brown appeared
for the plaintiff, and W. B. Bodgers, Esq., for
tbe defendant
The charter for the Turtle Creek Gas Com
pany was filed in the Recorder's office yester
day. Tho capital stock is 5,000, divided into
100 shares at $50 per share. The directors are
Peter W. Boli, James Gilmore, Jr.,B. A. Jobe,
O. O. Tintsman, J. S. Johnson, William E.
Evans and S. A. Roth.
To-SAV is the last day for the filing of appli
cations for liquor licenses. Clerk of Courts
McGunnegle will keep his office open until 8
or 9 o'clock in the evening to receive any late
comers. Up to date there have been filed
nearly 1,000 applications, and it is expected
mat tne numoer wui reacn i,zuu.
The case of James Mason against Fred Elk
is still on trial before Judge Magce. The suit
is for damages to the land owned by Mason, Elk
haying the right to mine the coal on the land.
Tho surface, it is claimed, was damaged by the
mines sinking, and by the water drained from
the mines running over it
Ik Judge Collier's branch of the Criminal
Court yesterday, the whole day was taken up
trying a case involving a number of cross
charges of assault and battery. The parties in
the case were John and Ludwig Sims, John and
George Malseed, George Bradley and Paul
Crooker. Bradley and Crooker were found
guilty of assault and battery, and the rest were
acquitted upon the payment of the costs.
Clerk Hebron, ot tho Clerk of Courts
office, is preparing an application to the Gover
nor for a requsltion on the Governor General
of Canada for the extradition of Frank A.
Aldricb, who is wanted here on the charge of
robbery, preferred against him by J. K. Lemon,
of Allegheny. The requisition has to be ap
proved by President Cleveland before sendinjr
it to Canada, and the course of red tape will
take about five days.
Jesse H. Dewees yesterday filed his answer
in the equity proceedings brought against him
by his former partner in the coal business,John
Shields. Dewees admits that the partnership
became insolvent and that executions were
placed in tbe hands of the Sheriff. One for T.
B. Dewees for $10,600 and one for Martin Horn
for 5,600. Mr. Dewees denies, however, that
tbe judgments were given without considera
tion, or to defraud Shields and the creditors of
the firm.
In Aid of the Indians.
A literary and musical entertainment
will, on Tuesday evening, be given in the
R. P. Church by the Young People's Aux
iliary to the Women s Indian Association,
in aid of the work for the red men. A very
nice programme is announced. Among the
performers will be a young Pueblo Indian
girl, born in New Mexico; also the Adel
phio Orchestra of Geneva College, Beaver
Falls.
The Carriage Wasn't There.
It is denied that the alleged sluggers,
Barry and Cornelius, had any carriage in
waiting at Dorr's restaurant and saloon,pend
ing their reported slugging match. Mr. Durr
had nothing to do with the affair or its prin
cipals, as in fact he always avoids 2nd gives
a wide berth to people of combative temper
ament who seek the salubrious beverage.
As to Those on tbe Fence.
At the Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church to-morrow Rev. E. O. Hughes, will
hold a special temperance service. In the
morning a sermon will be preached on the
Constitutional amendment movement, sub
ject, "On the Pence." In the evening the
Good Templars will hold a song service.
As to B. F. Crowe's Arrest.
Friends of B. F. Crowe, who was this
week arrested in Cleveland by a Pittsbnrg
detective, for alleged forgery, say that he
has not before been arrested; that he has not
escaped; that he has made no' effort to do so,
and that there are reasons behind his prose
cution which, if known, would materially
mitigate or explain his present position.
GAIL HAMILTON, r&!&
tne readers of Sunday's Dispatch Aouj we are
progressing backward. All who watch the
drift of politics and statesmanship should read
OaiFs bright letters.
For To-Day Only.
Here is something that interests every
clothing buyer in Pittsburg. For to-day
only we offer you your choice and pick of
any overcoat in our entire stock for $10, $10.
This means that you can look through our
magnificent stock ot imported kersey, chin
chilla and castor-beaver overcoats, s'ilk and
satin lined and trimmed in the most expen
sive manner, marked (25, $30, $35, (40, and
take your choice and pick to-day only at
(10. Our new spring goods are arriving
daily, and we must have room.
P. 0. O. O., cor Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the new Court House.
Whose Bata Do Ton Wear?
Benheti's,
Corner "Wood st. and Fifth ave.
I find them the best.
