HwKSzia r-.r-. Vr t'i' 59" &fXZ'm3fS ". 3K : i v -rvMRft'"? 13 -"X T V!1 - "-, BARS TO MATRIMONY. TheDuche?sGives Seasons Why Some Persons Should Sot Wed. EVILS OF IJIPEOYIDENT USIOKS. LoTe in a Cottage and No Fnnds Only a Beautiful Sentiment. HEEEDITT THE CHIEF BAB TO MARRIAGE nTEITTEK JB THE DISPATCH.! The world's mind lias in these later days turned much upon the strange and impor tant subject of heredity. It is, perhaps, of all subjects, the most engrossing, as it is, beyond question, the most important; espe cially with regard to the relations existing between the sexes. Marriage, where there is a decided im purity in the blood on either side, should be forbidden by parents or guardians. In sanity, scrofula, consumption (another form of the last-named disease), all should be re garded as a bar to matrimony. A severe dictum, no doubt, destroying the happiness of many, but if faithfully ad hered to for halt a century or so, would cer tainly stamp out a great deal ol the disease that now decimates and renders miserable the homes of many. The happiness of the few should give way to the good of the many, aud if those unfortunately marked out by nature to be the modern lepers of societr could have the courage to sacrifice themselves unspeakable would be the bene fit to mankind. But to preach to others is an easy thing; when it comes to one's own turn to be sac rificed, we find "the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint," and we rebel vio lently against the fate that would chain us to circumstances. In truth, when a man loves a woman with all his heart and mind, it is a cruel rending of soul and body to separate him from her; yet, il he or she carry within them the sad and destructive seeds of madness, or any of those other well-known hereditary diseases that destrov humanity, surely it is an in iquity on their part to" deliberately transmit the same to postentv. EVILS OF HEEEDITT. It is the little children, the flesh of their flesh, who suffer irresponsible beings brought into the world without desire ol their own, without even their permission being asked. Poor little children! oftimes doomed from their birth to suffer mourn fully, and without reproach, the cruelest in dignities that nature has in store for her off spring. And it is not only they who suffer. The mother, the father, whichever it may be that has given the teirible curse, how teen must be their remorse as they see the child of their love dwindle slowly into a consumptive grave ere yet life has opened its full charms for it, or else, dragged from tbcirMepairing arms to an asylum, to end its life in sccresy and non-comprehension of anvthing that makes our daily life bearable! There are, however, other hindrances to marriage, more easily to be disposed of want ot monev! We all know melancholy instances of those married lives, begun in all good will, on love alone, without a penny to support that airy little fellow whose wings are so suggestive of a power to fly away and rid himself of all responsi bility and unpleasantness at a moment's notice. Those melancholy instances should he a warning to us, and, I hope, sometimes are, but in spite of all warnings, improvi dent marriages are as frequent still as they &re universally disastrous. Love is delight ul the one real gift of life, bnt it should not be abused. For a young man to marry a young woman with no settle means ot sustaining her through out the CO odd years or so that Providence may allot them on this terrestrial plain, ap proaches almost to a crime in tue estimation of any thoughtful person. Here, again.the children come inr They throughout roust be the real suffeaers those "fragile beginnings of a mighty end," as Mrs. Norton has it. A WAHTOS' CEDELTY. "What a wanton cruelty it is to bring into the world little souls that should be saved, to expose them to nothing but the buffets and misfortunes of a world that has sym pathy only lor the rich and "well-to-do," as the phrase goes. 2fo money to educate them, scarcely enough food to rear them heartily, a chance of college forever in the background, even though the father may have been a college man in his day, and therefore cognizant of all the advantages to be derived thereirom. How sad for the father; how doubly sad for the child! A bright boy, perhaps who would prob ably have distinguished himself had opportunity been given him. Surely the mother and father of that child, who have deliberately willed him to a hit of poverty and insignificance, must feel the strongest pangs of remorse as they gaze on him and note the dawmngs of a genius that might have made his name ring gloriously in the arena of the world, had they the means to help him forward in his career. Of all kinds of selfishness, the man who makes an improvident marriage is guilty ot the greatest. For the mere indulgence of his desires he condemns to misery many a souL "When the world is a little more per fect, I hope there will be a law forbidding people to marry unless they can show a sufficient income wherewith to keep np the dignity of the married state. HIXDEAXCES 10 3IATEIM01TT. Another strong hindrance to matrimony is a difference in religion. People of oppos ite religious beliefs would do well to avoid etch other. If one is a Koman Catholic, the other a Protestant, an unspoken and often carefully concealed, but nevertheless strong, antagonism must exist in either bosom. Each thinks the other in the wrong; each feels eiger to delcnd his or her own religion. One with each other as they may be on all other points, there is ever a reser vation in the background, a secret differing that destroys the harmony, the