EHB' HTTSBTJEG -DISPATCH, MOJJDAT, UEBKTTAKY - 24, " 1890;
p MEMORIAL SERMON.
JTalmage Pays an Eloquent Tribute
' to the Dead Southern, Editor.
HE DEFENDS THE SECDLAR PRESS
find Says Its Editors Can be Christians and
Accomplish Good Work.
GLADSTONE'S TIEWS ON CHBISTIAX1TI
rSFECIAL TELIQRAX TO THE DISPATCH.
Brooklyn, February 23. The Kreat
Academy of JIusic, its main floors and its
" two galleries and platform and all ap
proaches to the building were, as usual,
thronged at the preaching service of the
Eev. T. De "Witt Talmage, D.D., to-day.
Many hundreds of persons did not gain ad
' mittance.
The subject of Dr. Talmatre's sermon was:
"The Life and Death ot Henry "W. Grady,
the Editor and Orator." He took for his
text Isaiah Tiii, 1: "Tate thee a great roll,
and write in it with a man's pen." The
preacher said:
To Isaiah, with royal blood in his veins
and a habitant of palaces, does this divine
order come. He is to take a roll, a large
roll, and write on it with a pen, not an
angel's pen, but a man's pen. So God hon
ored the pen and so he honored manuscript
In our day the mightiest roll is thereligious
and secular newspaper, and the mightiest
pen is the editor's pen, whether for good or
evil. And God says now to every literary
man, and especially to every journalist:
"Take thee a great roll, and wiite in it with
a man's pen."
Witlnn a lew weeks one ot the strongest,
most vivid and most brilliant of those pens
was laid down on the editorial desk in At
lanta, never again to be resumed. I was
far away at the time. We had been sailing
up from the Mediterranean Sea, through the
Dardanelles, which region is unlike any
thing I ever saw for beauty. There is not
any other water scenery on earth where God
has done so many picturesque things with
islands. They are somewhat like the Thou
sand Islands of our American St. Lawrence,
but more like heaven. Indeed, we had just
passed Patnios, the place from which John
, had his apocalyptic vision. Constantinople
had seemed to come out to greet us, for your
approach to that city is different from any
other city. Other cities as you approach
them seem to retire, but this city, with its
GLITTEKING MINABETS
and pinnacles, seems almost to step into the
water to greet you. But my landing there,
that would have been to me an exhilaration,
was suddenly stunned with the tidings of
the death of my intimate friend, Henry AV.
Grady. I could hardly believe the tidings,
for I had lelt on my study table at home
letters and telegrams from him, those letters
and telegrams having a warmth and genial
ity and wit such as he only could express.
The departure of no public man for many
years has so affected me. For days I walked
about as in a dream, and I resolved that,
totting. home, I would, far the sake of his
bereaved household, and for the sake of bis
bereaved pro'ession, and for the sake of
what be had been to me and shall continue
to be as long as memory lasts, I would speak
a word in appreciation of him, the most
promising of Americans, and learn some of
the salient lessons of his departure.
I have no doubt that he had enemies, for
no man can live such an active life as he
lived or be so far in advance of his time
without making enemies, some because he
defeated their projects and some because he
outshone them. Owls and bats never did
like the rising sun. But I shall tell you
how he appeared to me, and I am glad that
I told him while he was in fnll health what
I thought of him. Memorial orations and
gravestone epitaphs are often mean enough,
for they say of a man after he is dead that
which onght to have been said of him while
living. One garland for a living brow is
worth more thatra mountain of japonicas
and calla lilies, heaped on a funeral
casket By a little black volume of CO
pages containing the eulogiums and
poems uttered and written at tbe demise of
Clay and Webster and Calhoun and Lin
coln and Sumner, the world tried to pay for
the 40 years of obloquv it had heaped upon
those living giants. If I say nothing in
praise of a man while he lives I will keep
silent when he is dead. Myrtle and weep
ing willow can never do what ought to have
been done by amaranth and palm branch.
2fo amount of "Dead March in Saul"
rumbling from big organs at the obsequies
can atone for non-appreciation of the man
before he fell on sleep. The hearse cannot
do what ought to have been done by chariot.
But there are important things that need to
be said about our friend, who was a prophet
in American journalism and who only a
few years ago heard the command of my
text: "Take thee a great roll, and write in
it with a man's pen."
A FATHER TO THE FATHEBLESS.
His father dead, Henry "W. Grady, a boy
14 years of age, took up tbe battle of life.
It would require a long chapter to record
the names of orphans who have come to the
top. When God takes away the head of the
household he very often gives to some lad in
that household a special qualification.
Christ remembers bow that his own father
died early, leaving him to suDport himself
and his mother and his brothers in the car
penter's shop at Xazareth, and he is in sym
pathy with all boys and all young men in
the struggle. You sjay : "Oh, if my father
had only lived I wonld have had a better
education, and I would have had a more
promising start, and there are somewrinkles
on mv brow that would not have been
there." But I have noticed tbat God makes
a special way for orphans. Ton would not
have been half the man you are if you had
not been obliged from vour early days
to fight your own battles. What other
boys got out of Yale or Harvard
you got in the University of Hard Knocks.
Go among successful merchants, lawyers,
physicians and men of all occupations and
professions, and there are many of them
who will tell you: "At 10, or 12, or 15 years
of age I started for myself; father was sick,
or father was dead." But somehow they
got through and got up. I account for it
by the fact that there is a special dispensa
tion of God for orphans. All hail, tbe
fatherless and the motherless! The Lord
Almighty 'will see you through. Early ob
stacles for Mr. Grady were only the means
for development of his intellect and heart
And lol when at 39 years of age he put
down his pen and closed his lips tor the per
petual silence, he had done a work which
many a man who lives on to GO and 70 and
80 years never accomplishes. There is a
great deal of senseless praise f longevity,
as though it was a wonderful achievement
to live a good while. Ah, my friends, it is
not how long we live, but how well we
live and how usefully we live. A man who
lives to 80 years and accomplishes nothing
for God or humanity might better have
never lived at all. ' Mathusaleh lived 969
years, and what did it amount to? In all
those more than nine centuries he did not
accomplish anything which seemed worth
record. Paul lived only a little more than
GO, but how many Mathusalehs would ittake
to make one Paul? Who would not rather
have Paul's GO years than Mathnsaleh's 969?
Robert McCbeyne died at 30 vears of age,
and John Snmmerfield at 27 years of age,
but neither earth nor heaven will ever bear
the jend of their usefulness. Longevityl
"Whv, an"elephant can beat you at that; for
it lives 150 and 200 years. Gray hairs are
the blossoms of tbe tree of life if found in
tbe way of righteousness, but the trosts of
tbe second death if found in the way of sin.
EDITOES CAN BB CHRISTIANS.
