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GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
The Burning Question of the Hour
Among Society Women,
TO SMOKE OR HOT TO SMOKE.
Bierstadt's Artistic Success, The Last of
the Buffalo.
DR. -TON BULOW AND HIS CATACLTSM
rCOREISrOXDEKCE OF THE DISFATCn.3
Isetv Xokk, April 12. One of the burn
ing questions of the hour -with the lair mes
dames .and demoiselles of New York is,
"Shall women smoke." All the women
prominent in literary, political and theat
rical circles are taking up the pen to tell
what they know about it The fact that
Her Grace, the Duchess of Marlborough,
nee Lilly Hammersley, is credibly reported
to be addicted to her Havana a cigar, mind
you, not a cigarette has beyond doubt had
something to do with raising this interest
ing subject and question, and filled the
daily and weekly papers with a pot pourri
of sense and nonsense about eTenly diyided,
from such notables as Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
Mrs. Frank Leslie, Charlotte Adams, Fanny
Davenport, Mrs. Lily Lanctry and even
Bclva Lockwood. The best essay so far
published was inspired by the delicious
aroma of Charlotte Adams" superb "Turk
ish Jfeaties," and is a most voluptuously
beautiful eulogium of the little rolls of to
bacco wrapped with rice paper.
The whole thing has been a splendid ad
vertisement for the manufacturers of cigar
ettes, and I know of at least two well-known
society cirls, who are inclined to just a lit
tle abandonment quite "fly" in fact that
have taken religiously to the vice simply
because La Dame Adams said it was nice.
It is probable that the revival of the habit
may even spread to Pittsburg, and because
it is just at this time a fashionable fad
resurrected in 2few York and diligently
practiced by ultra flip women of the haut
ton, will be accepted as quite the thing by
the more rapid girls in Pittsburg society.
I say to them, don't Jf they could take a
ramble through a cigarette factory, where
the disgusting little abominations are manu
factured, as I did one day last week, it
would effectually dampen their ardor to .try
this fad at least. By way of a simile:
Suppose one of these "fly" girls was to see
a baker take his dough out of the pan, spit
on it and roll it in the dirt of the floor be
fore making it up into loaves and baking.
Would she relish the bread when it came
out of the oven, no matter how beautifully
brown and nice the top crust of the loaves
looked?
Dr. Hans Von Bulow has actually opened
his American concert season without a cata
clysm. A cataclysm was feared, of course.
"What is a Von Bulow season without one
more than a Sunday school without a cate
chism? They go together.
Mr. Schwab, the great "pianist's" mana
ger, is, as everybody admits., the most
equable-tempered man that ever scuttled a
play or cut a coupon. Mr. Schwab has cir
cumvented too many wind storms on the
tempestuous sea of journalism and manage
ment to court them as evervday divertisse
ment He has, as well, graduated in diplo
macy out of the bitter school of experience
with hosts of prime-donne and countless fas
cinating prime-tenore. But the sum of his
policy and aggregation of his art, I lancy. is
barely equal to the task of keeping his dis
tinguished pianistic protege in good humor
and en rapport with his surroundings at all
hours of the day and night Certainly since
the Herr Doctor set foot upon our auriferous
.-but unsympathetic shores, Mr. Schwab has
oeen doing nothing but throwing oil by the
hogshead on the agitated waters in which
the great pianist has been floundering. The
fact that he succeeded in calming the storm
by the time the first concert was given on
Monday afternoon, does equal credit to his
head and to his art .
Every precaution was taken on this occa
sion to calm the troubled spirit of the
maestro into at least temporary placidity.
The stage of the Broadway Theater was set
with a scene that seemed to be the very
home of peace. Flowers and palms were
everywhere. A landscape scene, summer
sky and blue sea in the background, on the
surface of which not a ripple rippled. One
might have imagined the muses sitting list
ening to-Von Bulow and Apollo contesting
for the crown of music with the previous
arrangement of conrse, that the diadem
was to go to Von Bulow, so that the muses
might be amply satisfied. The concert was
in every way delightful. "When Von Bulow
appeared on the stage he smiled an imperial
smile. The house was full, and many love
ly young women were among the audience,
holding their music books on their laps,
open, ready to follow themaestro's interpre
tation of their beloved Beethoven.
lr. Von Bulow is a great master among
masters of music, even if he is not master
of his temper. Xo hand that has ever
touched a piano has ever made it vibrate
with such delicious, splendid living reson
ance. It is the spell of a great magician
that this strange nerve-cursed and brain
laden genius exercises in the art on which
he has set a necromantic seal. He played
six of Beethoven's sonatas chronologically
and 12 variations on a Kussian dance song,
six variations on an original theme in F
major op. 34. "What about his work im
pressed one most was his absolute fidelity to
Beethoven, to interpret whom Dr. Von
Bulow has made it his mission. You will,
however, very soon, yourselves have the
pleasure of listening to this wonderful
pianistic genius.
I spent two hours most profitablv and de
lightfully in Albert Bierstadt's studio on
Monday. ITearly all the time my eyes were
glued to his latest, most wonderful and
best picture, "The Last of the Buffalo." It
is a magnificent canvas, impressively der
picting the stirring yet tragic process which
has now resulted in the virtual extinction
of a royal race. For the American bison,
popularly called the buffalo (a term an
swering for both singular and plural, in
the-sturdy frontier dialect) exists no longer
as a roamer of the "Western plains and
intervales.
