OAiWS PERILS.
ience of the Exploring Expedi
tion in Granite Gorge.
i BOAT MASHED TO SPLINTERS.
.cenea on the Bosom of the Colorado Be
tween Walls 3,000 Feet High.
HOST EXCITING BIDE OF THE TK1P
ICOEKESrOXDEN-CE OF THE DISPATCH.!
EXTLOBATIOS CAMP XO. 95. MOCTH")
or Diamond Creek, via Peach
Spbixgs, Akiz., March 3. J
We hare at last come oat into the light of
the world once more. Oar party reached
the month of Diamond creek Saturday,
March 1, and yesterday my laithful friend,
Mr. Elmer Kane, and myself came up 25
miles to this little railroad station to report
and to find out what the world had been
doing for the past three months. "Until last
night we had not seen a daily newspaper
of later date than 2foveniber 26. and you
can imagine we had many surprises.
My last letter was written from a point
just above the head of the noted and yet un
known Granite gorge of the Grand canon.
We started into its depths January 24.
This section of granite extends from a point
18 miles below the mouth of the Little
Colorado river to the southern part ol
Powell's plateau, a distance of about 40
miles, though there are patches of granite
of more or less extent all the way down the
Grand canon.
It has a peculiar form all of its own. Un
like the towering masses of granite of the
Royal gorge and Clear Creek canons, its
walls start from the water's edge with gen
erally a lew feet 10 to 50 of vertical cliff
and then slope back in a ragged, irregular
slope 300 to 1,200 or more feet at an angle
varying from a few degrees to 45 from ver
tical, with some small patches jutting out
boldly into the river and towering hundreds
of feet high, forming almost perpendicular
cliffs, or rather more accurately speaking,
thev form buttresses and towers to the gen
erally sloping walls.
A SERIES OF 3IISHAPS.
Here in this granite gorge all the mishaps
to our expedition occurred. The fall of the
river in the first ten miles averages 21 feet
per mile (the greatest average fall except in
a portion of Cataract canon) and this is con
tracted into individual falls and rapids, of
greater depth and more powerful in the con
centrated strength of their raging waters
than any upon the whole river.
We worked on slowly and carefully,
making but short distances each dav, run
ning such rapids as were considered" safe,
letting our loaded boats down by lines from
rock to rock over some, and portaging our
whole stock o supplies and lifting our boats
over the rocks in others. "We moved on
thus till January 29, when we came to the
greatest fall in the river put down in Gov
ernment reports as 80 feet in one-third of a mile
Over the upper end of this rapid we let all
Three boats down by lines in safety but as
jwe started to repeat this, for a further
distance down, boat So. 3 was caucht bv a
cross current, swept in against the rock,
turned half on her side, filled with water,
and was jammed tight between two sunken
boulders.'
"With a line tied aronnd their waist and
two men holding it, first one man and then
another (for the water is so cold one can
hardly stay in it but a few minutes) went
out npon the boat and with grappling hook
and line secured nearly all the load of pro
visions, bedding, etc Only two sacks of
provisions were washed away by the cur
rent. But the boat, although we worked
hard at her till dark, we thought lost, and
lay down to sleep, literally npon the sharp
edges of the broken granite rocks.
That night the river rose two feet and
lifted the boat loose, so that early the next
morning by a little hard work we got ber out,
and in five days' hard work we had a new
boat.
AN EVENTFUL FIVE DATS.
Five days! Shall we ever "forget them?
2f ot a moment without the awlul roar of
that mighty torrent in our ears, with' hardly
wood enough to cook our meals the last
two days' cooking done with the shavings
left from the broken boat, and the ever re
turning question, which boat will go next?
On the 4th of February we were on the go
again. The lower part of this rapid was
run in salety, and many others. February 5
we passed Bright An eel creek, and on the
6th came to the most powerful and unman
ageable rapid we have met on the river. We
portaged our supplies and followed our
nsual method of swinging the empty boats
down bylines. My boat, ICo. 1. went first,
and we came within an ace of losing her at
the start, the current being too powerful for
even five men to hold the empty boat. She,
however, after diving twice under the water, .
completely filled, came ashore in safety. To
prevent this occurence again, we adopted
Major Powell's plan in such cases of shoot
ing the boat through alone and catching it
below. Xo. 3, the rebuilt boat, was started
first. In the middle of the rapid, she
turned, partially filled with water, shot to
one side, stack against the cliff, sank in the
worst part of the rapid and came up in
pieces about the size of toothpicks.
Xext morning we carried one other boat,
JJo. 2, over the rocks and got her down in
safety. We started once more, 11 men and
two boats. We had good water for two
days and went into camp for our Sunday
rest after a week of most trying labor.
That portion of the Granite gorge from its
head to Bright Angel creek has a peeuliar
interest of its own. Karrow, dark and
gloomy, it stands at the very gateway of the
great canon as if by its very frown to keep
back the intruder and guard from vulgar
eyes and sordid greed, the grandeur, the
beauty and the hidden treasures of the lower
canon.
A SUDDEN CHANGE OF SCENE.
At the Bright Angel creek everything
changes the granite slopes are flatter, they
are of a softer black granite.cut into sharper
pinnacles and crags and seem more as if
formed of very coarsely stratified slate. The
canon is much more cut up'Bysi'de washes
and the whole country opens back into the
wildest portion of the Grand canon, where
the width at the top is from 6 to lp .miles.
Above us rise great wondrous mountains
of red, capped with cathedral domes and
spires, pinuacles,turrets and towers, in such
intricate forms and fiaming.colorstnat words
fail to convey any idea of their beauty and
sublimity. I copy for you a leaf or two
from my notebook, under date of Friday,
February 7:
The canon is crowing more and more
picturesque and beautiful the further we
proceed. The granite has lost its awful and
threatening look and slopes back in beauti
ful hill sides of variegated black, gray and
green. Above this, next to the river, is a
stratum of dark sandstone cut into sharp
horizontal layers, standing in an almost
perpendicular- wall, jutting out in places to
the edge of the granite, and stndded all over
with points standing out in the air darker
in color than those behind them and the'top
edge cut into smaller points and crevices
through which the light shines giving a
rough, beaded appearance.