"We have in stock Fisk, Clark & Flagg's,
leader and B. A. C: also their new Bhapes,
tbe protean, rival and lochmont Yon
never such an assortment
Will Pbice, 47 Sixth st
MAKKIAGE IS BLISS,
And Not a Dismal Failure, if Eightly
Entered Into.
WHY SOME MARRIAGES FAIL.
How James Lick Kept a Promise Hade to
a Stern Parent
HAPPINESS AND SOCIAL TEIUMPHS
rwmxrBif ron rax dispatch, l
Marriage, after some form or other, has
been cotemporaneous with the existence of
humanity, and as it has been given by the
Almighty to represent the past, present and
future of the human race, it properly forms
the most important and extensive feature of
our lives, comprising love, selection, judg
ment, counsel, correspondence, propriety,
reticence, expectation, attraction, admira
tion, attention, affection, confidence, ro
mance, sentiment, sympathy, congratula
tion, experience, pride, disappointment, re
flection, cupidity, cost, endowment, rela
tion, succession, control, result, reward,
escape. Around these subdivisions are
clustered the lessons of the past, delights of
the present, and hopes of the future; each
one represents increased acquaintance and
added knowledge in the study of that vast
science called human nature.
Although marriage is rightly called the
event ot third importance in our lives, yet
it bears a strong influence generally, speak
ing, upon the event of second importance,
death, and in numberless illustrations has
exactly determined the cirenmstances of
that final scene. Therefore its importance,
logically, exceeds that of death, for while
that ends all, may not marriage rightly
entered into represent the continuation of
the loveliest blessings which the hand of
time or the corrosions of casuistry cannot
wither, and whose recollections may even
survive the tomb? It is not the purpose of
the writer to analyze arguments for or
against the use of this divine privilege, nor
advise those contemplating it a second time
as it is presumed they have already had
experience, nor to point out to the immoral
and mercenary the fearful consequences of
its wrongful use, but to illustrate to the
erring, indifferent and prejudiced who have
strayed from the sensibility of their nobler,
natures, its possibilities for personal happi
ness, and gently nrge them to a conviction
of" the advantage of accepting all the condi
tions of our earthly state of being, which,
having entered into without our kuowledge
or consent, may still be made the means of
honorable and dignified success.
To love is to admire with the heart. To ad
mire is to love with the mind. If we con
tinue to love with the mind, we may also
love with the heart; but not always, for per
sonality appears in such countless forms
that a better acquaintance may prove a de
lusion what first appeared as growing re
gard. On the contrary, it may discover
qualities at first unnoticed, which awaken
iondness, finally ripening into love. The
much talked about
LOVE AT FIE3T SIGHT
does not differ greatly, except that the re
sults of familiar knowledge are more quick
ly satisfactory; just as we may choose more
readily a gem which sparkles brilliantly
than one which requires the light of ex
amination to determine its worth. This is
probably as safe a rule for jewels as people,
fbr the more dazzling their charms the more
blinded are those whom they affect "Love
is blind," is an accepted proverb, but in
that case its physical force may have over
thrown the mental balance, which, however,
will return in time to sit in judgment on the
acts of the heart's late carnival. The feel
ings of true love are a fascinatintr revelation
in their earliest purity, and theirimportance
cannot be questioned, nor can the wisdom be
denied of restraining them from following
useless or unworthy ideals. It is even tbe
duty of some to keep away from those whose
qualities, though pleasing.might not be of a
standard to match their own, and against an
alliance with whom there might be many ob
jections. People are pretty apt to choose
their company as their hearts' dictate, and
it is their right, but it is not always wise to
court temptation.
There are many young people who go
through the round of courtship to find they
have only tasted joys they could not drink,
that unequaled conditions are not easily
harmonized, and with hopes deferred and
tastes perverted they are ready to welcome
doubt, distrust and suspicion where they
could have saved their sensitive fellings for
a more promising chance.
It is useless to accept an inefficient man
or one without capacity. If he be poor he
will stay poor, if rich he will be poor some
time. He lives away his life, pushed about
by the vigorous knocks of active business,
dodging to avoid the rude shocks of respon
sible position, and as he lives from hand to
mouth, his wife sees her lifetime slowly
waning with nothing accomplished to bring
prosperity, provide for old age. or cratifv
with fame. Poverty at first should not be
an objection to sensible people, if it can be
seen that there is ability also; some of the
greatest ability has come out of poverty, and
often a wise marriage has assisted in de
veloping it.
