ifiRAZRD INTO CEIME.
iWorse Than Fiendish Work of a
German Painter in Allegheny.
.A CHILD'S BKAISS DASHED ODT
Bj Her Stepfather, Who Conldn't Bear
i He Sight of the Little Girl.
A HOERIBLE AEIiT-MOKSING MURDEE
A brutal child murder was committed
hefore daylight yesterday morning.by Franz
Grade, a German painter living on Shady
avenue, in the northwestern part of Alle
gheny. The house where the murder
occurred is only about 300 yards from the
place where the murdered infant of Agnes
Taukert was found, less than a month
0.
At a few minutes after 4 o'clock yester
day morning, Police Officer Philip
McDonough, who lives on Shady avenue,
was wakened from his sleep by a
hammering on his door, and he
was told that a family had been
murdered up on the hill. The Grade house
stands on the south side of Shadv avenue,
on a hill, about a quarter of a mile west of
the Eleventh ward schoolhouse. Mc
Donough hurried to the place. He is well
acquainted in that neighborhood, and knew
Franz Grade well. "When he reached the
vicinity of the house he found Sirs. Sophia
Grade, the wi'e of the murderer, and his
two brothers, Wilhelm and Herman, stand
in? on the sidewalk in front of the house.
ANGUISH OF A MOTHEE.
The woman was thinly clad, her feet were
bare, her hair down, her night dress and
face bespattered with blood, and she was
moaning, wringing her hands, and wildly
talking in German. William Carlin, who
lives in a new house just opposite Grade,
had been awakened.'and was dressed and
out.
Mrs. Grade would not talk English. Her
brothers said that Franz had killed the
cl'jldren and was still in the house. The
house was dark in front, but when the offi
cer went along one side he saw a light in the
cf liar windows. He broke open the kitchen
lor. Grade had locked it after his wife
fad escaped. Officers McDonough and Car
f n struck a lisht and explored. In thebed
Inom, which was the second room from the
front on the first floor, a horrible spectacle
Tfas discovered.
Theroom is small, uncarpeted and meanly
furnished. There are in the room two beds
and a cradle. In one bed Grade and his
.wi'e had slept with the youngest child, a
boy of 2 years. In the other there had
slumbered little Lissa Heffner, 8 years old,
j the daughter of Mrs. Grade by a first hus
band, and a Grade girl, 4 years old.
X HOEEIBLE SIGHT.
The children lay in their disordered bed.
Bobbing. The bed clothing was spattered
Tvith blood. On the floor lay the dead body
of little Lissa. It was a horrible sight. The
skull was crushed as if it had been a hickory
out shell, and face and clothing were cov
ered with blood. On the floor were two
pools of still warm blood. The head of the
cradle was broken to piece?, and the frag
ments were thick with blood and hair.
The maddened man had seized the child
by her ankles, and swinging her as one
would a sledge, had battered out her brains
against the head of the cradle. The
blue marks left by the man's
6trnng finger.) were visible on the thin
while ankles of the girl. The foot of the
bed where the two girls slept was directed
toward the side of the bed of the parents
and only ahout two feet distant, so that it
seemed that Franz Grade had leaped out of
bed hastily and grabbed the child by her
ankles, because her feet were nearest to him.
FOUXD IN THE CELLAR.
Officer McDonough descended to the cel
lar. Here he found the bloody husband and
father. Grade had carried both lamps to
the cellar and placed them upon a box. He
was seated upon another box. His eyes
were rolling wildly. In his hands he held
a butcher kniie, a case knife and two ordi
nary table forks. He was passing the in
struments from one hand to the other.
McDonough strode up to Grade and said:
"Frank, give me those things." Grade
arose and handed them to the policeman.
Grade was then led upstairs and to the front
door, and the patrol wagon was called.
"When the prisoner saw the wagon coming
he began to struggle, but he was powerless
in the hands of the robnst policeman. It
was about 5 o'clock when the man was
placed in the Allegheny lockup. He talked
wildly and fought with the officers. He
was put in a straight jacket. Affr the
arrival of Chief Kirschler in the forenoon,
the jacket was removed and handcuffs were
put on the man. He acted more sanely
when the Chief talked with him in German,
and said that he had killed the girl. He
did not know why or how he had done it
the motiieh's stokt.
About 11 o'clock Chief Kirschler and
Detective John Murphv visited the distant
scene ot the murder. The house was sur
rounded by excited women, with a few men.
Mrs. Sophia Grade was found at the house
of her brother-in-law. Herman, with her two
children. She was taKen to the City Hall.
It was only after much stubbornness that
she talked with the Chief. She showed fear
of the vengeance of her husband's brothers.
