14: THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY,' JANUARY 26, 1890. f 4 I IK' J THE GAME OF ERIN. Bow Handball is Played and Who Are the Great Experts. AN AMEEICAN IS THE CHAMPION. Ix-Alderman Philip Casej, of Brooklyn, the Patron in America. POPUIAEITI IN THE UKITED STATES IT is a singu lar fact that while every civ 1 1 i x e d conn try has its National game, the re cognized lead ing sport of the peorile. the latter , is usually much lder than the a a t io n itself. The only excep tion to this ap parent fact is found in th e "United States, where baseball itras invented and has taken its place as me chief athletic amusement o f the great majority of citizens. Handball is now considered a distinc tively IriBh sport, but historical acconnts make it certain that handball contests took place in Some four centnries before Christ. The same game is now the most popular athletic diversion of the Emerald Isle. Though the game is simple less than half a dozen rules being necessary to cover every disputed point that inay arise it has not, until quite recently, attracted the attention and excited the Serving the BalL interest of any considerable number of peo ple outside Ireland, though it is a very small Irish town which does not boast at least two courts. Every village has its champion at hand ball, and the name of Buck Ewing cannot excite the enthusiasm of American admir ers of our national game to a greater pitch than that which is inspired in sport-loving Irish hearts by the name of Tommy Jones, of Tralee, Kerry county, the greatest living player of handball in all Ireland. Tournaments are continually under way in the larger cities of that country, and a meeting between well-known players will always draw a crowd of spectators" as large in proportion to the size of the city as a base ball game between two clubs struggling for the pennant in America. THE BEQCISITES. The first thing requisite for a contest is a court of special construction. The room must be 35 leet in height, 25 feet in breadth and the distance between the front and rear walls 65 feet. A straight 1 lie marked across the floor divides the court into equal parts. The side and front walls are of hard cement, smoothed to as perfect a level as possible. The roof, through which all the light is ad mitted, is covered over with a strong wire setting. The only requisite for the game beyond the court is the ball to be used, and this the rules specify shall be about 2 inches in Toying for the Ball in a Comer. diameter and 1J ounces in weight. It is made of the same material as the League baseball, though a trifle more lively and not as hard. A handball contest is always between two or four players. When two play, one man is called the server and the other the player. The server stands at the line drawn across hall 33 feet from the front wall. Holding the ball in one hand, he faces the side wall. Upon the signal to play from the referee he bounds the ball upon the floor. As it re turns to a level with his thigh the server strikes it with one hand, his intention being to have the ball hit the front wall and re bound before coming in contact with the floor. As the ball rebounds the player, who has taken his position anywhere inside th 3 loot line, must strike the ball with his SF W r X ( 3i I J .r,MA mstM wfM& mw f hi 'siiiajs-sssra V7lfVs t 3 4 kIj- hand against the front wall. His object is so to place the ball that it will rebound to some point in the court where the server cannot reach it. But should the server be able to get to the ball he must again hit it with one hand, and he again attempts to make such a play that it will rebound beyond his opponent's control. If it does not the latter makes his strike with the same purpose as before. This alternate play is continued till one contestant falls to force the ball against the front wall. If this be the player the first "hand" or round is con cluded and a score of one point, or ace, is credited to the server. But if it shall be the server who misses the ball, no score is made by the player. WHAT CONSTITUTES A OAJIE. In the next hand his opportunity to make the "ace" is given, for the relative position ot the men is changed, the player becoming the server and lhe server the player. In this way no count may be made by the player, though the object of each man "is al ways the same to put his opponent out. This play is continued, the position of the men being exchanged every time a fluke is made until one man has scored 21 aces, when the game is declared his. When four men play the game is hardly more complicated. The server and player then each have a partner, and they occupy the same positions relatively to the dividing line. If, when it becomes the player's tnrn to make the strike, the ball rebounds to a point nearer his partner than himself, the latter makes the play, and upon the server's turn to play the ball his partner assists him under the same circumstances. Less quick ness of movement and violent exercise is therefore necessary in the double game, but the elements of considering the plays of two opponents instead of one and of relying upon the judgment of a partner are intro duced. The game may appear rather simple to the uninitiated onlooker and seem to re quire in the player little more than a tontrh- ened hand, a strong arm and a moderate amount of judgment; yet between two ex pert players an immense amount of scientific thinking and planning, beside the finest muscular exercise is necessary to throw the 21 aces to one man. TRICKS THAT ABE VALUABLE. As scoring is only possible when the player is unable to return the ball to the lrout wall after the server has struck, it is apparent that the most skillful playing is to be done by the server in so placing the ball that the player cannot obtain control of it on the rebound. The most obvious method of accomplishing this is, therefore. to lead the player to suppose that the ball is to go in one direction and then to send it in another. By assuming an attitude and holding the arm that the player will take his position in the vicinity where he calcu lates the ball will fall, the striker may sud denly change his front and knock the ball to a part of the court not anticipated by the player and so make his point. To become an expert player one mnst be a quick reader of the character and peculiarities of his op ponent and be of an inventive turn of mind to introduce plays that havenever been wit nessed before. The interest in handball has increased of late years in the United States. The best known court this side ot the Atlantic is situat ed in Brooklyn, and is owned bvex-Alderman Philip Casey. Hardly a day goes by in which a game between experts may not be witnessed in his place. THE WOBLI'S CHAMPION. Mr. Casey holds the championship of the world for handball playing, and it is large ly through his efforts that ihe sport has gained its prominence in this