BfiSaSiaSZ 7pBp-wwJIPV -m- f.YfiWiH 'tW-Wf ?'! ' w "? wjRrr-'1 ' 16 THE PirTSBTTEG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, FEBEtTABT It, 1889. k HOW CARS ARE BUILT. interesting Facts About the Construc tion of Coaches and Engines PICKED UP AT FT. WAYNE SHOPS. What the Hospital Department of a Great Railroad is Like and EOHLTHIXG OP THE WORK IT DOES WBRTEX TOR TOE DISrOCU.1 HE hospital depart ment, otherwise known as the repair shops, of a great railroad, ib a place fall of interesting sights. There, perhaps, better than anywhere else one can obtain an adequate idea ot the immense expenditure of time, labor and money; the innumerable me chanical appliances re quired in railroad work and the thousands of details, all of them important, which are necessary to Keep tne rowing noes m a serviceable condition. A. few days ago, armed with a pass from 6uperii.tendent A. B. Starr, of the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, which was an open sesame to scores of doors on which the words "Positively No Ad mittance" jfere.stenciled in bold capitals, ftccompanirfK Mr. "William Lowe, of the Master Jluic't office, who acted as guide and interpreteV, I made a tour of the ex tensive railroad shops in Allegheny. Several hours were pleasantly spent, and it is scarcely necessary to add that I come sway more than ever impressed with the magnitude of one branch of the railroad business. At the Alleehenr shops, which are the principal shops ol the Port "Wavne road, ere made all repair: required in the rolling stock on the eastern division; locomotives, freight and passenger cars are also built and equipped tor use here. The buildings alone cover several acres of ground and the yard tracks and lumber yards several more, the whole forming one mammoth industrial establishment, which gives employment to about 800 men. It is equipped with vast quantities ol machinery, ranging Irom the simplest to the most complex, oy ir the greater portion of which is very costly. The wear and tear of railroad material is something enormous. Provided it escapes pentry, blacksnuthtng, tinsmithing and fit ting. It costs ?440 to frame a car and com plete the body of it. This being done, the platforms are still to be added, the top to be roofed, the interior furnished, and so on until the coach is sent out upon the track resplendent with paint, varnish, gilt letters, in complete order for railroading. The en tire cost tor labor and material of the coaches built at the Allegheny shops is $4,900 each. But we have not yet visited the tinstairs department of the planing mill. Let us enter the noisv place again and ascend the ttsirs. Here the panels for the interior of passenger cars are planed, and the blinds, seats and window frames constructed. Several expert wood carvers are at work in one part of the room, carving rosettes and ornaments in oak lot ornamental purposes. A small figure, perhaps four inches square, is carved ONE TKUST DOOMED, Prof. Shaler Tells Why the Copper Combine Cannot Long Survive. ORIGIN OF THE GREAT LAKES. A Great Area of Land That Can ha Be deemed From Sterility. A SERIES OP SIGNIFICANT SURVEYS HcpaiHng a Boiler. Elackrmilhing Work. being smashed or burned in a wreck a freight car lasts on an average perhaps ten years, a passenper car 16 vears and a loco motive 16 to 18. Each must be repaired frequently the locomotive oftenest of all. To estimate the length of time that a car or an engine could be run without returning to the shop for repairs would be impossible, as it frequently happens that new material oreacs sooner than tnat which is old and accustomed to hard usage. A locomotive usually has many of its parts replaced, some of them several times, so that by the time it is condemned as use less comparatively little of the original machine remains. The importance of keep ing both locomotives and cars in thorough repair must be apparent even to a person not versed in the technicalities of the rail road business; but the knowledge that such quantities of material and such a large foice of workmen should be required for this very necessary work, even ou such a road as the Port "Wayne, was a surprising revelation to me, as perhaps it will be to manv readers of The Dispatch. In making the rounds of the shops we first visited the lumber yards, where im mense quantities of lumber, chiefly oak and yellow pine, are stored ready for use. As 13,000 feet of lumber are used up daily it will readily be seen that treat quantities must be kept in stock. The oak used comes principally from Pennsylvania forests.and the yellow pine from the South and West. The former is used for many purposes, and the better grades of It especially for finish ing the interior of passenger oarhes. It is bought sawed in the form known as "quartered oak," which, -when worked, makes a most beautiful wood for ornamental work. The lumber all comes to the yards in the rough, and is cut, shaped, planed and made ready for use in the planing mill, which stands near the yard. All wood used in the construction oi passen ger coaches must be thoroughly seasoned, and to do this work there is a drj'house, pro Tided with a complete system of heating apparatus and fans, which render it possible to dry large quantities of lumber perlectlv in a verv short time. The planing mill is an extensive one, and contains a great many machines of various kinds to perform the many different opera tions required to bring the sticks of timber into shape for use. The lower floor contains Oxt machinery for the heavy work, and up stairs is a department devoted principally to at a cost of Si 75. Another workman gets S10 for carving a narrow piece of wood to go above the door of a car. Some exquisite work is done in this line, and enough of it is required to keep several carvers at work ail the time. An adjoining room contains the uphol stering department, where the car seats are put together. 