She saM that her husband came home
early from work Friday evening; that he
was sober, but plainly either out of his
mind or greatly disturbed about something.
They quartered about the eldest girl, which
Franz did not like because it was not his
child. Until 10 o'clock the painter sat by
kitchen stove and read a German book on
witches and the black art. This book was
found in his bed yesterday morning, and
neighbors say he was accustomed to read
such books.
Alter going to bed there was further
quarreling, but Mrs. Grade went to sleep.
She was awakened by the shriek of her
daughter. She saw her husband on the
floor, holding the child by the ankles.
FLED FKOSI THE HOUSE.
She leaped out ot bed and fled to Herman
Grade's house. She said that her husband
had quarreled nightly, and generally came
home drunk. The woman was held until 3
o'clock in the aiternoou, when she was sent
back to her house in the care of Undertaker
Ebhert.
Franz Grade and his wife have been mar
xiea over five years. He is 33 vears old and
the 45. They have been iu this country
about five years. Franz is an expert painter
and grainer. He has three brothers
in Allegheny, "William and Herman,
who lie near him, and Albert, who
lives further away. The brothers are said
by the police to be roisterers, who drink
heavily and often get into row?. Franz was
generally considered the quietest of the
jonr, but his quietness was of the sullen,
morose order. He owns the lot where his
house stands, and had paid for all the cost
of house and lot except 5600. At her hus
band's request, Mrs. Sophia Grade wan con
fined in the insane department of the Alle
gheny Poorhouse from November 3, 1887,
Jor six days. She was not thought to be in
sane, except as the temporary result of ill
treatment.
ACTED AS IF CEAZT.
Alderman Hupp, of Shady avenue, re
ported to Chief Kirschler that Grade had
visited his office Friday afternoon, and acted
as if he were crazy. The Alderman told the
painter's brother to take him home.
Mrs. Graff, who formerly occupied a part
of the Grade house, related stories of the
couple's quarrels. Similar accounts are
given 4y Mr. and Mrs. "Wolfe, who until
two weeks aco rented the second floor olthe
' house. These and other neighbors hive
been summoned to appear before the Coro
ner, at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, for
the inquest. Coroner McDowell visited the
house about noon, and ordered Grade's com
mitment to the county jail for murder. He
was taken there, strongly ironed, at 2
o'clock.
Herman & Ebbert, the undertakers, re.
moved the body ot the dead child to their
rooms during the afternoon. It will be re
turned to the Grade house this morning,
and the funeral will be held there.
TIIE MTJEDEEEK IN HIS CELL.
Franz Grade commenced last evening to
give the idea that he was insane, and, with
considerable method in his madness, stared
at the turnkey fixedly for a couple of mo
ments without moving a muscle. He then
looked at the blood-stains on hi shirt and
asked: "Have I been in a fight? "What's
the matter?"
He then paced his cell, muttering to
himself and from time to time standing at
the door and gazing fixedly into space.
The opinion is that he is playing the in
sanity dodge and, a close watch is being
kept upon his movements.
IEON KATES NOT EEDUCED.
Bond Unwilling to Give I lie nocklae Taller
a Differential.
George McCague, of the Lake Shore road,
returned yesterday morning from the meet
ing of the Central Traffic Association in
Chicago. The question of allowing differen
tials to the Hocking Valley oa coal was dis
cussed, but the local lines are not willing to
grant any concessions. As the settlement
of this problem has a direct bearing on the
reduction of the 40-mile limit, the coal men
are anxious about it. Another meeting .of
railroad men will be held iu Cleveland to
morrow. Nothing was done with the "Western rate
on iron. Some of the roads in the associa
tion desired to make the tariff lower by
putting iron into the fifth and sixth classes,
but other lines objected and no conclusion
was reached. The feeling seems to be gen
eral among local freight agents that the
iron rates should not be changed. At a
meeting of the Trunk Line Association, to
be held in New York on Thursdav, the
question will be further considered. Repre
sentatives from the Central Traffic Associa
tion will be present.
A thin vein operator, in talking about re
ducing the limit, yesterday said: "I wouldn't
be surprised at all to see the railroads bre.ik
away from each other and make their own
rates. The Hocking Valley demands a dif
ferential, but the local roads are not willing
to grant it The Hocking Valley people
have made agreements with the lines for the
past two years, and have admitted that they
broke each one of them. Naturally their
competitors haven't much faith uowin their
good intentions. Until this question is set
tled there is not much to hope for in a re
duction of the limit"
W. II. B4KKEK,
Fine Wall Papers, 503 Market Street.