country. Mr. Casey became the champion several years ago upon the occasion of his defeating John Lawlor,whowasat that time the finest player in Ireland, the home of the came. Hiajbest challenge came from John A. Keenan, Syd ney, N. S. "W., but Mr. Casey's reply that he would play a series of games for $10,000 a side elicited no response from the Austra lian, and since that time his right to the title has never been disputed. Arrangements are now under way, however, which prom ise to result in a double game between Hr. Casey and his partner and two crack players lrom Omaha. . Brooklyn is the home ot some of the most expert handball players in the United States. Hr. John Lawlor, the ex-champion. resides there. William Courtney and James Dunn, two players of more than local repu tation, also live in Brooklyn. Besides these gentlemen, Joseph Wager and John Mal colm, William Welch and James McAvoy, who play a rattling game, are often seen at Casey's court. Visiting players make this club their headquarters, so that it has really become the center of all the interests of the game. James Burke, John Long and Edward F. Lynch are considered as good player as may be found in Philadelphia, Chicago pos sesses an excellent court, and much interest in the sport is exhibited in St. Louis. MAT GBOW IN IMPORTANCE. It will not be surprisiuc if handball should gain much in popularity during the next few years. It is a gentlemanly amuse ment, and productive of the most beneficial physical effects. It may be played in a racquet court, and a simple form of the game, but very enjoyable and vigorous, may be played against the bare side of a barn. Following are the roles: In a four-handed game the party winning the toss gets only one hand. Three short plays in snccesslon snail be a hand out. The server's partner shall stand Inside the ace line with his back to the other side wall until the ball strikes the front wall. All balls strlkine your onnonpnt shall be "hinders," except when the ball goes by. when It shall be playable the same as if met with no obstruction. Any ball striking your self or partn er before return shall be f out AH balls striking any part of the person except the hand or foot shall be foul and not playable. If the server strikes either side wall, roof or floor before the front wall, it Is a hand out. If in the opinion or the referee any person sUjds the ball lntentienally, it shall count aeainst bim except when the ball bounds short of the server or bis partner plays the ball before it bounds after being served, when Itshatlbea handout. When a ball served is abort the player has the privilege of using his liand or foot. If the hand is used It counts the same as if oyer. If the foot, the striker or his, partner has the privilege of stopping the ball before it strikes the front walL If the ball, a:ter beine struck with the foot, reaches the f ron t wall the striker or his partner shall have the, privilege of stopping it. All balls played with the two hands together shall be foul and all balls going o n the gallery shall be foul and played oyer. Th e server shall at all times ciye his opponent ti'me to take bis position in the outer conrt betorti serving Fbkdzbick R. Bubtojt. Fortunate Western Penn aylvanlans, Higdon & Higdon, Ameri can and foreign patents, 95 Fifth ave., Pittsburg, and St. Cloud building, Washington, D. C, report the following patents gr.anted this week: Pittsburg J. T. Duff, trimming edges of hollowware; G. J. H. Goehler, safe and vault; H. E. Hunt, pvotecting plate for grip cars; John McDor.ald, steam boiler in dicator. Oil City J. M. Harding, in sufflator. McKeesporJ H. B. Lynch, ma chine for coating m'ttaL Beaver Falls Win. A. McCool, chu,ck. Cold fpell Gar for Six Weak. Anderson gas-savijng burner; cheapest and best, 82 Fourth ay-cane. v"Wm --3p2 Cutting Law to J'ut a BanL Out A QUARTER CENTURY. Pittsburg as it Was Then Compared With What it is Now. DECLINE OP THE BIVER TRAFFIC. A Time When East Liberty Was a Great Distance From the Citj. POSSIBILITIES IN KAPID TRANSIT nntiTOif fob thi dispatch, i To a man who begins to suspect himself of growing old it is delightful to be called to account for his extreme youth. Since the publication of these touch-and-go and some what excursive reminiscences began I have received several letters from Pittsburgers older than I. Some of the writers are still residents of the old town, and some ot them are living far away from it; but all of them have somethiug to say of Pittsburg in the days before I had ever seen the city. They tell me of many interesting things I never saw, and scold me very pleasantly for not remembering them. Every one of the let- Iters is interesting ands uggestive, and I hope to receive more of them. But, after all, it is not my fault that I am not older. And when you come to think of it, the phrase "old times" is only a relative one; and the old times I have undertaken to deal with are simply the times which are old to the young people of to-day. One of my correspondents discourses most pleasantly about the palmy days of Pitts burg's river traffic In the time he speaks of railroads had not made the surface of the earth a gridiron, and the rivermen were the lords of the business situation. That time had passed when I first came to Pittsburg, but it was recent enough to form the theme for much eloquent reminiscence. I listened to many tales of the bustling scenes of hurry on the cobble stone river banks when the line of fast steamers ran between Pittsburg and Cincinnati and the river cities of the South, and had for a bharp rival the line from Wheeling. The outgoing boats took for distribution Pittsburg's manufactured products, iron and glass, and the arriving boats brought Southern products in retnrn. And these boats were the vehicles for passenger transit also. Elegantlysome of them were fitted up, and much leisurely pleasure their pas sengers enjoyed during the trip to Cincin nati, or Memphis or New Orleans. Not always so leisurely, either, for the fierce ex citement of a steamboat race was apt to break the monotony of the journey. A QUABTBB CENTUBY AGO. Twenty-five years ago the railroad had be come a prime factor in business, and the principal cargoes went and came on wheels. Still, even then, the river wharves were very interesting places. To see an immense coal fleet go out on a "June rise" was some thing exciting enough for anybody; and it is yet, I suppose. The oil traffic was in its early prime then, and the Allegheny river was the highway for a great portion of it. Bulkboats loaded with crude oil came down, and cargoesof the refined product always in brightly, beautifully blue barrels were sent out. The whole surface of the water was so thickly coated with oil that it seemed dangerous to drop a lighted match over the side of the Suspension bridge; it seemed likely to "set the river afire." Then, as now, a moderate amount of gen eral traffic was conducted