WHY SOME MABBIAGES FAIL.
No greater mistake can be made than to
marry a man to reform him. Women do
not have the power over men after marriage
they possessed before, but they do not learn
this until it is too late. Besides, a glamour
of heroism appears to surround men who
have "seen the world," and though few are
honest enough to say so, yet many think it
an attraction that savors of the romantic.
The small boy wants to smoke a cigar, the
college youth wants to be considered
"tough, and it cannot be wondered at that
girls should have a touch of these feelings,
and desire to experience the sensational and
venturesome.
A thing carried to its extreme becomes its
contrary. Certain freedom of manners in a
girl, though amusing and entertaining to
men, does not make them more conrteous or
respectful; they are pleased with her, but
there is a mighty difference between the girl
one smokes or loafs with and the girl one
prefers for a wife. In their hearts men es
teem gentleness, modesty and purity of
thought in women. v
Writing letters 3s a leading feature of
matchmaking. There is no doubt that al
together to much of it is done everywhere.
Women like to be told they are loved, but
it is far better to tell them in person than to
write long letters, often filled with foolish
sentimentality, whose exchange is of doubt
ful advantage in preparing for the realities
of married life. The world must accept
things it cannot change just as it finds
them, and it is sad to state that many letters
sent to young men
LOOK INTO OTHEE EYES
than those for whom they were exclusively
intended and often hear loud laughs also,
but it is seldom or never that a girl shows
her letters, even from a man she does not
care for. though she sometimes does so to
the one "dear friend" in strict confidence.
There are secrets of home life of both
single and married people as sacred as
honor, which should never be heard by any
other ear; how to shield each other's fanlts
and shortcomings from tbe world, always
ready for coarse jokes or satirical thrusts,
should be a constant endeavor. Ignorance
is the best protection from the evils of
gossip.
Sensible people do not court in poetry
and live in prose; how to realize happiness
should be the study after as well as before
marriage, when possession gives increased
interest-to every detail; the pleasures of
effort and success in beautifying and adorn
ing married life are far nobler than when
each was single, being found in embellish
ing an association only really begun in
marriage. Beauty will always be a primal
attraction, bnt the possession of it has
frequently hindered the development of
others which have great weight with those
of culture and education. Attention, travel,
luxuries "may be showered on a girl, but the
ultimatum is marriage. No matter what
other plans may be considered, it is the
crowning ambition of nearly every woman
to be united to the man of her choice, yet
many pass their spare time reading trashy
novels or in other useless ways, when they
might be developing their talents. Of
course domestic accomplishments are not to
be despised, bnt the premium certainly goes
with the others, as they can make a wile a
companion and equal instead of only a
drudge and housekeeper.
WHAT NVOMEK ADMIBE.
Women admire force of character and
manly courage in a high degree. A man
may be an organist, a musical director, a
critic at the opera, a distinguished attorney,
even a public speaker, and his wife would
delight to honor him with her approbation,
and enjoy the gaze of the public turned on
him in his place of honor; yet how few
wives obtain that sweet privilege! Of course
itmaycau3e seme trouble to arrange the
matter, yet wh'at chances for promoting
happiness are thus wasted by those who,
however, manifest surprising tact in turning
them to advantage before marriage. Acts of
neglect and indifference are the quick indica
tion of failing regard. Why it Is that the band
once prompt to assist in all tbe little courtesies
of life should become weak and forgetful is a
mystery indeed, yet of ten seen. Affectionate
regard is one of the most powerful character
istics of the human race, and is implanted so
strongly in our hearts that to pervert it will
make misanthropes and even criminals of
people: it grows with the advance of years, and
can only be gratified in the truest degTee by
marriage. To the single, the selfish and those
who have 'seen the world" it can be truly said
that they have missed the fascination of living;
infancy is lovable, notwithstanding fretfulness
and tbe troubles of babyhood, and those who
have been blessed with such joys of marriage
have less to regret than crusty and disappointed
bachelors, who do not improve their disposi
tions by argument in a bad cause.
Many young people like to contemplate an
engagement tinged with circumstances of the
extraordinary and interesting. Certainly a few
betrothals and elopements bordering on the
romantic do happen, but are seldom as sure of
a successful termination as though occurring
in a more conservative manner.
