WEERE ART IS-BOBN.
Picturesque Paint Creek, a Favorite
Uesort of Artists.
TAB SCENERY NEAR SCALP LEVEL
A Spot Where Nature Can be Seen in All
Her. Moods.
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QTJAIXT old-
fashioned village
situated among
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near Johnstown,
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'than 76 years
since the dwell
I ings of the first
white men who
settled in what is
now known as
Scalp Level were
erected. Just
what fastened this rather peculiar name
upon the sleepy little hamlet appears to be
one of those things which are buried in ob
livion; of which history takes no note, and
of which even tradition speaks but little,
and that little in most vague and unsatis
factory terms.
Scalp Level is situated at the confluence of
two mountain streams which unite and
form what is known as Paint creek, much
as the Ohio is formed by the union of the
Allegheny and Honongahela rivers. The
origin of the name "Paint Creek" is very
obvious, and one requires neither tradition
nor the records of history to aid in discover
ing it Since ever the beauties of that most
picturesque stream have been known to that
class of Bohemians who transfer to canvas
nature's various and changing moods, the
creek has been haunted during the summer
season by men with white umbrellas and
sketching stools. For the three miles irou
Scalp Level to where its waters flow into
Stony creek the course of Paint creek lies
through a wild and picturesque glen, be
tween high and steep hills covered with
pine, fir, beech and a .lew tall oat trees.
Throughout its entire course the creek
tumbles over a rocky bed and winds in and
out
AMONG HUGE GHAT BOTJLDEBS,
sometimes moss-covered and with tall trees
growing above and apparently out of them.
In many places the water lornis in beautiful
pools which constitute splendid mirrors,
reflecting the azure sky with its brightly
tinted clouds, the glorious colors of the
foliage, the cold gray of the rocks and the
dark and mysterious shadows beneath the
trees. Above the village one branch of the
creek winds its way over sedgy stony
ground, and its banks are covered with
trees whose foliage presents an almost in
finite variety o; form and the most delicate
shades or color. As it nears the village the
course of the second branch of the stream
lies through a magnificent beech forest, with
here and there a group of tall pines or firs
standing in dark and gloomy majesty, and
in strong contrast to the delicate greens of
the foliage around them. Through this
woods the waters of the stream glide
smoothly, and the splendid trees archta?
over it bend down until their lower branches
dip beneath its placid surface, and the
slinlight stealing through the dense foliage
falls in a golden splendor upon the water.
"Within the woods, the trunks of noble
trees, which in years gone by have swayed
their proud crests in the breeze, now laid
low by age, or storm, or lightning's blast.
are covered with lichens and with moss of
the richest and most vivid green."
Just above the junction of the two streams
the water of one of them falls a distance of
tome 10 or 12 feet, breaking into spray
as it comes from the rocks above, and
tumbling and splashing into the pools be
low sends iorth a constant succession of
circling waves that widen and increase
until they break against its rocky shorep.
Abont half a mile lower down the stream
rolls over a sloping bed of rock that, on ac
count of its peculiar corrugated formation,
has been given the name of "Washboard
rails." Still lower down there is a shelv
ing ledge of rock with a narrow channel
THE TILLAGE
worn in its center, through which, the water
rushes, and below wnich it has hollowed a
basin of some 70 feet in diameter and of un
known depth.
A EOSIAKTIC PATH.
"Spoon Lane" is the name of a path
among the laurel down one side of the glen,
vhich ends very appropriately in the vicin
ity of "Washboard Palls. This path leading
down among the rocks and trees, the ferns
and mossy stones, is certainly enchanting
and romantic, and it is not surpassed in
beauty by many that are more famous.
A new road has been recently cut throush
the woods upon the side of the glen from
Paint Creek station on the Baltimore and
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Cave in the Koch Abate the Glen.
Ohio Eailroad. Upon alighting from the
train at this station tne scene viewed is wild
almost to desolateness. Anyone unac
quainted with the locality might easily be
Jorgiven if, after a fruitless search, he
should despair of ever finding the road to
the village. A close scrutiny of the under
brush by the side of the railroad will reveal
narrow path, which, leading up the rather
steep hillside, ends in the beginning of the
sew road. Near this zdad, and about three
fourths of a mile above Paint Creek station,
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the companionship of -friends and -students
from the city.-
All along the road the scenery is grandly
beautiful. Huge boulders IS to 20 feet bigb.
are scattered about among the trees, many
of them covered with moss which in turn
supports a most luxuriant growth of ferns.
Looking to the right, the steep hill rises
above the road, presenting a dense mass of
dark and gloomy pines interspersed with
other tall forest trees. Looking to the left
down the rocky and abrup;
descent the trees are more scat
tered, and spaces between the foliage re
veal glimpses of the sparkling waters of the
creek below. Hearing Scalp Level, the
scenery becomes less wild, and about a
quarte'rofamile from the village the road
emerges from the woods upon an open farm
ins country, with fields of grain and cattle
grazing upon the hills. For a short dis
tance the road then skirts a field of grain
climbing a somewhat steep ascent, upon
reaching- the summit of which, the traveler
is rewarded by an extended view of open
country and a glimpse of the distant moun-
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tain ridge, seen through a narrow pass be
tween the hills.
1XTO THE DEIfSE TVOODS.