by means of the boats. The "slack-water improvements" of the Monongahela were by no means relics of past usefulness, and probably never will be. But the railroads had come, and the princi pal activity had been diverted into another direction. And yet Pittsburg had not then much more than a suggestion of its present railroad importance. The Pennsylvania Bailroad had replaced the old canal and the Portage Bailroad of the Allegheny Mountains. The Fort Wayne Bailroad bound Pittsburg to Chica go, and the Panhandle Bailroad had recent ly brought Cincinnati and St Louis near to the upper end of the Ohio river. The city of coal and iron and glass seemfd quite in touch with the whole outsidu world, and was correspondingly jubilant. It was an excellent beginning, but later uxperience has shown that it was little more than a begin ning. It is not so much that more railroads have come since then an that the roads already established have developed powers and resources not more than dreamed of then. The service they render no w is far and away beyond the service they -jrere capable of at that time. They have gro wn like the growth of a young giant. NOTABLE TBAVELEES OP OLD. More than that, the people have got familiar with them and. know how to use them, which they did not in those earlier days. Chicago, Cincinnati, Washington, New Tork even P hiiadelphia seemed a long way off then, a nd people who made journeys to those dis tant points were persons oi some distinction, as notable travelers. Scarcely anybody, wave now and then a lux urious person of leisure, thought of going to Washington just to see an interesting parade, or to hear an important debate. A favored lew might go to witness an inaugu ration; but then there were some people who even went to Europe. And now the. man or woman who does not take a vacation trip somewhere east or west is one of the unfortunate "can't-get-aways." Men go, without flourish of trumpets, to the uttermost corners of the continent, and on returning remark incidentally that they "have had a pleasant little trip." A win ter in Florida or Southern California, or a summer in voioraao or at tne seashore is quite a matter of course. It used to be the reverse of that. At the time spoken of the Connellsville Sailroari, with W. O. Hughart for its President, connected Pittsburg with the Youghogheny region; but beyond that was an un bridged space. The Baltimore and Ohio had not caught hold of the other end of the track and rolled into Pittsburg by znea ns or it. It did that a little later; and the little iron link is now part of a very strong chain. The Allegheny Valley road was still new -and involved in the struggles of a youthful aspirant. The West Penn road had not yet any existence, except, perhaps, the right ot way along the bed of the canal. I don't re member how many other roads that at that time had no thought of are now established highways; but there are several of them. NEIGHBORLY niTEBCOUBSB. Even the means .of communication with its nearest neighbors Pittsburg had not then very largely developed. Consolidation had not then been effected, or even talked of to any great extent, and all the Sonthside bor oughs were neighbors, not members of the same family. Communication with them was by means of the old Smithfield street bridge which I am reminded replaced the older Smithfield street bridge, destroyed bv the great fire of 1845 and by the Point ferry. The bridge was one of the two iron bridges Pittsburg then possessed, and was one of the first, if not the first, of the suspension bridges built by the great Boeb ling. The other iron bridge was the Sus pension bridge over the Allegheny, connect ing St. Clair street, as it then was, with Fed eral street, Allegheny City. Above that ex ceedingly beautiful structure were the ruins of the old aqueduct, and the covered wooden bridges at Hand street and Me chanic street Below it was nothing but the ferry. The Union bridge at the Point was talked ot now and then by visionary enthu siasts, but none of them expected to see their dream realized. Still less did they expect to see a handsome iron bridge replace the old wooden relic at Hand street. How many other surprises have befallen them in these later years of swift change, who shall tell? Lawrenceville was still an unannexed neighbor, and communication with it was chiefly by means of the horse cars of the Citizens' Passenger Bailway on Penn ave nue; although one could go by means of the Allegheny "Valley and the Pennsylvania roads. JOUBHET3 TO EAST LIBERTY. Oakland and East Liberty were both out side of Pittsburg. East Liberty passengers always went by the railroad, unless they were very unfortunate indeed. The other means of reaching that very desirable suburb was by means of the horse cars on the Oak land and East Liberty Passenger Bailway. To go to Oakland by that route was a peni tential journey in those davs; and to go to East Liberty was to deserve a martyr's crown. I have known those who made the journey once. Does anybody know of one who willingly undertook the passage a second time? In this as in all other things, there has been a change, and the cable railways have wrought it. What used to be a dreadea ex perience is now a verv easy and pleasant one. It was formerly the pleasant custom of jokers to sugeest sleeping cars on the Oakland line. They don't ao it now. Ana people going to the old-time suburb of East Liberty have the choice of two cable lines, beside the railroad. Verily an old-timer would have thought himself dreaming if he had imagined such a thing. Things are better than they were far better. And yet they are not good enough. With the cable and electric roads established, people are apt to think that rapid transit has been secured and that the limit of prog ress has been reached. They will not always think so. however. Pittsburg is growing at a wonderful rate. What used to be distant suburbs are now thickly popu lated parts of the city proper. In every di rection real estate is booming. Those who were shrewd enough years ago to buy prop erty in East Liberty, Oakland and other districts lying about the old city, find them selves more than justified by the present state of affairs. Their holdings are sought eagerly by those who wish to make homes for their families within easy reach of the business center ot the city. POSSIBILITIES OF BAPID TKAN8IT. Shortly these will begin to think that even the present improved methods ot transit are not fast enough for them. Then some means of genuine rapid transit will be devised and established. That is a predic tion; and like all predictions that achieve fulfillment it shall be left vague and unde fined. I will not undertake to say whether the swilter progress will be by means ot an elevated railroad or not. If it does come in that form there may ba much comfort for those interested an the present methods, in the recollection that the surface roads in New