As we look down the river or up a low
side canon, with the placid water between
its, polished walls ot black aud gray and
green for a foreground, there rises above the
dark sandstone tier upon tier, bench upon
bench, terrace upon terrace, stepping back
further and further and higher and higher,
and in their immensity of height and pro
portions seeming to tower almost over oar
beads. First above the darker sandstone
comes the flattened slopes of the lime and
mineralized matter in horizontal layers of
yellow, brown, white, red and green.
MAEBLE -WALLS 1,000 FEET HIGH.
Then rise sheer walls of stained marble
1.000 feet or more, the lower portions yellow,
brown and red, and the coloring ot red
growing brighter as it sears the top.
Above this are smaller benches of marble,
at the top of each a little.mesa covered with
green crass and boshes, and above these
are a dozen or more Jerraces of scarlet and
flame-colored sandstone, stained on their
outer points with black, the whole covered
with perhaps a couple of thousand feet of
the lighter gray, yellow and white sandstone
ledges, capped by pinnacles and spires, tur
rets and domes in every imaginable shape,
size and proportion, with all their slopes
covered and their tops fringed with pine,
cedar and pinion trees, whose bright green
stands out in bold relief against the flaming
colors below and the snow that capped it all.
We started out again with our little fleet
of two boats, each with a new helmsman.
All went well for awhile, when one day a
divided current drew one boat too much to
one side in front ot a rock in the middle of
the rapid. Our helmsman, Hislop, cried to
the men to pull their best. All nerves were
strained, hut to no purpose. Standing in
the bow of the boat I saw the crash was in
evitable. I raised my left foot on the gun
wale, holi'ing on with my right hand to the
life line, readr to jump clear of the boat if
she upset. Hislop made one last effort to
turn her just as she struck. She
came with a crash against the
rock just above the keel, about
three feet from the bow, right under where
I was standing, but she did not upset The
current caught her stern and she swung
around the rock like a whip. Hislop was
thrown from his seat ten feet away from the
boat into the rapid, but he was soon pulled
back into the boat. In a few moments we
were all safely landed on shore, and in a
couple of hours the hole was mended. We
portaged past the next rapid and were off
once more.
SOUTH OF POWELL'S PLATEAU.
From the southern portion of Powell's
plateau to the mouth ot the Kanab Wash
the canon assumes an entirely new form.
The granite, except in a few patches, has
sunk under the river, and the softer strata
of sand and limestones which formed the
great slopes above the granite have come
down next to the river and rise from the
water's edge in great talus slopes 300 to COO
feet high at a general angle of 40 from
vertical. The river is broader and sweeps
in gentle curves. The picture is one of
grandeur and beauty, grand with its walls
of bright colors towering 2.500 feet over
head, beautiful in its long swinging green
slopes, with the quiet water sparkling in
the sun at their foot.
From the mouth of the Kanab Wash for
about 20 miles down is perhaps the narrowest
and deepest part of the great inner gorge.
The walls of this portion rise above the
water 3,000 feet, and they are almost vertical,
the benches are narrower, and the vertical
cliffs between the benches higher than in
any other section. And yet, strange to
relate, from one end of this section to the
other there is a bench, abont 50 feet above
high water, running almost parallel with
the grade of the river, of solid marble wide
enough to build a four-track railroad upon
and not interfere with the perpendicular
walls above or the river below. But of this
hereafter.
The night before we reached Kanab the
river rose lour feet and continued to rise
fully ten feet. Just below Kanab Wash
there is a rapid one aud one-half miles long.
On Tuesday morning we started down this
rapid We made this mile and a half in
just four and one-half minutes. We then
had lor some time few rapids, but a rush
ing, singing current, forming eddies, whirl
pools and back currents feariul to contem
plate, much more to ride upon.
AN APPALLING PHENOMENON.
About 2:30 P. 21.. we heard a deep, loud
roar and saw the breakers ahead in white
foam. With a great effort we stopped upon
a pile of broken rocks that had rolled into
the river. Much to our surprise when we
went to look, the whole terrible rapid that
we had expected to see had disappeared and
only a rushing current in its ttead. While
we stood wondering there rose right at our
feet those same great waves, 12 to 15 feet in
height, and 100 to 150 feet long across the
river, rolling down stream like great sea
waves and breaking in white foam with a
terrible noise. We watched and wondered,
and at last concluded this was the fore front
of a great body of water rolling down this
narrow trough from some great cloud-burst
above. Believing that discretion was the
better part of valor, we camped right there
on that pile or rocks, fearing that althongh
our boats would ride these waves in safety,
we might be caught in one of these rolls
just at the head of a rapid and, unable to
.stop, be carried over the rapid with the
additional force of these rushing breakers.
The next morning we found the flood had
begun to recede: Alter an early breakfast
we started on what proved afterward to be
the wildest, most daring and exciting ride
we have had on -the river. The canon was
o narrow, the turns so quick and sharp, the
current rushing first on one side and then on
the other, forming whirlpools, eddies and
chutes, that our boats were caught first in
one and then in the other. Now they spun
round like leaves in the wind, then shot far
to the right or left almost against the wall,
now caught by a mighty roll and first car
ried to the top of the great waves and then
dropped into the "trough of the sea" with a
force almost sufficient to take away one's
breath. .Many times we narrowly escaped
being carried over the rapids before we
conld examine them, making exciting and
sudden landings by pulling close to shore
and with bow up stream rowing hard to
partially check oar speed, while one man
jumped with a line to a little ledge of rocks
and held on for bis life and ours too.
SHOOTING THE RAPID.
At last the expected combination comes.
We round a sharp turn and see a roaring,
foaming rapid below, and as we come in full
view of it wc are caught in a mighty roll of
flood waves. We try to pull out to an eddy
it is all in vain; we caunot cross such a
current. We must go down over the rapid.