This season's fashions in wall paper seem
very prolific in new ideas. The artistic in
genuity of designers seems rich in results of
a very high character. The figures are in a
bold style and the harmonies preserved in a
remarkable degree. One line of special
styles peculiar to this house comprises tones
ot color in side walls, ceilings, frieze, etc,
with patterns and tints reproduced in car
pets and curtains which match in every par
ticular. These special ideas are found in
rich assortment at Mr. Barker's, beside all
the multifarious patterns which have given
to the wall-paper field a marvelous name in
the artistic world.
Special decorations for all the rooms in
your house are more lavishly displayed than
ever, and the taste which has always char
acterized this firm seems more fully devel
oped this year than ever. "With the largest
stock,most complete aggregation of patterns,
from the cheapest paper to the most ex
pensive, Mr. Barker offers to the public op
portunities which should meet with uni
versal favor. An inspection of the new
spring designs will prove very interesting to
seekers after novelty.
, An Advertisement
In another column of the Dispatch is
published an item headed "strong
language." It is an advertisement, but is
worth reading. Chamberlain's cough
remedy, ot which it speaks, has become
very popular in Pittsburg and vicinity. The
advertising in the Dispatch has produced
a demand for it, and those who bought it
were so much pleased with the results that
they recommended it to others Messrs. F.
H.Eggers& Son, Druggists of Allegheny
City, say that two-thiidsof their sales ot
this remedy are now to persons of this class,
and they sell twice as much of it as of Sany
other one medicine they handle, tvxhsu
Every Train
"Which steams into Union depot brings with
it big carloads of new spring clothing
marked for "the P. C. C. C." Never was
there such a grand assortment of clothing
(comprising meu's fine suits and spring
overcoats) under any one roof. In all a
magnificent array of salable goods, which
must be sold. They don't mark clothing at
a higher figure and wait lor customers to
buy, but the prices are at once made so low
as to demand attention and throng their store
with purchasers. See their wonderful line
of men's $10 suits. Nothing to equal it
P. C. C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the new Court House.
Romodellnc Sale
On account of remodeling we will offer for
the next 20 days our complete line of decora
ted table and toilet ware, fancy odd pieces
for table use; also our immense stock of
handsome ornaments at greatly reduced
prices. A call will convince you that this
is a bona fide sale.
Chas. Eeizensteiit,
152, 154 and ICG Federal, Allegheny.
TTSSU
A Visit to tlio National Capital.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will run their
third excursion to the national capital on
April 3, leaving Pittsburg at 8 A. M.;
also 7:15 and 8:10 F. 31. Bate for the round
trip 9, tickets good 10 days, with privilege
ofstopoff at Baltimore in either direction.
Parlor cars on day train, sleeping cars on
night trains. Later'date April 24.
Reduced Rates Via the P. d: L. E.R. R.
On Monday, March 17, St Patrick's Day.
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad will
sell tickets to Pittsburg and return at one
fare for the round trip, tickets good to re
turn until the 18th inclusive.
Cxcnrslon to Washington City.
Remember the excursion next Thursday,
March 20, via B. & O. R. R., rate ?9 the
round trip, tickets good to visit Baltimore.
Trains leave at 8 A. M. and 920 P. M. Se
cure your parlor and sleeping car accommo
dations at once.
Black Goods An elegant line of
medium and light weight novelty and staple
fabrics shown this week for the first.
TTSSU HlJGTJS & Hacks.
The Only Entrance
To our stores is now on Market ft.
ROSENBAUM & CO.
If you are going to leave the city have
your lurniture packed by Haugh &
Keenan, 33 and 34 "Water st Phone 1,626.
Cask paid for old gold and silver at
Hauch's. No. 295 Fifth aye. wfs
Broadcloths, all wool, 45 inches wide,
only 37)4 cents.
Unable & Shtjsteb, 35 Fifth ave.
Cabinet photos 51 per dozen, prompt de
livery. Crayons, etc , at low prices.
Lies' Gallery,
TTSu 10 and 12 Sixth st
FOR a finely cut, neat-fining suit leave
your order with "Walter Anderson, 700
Smithfield street, whose stock of English
suitings and Scotch tweeds is the finest in
the market; imported exclusively for his
trade. su
Highest nrices nnM far l4dia Tni'e
cast-off clothing at De Haan's Big 6, "Wylie
aye. iaii or sena uy mail. wsu
Broadcloths, all wool, 45 inches wide,
only 37 cents.
' Xxable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth aye.
COFFEE AS JEWELS.
Jhe Price of the Brazilian Bean
Climbing Up Quite Rapidly.
VERY LOW STOCKS TOE CAUSE.
Too Little on the Market to Allow the For
mation of a Combine.