If after proceeding a short distance fur
ther we leave the road, and crossing a field
upon our left again enter the woods, we
find much that is both unique and interest
ing, Here, although in the midst of a dense
woods, it would be extremely difficult to
secure as much as a shovelful of soil. The
ground is covered with rocks, and it is upon
these that the trees are growing, sending
their roots long distances in search of crev
ices through which they may penetrate the
earth. Many trees may be seen with their
boles raised high in the air, supported
by an arch formed of their roots,
under which a good-sized child might
Upper Paint Creek.
sit in comfort. Over this bed of rocks is
spread a treacherous covering, composed of
fallen leaves, twigs, pine needles, etc., and
the pedestrian must exercise care and make
sure of his footing, lest he suddenly find
that what appeared to be solid ground has
suddenly given way beneath him and per
mitted him to drop between two of the huge
stones at the imminent risk of a fractured
limb. Through the dense foliage of this
dark woods the snnlight falls in a golden
splendor, producing fine effects of color upon
the ferns, and upon the rocks protruding
from their somber blanket of withered
leaves.
One of the points of greatest interest about
the village is what is known as "Sunset
Hill," an eminence rising high above any
other for miles around, from the summit of
STBEET.
which may be seen in every direction a
splendid stretch of country, consisting of
hills and valleys, farms and woodlands, and
bounded in the distance by the dark blue
line of the unbroken mountain ridge. It is
not strictly correct to speak of this ridge as
beiDg unbroken, although such is
the appearance it presents lor many and
many a mile, but, looking towards
the ' northwest, a single deep gap
may be seen, through which passes the main
line oi the Pennsylvania Eailroad, and near
which is situated the ill-fated town that was
so terribly devastated by the flood from the
broken South Fork reservoir. Standing
upon the top of the hill above referred to
one may see the mists rise in the valleys be
low, at times obscuring everything with
XHEIE COLS GRAY MANTLE,
and again permitting a view of the higher
hills, with their tall, dark pines, like islands
in a sea of clouds. During, or immediately
after a rain, the sight from this point is such
as wonld not readily be forgotten. At such
times there is no line of separation between
the clouds and the mists of the valleys, and
as they sweep over the mountain tops they
present an ever-changing scene that is most
grandly beautiful. As the sun sinks lower
in his course toward the horizon the rays of
light may find way through an opening in
the dark'cloud.ljlanket which obscures the
tky and bunt upon the scene with a flood
of glorious radiance. Through all the vary
ing atmospheric changes this scene at sun
set is grand and imposing. "With a sky se
renely beautiful and of most exquisite
aznre, shading to a luminous sea green near
the horizon, where a few bars of cloud burn
like long red fires, or when the gloom of
nightfall is hastened by the darkness of a
storm, the scene is one such as is beyond the
power of words to describe.
To visitors to Scalp Level the attractive
ness of this scene has but-one drawback, and
that is the amount of labor involved in
reaching a point from which it may be
viewed. There ars no mechanical contriv
ances for the purpose of elevating sightseers
to the summit, and those who would ascend
the hill must do so on foot. They may go
round by the road, a distance perhaps one
and a half miles or they may climb straight'
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up the hill, a much shorter method, but one
that involves a Severe trial of both the
limbs and patience, for the curvature of the
hill is such that its apparent height isTery
deceptive, and when they think they ought
to be near the top, it seems still as far off as
ever. But, whichever road they may elect
to take, the view from the summit will am
ply reward their exertion.
A SOBEE PEOPLE.
The people in and abont Scalp Level are
of a iteady-going and indnstrious class,
mostly Germans, very religious, and strictly
temperate, in fact, no beverage of an intox
icating nature can be procured within a ra
dius of several miles; the nearest point
probably being Geistown, abont four miles
away on the road to Johnstown. Nearly
everyone attends church, the different de
nominations being Amish, Dunkards, Men
nonites, Lutherans and a small cumber of
Methodists. Of these five sects the Dunk
ards appear to be the most numerous and
important. Considering the age and char
acter of this sleepy little hamlet there is a
singular lack of picturesqueness about
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many of the dwellings. Not a few of those
are mere barn-like structures, built
close to the road, and painted in
colors calculated to give an artist
the nightmare and to haunt his waking
moments with horrors. It is not, however,
for the sake of its attractiveness as a village
that artists resort to Scalp Level in such
numbers, and any lack of the picturesque
within its environments will not deter them
from going there. The locality is celebrated,
and justly so, for the beantyand variety of
its natural scenery, and for the reason that
point of interest are within such easy reach
of the village. A three minutes' walk from
the village will take him to a spot so wild
and lonely that it seems as though far be
yond the borders of life and civilization. In
other directions, but still near by maybe
found pleasant country roads, leading past
well kept farms with fields of grain and
herds of cattle.
As a pleasant mountain resort in which to
spend a short time among the woods and
glens, or as a place where nature may be
be seen and studied in some of her grand
est moods, we must travel far to find a place
that will rival Scalp Level, and this is a
fact of which many persons, besides the
members of the artistio fraternity, are very
well aware. Gerald E. Flanagan.
Patents to Penosylvnnlans.
Higdon & Higdon, patent lawyers, 95
Fifth ave., Pittsburg, and St. Cloud build
ing, opp. Patent Office, "Washington, D. C,
report the following patents granted during
the week ending November 5, 1889: Pitts
burg Carnahan, pipe cutter; Conroy, gas
pressure reducing station; Goetz, tapping
molten metal; Lindenthal, puddling fur
nace; Bitley, glassware. Allegheny An
derson, charging ingots; Barrett, lifting jack;
Mann, car wheels.
Ncrr Rome to Chicago.
The B. & 0. E. B. Co. has established a
new through car line between Pittsburg
and Chicago via Wheeling. A Pullman
vestibuled sleeping car leaves Pittsburg
daily on the 7:30 p. M. express, and goes
into Chicago on the vestibuled limited, ar
riving in Chicagb the next morning at 10:55.
A dining car is attached to this train at
Garrett, Ind., and breakfast is served as the
train approaches Chicago. This service is
superior to that of any other train between
the two cities, upon which no extra fare is
charged. Business men can have a full
business day in Pittsburg, and practically
tne same in umcago.