York and other cities have prospered more since the elevated roads were estab lished than they ever did before. Not only aTe there more people in Pitts burg than there used to be, but they are of a different sort. As they have learned how to travel they have brought home more and more of the methods and of the spirit of the aggressively progressive outside world. Like the bright and capable but inexperi enced country boy who comes to the city and straightway puts on city clothes and city roanaers, so Pittsburg, having rubbed shoulders familiarly with other cities, has laid aside its provincialism like a home made garment. It cannot be denied that 25 years aero Pittsburg was provincial. It seemed so, at all events, to the stranger just come from New York or Chicago. There was bustle enough, and hurry enough, and energy enough about the Iron City. Bat the busi ness which occupied it had not the compre hensive sweep of an independent city. A GBBAT WOBKSHOP. It was a big manufacturing town, and lit tle else. Its business was tributary to its mills and its glasshouses, and its business methods seemed stiffened by the amount of iron in them. The streets were thronged with the vehicles ot tramc "enn avenue seemed one of the busiest streets I had ever seen in my life. The cars had hardly an opportunity to go faster than a walking pace because of the multitude of laden wagons; but they were all iron wagons. That was it. Of the varied and multi plied businesses that go to the making up of a well-proportioned city Pittsburg had but a comparatively small share. It had the suggestions and beginnings of them even then, but they had not developed to any thing like prime importance. They have now, and they are growing stronger and stronger day by day. There is now no sug gestion of the old provincial suit of home spun, or of the homely provincial awkward ness which it covered. The strong village boy of old has become the self-confident city merchant; and he wears a bright and natty business suit of the latest cut; and he is in a hurry to get from his business place to his home and back again; and very soon he will demand the most rapid of rapid transits, and will get it. James 0. Pubdy. A School Itlnm'a Advice. During the fall of 1882, while my daughter was teaching in the country near here, she contracted a severe cold and cough. I sent her a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy and the effect was so satis factory that on her recommendation the en tire neighborhood began its use, and with the most satisfactory results, which has con tinued with increasing confidence ever since. J. H. Beiuhart, Druggist, Alton, :Kan. 50 cent bottles for sale by E. 6. Stuckey, Seventeenth and Twenty-fourth sts, Penn ave. and cor. Wylie ave. and Fulton St.; Markell Bros., cor. Penn and Frankstown aves.; Theo. E. Ihrig, 3610 Fifth ave.; Carl Hartwig, Forty-third and Butler sts., Pitts burg, -ind in Allegheuy by E. E. Heck, 72 and 194 Federal St.; Thos. E. Morri cor, Hanover and Preble aves.; F. H. Eggers, 172 Ohio St., and F. H. Eggers & Son, 199 Ohio st. and 11 Smitbfield St. 'Wsu FOUND AT LIST. A New Slake of Carpet Which for Darnblllty Sammies Any Yet Found. There is but one place now in Pittsburg where the new carpet called "Agra" can be seen. That place is at Groetzinger's, 627 and 629 Penn avenue. The Agra is similar to a 3-ply ingrain in appearance, but will outwear three of the latter. The ladies are especially invited to call and inspect this new carpet. Introduced for the first time this season, and its sales are enormous wherever sold. The sale of the Agra in Pittsburg is con fined solely to the house of Edward Groet zinger, 627 and 629 Penn avenue. She Thought She YVonld Drop Dead, bat She Didn't. Mrs. Carroll, of 89 Irwin ave., Allegheny, the lady who received the elegant Everett piano, on certificate No. 72 in the Everett Clnb, this week, was so pleased and sur prised that she remarked that she thought she would die, but she won't. We are not killing the people, only giving them a chance to get the finest piano now manufac tured at the lowest wholesale price, on pay ments of $1 per week. If vou want a fine piano, come and see us or send for circular. Alex. Boss, Manager, TVSU 137 Federal sL, Allegheny. Auction Sale Japanese Goods. Balance of annual holiday display. Large selection. Goods delivered. No. 10 Sixth street, near Suspension bridge. Wm. Haslage & Son. Bemembeb that Z. Wainwright & Co.'s ale and beer are the proper drinks for this season. Telephone 5525. tvsu A Handaome Crayon, Elexnnllr Framed, And 12 J5ne cabinet photos, all for $5, at Aufrecht's "Elite" Gallery, 516 Market st,, Pittsburg. Come early. Bemhmbeb that Z. Wainwright & Co.'s ale and beer are the proper drinks for this season. Telephone 6525. 7Su OABnrETjphotos $1 per dozen, prompt de livery. Crayons, etc., at low prices. , Lies' Gallery, TTSU 10 and 12 Sixth st You will be well pleased if you make use of the Iron City Brewing Co.'s ale and beer. competent judges pronounce them the lead iog brews. All dealers keep them. EYERT DAY SCIENCE. Activity of the Brain Hemispheres in Somnambulism. INDUSTRY OF HORSE BLEACHING. Bemarkable Eesults in the Rolling of Copper Pennies. A BICICLE TIEE TO STOP JOLTING rr BiPABinv vor the dispatch.-. Headers of The Dispatch who desire information on subjects relating to indus trial development and progress in mechani cal, civil and electrical engineering and the sciences can have their queries answered through this column. Some pychologists suppose that in the somnambulic state the hemispheres of the brain are completely asleep. Yet this is apparently inconsistent with the generally accepted theory that somnambulism is an intelligent automatism unless we give up all our present notions about the operations of the hemispheres as the organ of intelli gence. It is true that some physiologists consider the hemispheres as the seat of con sciousness, and thus it seems that if con sciousness is asleep the hemispheres should remain inactive. But the experiments of somnambulism, no less than other and kindred facts of unconscious soul-life, prove that acts of automatic intelligence are possi ble, and thus point to another solution. The piano virtuoso has the complex motions of his fingers not in his hand alone, bnt in his brain, in the storehouse of his memo ries. If he executes these movements un consciously the hemispheres of his brain do not remain inactive. Yet the activity of the hemispheric structures is not always connected with the consciousness of the cen tral soul. After a long process of conscious exercise they have become sufficiently fixed as to work automatically. Automatic means "self-moving," "self-acting," or "in dependent." Acts of automatic intelli gence are such as are performed indepen dently oi me centralization ot consciousness. Unconscious cerebration can no longer be considered as extraordinary. On the con trary, it