In trying to pull out we get our boats
quartering with the current. In this posi
tion they travel a couise, first in the air,
then in the water, only to be compared to
the spirals of a corkscrew. When we find
we must go over the rapid with great effort
we straighten them round and enter in good
shape bow on. It lasts but a moment, the
cross current strikes us and we, are turned,
go broadside down over the worst part of
the rapid (which proves clear of rocks),
then, turned and twisted about, we go
through the rest of the fall in a wild, wizard
waltz, to music more weird than that of the
bagpipe.
About 11 o'clock we reached the open
country. Wednesday night we camped un
der the .shadow of what remains ot that
wonderful aud awfnl volcano. It is dark,
cold and gloomy now, but once it belched
forth its molten rock and poured it down for
miles and miles through the valley. The
appearance and form of the whole country
changes a short distance above the volcano.
From there for a distance of some 35 miles
everything has been
TORN AND BENDED.
The solid cliffs of marble which above
stood up so grand, are now in shreds. The
former pinnacles and spires have tum
bled and gone. Great faults are seen where
mountains have dropped into the bowels of
the earth and topped over as they fell. The
whole upper country looks but the sad and
awfnl reminder of its former greatness. It
certainly is a misnomer to call this section of
35 or 40 miles a "canon." It is a valley,
changed iromthe once blackened ruin into
a most charming pastoral scene.
About 18 miles above Diamond creek,
where we landed Saturday, this broken and
rended country ends, the granite comes up
once more and the noble marble cliffs stand
up in their greatness and boldness as before.
The granite only ocenrsin patches, and be
tween these the valley is wider and wider
than above.
Perhaps some one will say just here:
"You have not told us of the railroad. Can
it be built?"
Certainly; it can be built through the
Grand cauon as far as Diamond creek. The
53 miles of canon below Diamond creek we
have not seen; ot this we cannot speak. You
shall hear from us again at the Needles,
Cal. Robert B. Stanton.
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possible.
A WOMAN OF CANAAN.
The Lesson in the Savior's Answer to
Ber Bequest for Help.
HE TOILED WITHIN TWO LIMITS,
One the Boundary of Palestine, the Other
the Suppliant's Faith.
APPLICATION TO CHEISTIAN LIFE
rWniTTEX FOB THB DISPATCH.!
Christ was forever doing and saying that
which nobody expected. His dealings with
men and women, as they are described in
the gospels, were fnll of surprises. It can
be said of them, as it has been said of hu
man life, that "nothing is certain but the
unforeseen."
This fact about Christ is especially notice
able in His answers to people's questions,
and in His response to appeals. A young
man comes running to Him, of whom it is
said that he had great possessions. He is
desirous to be numbered among the dis
ciples. His life is blameless, his enthusiasm
is great; he loves the Master, and the Mas
ter, looking into his face, loves him. Here
surely is a most acceptable addition to the
little Christian company. Youth, en
thusiasm and wealth have always
been valuable elements in every move
ment. We want them in the church
to-day, and they counted for just as much
among men in Christ's day. What does the
Master do? Straightway He lays upon this
young man's shoulners the heaviest burden
He can think of. Go, He says, sell all thon
hast, and give to the poor, and then come!
And the youg man turns away, and makes
the great refusal.
But when the case in hand is that of
Matthew,a publican, a man despised and hated
by his fellow men, one from whom anybody
who wished to have any popularity or in
fluence would have kept away, one whose
presence in the company of the disciples
would be sure to handicap them in their
work and give occasion to scandal and
enmity. Christ doe not wait for Matthew
to ask admission. He calls him, inviting
him into the apostolic company and laying
upon him no burden whatsoever.
IN APrAL3 FOR HELP.
The same difference is to be noticed in the
Master's response to appeals which are
made to Him for help. Take these two in
stances which happened in the same city:
"When Jesus was entered into Capernaum,
there came to Him a centurion beseeching
Him and saying: "Lord.thy servant lieth at
home sick of palsy, grievously tormented.
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and
heal him." "There was a certain nobleman
whose son was sick at Capernaum. When
he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea
into Galilee.hewent unto Him and besought
Him that He would comedown and heal his
son, for he was at the point of death. Then
said Jesus unto him: Except ye see signs
and wonders ye will not believe."
It could not have been predicted accu
rately of Christ in regard to any word which
might be spoken to Him how He would an
swer. Nobody could tell in what attitude,
any emergency, any event, any necessity for
action or opinion would find Him. He
would have chosen Jerusalem for His
dwelling place, one wonld have thought,
the city of the temple and the priests, the
city of holiness. Instead of that, He chose
Capernaum, the city ot buyers aud sellers,
the city of secular business. He would have
fraternized, one would have thought, with
the religious people of His day, ehoosing
His friends among the rabbis, conversing
with the Pharisees. Instead of that He
directed against the religious leaders of His
time His plainest and strongest rebnkes and
kept His words of sympathy lor publicans
and sinners.
This unexpectedness was the natural
result of Christ's perfect knowledge ot men.
He looked straight into the hearts ot the
people with whom He talked, and answered
them as He saw they needed. Because He
looked beneath the surface always, so His
speech went always beneath the surface.
The superficial is for the inost part con
ventional and expected. We can predict
that well enough. Christ, in all His liie,
never once spoke a superficial word. He
could not because He .saw the heart the
heart ot man and the heart of truth.
WHAT THE UNEXPECTED IS.
In proportion as any man knows men and
sees into the soul of truth, in that proportion
will his words and actions contain this same
element ot unexpectedness. Greatness mani
fests itself in the unexpected. For the un
expected is simply au expression of a way of
looking at things different from our way.
Year in aud year out, the common sights of
nature and the common experiences of life
enter into our thinking. We think about
them in the common way, pot going beneath
the snrlace. But the poet looks out at life
and nature and it has all a different look to
him. The man of thought, ot genius, sets
down his impressions ot these common sights
and facts and suddenly they are transfigured,
or rather they are translated and interpreted
so that at last we catch their meaning. It is
a new meaning which we had not thought
of before. It is the unexpected.