One of our able "New York journals last
spring printed a question and sent it to
many people and among others to myself:
"Can the editor of a secular journal be a
Christian?" Some of the newspapers an
swered, 2To. I answered, Yes; and lest yon
may not understand me I say. Ye), again.
Summer before last riding with Mr. Gradr
from a religious meeting in Georgia on Sun
day night, he said to me some things which
I now reveal for the first time because it is
appropriate now that I reveal them. He
expressed his complete faith in the gospel
and expressed his astonishment and his
grief that in onr day so many young men
were rejecting Christianity. "From the
earnestness and the tenderness and the
confidence with which he spoke on these
things I concluded that when Henry, "W.
Grady made public profession of his
faith in Christ and took his place at
the holy communion in the Methodist chnrcb,
he was honest and truly Christian. That
conversation that Sunday night, first in the
carriage and then resumed in the hotel, im
pressed me in such away that whenlsimply
heard ot his departure, without any of the
particulars, I concluded that he wasready
to tro. I warrant there was no frirht in the
last exigency, but that he found what is
commonly called "the last enemy" a good
friend, and from his home on earth he went
to a home in heaven. Yes, Mr. Grady not
only demonstrated that an editor may be a
Christian, but that a very great intellect
may be srosDelized. Among his Inst dring
ntterances was a request for the prayers of
the churches in his behalf.
There was that particular quality in him
that you do not find in more than one person
out of hundreds of thousands namely,
personal magnetism. People have tried to
define that quality, and always failed, yet
we have all felt its power. There are some
persons who hnvo only to enter a room or
step upon a platform or into a pulpit nnd
you are thrilled by their presence, and when
they speak your natnre responds and you
cannot help it What is the peculiar in
fluence with which such a magnetic person
takes hold of social groups and audiences?
Without attempting to define this, which is
indefinable. I will say it seems to correspond
to the waves of air Vet in motion by the
voice or tbe movements of the body. Just
like that atmospheric vibration is the moral
or spiritual vibration which rolls out from
the soul of what we call a magnetic person.
As there may be a cord or rope binding
bodies together, there may be an invisible
cord binding souls. A magnetic man
throws it over others as a hunter throws a
lasso. Mr. Gradv was surcharged with
this influence, and it was employed for
patriotism and Christianity and elevated
purposes. v
GLADSTONE AND THE GOSPEL.
You may not not know why, in the con
versation which I had with Mr. Gladstone a
few weeks ago, he uttered these memorable
words about Christianity, some of which
were cabled to America. He was speaking
in reply to this remark: I said, "Mr. Glad
stone, we are told in America by some peo
ple that Christianity does very well for
weak-minded men and children in the infant
class, but it is not fit for stronger-minded
men; but when we mention you, of such
large intellectuality, as being a pronounced
friend of religion, we silence their batteries."
Then Mr. Gladstone stopped on the hillside
where we were exercising, and said: "The
older I grow, the more confirmed I am in my
faith in religion." "Sir," said he, with
flashing eye and uplifted hand, "talk about
the questions of the day, there is but one
question, and that is the gos
pel. That can and will correct everything.
Do yon have any of that dreadful agnosti
cism in America?" Having told him we
had, he went on to say: "I am profoundly
thankful that none of my children or kin
dred have been blasted by it I am glad to
say that about all the men at the top in
Great Britain are Christians. Why, sir,"
he said, "I have been in public position 58
vears, and 47 years in the cabinet of the
British Government, and during tbese 47
years I have been associated with 60 of the
master minds of the century, and all but 5
of the 60 were Christians." He then named
the four leading physicians and surgeons of
his country, calling them by name and re
marking upon the hieh qualities of each of
them and added: "They are all thoroughly
Christian." My friends, I think it will be
quite respectable for a little longer to be
tbe friends of religion. William E. Glad
stone, a Christian; Henry W. Grady, a
Christian. What tbe greatest of English
men said of England is true of America and
of all Christendom. The men at the top are
the friends of God and believers in the sanc
tities of religion, the most eminent of the
lawyers, the most eminent of tbe doctors,
the most eminent of the merchants, and
there are no better men in all our land than
some of those who sit in editorial chairs.
And if that does not correspond with your
acquaintanceship, I am sorry that you have
fallen into bad company. In answer to the
question put last spring, "Can a secular
journalist be a Christian?" I not only an
swer in the affirmative, but I assert tbat so
great are theresponslbilities of that profes
sion, so infinite and eternal the consequences
of their obedience or disobedience of the
words of my text, "Take thee a great roll,
and write in it with a man's pen," and so
many are the surrounding temptations that
tbe men of no other profession more deeply
need the defenses and the reinforcements
of the grace of God.
THE PRESS A POWEB.
And then look at the opportunities of
journalism. 1 praise the pulpit and magnifv
my office, but I state a fact which you all
know when I say that where the pulpit
touches one person the press touches 500.
The vast majority of people do, not go to
church, but all intelligent people read the
newspapers. While, therefore, the responsi
bility of tbe ministers is great the responsi
bility of editors and reporters is greater.
Some one might say to me: "How can yon
talk thns of the newspaper press, when you
yourself have sometimes been unfairly treat
ed and misrepresented?" J answer that in
the opportunity the newspaper press of this
country and other conntries have given me
week by week to preach the gospel to the
nations, I am put under so much obligation
tbat I defy all editors and reporters, the
world over, to write anything tbat shall call
forth from me one word of bitter retort from
now till the day of my death. My opinion
is that all reformers and religious" teachers,
instead of spending so much time and ener
gy in denouncing the press had better spend
more time in thanking them lor what they
have done for tbe world's intelligence and
declaring their magnificent opportunity and
urging their employment of it all for benefi
cent and righteous purposes.
Again, I remark that Henry W. Grady
stood for Christian patriotism irrespective of
political spoils. He declined all official re
ward. He remained plain Mr. Grady.
Nearly all the other orators of the political
arena, as soon as tbe elections are over go to
Washington, or Albany, or Harrisburg. or
Atlanta, to get in city or State or national office
reward for heir services, and not getting
what they want spend the rest of the time-of
tbat administration in pouting about the
management of public affairs or enrsing
Harrison or Cleveland. When the great
political campaigns were over Mr. Grady
went home to his newspaper. He demon
strated that it is possible to toil for prin
ciples which he thonght to be right, simply
because they were right Christian patriot
ism is too rare a commodity in this country.
Surely tbe joy of living under such free in
stitutions as those established here ought to be
enough reward for political fidelity. Among
all the great writers that stood at the last
Presidents! election on Democratic and Re
publican platforms, you cannot recall in
your mind ten who were not themselves
looking for remunerative appointments.
Aye, you can count them all on the fingers
of one hand. The most-illnstrious specimen
of that style of man for the last ten years
was Henry W. Grady.
WHAT THE SOUTH HAS LOST.
Again, Mr. Grady stood for the new South.