is a distinctively normal feature of soul-life. Boxing the Ears and Its Results. The Lancet has just made another vigor ous onslaught on the injurions practice ot boxing the ears, once common in schools, but now fast and surely becoming obsolete. It is shown that serious injury may result from a slight but sudden blow. Given early and skilled attention the wound may heal very kindly, but if the beginning of mis chief be overlooked, as it often has been, further signs of inflammation soon follow, and a deaf and suppurating tympanum is the usual result. There is practical wisdom in the statement that this consequence most readily follows in the case of poorly devel oped and underfed children. In them an earache might not receive very strict at tention, and disease might for a time work havoc unimpeded. Where chronio suppuration exists already, and it is only too common, a random knock on the ear may, and has resulted, in fatal brain complications. The close connection between ear and brain should never be for gotten. The practice of striking the heads of school children is also most reprehensi ble. The writer has in mind the case of a schoolmate who was struck on the head with a ruler by a bad-tempered tutor. The tem porary effects seemed to pass away; but years after brain trouble developed, and the subject of the injury died in a lunatio asyium. A postmortem revealed the fact that the cause of death was the blow received years before. Monroe's New Explosive. The new explosive discovered by Prof. C. E. Munroe, the precise composition of which is kept a secret, is reported to have given very remarkable results in the tests tnus iar maae. xne new explosive is claimed to possess greater violence than any now employed either in blasting or military cartridges, while its chemical stability is said to be assured. It is proved to be insen sitive to any friction or percussion yet ap plied, having been exposed to the blows of a steam hammer and those ot a blacksmith striking with a sledge upon an anvil. Un like many explosive mixtures, it is de scribed to be a true chemical compound of definite composition and well-defined proper ties. Its main field . is to be in military UBei, and the discoverer asserts that the con tents of a common shell would be sufficient to rupture the heaviest armorclad afloat. Though more powerful than the explosive "A" which produced such tremendous effects at Annapolis, it is much safer. Further advantages claimed are that it is smokeless and as nearly noiseless as explo sives can be. Its manufacture is said to be simple aud to require no elaborate appa ratus. A New Induntry. A new industry has for a long time been success Tully developed in Arkansas by a gang of horse thieves. The remarkable thing about this gang was that not only was it particularly active and daring, but the horses stolen by it were never afterward re covered. A doctor who was called in to at tend one of the gang who had Deen shot in a quarrel, went by mistake into the wrong cabin. Before he could be hustled out he saw enough to arouse his suspirions. These he reported to the Sheriff, who, with a posse, managed to surround the den of the horse thieves and capture some of the gang. When the posse entered they found a horse enveloped iu a jacket made of rubber coats being treated to sulphur vapor baths. The appliances were most ingenious and worked very well. A black or bay horse would be stolen and run into the bleachery. After its color was changed and its tail and mane trimmed the disguise became so pronounced that, without any great risk, the animal could be taken in daylight through the very district from which it had been stolen. The animals were forthwith ridden out of the country. Remarkable Copper Rollins;. Some interesting trials of skill have recently taken place among the workmen employed in the rolling mills of Birming ham and Ansonia, Conn. One operative rolled an old-fashioned copper cent into a strip 18 inches long and 3.2000-inch thick. In a spirit of emulation other workmen essayed cent rolling, and the record was broken by an Ansonia roller, who, com mencing with a modern alloy cent, finished with a strip of metal 38 inches long and 1.600 inch in thickness. Afterward, with an 1888 cent, the same man obtained a ribbon of bronze 60 inches long, inch wide and 1.2000 inch thick. Trying again with a cent of this year's coinage, the Ansonia man succeeded in producing a strip 69 inches long and less than 2.1000 inch thick so thin that there was no instrument delicate enough to measure it, while it had to be glued to a strip of ribbon to prevent its breaking. Considering that the rolls used were those employed for forming great Bars of copper, it will be seen what extraordinary skill and delicacy of touch were required. A Pneumatic Tire for Bicycles. A pneumatio tire for bicycles which promises to make a new era in bicycling, is reported from Belfast, Ireland. The tire for a full roadster is abont 2i inches in diameter, and is composed of an outer covering of rubber, graduated in thickness from about a quarter of an inch where it touches the ground and protected by canvas, where it is attached to the rim, which is very broad and 1 nearly Bat. xnsiae mis covering is an inner tube, whioh contains the air. The air is pumped in with a football blower, and a patent air valve prevents its retnrn. Vibra tion is practically annihilated. It is inter cepted between the rim and the ground and consequently the frame receives no jar, ex cept when an unusually large hole is en countered. A frame so protected in said to wear out two frames with solid tired wheels, and the riders are able to use very much lighter frames without any danger of their collapsing. The Perils of Damp and Cold Beds. If trustworthy statistics could be had of the number of persons who die every year, or become permanently diseased, from sleeping in damp or cold beds, they would be astonishing and appalling. It is a peril that constantly besets traveling men, and if they are wise they will invariably insist on having their beds aired and dried, even at the risk of causing much trouble to their landlords. But the peril resides in the home, and the cold "spareroom" has slain its thou sands of hapless guests, and will go on with its slaughter till people learu wisdom. Not only the guests but the family often suffer the penalty of sleeping in cold rooms, and chilling their bodies at a time when they need all their bodily heat, by getting be tween cold sheets. Even in warm summer weather a cold, damp bed will get in its deadly work. It is a needless peril, and the neglect to provide dry beds and rooms has in it the elements of murder and suicide. Kerr Use for the Fhonosrapb. Dr. A. N. Blodgett proposes to use the phonograph for obtaining durable and trust worthy records from the lips of hospital pa tients, and also insuring the accurate deliv ery of the directions of the