1 hadn't the remotest idea of what constituted the interior of a car seat until I saw the material being arranged. There is a wooden frame, on which are tacked strips of burlap; spiral springs are placed beneath; theu comes the cushion: the whole is covered with muslin. and the muslin with plush. The cushions, for seats and backs, are stuffed with hair. A very ingenious machine, by the way; is used tor the pur pose of picking and cleaning the hair. The material is run quickly through and comes out ready for use. A visit to the paint shop next. Nothing here is of particular interest save the process by which old paint is removed from cars that are to be coated anew. A workman melts it off with a burning gas let. which he holds against the woodword until the paint and oil begins to .run. This done the sur face is scraped clean, and is then ready for new paint. The shops contain room for 26 to 28 passenger cars, which may be undergoing repairs at one time. As for freight cars, the repairs on which are made out of doors, hundreds oi them receive the attention of" the workmen each week. The transfer table, by means of which the passenger cars are taken irom the yard tracks into the car shop is a" very ingenious arrangement lor transferring a car from the track on which it comes in to another at right angles, running into the building. It consists of a movable track running on rails which have a space between them exual to the length of the car. By running the car on the table and then running the table down this track, the car can readilr be placed in any part of the building de sired. Next we go to the blacksmithing depart ment of the car shops. Here, as in the case with the wood in the planing mill, all the, iron used in bunding cars is cut, forged and worked into shape lor immediate use. Hun dreds of pieces of different shape and sizes are rapidly wrought. The place is full of glowing lorges, powerful machines and noise. The same is true of the engine black smithing shop, onlv there the machines ara more numerous and intricate, and a higher degree of skill is required on the part of the workman. Then there is the boiler shop, a place where din reigns so constantly that the voice of a man shouting in your ear is scarcely audible, and next the machine shop proper, where locomotives are built and repaired. When an engine comes in lor repairs it is "stripped" that is, taken apart and each part thoroughly cleaned be- 3 Taking Off a Tire. fore the repairing is begun. The pieces are lettered and numbered so that it will be known to what engine and to what place each belongs. The work of removing the tire of a loco motive's driving wheel, the subject of an accompanying illustration, is interesting and peculiar. The tire when netv is 3 inches thick; when worn down to inches it must be replaced'by a new one. To get it off it is surrounded by a natural gas pipe in which holes are cut at frequent intervals; the gas is turned on and ignited, and in about 30 minutes the heat expands the tire until it drops off. The method ot putting on a new tire is similar; it is expanded until it slips into place upon the wheel. All parts of locomotives and cars, fcave only the castings used, are fashioned entirely in the Allegheny shops. E. "W. Baetxett. In the Machine Shop. the preparation of the finer woodwork for passenger coaches. Each piece'of timber, as it leaves the mill, is finished, bdred and cut in shape so that it will fit perfectly in the place for which it is designated. The pro cesses are too numerous to describe in detail es each of the pieces requires a different operation. Adjoining the planing mill on the ground floor is the car-building shop, where passen ger coaches, baggage cars and gondolas can be seen in all stages of building, irom the car just begun to that just finished. Here also are great piles of timber from the mill all ready for the builders' use. The bnild ing is all done by "piece work," and a gondola car is built Irom its loundation, all complete, except the trucks, i.tSIS for labor. Additional to this is the painting, letter ing, eta Building passenger coaches is work which requires much greater skill and entails a larger expense. The workmen are bIto paid by the piece. Pour different trades are combined in carbnilding car- Half Fnre to TVatblngtou. Por the benefit of all who desire to visit "Washington at the time of the inauguration of President-elect Harrison, the B. & O. It. B. Co. will sell excursion tickets to Wash ington and Baltimore at rate of one fare for the round trip from all points on its lines. The tickets will be on sjle Feb. 25 to Mon day, March 4 inclusive, and will be valid for return passage until March 7 Inclusive. Please note that excursion tickets via B. & O. will be good to Baltimore as well as to "Washington, stop-over privileges being granted at the latter point in either or both directions, withiu the time limit of the ticket. They