It is a grand argument in favor of congenial
connections that by communicating our grief
we bavo less, and by sharing our pleasure we
have more. It is a blessing to a man to have a
mother or wife to console him in his trials, and
by kindly sympathy prop bis flagging spirits
and give him renewed ambition. There is such
a thing as social triumph for sr man as well as a
woman. Js it not reproachful to a man to fail
to make the success of marriage, since he is
allowed by consent and discreet wisdom to take
the initiative in proposing an alliance? Joyful
is the girl who can say "congratulate me, for I
am haopy among women, in that my beloved
has chosen me." Happy also is the man whose
charming wife is his testimony that be has not
failed in life and society. No greater ideal can
be set up than to live fulfilling tbe mission of
our existence, and Dartakinsr of all the nortions
of our lot on earth. To lose loved ones even.N
anu me sorrow axienuing, is not wiinout its
lessons, softening our rugged natures -and in
creasing our means of grace.
QTEEB CASES CITED.
Haughtiness of character, though not out of
place in a military General, is liable to play sad
havoc with matrimonial prospects. It is re
lated of Miss Keene, a niece of Major Lennox,
Minister to the Court of St James in the early
part of this century, that while in England she
was styled "tho American beauty," and was
once Jed in the dance by George IV. After
her return home with the Major, her hand was
solicited by a Mr. Powell, who was referred to
her aunt The old lady allowed Mm to plead
bis case, and then answered: "Miss Sarah
Lukens Keene is intended for the son of a duke
or A lord, and not for the son of a brewer."
The gentleman picked up his hat, made bis
adieus and departed, and thus the courtship
ended.
John Hare Powell married, and his name is a
part of Philadelphia history as that of an hon
ored and enterprising citizen. Miss Keene. on
the contrary, never wedded a scion ot nobility
or anyone else, and died in seclusion and re
tirement The highest mark of esteem a woman can
give a man is to ask his friendship; the most
signal proof of indifference is to offer him
hers. Though a proposal refused is sometimes
a severe trial and has been known to change a
man's entire life, yet it has often brought out
native strength of character and stimulated to
great deeds. When James Lick was a young
man be fell in love with a miller's daughter in
Pennsylvania. He was poor, but industrious
and honest, and facing the stern old miller
asked him for her hand. The old man refused,
and advised him to wait till he bad a compe
tency io support a wiie. xoungLiicE replied:
"I shall see the day when your boasted mill
would not make a respectable wheat bin for
one I shall own." Years passed and James
Lick erected in Santa Clara county, California,
an immense mill, tbe woodwork of which was
of solid mahogany. Afterward be had photo
graphs taken of the inside and outside, and
sent them to the miller who had refused him
tbe hand ol his daughter, as suggestions for
reflection.
Where we blunder in the pursuit of happi
ness, is not to know when we get it or be con
tent with a possible and reasonable measure of
it Bo men always feel perfectly sure tbe day
after being accepted by tbe girl of their choice,
that their love bad been correctly placed ? Be
cause we are fearful of losrae what we strive
to obtain, we feel sure we want it; upon the
certainty of its possession we are liable to
doubt tbe wisdom of our selection. This is
probably the cause of the breach of promise
suits occasionally heard of, the defendants in
which perhaps conclude that it is too soon to
marry when oneis young and too late when one
is old and are devoting the interval to picking
and choosing. 1 he American greed for wealth
is such that money alone gives all the entro de
sired, and some of the social antics seen in tbe
effort to capture it would be painful to record.
Of course there are a few sensible exceptions,
but the stock has never greatly increased. It
is a universal failing of Americans to desire to
live in a style above the means of most yonng
married couples, and is the result o( false
pride and unwise social ambition. The spring
ing up of clubs and
FASHIONABLE APARTMENT HOUSES
where bachelors can live in luxury on moderate
incomes, is not evidence of a general decline
in matrimony, as they form but a minlmun of
the population, and their style of living gives
them undue prominence.
There is a vast amount of humbug beard
about the mother-in-law. She is pictured as
the dread of husbands, and we are taught to
believe her a painted devil who frightens de
fenceless innocents away from the marriage
altar. Wisdom and common sense ought to
teach a man to keep on her good side by Deing
kind to her daughter. Of all the relatives gained
by marriage she can be most useful when not
antagonized, and in the fitness of things she has
her place.