CONSUHEES K0T PINCHED HDCH IET
If all signs fail not, and there is no proba
bility from present indications that they
will, the number of consumers of coflee will
be considerably lessened as the cycles of the
present year drift along. The prices are ex
pected to advance until, as one dealer ex
presses it, the familiar commodity will be
sold in the drug stores instead of the gro
ceries, before the year is out, and it the
present difficulty reaches over into next
season the populace will have the '"beans"
set as jewels in finger-rings, breastpins, etc.
For some time past coffee has been stead
ily advancing in price, and within the last
five or six weeks has bounded upward to the
extent of from 2 to 2J cents a pound. The
price previously was about 17 cents, but at
present it ranges in the vicinity of 1X and
19 cents per pound.
The retailers, however, have been making
but few changes. Their margins on coffee,
it is understood, have always been very
narrow, and when the market prices ad
vanced they made but little, if any, increase
as far as they were concerned, as they were
of the opinion that the present boom would
die out, and the market lapse back to its
former level. However, the expected
change has not taken place, and the market,
instead of depreciating, is steadily advancing,
an advance must he made.
CAUSES OP THE JUMP.
An attempt was made yesterday to get
opinions as to the course retailers will pur
sue. It was taken for granted that they
would have to advance their prices in ac
cordance with those of the wholesalers, but
to what extent was the important point
A number of those seen by The Dis
patch reporter admitted that they would
have to raise the price, but just how much
they did not as yet know. They thought
the public had no right to object, as they
had been holding the price about the same
as usual in the face of big advances by the
wholesalers.
A call was made at the establish
ment of the Dilworth Brothers, on Penn
avenue, to get some information as to
the cause ot the advance. One of the
firm stated that the small stocksall over the
world, with only moderate receipts in Rio
coffee, with the possibility of a small crop
to come, was the main cause. Speculation,
it was averred, had nothing to do with it, as
there was not a "corner" known of at pres
ent in the market; in fact, from all indica
tions, what little there was could not be
placed in such position that a combine
could be made of it
THE STOCK AT PRESENT.
Mr. Dilworth endeavored to furnish exact
figures to sustain this opinion, and finding
that impossible gave the lollowing as an es
timate of the stock at present on hand in the
port ot New York, the United States and
EuroDe: In the first place named there is
at present about 112, 000 bags ot Rio, which
is considered a very light stock. In the
United States the total stock at present is
about 325,000 bags, where there should be or
dinarily at least 800,000. In Europe that
is, iu the principal ports there is now, all
told, about 1,300,000. Their ordinary sup
ply should be at least three times that
amount.
Mr. Dilworth attributed the light stock
to the bad crops of the past three seasons.
When interrogated as to whether, in his
opinion, the recent troubles in Brazil had
anything to do with the case, he said: "I
think not In fact I am certain of it
There has not been the slightest diminution
in the traffic between Brazilian ports and
those of other countries. The recent change
in the Government was accomplished in
such a rapid and complete manner that ex
ports never ceased tor a moment. Under
the circumstances the advance in the coffee
market can in no way be attributed to that
cause. However, that is not saying the
difficulty may not arise again, and if it
takes such a;form that war or pillage re
sults, that would certainly have influence
on the market
STANDING ON SLIPPERY GROUND.
"Bv the way, that recalls a conversation I
had with a gentleman who has recently
arrived from Brazil, where he lived for
quite a time. He expressed the opinion
that there is no doubt that the Republic
will have a short life. The people of the
different sections have no sympathy with
each other, and as some of the districts are
faraway from railways, and require two,
three or more weeks in reaching them, the
difficulty in holding such a widely scattered,
aud in most cases semi-uncivilized populace
together can be imagined.
"In case the trouble, which I think is
really expected arises, look out for coffee
prices that will be astomshers. As it is,
there is no telling how high the price will
E.
"I received word to-day that friends of ours
in New York have sent agents to Rio de
Janeiro, with orders to buy up, if possible,
20,000 bags of the 90,000 that are in stock
there. The agents have been placed under
no restrictions as to price, and they will be
willing to pay 1 cent more a pound than is
at present demanded."
At Arbuckle & Co. 'a about the same
opinion was expressed as that given above.
SPECIAL.
Important to Piano nnd Organ Bayers.
Haying quite a number of the followins
makes of pianos and organs, viz.: Chicker
ing & Sons, Hallet & Davis, Wheelock,
Paul G. Mehlin & Sons and Stuyvesant
pianos, and the celebrated Farrand & Votey
organs; also have quite a fine lot of second
hand pianos and orgaus on hand, all ol first
class makes, I am offering special induce
ments to buyers in the way of extremely low
prices, and on easy terms, in order to dispose
of entire stock before removal to New Temple
of Music, 79 Fifth avenue, ou or before
April 1. Now is the opportunity to pur
chase a piano or organ at such an extremely
low price as will not be presented again.