One can scarcely realize the swiftness
with which this has been effected, since the
first rails were laid across the American
continent It culminated in the work of
but little more ihan a quarter of a century,
la 1855-60 myriads of "the buffalo" appar
ently inextermiuable, though even then at
tacked in front, flank and rear by whites
and Indians alike were still darkening
their shifting grazing grounds, the vast un
settled region of the West In 1888-89
but one lone remnant of a herd; a few bulls,
a score of cows, and even these within a
Government reservation, the Yellowstone
Park. Two year ago a scientific expedi
tion hunted long and determinedly to pro
cure a few Ftray specimens of this noble
game. Probably bison in captivity now
outnumber the tew still at large in the re
mote lastnesses of the extreme Xorthwest
The royal buffalo are at last exterminated.
The beginning of the end is powerlully
suggested by an American master painter
: Bierstadt Distinctly wonted-familisr
since 1856 with American wild life and a
master of the stormy spirit of the Rockies
and plains of the great "West, on this last
canyas his powerful, masterful brqsh
has depicted a scene which is actual, real,
moving, living, breathingl As you stand
and look at it you are seized with tremors
of fear lest the moving host of maddened
buffalo, moving with tremendous speed
from away in the distant background to
ward the foreground of the painting, will
come on, on. and over you, trampling you
into a snaceless mass of humanity under
their hard, horny hoofs. It is the most
. wonderfully spirited painting that has ever
grown into a complete masterpiece under
v
the infallible hand of an "art creator."
Bierstadt had devoted his maturest knowl
edge and imagination through a term of
years of unstinted labor to this great paint
ing. The scene is laid upon the Sweet "Water
river, which rises in the "Wind River
Mountains, anjj the snow-capped range is
visible in the distance. This great pasture
land was a few years back the favorite haunt
of the buffaloj and the storied domain where
the Indian with his wild horses of Arabian
stock derived by inheritance from those
strayed or captured alone the Spanish-
I American border made his home and
i hunting ground. Here he hunted the
bunalo ana occasionally as Bierstadt has
depicted in his paintings-was himself
hunted in turn.
To the right clouds of dust indicate the
masses of animals coming down the hill
sides, in the rush for a drink of the water of
the river. Beyond we see the table-lands,
or mesa. In the background the Bocky
Mountains lade -away into the blue ether.
Millions of buffaloes cover the vast expanse
of this view. A few elk, or wapiti, are
visible near the river bank, and on the left
the antelope are hastening away. 'The
skulking coyote, also, is seen in the near
lelt hand corner, and the familiar prairie
dog looks out of his burrow, wondering
what it all means. A wonderfully spirited
figure of an ,Indian on horseback, the man
and animal seemine one, like a red half
clothed centaur, is the central object of at
traction. An angry monster bison, with
head lowered under the horse's belly, is
goring him upward. The horse is reared
back on his haunches snorting and quiver
ing" with fear, while his savage rider grasp
ing his flowing mane with one hand with
demoniac energy drives the long, heavy
sharp-headed spear, which is grasped firmly
in the right hand, again and again into the
"Monarch of the Plains " flank.
Oh, glorious work! and glorious Bierstadt
,who could produce such a grand example of
America's talent genius I
And yet a small mob of contemptible,
brainless art mongrels possessed or obtained
influence enough with General Hawkins
and the other members of his idiotic com
mittee to have this great painting rejected
as unworthy of a place among a crop of
miserable daubs sent to represent "Ameri
can art" God save the markat the Paris
exhibition. I could have in a month gath
ered a nobler and more representative col
lection than these official humbugs and
know-nothings-about-art at least managed,
after apparently almost superhuman efforts,
to scrape together. I should not have left
out a Bierstadt, either, or had to play sneak
thief to secure a picture of George Inness',
or have sent oft a collection of representa
tive American pictures without a canvas of
"Window, Homer, or Thomas or Edward
Moran,
And now this same mob of mediocre daub
ers and secondhand geniuses has got its
politic fingers into the centennial celebra
tion pie. Pronunciamentos are issued by it
directing us how to decorate the city for
this memorial occasion. The circular that
I have received is the most preposterous
farrago of rubbish that was ever put out
But of course Bierstadt's picture goes into
the art galleries of the Paris Exposition,
the little mob of American painters (sic)
notwithstanding. As an artist decorated
by the French Government, whatsoever
picture Bierstadt might chose to send to the
exhibition would be admitted. And I ven
ture to prophesy that it will be hung in a
conspicuous place and how the French will
laugh at the "pot boilers" of the would-be
criterions of American art, pfahl Some of
the daubs done by the lick-spittles of
"Bunion" Cox and "Wheedlem" Chase
that I have looked at lately would make a
cow "guffah."
The latest wrinkle in "give aways" is
"Kobert Elsmere," the much talked and
written auout clerical child of Mrs. "Ward's
brain. This was the legend which stared
me in the face from a card on one of the
counters of a great New York dry goods and
all other kind of goods emporium: " 'Robert
Elsmere. with emrravini? of Mrs. "Ward
''Robert Elsmere,' the 'Battle of Religion.
Criticism by tue liigbt lion. William a.