The brsvest speech made, for the last quarter
of a century was that made by Mr. Grady at
the New England dinner in New York
about two or three year ago. I sat with
him that evening and know something of his
I anxieties, for he was to tread on dangerous
ground ana migbt by one misspoken word
have antagonized forever both sections. His
speech was a victory that thrilled all of us
who heard him and all who read him. That
speech, great lor wisdom, great for kind
ness, great for pacification, great for
bravery, will go down to the generations
with Webster's speech at Banker Hill,
William Wirt's speech at the arraignment
of Aaron Bnrr, Edmund Burke's speech on
Warren Hastings, Bobert Emmet's speech
lor his own vindication.
Who will in conspicuous action represent
the new North m he did the new South?
Who shall come forth lor the now East and
who for the new West? Let old political
issues be bnried, let old grudges die. Let
new theories be launched. With the com
ing in of a new nation at the gates of Castle
Garden every year, and the wheat bin and
corncrib of our land enlarged with every
harvest, and a vast multitnde of our popu
lation still plunged in illiteracy to be edu
cated, and moral questions abroad Involving
the very existence of our Ecpublic, let the
old political platforms that are worm eaten
be dropped and platforms that shall be
made of " two planks, the one the
Ten Commandments and the other the
Sermon on the Mount, lifted for all of us
to stand on. But there is a lot of old
politicians grumbling all around the sky
who don't want a new South, a new North,
a new East or a new West They have
some old war speeches that they prepared in
18G1, that in all our autumnal elections
they feel called upon to inflict upon the
country. They growl louder and louder In pic
portion as they are pushed back further and
further and the Henry W. Gradys come to the
front. But the mandate. I think, has gone
forth from the throne of God that a new Amer
ican nation shall take the place of the old and
tbe new has been baptized for God and liberty
ana justice ana peace ana morality ana religion.
THE CALL COMES TO ALL.
And now our much lamented friend has gone
to give account Suddenly tbe facile and po
tent pen is laid down and the eloquent tongue
Is silent. What? Isthereno safeguard against
fatal disease? The impersonation of stoat
health was Mr. Grady. What compactness of
muscle! What ruddy complexion! What flash
ing eyel Standing with him In a group ot 20 or
SO persons at Piedmont, he looked the health
iest, as his spirits were the blithest. Shall we
never feel again the hearty (jrasp of his hand
or be magnetized with his eloquence? Men ot
the great roll, men of the pen, men of wit, men
of power, if onr f riena had to go when tbe call
came, so must you when your call comes.
When God asks you what have yon done with
your pen or your eloquence or your wealth or
your social position, will you be able to give
satisfactory answer? What have we been
writing all these years? If mirth, has
it been Innocent mirth, or tbat
which tears and stings and lacerates?
From onr pen have there come forth pro
ductions healthy or poisonons? In the last
great day when the warrior must -give account
of what he has done with his sword, and the
merchant what he has done with bis yard
stick, and the mason what he has done with
his trowel, and tbe artist what he has done
with his pencil, we shall have to give account
of what we have clone with our pen. There are
gold pens and diamond pens and pens of
exquisite manufacture, and every few weeks I
see some new kind of pen, each said to be
better than the other: but in tbe great day of
oar arraignment before the Judge of quick
and dead that will be the most beantiful pen,
whether gold or steel or .quill, which never
wrote a profane or unclean or cruel word, or
which from tbe day it was carved, or split at
the nib, dropped from its point kindness and
enconragement and help and gratitude to God
and benedic'ion for man.
SATAN POISONING THE AIB.
May God comfort that torn up Southern
home and all the homes of this country and of
all the world which have been swept by this
plague of influenza, which has deepened some
times into pneumonia and sometimes into
typhus, and the victims of which are counted
by the ten thousand! Batan, who is the
"Prince of the Power of the Air," has been
Doisoning the atmosphere in all nations.
Thongh it is the first time in our remembrance,
he has done the same thing before. In 1696 the
unwholesome air of Cairo, Egypt, destroyed
tbe life of 10,000 in one day, and in Constanti
nople, in 1714, 300,000 people died of it. I am
glad that by the better sanitation of our cities
and wider understanding of hygienic laws
and the greater skill of physicians
these Apollyonlc assaults upon tbo
human race are being resisted, bnt pestilential
atmosphere is still abroad. Hardly a family
here but has felt its lighter or heavier touch.
Some of tbe best of my flock fell under its
power and many homes here represented have
been crushed. Tbe fact is the biggest failure
m the universe is this world if there be no
heaTen beyond. Bnt there is, and tbe friends
who have gone there are many and very dear.
O tearful eyes, look up to the hills crimsoning
with eternal morn! That reunion kiss will more
than make up for the parting kiss, and tbe wel
come will obliterate the goodby. "The Lamb
which is in the midst of tbo throne shall
lead them to Hying fountains of water
and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes." Till then, O departed
loved ones, promise us that you will
remember us, as we promise to remember you.
And some of you gone up from this city by the
sea and others from under southern skies, and
others from the homes of tbe more rigorous
North and some from the cabins on great
Western farms, we shall meet again when our
pen has written its last word and our arm has
done 1U last day's work and our lips hare
spoken the last adieu.
And now, thou great and magnificent soul of
editor and orator! under brighter skies we shall
meet again. From God thnu earnest and to
God tanu hasc returned. Not broken down,
but ascended. Not collapsed, but irradiated.
Enthroned one! Coroneted one! Sceptered
one! Emparadised onel Hail and farewell!
A WEAKNESS OP MANY MEN. '
Peoplo Who Like (o See Their Names In the
Newspapers.
Funxsutawney Spirit.)
The editorial puff is the gentlest, breeziest
thing about a newspaper. It encourages
many a man who is contemplating suicide
to brace up and respect himself, and hurries
others into an nntimely grave. There are
various kinds of puffs. Some resemble the
zephyr, that makes the lily bow its head
like a modest girl; some are like the
breezes, perfumed with apple blossoms,
that sway the holly-hocks; others like the
wind, tbat sweeps across the fields ot grain
and causes gentle billows to arise and lall
like ocean waves; and still others like the
tempest, tbat rives tbe knotty oak
and lashes the angry waves against the
beatling rocks. Modest people like the mild
variety. Business men the medium grade.
and actors and politicians tbe furious kind,
filled with picturesqe adjectives and
superlatives. Before tbe advent of news
papers the knights and 'squires of those
queer old times must have led a very unsat
isfactory life. Think of a man wearing out
his old irame and waiting around during all
the weary years of his profitless existence
without ever seeing his "name in the
paper." It must have been excruciating.
Most people say they do not, but neverthe
less most people do, like to see their names
in print A friend ot ours from Locust
Lane came in the other dav and said:
"I thought you would Lave my name in
the paper last week."
"On what grounds?" we inquired.
"Because," he replied, "I was thrown out
of a bnggy and fractured mv clavicle."