"Behold a woman of Canaan came out of
the same coasts, and cried unto Him, say
ing: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thon Son
oi David, my daughter is grievously vexed
with a devil. But He answered her not a
word. Aud His disciples came aud be
sought Him, saying, send her away, for she
crieth alter us. But He answered and said,
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the
house ol Israel. Then came she and
worshiped Him, saying, Lord help me.
But he answered and said, it is not meet to
to take the children's bread and to cast it to
dogs. And she said: Truth, Lord, yet the
dogs eat of the crumbs which lall from their
master's table. Then Jesus answered, and
said unto her: O woman, great is thy faith;
be it unto thee even as thou wilt."
Here, emphatically, is the unexpected.
That Christ, who came to help people who
needed help, should have returned no an
swer to this poor mother's piteous need; that
He, who upon so many other occasions heard
and heeded so many appeals like this that
the writers of the gospels have no numbers
to set beside the healings, should here have
hesitated to help; this is unexpected, indeed,
now to explain it.
Suppose uow, that in the presence of this
singular incident, we must be as silent as
the Master was at the beginning. Suppose
we were to think about it to the end of our
thoughts, and to read what everybody else
who has thought about it has written,
and still find no good answer; what would
we say? We might say that Christ was
moved, as we might have been, in the first
place by prejudice, and then by pity. He
re ; used the woman's request because He was
a Jew and she was an outsider; and then He
granted it when He saw how very much' in
earnest she was, how persistent and how
deeply troubled.
That would be to measure Christ by our
own selves. And if the small can accurately
measure the great by their own selves; if
the sinner can adequately pronounce npon
the motives oi the saint; if the mind of the
untrained thinker is a measure for the mind
of the philosopher; then we can say of Christ
that He showed here some such weakness as
we might have showed.
The truth is, however, that we stand in
the presence of the Master. The unex
pected, it is altogether likely, means only
that He sees deeper than we do. And if Tr'e
cannot understand the'reason for His words,
it is not because there is no good reason in
them. The untrained thinker may say that
there is no meaning in a paragraph which a
great philosopher has written, because bis
untrained mind cannot discover it, but the
meaning is there, nevertheless. It is alto
gether likely that the limitation is in onr
own minds. In the words of the great, the
profound aud unexpected are natural. In
deed, we expect the unexpected.
And so we come to the difficulties which
present themselves in Christ's dealings with
the woman of Canaan. Why did Christ first
DISPATCH,
hesitate to help, and then presently, as it
yielding to persuasion, help? The answer to
this two-fold question is in our Lord's own
words.
the eight explanation.
"I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel," is the reason why He
hesitated. "O woman, great is thy faith,"
is the reason why He helped. Christ helped
within a certain" limit; outside that limit,
He did not help. The woman came within
that limit, and got help. This is what we
have to study.
It is an evident fact that Christ limited
His personal ministry to the boundaries of
the province of Palestine, and to members of
the Jewish church. Only upon rare occasions
such as the present, did He depart outside
the boundaries ol this limitation. The same
rule wnich He observed Himself,. He set for
His disciples. Only within the same con
tracted limits, only" to the honse of Israel
were they to go. Even the cities of the
Samaritan they were not to enter.
It is equally evident that along withthis
limitation went the purpose of the widest
universality. Nothing is more remarkable
about the words of Christ than their contin
ual reaching out and taking everybody in.
The field is the world. The religion of
Christ is for all nations. He is the light
which lighteth every man born into our
human life. Somehow, then, the limited
and the universal were reconciled in the
thought of Christ. He set limits that thereby
He might reach out and touch all sides of
the world. I think we can understand that.
Christ recognized the value of limitations.
Whoever gets any good work done in this
world gets it done by recognizing the value
of limitations. Whoever would help men
must help a man. The fire warms the room
because it is within the limits of the grate.
The man who knows a little about every
thing contributes nothing to the knowledge
of his generation. He is not the man who
makes the discoveries. The Christian who
makes a resolution "to be good," or to enter
upon any general new coarse of conduct is
not the Christian who gets on toward saint
hood. Nobody gets much inspiration from
the example ot such a Christian. There is
nothing to take hold ot. The way to the
knowing of something that will help men is
along the path of limitation.
NOT IN THE BY-PATHS.
A hundred gates must be shut and barred,
which lead into paths alone which one would
like to go. One gate and one way must
be chosen and resolutely lolloved. To be
"professor of things in general" is to sit
in a chair to which no man could look
for an oracle, to know one thing and to
know more about it than anybody else is the
way to be of intellectual use to one's gener
ation. That is what I mean by the value of lim
itation. If we learn aright the lesson of
Christ's life, limitation is the initial con
dition of good work for God. In onr own
homes to be by word and good example
preachers of righteousness, within the small
circle of our acquaintances to give what
help we can, to uplift whomsoever we can,
to learn what lessons are there set for us
this is His way who lived in the narrow
province of Palestine.
He had come to help the world, but He
chose to do it by helping a lew people in the
small towns and country villages ot
Syria. And out of that helping
has grown the Church. Christ
helps us to-day because He helped
Peter and James and John and a few others.
Christ recognized the value of limitations.
"I am not sent," He said, "but unto the lost
sheep of the house oi Israel." That was the
method along which He worked.
But even within the contracted bounda
ries of Palestine Christ did not help every
body. Beside and within the limit which
He set for himselt there was another limit
which was set torhiin. There was anotherlimit
not written down and measured out in any
geography, but established in the heart of
man. Some, Christ could not help. There
were villages in which He could not heal
nor help anybody. It was because the bar
rier oi unbelief was built between His bless
ing and man's need.
THE LIMIT OF FAITH.
All work of helping others is done within
the limits of their faith. All influence waits
upon appreciation, upon confidence, upon
the open heart We know ourselves how with
some people we are at our best, and speak
our truest thoughts, and give out the worth
iest that is in us, ana go away conscious
that we have left a benediction behind ns.
With others we are constrained, silent, un
helptul. So we get to realize this fact of
limitation which we read of in the lite of
Christ.