Pittsburg is always prompt to welcome
any addition to her facilities for speedy and
comfortable transportation to other commer
cial centers, and this new aspirant for pub
lic favor will doubtless receive a liberal
share of her patronage.
The B. & O. is fast forging to the front
as a passenger carrying line, and the hand
some increase in business which has followed
the improvements it has made at this point
has prompted the company to establish the
new through car line to Chicago.
A Frofltoble Plnce to Go.
Those who have not as yet attended the
immense bankrupt sale of drygoods, carpets
and rugs at 723 and 725 Liberty street, cor
ner Eighth, where the entire stock of a
large New York importing house, amount
ing to over $150,000. is being sold for the
benefit of creditors, should do so at once.
The bargains that are being daily sold at
this forced sale are simply marvelous. No
matter what you offer the goods are knocked
down to you, and in large or small quanti
ties. Those who have not as yet attended
this popular sale should do so at ouce, as a
chance of this kind is one of a lifetime. The
sales are held daily at 10 A. u., 2 and 7 JO
P. li. Accommodations are provided for
ladies. A word to the wise is sufficient.
CHRISTY'S DANCING ACADEMY,
No. 1010 and 1013 Penn Ave., City.
Prof. Christy is forming new classes for
beginners on Monday and Friday evenings
of this week, "Waltzing is taught in one
term. Each pupil is taught separately, and
every attention is paid to advance pupils as
rapidly as possible. My children's class
meets on Saturday afternoon at 2:30.
Parents are always welcome on Saturday
afternoon to visit the class.
88 00 TO WASHINGTON, D. a,
Via Pennsylvania Eailroad.
The Pennsylvania Eailroad will sell ex
cursion tickets to Washington, D. C, until
November 12, good to return until Novem
ber 20, inclusive, at the rate of $8 00 for the
round trip, with the privilege of stop over
in Baimore within the limit. Through
Pullman sleeping cars and coaches on night
trains to Baltimore and "Washington with
out change. ,
FASHIONABLE FAD.
The Latest Idea for Wedding Banquets
Is to purchase the popular Sauterne and
Oporto and Sparkling champagnes, with
the celebrated exclusive brand of "Wedding
wine," from the Half Century House, lately
called "Cable Car Corner," C23 Liberty, foot
of Fifth ave.
Save Your Money and Bay
Bradford & Co. piano, 7 octaves (100
Von Minden piano, 7 octaves ., 125
Kimball organ, 5 octaves 45
Mellor & Hoene organ, 5 octaves 20
New organs, 5 octaves....... 44
New organs, 6 octaves 55
New upright pianos, 1 octaves 175
Do not be deceived by unscrupulous
dealers, but buy of ns and save 25 per cent.
Echols, McMtmBAY & Co.,
123 Sandusky st, Allegheny City, Pa,
xhssn
DreM Salts.
For a good fitting dress suit or overcoat go'
to Pitcairn's. 434 Wood street. t
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PlTa?SBTJE(3c DISPATCH.
SOCIETY IN THEEAST
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Compared With the Mode of Life in the
Untrammeled West.
A DEFEKSE OP PHILADELPHIA.
Its Manners
Mellowed by
Good Usage.
Time and
THE WEST WILL GKOW LIKE THE EAST
jCOBBXSrORD-KCX OF TUB DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, November 9. There
have been so many erroneous statements
made recently regarding Philadelphia ex
clusiveness, slowness, sleepiness and general
debility, as well as of Pittsburg's greatness,
the vastness oi her manufactures, her energy
and wealth, as well as her phenomenal
growth, that it is about as well to make a
few comparisons and give some facts regard
ing both cities which will be doubtless news
for many badly posted people who are gen
erally the persons who make the startling
statements about both cities. "Will you per
mit one who has lived in both places to give
a few points showing that Philadelphia is
not as so frequently pictured?
It is quite the thing anipng a certain class
of people who have no knowledge of the
subject to make unworthy comparisons be
tween Pittsburg and any city mentioned,
especially Philadelphia. The tact that
they have happened to pass along Chestnut
street on one or two occasions causes them
to think-that they are thoroughly posted in
the city streets, inhabitants and business.
There are very few people here who are so
posted. In the first place, it is quite a com
mon thing to say that Philadelphia society
is very hard to get into, unless one's grand
father was of social importance. That is
only to a certain extent true. All good
society is hard, or should be hard, to get
into; until the candidato can show intelli-gencej-
good manners, fair appearance and
good conduct,. and other qualifications. It
is a common thing among the generality of
Western people to think that they are as
good as anybody, and a good thing it is that
they do, for that very feeling of pride holds
them up in many an emergency. But the idea
that because one stands well in a particular
community in tne west is entitled to waiK
into the parlors and hearts of the people of
the East, without previous favorable ac
quaintance and the possession of known
merit, is rather ridiculous, and the idea
that they should be able to do so is simply
absurd.
LOOKIHO T0TVAP.D THE EISINO SUN.
The character and habits, line of thought
and manner of thinking, mode of speech
ana lornis oi expression ot the Eastern peo
ple are different in many ways from those
of the West. The people of the East
not infrequently think the mannerisms
of the West loud, intrusive, obtrusive,
effusive and aggressive. The East has
passed through the chrysalis state. The
several centuries it has passed through as
the light of the nation, being, in fact,
until within the past 30 or 40 years the focus
of the whole continent, have caused her
to become rather proud of her position
as tne Mecca to wnich so many great minds
are attracted; toward which and from which
intelligence ebbs and flows in large volumes.
To use a metaphor, we always look to the
east foe light; to the rising, and not to the
setting, sun.