Gladstone. The book given free with every
cake of Tarheel Soap.,'
"Was ever such a prize offered upon the
bargain counter before? Literature, religion
and soap reason, godliness and cleanliness,
nil to be had in combination for a trifle of
25 cents. Think of it, O, Mrs. ToodlesI
A house decoration which is bound to
supersede paper hangings for the walls is
painted tapestries, even among our only
moderately well-to-do people. I dropped
into the American Art School, in Twenty
third street, on Monday, and spent a very
delightful hour. I was shown some splen
did specimens of painted tapestries, closely
resembling tbe old Flemish work. One
piece in particular was a superb example of
coloring that will last for ages. It repre
sented a stream with a boat floating upon it.
In the boat were youth and maiden in love's
dalliance. A cupid at the prow steered them
on, mayhap to the land of eternal love and
flowers. But it was not the scene to much
as the workmanship that appealed to me.
The actions of the figures, the vivid richness
of the background and the solid brilliancy
of technique were wonderful.
I understand there will soon be some of
this work on exhibition in Pittsburg. It is
work that will wash, never fade and is, in
fact, lasting. The method of preparing the
paint for applying to the canvas so that it
cannot be scraped off or washed out is a
secret known only to the principals and
workers of the American art school.
Three leading picture auctioneers of this
city offer an interesting study in their dif
ferent manners of work. Mr. Kirby, who
sells for the American Art Association, is a
slender gentleman of the medium' heicht,
with a beard, glasses and the air of a college
professor. He sells standing, talks in a
matter-of-fact way, throwing in a dry witti
cism or a shrewd suggestion here and 'there
and raps his sales down with the head of an
ivory gavel which he has treasured for,
years and which, it is hinted, he considers
in the nature of a lucky bone or amulet
Mr. Somerville, who does the crying for
the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, is a short,
elderly man with a florid face, and fierce
mustache and imperial. He might pass
either for an artist or a French cavalry offi
cer on half pay. He, too, works on his feet
His style is familiar. He chats with his
audience, gives them advice, cracks a joke
now and then, and makes very dramatic ap
peals, with voice and gesture, when they
bid too gingerly. Mr. Draper, Fifth ave
nue auction rooms, sells from a high-legged
arm-chair, in which he sits at ease, talking
off business in a constant current of jests,
humorisms and flashes of wit, and with a
sharp eve to business all the time. He is
the picture of a well-fed and jovial club
man telling a story to a knot of cronies in a
lazy corner of the club parlor.
A great deal of truck is now being offered
as art for sale in auction houses. There are
more Corbets, Corots, Millets, Rousseaus,
Fromentias, and others" among the modern
dead French masters than you can shake a
stick at or that the painters could ever pos
sibly have painted, working 24 hours a
day, from the time they were born till they
died,' or up to this day either, if they had
lived.
M. Henri Rochefort once said, in describ
ing sales at the Hotel Dronot, of Paris, in
Galignani's Mettenger, that over 1,200
more Rousseaus had beenold in Paris alone
than Theodore Rousseau ever painted.
Rambleb About.
Wnlkcd Oat of b. Second-Story Window.
(SPECIAL TELEGJULM TO THE DISPATCH.
Canton, April 13. Felix Motter. of
Minerva, O., on a visit to his brother here,
walked out of a second-story window when
in a somnambulistic state, late last night,
and in falling struck a board fence, and was,
it is feared, fatally injured.
A choice line of colorings of 48 in. wide,
all-wool serges, extra good value, at 75o a
yard. Huous Ss Hacke.
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fprlnir Goods.
For a good fitting suit go to Pitcairn'a
Tailoring Emporium, 134Wood st tush
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THE
DAKOTA GRASSHOPPERS..
A Man From the Banann Zone Gives Some
Point on Entomology.
Milwaukee SentlneM ,
They emigrate in droves, the numbers of
which could not by any possibility be esti
mated. They fly high in the air and go
straight ahead like a flock of geese. Noth
ing will make them swerve from their
course, and right there is the trouble. They
cannot fly against a strong wind, and when
they meet a wind that they cannot stem
they take a header and go down, and woe to
the grain field that they come down upon.
If the wind dies out they don't stay long,
but are up and off again. But the Dakota
winds don't die out; Ihey are built pn the
staying plan. "When it stops blowing by
the second day the damage is not so great,
as the 'hoppers leave then after simply sat
isfying the appetites that they bring with
them, but on the third day that they are
down they commence to mate and a few
hours later go to work laying eggs.
They get down on the ground and dig a
little hole in the ground with their tails,
and in this hole the eggs are deposited. By
the time the wind permits them io go they
take all the crop with them and leave many
times their own number of eggs. On the
first warm sunshiny day the little 'hoppers
inside the eggs come up, and at this inter
esting stage of the performance you yean
stand at one end of your grain patch and
see the whole surface of the field fairly
moving as these little pests commence to
come out bv millions and wriggle around.
It don't take them long to find an appetite,
and when 48 hours after they crawl outof
the egg they can crawl around and bite off
a whole grain at a time.
I have caught barrels and barrels of them.
They are caught by means of a large open
tin pan, which is driven across the field
where they ar,e feeding. The 'hopper, when
he sees anything coming in his direction,
always jumps backward toward it They
hop Sack at the advancing pans, expecting
to go over it and land safely on the other
side, but a piece of netting meets them and
they fall into the pan. The pan is partial
ly filled with oil, which kills the 'hoppers
as soon as they touch it. I have caught a
barrel of 'hoppers in driving one of these
pans 100 yards and there were apparently as
many as ever left. 'Excuse me from any
more grasshoppers. I would not go to' Da
kota again to live if I was given 640 acres of
the best land free.