The Master may have hesitated on ac
count of the limitations which He had
wisely set around His work. For the
woman was a heathen. Bnt it seems nearer
the real truth to say that He hesitated be
cause of the limitations which human faith
and un faith set about Him. "Jesus gave
the woman what she wanted," says a wise
preacher, "just as soon as it was possible for
Him to give it. He was not holding it, as
it were, behind His back, watching her face
to see when was the best moment for Him to
give it to her. He was telling of a genuine
impossibility when he said, "I am not
sent bnt to tbe lost sheep of the house of
Israel." He could not give her what she
wanted then; but when by her belief in
Him she had crossed the line and become
spiritually one of His people, then the im
possibility was removed, and we may even
say, "I think He could not help helping
her."
We are all the time limiting the benedic
tions ol God. God's hand waits upon our
hearts. To the closed heart comes no bless
ing. To the open heart, to the heart of love
and faith, God is always waiting to be gra
cious, and is always just as gracious as we
will let him be, gives His richest gifts. "If
thou canst believe all things are possible
to him that believeth."
George Hodges.
A 30 Cent Cure for ItuoumnlUm.
Persons tronbled with rheumatism should
read the following Irom Mrs. N. M. Peters,
of East Des Moines, la. She tys: "I had
suffered with rheumatism the greater part of
the time for nearly seven years. At times I
was almost helpless. I doctored aereat deal
for it with physicians and tried electric
belts, patent medicines and almost every
thing that is recommended for rheumatism.
Finally a neighbor advised me to try Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, and was so sure it
would help me that I procured a bottle. It
did help me, right from the start; but it
took five 50 cent bottles to cure me, so you
can guess how bad I was, as one or two bot
tles will cure any ordinary case."
For sale bv E. G. Stucky, 1701 and 2401
Penn ave.; E. G. Stucky & Co., cor. Wylie
ave. and Fultoust.;Markell Bros., cor. Penn
and Frankstown aves.; Jas. L. McConnell
& Co., 455 Fifth ave.; Theo. E.Ihrig.3610
Fifth ave.; Carl Hartwig, 4016 Butler st.;
John C. Smith, cor. Penn ave. and Main
St.; Pittsburg, and in Allegheny bv E. E.
Heck,72 and 194 Federal st.;Thos. E. Morris,
cor. Hanover and Preble aves.; F. H. Eg
gers, 172 Ohio St., and F. H. Eggers & Son,
199 Ohio st,, and 11 Smifhheld st. wrhsu
The figures of the New York Life Insur
ance Company, as published elsewhere,
show a growth as marvelous as it has been
continuous, and a present strength aud
volume of business that furnish the most
ample guarantees to intending insurers.
Clinlllcs! Clialllrs!
Almost all fast colors,6 cents,6cents,6 cents.
Knable & Suusteb, 35 Filth ave.
Dress Goods A complete assortment of
all the newest and most stylish foreign and
domestic fabrics. Hugus & Hacke.
ttssu
Come to Hauch's jewelry store this week
for bargains. All goods marked in plain
figures. 295 Fifth ave. WFS
Parlor suits, easy chairs and couches re
upholstered in latest goods. Send lor sam
ples. Hatjgii & Keenan, 33 Water st. ,
All the latest novelties in silverware at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fi.th ave. WFS
Bedroom suits from $16 upward can be
seen at the Michigan Furniture Company,
437 Smithfield it.
SUNDAY,
SATISFIED AT LAST.
Judge Ewing Compliments the Grand
Jury on Its Excellent Work.
HE LIKES TBE SPEED IT SHOWED.
License Hearings to he Fired Through at
an Announced Bate.
OTHER KEWS FE01I THE COURT HOUSE
Judge Ewing, when the grand jury made
its return, yesterday told them their work
was practically finished. He said they had
evidently clearly nnderstood the necessity
for much work, and in the two weeks of
their term had accomplished more than any
grand jury within his recollection, and had
done it just as well as if they had taken four
weeks. The petit jurors were also thanked
for their faithful attendance. The grand
jury will be discharged Monday.
Inferring to hearing of license applica
tions, His Honor said that on Monday they
would hear the applicants of the First ward
and the first 20 of the Second ward. They
would announce from day to day who were to
be heard. They desired that only the appli
cants to be heard and tho parties interested
come to the courtroom, as they did not wish a
crowd which impeded business. The hearings
will take place in tho extra courtroom, where
they were held last year.
A remonstrance against the application of
Samuel McMunn and John Luchineer, of Wall
station, was presented yesterday by Superin
tendent Pitcairn, of tbe Pennsylvania Rail
road, and allowed to be filed. Mr. Pitcairn
stated tbat the company is building large shops,
a transfer station and yards at Wall, and have
a great number of men there. It will also be
the dividing line of the freight traffic between
the east and west on tbe Pennsylvania Railroad
system, and a large number f encmeers, fire
men and other trainmen will be there a good
aeal of their time. It wonld be a very danger
ous place to any person under tho influence of
liquor because of the many tracks and trams.
He said be disliked In his official capacity to
make such a remonstrance, but teels it a duty
he owes, not only to bis company and the
traveling public, but to the employes, as even
the best ot men, witbont the restraint of home
and family influence, are liable to fall when
crowded and huddled together as they will be
at this point.
WORKHOUSE AND JAIL.
The Portion of a Lone Ilt of Offender!
Againit the Law.
Judges Ewing and Magee passed the follow
ing sentences yesterday: Owen Lattimer, felo
nious assault and battery, 18 months to the
workhouse; John Connors, entering abuilding,
one year to the workhouse; Thomas Holly, for
the same offense, sentence suspended; Thomas
Riley, larceny, six months to the workhouse;
James Ferguson, same offense, four months;
George Owens, aggravated assanlt and battery,
six months; John Coward, assault and battery.