perfect con- fidenoe that should b- the mainstay of the relations that bind together the mau and his wife. Sadder still, however, is it for the man or woman with strong spiritual beliefs to wed an atheist. Two atheists wedded will prob ably pull along together pretty well (though what guides them, heaven alone knows), bnt for one human creature with an earnest sense of the reality attaching itself to the divine, to elect to spend a long life with another who thinks only of the extinction that, in his estimation, awaits the lower and higher animals alike, mutt be but a sorrow ful thing. Here, too, a great gulf is fixed between the complete trust that married hearts should know. There are many minor reasons why cer tain people should not wed with certain other people. But they are not "under Btanded o! the people," as a rule. Others, again, know and dare all things. It is ex traordinary how many rush to the alter with their eyes open io faults fatal to married happiness. Incongruity of temper tears larger holes in wedlock than any other fault we know; yet you will see daily two people utterly unsuited, barely able to comprehend each other's character, and totally unable to deal with them, sign the bond that con demns them for life to the closest intimacy of all. You will see, too, the clever, earnest stu dent select as his bosom companion the silly, Irivolous child barely out of her school room, without depth of mind, with out the vaguest sense of responsibility, and with nothing to recommend her save her , ukronTUNATELT rRETTY PACE. In vain the husband looks for sympathy in his work beneath that perfect exterior, in vain the young wile looks for sympathy in ter girlish delights from her sobef, thonght Jul husband. A few months, a year, per haps, the union lasts, and then the world is electrified by the news that a separation be tween them is imminent, or that still sadder thing a divorce. The marriage without affection should be also strongly diseoantenancedi Z know it has been and can be argued that such ar rangements in many cases have answered verv well. But it is not "natural. Nature revolts ucainst such unions. There should be marriage of the heart with marriage of the body. No considerations of wealth or position should induce either man or woman to sell the best of them that is, their hearts. There is always the danger that sooner or later cither of them, or both, may meet in their walk through life with that other twin sonl, that poets tell us (and justly, I tuin) is wandering aimlessly through the world looking lor the one who was born to be Us other self. Such meetings are fraught with danger. For, says Solomon the wise, "liove is strong as death. Many waters cannot quench love, neither Can the floods drown it." Therefore, is it well to give it to the one yonftiarry, rather than wreck your life Inter on by giving it where in honor it should be withheld. . The Duchess. KATIONAIi GUARD XOTES. The National Guard of Ohio has been called into action 16 times in the last ten years. The conimiisiou of Captain R. W. A. Sim mons, of Company H, Eighteenth Regiment, expires on the 27th of this month. General E. Bdkd Gbcbb, who, up until a few weeks ago, commanded the Philaaclphia City Troop, is a candidate for Governor ol New Jersey. LlEUTENAirr William Anoloch. of Com pany E, Eighteenth, has tendered his resigna tion. Private business absorhmg bis whole time is the cause. During tqe mouths of Aneust and Septem ber, 52 commissions were issued throughout the State, of which one went to the Fourteenth Regiment and five to the Eighteenth. The pay roll of Company C, Fourteenth Reg iment, for services at Jounbtown amounts to 310,91b. Thoboys are waitingfor it patiently, and will have a little "blow out" when it ar rives. Owing to the Inspection ot the Fourteenth Regiment on October 15, the date of the shoot for the Brown 4 Hirth medal has been changed to October 22. Entries can be made tu Lieuten ant Brown up until October 19. The medal was won last year by Adjutant Robb, of the Four teen tli. The Washington Infantry had a well at tended drill at the company armory last Friday evening. Lieutenant fieibaum, who has been absent from the city for some time on account of the injuries he received In the West Penn wreck of a few months ago. is back among the bo j s again, moie or less recovered. Captain O. C. Coon, of Company L Mc Keesport, has offered a very pretty gold medal to the member of his company who makes the highest score in qualifying, with sharpshooters barred. Captain Coon expects to qualify every member of his company this season, as be alieadyhas 55 men through, 11 of whom are sharpshooters. The commission of Captain William E. Thompson, of Company I, Fourteenth Regi ment, expired last Wednesday, and an election will shortly be held to fill the vacancy. Captain Thompson has not made np his mind jet whether to accept a re-election or not, as be is somewhat tired of the manner in which certain things are run in the regiment. He has made an excellent company commander, and the Fourteenth will miss him sadly. A remarkable amount of activity ts at present being displayed in the National Guard of Ohio. Besides issuing new overcoats and rifles throughout the different orcanizations, the State has decided to form signal and tele graphic corps, and Lieutenant Walshe, of the Gternment Signal Office, will probably be detailed to lend his assistance ana knowledge in forming the new organizations. Company C of the Fourteenth Regiment Captain Nesbit, arrived borne from Johnstown last Thursday evening, after a tour of almost four months' continuous duty. Of course there