Those wishing to take advantage of the
above will do well to call early and secure
choice of instruments at J. R. Henricks'
Temple of Music. 435 "Wood street, between
Fifth aye. and Diamond st
THE LATEST FROM ALLEGHENY.
Everett Piano Club Ccrilflcale No. 250,
Held by L. B. Finley, Rochester, Pa., is
entitled to the Upright Grand Everett piano
this week on payment of $1 per week. "We
have a lot of good pianos on hand, such as
"Weber, Knabe, Chickering, Kranach &
Bach, Hazelton, Ha'mes Bros, and others,
which we have taken in exchange for the
Everett These pianos are as good as ever
they were, but we need the room aud will
close them out at almost any price, and will
make terms to suit you. Call this week and
make a selection. Alex Ross,
tusu 137 Federal st, Allegheny.
Irishmen, Attention !
'Tis St. Patrick's Day to-morrow. Shall
you be in line? "Whether or no you'll be
pleased to know that Gusky's will give
away free to-morrow, to every man, woman
and child visiting the store, a beautiful
satin shamrock. Be sure you get one.
A labger guaranteed cash return to the
policyholder than is offered by any other
company, on a low rate policy, is contained
in the new distribution policy ot the New
"York Life Insurance Company.
Do you need a spring medicine? Try
Wundfam's herb powders and pills. Drug
gists, 25s.
THE GRANT BAKQUET.
Prospectus of the Occasion Sent to Mem
bers of the Americas Club by the Com
mittee Yesterday Details Jo a Stuto or
Active Preparation.
The notices to the members of the
Americus Club, with the announcement of
the fourth annual dinner, April 26, next,
the 68th anniversary of the birth of General
U. S. Grant, were sent out by the Commit
tee of Arrangements yesterday. The out
look for this dinner is most gratifying.
Even this early the committee has every
reason to believe that the dinner will sur
pass any yet given in the number of distin
guished guests.
To enable the members an early opportu
nity of securing seats, the plan will be
placed on sale at the clubhouse, No. 417
Wood street, Saturday evening, Starch 22,
at 7:30 p. m. sharp. Price of seats 88. If
there are any seats remaining after this sale
they can be secured from the committee
who will have the plan at the clubhouse on
Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday after
noons, March 24, 25 and 26, from 4 until 5
o'clock of each of these days. Slips have
been inclosed and a reply has been asked
for as to the number of seats each member
desired. The replies received so far to thp
committee in the first 24 hours foot up 100
seats.
The caterer, decorator and printers are
hard at work iu an earnest endeavor to
make their work excel any previous dinner
given by the e'.ub, aud there is little doubt
but that they will succeed.
The plau of the tables has been made out
earlier than usual that all seats may be sold
and a diagram printed with the names of
the gentlemen who will be present The
banquet will be at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel.
It is now beyond all question that Senator
Quay will be present. He has written to
Pittsburg friends announcing his determi
nation to come. The most prominent or
ators in the nation will tickle the ears of
those who are guests.
LoTrcr Passenger Rnies to the West.
All ticket agents in Pittsburg and
throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio and "West
Virginia are now selling tickets to points
reached by the Union Pacific system via
either Kansas City or Council Bluffs and
Omaha at the greatest reduction in rates
that has been offered to the public for years.
The following are names of cities reached
best by the Union Pacific system and to
which fates are reduced the most: Denver,
Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Leadville, As
pen, Cheyenne, Ogden, Salt Uake City, He
lena, Butte, Anaconda, Portland, Salem,
Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane Falls,
Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Ange
les. For maps, rates and full particulars call
on or address H. E. Passavant or Thos. S.
Spear, T. F. & P. Agents, 400 "Wood street,
Pittsburg, Pa.
The Excitement Slill TJnnbntrd.
The large crowds flocking to the great
bankrupt assignee clothing sale, at 10
Sixth street, near Suspension bridge, almost
blocked the sidewalk yesterday. The rush
was so great that our force was not large
enough to wait on all. "We found ourselves
compelled to secure additional belp for to
morrow, and are prepared to satisfy all
comers. The balance of the 5100,000 worth
of fine tailor-made clothing must be sold by
order of the Court, and there is still a
chance for those not supplied to secure styl
ish, well-made clothing for almost nothing.
Sweethearts, tell your lovers; wive, tell
your husbands; mothers, bring your chil
dren, for this is a chance of a lifetime.