NO BARBERS TRUST WANTED.
The Afflictions Suck a Combination Slight
Bring to Mankind.
Chicago Tribune.
A convention of American barbers is to
be held at Pittsburg. Does this portend
the formation of a Barbers' Trust? The
idea is a painfully disquieting one. A com
bination of barbers could make the adnlt
male citizen of this Republic a most un
happy man. They could compel him to be
shaved every day, to have his hair cut
every two weeks, his head shampooed when
ever considered necessary by the operating
artist, and to get his boots blacked every
time he entered the shop. They could com
pel him to buy a hand-painted mug and
ivory-handled brush of the shop boss, to or
der bay-rum, tonic, or seafoam on all occa
sions, and to pay the boy who hands him
his hat and fans him two or three times
with a whisk broom a fee of 25 cents.
The penalty for failing to comply with
these or any other requirements agreed
upon by the trust would be to shave the
offender with a dull razor or turn him over
to the barber in charge of the chair furthest
from the door, who eats onions and talks
baseball. Tbe man who presumed to shave
himself would be boycotted and socially
ostracised. These are only a few of tne
miseries that a Barbers' Trust would entail
on the public. Let all good citizens dis
courage it, but prepare sternly to meet it if
it must come.
A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO
Sweeps Over the Allegheny Mountains nnd
Does Great Damngc.
rSFECIAX. TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCB.1
TJniONTOTVir, April 13. The. heaviest
wind storm known in 30 years passed by the
hamlet of Addison, 25 miles east of here in
the mountains, at near 7 o'clock yesterday
evening, in a southeasterly direction. Its
path appeared to be about half a mile in
width, and most of the trees, particularly
fruiters, in its road were destroyed. No
dwellings were in its direct course, but a
few were damaged along the edge of its
pathway. Tbe town itself lay to one side
of the tornado's conrse and did not get its
full sweep.
One warehouse, stables and small struct
ures were blown about, some being lifted up
and dropped on adjoining properties, and
in some instances houses were buried under
uprooted trees. The neighborhood is cov
ered with hay from ricks destroyed, and the
fences lor quite a distance have disappeared.
Travel could not be attempted to-day until
gangs of men had cleared the mountain
roads of trees and other obstructions, but
the National road was clear.
Near Masontown the Fairview Dunkard
Church had the roof blown off and the gable
ends taken out The contractor on the
church had it finished with the exception of
one more day's work.
WILL HATE TO M0YE NOW.
A Railroad Company Throws a Man's House
Down a Hilt
rSPECIAI. TELEGKAM TO Till DISPATCH.!
Nimick, PA., April 13. Daniel Har
rington owns a plot of ground and a house
on the line of the Ohio Connecting Com
pany's bridge across the Ohio river at this
point He and the company did not agree
as to the time he should move off the prem
ises, and he refused to do so.
At 9 o'clock this morning the company's
men entered the bouse while Harrington
was at work, removed the furniture, and de
molished the house by knocking out the
supports underneath and letting it roll down
the hill.
STRUCK THE WRONG MAN.
Ohio White Caps Send a Notice to a Good
Citizen Who Will Fight.
rSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Youngstowu-, April 13. This mornig,
George Henry, an industrious mechanic,
residing on High street, received a White
Cap notice through the mails, stating that
he had been abusing his family, and that un
less there was a radical change for the better
in his conduct, the White Caps would call
at his residence and give him 60 lashes:
Mr. Henry is an exemplary citizen, and
his domestic relations have been of a most
pleasant character. He has secured a full
supply of firearms and will give the White
Caps a warm reception.
COULDN'T STAND BlSGRACE.
A Commercial Traveler, Charged With Em
bezzlement, Shoots Himself.
rSPECIAI. TELSOBAU TO TIIE DISPATCH.!
Ravenna, O., April 13. E. F. Valen
tine, a commercial traveler for A. J. Wen
ham's Sons, of Cleveland, committed sui
cide by shooting himself through the head
at hishome here at .5:30 this afternoon,
while in custody of Officer Mason, who had
arrested him for embezzlement A shortage
of 5800 is claimed. Valentine leaves a
widow and two small children.
G. W. Schmidt will sell yon one quart
of 1880 pure rye export whisky for f 1. 95
and 97 Fifth avenue, city.
60 pieces, 22-in. wide, printed India
silks, choice patterns and , colors, at 69c a
yard. Hrous & HACKS.
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PITTSBURG ' DISPATCH,
A NEW AERIAL ROUTE
How Dr. Bansset Proposes to Fed
erate the World by Means of
AN AIR LINE TO THE NOETH POLE.
The Electric Air Ship in Which a Vacuum
Eeplaces Hydrogen. '
A IMG BUT PLEASANT TRIP PLANNED
Boston, April 13. M. de Bansset, a
French scientist now in Boston, proposes to
"federate the world" by a scheme of aerial
navigation that seems to combine at once
the wildest flight of scientific romance and
the soberest truths of scientific reality. In
all its practical details, the great problem
of modern times, according to M. de Bans
set, is already solved: He says:
"On June 1 1 intend starting on a voyage
of discovery to the North Pole and Arctic
regions, traveling in my new air ship. A
month's time will suffice for the voyage to
and from the pole, allowing ten days or two
weeks for scientific observations of Arctio
phenomena. The air ship will be capable
of carrying 200 passengers, and among them.