physician. Dr. Blodgett says: "An instrument of this kind might be made portable, and a visiting physician in a hospital might give his di rections into the funnel, when they would be recorded on a small cylinder, which can be put upon another machine, and the physi cian's directions as to treatment can thus be accurately recorded. I know how difficult it is to get full directions in the wards from the visiting physician, and here we have the means of an absolute record. In medico legal cases I think it would be of great service, because the utterances of the patient could be reproduced at an infinite period afterward, and I should suppose would be evidence in the case." A Novelty In Tramway Practice. The town ot Ontario, San Bernardino county, Cal., has a railway which passes through Euclid avenue, a broad and beauti ful street, bordered with orange and lemon trees. The avenue is some six and a half miies in length, with heavy grades as it ap- E roaches the hills. The car is drawn up ill and over the levels by a pair ol mules, but iu going down grades the mules ride and the car moves by gravity. This is effected by having a platform or truck, which runs under the car when not in use. On down grades the platform is drawn out from beneath the car, and its movable sides and guard rails are properly adjusted. The mules are then driven on the platform, the gates are closed, and all is ready for the descent. The muies quietly stand, well fenced in, while the car rapidly runs down the grade. Determining Acoustic Qualities. A recent writer, referring to the matter of determiuing acoustic qualities, says that "we have never discovered the principles applicable to the proportions of a great hall by which the voice is spread and conveyed evenly and in the most perfect manner to all parts. After the building is completed it is, confessedly and notoriously, a matter of accident, and a question to be solved only by experiment, whether it is 'good for sound.' Furthermore when the acoustic quality is not satisfactory, it is often not easy to explain why or to devise means to remedy it." Here is a field for discovery that ihould be worked out. It would ap pear that the properties of sound are still only imperfectly understood. Resemblance In Married Couple. It has long been accepted as a fact that married couples, who are not only exposed to the same conditions of lite, but the in fluence of whose minds mnst necessarily re act upon each other, assume a more or less strong facial resemblance to each other. The Photographic Society, of Geneva, Switzerland, with a view to determining this question, have made photographs of 78 young couples. The result is that in 24 cases the resemblance in the personal ap pearance of the husband and wife was greater than that of brother and sister; in 30 cases it was equally great, and in only 24 was there a total absence of resemblance. Snbitltnto lor Gum Aenela. The high price of gum acacia has caused a substitute to be sought for, aud this is believed to have been found in the mucilage of flaxseed, which seems especially adapted for the emulsionizing of cod liver oil, for which gum acacia is largely used. The treatment of the flaxseed gum consists in boiling with dilute sulphuric acid and water, and subsequently adding strong alcohol. The gum is -in the form of trans lucent, grayish-brown, brittle fragments, easily pulverized, and withont odor or taste, and thirty grains will emulsionize an ounce of cod liver oil. Slipping; of Belto. If there is anything annoying about an electric light plant, or around any ma chinery for that matter, it is the slipping of belts. An excellent remedy is to paint the face of the pulley. This can be done by using hot asphaltum or white lead made very thin with turpentine. It will adhere nicely it allowed to dry thoroughly. A thicker coat of white lead should then "be ap plied and allowed to dry thoroughly before being used. These coatings will not scale off if properly applied, and will give as good results as any pulley covering. A Lady and La Grippe. From the De Moines Mall and Express. We know a refined and cultured woman, whose modesty will not permit any newspa per to mention her name, who was as misera ble as one well could be last week. Her whole body was racked with pain. Her headache was spasmodic in character, bnt when it did ache the pain was uncommonly severe. Her spells of sneezing were frequent and protracted. The lining membrane cf the nose'wasin a high state of inflammation. Her cough, especially early in the morning, was painful, while her expectoration was copious. She had an exaggerated case of hay fever. It destroyed hr appetite and drove her at last to bed. At one time her family became seriously alarmed, as her symptoms had assumed, it was feared, a dangerous character. She refused to have a physician called, and said: "Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy had helped her out of a very bad cold," and she would try it anyhow. There was a bottle of the remedy on the sideboard, but it was half gone, and as it bad not been used for some time, it was suggested that its strength and irtue were gone. The fair patient per sisted and at last she was permitted to have her way. She began taking it in the even ing, and the next morning, though the medi cine seemed to make her slightly dizzy, she was much improved. The cough had ceased and the sneezing was infrequent, less in duration and violence. The next night she slept soundly and arose the following morning realizing that though Bhe was weak "La Grippe" had retired from the conflict. For sale by E. G. Stuckev, Seventeenth and Twentyfourth streets, "Penn avenue and corner Wylle avenue and Fulton street; Markell Bros., corner Penn and Frankstown avenues; Theodore E. Ihrig, 3610 Fifth ave nue; Carl Hartwig, Forty-third and Butler streets, Pittsburg, and in Allegheny by E. E. Heck, 72 and 194 Federal street; Thomas R. Morris, corner Hanover and Preble ave nues; F. H. Eggers, 172 Ohio street, and F. H. Eggers & Sod, 199 Ohio street and 11 Smithfield street. -wan THE GOOD OLD TIMES. Memories Revived by a Homestead in Temperanceville. CAEEEE OP FREDERICK LEEENZ. Visit to a House He Built at the Begin ning of the Centnry. THE QUAINT FDEN1TDEE AND BELICS IWKITTEH IOB TBI DISrjLTCBYl There are few, if any, now living who wereacompanions in boyhood and manhood of Frederick Lerenz, but there are, no doubt, quite a number of the older genera tion of this city, who, if they look back a little, can recall some good times spent in his old homestead situated in what is now Temperanceville. Mr. Lerenz was born in Germany, and came to Pittsburg years ago when a very young and poor boy. His first work was at glass-blowing, and with that start he kept on until, by his honesty aud industry, he founded the O'Hara glass factory, estab lished the mill now owned by Painter & Sons, and was one of the first directors