When a trade journal is started, when a
new manufaototy is opened, when a new
trade is established, a new enterprise is
commenced, the first efforts to get patronage
and trade are toward the East. When a
person is afflicted with a disease which he is
afraid is mortal, he naturally goes toward
the East as the grand focus of surgery.
When a new book is written the Eastern
publishers are looked to for help to publish
it. When elegant furnishing, grand archi
tecture, the arts and sciences, new modes,
new measures of any kind are sought
the East is the place to which it is most
natural to look for what is wanted. It
is farther toward the light, toward the older
accomplishments, finished center of intelli
gence and civilization and of the art and
science. The man with his new invention
or patent naturally looks to the East. The
man of books and letters finds more encour
agement, svmpathy and assistance there
than in the West, where he finds people all
on the rush with no time to give him a help
ing hand. Many a sigh escapes from those
whose dream for long years has been to ac
cumulate sufficient wealth to take a fondly
cherished thought to where he knows light
can be shed npon it and declining years
made bright by its fulfillment. Many who
have acquired great wealth or even a good
sum Enmcient to support a lite ot ease and
happiness, turn toward
THE OLDEB CIVILIZATION',
for there are multitudes of attractions, which
are the more attractive because anticipative,
because seen through the glamour of misty
distance, becanse they are an entire change
from the hard work and prosaic life hitherto
experienced, and thero is enjoyment and
hope and ecstacy in the change.
"Westward the course of empire takes its
way" toward the setting" sun, leaving the
brilliant Bast and its allurements far be
hind. People for one cause or another go
far away from their cradles to build up new
homes in the savage wilderneis. Human
nature isolated becomes in a measure rugged
as well as strong; it partakes of its sur
roundings, and consequently the finish of
Western society is not so marked as that of
the East, because of its having grown up so
recently from the marshes and prairies and
of the very recent frontier, which has now
been driven back until its location is
nnknown. The rough lives which were ex
perienced by the new settlers made them
and their children rugged in their manners
for many years. But the generous, sturdy,
honest, sober, industrious members of each
cuiuuiumi nfuu lutui a .social uiiuiu,
which improves with each generation, and
strengthens as wealth and intelligence in
crease. Each community, too, comes in
time to have its various circles formed on
the basis of congeniality of taste, and in a
measure as exclusive as those of the East.
Caste in India is much divided, but there
are castes in this Christian land which are
as well known as any in far off India.
So people who come up out of the West,
having stood high at home, run against a
barbed wire fence around social life in the
East, which says very plainly to them to eo
around by gates and get their tickets; that
they cannot get in without acquaintance
and other credentials. There are varions
castes in each Eastern city oi wealth, of birth,
of science, of art, of intellect. The "Four
Hundred," the "Knickerbockers," the
"Pilgrims," each one thinks that itself
is grand and exclusive. By some of these ap
plieations for admittance is as rigidly ex
amined as a French passport on a German
frontier.
THE GENTLE QUAKER 8PIMT.
There is no trouble in Philadelphia, Bos
ton or New York in any person getting into
their own class or condition in life, provided
they have the recommendation ot some one
known to that class or coterie. But every
one who goes to London wants to see the
Queen, and everybody who goes to Phila
delphia wants to be invited to the house of
George W. Childs or of Tony Drelel, or to
the millionaire houses on Walnut Street,
and if they are not given an opportunity to
air themselves in swelldom, they come home
and say spiteful things of Philadelphia,
never thinking that the lines are very little
different there than they are here in the
tame degree of life.
"Oh, Philadelphia is a miserable country
village, with grass growing on her streets
and goats and tin-spirit cans in her back al
leys. Her neighbors live together20yearsand
never know each other's names. I wonld
not live in it, because living is so dear, ex
penses are so high, people are so proud and
impudent, no one cares for you and it ain't
much larcer than Pittsburg antway."
The social problem is as no n ore difficult
in Philadelphia than anywheri else, The
Quaker element, which enters largely into
its population has infnsed intoits economy
argespiiit of gentleness and fair' dealing, J
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER
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I which many other sections should-covetrand-
strive to emulate.
There Is a spirit of the "billy goat" in,
soke people of the West, which contradicts
every opinion advanced; which cynically
criticises everything that is done, whether
or charity or self; which is so intolerant
that no man has any Tight to an opinion
which butts into everything and everybody
at every corner and torn, in social life, busi
ness, religion and politics; which rubs your
wounds and scrapes your brnlses aud
tramps on your toes and makes a sensitive
person ill at ease. That spirit is not found
so rampant in the older Eastern communi
ties. It is considered in bad taste there.
Now if Philadelphians were not so gentle
and were as inclined to criticism as are the
Western critics who make fun of Philadel
phia, thev might say that this state of-things
is seen in Pittsburg as well as other West
ern towns. In the Eastpeople may disagree
in opinion, but the method of doing so is
far more agreeable much less rasping.
There is a vast difference in the way yon
are knocked down. The Scotch-Irish, the
English, the German and their descendants
have vigor and capacity; but they have
harshness and rough edges at times,too. They
would very probably deny this, but
the denial would sound like the person who
could easily be convinced, but would like
to see the person.wbo could convince her.
It will not be uninteresting to consider in
detail some of the other features of every
day life in Eastern cities, as contrasted with
the We6t This will be a topic of observa
tion later on. Bdmbalo.
MISAPPLIED ART TERMS.
The Keipcctlvo Value of Kenlism and Con
ventionality Defined Two Opposloe
Qualities Which Govern tbd Trae Ar-'
list News From the Studios.