"Ah, ha," we answered, ''that was un
fortunate for you, bnt tbe accident was
scarcely serions enough to merit newspaper
mention."
"What?" exclaimed our friend in aston
ishment, "does a man have to break his
neck before he can get his name into the
paper?"
A FAMOUS BAND OF BANDITS
Which Monopolizes the Business of Bob
bery in Classic Greece.
From the New York Tribune.
The bandits of Greece who furnished Ed
mond Abont with the romantic material for
"The King of the Mountains," 30 years
ago, still hold almost undispnted sway in
certain parts of the peninsula. In the Pel
oponnesus, the family of Lyngos has had a
virtual monopoly in robbery for decades.
The original leader, who lost his life in 1870,
was one of the most popular leaders of his
day. His name still lives in numerous folh
songs which praise him as a genuine hero,
and recount his deeds in the most extrava
gant and flattering language. Chief Lyngos
preferred to capture his victims on Sundays,
in tbe neighborhood of the village churches.
Being a good and pious "Christian," he was
thus enabled to "kiss the cross" before
making his arrests, and thus hallow his
actions.
Lyngos' brothers, who lived in Epirus, re
mained true to the family traditions. They
were finally captured, however, and together
with 40 accomplices beheaded. Chief Lyngos
himself was killed finally by his nephew,
who gained a reputation for daring bravery
in tbe Peloponnesus almost equal to that of
his far-famed nncle. He was captured,
however, a few days ago and now awaits his
fate behind the prison bars of one tf the
villages which he often pillaged in days
gone by.
Abmoub & Co., of this city, report the
following sales of dressed beef for the week
ending February 22: 161 carcasses, average
weight 675 pounds, average price 5 47.
GOTHAMITES ELATED.
They Think it Settled That Their
City Gets the Fair in 1892.
PLANS FOR MAMMOTH HOTELS.
A Dog's life "Considered a Very Pleasant.
Kind of Existence,
PECDLIAEITIES OF METROPOLITANS
rcostnEsroxDENCE or the mspATcn.i
New York, February 22. "The world is
mine" fittingly describes the feeling of the
average New Yorker since the 110,000,000
fair bill passed. This victory has been the
means of invigorating the stagnant spirits
of anxious ones, and how since they got it
everything to be derived is to be squeezed
out like a castaway lemon.
I was talking to a gentleman who formerly
was a resident here, but of late has lived in
the West Naturally he was in favor of
the "Windy City for the universal show, but
as he believes it is to be held in the East,
be tells me he intends moving his
effects to this portion of the country once
more. He is a hotel man, and from his con
versation I inferred that his idea was to be
a lucky landlord here in 1892. Even at this
early day an impetus has been given certain
lines of business. Though New York has
hotels galore many of the most insignifi
cant affairs here would be a great boon to
some large cities it is already hinted that a
mammoth structure for the accommodation
of visitors will be built uptown, as near as
possible to the fair site. T understand it
will not be of the Jim Crow order, but more
after the Btyle and grandeur of Flagler's
Ponce-de-Leon in St. Auzustine, Fla.
It is said that $250,000,000 was carted into
Paris from foreign conntries during its last
Exhibition. Wonder how much this town
will catch if it gets the fair?
FOB A WORTHY CAUSE.
The testimonial given Marie Nevins
Blaine last week was one of the much talked
of events down here in both social and
theatrical circles. The most sorrowful
feature about it was that the lady was en
tirely too ill to attend in person, but if Bbe
had been there she could not have refrained
from giving way to her emotions from the
plethoric feeling of sorrow expressed for her
by the vast assemblage. One person present
remarked: "If James G. himself were here
he would think her as important as himseli
in the estimation of the public"
Mrs. Blaine is living in the Perclval flats,
uptown, with her mother, sister and little
son. The testimonial netted something near
$4,000, which is considered extremely lib
eral, as benefits go. Should she ever be able
to fulfill her histrionic desires, with or with
out talent, she will draw houses of good peo
ple in New York, anyway.
One of the quite new wrinkles which you
Pittsburgers have not canzht yet is the
fancy card attachment to the children in
crowded streets and stores. It is an arrange
ment made of a silken or other material, by
which the child's mother or nurse can keep
the little tot always in sight when outing or
shopping. Nothing could be more
simple. The string is fastened about
the child's waist, similar to
the "play horse" articles you buy in toy
shops, and the other end is securely held by
the person in charge. If a person wishes to
shop without being constantly in a state of
trepidation regarding her offspring, she can
use one of these useful, yet simple, affairs to
keep it in tow. In a crowded street it is put
to the same purpose. They are verv popu
lar and quite the thing among the Fifth av
enue mothers, who go ont walking with
their children now with the safety string in
place of sending the nurse. Such is this
New York life.
METBOPOLITAN NOVELTIES.
A great many old Pittsburg newspaper
men will remember Louis Winans. I met
him here recently. He is now. engaged in
the gas meter inspection with very remuner
ative results, I am told. He has a number
of practical men under him. who inspect the
meters of large business houses, and any
mistake unintentional, of course, on the
part of the gas company is detected,and
the 'company made to give a rebate. I do
not know whether Pittsburg have such an
institution as private gas inspectors, paid
by individuals, but it is in great demand
here, and New York hasn't half aB much
gas as Pittsburg.
Dogs, dogs, dogs. Everybody has a dog
in New York. At least you wonld think so
should von take a stroll on well, any place
some pleasant afternoon. Canine life is
one of luxury, and when you speak of some
person "leading a dog's life," that "some
person" wonld be out of sight in the realms
of Easy-street, as they say. The recent dog
show has left us all vieing with each other
to have the finest, prettiest, largest or small
est quadruped, and when "twa dogs" meet
on the street with their masters they ex
change scrutinizing glances, both masters
and dogs. If one outstrips the other either
in beauty or dress, collars, bows, etc., then
the intense trouble begins to brew
with the poorer possessor of the purp. Ob,
it's awful ! Why, the other day on upper
Broadway a lady was walking in front of
me, some 20 yards, and with her was a fox
terrior, neatly attired in dog dress, while on
the other side coming toward ns was a styl
ish gentleman with one of the same breed
tied to a leathern cord. The dogs and mas
ters spied each other simultaneously, stopped
still and sized the situation up.' Result:
Gentleman walks across the street, tips his
hat to lady, dogs are introduced and the
four go gaiiy up Broadway together. They
say a man's best friend is the horse. Well,
let me tell yon right here that the horse
isn't in it L. K.
ONE PLACE FOB A WEDDING EING.
A Bashful Bridegroom Who Carried tbs
Trinket In His btockine.