I hope to number, beside representatives of
the press, accomplished observers and oper
ators in such branches of science as astron
omy, geodesy, hydrostatics, hygrometry,
photography, etc., with such instruments
and apparatus as they may wish to carry.
The Arctic Explorer will be built and
equipped under the auspices ol the Trans
continental Aerial Navigation Company of
Chicago, 111.
"The starting will be from New York
City, and the route will be as follows: From
New York to Philadelphia, Washington,
Toledo, Chicago, Omaha, San Francisco,
Yeddo, Pekin, Constantinople, Borne, Paris,
Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, St Peters
burg; from this last city directly, via Nor
wegia, Iceland and Greenland, to the Arctic
regions. The stopping at each place will be
one hour, to take on the scientific commis
sions, having subscribed at least three
months before the 10th of June, 1889. At
Paris and St. Petersburg we shall stop 12 to
24 hours, to take on subscribers and an ad
ditional supply of water, provisions, etc.
Subscribers will please send their names
and addresses, with the place chosen by
them for embarking. Each subscriber to
the building fund to the amotfnt ol (1,000 or
over will be entitled to a passage for him
self or representative. A reoeipt for the
amount subscribed will be forwarded with
the round trip passage ticket."
TBE NEW AIB SHIP.
M. de Bansset discards balloons for rea
sons analogous to those which induce elec
tricians to dispense with the galvanio cell
alter they have invented the dynamo. Tne
new air ship will be built wholly of metal,
and the ascentional power will be gained by
a vacuum, instead of by means of hydrogen
gas. A balloon rises, as is well known,, be
cause of thesuperior lightness of the hydro:
gen it contains a& compared with the same
volume of air, the ascending power being
determined by the difference in weight be
tween the two volumes; so that the less the
gravitating tendency of the contents of the
air ship as contrasted with the same volume
of air, the greater will be the force 'of
ascent, and, as a vacuum represents an ab
solute lack of gravitating tendency, it will
also, the inventor holds, represent the high
est possible degree of ascensional power.
This use of a vacuum as the means of ascent
involves an immense pressure on the exte
rior of the receptacle, but M. de Bansset re
gards steel plates 1.44 of an inch in thick
ness as perfectly capable of withstanding
the resultant strain. It is, moreover, not
proposed to completely exhaust the air ves
sel, but to use a certain volume of air with
a view to diminishing as much as possible
the external pressure; also to admit or ex
clude air as a means of varying the eleva
tion of the air vessel.
"Comparatively few people," says Dr.
Bansset, "understand how and why a bal
loon weighing from 1 pound to 100 tons is
able to rise in the air. If the weight of the
air be as above stated, then a cubic meter of
air will weigh nearly 1.3 kilograms, or a
quart weighs 31 grains, or 13 cubic leet of
air weighs very nearly one pound. Hence,
ifwe take a hollow sphere ot 10 meters iu
diameter, each meter of its surface weighing
two kilograms (nearly S3 feet diameter and
weight ot surface 1 ounces to the square
foot), we shall have, translating the French
measures into their English equivalents, the
following: Spherical surface, 3,383 leet;
weight, 1,385 pounds; volume. 18,280 cubic
feet; weight of air it displaces, '1,49234
pounds; atmospheric pressure on tbe surface,
about 3,575 tons; and the weight of the gas,
which is 14 times lighter than air, Viiyi
pounds.
HOTV IT "WOEKS.
"Taking the sum of the weights of the
balloon, and its filling of hydrogen gas
from the weight of the air that is displaced,
gives an ascensional force of about four
pounds. This is sufficient to lift the bal
loon a few feet above the surface, where it
would meet a lesser air density. It would,
of course, have no carrying power. Sup
pose that, instead of an aerostat constructed
ot canvas or silk, to which we are obliged to
give a volume capable of displacing a quan
tity of air necessary to lift it from the sur-.
face of the earth, we construct our aerostat
of metal, with the same diameter surface
and volume, with the same superficial
weight topermit a certain quantity of vac.
uuni. Suppose we leave 05 cubic feet o"
air in the machine for the purpose of pre
venting a collapse, by aiding to resist the
pressure from without, the differebce will
give us an aAensioual force of very nearly
80 pounds. That is, if our balloon was con
structed with the proportions above named,
we could cause it to ascend like an arrow
into the higher regions of the atmosphere.
The Arctic Explorer when completed will
have a length of 054 feet and a bredth of 144
feet, and may weigh without its car260,000
pounds. The vessel as designed presents
the form ot a cylinder with two conical
ends. The cylinder is divided into many
air-tight compartments, each of which may
be exhausted of its air, and, by an unequal
distribution of this process, the vessel may
be inclined and projected at any desired
angle and above or below the horizontal.
The exhaustion of the cylinder will be ac
complished by means ot dynamo power, and
the aeroplane, as it is called, will be moved
backward, forward or sidewise by a simple
apparatus under the control ot the engi
neer. The airship will be propelled by ex
hausting air screws, capable ot exhausting
300,000 cubic feet per minute, and this will
give a speed ot 70 miles an hour. Power
lor driving the screws will be obtained from
an electric motor, receiving its current from
auto-accumulators sufficient to give 100
horse power.
M. de Baussett is at present endeavoring
to raise money with which to build the
Arctic Explorer. About 590,000 will be re
quired to construct the first ship, and this
sum is being obtained by the issue and
taking up of the capital shares of the com
pany. April Shower Bring Forth Slav Flowers.