will also be accepted for pass age on all trains, including the "Vestibuled Limited Express," without extra fare. Ex cursion tickets Irom Washington to Balti more, at rate of $1 20 for the ronnd trip, will be on sale at all B. & O. ticket offices in Washington, Peb. 26 to March 4, good until March 7. The Finest Train In the World! Via Union and Central Pacific roads. Sixty four hours from Council Bluffs or Omaha to San Francisco. A Pullman vestibuled train; steam heat, electric light, bath rooms, barber shop, library and dining car a pal ace hotel on wheels is The Golden Gate Special, every Wednesday. su If Too Want to Bnj Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry. Etc., You can save 20 to 23 per cent; all goods warranted. Will remove from 13 Fifth ave. to 20 Bmithfield st April 1. Jas. McKee, Jeweler. Grand Holldny Slatlnce nt Harris When every child, big and little, will be presented with a large box of fine French candy. American challis in handsome designs from 6c to 20c per yd. ithtsu Huotjs & Hacke. Go to cither of Pearson's galleries, 96 Filth avenue, or 43 Federal street, Alle gheny. You are sure of success. Choice patterns in English percales suit able for boys' waists just opened. wyfsu Hugos & Hacke. 1 rwBiTTEX roa tm disfatch.i LLpersonswhogive any thought to the economio condi tions Of society are much interested in the novel industrial devices known as trusts. Although are instruc tive subjects for study, there is one which particularly commends itself to those interested id -such matters, for the reason that it promises to afford a test belter than any other as to the effect of such organizations on the economic future of civilized people. This may be designated as the Copper Trust In 1887 the extensive development of the copper mines in the Lake Superior district, in the Rocky Mountains and elsewhere had low ered the price of copper to about 11 cents per pound, or about one-half the average value of the metal in the preceding decade. Although this low price vastly stimulated the consumption of copper, few of the mines were operated to any profit and ruin was before the most of them. It was clear that the low price must soon lead to the stop page of the pioduction and that a rise In the value of the metal was a commercial ne cessity. Some French capitalists, with the characteristic commercial imagination of that people, were the first to make a good account of this condition of the copper mar ket. They bought up a large part of the 40,000 tons ot copper then in the market, and they quickly secured the control of the product from most of the leading mines in the world, and placed the price of the" metal at about 15 cents a pound. At present this associa tion, commonly known as the Societe des Metaux, controls between 80 and 90 per cent of the copper produced, and they are able to maintain the price at such a figure that almost all the mines in the world are leaping a great harvest of profit. For a time it seemed possible that the strength of this organization might endure for many years; but it is evident to those who take account of the statistical condition of the market that the control of this syndicate cannot endure for any considerable term of years. ONE TEUST D003iED. Its failure is foredoomed by the following circumstances: In the first place, the price 01 copper leacts to the search lor new mines; each month some new source of supply is opened which adds to the total store of 'cop per in the world. At tne same time the in crease of the price deters manufacturers Irom the use of the substance in many arts or leads them to be more economical in making avail of copper as a resource. Under the influence of this stimulus, the copper production of the United States has doubled in the course of six years. The supply ot copper is accumulating in the markets and it promises in the course of a few years to exceed the carrying power of the great Societe des Metaux. In other words, it seems likely that the copper trust will present us in a quick way with an illustration of the fate which is mostly likely u overtake all trnsts whatso ever, which endeavor to control the pro duction and sale of standard articles of hu man need. In order to efiect the control of the world smarkets, they must build a dam across the rivers of trade; for a time they may be able to control the tide and sell the particular article at their own prices, but the earth is fertile and men are ingenious, so, in the course of time varying with the different articles, the dam will be over whelmed in such a manner as to prove de structive to those who have trusted over much. Although we may hope something from legislation in the control of these foretellers of the world's products, it seems to most students of economics that we may more safely put our trust in the operation of natu ral law. It has always gone ill with those who seek to block the wheels of commerce; the students of society perceive that the greatest advances have not come from legal control, but from the operation of those natural laws, of which the statutes are only the temporary modes of expression. What wo need most at the present time is a start ling example as to the fate of trusts. It seems likely that we shall owe something of this teaching to the Societe des Metaux within the term of five years. OEIGIN OF THE GKEAT LAKES. Mr. A. T. Drummond. a Canadian geolo gist, has recently