New York Evening Sun.'i
"The funniestmarrlage service tbat I ever
performed was last summer while I was up
in the Green Monntains on my1 vacation,"
said a clergyman yesterday. "They were a
big, rawboned, sunburned couple, and they
came to my hotel one evening just at dusk
to ask me to marry them. 'We've got a
ring, mister,' the bride whispered as the
bridal party and a lew ot tbe guests at the
hotel filed into the parlors. So I began tbe
ring service, and when I came to the proper
point I stopped and waited for the groom to
produce the ring. He evidently didn't un
derstand, and so I whispered after a mo
ment, 'Take the ring, please.' He started
and looked confused. I I can't, parson,
he stammered. 'I can't get it now.'
11 'Bnt you must,' I said; 'the service can't
go on without it'
"Without a word he dropped into a chair
tbat stood just behind him, lifted one of his
big heavy feet into his lap and beiran to un
tie his shoe. Tbe bride stood silent and un
moved while he slowly drew off the shoe
and reached down into theleg of his stocking.
After some moments' anxions search 'he
drew out a ring set with a flashy red stone.
'There' he said, in tones ot unmistakable,
relief, as he handed me tbe important ar
ticle and began to replace his footgear,
'Mary Ellen was so afraid I'd lose it that
she wouldn't let me carry it nowberes else,
an' she'd set her heart like all possessed on
bein' married -with a ring. It's a go now,
isn't it, parson?'
"And I made it a 'go' as soon as possible,
and the bridal party drove off, the bride
waving me a goodby with her big bare left
hand, on which the ring glittered and
gleamed."
Tbe Same Old Shylock.
Harper's Magazine.
An old lady who witnessed a production
of "The Merchant of "Venice" many years
ago went again recently to see the story of
Shylock enacted upon the stage. Upon her
return home she was asked how she liked
it. "Waal," said she, ''Venice seemed to
have been spruced up some since the first
time I saw it, but Shylock' just the same
mean, ordinary thing he was 40 yean ago."
THE GREAT SWAMP OF GE0KGIA.
Description of r Beaton Strangely Dismal
and Desolate.
Atlanta Journal. J
Down In the wirezrass where the stately
Georgia pine mingles with the spreading
Florida magnolia, lies the great Okeefeeno
kee Swamp, larger in extent than any
connty in Georgia and surpassing in wild
desolation the Dismal Swamp of Virginia.
No white man has ever traversed its hidden
recesses, and even tbe untamed Indians,
when they roamed unmolested the broad
savannahs of the wiregrass, sbnnned it as a
land which the Great Spirit had made to
tremble under His enrse. It is a dense
swamp,Impcnetrablea8 the jnngles of India,
where the pine and the cypress and the
maple and the black gum and the tnpelo
are clad with the darkxrray moss, and
Around their trunks the pliant rattan, the
clambering bamboo, the deadly poison oak,
the running fox-grape and the thorny touch-me-not
twist and cling and climb. Briars
of rank growth and the gnarled roots of the
sun palmetto and tnfts of luxuriant wire
grass afford a hiding place for moccasins
and scorpions and spiders. Where the un
dergrowth is not so dense near the margin
ot tbe sluggish waters, the footfall of man
or beast makes the earth tremble for a half
dozen yards in every direction, and still
nearer the quagmire becomes so yielding
that, in the expressive language of a native,
"it wonld bog a saddle blanket."
But there are some islands of high hum
mock in the Okeefeenokee where the soil is
rich, and sugarcane, corn, black seed cotton,
rice and sweet potatoes will grow in great
perfection. These nooks, or inlets of high
land, are called cowhouses. The name was
given to them because in the old times, when
tbe country beyond the Altamaha was
sparsely settled, the pioneers who owned
large herds of cattle, were accustomed to
drive them into these inlets, where they
could find abundant pasturage; and one
man at the gap or mouth of the inlet conld
guard hundreds of head of cattle from stray
ing off.
From the "Walker cowhonse the writer
has seen men with as ruddy cheeks as ever
seen in the mountains, and they claim that
it is as healthy as any part of Georgia. The
people there live in a primitive style, mak
ing an abundance of everything that is
needed, provisions and fruits. At rare in
tervals they come ont of the cowhouse to
purchase salt, coffee and tobacco, and to at
tend church meetings. Should a stranger
ever enter the cowhonse he is entertained
like a prince and nrged to return. They
are a big-hearted people, and the rights of
hospitality are sacred among them. '
THICKS OP EX-C0NTICTS.
They Alirnys Try to Make Their Peace
With the Police Force.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A peculiar practice has grown up among
convicts in recent years since the police be
gan keeping records of men and their crimes
in this "Western country. The time was
when a convict who had just been released
would avoid every man who seemed to be in
any way connected with "a police depart
ment; but they have changed their tactics
now. As soon as they are released from the
penitentiary they make their way to the
first big city they can reach and report to
the chief. Convicts leaving Jefferson City
go to Kansas City or come to St. Louis, and
as soon as they get off the train they go
straight to the Chief's office and report
Generally in the course of the conversa
tion tbey tell where they were sent from
and why, how long they have served, and
what they propose to do. They invariably
say tbat they intend in the fnture to work
and earn an honest living, and they ask if
they will be interfered with if they stay in
tbe city; whether they will be rnn in on
suspicion or anything of that kind. "Usually
those who make the loudest promises turn
up again in some scrape. These fellows
are of the hardened class.
SCISSOKS FOR TRIMMING CUFFS.
A Kcqtaest Tbnt Astonished One of Albert
Edward's Frleads.
Eugene Field, In Chicago News.
Alma Tadema is perhaps the most swell
artist in London; he lives in princely style,
is much courted, and is quite chummy with
the Prince of "Wales. He is not very pre
possessing in his appearance; in fact, he
looks quite like the prosperous tradesman.
But he is exceedingly swell, and is corre
spondingly proud of his social position.
They tell a good story about Tadema's
experience with Elihu Yedder. The latter
is a thoroughly rough-and-tumble character,
careless as to dress, indifferent to usages
and traditions, wholly insensible to the nice
requirements of society a Bohemian t a
degree. At one time he visited the Tade
mas, and the morning after his arrival at
their house Mrs. Tadema was awakened by
a rude knocking at her chamber door; much
alarmed, she aroused her husband, who de
manded in fierce tones what was wanted. It
was Vedder who was at the door, and he an
swered in a voice loud enough to heard all
through the house: "I say, Tadema, old
chap, where do you keep the scissors that
you trim your cuffs with?"
You can perhaps fancy the horror that
this blatant inquiry produced upon the
sensitive, the finical Tadema the boon com
panion to the Prince of Wales.
WHI THE STUDENTS SMILED.
A College President Make a Number of
' Amusing Blander.
Syracuse Christian Herald.
A famous college President, a clergyman,
was addressing the students in the chapel at
the beginning of the college year. "It is,"
he said in conclusion, "a matter of congra
tulation to all the friends of the college that
this year opens with the largest Freshman
class in its history." And then withont
any pause, he turned to the Scripture lesson
for the day, the third psalm, and began
reading in a voice of thunder: "Lord, how
are they increased that trouble me."