were numerous changes in the company dur ing that period, but many of the members re mained during the entire tour. Some of the boys have over 100 dais' pay due them from the State, the funds being expected to arrive last night. This is the last of the militia which was flationed at Johnstown. There is considerable trouole in the Gov error's Troop, the cavalry organization of the Third Brigade stationed at Harrisburg. At a recent meeting of tbe company Captain Per kins dismissed IS members who were plotting to have General Gobin, Commander of the Third Brigade, discharge Perkins for incom petency and because he was unpopular. The trouble bezan at ibe Mt. Gretna encatnnment. nhen Captam Perkins took Lieutenant WalLe- niyers sworu irotn mm ior msuDoraination, and now Walkemyers friends are trying to oust the Captain. Colonel Norman SI. Smith was unani mously re-elected Colonel ot the Eighteenth Regiment last Tuesday evening, and immedi ately afterward tendered the officers of his command a banquet at the Suquesne Club. Colonel Smith has reappointed his entire staff, which is made up as follows: Surgeon, Dr. C. C. Wylie; First Assistant Surgeon, Dr. W. T. English; Second Assistant Surgeon, Dr. O. S. Brumbaugh: Adjutant, Charles Reese; Quar termaster, Charles E, Brown; Inspector of Rifle Practice, A L. Pearson, Jr.; Chaplain, Rev Milllgan; Commissary, A J. Logan; Pay master, W. H. Davis, and Assistant Quarter master, Harry F. Davis. The date for the inspection of the Four teenth Regiment by Adjutant General Hast ings has been chanced to October 15 at II a. m. The inspection will bo held at Banm's Grove in the East End, and the companies of the regi ment are expected to assemble at Union station at 8 A. M. sharp. Refreshments for the men will be served on the grounds, and Colonel Ferchment extends an invitation to tbe general public to be present on the occas ion. After the inspection proper, the regiment will be exercised in battalion movements,guard mounting, and finish up with a dress parade. As it is the first inspection of the kind held in this city for some years, it is expected that quite a number of visiting officers will be pres ent. The Second Brigade Examining Board met at the Monongahela House last Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and looked into tbe qualifications of 40 or 50 candidates for com missions in the National Guard. Applicants lroin the Tenth, Fourteenth and Eighteenth Regiments were examined Wednesday even ing, while those from the other organizations of the Brigade were heard Thursday evening. The examinations taken as a whole were tbe most severe ever given in this ena of the State since the board was organized, and it is safe to say that at least half a dozen applicants will be rejected. Aside from tactical questions, can didates were rigidly examined in history, geography, spelling and writing. In fact were put through as severe a test as generally given for admission to West Point. Going Out of Business. Beginning to-morrow morning I will offer my entire stock, consisting of fine goods only, at prices far below common ;oods. To close out tbe entire stock as quickly as possible I have named the prices that will do it. Ladies desiring genuine bargains in corsets, gloves, hosiery, underwear and la dies' furnishings in general (fine goods onlv) should call at once. Those, however, ac customed to buying the trash generally thrown ont as bargains in our larger stores, and intending to buy my goods without first considering their superior quality, are respectfully requested to stayaway. All my goods have been bought within the past six months, many of them within the last few weeks, are therefore new, clean and stylish. Being selected with the greatest care lor exclusive fine trade only, they cannot be compared with the usual" line of goods carried in most stores. My store being only small I would request that all who can come in the lorenoon, and ladles appreciating genuine bargains will be sure to avail themselves of this unusual oppor tunity. J?. Schoenthal, 612 Penu ave. . Ko Superstitions. A former old maid in Harrisburg, Pa., happily married ior some time, said the other day at a fashionable party of ladies: I am not superstitious, but I have to ac knowledge as soon as I began using Drey doppel Soap a fellow came along, asked me to be his wife. Ever since I think the world of Dreydoppel Soap, and most surely believe there is luck in using it Try your luckl Use Dreydoppel Soap, the greatest cleanser, purifier and bleacher on earth. Probably your fortune will change for the better. To Society Daicers. The newest dance this season is the Bnssin, which is danced in Newport. Time, the explanation of steps and movement can be had by addressing to Prof. J, S. Christy. Prof. Christy is forming new classes on Monday evening, Oct. 7, and all those wish ing lessons In polite dancing will please call at the academy, No. 1012 Penn are. "Waltz ing taught in one term. THE DO YOU EAT PICKLES'? If Ton Do the Following Will Be of Great Interest to Ton. EESULT OP CHEMICAL ANALYSES. Some ot the Adulterants Used in Pickles and Catsup. HOW TO DISCOVER 1MPDEE PBODUCTS rWBITTXN rOB TUX DISrjL.TCII.1 At this season of the year, when thoughts of thousands turn oysterward, when visions of tomato catsup and juicy bivalves force themselves upon us, when the pickles, too, an adjunct to these other tasty morsels, be gin to take the place of some of the sum mer acid fruit in our daily dietary at this particular season tomato catsup, vinegar and piekles become timely topics. To go to any one of the several catsup manufactories in this city and see