published an interesting Saper on the origin of the great lakes of Forth America. It has been the opinion of most geologists that these lakes were formed by glacial action, a view which seemed to find corroboration in the fact that a very large amount of debris apparently worn from the basins occupied by these sheets of water lies on the country to the south of their borders in positions where it could only have been brought by ice action. Mr. Drummond holds that glaciers had not much effect in eroding the lake basins proper, or in shaping their present outline. He furthermore holds to the conclusions that .Lake Superior is the most ancient basin of this chain, and that it was formed in the Cambrian and Huronian times, i. e., in the earlier stages of the earth's history. He re gards it in part dne to a downfolding of the rocks,as in the trough of a mountain valley, but that much of the detail of its shape was due to long continued volcanic action, which has clearly occurred about its borders. Michigan, Huron and Ontario he con siders to have been low areas on the path of an ancient river, which existed before the glacial period, the basin-like character of the country having been given by the rela tively recent warpings in the surface of the country. Erie and St. Clair he regards as the last formed of the lakes, these basins also being due to warpings in the rocks about them, which created barriers across the original outlets of the vallevs. There is no question that Mr. Drumniond's explanation ot the lakes shows that the cir cumstances of their formation were more complicated than is commonly supposed by geologists. It does not appear, however, thnthe has given quite sufficient weight to glacial action or to the processes of solution by which the waters ot such great lakes ex tend their shore lines. A large part of the rocks about these basins other than Lake Superior are of a limy nature, and .in parts mnrfl ftr lpfcc fttinwrfiH nritti Colin materials nil of which readily pass into solution and go away to the sea. This dissolving process is of more importance in tresh water basins than in the seas. The sea water is already so far charged with mineral matter held in solution that it cannot readily dissolve the rocks with which it comes in contact. Where, however, fresh water basins have their shores in contact with rocks contain ing n considerable quantity of lime they readily and rapidly extend their margins by tbis process 01 decay. FACTS ABOUT HAT FEVER. Dr. Morell McKenzie, in a recent treatise on hay fever, notes certain important pecu liarities in the distribution of this singular complaint with reference to the races of Europeans, as well ns to the grades of so ciety among those peoples. It appears from the 'facts he sets lorth that the complaint is rare on the continent of Europe, rather fre quent in England, and very prevalent in North America. He states, however, that about 99 per cent of those who suffer from it belong to what we may term the upper classes of society.the agricultural and other laborers being rarely afflicted with the disease. Men are more liable to it than women, in the proportion of' three to one. Dr. McKenzie, like most of the other recent writers on the subject, holds to the doctrine that the disease is Induced by particles of pollen or other bits of vegetable matter which irritate the air passages. This makes the distribution of the disease still more singular, as such irritants are, of course, as common in continental Europe as in En gland and probably as common as in the I-United States Those in immediate con tact with the fields should apparently suffer more from the malady than those who by their habits of life are less exposed to the in fluence of the country. The occurrence of this peculiar malady in the upper classes seems to point to the conclusion that the conditions of life com mon to such people are calculated to breed a peculiar habit of body. More than any other fact this appears to show that our oivilisation is separating the diverse classes of men from each other, not only in qualities of mental culture, but in physical characteristics as well. TO REDEEM STERILE LAUDS. The first session of the present federal Congress appropriated the sum of $100,000 to begin a series of surreys with reierence to the irrigation of the arid land in the district oi the Rocky mountains. In the second session of the same Congress, the amonnt provided for in the appropriation bill to continue this work is s.'ou.uro. Th"ee appropriations mark the beginning of the largest combat with the physical difficulties which beset the agriculture ot this continent which has ever been entered upon. Our continent appears very large on a map or the world and in our patriotio imaginations. The fact is, however, that nearly one-half of its surlace is niade unfit foragriculture, save in isolated patches, by the evils attendant on a scanty or irregular supply of water, and about one fifth of the area is'desert by extreme cold. Tfle rapid advance of our population in the fertile districts ol the Mississippi Valley gave the nation for a time a sense of un bounded domain. Already our people begin to feel the limits of the lands, which by their natural conditions are suited to tillage. Be fore the next 11 years of the century are over there will be no virgin fields of good land awaitlntr the settler. All the area where the soil is fit for