It is impossible to mention every
thing, but here are a few of our
many bargains. 61 cents will buy men's
iron-clad working pants. SI 29 will buy
men's good cassimere pants, in light and
dark colors. $2 28 will buy men's all-wool
dress pants, a selection of 30 styles, light and
dark colors. $4 17 will buy men's good
serviceable cassimere suits, in light and
dark colors. $5 40 will buy men's good,
blue flannel suits in all sizes, warranted
fast color. $6 00 will buy a first-class busi
ness suit, sack or cutaway. Your choice of
13 styles, light and dark colors. 37 53 will
buy an all-wool fashionable dress suit, sacks
and cutaways, in all the leading styles.
$8 39 will buy an extra fine imported fancy
worsted, diagonal, corkscrew or wide
wale suit We have them in sacks,
three or four-button cutaways in all sizes.
$10 50 will buy a superfine, tailor-made
silk or satin lined dress suit, a large vari
ety to select from. $11 16 will buy A 1
fancy worsted, diagonal, tricot or corkscrew
Prince Albert suit (satin faced), equal to
custom make. 17 cents will buy children's
knee pants in all sizes. $1 08 will buy a
child's good, durable cassimere suit, all
sizes, light and dark colors. $3 23 will buy
a first-class stylish bov's suit, light and
dark colors, age 13 to 19 years. Thousands
of other bargains, that cannot be mentioned
here,will be sold in proportion to the above
mentioned prices. It will pay you to call
and judge for yourselves. Bear in mind
that this is the greatest bankrupt assignee
sale that has ever taken place in this city,
and the goods must be sold, by order of the
Court Look for the sign of the Great
Bankrupt Assignee Sale and the number, 10
Sixth street, near Suspension bridge, Pitts
burg, Pa. Take Notice All goods sold at
private sale. No auction. Store open from
7A.1I. until 9 at night. Saturday until 11
at night. This sale lasts for a short time
only. Car fare paid to all purchasers resid
ing out of the city.
Kotr Pntents.
O. D. Levis, Patent Lawyer, of No. 131
Fifth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., reports the
following patents. Established 20 years.
D. T. Wilson, Green Tree, Pa, car
coupler; Edward Scott, Pittsburg, Pa.,
steam engine; Amos B. Palmer, Allegheny,
Pa., sawtooth; S. & W. Moltrup, Beaver
Falls, Pa., die and die holder, for drawing
steel rods; Thomas Midgley, Beaver Falls,
Pa., wire mat; L M. Jones, Greensburg,
Pa., pike hanger; Win. M. Cooper, Alle
gheny, Pa., apparatus for casting steel; H.
II. Bell and W. Armstrong, Martinsburg,
W."Va., railway car heater: Henry Aiken,
Homestead, Pa., metallurgical plant A
patent guaranteed on all new inventions.
Important Announcement.
We will start on Monday morning.March
17, the greatest sale of dress goods ever
knowu in the city. Great bargains and no
mistake. This will be the manufacturer's
loss, not ours. Among this line can be
found English serges in heliotropes, egg
plant, old roses, serpent green, blues in va
rious shades; in fact, all the new colorings.
The same In mohairs aud cashmeres, side
band dress goods; broadcloths, 45 inches
wide, at 37J cents.
Enable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth aye.
Rain or Sblnr.
The weather is an old subject, but change
able weather has a great effect upon health.
There is nothing better to preserve health
than Prince Regent, Queen Victoria, Wed
ding Present wimky. Judiciously used it
will ward off disease. Sold only by John
McCullough, Halt Century Liquor House,
523 Liberty st, foot of Filth ave.
VAN Dyke collars and laces in greatest
variety. Rosenbaum & Co.
Regarding the new distribution policy
of the New York Life Insurance Company,
Insurance Commissioner Merrill, of Massa
chusetts, claims: "If the issue of these
policies continue, all other companies will
be compelled to struggle losingly."
No stairs to climb at Sonuenberg's So
ciety Gallery, No. 35 Filth ave. Entrance
by elevator. Cabinet photos finer and
cheaper than anywhere else in the city.
Ould Ireland Forever!
A beautiful satin shamrock given away
free to-morrow to every one visiting Gusky's
store. Don't you fail to get one.
Cash paid for old gold and silver at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth aye. wrs
All the novelties in flowers, hats, bon
nets, ribbons; laces at Rosenbaum & Co.'f
Market street stores.
DE. HARTMAFS LECTURE
ON BLOOD IMPURITIES-IS YOUR
BLOOD OUT OF ORDER,
THIS SPRING
It May be Dne to Digestion It Mny be Due
to SIngglsh Liver It May bo Dne to
Constitutional Taint Rend nnd See
Which Your Case Is Plain, Practical.
Wholesome, Timely Counsel.