of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Bailroad. At the time of his death, which occurred in 1854, he was engaged in constructing the mill at Gerty's Bun, and had become one of the most wealthy and influential men of the city. In 1800 Mr. Lerenz bought the plantation known as "Elliott's Delight" from Mr. W. Elliott, who was the original owner of Tem peranceville. The tract consisted of -about 600 acres, part of which was forest. The house, which is still standing, was situated about a mile from the cliff which overlooks Chartiers, and stood in the midst of a corn field. When the corn was in bloom all that could be seen from the Steubenville pike was a thin line of smoke which seemed to come from the midst of the corn. A one-boomed house. The house consisted of one large, low-ceiling room with a loft above and an out-shed used as a kitchen. When Mr. Lerenz bought the place he enlarged the house, or rather the room, building the additions more for convenience than looks, giving it a very disjointed appearance. Several years after this, or about 75 years ago, he again en larged the house, or I should say built an other house in front, for, excepting a ver anda whieh stands between, the buildings have no connection whatever. This veranda is more like a large square room than any thing else, for houses form the walls on either side, and the ends are inclosed by venitiau doors. In contrast to the old part ot the house stands the newer building, tall and Arm aud square, with its immense rooms and wide halls running the whole length of the building. When Mr. Lerenz built the last addition he proceeded to lay out the grounds in the most magnificent manner, cutting down the forest and planting all sorts of trees and fancy shrubs. From the house to the old "turcpike" extended a wide drive with trees on either side, which, as the years went by, grew and arched over head. A TOWK OJT THE LAW2T. Mrs. William Grace is the present owner of the place. Her first husband was Fred rick Lereux's oldest son, and since the death of her late husband, William Grace, she and her servant have lived here alone. Here the busy little town of Lerenzville has sprung up on what was once a lawn. The ward schoolhouse now stands where the old gateway once was. The property has been sold off acre by acre and lot by lot until there is now only about six acres left. The fence is almost gone, the wide walk or what is left of it, is now one wilderness of weeds. There still stands a few skeleton-like sticks of the grand old arbor, and shrubbery is running wild in every direction. Seventy-five years have effected little change in the house, except to give it a weather-beaten appearance. A broad flight of steps leads to a small balcony-like porch, with a similar one above. The old-fashioned knocker does its work as well as ever, but the old storm-doors creak and groan, as if scolding for being molested in their old age. They refuse to open, usually, so visitors are directed around to a side entrance under a long, low, rambling porch almost hidden by vines. BEYOND THE CBNTUEY MABE:. The present dining room, or the one room of the original house, which has stood for 110 vears, still clings to its old fire place with its dog irons aud crane, and with spaces each side wide enough for seats. The old moon-faced clock, which first ticked one hundred years ags and more, stands quietly in one corner, while in the opposite corner is a cupboard filled with bluj stone dishes, all cracked and seamed with age. In an other part of the room stands the high side board, or buffet, with its glittering old tea pot and sugar bowl. Mrs. Grace conducted the writer through the connecting passage into the lower hallj oi me oiner part oi tne ouiiaing. xne wans of this hall are hung with firearms and powder pouches of all kinds and descrip tions. Here are some old arms which can boast ot being in the Bevolutionary war, as well as the war of 1812. and in other .places hang old blunder busses and other horse pistols. Here is an old arm which Mrs. Grace says was carried by her grandlather while cutting down trees to weather-board his house, which was the first one ever weather boarded in this part of the country. At one end of the hall stands a spinning wheel 15 feet in circumference. Off from the hall is the parlor with its quaint old straight-backed chairs arranged along the wall in a row. Here also is the little old piano more than a hundred years old, which stood among the grand pianos at the Exposition last fall. OLD COINS AND BELICS. In an adjacent room is an old -awkward looking cabinet filled with old coins and relics of all sorts. A piece of the Plymouth Bock aud the signature of the Presidents from Taylor to Harrison are among its treasures. Near the fireplace stands another spinning-wheel with flax yellow with age on the reel. Upstairs are numerous curious chambers, with their high-posted beds, old chiffoniers and queer little looking glasses. "If these old walls could speak: " said Mrs. Grace, "what tales of good old times they could tell. In a sort ot memorandum belonging to old Mr. Lerenz, which I was looking through the other day, I saw the names of some who were visitors here. The Dennys, Schenleys, Shoenbergers, Henry, Wood and others are recorded in it. The old walls would have their tales of trouble and sorrow to tell, too, for many the coffin that has passed beneath the doors." It is an interesting old homestead and it is to be hoped it will withstand the ravages ot the elements for years to come. J. C. Beech AM's Fills cure bilious and nervous ills Peae3' Soap secures a beautiful complexion Artiatic Calendar. One of the prettiest calendars for 1890 is issued by Messrs. C.LHood & Co.,of Lowell, Mass. The calendar is ornamented with a picture of a lovely little girl, the work close ly resembling a fine water color painting. Interleaved with the pages attached to the sheet is a humorous rhymed account of a stubborn young man who long suffered be cause he refused to use Hood's Sarsparills. Special Ribbon Bargain. Pure silk Nos. 22, 30, 40, fancy ribbons, 25c, reduced from 60c, 62c, 75c, at Bosen baum & Co.'s. Fob a finely cut, seat-fitting suit leave your order with Walter Anderson, 700 Smithfield street, whose stock of English suitings and Scotch tweeds is the finest in the market; imported exclusively for his trade. su Highest prices paid for ladies' or gents.' cast-off. clothing at De Haaa'j Big 6, Wylie ave. Call or send by mail yrsu HOME AET AND AETISTS. Mb. J. H. Lauohacs exhibits a cleverly ex ecuted crayon portrait at Boyd's. Negotiations are In progress which will probably result In a number of pictures from the Belchard collection remainlne in this city. The exhibition will continue open at the Gil lespie gallery until the middle of the itsek. J. Betnbabt Is the name signed to a small painting on view at Mayer's. The subject con. slsts of the figure of a soldier In the regulation