the tons of tomatoes that are being received at this season of the year, or a little earlier, one wonders where and by whom the great quan tities of catsup will be consumed. "With a view of ascertaining to what de gree this product was subject to adultera tion, samples of six brands ot tomato catsup were bought from retail dealers in this city, and subjected to carelul microscopical and chemical analyses, with the following re sults: Salicylic acid was found in five samples. Coloring matters were found in five samples. Fungi or moulds found io four samples. Arsenic (traces) found in one sample. Sulphuric acid found in one sample. WHY ADUXTEEANTS ABE USED. With regard to the salicylic acid found, it may be stated that it is almost univer sally used by tomato catsup manufacturers ior the purpose of cheaply preserving the catsup from lermentation in other words, to make it "keep." Almost every housewiie who annually puts up a number of bottlesof excellent tomato catsup is much annoyed by the certain tendency it has to lerment eithei beiore the bottle is opened lor use or imme diately after. The mannfacturer overcomes the difficulty by adding salicylio acid to the preparation. He also uses it to preserve the large quantities of tomatoes which he buys when they are cheapest. The salicylic acid enables him to make up a sort of mash or "pulp" that will keep until such a time as he may wish to prepare and bottle it. The catsup consumer will want to know, if sali cylic acid is injurious. It is certainly, when partaken of in anything more than very small doses not very frequently repeated. The person who takes a teaspoon iul of catsup containing sufficient salicylic acid to preserve it, not oftener than once a week, will not, perhaps, do himself any great injury; but the man who is in tbe habit of consuming a table spoonful dailv of such a catsup will inevit ably injure his stomach. The long con tinued administration of salicylic acid or its salts causes emaciation, oi wasting of the tissues, and large quantities may cause death. The coloring matters found in five sam ples were cochineal, cochineal lake, aniline red and some vegetable colors. Aniline red, if pure, is not in anyway deleterious to health when swallowed; but, as a practical matter of fact, aniline- colors often contain arsenic, and for this reason their use to color food stuffs is dangerous. Cochineal is in no way deleterious, and is not liable to contain injurious impurities. But it is wrong in principle to color food stuffs at all. If an article is pure it ought to sell without any dye. How anyone can imagine that tomatoes could give such a color to catsup, as is possessed by this article, it is difficult to conceive. DANGER IN THE CATSUP BETTLE. The presence of lungi or moulds indicates that the tomatoes had begun to lenient and grow mouldy beiore the salicylic acid was added, which latter would of course stop the growth of the fungus. With regard to the effect ot the ingestion of this dead monld, it is only necessary to state that a number of years ago an experimenter found that when rabbits were led on mouldy bread their ears sloughed off, deep ulcerations made their appearance, and finally death resulted. xne traces oi arsenic ueiecieu iu one sam ple were probably derived from the aniline dye used to color the catsup. While the quantity found was exceedingly small, yet it must be remembered that arsenic is not to be trifled with, and that, like all metals, it accumulates in the system and even in small doses, if kept up, may eventually pro duce dangerous symptoms. Of course the presence of arsenic in the above-mentioned case, was entirely unknown to the maker ot the catsup;' he did not know that aniline colors often contain arsenic. The sulphuric acid found was probably added to give an extra tartness to the cat sup, without the use of vinegar, which latter was entirely absent. Sulphuric acid ot ib self is not injurious in small quantities and well diluted, but it, too, olten contains arsenic With regard to the physiological effects of catsup and pickles, it must be said that when pure they are not of any value as foods; out as relishes to add zest to the appe tite and thus indirectly favor digestion, and also directly by the stimulating effect of the pepper they contain on the stomachal secret ory apparatus, they are on the whole quite beneficial. Of course the eating of pickles between meals, or in large amounts at any time, is in most cases a very bad practice; and a craving for this kind of thing is often the result of overindulgence in candies and alcoholic stimulants. A STAETLINO STATEMENT. Ten samples of domestic and foreign pickles were examined, with the result of finding impurities and adulteration in 32 percent. This may seem rather startling, and it will be queried whether cucumber pickles can be made out of anything other cucumbers. It has been stated on good au thority that certain vegetable marrows have been fashioned into clever imitations of cucumber pickles; and turnips, too, have been made to masquerade as pickles so suc cessfully that it is said neither epicure nor botanist could detect the fraud. However, none of these spurious pickles were found in this series of analyses. The adultera tions referred to were chiefly in the vinegar, while the impurities were in both vinegarand pickles. Pure cider vinegar is, or ought to be, a 4 or 5 per cent solution of acetic acid in water, with various extractive matters. There are many different varieties ot vine gar, according to the source; thus in com merce we have cider, wine, sugar, malt, wood and beet vinegars. Of these the cider and