It is a matter of common belief and ex
perience that spring time is a season that
brines certain derangements of body de
pendent upon blood impurities. This belief
is an old one, and much has been written to
defend and explain it. The drug market
is abundantly supplied with medical com
pounds which are recommended ai spring
medicines, and even the grocery stores have
no small trade in the materials for root beer
and sassafras to cleanse the blood. Such a
prevailing conviction must have a founda
tion in facts which deserve the most careful
consideration of the medical fraternity.
That there is a great deal of confusion on
the subject of blood impurities and blood
medicines should, instead of exciting the
disgust of medical writers, stimulate them
to educate the masses on this very important
subject. The popular notion seems to be
that the blood impurities and general lassi
tude of spring are dependent on a single
cause, and hence ought to be cured by a
single medicine.
The fact is that there are three distinct
sources of blood contamination, and each
demand a different remedy. The blood is
composed of digested food," the secretions of
certain glands of the body and accidental
foreign material, including specific poisons.
Since the blood is, in most part, dependent
upon the proper digestion of food for its
purity, it follows that disturbances of the
digestive system is one source of blood im
purities. No one can be troubled long
with indigestion and have pure blood, for,
however careful one may be in the selection
of proper food, if it is not properly digested
it will not furnish the blood with pure ma
terials. If the food is not promptly di
gested as soon as it enters the stomach
it will ferment or decompose, and in
either case will render the blood impure.
For this condition Pe-rn-na is a never
failing remedy. It cleanses the blood by
digest'on, and gives tone to the whole
system by increasing the nutritive value of
the food. "Spring lever," as it is some
times called, which produces a tired-out,
sleepy feeling, and inability to do much
mental or physical work, is the result of
asluggish digestion, and no blood medi
cine will be of any use whatever unless it
is able to rectify the impaired digestion.
The great popularity that Pe-ru-na has
is due to the fact that in all such cases
it at once corrects digestive derangements
and enriches the blood by purifying this
very important source of that vital fluid.
The second source of blood impurities,
which h next in frequency to digestive dis
turbances, is derangements of the liver,
kidneys and glands of the bowels. These
glands when deranged allow the blood to
become overloaded with poisonous materials,
which they should carry off, but can not do
so properly. Biliousness, constipation, sed
iment in the urine and pain in the kidneys
are symptoms of this condition. This con
dition will not be benefited by any treat
ment that does not operate directly on the
liver and kidneys. Hence it is that al
though this condition has some superficial
resemblance to the first cause of blood dis
orders, it can not be cured by the same
remedy. Man-a-lin is exactly suited to
cases of this kind, and will never disap
point. If the case is uncomplicated, Man-a-lin
will be all that is needed to complete
the cure, but if, as is often the case, there is
also dyspepsia and depression of the ner
vous system, then Pe-ru-na should be used
in connection with the Man-a-lin. In cases
where the breath is very ofiensive, and the
tongue coated, Man-a-lin had better be
taken, and, although there is no constipa
tion of the bowels, it can not fail in greatly
assisting to obviate the usual tedious ad
justment of the human body to the change
from the cold of winter to the heat of
summer.
The third source of blood impurities which
is becoming more and more common, and for
which the foregoing treatment is not applic
able, is specific blood poisons or constitu
tional taints. These include scrofula,
chronic rheumatism, syphilis, erysipelas,
which often lurks in the system during the
fall and winter, to break out in the sorinsr
afresh. It is an unfortunate mistake to hope
iu cure una variety m oiooa impurity With
either a laxative or tonic, however well
they may be adapted to the sources of blood
impurities. It is in these blood contamina
tions that La-cu-pi a has shown itself to be
such a superb remedy. As a blood purifier
in constitutional diseases like the above
La-cu-pi-a has very few equals. These
directions followed with any degree of care
will never fail to rid the system of blood im
purities, whether they be due to the pro
ducts of imperfect digestion or the effete ac
cumulations of sluggish liver and kidneys,
or the virulent taints of specific blood poi
sons. It will thus be seen that the almost inevit
able blood disorders of spring have at least
three distinct origins, and the numerous
failures to get relief from the use of blood
medicines are many times due to the general
disregard of these facts. It requires but
the slightest attention to one's own symp
toms to decide whether it is a tonic or laxa
tive or alterative which is best adapted to
his case.
If the symptoms are a general feeling of
lassitude, restless, disturbed sleep, with
fantastic dreams, confusion of mind, crav
ing appetite, with sometimes loss of appe
tite, heavy, tired feelings indigestion, skin
pimples, etc., Pe-ru-na is adapted to the
case, and never fails to promptly cure every
case. It", however, the symptoms are dizzi
ness, furred tongue, thick blood, bitter taste
in the mouth, bloated feeling after eating,
constipation, sick headache, deep, heavy
sleep, with a constant desire to sleep, it is
Man-a-lin that is needed, and it will not
disappoint anyone who gives it a fair trial.