"Realism" and "conventionality" in art
are terms frequently heard, but much more
seldom understood. By this statement it is
not meant to imply that the majority of
those who use the words are ignorant of
their definition. Doubtless most persons
who make a free use of the terms, could give
a fairly lucid explanation of their meaning
in ordinary acceptation and common usage,
but comparatively few possess anything like
a clear perception of their meaning as so
frequently used in matters pertaining to art,
and fewer still thoroughly understand why the
very opposite qualities which they describe
should exist, and both "be so'higbly valued, al
though the exact opposite of each other. Real
ism, as will readily bo understood from its ordi
nary definition, refers to that class of work
in which the imitation is invested as com
pletely as possible with the attributes and
characteristics of the reality, and in a strict
sense, its highest aim is to produce work that
will deceive the eye. And this is what many
persons suppose to bo the chief object of all
imitative art; it is, in fact, ono of the greatest
aud most common of errors. Conventionality,
on the other band, means ah adaptation of tho
natural to an expression of the ideal. It deals
with both color and form, but moro particularly
with the latter, and it produces an effect that
is not wholly imaginary as indeed nothing
ever can.ee, lor man can no more create xorm
than he can create matter since it i?
based on nature's truth, but it is idealized,
or one might say humanized, and brougut
into harmony with human thought and
feeling, and at the same time made
to fill a place in the everyday course Of human
life. And herein lies the solution of the prob
lem as to what constitutes the valne of conven
tionalized art; it adapts Itself to its surround
ings and thereby becomes part of our very ex
istence. Conventionalized art is decorative art,
and no art is truly decorative that is not con
ventionalized; and since the products of
decorative art confront us at every torn its im
portance can scarcely bo overestimated.
Throughout the abodes in which we live, and in
every articlo which enters into their furnlsh
ment. Some idea of art must And expression,
and as this expression is right or wrong, so
must its influence be felt lor goodoreviL
When products of human labor are to be deco
rated, ft is essential that the designs should be
idealized or, as observed above, human
ized. To decorate a vase or jar
with a realistic representation ot flow
ers and butterflies destroys its character
aS a material product, and carries the imagina
tion into the regions of flowers and butterflies.
But if the designs be delicately conventional
ized we have an ideally beautitul production in
which all its features harmonize. Again, if we
paint a-wall with a too realistic representation
of ..a battle or a landscape, the- sense of
stabilityjrith which the wall itself impresses us
is destroyed and our minds revert too strongly
to the .scene of the conflict or the charms of
nature. In art which deals with pictures
Eainted for themselves alone, and intended to
e isolated from their surroundings by suitable
frames, the quality of realism comes into full
play, but even here it is not universally and at
all times desirable, and it must often give
place to poetry and artistic feeling. If it were
ever possible to redder" with strict truthful
ness all the minuteness of detail, and
mystery and intricacy ot nature,
such realism wonld not then be Inrnmnatlhln
-with poetry and feeling, but since the means of
art are so greatly inadequate to its ends, and
the painter must ever be willing to sacrifice
some part of the truth in order that he may
the more fully express the remainder, realism
must often be subordinated to qualities that
for tho time being are of greater importance.
Art News and Gossip.
A NUMBER of paintings now on exhibition at
Boyd's formerly occupied a place on the walls
of the Exposition galleries. They are works of
Le Grand, Johnston and B. A. Poole. The
landscape with turkeys, by tho first mentioned
artist, is a particularly strong work, but bis
sheep picture is also of such excellence that it
would be difficult to make X choice -Between
tho ttvo.
UrAnium is a very expensive metal, which
has hitherto only been found in Small quanti
ties. As a consequence the mineral is very
raro, in fact a century ago it was not known,
and since it is of use in the arts, its price runs
bleb, ranging in the neighborhood of S12.C0Oper
ton. The oxides ot this metal are largely used
in the coloring of porcelain and majolica ware.
A large vein of this valuable natural prodnct
has recently been discovered at Cornwall,
England, and it is probable that its price wili
be greatly lessened and its usefulness propor
tionately extended.
Mb. H. S. Stevenson is to the front again
with a very prettily composed picture, showing
a glimpse of wood and stream. This work is in
oil, and it is one of the studies made by him
during the past summer. On the left of the
picture, a number of trees are represented
mm iiieir stems curving away irom eacn otner,
like diverging branches growing from a single
root. Beyond the trees may be seen the waters
of a small stream, sparkling in the sunlight.
As regards handling, tho picture is in Air.
Btevenson's usual style, but in tho matter of
composition and line arrangement, it is one of
his best works. This work is exhibited at
Mayer's, aud there is also a portrait of a little
girl by tho same artist on view at Boyd'S.
A kct work by Hotzel is at present on view
at Gillespie's, The subject is a country road,
and the scene is located at a point not far from
Harmony, Pa. Mr. Hettel is well able to paint
stronger pictures than this, but It is never
theless a very pleasing work, and of a character
somewhat different from his,old-tlme style.
The effect depicted is that of a full flood of
summer sunsulne which casts upon the ground
an intricate network of shadows from the
branches and foliage ot tho trees. At the same
place may also ba seen two of this artist's
sketches, which are, perhaps, two of the best
small works executed by him during the past
season. They are not for sale, however, as
they were purchased almost Immediately upon
his return from Eldenau.
The Great Sncceii
Of the genuine imported Johann Hod's
Halt Extract as a tonic nutritive has
caused a crowd ot fraudulent imitators to
come into the market Beware of theml
The genuine has the signature of "Johann
Hoff" on the neck of every bottle. Eisner
is Hendelson Co., sole agents, 6 Barclay
street, New York.
All. Wool Ingrain Carpets at 16 Cents Per
Yard.
This will be for next Monday morning
only.
Abont 400 bandies of short length ingrain
carpets (from i to lji yards long), ten
pieces to the bnndle.
These are our traveling salesmen's sam
ples, which we clear out twice a year.
If yon want any, get in very early Mon
day. The people actually walk over our
clerks snatching these.