$25 fine and costs; Frank McMahon, larceny
from the person, three years to the Western
Penitentiary; Joseph Trunger. Jr., aggra
vated assault and battery, $15 and costs;
Jacob Harris. larceny. two months
to the workhouse; tialvadore Ricke,
felonious assault, six months: Emory
Godfrey, aggravated assault and battery, 1
month: Henry Thompson, aggravated assault
and battery, 1 year; John Thompson, larceny,
2 months: Patrick Butler, same, 2 months to
jail: Michael Graham, same, 3 months to jail;
Albert Jones, borsa stealing, 1 year to the
workhouse: J. R. Callaman, larceny from the
person, 6 months to the workhouse;O.S. Davis,
same offense, same sentence; James McMullen,
larceny, 2 months; John Kuoivr, Felling liquor
without license and on Sunday, 550 fine and
4 months to tbe workhouse.
Phillip Rosenthal was tried in Judge Ewings
court yesterday afternoon, and found guilty of
embezzlement. He canvassed orders for en
I arging pictures andjcollected the money on de
1 ivery. He was found guilty of retaining a
part of tbe collections. He was sentenced to
pay a fine of 64 cents, the cost of prosecution
and spend two months in the workhouse.
THE GEA.ND JUKI'S WORK.
A Largo Grist of Indictment Fonnd and
Severnl Bills lenorod.
Tho grand jury yesterday returned a true bill
against ex-Mayor Robert Liddell for aggra
vated assault and battery. The information
was made by Mrs. Honora Clark, who alleged
that Mr. Liddell assaulted and ejected her
from his brewery. The caso was -before the
last grand jury, and the bill ignored, but It was
returned for further action on the petition of
Mrs. Clark, who claimed that Mr. Liddell had
been talking to tbe grand jurors. True bills
were returned against Giles Collins on eight
charges ot receiving stolen goods: Phoebe Col
lins, ten charges of larceny: Ann Wilson, seven
charges of larceny and Thomas Wilson, five
charges of receiving stolen goods.
The - informations were made by
H. J. McCracken, E. S. Pollock and E. &
Thomas, who charge tbem with stealing and
receiving shoes and other articles. The parties
aro residents of Homestead. The other true
bills returned were Francis Mankedick, misde
meanor, in not having a competent mine boss
in Ins coal mine, as required by law; George
Holmes, Charles Truiner. larceny; Tbomas
Frances, aggravated assault and battery; Al
bert Sweinbart, relonious assault and battery;
S. R. Hlte, selling liquor without a license.
Tbe following bills were ignored: Mike Cor
nelly. John Greig, John E. Jones, assault and
battery; Charles Downey, aggravated assault
and battery; George Price, larcenv by bailee;
H. D. Errenberg, Louis Hofflind, D. Luty et al,
Tbomas Moore, Charles A. Schultz, B. Schafer,
Leopold Wegnind, John Weiskercher, selling
liquor without a license.
DON'T WANT A BOEOUGH.
A Petition Filed Asninut tho Incorporation
of Dnqnrsne.
A petition was filed yesterday asking for the
incorporation of tbe borough of Duquesne. A
number of residents and property owners filed
a remonstrance against it, stating that they
own most of the real estate within the proposed
borough limits, and would havo to bear tbe ma
jority of the expense without a proportionate
share of the benefits.
Among those objecting were the Howard
Plate Glass Company, Allegheny Bessemer Steel
Company and Duquesne Tube Company.
Morula j' Tilnl LUts.
Common Fleas. No. 1 Trayford vs Haas et al
Mellor & Hoeno vs Craig et ux; Rees & Sons
vs Staib; Musgravo vs Descalzi Bros.; Tassey,
administratrix, vs Roessing; Scheiuman vs the
.iEtna Insurance Company; McCracken & Son
vs Harnberger: Wheeling Soap Company vs
Ainsworth; George vs Stiliey; Child3 vs Mc
Keesport borough: Woog vs Greeg et al;Po
terievs Pennsylvania Construction Company;
Krebs. for use. vs Davison; McGinness et al vs
Pontall; Huffnagle vs Miller; Chapman vs
same; Bteinbrunner vs Pittsburg and Western
Railway Company.
Common Pleif. No. 2 Raltz vs Chapman;
Scanlon vs Baugbinan; Household Credit Com
pany vs Walker: Heinz vs Reinecke; Varner
et ux vs Kreiling; Kress vs Maeder.
Monday's Audit List.
Estate of Accountant.
Julias Wolff. Theressa Wolff.
Isabel Frye Frances Frye.
Ann M. Schmidt I M. Cashing.
liobert Thomson John Francles.
John N. Schubert Charles lteitz.
Thco. P. Matthews W. J. Norris.
I'hllip Ftcliter Martin Blttman.
John H. Ortuian T. L. K. Ortman.
John Magee. 1. McAfee.
11 Flanegln Ellen Flancgln.
Notei From tbe Court Honsp.
Frank R. Stonee, W. A. Challener. George
W. Flower and G. C. Hartman, j esterday, were
admitted to tbe bar.
The bearing in tbe habeas corpus case of
Sarah Ann Edwards, was continued unti.
March 22, at 9:30 o'clock."
James A. Cullex yesterday sued for a
divorce from Anna Cullen, alleging desertion.
A divorce was granted In the- cabo of Jacob
Ritter against Clara liitter, in which desertion
was charged.
T. B. At-corn, Esq., yesterday filed bisjre
pnrt In the United States Court as auditor ap
pointed to distribute tbe proceeds derived from
the sale of tbe prOpertv of the Carbondale
Street Electric Railway Company, sold on an
execution. Eight claims for labor had been
filed, but tbey were not allowed, as the work
was not performed within six months of the
date of the Marshal's sa'e, as required by law.
Rosa La Bella and John Dell wero tried
jointly before Judge Maeee. They were
charged with Immoral conduct and larceny.
Tbe couple are Italians, and it is alleged they
took some S600 and a lot of jewelry from Mrs.
La Bella's home, which was the property of
ber husband, and tbe couple then eloped. Tbe
case was not given to the jury until 6 o'clock,
when court adjourned and a verdict will be re
turned on Monday.