It is becoming well known that fashionable
society is leaving the lower classes to replenish
the population, and it would seem that society
nonnlft vfin efotni In thai, ifnv anrl tlm.
disappear at last leaving their lucrative and
powerful places to be filled by those of obscure
descent, who never in all their lives aspired to
social conquest
There should be entire confidence between
parents and children, who might grow to be
honored as associates and not be treated as
property. Often parents chastise their half
grown children and fill them with mortification
and resentment over the most trivial matters.
Should parents wish their intelligence and dig
nity to bo represented in children who dodge
from them in fearful dread? Suppose an artist
painting a picture, in fits of blind passion and
loss of control, rips holes and rents in it which
at other times he seeks to repair, Is it not likely
that his creation when finished will be one of
shreds and patches instead of an immaculate
conception? Yet this is the way that many
children are "raised;" with their little minds all
in rags and tatters, and still the proportion of
criminals in the United States is estimated by
prison authorities to be only one in 00 persons,
A FOEC1BLE ADAGE.
It was an ancient sage who said: '-The good
ness of gold is tried by fire, the goodness of
women by gold, anil the goodness of men by
women." This loses none ot its force when ap
plied to the present so far as its last proposi
tion goes, for In spite of the difference in habits
of a few thousand years, it is still possible for
women to bring out all the best qualities of
men by marriage. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher
says: "Blessings will follow her who willingly
goes forth to help build up another home,
knowing that she may encounter many diffi
culties, perhaps soma hardships, and may find
cause for much self-denial." The parents who
live to see their sons and daughters occupy
their chosen stations in life can afford to smile
at tbe sneers of cynics, who have been too selfish
or wicked to venture into this sacred state of
self-denying service to others, and to whom the
fable ot the sour grapes is then no fable, but
truth.
Iu reviewing this great subject it is proper to
state that as tho discussion entitled, "Is Mar
riage a Failure," first started abroad, and as
methods of living ot the old world are very
different, and poverty and crime much more
frequent, tbe arguments from there could not
be taken as a fair guide for the enlightened
and prosperous people of the United States
Of course there are exceptional cases, where
one or the other party has fortunately avoided
an unwise alliance, and probably very many
similar ones in Europe, but the facts will show
an overwhelming weight of evidence to prove
that when properly undertaken, marriage Is a
blessing. Mzphistophjxes.
Qll I NVP ana Poet mleV expose the
DIUU illb elephant hunting liars and
revel in the delights of the chase through the
jungles of the Jforthwest. Head all about their
funny experience in totnonovfs Dispatch.
THEY THINE IT PAID.
Managers of a Mansfield Association
Believe They Have Arrived at
A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION
Of the Question, How to Make a Co-Opera-tiye
Enterprise a Success.
A $435 DIVIDEND ON $1880 OP STOCK
The managers of the Mansfield Valley "
Co-operative Association think they have
succeeded in solving the question, "How
can a co-operative enterprise be conducted
both safely and profitably?" As proof that
they have good reason for such belief they
submit the following facts for the considera
tion of those interested in similar experi
ments: The Mansfield Valley Co-operative Associa
tion held its second annual meeting Monday
January 21. This association opened its store
February 2, 1888, therefore the following report
represents but 11 months:
Number of stockholders 63
Amount of stock S 1.8S0 CO
Receipts from sales 11.000 00
Returned to Durchasers as dividends
and interest. 435 00
William M. Harbison was unanimously
elected manager, to sneceed B. McDennot, re
signed. Ten additional shares of stock were
sold in tbe first week after bis election.
This association is chartered under act of
Assembly No. 252, entitled an act to au
thorize and encourage the formation of co
operative associations. It prohibits the sys
tem of credit, either in its purchases or its
sales, rendering investment under this char
ter absolutely safe.
"The above report," says J. Hillier, the,
Secretary of the association, "representing
11 months, may not be thought a very won
derful showing, but it must be remembered
that in starting an enterprise of this kind
there are many obstacles to contend against,
much opposition and misrepresentation to
overcome. It was very generally predicted
that this store wonld not live six months,
so that the very fact that it is still alive and
vigorous, and giving promise of better re
sults for the present year, the one just past
enables us to speak truthfully of it as a suc
cess thus for.
MANY THINGS TO LEARN.
"We must also consider that it takes time
to get the true principles of co-operation
rightly understood. The people of Pennsyl
vania have been so much burdened with
what is known as "pluck-me stores," fre
quently conducted under false pretenses,
that their suspicions are easily aroused, and
they stand ready to rebel against any new
method they do not thoroughly understand.