wine products, or what is. sold as such, are the most commonly used. Each kind ot vinegar, if pure, has a decided color, flavor and aroma, derived from the vegeta ble from which it is prepared. The examination often samples of pickles from the general market, including an analysis ol the vinegar containing them, vielded the following results: Copper present in two samples. Sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) present In seven samples. imples. Lead nresent in one sample. Iron present in two samples. Zinc present in one tample. FATAL IONOEANCE. The copper found in two samples was present in considerable amount, aud had been added for the sole purpose of dyeing the pickles a bluish green color. A few years ago it was a very general thing to color all kinds of pickles with copper; an examination of the pickle shelves of any retail grocery would show rows of jars con taining the cucumbers, etc., of the most un appetizing color imaginable. But iwithin the last few years quite a reform has been established in this respect, and the pnblio are being educated up to the fact that pickles of a vivid green color Invariably contain copper, and in some Instances when the hue is quite natural a Blight amount of copper is pres ent, having been used to recolor encumbers which save peea pxeacnea pj wo long im PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, mersion in brine, or by some other cause. It is still a common practice with manybouse wives to "green" their pickles by allowing them, with their vinegar, to stand in brass or copper kettles for 24 hours or more; and it is also advised in some cook boofcs to place a few pennies in the pot while cook ing the pickles. How it is that anyone should be so ignorant as to do these things it is difficult to concieve; yet it is done. Whether the copper found in the two in stances mentioned came from the vessels or 'was added in he form of sulphate of copper (blue stone), makes but little difference; ut existed in thepicklesas sulphate and acetate of copper, both ol which are highly poison ous. Many cases, some fatal, of poisoning from eating pickles colored with copper have been reported. The oil of vitriol found in seven samples is evidently a very common sophistication. Its cost is so little, and its strength is so great, that the temptation to use it as an adulterant of vinegar is powerful. In addi tion to adding tartness to a weak vinegar, it increases the antiseptic or preserving power, and for this reason the admixture ot a small amount (1 part to 1,000 parts) is permitted by the English "lood adulteration act.' But even this is unnecessary, as shown by the fact that where the proportion of the acetic acid and other ingredients are what they should be, no vitriol nor anything else is required to give it preserving power. The amount found in the samples was; in all but one instance, very much greater in amount than allowed by the English act, and in all cases where present there was a notable de ficiency of acetic acid, the normal sour in gredient of vinegar. In addition to its own deleterious effects, commercial sulphuric acid very OFTEN CONTAINS ABSENIC. The lead, iron and inc found were pres ent as a result of the action of the acids on these metals, with which they had come in contact, soluble salt of the metals being pro duced. All these substances are injurious, though this statement may seem strange to those who would think iron an exception on account of its known tonic properties; but itfmust be remembered that iron is only a tonic when given in small doses and not too long continued. If its use is kept up it will eventually impoverish the blood. Coming to the remedy for this state of things, it may be stated that ail pickles con taining sulphuric acid and copper should he rejected. You may detect sulphuric acid in vinegar and pickles in this way: Place a few drops of the vinegar on a small piece of granulated whife cane sugar in a saucer; then set the saucer over the top of atia kettle or other vessel in which water is kept boiling for some time. This wiU'evaporate the water aud acetic acid of the vinegar, aud then if sulphuric acid is present it will become concentrated and char the sugar. This cbarriug of the sugar is a certain and simple test for the presence of any import ant quantities of sulphuric acid. Copper is usually indicated by the bright green color of the piekles. Chemically, it may be dis covered by simply immersing a clean pol ished knife blade into the vinegar. If a salt of copper is present even in small quan tities it will be' deposited in the form oi me tallic copper on tbe knife blade. Catsup: In the first place, avoid a highly colored article, for the chances are that much coloring matter has been added to disguise the dark color of half-ripened or rotten tomatoes. Again, don't buy a low priced article. When you see an array of catsuo bottles in a window with a price card on them, showing they are being sold at half the first grade price, don't buy that 'catsup; it is not fit to go into a human stomach. The writer has known of a bar gain hunter who walked four squares out of her way to get a catsup that was sold 5 cents cheaper (?) than better grades. Examina tion showed that catsup to be filthy; it was a network of moldy fiber. Considering how long a bottle of catsup will last, 5 cents is a very small saving to the pur chaser, yet that much difference in price means a great deal to the manufacturer, consequently he cannot afiord to out as good tomatoes in it nor to make it up so care fully as the better quality, so that this grade, contains most of the rotten tomatoes, the