You can sew theta together and cover a
big room for f 4.
Ecwaed Qkoeizinoeb,
627 and 629 Penn avenue,
Cabinet photos, "51 per doz. Extra
panel picture. Lies' Popular Gallery, 10
and 12 Sixth st. tisu
We can still fit yon with corsets and saye
yon from.iSo to $1 00 a pair. Come quicx,
we are running out of sizes.
, T, Schoentbal, 612 Fean ave,
1889.
rnvMimac-s;
The Probabilities and Possibilities of
the Miraculous
GOD'S WAY OP WOBKltfG OK EARTH
Is by Exerting Ifatnral Forces of Which
Wfi Know Nothing-.
Wfll WE MUST BELIETE IN MIEACLE5
ICOnitXSFONDZKCX OT TUX DISPATCH.
I take for my subject this" morning the
record of how a man who was dead came to
life again.
This is the description of s miracle. Here
is an event which, if we were to read of it in
to-morrow's paper, we would disbelieve'. If
we were to read that beside the gate of the
cemetery at Greensburg- a minister of the
sect of the Sandemanians met the funeral
procession which was carrying a young man
ot that town to burial, stopped the carriages,
opened the hearse door, had the coffin lifted
ont and the cover taken off, and then,
amidst the amazement of the bystanders,
cried out, "Young man, I say unto thee
arise," and that, upon the utterance of those
words, the dead man opened his eyes, and
sat up, and began to speakj and thereupon
getting out of his coffin, and taking his
mother on his arm, walked back along the
road and through the streets of Greensburg
to his home, we would wonder a good deal
about that. "We would want more evidence,
We would say that the yonug man waa prob
ably not dead at all.
We would desire to make some inquiries
abont that Sandemanian minister. Who is
he? Where did he come from ? "What is
his reputation for honesty ? These and 20
other questions we would ask immediately.
And if, instead of nearby, in the State of
Pennsylvania, the locality had "been some
obscure village in Central America, we
would have said, with little hesitation, that
the story was untrue. "We wonld have de
nied stoutly that anything really miraculous
happened.
And yet we read the story of a resurrec
tion beside the gate of that little Syrian
town of Nain, 25 miles distant from Caper
naum, and we accept it or, at least, the
most of us accept it without question and
without hesitation. "A good many hun
dreds of years ago certain persons rose from
the dead." Yes. "And an nnknown num
ber of years hence all who have ever died
will rise from their graves." Yes. ".But a
man was brought to life again yesterday in
Central America." That is a lie. Isthis-
position altogether consistent?
PEOBABILIIIE3 Or JIIEACLES.
I believe it is. We are bound upon the
one hand to hold to the possibility of the
miraculous. Indeed, I would go further
than that, and say the probability of the
miraculous. Have we a soul within us?
There is an element of the supernatural. Is
God above us? Does He take an interest in
this world of ours; does He care for us; does
He love us? Has He the power to help ns,
to teach us, if He wishes? "When you say
yes to these questions, yon Bay yes to the
probability of the miraculous.
For what isthe miraculous? It is God's
unusual working for a special purpose. The
uniform working of God in the world is law.'
The word which we have for certain, special
and unusual workings is miracle.
Miracle enters into the realm of law very
much as the human will does. It is the law
of heavy bodies to fall. But you take a bar
of iron in your hand and lilt it up. Will
has for the moment interfered with the ac
tion of the law. A miracle is the interfer
ence, in a manner not dissimilar, of the will
of God. To deny the possibility of the
miraculous is to deny to God the possibility
of doing what we can do ourselves.
But while this is true, it is no less our
duty pn the other hand to minimize, tha.
miraculous, xsecauso we desire to .Know the
truth about the workings of God. Law if
one manner of explanation. Miracle is an
other manner. We want to put every event
just where it belongs. And since God com
mends works after a certain manner.so com
mends that we call that manner law, it it
our intellectual duty to explain bylaw
whatever will bear that explanation. That
is our religious dnty which we owe to truth,
which we;owe to God. As a matter of fact,
the realm of aw has for certain been widen--ing
out, and the realm ot miracles has been
contracting. Once it waa belived that the
planets moved in their connes.being pushed
along by the shoulders of stout angels. We
know better than that now. Once it was
believed that the cure of disease, by faith,
as we say, was by reason of the direct and
unusual, and so miraculous, workings of
God. There are a good many people who
believe that still. Bnt year by year, we are
learninc to put this, too, into the realm of
law. We are coming to see that
THESE IS AJf nrPLTJENCE,
unmeasured and unregulated as yet, which
the mind exerts over the body. We are
discovering that the mind can create disease;
that a man by exercise of imagination can
fall sick with the smallpox: and that the
mind, on the other hand, can in certain
cases cure disease. We are learning the
part which the attitude of expectancy plays
In the treatment of physical ills.
All this narrows the realm of miracle. I
would not maintain, for example, that all of
Christ's marvelous cures were miraculous.
1 would hold that they were butOod's regu
lar way of working in the world, not His
unusual way; that they were natural, not
unnatural, not even supernatural. Set the
divine man among men; let Him in whom
earth and heaven meet walk about among us;
letus see His face and hear His voice, andfeel
His hand resting upon ours; who can mess
nre the intensity with which our trnst will
lay hold upon His strength? We will look
up into His face at we lie. tick
at His feet, and we will multiply by
10,000 all the confidence we have ever felt
in all the wisest physicians whom we have
ever known or heard of; and He will give
us life just by standing beside us, just by
letting us look at Him. We will be well.
Our faith will make us whole. But it will
be only because we have taken the best kind
of medicine, because we have availed our
selves of the greatest help which God has
given-us. It will not be a miracle. So it
was hundreds of .times when He was here.