It therefore takes time to gain their confi
dence, in addition to the fact that every new
enterprise dealing direct with the public has
to build up its trade. In our case the officers
and directors themselves had a good deal to
learn, had, in fact, to feel their way; with
their present experience they teel competent
to assert that tbe possibility of successful co
operation is no longer in doubt, good man
agement and united membership being the
chief essentials. They believe that
the system of co-operation is demanded by
the times; that it furnishes the best scheme
yet known by which the consumer may bo
able to check the greatest abuse of the age
that increased burden placed upon the
working classes by speculation in the com
mon necessaries of life. Many of those
necessaries now pass through an unneces
sary number of hands, each transfer in
creasing the retail price of goods without
improving their quality, and if the con
sumer could reach and deal direct with the
manufacturing producer and be thus able to
dispense with the services oi middle men,
or a portion of the middle men, the condi
tion of society would be much improved and
poverty's problem in a measure be solved.
Whether this can or cannot be accomplished
is a question that co-operation in its high
est, fullest sense, seems at present best able
to answer.
A POPULAR ERBOR.
"We find that a misconception exists con
cerning this subject with some who take a
very narrow view of the principles of domes
tic economy; they look upon the prosperity
of a community as depending on its stores,
instead of the fact that the stores depend
upon tbe prosperity ot the community; and
consider it detrimental to the general wel
fare to draw enstom from the individual
merchant But as the money is still re
tained in the neighborhood and the profits
divided among the many by the system ot
co-operation, we believe it to be conducive
to the general prosperity in a greater degree
than though placed in the hands of one or
two.
"We believe that a community wherein
the head of each family is a producer, or, in
other words, a wage earner, to be in a state
of greater prosperity than though 10 per
cent were non-producers and living on the
earnings of the other 90."
A DDUniUSEUM MAN IN LUCE.
Ho Receives a Legacy of 8100,000 and
Will Bay Oat Ilii Employer.
rSMCIAI. TZLXGBAH TO THE DISPATCD.1
Boston, February 8. John A. McDon
ald, a doorkeeper at a dime museum in this
city, received a telegram to-day mformin"
him he had fallen heir to $100,000 bt
queathed by the late Lieutenant Governor
James A. McDonald, of Michigan. The
Lieutenant Governor was killed in a rail
road accident January 26, leaving an estate
valued at about 84,000,000. John A. Mc
Donald was a nephew of the millioniare.
Tne nncle had seen him but once in his life.
Youns McDonald is abont 23 years old.
and has drifted about during the past ten
years of his life. Six years ago he was a
fireman on the New York and New En
gland Bailroad, and after going through IS
smash-ups he left in disgust Prom all of
those collisions he escaped without a
scratch. He proposes to use the money in
bnying ont the museum in which he is now
employed.
Simply Snggeited.
The Democrats of the Twelfth ward held
their suggestion meeting last evening at the
Springfield school, Dr. F. N. Stanb presid
ing. The following names were suggested:
For Select Council. John W. Exler and Au
gust Hendricks. For Aldermen, John W.Dris
coll and Thomas C. Rafferty. For constable,
J. F. Sweeny and Thomas Brannigan. For
ward assessor, William Carroll. The primaries
are to be held Monday from 3 to 7.30 v. it. For
O'Hara district school directors, James B
Mason, three years; Owen Welsh, one year.
Signed the Contracts.
Chief Brown, of the Department of Publio
Safety, is convinced that the Amoskeag
controversy is settled by the recent decision
of the Supreme Court dissolving the prelim
inary injunction of Judge White, and signed
the contract for two new engines yesterday.
HEALTH NOTES ST&?S
of Dr. Hammond, the celebrated New York
physician, will be found in to-morrovfs issui of
The Dispatch.
For To-Day Only.
Here is something that interests every
clothing buyer in Pittsburg. For to-day
only we offer yon your choice and pick of
any overcoat in our entire stock for $10, $10.
This means that yon can look through our
magnificent stock of imported kersey, chin
chilla and castor-beaver overcoats, siik and
satin lined and trimmed in the most ex
pensive manner, marked $25, $30, $35, $40,
and take your choice and pick to-day only
at $10. Our new spring goods are arriving
daily, and we must have room.
P. C. C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the new Court Honse. '
Will Peice for the handsomest line of
men's neck dressings ever shown anywhere.