sweepings, etc., all colored up nice and red with rosauiline. Whose fault is it that this kind of preparation is on the market the manufacturers' ? Not exactly. It is the .fault of the bargain hunter, who wants to get something for nothing the bargain hunter who holds a 5-cent piece so close to her eye that she cannot see the dollar be hind it. Chetalieb Q. Jackson, M. D. English, by birth, is the sweet quiet Lavender perlume. Atkinson's will prove to you that the French have no right to claim it. The Parade of Knights Templar at Wash ington, D. C, On Tuesday next will be one of the grandest sights ever witnessed in this country. The Pennsylvania Bailroad Company have pro vided sufficient sleeping cars on train leav ing this city to-night and to-morrow night at 8:10 P. II. to accommodate all who desire sleeping car space. Parlor cars are now running between Pittsburg and Washington on day train leaving Pittsburg at 8 A. at., arriving at Washington at 8:10 P. M., thus affording a daylight ride over the Alleghe nies. Through sleeping and parlor cars will run on trains from Washington to Pitts burg on tbe return trip. Fare lor the round trip, J9; tickets good to return until October 31. In addition to this low rate made from Pittsburg to Washington and return, parties desiring to visit New York can purchase a round trip ticket at Washington to New York for $10, retarning direct via Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Rhododendron Park, tbe Highest Point on tbe Allegheny Mountains. The Pennsylvania Bailroad Company have arranged to run a special excursion to Lloydsville (Rhododendron Park), on Sat urday, October 12, 1889, leaving Pittsburg at 8:10 a. 21., stopping at East Liberty, Wilkinsburg, Swissvale, Braddock, Turtle Creek, Irwin and principal points east thereof. Stopping at Altoona at noon for dinner, reaching Rhododendron Park at 1 P. M., returning, leaving the park at 5 P. M., stopping at Altoona for supper, reaching Pittsburg about 9p.m. This will be tbe last excursion of the sea son to this beautiful mountain resort, af fording an elegant opportunity to view the Alleghenies, clothed in their autumn garb, and virtually the day of the excursion be ing a holiday and the rate so low, $3 ior the round trip, no better opportunity could be afforded you than on this occasion to wit ness this beautiful scenery. Exceeding Anticipation, The October number of the School Review is now ready. It is brighter and be ter and more interesting than any of its predeces sors; containing aside from the continued stories, a large amount of general reading for both old and young. Tbe demand for the September issue was unprecedented, and the favorable comments made upon it by both teachers and pupils were highly grati fying to tbe publishers. With the November number wo intend to introdnce some new and special features, which will interest especially the little folks. Look out for them. Monday, October 7. Silk remnants below cost. Silk remnants below cost. Black silk remnants below cost. Colored silk remnants below cost. ' Enable & Shustee, 35 Fifth ave. The values we are showing in black silks from 65c to $3 a yd., are unequaled. TTSSU HUGTJB & HACKS. Cabinet photos, $1 per doz. Lies' Pop ular Gallery, 10 and 12 Sixth st, ttsu Come to-morrow to the great closing out sale at Schoenthal'?, 012 Penn are. WAlN-WBiOHi'sbeer is refreshing, pleas ant ana oenenciai, xne tavonte family dot erage. Tbauknheim & Vilsack's Iron City beer grows in favor every day. ,'Phone 1188. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, AN ANCMT SPORT. Billy Edwards Discusses the Science of Wrestling and Its Devotees. MEN WHOSE GRIP DRAWS BLOOD. Lancashire Purring and Other Cruel Fight ing Methods. PUGILISTS SELDOM GREAT WRESTLERS IWBITTIN JOB THI DISPATCH.3 I suppose that wrestling is the oldest of all the athletic arts of our race. Long be fore men boxed, they "bufleted. niB, a far as we can ascertain, consisted in two men standing before each other with their arms down and first one and then the other striking his opponent on the face, head and neok with the flat hand. Eichard the Lion hearted is said to have been buffeted in this way by Priar Tuck, one of Eobin Hood's crew, and to have given a blow in return that knocked that ecclesiastical worthy completely out, to use the modern sporting phrase. This ancient sport is not quite yet extinct, by the way, occurring still in a few of the country fairs in the by-ways of En gland. It also reappears in some very cruel but rare sports. One of these is when each of the two men gives the other the little finger of his left hand to chew: another is when each of the two gives his left arm for the other to burn with a lighted cigar. The former Invar iably results in the maiming of both pa"'" and the latter in the Infliction ot ghastly burns that require weeks In being cured. Wrestling In England and the colonies still retains much of Its old-time popularity. In every place are professionals and amateurs who keep the spon alive and who enjoy a local popularity that is bard for us Americans to un derstand or appreciate. Every town nas us champion as has almost every country. On Sundays and holidays matches are of constant occurrence, ana victor and vanquished are rewarded by unlimited applause and equally unlimited amounts of ale, wine, punch and other liquid lnxnries. In the Unite i States. Breaking Bight Leg. wrestline has never been sucn a popular sport. In almost every case where a man has dis played great skill iu some unfamiliar neighbor hood, he has been pounced upon by sporting men or managers who saw money in his skill and