uniform of the United States army wending his solitary way along a country road. The artist would haye made this a rather noticeable pic ture bad he only contrived to throw a lltila more expression fnto the attitude of the figure. This be could easily have done had he made a carcim siuuy irom a uring model. A HrXAN skull half buried in a rank growth of swamp grass forms the subject of a painting; by Miss Schwartz, of Mount Washington. The idea meant to be conveyed by this representa tion of a fragment of mortalitv is not at onca apparent, and the work presents"a rather barren effect, as there Is nothing to be seen but the skull and the grass. Upon the skull, however, there is shown some clever painting, and ths chief fault of the herbage is a somewhat too literal greenness. Me. J. A- Saint Las another pair "' com panion pictures on exhibition at Gillcipia's. They are of a humorous character, and depict the dismal end of a little mouse-walking on the part of a predatory cat, while creeping stealth ily upon her prey. Pussy overturns a flour sifter and covers herself with flour. la the oonfaslon the mice, who haye been placidly nibbling, take the alarm and escape. Thesa pictures are not to be criticised from an artlstio standpoint, as they are slightly handled and make little pretentions to merit. Ihe art loan exhibition at the Carnegie Art Galleries wilUSn all probability, open on FeDruary 4. and will without question be one of the richest displays of art treasures ever shown In this city. Although many of the works comprising the exhibition have already been seen by those who take interest In such, matters, the major portion of the pictures will be new to most visitors. In the past ten years, and notably during the one just ended, citizens of Pittsburg bare invested large sums of money in rare works of art. both of home aud foreign production, and they are all liberal in lending them for exhibition purposes. Those in charge of the exhibition have spared no pains to make it a great success. Me. D. B. WALKXEThasstrdck a very happy vein in the work he has been turning out of late, and the picture he is now showing at Mayer's is in his best style. The subject, a pair of rural lovers on their way from the harvest field, is not a new one.but there is some norelty of expression In the manner of its treatment. In shape the picture is a small upright one. showing the figures of the voung couple in the immediate foreground. The man is shown carrying a hay rake on his shoulder. Indi cating that the hours of - toil are oyer and the time for pleasure and recreation has come. On the left of the picture, near wnere tne ngnres are seen, portion o the stem and branches of a tree are shown In relief against the sky. The soft and subdued light gives to the scene an air of quietness and re pose in perfect keeping with the character of the subject. In both color and handling the work is of a degree of merit very far above the average; in fact these qualities alono would bo sufficient to stamp it as an artistic production even if it were possessed of no other excellence. In the matter of conposition also, there is evi dence of a departure from the beaten track, while at the same time is displayed a consider able skill in combining some of the simplest landscape forms, so as to produce a strong and effective picture. Coughing IS Nature's effort to expel foreign sub stances from the bronchial passages. Frequently, this causes inflammation and the need of an anodyne. No other expectorant or anodyne is equal to Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It assists Nature in ejecting the mucus, allays irritation, induces repose, and is the most popular of all cough cures. " Of the many preparations before the public for the enre of colds, coughs, bronchitis, and kindred diseases, there is none, within the range of my experi ence, so reliable as Ayer's Cherry Pec toral. For years I was subject to colds, followed by terrible coughs. About four years ago, when so afflicted, I was ad vised to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and to lay all other remedies aside. I did. so, and. within a week was well of my cold and cough. Since then I hava always .kept this preparation in tha house, and feel comparatively secure." Mrs. Iu L. Brown, Denmark, Miss. "A few years ago I took a severe cold which affected my lungs. I had a ter rible cough, and passed night after night withont sleep. The doctors gave me up. I tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which relieved my lungs, induced sleep, and afforded the rest necessary for the recovery of my strength. By the con tinual use of the Pectoral, a permanent cure was effected." Horace Fair brother, BocMngham, Yt. flyer's Cherry Pectoral, TBXFABXOBT Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Druggists. Price $1; six bottle,$3. Some Children Growing Too Fast become listless, fretful, without ener gy, thin and weak. But you can for tify them and build them up, by the use of OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND HYPOPHOSPHITES Of Lime and Soda They will take it readily, for It Is al most as paiaxaoie as mine. And ft should be remembered that AS A. PEE- TESTITE OB CUKE OF COUGHS OB COLDS, in Bum int ulu ahu iuujis. it 3 UNEQUALLED. Amd substitution offend. oc2-2S-Hwrsa FOUR DOCTORS FAIL Mr. William Hurley, living at No. 131 Seven teenth street. Sontnside, has Bad an experience! mat almost baffles de scription. The dis eased condition ot his kidneys caused a puffy appearance under His eyes, his skin was very yellow, his feet and legs would often bloat, he had a ytrj severe pain in his back: and kidneys, which at times was so sharp that it seemed as if a knife was cut ting through them, and be would often Db. Shaver. feel very stiff and sore in the morning. His urine was men-colored, his appetite poor, and he had belching of gas after eating. His aches and pains continued to grow worse until there was hardly a spot in his body free from pain. He says: "1 bad four doctors, but all failed to give me any relief. When I began treatise with the physicians of the Polypathic Insti tute I had not been able to work for five months, and often was not able to walk: or get around in the house, except by crawling on my hands and knees. After taking their medi cines for four weeks I became greatly lm prored. and at the end of two months was en tirely cured. I could not ask to feel better than X now do. "WtLLIAJt Hubmt " Mr. Hurley is well-known in Pittsburr and his many friends will gladly testify to his condition and bis complete cure. All forms of kidney and urinary diseases, chronic dlieasea and surgery successfully treated. Office hours. 10 A. jr. to 4 r.xand 9 to St. K. Sundays, 1 to 4 P. at. Consultation frfa "dW confidential. Patients at a distant scows question blank. ."---- ....... j .o.njr. write ior a i7.TTS
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