tillage by its natural conditions will have been taken up, and the newcomers born in America or emigrants, from other countries will have to betake themselves to lands obtained from private holders rather than from a generous Govern ment. A FOOD BASIS FOB 30,000,000. A number of years ago Major J. W. Pow ell, now director Of the United States Geo logical Survey, with admirable foresight, called the attention of the Federal authori ties to the importance of arranging our pub lic land laws in such a manner that it would hereafter be possible to provide a system of irrigation in that part of the continent be tween the one hundredth meridian and the Pacific coast, in which irrigation alone can afford the basis of agriculture. His treatise on the arid lands of the far West showed clearly that the area to be measured by the hundreds of thousands of square miles could be redeemed from sterility by a proper sys tem for storing the rain water in the high lands and distributing it over the fields in the manner lonz practiced in India and other countries of the Old World. Good as this advice was. it has only received due at tention with the past two vears. Although much has been lost by the delay, it is al ready time to secure 'the essential advan tages proposed by this scheme. The preliminary computations made by Major Powell indicate approximately that there may be wou to agriculture in the arid region of the West by this method of im proving the conditions of the lands an area of somewhere near 300,000 square miles. When so adapted to the uses of man, this area will probably have a lood-producing power at least six times as great as that now afforded by the tilled lands in the State of Illinois. It is not too much to say that this system will, in the centuries to come, win from what is now desert land the food basis for a population which may amonnt to more than 30,-000,000 of souls. N. S. Shales. NEW ADTEUTlnEMlums HARRIS' ffijATffi NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WEEK COMMENCING FEBRUARY 18. EVERY -AFTERNOON AND EVENING. Grand Holiday Performances, Friday, Feb. 22. When every child, big or little, attending the matinee will be presented with a Large Box of Fine French Candy. Headed by Kurope's Greatest Feature 7 NELSON FAMILY. 7 The Premier Aero bats of the World, with no rivals on earth. The Queen of the Air. JTLLE ADREBNNE ANCION. The Eminent Character Comedians, CLARK AND WILLIAMS. The Premier Ventriloquist of the World, NEIMAN. Celebrated Duetists and Sketch Artists, SISTERS COYNE. England's Greatest Character Artists, THE TWIN BROTHERS, WEMS. The Character Song and Dance Artist, NELLY FRANKLYN. The Flying Tailors, GRIFFIN AND LANGAN. Eccentric Comedian and Wonderful Gro tesque Dancer. JOHN A. COLEMAN. M'LLE,FORGARDTJS, With ber flock of Trained Birds and troupe of PeiTonmue Dogs. The Blazing Meteor ot Mimicry, PITROT. French Musical Grotesques, LES FRERES O'BEINR Clark fc Williams' Laughable Comedy In two scenes, entitled: IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE BIJOU THEATER, Under the Direction of Business Manager - - R. M. GULIOK. & CO. - - A. J. SHEDDEN. NELSON'S GREAT WORLD Combination. WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, Rudolph Aronson's Hew York Casino Comic Opera Co, Presenting on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Wednesday Matinee, "isr.A.rDcrz-" COMIC OPERA IS THREE ACT& MuslO by FrtncolJ Chassalgne, Compose of "Falka." Libretto by Alfred Murray, CAST OF CHARACTERS: Etelia, ward of the Emperor of Austria Pauline HaU Angelis, wife of Faragas. -, v Jennie Weathersby Faragas, professor of etiquette and dancing Francis Wilson The Margrave Of BobrnmUorff ...Cbarle Plunkett Count ds Rosen, nephew of the Margrave......... Harry MacDonoogh Rakooiy, a Hunsarian patriot. George Olml Count Esterhazv, an Australian nobleman Anna O'Keefe Konrad, an Australian officer..... Kate Uart irma- George Denin Peterrnan H r .in.in. The Mayor A. W. Madia Ladislas. pace to the Margrave Fred Hall Hilderurand J. a Pn. The Alderman Richard Haramelhere flmn.a f tt i- r. Mimosa Orezza.. Oullettv CarnetU, Jnlle.... Katrina Rosaries. Minnie Bert Anna Yale Blanche Howard Id&Anbery Lulu Miller Jennie Prince l. V. '"".""H'" . . j. J ................... ............................... venule rimes Nadjy, Premiere Dansease of Grand Opera Hoae, Vienna ..Marie Jansea Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Saturday Matinee, the Famous Casino Success, cc- ejrjmzizlntxie. Every Actor and Aotress in the City Invited to the Thnrsday Matinee. J Matinee, 10c; Reserved Seats, 15c and 20c. I Night, joc; Reserved Seats, 15c and 25c Scale of Prices Reserved Seats, II 50, SI 00, 75e and 50c. February iS-MPRRAY AND MTJRPHY. fel7-TO VVocslc ofFeb. 