Streaks of sunshine indicating that old
winter is about to leave us when ever wel
come spring will take her place. This means
warm weather and a change of raiment, so
you gentlemen should see to your lighter
clothing that it is cleanedrepaired and in
good order. Dickson, the tailor, of 65 Fifth
avenue, corner Wood street, second floor,
makes a specialty of this work. Should yon
desire a new suit, his stock of imported and
domestio cloths is of the newest patterns,
and you will save 20 per cent by giving
Dickson a call. Telephone 1558.
Biles Ombre striped Moire Francaise for
skirts and combination, "worth $2, our price
51-25 a yard. Huous & Hacks.
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FIEST II A
living a Notable Case and Its Local
Significance
AND A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.
Unquestionably one ot the best known
men in the city, says the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette, is Mr. John J. Tudor,
whose portrait is presented in this column.
"For six or seven years," said Mr. Tudor,
"my health was quite bad. When Hayes
was nominated for President I went to In
dianapolis to a Grand Army reunion held
in that cityi It rained very harJ, and every
one was soaking wet Having to return
home in damp clothing, I got a severe cold.
It hung on and other colds seemed to be
heaped upon it I got into a state of real
misery. I was restless at night and couldn't
sleep.'or only by fits and starts. When I lay
down, it felt as if some one bad grasped me
by the neck. That was because my throat
was clogged up with mucous which I could
feel dropping down from the back part of
my nose. I got up tired out much more
tired than when I went to-bed.
John J. Tudor,'199 West Fburtft and IS4 Tine
Street.
"During the greater part of tbe day I had a
slow fever all through me, and a constant, dull,
heavy feeling, so that I felt utterly miserable.
"My vision." ho continued, "was often
tinned, and if I would stoop down to pick up
anything it seemed as it everything grew dark,
but with flashes through the darkness like
shooting stars, and I would become deathly
sick at my stomach. I was subject also to gid
diness. 1 had no appetite at all. I could not
taste nor smell food. I cuuld not distinguish
tea from coffee nor beef f rSm pork, except by
sight. It was all the same to me what I ate.
I had no desire'' for anything and left tbe
table disgusted and unsatisfied. There
was pain in my forehead and
chest, and a very queer feeling or pain in the
back of my head and neck. My nose was com-
Fletely stopped and without smell. I did not
or years breathe throueh my nostrils, but only
through my mouth. There was a constant
noise in my ears like steam blowing off. My
eyes were sticky and burned as if sand or wild
hairs were in them. There was always a
tickling sensation in my throat which caused
me to cough, especially at night, and that kept
mo awake. In the morning I would raise a
great deal of phlegm, which gagged me, and
even made me sick at my stomach. The stom
ach, by the way, was always irritable and easily
upset; I had'eramps every day and the slightest
thine would gag me and lead to vomiting.
"Well, I tried doctors and medicines every
thing that came along; but found no relief.
Finally I read In the newspapers about Dr.
Blair and his associates, but I did not decide to
go to him at once. I waited and read a number
of cases treated by bim, and at length con
cluded I would try him. Honestly I had but
little hope. And I am overjoyed that my ex
pectations were disappointed. I began to Im
prove at once under his treatment. Words
can't describe this change in my feelings. My
appetite is excellent I eat three full and sat
isfactory meals every day, and 1 assure you that
I can now tell tea and coffee apart with my
eyes shut. I can now stoop down and remain
bent for ten minutes at a time, and I have fre
quently tried it without any dizziness or blur
red vision or sick stomach. My nose Is clear
and tbe air goes freely through it Best of all,
I sleep as soon as I go to bed, and sleep soundly
until morning, and get up renewed and re
freshed. The freedom from those ills I have
enumerated has made me like another man,
and life is now not a misery but a joy."
Mr. Tudor can usually be found at his place
of business, 199 West Fourth stfpet, in tbe
afternoon, and at 194 Vine street after 2 o'clock:
p. M. Ho will cheerfully verify this statement
PERSONAL iFcHARACTER,
And Indicating the Locnl Bearing of the
Above Interview.
In reproducing the interview above given
from a Cincinnati paper a few words indi
cating its local significance may be added.
The physicians referred to have settled in
Pittsburg, and are .permanently located at
No. 66 Sixth avenne, where they treat ca
tarrhal troubles and'affections of the eye, ear,
throat and lungs. That their offices are per
manent ones can be evinced in no better way
than by the fact that their lease of the commo
dious building referred to is for one year. In
deed none of the leases and contracts made by
these gentlemen in Pittsburg are for less than
a year. They locate in Pittsburg to practice
their profession here regularly and perma
nently. Bo far as the regularity of their practice is
concerned, there could be no higher indorse
ments than those with which they are pro
vided. Dr. Copeland is a graduate of Bellevne
Hospital Medical College, in New York City;
was president ot his class in that famous insti
tution, and, after thorough hospital training
and experience, devoted bis time and attention
to the special lines of practice named In the
above.
Dr, Blatr. after receiving his diploma as an
M. D., spent several years in Now York in per
fecting himself in the tpecial practice to which
he expected to devote bis lire. Afterward, as
a member of the New York Polyclinic, he bad
access to and gave his services in many of the
larger hospitals in that city.