transferred to tbe ranks of tbe profes sionals. This is the history in a nutsbell of Owen, McLaughlin and McMahon, tbreo of the greatest of American wrestlers. It is especially the case of Owen, who was a rosy-cheeked, beardless country boy from Vermont when he made his bow before a Boston audience as a professional. There is no u6 of complaining about this tendency of affairs in our own country. ' A GOOD BUSINESS. Professional wrestling isagood, remunerative business, and pays far better on an average than the law, pulpit or medicine. Of our great lights Uuldoon enjoys a superb income from his exhibitions, while Prof. Miller, Andre Christol, Bauer, "Strangler" Lewis, Greek George, Duncan C. Ros and that eccentric Japanese athlete, Matsada Sorakicbi, seldom if ever make less than 5,000 a year apiece for their professional work. In fact it may be safely said that a first-class wrestler Is always sore of a nrst-class living. It is very hard to define accurately what wrestling is. In the course of tbe years so many arbitrary systems have been evolved that no one definition can cover tbe lot of -hem. It may be roughly called a sport in which two men endeavor to throw each other down In some prescribed way without going doirn in the same way themselves. The average reader will probably have no idea of the vast differ ences that are covered by so elastic a defini tion. In Greco-Roman wrestling, both hips and one shoulder, or both shoulders and one hip, of tbe vanquished party must be put in contact with the ground at the same time. In this style of nrestliug the contestants are allowed to strike with tbo open hand, though never with the clenched or the back: of the hand, on any part of the body between the throat and knee. I have seen such great mas ters as Christol, Bauer and Miller make hand holds so vigorously that the blood flowed from the skin of the man they would grasp. On the other band, in col lar and elbow wrestling, no blons are allowed, and the initial hold must not be broken until the round is determined. In still another system that of butting which pre vails in many parts- of EnglaCd, and more especially in English colonies, the hands and feet are relegated to an inferior position an tbe head becomes tbe chief implement of offense. In this case, men, for the time beinir, become goats, and probably the sport should not be called wrestling. Most of the systems of wrestling can be compared to the wrestling habits ot tbe loner animals. While "nutting" may be compared to the habits of the goat, the "purring" of Lancashire athletes may be likened to the methods of attack employrd by jackasses; la savatc" of the French, is like the fighting of the ostriches; the Grxco-Roman resembles the struggles of grizzly bears with one another; catctws-catch-can Is modeled after the actions of the ordinary European bear; the collar-and-elbow is like the fights be tween monkeys, and the Cornish aud North umberland is like battles among elephants. THE FBENCH STYLE. "La savatc." or the French system, although sedulously cultivatcdby the military and naval authorities of that nation, is unpopular at home and Is utterly despised by our race. It consists chiefly in kicking and striking and leaves little for'the great muscles of the body to accomplish. The Cornish and Northumber land allow "hacking," which is a close cousin of the savate, and also a nnmber of body throws, which cannot be described in polite language. Catch-as-catcb-can explains Itself by its own name, aud is in vogue wherever our race is. Tbo restrictions are few, but no strik ing or kicking is allowed. There Is no restric tion as to the method of grasping, pulling or throwing an antagonist, excepting those which common decency dictates. In measuring tbe values of the different styles or schools of wrestling, I unhesitatingly give preference to the cqllar-and-elbow as be ing the most scientific and beautilulof them all. Next to It, and verr close behind, is the Greco-Roman. This last sobool of wrestling doe s not belong to the Anglo-Saxon race at all, and has come into vogue in England and Amer- Breaklng Right Arm. ica within the last 20 years. Its name is a frightful misnomer, as it has nothing whatever to do with the methods known in Greece or Rome. It ought to be called Franco-German, for, so far as it can be learned it is an old Ger man style ot wrestling which was developed and Unshed In France. It came into vogue in England some IS years ago, aud three years afterward was brought over to this country, where it immediately aroused the enthusiasm of large audiences, and was adopted as tbe favorite school of the athletic associations of the country. Oddly enough, tho greatest masters of the Greco-Roman wrestling at the present day are Americans Next to collar-and elbow, and Gneco-Roman, catcb-as-catch-can is to le prized as a matter of science. Below this come tbe various styles known as Cornish. Northumberland, Scotch and hlp-and-shoulder. In this class muscularity ranks higher than science, so that tbe small man has little or no show when opposed" to one S1STA.P For this week we will offer Flobert rifles, side extractor, at S2 00; Flobert rifles, Rem ington aciion, chambered for 22-cal. cartridges, at 13 00; Warnant action Flobert's, 23 caL, at SI 00; same make, 6Es, at (5 00: Winchester repeating short guns at 118 00; doub'e barrel muzzle loaders, par lock, at $5 00; double-barrel breech loaders, $7 00 and upward 100 paper shells, 60c; wads, 250 for 10c; loading sets, 25c; belts, 25c. IC SiMIIT, 934 Liberty St, Cor, Smithfield, Bead for our mammoth Illustrated Catalogue, tree ot charge. 