Of course He cured men cured them just
at the strong commander cares his soldiers
of cowardice, by the inspiration of His help
ful presence.
Indeed, the very resurrection of the dead :
perhaps behind that lay some wonderful
secret, which Christ knew, but which is
hidden still from us. Perhaps- beside this
irate of Nain God wrought no new thinir.
but onlv set in motion some old law which
had existed from the foundation of the
world, waiting, like the great bow of
Ulysses, for some one strong enough to
use it
God rules forever la this world of ours.
All that we see is but the color and motion
of His waving vesture. God is in all.that
is, in the tprfngtime, which when they bore
this yonng man through the gates of Nain,
was making all natural objects beautiful,
in sky and earth, in sea and sun. Let no
one think that by minimizing the miracu
lous we are making slowly the tragic discov
ery that there is no God in the nniverse at
all. It used to be thought once that God
having set the earth to growing and revolv
ing, and the stars to spinning in. guarded
grooves around the circle of the sky, sat
apart npon
A GREAT "WHITS THEONX
com ewhere, and made Hit prejeace known,
onlybythe sudden and arbitrary medium 6t
miracles. If that were true, then the con
traction of the sphere of the miraculous,
which our wider knowledge is forever mak
ing, wonld plainly tend toward the denial
that there is a God. But we do not hold to
that old doctrine. In God we live and
move, and have our being. God is closer to
us than onr own souls. Alt that exist!, -all
that happens, is the revelation of the con
stant, the faithful, thfV everting and
never-sleeping Father of hj all.
"God is law, say tne vise, O Sqp; ad
let us rejoice. For if He thunders by- law,
the thunder is still His voice."
And so we read the record which is set
down in the Gospel, and we believe It with
all our hearts. In those days, if ever in
those days when the Divine Man was visible
among men, will we expect the special vis
itation of the power of God.
And if anyone shall ask, as some people
to-day do ask, say "Yes, the miraculous is
possible. Granting that there is a divine
will behind the phenomena of the universe,
the miraculous may happen. But has it, as
a matter of fact, ever happened? The
miraculous is possible, but is it probable?"
We have an answer to that reasonable ques
tion. We point all questioners to Christ
Did He live, a3 it is said of Him? That
life is it not itself miracnlous7 Did He
die, as it is written, and, three days after.
Himself rise even as He raised the man to
life beside the gate of Nain? There is the
miracle of miracles. There is the evidential
miracle. We cab prove that The history
of 1,800 years, the very existence of the
Christian church, -what shall we say to
these large facts in the record of the race?
They are enigmas, if the miraculous never
happened. They are mysteries without so
lution. But set the miracle of the resurrec
tion beside them, and it is like setting" an
answer beside a tangled problem it is like
puttingtbe right key into a complicated
lock. Christian history has no other satis
factory explanation save this miracle of the
open tomb. Here is a miraole which hap
pened. Geoegb Hodges.
HATI0NAL 6TJAE0 H0MS.
A special meeting of Company G, Four
teenth Regiment, is tq be held in Central Ar
mory to-day at 2:30 ?. It., all membara to, be
present.
Evinx member of tho Thirteenth Regiment
of this State qualified last season excepting
the chaplain, who is over 60 years of age. This
season the feat will be repeated, but the chap
lain is not going to be left out, as he-qualifled
last week.
The regular monthly meeting of the Wash
ington Infantry was held last Tuesday night
Civil officers for the ensuing year were nomi
nated, and the report of the Entertainment
Committee on the coming concerts of the com
pany were received,
ADJUTANT Geneeal Azxine, of the Ohio
National Guard,, called on a number of local
officers whose acquaintance he made while at
Johnstown last summer. He was one of the
auditors of the fund raised for the Sufferers,
and spent a portion of last weekin this city.
Colonel PmcmtSNT has appointed an
auditing committee to look over the accounts
of Quartermaster Patterson, who handed in
his resignation some days ago. Pending the
appointment of a Quartermaster.Major Graham
will attend to the duties in this department.
The election which was to hare been held fn
Company G, Fourteenth Begiaient last Satur
day night had to be postponed on account of
the absence of the election officer. Captain
Murdock. This is the second time this election
hat failed to take place on the specified even
ing. At the meeting of Councils to-morrow, the
granting ot the Fifth Avenue Market House
for armory purposes, will be brought up. -It
will he passed by the Common branch without
opposition, ahd it is expected that the funds
for tne new building will be raised by tha first
of the year.
A special meeting of the officers
of the Fourteenth Regiment was held
last Monday night lor the purpose of hearing
from Viz different companies on the Hsrtranft
fond'' 'u .bv . The fund is growing rather
slowly luooth local regiments, although each
expects to send the full amount of $1 per man
by the las; of this month.
Company G, Eighteenth Regimsnt, made
most creditable display last Thursday night
aciing as escort for the 'Pan-American dele
gates, i orty men and tnree omcers were in
lino. Battery B also came ia for considerable
praise lor its work on the wharf the same even
ing. The drills of the battery in loading and
firing the pieces are very pretty and most
interesting to outsiders. .
The trouble between Captain Schmidt of
Company A, Fourteenth Rcciment, and head
quarters, on the rifle practice fund, has been
amicably settled, and as a consequence Com-
Sany A will loom up with quite a list of quail
ed marksmen. Tninzs looked rather sauaHv
in this direction for a while, and Captajbi
Bchmidt vowed he would not take a man ob
the range until be had gained his point. A.1
communication from General Wiley to Colonel
Ferchment ended all further discussion, aud at
a consequence Captain Schmidt wears his usual
placid smile.