This thorough, painstaking and patient prep
aration told wonderfully in after years. Set
tling in the Central States, his practice grew
in a remarkably short space of time, and in
Cincinnati, Detroit Milwaukee and Indianapo
lis tbe results of his work, noticed again and
again by the daily press, have given him an
enviable reputation.
These facts briefly, and no doubt very im
perfectly given, constitute the basis nf the
claims lor public recognition that these gen
tlemen make In a word, they set forth this
patient and regular preparation in the schools
of medicine recognized by the laws and in
telligence ol the country, special preparation,
training and experience in hospital and in
firmarv nractiee. followed bv vears of suc
cessful practico of these specialties in large
Villas
It may be said, by way of emphasizing what
has already been stated, that in coming to
Pittsburg these gentlemen have not sought to
evade or disregard any of the local regulations
or laws concerning medical practice. Present
ing their diplomas to tbe faculty of the West
ern Pennsylvania Medical College they sub
mitted to the regular examination, given ac
cording to law, to all applicants from other
States whn desire to 'practice in this. The
examination, which, by the way, is a searching
one. they passed with credit.and their diplomas
bear tbe formal indorsement of the Dean and
faculty of tbe Western Pennsylvania Medical
College.
One word more, which it is desired to make
very emphatic, and tbe writer is thronch. Drs.
Blair and Copeland do not come to Pittsburg
as the pioneers of modern medical science, nor
do they seek to depreciate tbo qualification or
skill of others, nor do tbey claim to perform
miracles or exercise sorcery or woik by magic
Theirs is not a wonder working business. It
is simply tbe practice of their profession in
those special lines for which they bavo spent
years in thoroughly preparing themselves, and
in whicb experience has. shown that they are
notably if not wonaerf uliy successful.
DOCTORS
munttiit
Are located permanently at
66 SIXTH AVE.,
Where they treat with success all curable cases.
Office hours 0 to 11 a. jr.; 2 to 5 p. m.j 7 to 8
p. it (Sunday included).
Specialties CATARRH, and ALL DIS
EASES of the EYE, EAR. THROAT and
LUNGS.
Consultation, SI 00. Address all mail to
DBS. COPELAND & BLAIR,
apM-103-TUSSa 66 Sixth ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
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BISTED'8 MEW PARLORS. ,
Opening of the FIneit Photographic Gallery
- West of New York.
Mr. E. W. Hiited, the well-known and
popular young photographer of this city,
takes great pleasure in announcing td his
patrons and tbe public at large the opening
of his elegant newgallervand studio at No.
35 Fifth avenue, in the White block. Mr.
Histed's new parlors have beej fitted up jn
a style most magnificent As one enters the
elegantly furnished apartments a scene of
oriental beauty which is rarely equaled,
and never surpassed on this side of the
water, meets the eye. Rich moquette car
pets cover the floors; here and there a hand
some and costly Persian rng, while the fur
niture, rich and elegant, adds greatly to
the splendor of the gallery. The walls and
ceilings, richly papered and decorated, are
adorned with fine crayon work, photos,
views, handsome pictures, etc., etc., all of
which have been executed by the masterly
hand ot Mr. Histed. They are in them
selves masterpieces of art. Mr. Histed's
studio is the finest of its kind this side of
New York, and it is well worth one's time
to visit his galleries and inspect his work,
all of which is executed in accordance with
the latest and most progressive develop
ments of photographic art.
No other branch of art requires such a
thorough knowledge of its every detail,
coupled with natural talent and skill, as the
art of the photographer, and it is eminently
proper that in a work of this description at
tention should be called to those who in
their particular line justly and deservedly
occupy the most exalted positions and the
highest pinnacle of popularity. No one in
this p3rt of the country can be found who is
more entitled to such a distinction than Mr.
Histed. Born and reared in London, En
gland, Mr. Histed learned the art in which
he has gained so much fame. At an early
age he served an apprenticeship nnder M.
Mayall, court photographer to Her Majesty,
Qneen Victoria, but his love of art
and his natural talent for it would
not be satisfied with this, so he entered
the Government School of Science and Art,
from which institution he graduated with
high honors, carrying off the first prize. Be
ing anxious for a larger field for bis won
derful skill, at the age of 21, he decided to
come to the United States, and upon his ar
rival in this country he at once settled in
Pittsburg. From the moment his doors, on
Fifth avenue, were thrown open to the pub
lic, his popularity has increased steadily,
until now his work is known, not only in
and around tbe Twin Cities, but the name
of Histed is familiar to people in all parts
of the Union. Nobody who has ever passed
down Fifth avenue has failed to notice his
showcases filled with the choicest selections
of his artistic productions, while his views
of Pittsburg, Allegheny and the scenery of
the surrounding country are well known, to
everv Pittsbureer.
Mr. Histed's views of the street scenes
during the Centennial celebration, the par
ades, dedicatory ceremonies at the Court
House, etc., etc., attracted unusual atten
tion and won for the vonng artist the most
enviable praise and commendation. Mr.
Histed has bnilt up a business second co
none in Western Pennsylania, constantly
givingemploymentto about ten assistants,
to say nothing of corps of clerks who are al
ways kept busy, while he gives personal at
tention to even the smallest details.-
Lovers of art should not fail to visit this
elegant studio. Mr. Histed has been untir
ing in his efforts to make his studio the most
popular one in the city, and he has not left
a stone unturned, which would add to the
accommodation of his visitors as well as
patrons. Apart from his stndio he has a
luxuriously furnished reception room,which
is indeed a marvel of beauty and comfort.