This, however, was hardly more unfortu
nate than the choice of the hymn, "Return.
Ye Ransomed Sinners Home," as the clos
ing selection of a certain American Board
meeting.
L1YE STOCK HAKKETS.
Br Telegraph.
Buffalo Cattle stronger; receipts, 163 loads
through. 4 sale. Sheep and lambs firmer and
higher: receipts, 0 loads through, 8 sale; sheep,
choice to extra prime, S3 20; good to choice,
$5 755 95; common to good, S3 255 70; lambs,
choice to extra, 8707 25: good to choice, 18 75
6 95; common to good. 16 2S6 70. Hogs active,
firm and higher; receipts, 23 carloads tbrongb.
12 on sale: mediums and heavy Yorkers, tt 25
i 30; pigs, 14 15Q 4 25: other grades unchanged.
Chicago Cattle Receipts. 2.000 head:
shipments, 1.000 head: market stead ; beeves
H 504 80: steers. $3 001 25; stockers and
feeders. $2 203 50: Texas corn-fed steer,
t3 003 5a Hogs Receipts. 16.000 bead; ship
ments, none; market steady: mixed and llgbr,
3 804 00; heavy, 3 704 02; skips, S3 00
8 70. Sheep Receipts, 3,000 head: shipments,
none: market steady: natives, S3 7505 80; west
ern cornfed, H 755 0; lambs, So 006 25.
Kansas City Cattle Receipts, 4,100 head;
rbipments, 4,700 head: market luc lower; steers,
14 2004 75: cows, SI 8002 80; stockers and feed
ers. 2 503 4& Hogs Receipts, 3.700 head;
shipments, 700 head; market 2W5c lower; all
grades. S3 6o3 72; bulk: S3 653 70. Sheep
Receipts. 100 head; shipments, nonet market
steady; good to choice lambs and muttons, 3 50
6540; stockers and feeders. 15 005 35. ,
Indiakapous Cattle Receipts light: mar
ket steady; shipper.". $2 254 60r butchers,
II 003 50; bulls. 81 503 00, Hogs Receipts,
2,000 nead; market steady; choice heavy and
medium, 13 9001 05; mixed, S3 803 95; light,
S3 9004 00. bheep Receipts light: market
unchanged at S2 00Q5 00. Lambs 13 506 00.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
When she had Children,sne gave them Castorla
p9-77-KWTSu
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
The Legal Holiday Interferes With
Trade. All Along the Line.
EGGS AND CHEESE CONTINUE FIEH
Poultry Easy on Large Receipts and Cereals
SU11 in the Old Bat.
ACTIVITI THE RULE IS GK0CEEI LINES
Office op Pittsbtjbg Dispatch, j
" HATtniDAY, February 22, 189a (
Country Prodace Jobbing Prices.
This being a day for the ventilation of
patriotism, trade matters were forced to take a
back seat In produce there was qnietness all
along tbe line. Strictly fresh eggs are scarce
and firm. Bweftzer cheese promises to go up
higher before another week is out Choice
bdtter la steady. Poultry is easier, owing to
liberal receipts. Tropical frnits are slow.
Good potatoes are firm at quotations. The
same is true ot cabbage and onions.
Buttek Creamery, Elgin, 3031c; Ohio do,
2728c; fresh dairy packed, 2223c; country
rolls, 1920c
Beams Navy band-picked beans, $2 002 25:
medinm. SI 752 00.
Beeswax 2o28c w a lor choice; low grade,
1820c
Cider Sand refined, $7 50: common, 4 50
5 00; crab cider, JS 00S 50 fl barrel; cider
vinegar, 1012c $1 gallon.
Chestnuts & 005 60 9 bushel; walnuts,
6070c Jt bushel.
CUEESE Ohio, HgllKc; New York, HVfc:
Limbnrger, 9KHc; domestic Sweitzer, 1I
lSKc; imported Sweitzer, 23c.
Egos 1516c 1 dozen for strictly-fresh.
Fnurrs Aoples. fancy, S3 0OQ3 75 ty barrel;
cranberries. Si 004 25 a crate; strawberries,
35Q40c a box.
Feathebs Extra livo geese, 5060c; No. 1,
do, 4045c; mixed lots, 5035c $1 ft.
Poultry Live chickens, 7580 a pair;
dressed, ll14a a pound; ducks, 75cSl fl pair;
live turkeys, 1314c ) lb; dressed turkeys, 17
18c t3 .
Seeds Clover, choice, 62 &s to bnsbel, 54 2U
4 40 ft bushel; clover. Urge English. 62 Bs,
S4 35(21 60; clover, Alsike, S3 00: clover, white,
9 CO; timothy, choice. 45 lbs SI 601 70; blue
grass, extra clean, 14 lbs, SI 2sl 30; blue grass,
fancy, 14 Bs, SI 30; orchard grass, 14 B SI 40;
red top, 14 B, SI 00; millet 60 Bs, SI 00; Hun
garian grass, 50 Bs. SI 00; lawn grass, mixture
of fine grasses, 82 60 V bushel of 14 Bs.
Tallow Country, 3Jjc; city rendered, ic
Tropical Feuits Lemons, common, S3 00
m 50; fancy, S4 OOffll 50: Florida oranges, S2 50
3 50: bananas. SI 752 00 firsts, SI 001 25
good seconds, fl bunch: cocoannts, S4 004 50
fl hundred; figs, 89c f ft; dates, 67c f
ft; new layer figs, l4iloc; pine apples, si 60
$) dozen.
Vegetables Potatoes, from store, 6563c;
on track, 45050c: cabbazes, $2 002 60s. barrel:
Dutch cabbage, $16 00 $ hundred; celery 40c fl
dozen; Jersey sweet potatoes, S4 254 60 a bar
rel; turnips, SI 001 25 a barrel; onions, $4 60S
6 00 a barrel. SI 501 75 bnsbel.
Buckwheat Flouh 22Jc fl pound.
Groceries.
Coffee options are still upward in New York,
and there is little doubt tbat another rise In
packages will take place at an early day.
Sugars too are firm enoueh to advance. The
movement of general groceries continnes
active, bnt prices are unchanged since onr last
report.
Greek Coffee Fancy Rio. 2324c;
choice Rio, 2122c; prime Rio, 21c; low
grade Rio, 1920c; old Government Java,
2728c; Maracaibo, 2425c; Mocha, 2930c;
Santos, 2124r; Caracas, 2224c; peaberry,
Rio, 2424Kc; La Guayra, 2424a
RoASTEDjin papers) Standard brands,24c;
high grades, 25J30c; old Government Java,
bulk. S233Kc; Maracaibo, Z7K2SKc: Santos,
2&29c; peaberry, 29c; choice Rio. 25c; prime
Rio, 24c: good Rio, 23c; ordinary, 21c
Spioes (whole) Cloves, 1920c; allspice, 10c;
cassia, Ec: pepper, 17c; nutmeg, 7080c.
Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test,7Vic;
Ohio, 120. Ko: headlight, 160, 8Mc: water
white, lOKc; globe, 1414c; elaine, l4kc; car
nadine, llc; royaline, 14c; globe red oil, 11
HKc, purity, 14c.
mixers' Oil No. 1 winter strained. 4546o
$ gallon; summer, 4043c Lard oil, 60ft5c.
Struts Corn syrup, 2629c; choice sngar
syrnp. 363Sc; prima sugar syrup, 3033c;
strictly prime, 83035c; new maple syrup, 90c
N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop. 4850c;
choice, 47c; medium. 3843c; mixed, 40Q12C.
Soda Bl-carb in kegs, 33c; bi-carb in
Ka.6Kc; bi-carb, assorted packages. 56c;
sal-soda in kegs, ljc: do granulated, 2c
Caitdles Star, full weight, 9c;stearlne, p
set 84c; parafflne, ll12c
Rice Head. Carolina, 67c; choice, 6
63ic: nrime. 6K6c: Louisiana. SfflPXc
Starch Pearl, 2Jc; cornstarch, o6c; gloss
starch, 47c
Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, S2 65; Lon
don layers, 2 90; California London layers,
12 75: Muscatels, 1240: California Muscatels.
S2 25; Valencia, 7c: Ondara Valencia, 8
kc; sultana, lie; currants, 55c: Turkey
prunes, 45c: French prunes, 610c: Salonf
ca prunes, in 2-B packages, 8Kc; cocoannts, 9
100, S6; almonds, Lan, fi B, 20c; do Ivica, 17c;
do, shelled. 40c; walnuts, napT 1415c: Sicily,
filberts. 12c; Smyrna figs, 1213c; new dates, 6
c; Brazil nuts, lie; pecans, ll15c; citron, fl
B, 1819c: lemon peel, 18c 1 ft; orange peel. 17c
Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, 6c: ap
ples, evaporated, 9c; apricots, California, evap
orated, 1516c: peaches, evaporated, pared.
2623c; peaches, California, eraporated, nn
pared, 1819c; cherries, pitted, 1313c; cher
ries, unpitted, 66c; raspberries, evaporated,
25K26c; blackberries, 77Kc; huckleberries,
1012c
bUGARS Cube, 7c; powdered, 7c; granu
lated, 6c; confectioners' A, 6c; standard A,
G-Kc: sott white, 6K6c; yellow, choice,
5mc: yellow, good, 6oc: yellow, fair, 6x
5c: yellow, dark, 5ic
Pickles Medium, bbls (1,200), SS 60; medi
um, half bbls (600). S3 75.
Salt Iso. l, w bbl. 95c; No.l ex, V bbl, SI 00:
dairy, V bbl, SI 2o; coarse crystal. $ bbl. SI 20;
HlgsW Eureka. 4-bu sack;, $2 60; Hlggins'
Eureka. 16-14 B packets. S3 00.
Canned Goods Standard peaches, $2 00
2 25: 2ds. SI 651 80; extra peache-, S2 402 60;
pie peaches, 95c: finest corn, SI 001 50; Hid Co.
corn, G585c: red cherries, 90c$l; Lima beans,
SI 20; soaked do. 80c; string do, 6065c: mar
rovfatpeas,$l J01 15; soaked peas, 70SOe;
pineapples, SI 3U1 40: Bahama do, $2 75;
damson plums, 9ac; Greengages, SI 25; egg
plnm. 52 00; California pears. S2 40; do green
gaees, SI 85; do egg plums, SI 85: extra white
cherries, ti 40; raspberries. 95cSl 10; straw
berries. SI 10; gooseberries, SI 301 40; toma
toes, S590c; salmon, 1-ft. SI 651 9); black
berries. 65c; succotash. 2-ft cans, soaked, 90c;
an green. 2 jb. ci &y&L cu corn oeei, z-m can,
52 05; 14-ftcan. S14 00; baked bean, fl 451 0;
lobster, 1-ft, SI 751 80; mackerel, 1-ft cans,
broiled, SI 50; sardines, domestic, lAs. S4 25
4 50: sardines, domestic . $6 757 00; sar
dines, imported, s, 511 5012 50: sardines, im
ported, s, $18 Ou; sardines, mustard, S3 40:
sardines, spiced, S3 50.
Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel. S36
.bbL; extra No. 1 do, mess, $40; extra No. 1 mack
erel, snore. !.': extra no.i ao, mess, M; ho. a
shore mackerel, 824. Codfish Whole pollock,
4c ft B; do medinm, .George's cod. 6c; do
large, 7c; boneless hake, in strips, 6c; do
George's cod in blocks, 67c Herring
Round shore. S4 60 H bbl.: split. taS0:lake. S2 90
ft 100-ft bbl. Whltefisb. S6 00 f 100-ft half bbl.
Lake trout, $5 50 fl half bbl. Finnan haddock.
10c 31 B. Iceland halipnt, 13c V B. Pickerel,
KbbUS200;K bbl.. SI 10; Potomac herring,
63 00 W bbl.: i-i 50 per K bbl,
Oatmeal 16
Zdp
bbL
Grnlu, Floor and Feed.
Cereal receipts for the week as bulletined
I- were 227 cars against 260 last week and 240 for
the provious week. To-day being a legal holi
day, the principal railroads gave no report of
receipts or the total for the week would have
been larger than usual. Tbe only receipts
bulletined were 1 car of corn and 2 of bay on
tbe Pittsburg and Western. There were no
sales on call to-day. Tbe cereal situation
shows no signs of improvement. Tbu drift is
toward lower prices, and from tbe present out
look onr quotations bid fair to drop a point or
two before many days. Wheat and flour are
very quiet In fact every thing in cereal lines
is in supply far beyond tbe wants of trade, and
sellers are forced to make concessions in order
to unload.
Prices below are for carload lots on track.
Wheat NewNo.2red,s2s3c; No. 3, 79
80c
Cobs No. 2 yellow, ear, new, S536c; high
mixed, new. 33K34Kc; No. 2 yellow, shelled,
old, 36K37c: new, 3334c Rejected shelled
corn, 252Sc
Oats No. 2 white, 27428c; extra. No. 3. 27
27Jc; mixed. 252Sc
Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 6354c;
No. 1 Western, 5152c
Flour Jobbing prices Fancy winter and
sprlnc patents. S5 005 60; winter straight,
S4 254 60: clear winter, S4 004 25; straight
XXXX bakers'. S3 503 75. Rye flour, S3 50
4 75.
Millfeed Middlings, fine wblte. S15 50
16 00 fl ton; brown middlings, S12 0014 00;
win'er wheat bran, S12 50Q12 75: chop feed,
S15 50016 00.