That the Second Brigade Examining Board
means business is evidenced by the following
order: "An election to fill the vacancy in Com
pany F, Eighteenth Regiment, occasioned by
CL F.Snyder having been adversely reported
upon by the Brigade Military Board, will be
held at the armory of the company Wednes
day, November 20." Mr. Snyder was Second
Lieutenant ot Company F, and after having
been elected to the First iLientenantcy by the
members of the company, went before the Ex
amining Board list montn for a commission.
Many, focal members otitis Guard have been
laboring under tbelmpresston that after an of'
ficer obtains bis first commission no further ef
fort is necessary, but the action ot the Brigade,
iloard in the case of Sir. Snyder should effects
ally change any such ideas. , -
The Beason of rifle practice closes next Sat
mm fob
And always 0a the alert for bargain seekers. Wa have this t Mr, vrfl sin
very-DEaiEABLE BARGAINS ia
BEDROOM IUENITUBB!
Solid Walnut, Tennessee Marble and German
45. These goods have been reduced from iZS,
or until we have sold the last consignment We will make for the next TWO
ONLY,
A 7-PIECE PAEI0E SUIT!
Solid Walnut or Cherry, in Hair Cloth or Crushed Mohair Plash, asserted WliatVjhH
(our own make of goods). We have some very
do yon good to see, for instance, onr line of
HOLIDAY CHAIRS
An unexcelled line of these goods, and
CARPET and CURTAETBEPARTIIsS
It brimful of bargains. A few ALL-WOOL
have this week cut np a lot of Velvets and Body
ing-away below cost Remnants of Oil Cloth,
remnants of Stair and Ball Carpets, all below cosVibr we rejfqand to get rid i
now, Don't miss attending this tale if yon are
H0USEFUBNISHI1TO GOODS.,
To those who contemplate fitting ont complete, a word- Why run all over
one store to another, when we caa give yon absolutely everything necessary ia.
from the kitchen, np. Make a Bote of this and yon will save time aid MHkf,
CASH OR CEEDIT,
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SKWESX THIRD AND FOTJBTH AYBfs.
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urday. The Second Brigade will show anin
crsasa of about 600. men ovtr the number quail;
fled last season, which waa 023. The greatest
increase will be in the Eighteenth Regiment,'
which qualified but S3 men last season, and
will close wit a about 230 this season- The total
number of marksmen in the division last se4l
son. including sharpshooters, was 3,131, but;:
Colonel Watres, the Inspector General of BIflaa
Practice, expects to increase toe nnmuer to at3
least 1000 by next Saturday. As rifle practice t
attained inch nrominenee last season- and as 1e
Is justly being Uken into consideration In the
ratings of the companies, a suggestion to the-.
commandants of the three local organizations;.
It. that do men in the fntttre be nromotid to'
noncommissioned offices nnless they first qual-'
ify as marksmen. With 13 shooters in a com
pany, in addition to tne commissioned Officers;
no trouble would be experienced in qualifying
a goouiy numoer oi tne entire compauy.-
TB2 Secretary of War proposes, next' Sam-jj
mer. to nut in practice a scheme which ha coo. '
fidently expects will greatly improve the regu-v
lar army. That Is to send to the encampments
of the national Guards of the Several State t
recruiting officers who will be authorized' tos
enlist members of the guard, and by thisj
means lessen tne numoer or assertion,!
the great problem now before officers
of the regular service. That large sumberj
of enlistments can be secured by this means,
there can be no doubt but whether It would bsl
advisable from the point of lookinz at the,in3
terests of the men themselves, ia another ques-2
tion antiralr. There are a number of vonnirB
men every year who attend militia encamp-i-fl
ments lor tne nrst time, ana are naiurauy so
impressed bv the novelty of their surround!:
that they might be tempted to takeastepinenis
listing tnat tney wouia not no u tuey toot meg
time for calm consideration. The statement!
advanced by the Secretary of War tbatfthai
men who would thus enlist would be less liable
to desert because of their previous knowledeal
of mllitaiy tactics, cannot be considered in con4
nection with this question, becanse recruiting!
stations are always handy enough at home tfj
men aesire to maite use oi tnem.
Holiday novelties in diamonds, watchesrjj
jewelry, gipsy rings, stick pins, hronzeevf
onyx and marble clocks, gold and silver
head canes and umbrellas, etc. Call1 and. I
make your selections before the rushi.Mil
G. Cohen, diamond expert and jeweler, JS33I
omituiieiu si. .Dig ciocjs. is iront oi 0.0013
The large clock in front of tne door sajey
time to those looking for the jewelry e5b4
lishment of M. G. Cohen, 533 Smithfieldt'l
We have the only street clock on SmithlieldJ
st U
All-Wool Ingrain Carpets at 1G Cents. Pe1
Yard.
This will be for next Monday morning
Abont 400 bundles of short lentrtnt (a risw
carpets (from i to yards' long)M9J
pieces to tne Dunoie.
These are our traveling salesmen's
pies, which we clear out twice a year.
Ifyon want any, get in very earlyOM
day. The people actually walk oyerlgSsJrl
clerks snatching these.
You can sew them together and cover ti
big room for ft
Edttaed Geoetzeisxm
627 and 629 Penn aveaaSI
81 09 November last SfeMB fl
Por fine cabinets at fl 00 per doseijfwl
Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 619 Market tlMttf
ritisonrg. xjevator. .nine crayontvi
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.Slata's Pills Great EoUk gout "b4!
rheumatic remedy. Sore, prompt satf eCeeVI
ive.
a. uruggwa-. TJM 1
M01T3 from 38o np to the finest, butH
way below regular price, 'V
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to hold good for tha balance of tst 1
nice goods la this deparfcaeat.: It.1
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at prices that are extremely low. Oar
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Brussels into rug tbm, tktt f mmm
remnants of Laee and Turcoman fini jaTsjfl
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