Mr. Histed is a man in the very prime and
vigor of life, and no man in his line of busi
ness maintains a higher standard- for the
uniform satisfaction rendered his patrons.
Those taking an interest in this line of busi
ness should not fail to give him a call at his,
new galleries, where will be seen on exhi
bition the finest collection of oil and water
color paintings of our local artists. Mr.
Histed will make a specialty of paintings,
engravings and etcnings, and his new gal
lery will be found g, veritable palace of art
Lace CuBTAXtrs Entire new patterns.
and extra good values in Oluny's and tam
bour lace curtains. Hugtts & Hacke.
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PRETTY
IT IS A PRETTY WELL-KNOWN, FACT THAT
HOPPER BROS.& CO.
THE PIONEERS OF LOW PRICES,
Are first and foremost in all original ideas that pertain to the Credit System of
doing' business in this and Allegheny City. They being older hands at the business;
know the wants of the buying public better than the mushrooms. Now, being -,,
better qualified to sell you the class of goods so essential to the fitting of a nice
home, it stands to reason that knowing the
PRICE THE LOWEST!
QUALITY THE BEST!
STYLE THE LATEST!
Is the first requisite necessary to being leaders in this business, and we are pretty
well assured from evidences of the business of the last week that the buying public
have so voted. Now, reader, you presume you tire of too much such gush, and
now to business. Will you need a nice Carpet? No matter what quality. If so,
look at our goods before buying. Have you thought anything of getting a good
' Parlor- or Bedroom Suit,..;
CALL, iF SO, AND SEE THE LARGEST SELECTION IN THE CITY,
PRICES, STYLES AND TERMS
' to suit all buyers. And now this pleasant weather get a Baby Carriage for the
little one, and, before the warm weather comes, be prepared by having one of our
ICE CHESTS or REFRIGERATORS.
Sole Agents for the NEW "HIGH ABI" DAY1S SEWING MACHINE. Best in the World.. -
Everything sold either for Cash or on our Original Easy Terms of Payment
HOPPER BROS.& CO
307 WpOD STREET. 307
DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER.;:
N. B.-5 FEE CEST DISCOUST 10 ALL DUTIES BEF0KE 12 O'CLOCK N00I
AMBUBO-AMEK1CAN PACKET CO.
The newtwln-serew eipren steamer
AUliUSI a-viouukia -.
Of 10,000 tonf and 12.500-horsepower, will leave
j York lor
botjthXmpton ani rambubq.
Apply to
iUftJMMlUtfUllCaV
.0. B. KICHABD & CO
General l'ajsenger Agent,
el Uroadwsr, .lew York.
MAX SOilAJlUEKO.
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PA-TE UTS.
JL O. D LEVIS, Solicitor of Patents, .
131 Fifth avenne.above Smithfleld, next Leader
office. (No delay. Established 2U years.
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The firms of E. P. WALLACE & CO. and D. TAYLOR & CO. having consoli
dated their interests in the Lamp, Glass and China business, will now1 continue the sama
under the firm name of
IR- IF- "W-A-Xili-A-OE &c CO.,
At 211 Wood St and 102 and 104 Third Ave.
The long experience of both members o? the firm will enable them to put forth every
effort tor the accommodation and satisfaction of their patrons. .L
Thev are now preparing an elegant line of China, Rich Cut Glass, Piano and Yasa
Lamps, Fancy Goods and Bric-a-Brao for their SPRING OPENIN G, APRIL 15.
But, prior to this, will have to close out the entire stock of the late firm-of D. Taylor '
& Co., regardless of cost Immense bargains now offered. f
DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER,
211 WOOD ST., Between Second and Third Aves.
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DANZICER&SHOENBERG
CONTINUATION OF OUR , GREAT BARGAIN SALE
SILKS and DRESS GOODS. :
a (FROM A.xrca?iois".)
Owing to the unprecedented success of this great sale
during the past weekVe have decided to' continue it and have
marked the remainder of the stock at ruinously low prices.
The bargains we are offering are not of everyday occurrence
and kdies will study their, own interests by calling early.
; In connection with the above great sale we shall offer
this week
BARGAINS m ALL DEPARTMENTS,
Always submissive to the demands of the people; Ac
knowledging their unquestionable right to dictate to those
who serve them; And ever diligent and persevering in our
ambition to please:
WE INVITE YOUR CRITICISMS.
HOUSE FUKNISHING DEPARTMENT.
Of course you are aware that we have the largest, most
extensive and best appointed JHouse Furnishing depart-'
ment in" the State, where can be found all kinds of Glassware
Crockery, Tinware, Woodenware, Ironware, Agate Ware and
in fact everything required for housekeeping purposes. We
have no time to quote prices. Come and see us and convince
yourselves 6i what famous low prices means in this big store.
DAffilGEE & SHOENBEEG,
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iiynozRriRis oa:. daitzig-ee.
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Nos. 42-44-46-48-50-52 Sixth Street 538-540-542 Penn Aye,
ap!4-irwTSa
IS THAT PRETTY DOES.
BPilllw
DESKS
A SPECIALTY.
The Most Coxptsra
btock in tne city.
BED ROCK PRICES.
We also manuf actdre this
wonderful combination
Easy Chair.
STEVENS CHAIR CO.
No. 3 SIXTH ST.,
jalO-gu PITTSBURG. PA
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