1889. much larger than himself. Just below this class comes the Japanese and Chinese school of wrestling. This has a rude science of its own and is interesting on account of its noveltv to occidentals. Below these, and very far below them are tbe purring Of Lancashire, tbo hack ing of Cheshire, "la savate" of France and tho butting of this country and tbe West Indies. SOME GREAT WEESTLEBS. Wrestlers are like boxers. They have their day. grow superannuated and disappear from public view. There are a few seeming excep tions to the rule, just as there are In boxing. Just as Jem Mace held up for more than SO years, so Homer Lane is almost as good to-day as he was when he surprised the sporting world some 30 years ago. A wrestler seldom attains bis best form till be is In tbe neighbor hood of 30 years of age. He then continues in hit good condition, providing be takes anytbinc like proper care of himself, until ne is, say 60. Tbe present champion of England is 54. Three weeks' ago he threw a man In a championship match who was 25 years his junior and 30 pounds his superior in weight. Ot the great wrestlers of our generation Clarence Whistler was tbe first in date and was one ot tbe best tbe world has ever seen. He was a giant In size and Strength, and had a body that was as bard as well-seasoned wood. He died prematurely in Australia of pnen- The Double Bridge. monla, shortly after be bad thrown Prof. Miller. Had it not been for this, he wonld be to-day tbe closest competitor of Mnldoon him self. Next to him was Owen, of Vermont, a smooth-faced boy, with a genius for wrestling that 1 have never seen surpassed. During his brief career he did better work than any man this country has ever seen. Next to bim was Homer Lane, who, though a middleweight downed almost every heavyweight he en countered. Of such men as AL Livingston, who weighed probably about 230 pounds; Taylor, who weighed 220. and Kelly, who weighed 250, all of whom were giants in physical strength, he simply made mince-meai. The greatest of all with. It may be, the exception of Clarence Whistler, is the E resent champion, William Muldoon. It may e seriously questioned if there be a man alive in the world to-day who can meet him on equal terms. Outside of Muldoon, however, there are any nnmber of gTeat athletes in this field. William Johnson, an old-timer, is still a superb an 1st, Major McLaughlin, of Detroit, is still a formidable man, although be hat retired per manently from the busiress. So. too. of re markaMo skill and strength is "Butcher" Mar tin, of Ypilanti. He. I believe, has also re tired from the profession. A greater genius than either of- these two, is Joe Acton, who Is known as the "Demon," who is now employed by the California Athletic Clnb. Were bis size and strength equal to his skill, he would be the greatest wrestler In thn world. His specialty is catch as-catch-can in which he is closely fol lowed by Evan Lewis, better known as STEANOLEE LEWIS, from two new and original neck-holds which tbe latter has invented. Lewis is still a young man and takes good care ot himself. In all probability he will take a much higher place than ha now has, and will soma day fill the place now occupied by Muldoon. James Faulk ner is a m.ddle-welght who has displayed Borne cleverness in catch-as-catch-can and deserves more than apassingnotice. Prof.N. H. Coupe, the instructor of the Schuylkill Athletic Clnb. is another magnificent all-round wrestler who has not been sufficiently brought before the public Prof. William Miller is one of the greatest athletes now living, and is good in every possible line. Though a comparatively old man, he is one of tbe best men in the world for all-round work. Of Sebastian Miller, Bauer aud Christol it Is hardly necessary to say much. They are great masters of Gneco Roman wrestling, and besides that are good general athletes. Tom Can non and Greek George are two mag-nificentlheavy-weights,aud do first-class work. Their muscular strength and vitality are of most remarkable character. It would not doto omit comment on that curious little Japanese, Matsada Sorakicbi. He, though a small man, Is a solid mass of bone and muscle, and is as game as a Spanish fighting cock. In his own national school of wrestling he is without a peer. In our own systems he is beginning to take a position which within the next five years will be that of the first order. There are three other athletes who deserve mention who, al though thoy are not professional wrestlers, have done such good work in wrestling as to deserve mention. These are Donald Dinnie, Duncan C. Ross and Captain James C. Daly. These have attained success In wrostling. notso much from their science as from their admir able training and their marvelous physical strength. Dinnie once threw Wbistler, and both Ross and Dinnie have bested our most famous wrestlers in exhibition matches. So far as I can judge, the trio are of about equal strength and ability. It is a very common mistake to suppose that great pugilists are wrestlers. They are noth ing of tbe sort. Under either the London or Queensberry rules all they need to know is bow to fall easily and safely. This is the limit of their education In wrestling. There is not a great pugilist of today who could successfully wrestle against any one of the men whom I have named. There is a popular rumor going around that Sullivan or Rifrain can meet Mul doon in his own field. This to any man who understands boxing and wrestling is ridiculous nonsense. Wm. Edwabtjs. The Need of Early Correction. Tbe pranks played by a naughty liver need earlv correction. 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