35 TirCDB IRISH ECEAJtTS. fel5-5S-Sn PITTSBURG HAS A CANDIDATE. TO RECOVER OVER $30,000. Anna F. Mnrshnll Aakk the Conrt to Restore Funds Said to be Hypothecated Conrt Rales to Show Why Not. Petitions in the Orphans' Court have been filed by Anna Frances Marshall relative to her father's estate, of which T. M. Marshall, M. W. Watson, Matilda Watson and James Marshall, Jr., were trustees. James Marshall, Jr., -was removed from his trust in 1857 by the Orphans' Court, where it waslshown be had assigned some of the assets of the estate as collateral for his own notes. The other trustees were ignorant of this until the firm or James Marshall & Co. failed in 1SS3, and since then It is claimed that they have refused to enter suit to recover the property disposed of by Marshall, consisting of BSSH shares ol Allpghe nyGasCo. stock at $25 per Eh ire: 73 at the Farmers Deposit at $100 per share; 20 shares of the Second National of Allegheny at $100 per share, all of which are held by the last named bank: also fiOBhares of stock of the Farmers' Deposit at $100 per share, held by the receiver of the American Bank. The suit is to recover from the banks, as It is claimed they knew at the time these shares were not Marshall's, but belonged to the estate. Citations were awarded on the Second National and the receiver of the American Bank to show why the petition should not be granted. March 2 was fixed for the hearing. Slondny's Trial Lists. Common Pleas Nos. 1 and 2 Argument list Criminal Court Commonwealth vs John K. Scott, John M. Haiges, D. C. Tracey. Fred Young. E. W.Jackson. Henry Schmidt, Hyman Grundinsky, Calvin Stevens. J. E. Gatchcll, Emma Crisler. Milton Ha vs. Hueli O'Donnell Andrew Harrison (3), John Graff, Andrew Qulgley et al, Kehill Amerine. Charles Finger, Ernest Fisher, John Kleppner. Charles Ford Gcoruo J. Lackey a Fnvorlte Among Those Mentioned for the National Commission ershlp of Education Other News About the Schools. Pittsburg, it has just been announced, has a strong candidate tor the position of Com missioner of Education in the person of George J. Luckey, the well-known Super intendent of the Pittsburg schools. At the earnest solicitation of his many friends, he has consented to be a candidate to succeed Commissioner Dawson. In this State Mr. Luckey has all the backing he wants, Governor Beaver and all officials, educational and otherwise, being with him with all their hearts, while besides, he has the recommendations of Ex-President Hayes, John Sherman, and others from other States. The Educational Newt, of Phila delphia, has come out urging his ability to fill the position, which his Mends believe he can so acceptably fill, and his chances look very rosy; so much so that all interested parties admit that the fight between the 20 or 25 can didates has narrowed down to a contest between Mr. Luckey and Mr. tslckner. editor of the New England Journal. The arguments in Mr. Luckey's favor are that the Commissioner should be a man who has had full experience In the conducting of public schools, a man of ability and a man fully acquainted with all the requirements and workings ot the public school system of the United States. The schools ot Pennsylvania have so long been looked upon as a model that the people of tho Keystone State believe that it Is entitled to some recognition, which would be granted In the appointment of Mr. Lackey. Mr. Luckey, when Interviewed yesterday.sala that since several educational papers had ad vocated his appointment, and at tho solicita tion of numerous friends, he had agreed to say that he would likely be a candidate. His friends say that his success as Superintendent here and his reputation in this and adjoining States, as well as over the whole country, will be a big factor In determining who shall be at tnemeaaoi tne .national ijoaraoi ,au cation. The DiviBion Institute held yesterday morn ing at the Grant school for the teachers of step eight, was a successful sequence to the brilliant meeting held Friday night. The class drill was in charge of Miss Mary T. Lindsay, of the Grant school. Music, arithmetic, reading, language, and newspaper reading, were con ducted in such a thorough and practical man ner that the visitors showered the warmest en comiums on the admirable work done. Super intendent Luckey spoke of the value of news papers as the greatest medium for enlarging a pupil's vocabulary, because of the great num. ber of new words not to be found in any supplementary reading, and advised the teach ers all to try the change.' Prof. Lbgan also Indorsed newspaper reaaingas the great pro cess for the enlargement of words, as the means for teaching geography.and to be posted In the world's news. The singing ot the children, for Its sweetness and softness, received much praise. The success of tbis division institute is unparalleled. E.D. OPERA "THE WIFE." HOUSE "THE WIFE." Wilt Lessee and Manager; : The : This week Lyceum Theater . Success. The famous Society Comedy in four acts by David Belasco and H. C DeMllle authors. Lord Chumley, etc Under the direction of WH TtA WTPT. tftJOTTlLr AW Mansger Lyceum Theater, New York. The Wife" Monday the 469 consecutive performance, "The Wile" The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The 'Wife" "Tho Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" THE DAY WE CELEBRATE Our friends will take particular notice that on Friday next, February 23, the anniversary of WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, Our stores will be closed. We have always been ol the opinion that this day above all davsof the year should be celebrated in a manner becoming American citizens. Hence will close our stores, for that day, so that people Intending to make purchases the Utter part of the week will either do so on Thursday or put the same off until Saturday. OUR 20 PER CENT REDUCTION SALE Has had the good effect of placing some very valuable orders with ns for future delivery. The goods of course are stored aad held by us without extra cost. OTJE CAEPET EEMNANTS will be offered this week at prices that