HE WAS SURPEISED.
The Great Work Achieved by Drs.
Copeland & Blair in the
CASE OF MR. CHARLES MILLER,
"'Where can I get a square meal at a
reasonable price?" is a question that often
agitates the minds or our busy citizens when
the wants of the "inner man" arc demanding
recognition. Judging from the throng pres
ent when the writer was in the place yester
day, Miller's restaurant, at 123 Fifth ave
nue, is deservedly popular with the general
public Mr. Charles S. Miller, one of the
proprietors, was seated behind tbe cashier's
desk when the writer, after settling his
check, passed the compliments of the day,
and inquired as to his health.
"I am feeling well and as sonnd as a new
dollar," replied Mr. Miller, "and T have
Drs. Copeland & Blair to thank for my
present healthy condition."
"How does that come ?"
Mr. Charles Miller, US Fifth avenue.
"Why I had suffered for 18 months with a sore
mouth and tongue. I began to treat for it in
November, 18SS. I was under one doctor's care
six montbs without obtaining any relief. I
left him and tried another, with the same re
sult. In all I went to five different physicians,
but received no benefit. In fact, my condition
became worse. I was advised by a friend to
try Drs. Copeland A Blair. There were1 ulcers
on my tongue and mouth, varying in size from
tbe head ot a pin to others as large as a three
cent pieco. Often I would have topoftenmy
food in some liquid before I could eat it. There
was a heavy feeling at my stomach, as of a
weight pressing; down, especially after eat
inp. In the morning I would wake up with
a stinging sensation in my mouth, and 1 would
tbink tbe mucous membrane was peeling off my
tonguo. After consultation with the doctor,
and passing through a thorough examination,
he pronounced my trouble catarrh of the stom
ach, and I placed myself under bis care.
The result was truly wonaerf ul. I bad been
under treatment but a short time when I began
to experience a relief, wbich soon developed
intu a perfect cure; and I am to-day sound and
well. I owe my recovery to Drs. Copeland and
Blair, and think they are the people to treat
catarrhal affections. I shall be glad to prove
my statement to any person who may write or
call to see me."
Mr. Charles Miller, whose home is at Red
man's Mills, Pa., can be seen at any time dur
ing the day at his restaurant. No. 123 Fifth ave
nue, Pittsburg, a few doors above Smithfield
street, and this interview readily verified. Dr.
W. H. Copeland is personally in charge ot bis
extensive practice, and can be seen daring of
fice hours by persons wishinz to consult with
him on tbe various diseases he has made his
specialties.
HOME TREATMENT.
Jacob Altmeyer, of Risber, opposite McKees
port. Pa., states: "1 commenced treatment for
ray catarrhal trouble with Drs. Copeland &
Blair on June 29, 18S9. I now feel like a differ
ent man, and shall be pleased to state my case
and recommend their treatment to anyone ad
dressing me."
Mr. William Barnes, of Hickman. Pa., was
afflicted with catarrh, and had lost all sense of
taste and smell. He was under the care of
Drs. Copeland & Blair, and now states: "I am
perfectly well, and owe my recovery to their
treatment."
Mr. Harry Phillips, of Hulton, Pa., has this
to say of his successful treatment for catarrh
with Drs. Copeland & Blair: "I was in very bad
shape, but now feel like a different being, and
as well as I ever did in my life."
DOCTORS
T
mrattfif
u
1I1U
Are located permanently at
66 SIXTH AVENUE.
Whero tbey treat with success all curable cases.
Office hours 9 to 11 A. M.;2 to 5 p. M.; 7 to 9
F. 21. (Sundays included).
Specialties CATARRH, and ALL DIS
EASES of the EKE, EAR, THROAT and
LUNGS.
Consultation. $1. Address all mall to
DRS. COPELAND & BLAIR,
mhl6-Tussu 66 Sixth ave.. Pittsburg, Pa,
Is an absolute necessity of a
refined toilet in this climate
MEDICATED
Combines every element of
beauty and purity.
SOLD KVJEITSrVVHEIRlC.
fe20-39-TTSu
TEN POUNDS
IiV
TWO WEEKS;
THINK OF IT!
As a Flesh ProrlnrM iota ran hn
uv ucauuu dui mat
- . iJ vi..""y . - --
Of Pure God Liver Oil and Hypophosphltes
Of Lime and Soda
is without a rival. Many, have
grained a pound, a day by tho use
CONSUMPTION,
SCROFULA, BRONCHITIS, COUGHS AND
COLDS, AND ALL FORMS OF WASTING DIS
EASES. AS PALATABLE AS MILK. I
Be sure you get the genuine U there are I
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poor tmiumons.
OC3-S8-XTIIB
COMPLEXION
POWDER
IffLpsbfeUi'iI up
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
NEW ADYER.TISEMEJTS.
INTERESTING AMD POPULAR
Low Prices for this Week in
the Following De
partments :
Cloaks, Capes, Wraps and Jackets.
Fine Cloth Capes, all shades,
All Wool Stockinette Jackets,
Fine Broadcloth Jackets, -
Old Ladles' Cloth Wraps, -
Cliildren's Reefer Jackets, -
Children's Jersey Jackets, -
Ladies' Feasant Cloaks, -
Also novelties in Ladies' Sills Waists, Jerseys, Blazer Jackets,
Fancy Shards , Capes, Wrappers and Tea Gowns arriving and
opened daily,
(Cloak Parlor Second Floor Take Elevator.)
Kid Glove Specials.
Ladies' Four-Button Kid Gloves, all colors, at 69c per pair.
Ladies' Eight-Button Mousquetaire Kid Gloves in Tans, regular 85o
quality, at 69c per pair.
Ladies' Four-Button Kid Gloves, hand sewed, in Brown and worth
81 25, at 99c per pair.
Ladies' Seven-Hook Kid Gloves, in Colors and Black and worth 81 25,
at 99c per pair.
Ladies' Seven-Hook Suede Gloves, in Colors and Black and worth 82 25,
at 81 75 per pair.