Hay Baled timothy. No. L f 11 0011 50; No.
2 do, 19 00Q9 50; loose from wagon, Sll 00 12 00.
according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay, 57 0O
8 00: packing do, 56 506 75.
Straw Oat S6 75S7 00; wheat and rye
straw, 16 00Q6 25.
Provision!.
Sugar-cured hams, large, Ec sugar-cured
hams, medium, 10c; sugar-cured hams, small.
10c; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, 8c; sugar-
cured shoulders, 6c; sueir-cured, boneless
sbonlders, Vic; sugar-cured California bams,
6Kc;sugar-cured dried beef flats, 9c; sugar-cured
dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beef
rounds. 12c: bacon, shoulders, 5c; bacon, clear
sides, 7c; bacon, clear bellies. 7c: dry salt
shoulders. 6Jc; dry salt clear Sides, 7c Mess
pork, heavy.SU 00; mess pork, family, S12 00.
Lard Refined, in tierces, 6c; half-barrels. 6c;
60-B tubs, 6c; 20-B pails, 6c; SOB tin cans, 5Kc;
3-ft tin palls, 6c; 5-ft tin pails, 6c; 10-ft tin
pails, biie; 5-ft tin pails. bc Smoked sausage,
long, 5c; large, 5c Fresh pork links, 9c Bone
less hams, 10Kc Pigs' ieet half-barrels, 00;
quarter-barrel. $3 15.
THE AWFUL MUD.
How It Haa Worried Subnrbnn 'Expressmen
The Eait End In Awful Condition
Hides Tending Downward
Tnllow Active.
Omci of Pittsburg Dispatch,!
Saturday. February 22, 189a J
The express companies which convey
goods to the Bast End have found very hard
roads to travel this winter. The condition
of streets, aside from tbe main thoroughfares,
has been such that the cost of delivering
packages to the suburbs has almost wiped
out profits, not to speakrof the wear and tear
on patience. A representative of one of the
leading companies said to-day: "I have
hilled two valuable horses this winter in
the effort to deliver goods to my East End
customers." ,
A. representative of the Chautauqua Ice
Company talked in the same strain. Said
her "This open winter has made extraor
dinary demands ou ice, at a time when we
have no desire to sell,and the cost of delivering
is doubled by reason of the wretched condi
tion of East End streets."
As a consequence of the losses in tbe local
express bnsiness the different companies have
consolidated under the title of the East End
Local Express, and from the 1st of March tbe
new company will have its headquarters ou
beTentb, arenue. between Liberty and Smith
field streets. The new company will have ten
wagons, and promises to start a wagon every
hour with packages for Wilkinsburg, East Lib
erty and all intermediate points.
Heavy steer hides still show a downward ten
dency and are a shade lower than they were
lastHatnrday. Light bides and calfskins are
fairly steady at last week's prices. From 75 to
80 per cent of the hides on the market at this
time of the year are erubby. and by reason of
tbis there is a depreciation in values of not less
than lc on tbe pound.
Said a leading dealer to-day: "There are very
few of tbe hides offered at this season tbat can
be called perfect The grub begins its work of
destruction abouttbe beginning of tbe year, and
from that time until. July there is no let np to
bis work. We hope tbat be will end bis career
sooner than usual this season."
Tallow is somewhat firmer than it was a week
ago. Last week it dropped to 4c in New York.
To-day It is quoted there at 4c with markets
active. Tbe export demand regulates prices, as
much more is produced on this side of the biz
pond tban can be used at home. The export
demand has very much improved in tbe past
few days, and tbe result is seen in stronger
markets. At Woburn, Mass., one of the great
tanning centers of the laud, there is at this
time a lockout, which has materially curtailed
the demand for light hides within a few days.
The strike ot workmen there last month, it
was hoped, was settled satisfactorily to all
parties, and the tanners bad started up in full
force. Proprietors, however, havo within a
few days resolved to stop, claiming tbat the
workmen have not lived up to their agreement
made at the settlement, of the strike. Unless
there is a speedy adjustment of the difficulty,
tbe trade in buff hides will very soon feel the
effect of the lockout.
Pittsburg Beep Company, wholesale
agents for Swiit's Chicago dressed beef,
sold for week ending February 22, 165 car-c-isses
of beef; average weight per carcass,
637 Sis; average price per fi, 6.02c.
CAUTION
Take no sioes unless
W. Ii. Douglas' name and
nrlpfl are stamned on the
bottom. If the dealer cannot supply yon.
end direct to factory, enclosing advertised
price.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHvC GENTLEMEN.
Fine Calf; Heavy I-aced Grain and Creed
moor Waterproof.
Best In the world. Examine hi a
SS.OO GENUINE HAND-SEWED SB OS.
84.00 HAND-SEWED WELT 8HOE.
83.00 POLICE AND FARMERS SHOE.
82.80 EXTRA VALUE CALF bHOE.
83.25 & 82 WORKINOMEN'S SHOES.
82.0O and S1.7S SOYS' SCHOOL SHOES.
All made In CongTess. Button and Lace.
$3 & $2 SHOES lake's.
81.75 SHOE POR MISSES.
Best Material. Best Style. Best Fitting,
Y. L. Douglas, Brockton. Mass. Sold by
FOR SALE BY
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J. N. Frohing, 389 Fifth ave. D. Carter, 73
Fifth ave. E. C. gperber, 1326 Carson st. In
Allegheny City, by Henry Rosser, 108 Federal
St., and FL G. Hoilman, 72 Rebecca st.
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DOCTOR
WHITTIER
814 PENN AVENUE. PITTSBURG. PA.
As old residents know and back files of Pittsv
burg papers prove, is the oldest establishes)
and most prominent physician In the city, de
voting special attention to all chronic diseases.
SSTSSSMQ FEEUNTILCURED
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lltLn VUUO decay, nervous debility, IackoC
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poisons thoroughly eradicated from ihe system.
1 1 pi M A D V Sidney and bladder derange
U (III infl I j ments, weak back, gravel,
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painful symptoms receive searching treatment
prompt relief and real cures.
Dr. Whlttier's life-long, extensive experience;
insures scientific and reliable treatment on?
common-sense principles. Consultation freey
Patients at distance as carefully treated as. if
here. Office hours 9 A- at. to 8 P- x. Sunday,
10 A. JT. to 1 p. M. only. DR. WHITTIER, 814
Penn avenne, Pittsburg, Pa. ,
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dress POND LILY COMPANY, No. 3 TbtMT ,
Block, 131 Woodward ave, Detroit, Mich. -'',
43old In Pittsburgh Pa bv Joseph Flash'
tag Son. Diamond and -Market sta. se2&at
Buff erlns from the effects of youthful errors; early
decay, wasting weakness, lcet manhood, etc, I will
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man who it nerrons and debilitated Address.
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