will be a regu lar picnic to buvers. We must have the room they occupy. So you oaa depend on it that no reasona6le offer for the remnants will be refused. Bemember when we make the assertion that we have the largest line of Bedroom Suits in the city we mean every word that we say, and dan prove the same if yon take the trouble to look us op. OTJE PAELOE STITS are away above the average of goods generally shown in this city. They are our own make ol goods and we are just proud enough ot them to keep up the good credit they have established. Call and see our line of Parlor Sniu if yon con template buying. You will save money. There is nothing that pertains to the proper furnishing of a house but we keep in stock. CASH OR EASY TERMS OP PURCHASE. Mr. Cartyle, Mr. Kent, Mr. Herman, Mr. Barrows, Mr. Flood, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Gregory, GKEAT CAST. : Mrs. Berla: -I Qibbs, ; Miss Stanhope, : Miss Thornton, : Miss Hawkins, Miss Logan, : MissDunton. HOPPER BROS. & CO, 307 WOOD STREET, BET. THIRD AND FOURTH AYES. DAVIS SEWING MACHINE A SPECIALTY. - Passenger Elevator. Open. Saturday Until lO o'clock. Un-WTSa DANZIGEE & SHOENBEEG, ACT I. Mrs. Ives' Villa, Newport, July The Amateur Theatricals The Old Alfalr The Lover. ACT IL Reception Room Senator Dexter, Washington, Februarv Mrs. Doner's Ball --The Quarrel "The Hnsband." AOTUL Library In Rutherford's House. Washington, Same Evening The Investl- anon xne confession "The Marriaee fMIdnlftht View of the Capitol J pril The Eclipse Petersburg "THE gatlc Tie.' ACT IV. Hame Scene. A; The Mission to St. WIFE." et al, John Brady. On Bchnlf of Dimmer. Marshall H. Reno was yesterday appointed commissioner to take testimony on the motion for a new trial for Joseph Dlmmey, who was convicted of mnrder ft tho first degree for killing Officer Miller. Misconduct on the part of a juror is one of the allegations. The charges were so numerous that the Court couldn't take time to hear them. The Grave Charge. Qnmhcd. Judge Collier filed an opinion In the motion to quash the indictment against Superintend ent A. B. Starr, He quashed the first count alleging involuntary manslaughter, and tho fourth because It alleged two" offenses. This leaves Mr. Starr indicted for misdemeanor and negligence, for which he will have to be tried. Pleased the Little One. Judce Slajrle listened to the arguments in the case of a little sister of Dora Hern against P. and Anna O'Hern, said to have been spirited away. The charges were not proven, and the child was mightily pleased on being handed over to tbs O'Hems. Lines From LeVnl Quarters. Daniel M. Risheb yesterday filed bis claim against the Grand Lake Coal Company for $eos 67. ' The amount distributed in admiralty aris ing from the sale of the steamboat Ben Wood was $5,248. Esther Makes wants her hnsband, Harris Marks, committed to Dlzmont as being vio lently Insane. A hearing was fixed for Febru ary 20. The charter of the Iroquois Rifle' Club, of Pittsburg, was filed yesterday in the Recorder's office. The directors are Julius Zoller, John P Conrad, L. li. Uranc, Fred Laucr and A. G Deiserotu, of the South Side. Twenty-five suits were entered yesterday Dy various eastern nrms against a, u. Mc Knight fc Bros, the Wood street stationers, wuv uj.ug mu .esiuiueut ah euurb limo ago. The amounts claimed aggregate J7.9S2 77. James Rees and James Rees & Sons filed libels against the steamers J. S. Mercer and J. A BUckraore, aggregating $673 72. They were tho property of the Grand Lake Coal Com pany, seised by the Sheriff ou executions ob tained by Isaac Van Vornis. J.J. Miller, Esq. of the Allegheny County Bar, was admitted to prectlee In the United States courts yesterday, on motion of T. B. Al corn. Mr. Miller immediately filed a libel in admiralty aesinst the steamboat John a. EMh-' ..-.. . ... - er, on nenau oi J. a. eei & wo. Educational Echoes. The public schools will close next Friday, it being Washington's Birthday. Prof. Slack will lecture to the Ninth ward night school pupils next Wednesday evening. Principal Dueling, of the Indiana Nor mal School, was a visitor at the Central Board rooms yesteraay. Prof. Fisher visits Cleveland next Friday to examine the method of teaching language In vogue in its schools. Superintendent Luckey yesterday re ceived a copy of Senato. Bobbins' bill advo cating uniformity of textbooks. Fkoh the remarks dropped in educational circles yesterday, women do not appear to be in high favor for school directors. Room 14 of the 8oho school captured the Jr. O. U. A. M. flag last week for punctuality, at tendance, snelling and arithmetic Superintendent Luckey, Prof. Jackman and Prof. S, A. Andrews will attend the Na tional Teachers' Association which meets the week of the. inauguration In Washington, D. C. Mr. Andrews has been granted a full week's absence. Miss Lucia B. Fulton has been elected In the Ninth Ward School, Allegheny, to fill the position occupied by Mrs.Carse. It Is said that this is a school trouMe caused by prolonged leavo of absence, and further developments are promised. Mrs. Barclay, of tho Peebles school, who was married last Thursday, was presented on Tuesday afternoon with a handsome silver cake basket by tbo pupils of ber room. The teach ers also presented her with many handsome In dividual presents. Miss May Wiohtman has been elected Assistant Principal in the Wickershain school, Twenty-fourth ward, in place of Miss