Ladies' Seven-Hook Suede Gloves, in Colors and worth 81 75, at 81 49
per pair.
Ladies' Four-Button Suede Gloves, in Colors and Black and a regular
81 75 quality, at 81 24 per pair.
Children's Four-Button Kid Gloves, in Tans and worth 75c, at 50o per
pair.
(GIoto Department Main Aisle. Sixth Street Entrance.)
Umbrella Bargains.
TJie yeiv Graffa, warranted fast black, 26 inch, at 89c.
T7ie New Graffa, Large Oxydized Handles, at $1 39.
Gloria Cloth, 99c. Gloria Cloth, Faragon Frame, Oxydized or Gold
Handles, $1 49.
Windsor Silk, Oxydized or Natural Sticks, $2 49.
Windsor Silk, Sterling Silver Handles, $3 75.
Eureka Silk, $3 49. Black handles for Mourning al $1 89.
Eureka Silk, Gold, Oxydized or Natural Sticks, 26 or 28 incli, at
$4 99.
(Umbrella and Parasol Department End of Main Aisle, Sixth Street Entrance.)
Gents' Furnishings.
Scarfs, 4-in-Hands and Tecks, at 24o, worth 50c.
Scarfs, 4-in-Hands and Tecks, at 49c, actually worth 81-
The New Novelty, "Satin Stripe" Shirts, sold elsewhere at 81 25, at 98a
Our Famous "Town Talk" Shirt at 43c.
Our spring stock of Men's Underwear is now complete. It comprises
everything in Silk, Lisle Thread, Balbriggan, Merino, Cotton and Light
Weight Wool
(Gents' Furnishfnes Main Aisle, Sixth Street Entrance.)
Ladies' and Children's Knit Underwear.
Children's Swiss Bibbed Shirts, worth 15c, our price lie each.
Children's Swiss Bibbed Shirts, extra fine and worth 25c, our price
16c each.
Ladies' Jersey Bibbed Vests, worth 25c, our price 15c each.
Ladies' Stvits Bibbed Vests, in WJiite and Black, worth 40c, ouv
price 20 each.
Ladies' 3(erino Vests, mediumweight, worth 50c, our price 39c each.
Ladies' Merino Vests, Extra Fine, and worth 75c, our price 49c each.
(Knit Underwear Department First Aisle to Left, Main Entrance.)
Hosiery Department.
Ladies' Fast Blaok Hose, splendid value and worth 20c, at 14c a pair.
Ladies' Balbriggan Hose, full regular and worth 25o, at 19o a pair.
Ladies' Fancy Hose, Black Boots, seamless, at 24c a pair.
Ladies' Black Brilliant Lisle Hose, all sizes, at 39c a pair.
Examine our line of novelties in Silk and Lisle Hose from 49o up.
Children's Fast Black Hose, sizes 6 to 8 1-2, at 12 l-2o a pair.
Children's Black Lisle Hose, split feet, all sizes, 40o goods at 24c a pair.
Also a full line of Children's Silk Hose at prices always the lowest
Gents' Balbriggan Hose, Seamless and worth 20c, at 12 l-2c a pair.
Gents' Fine Balbriggan Hose, double soles, heels and toes, at 24c a pair.
Gents' Lisle Thread Hose, in modes and tans and worth 60c, at 35o a
pair.
Gents, we have an elegant line of Black Silk Hose at 49c, 59o and 74o
a pair.
(Hosiery Department Main Aisle, Sixth Street Entrance.)
Corsets and Corset Covers.
Our 74c Corsets noio 49c each.
Our $1 25 Corsets now 74c each.
Our $1 75 Corsets now 99c each.
Our SI 98 Corsets notv SI 25 ea.
Our $2 25 Corsets now $1 49 ea.
All the popular makes and per
fect fitting.
All perfect fitting, made of Fine Muslin anil Cambric and finished
with embroidery. Unequaled values.
(Corset Department Left ot Main Aisle, Penn Avenue Entrance.)
Ladies'
All of our 19o Short Aprons down I All of our 25o Short Aprons down.
to 9c each. to 14c each.
And another lot of those Elegant Aprons at 24c and 49o each.
(Muslin Underwear Department Main Aisle, Penn Avenue Entrance.)
Ladles' Neckwear, Ruchings, Etc.
All the latest styles in JDirecloire and Vandyke BucJiings.
Tinsel Buchings in great variety.
All the latest styles in Ladies' Collars the Bed Fern, etc.
a large assortment of Embroidered Collars and Cuffs, in sets for
ladies, misses and children. And a full line of Ladies' and Chil
arews xies n au me luicsz eiyies.
See our Elegant Embroidered Ties (all colors) at 69c each.
(Neckwear and Ruchings First Aisle to Right. Penn Avenue Entrance.)
Notion Department.
A wide-awake Notion Department replete with everything useful,
needful or necessary for the work basket or sewing room, and at prices
lower than the lowest.
(Notion Department-First Aisle to Right, Sixth Street Entrance.)
Bric-a-Brac Department.
A source of pleasure to our many Fatrons is our j?W..r-
"Brae Hepartment, noio on main floor and first aisle to left of Slzth
aiccb c(unir;
SPECIAL.
One lot elegant hand-painted Scarfs at 99c and 81 49
each. The intrinsic value of these cmnrt i 4nr. rirmMa
the price asked for them. Special
display ot Easter Novelties.
DANZIGBR'S
THE M0NEY:SAVING STORES FOR THE PEOPLE,
Sixth St. and Penn Avenue,
iu '.n PZETSBTJRO-, A,
.jFf
- - -
-
$2 09 to $15 OO
3 3D to 10 OO
2 74 to 16 OO
7 OO to 15 OO
2 49 to 5 OO
3 00 to 8 OO
7 OO to 35 OO
Our 25c
each.
Our 50c
each.
Our 79c
each.
Our 99c
each.
Corset Covers now 15c
Corset
Corset
Covers now 25c
Covers now 39c
Corset Covers now 49c
Aprons.
Also,
Also,
attention is directed to our elegant