Pooley, who resigned on account of ill health. Miss Wig htman has previously taught in the Peebles and Lawrence schools. The Teachers' Acadomy will meet next Sat urday at the Grant school, when an effort will be made to change the constitution of this body. Tire following cbangeshall be submitted: That there be a new method of admitting mem bers, and all members who attend irre-mlarlv shall be dropped from the roster. The examination for permanent certificates will terminate two Saturdays hence. The fol lowing list comprises the names of the appli cants: Miss Rebecca Torrence, Lilian F. Hoag, Grace B. McMasters, Clara E. Riddle, Grant school; Kato B Bauersmitb, Hllaud; Bertha M. Werner. Morse: Marv A. Rosser. Anna M. Dickson, Soho; Kate A. Barry, Hancock; Mary A. stein, iiwy ju. nnimai), .Dioouiueiu; o. A, snowuen. Annie r. jaostwiric Homewood Sara C. Nelson. Colfax; Lon G. Taylor, Agnes u. xnompson, j-.ugcey: oaaie r. juiunn, Bloom field; Elizabeth McCabe, Normal High Schools Mayme L. Taylor, Birmingham. "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" "The Wife" 'The Wife" "The Wife" Week, Feb. Produced with all the scenery and accessories from the original models of Mr. W. H. Day, art director, Lyceum Theater, New York. 25-MARGARET MATHER. felS4 -SUCCESSORS TO- MORRIS H. DANZIGER. T3ECA.T Sale. Harry Audiir MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18. Matinees: TrasMnreiliiy & Saturday. AUSTIN'S AUSTRALIAN NOVELTY COMPANY WITH MLL'E AIMEE, THE HUMAN FLY. The Austin Sisters, Rose and Airaee, The Garnella Bros., Miss Minnie Lee, Weber and Fields, Fred W. MillsT Chas. E. Schilling, Winnie Nicholson, W. D. Anent, Albert Ward, J. H. Cullin. Gigantic Forced Has met with unqualified approval. Our stores the busiest in town. If you want to be waited on promptly come in the morning. Still better bargains for this week. All the best makes of Muslin almost given away this week. Lots more of Allen's best Prints at 5 cents per yard. , There is no let up on those choice Lace Curtain bargains. Early spring novelties shown in every department of our immense establishment. This the last and deepest cut in Ladies' Wraps, Jackets, Jerseys, Misses' and Chil. dren's Coats. Remarkable bargains in Uuslin Underwear and Aprons. SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT I Will soon be ready for your inspection and approval, our Big Dry Goods and House Furnishing Departments. February 25. Gus Hill's ties. World ot Novel-fel7-12 CASINO MUSEUM. JOHK W. JOHN W. JOHN W. O'BRIEN Proprietor FLOCKER Manager WA I.I, ACKER Press Agent WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18. THE WELCHES GIGANTIC SPECIALTY COMPANY. . Welches Chas, and Jennie. Baby Venus, Gieeson Children, VlllettaTlBell, Julian Ti Bell, Alex. Wilson, Joe Morton, Madame Naomle, Gen. C. R. Decker, Andy Switzer. ADMISSION 10 CENT& Open from 10 a. m. until 10 p. jl f el7-8 DANZICER & SHOENBERG 42-44-M-M M St-H-540-542 P8E Aye. felS-Mwrsa STOPSLEEPING ON THE FLOOR. X!P1XX1CQT HOW ARE THESE PRICES? MT. DE CHANTAL, Near Wheeling, W. Va (SISTERS OF THE VISITATION.) A school of more than national reputation, offers exceptional advantages for thorough ed ucation of young ladles in all departments. Li brary of 8,000 volumes. Fine philosophical, chemical and astronomical apparatus. Musical department specially noted. Corps of piano teachers trained by a leading professor from Conservatory of Stutgart. Vocal culture according to the method of the oldltallan mas ters. Location unsurpassed for beauty and health. Ten acres of pleasure grounds. Board excel lent. For catalogues and references to patrons In all tho principal cities, addre se9-o,.tt-su THE DHtECTRESS. Jfe I B. fe. MB PHOTOGRAPHER, 16 SIXTH STREET. A fine, large crayon portrait $3 80: see them before ordering elsewhere. Cabinets, $3 and K 60 per dozen. PROMPT DELIVERY. ocO-pTO-Mwysu 3 1 ATEITTS. O. D. LEVIH. Solicitor of Patsnts. 181 Fifth arcnne.above Mmithflold, next Leader office. (No delay.) Established 20 years. . se29-hW 6 feet 2 in. high. 4 feet 9 in. wide. ELEGANTLY CARVED AND VENEERED. PRICE, - - $4 85. This'll make the would-be cheap advertisers wail. They're selling' It for 86 50 spot oash. This Bedstead, A Hair-top Mattress, A Bed Spring, Our Terms: $4 85 '2 95 1 70 $9 5o CASH, OR TIME PAYMENTS. We sell Chamber Suits, three pieces, for $12 50. We sell Parlor Suits, $30. We sell Carpets, per yard, 20c. We sell Ladies' Newmarkets $3 25 We, sell Dry Goods, Silverware. We sell China Ware and Stoves. We sell everything to furnish your home. All for Cash or Time Payments. for intofiPpiL Entrance, 635 Smitlifield Street. 635. feI7-Su LONDON THEATER. 80 Fifth ave, and 63 Diamond st. HARRY DAVIS Proprietor and Manager Commencing FEB. ZL closing FEB. 23. 12 M. to 12 P.M. DAILY. Grand 38-Hour Female Walking Match for Championship Allegheny County. $250 in Cash Prizes. List of Entries: Aggie Harvey, Lulla Zellette, Alice Robinson, Lizzla Anderson. Clara Belle. Jennie Ramon. LniiaHart,MamleWood. General admlsston,10o i NATIONAL SWEDISH LADIES' CON. CERT at Old City HalLTnesday. February 19. Elsfat Beantifnl Young Ladies from tho Royal Opera of Stockholm. 8weden. Reserved seats 75 and 60 cents, at KT.KBER'S MURK) STORE. felM , P. G. REINEMAN, E2 AND 5 SIXTH STREET. Headquarters for Costumes of all descriptions, for hire at reasonable prices. delS-so. F. G. EEINEMAM.
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