A few weeks' "use of it will rejuvenate and
cleanse the whole system. Should the
symptoms be pains about the joints, dropsy,
boils, itching, persistent headache, enlarged
glands, neither Pe-ru-na nor Man-a-lin is
so applicable as La-cu-pi-a, which is a
specific in such cases.
It is reckless folly, simply because one's
blood is out of order, to rush to the nearest
drugstore and buy the first medicine recom
mended as a blood purifier, without stop
ping to consider what might be the origin
of the difficulty, and select a medicine
adapted to the particular case. I have en
deavored to make the causes of blood dis
orders so plain that anyone who reads this
may be able to select the remedy appropri
ate to his case, whether it be a tonic, laxa
tive or alterative. In doing so I have rec
ommended Pe-ru-na, Man-a-lin and La-cu-pi-a,
because many years of thorough trial
of them has convinced me they are the best
that can be procured. Other tonics, after a
short popularity, are heard no more of, but
Pe-ru-na has made a continual growth in its
long history of usefulness, and has honestly
won the highest rank as a reliable remedy.
The same can be said of the laxative, Man-a-lin,
and the alterative, La-cu-pi-a.
To sum up, we have three sources of blood
impurities: First, a failure of the organs of
digestion to properly prepare the food for
the blood; second, a failure of the excretory
organs to extract from the blood the accumu
lations of(worn-out material; and third, the
presence of some specific poison like scrofula
or syphilis, inherited or acquired. No one
medicine can be made to cure all three.
Each requires a special medicine. Pe-ru-na
is a specific for the first, Man-a-lin for
the second, and La-cu-pi-a for the third. ,It
requires but the slightest attention to select
the right remedy, in which case a failure to
receive permanent cure is practically out ot
the questions
American Challies 5c, 8e and 12c a
yard, beautiful designs and colorings, rival
ing in effects many of the higher priced
French goods. Hugus & Hacke.
tissu
THE largest and finest stock of chamber
and paYlor suits, wardrobes, and in fact all
articles necessary to furnish a neat home
can be seen, at the Michigan Furniture
Company's, 437Smithfield it
Or the Season Commences This Week nt the
New York Grocery Don'l Wnllj Come
at Once.
Choice sugar corn per can Be
Solid hand-packed tomatoes per can.. 7c
Choice blackberries per can 5c
Columbia river salmon per can 12c
Choice peasper can 6c
String beans percan 6c
Fine French peas per can 10c
Choice strawberries percan 6c
Choice apples per can 6c
Choice table peaches per can 12c
Fine table peaches in heavy syrup... 18c
3 cans finest apricots 50c
1 can greengage plums 15c
3 lb. can pig's feet 15c
G lbs. sun dried peaches 25c
lib. California peaches 10c
4 lbs. evaporated apricots 25c
5 lbs. California raisins 25c
4 lbs. large French prunes 25c
Zi lbs. evaporated sliced apples 25c
4 quarts hand-picked beans 25c
Choice roasted coffee per lb 23c
5 lbs. Carolina rice 25c
7 lbs. rolled oats 25c
5 boxes ot sardines 25c
1 gallon good Orledns molasses 38c
1 gallon pure sugar syrup 35c
1 yards of 3 lb. bars soap 25c
10 cent bars soap 5 for 25c
5 cent bars soap 7 for 25c
5 cent bars white floating soap 7 for.. 25c
8 lbs. large lump starch 25c
12 boxes bag blue 25c
10 lb. firkin Snider's preserves 1 00
10 lb. firkin peach butter 90c
Sugar cured hams per lb. (large) 10c
Sugar cured shoulders per lb 6Jic
6 lbs. 20-cent tea 1 00
5 lbs. 25-cent tea 1 00
3 lbs 40-cent tea 1 00
4 bottles home-made ketchup 25c
Goods delivered free to all parts of both
cities. To those living out of the city will
prepay freight on nil orders of f 10 and up
ward. Send for catalogue.
M. R. Thompson,
301 Market st, corner Third ave..
Wholesale and Retail.
Cheap Rates to the West Yin St. Louis and
the Missouri Pacific Ry.
The following low rates are now in effect
via the Missouri Pacific Ry: St. Louis to
Kansas City, 5; St. Louis to Atchison,
Kan., and St. Joseph, Mo., 56; St. Louis to
Omaha, Neb., ?8 25; St. Louis to Pueblo,
Colorado Springs and Denver, Col., $15;
Kansas City to Pueblo, Colorado Springs
and Denver, 510.
For tickets and further information ap
ply to S. H. Thompson, Central Passenger
Agent Missouri Pacific Ry., 1119 Liberty
st, Pittsburg, Pa.
Those who are shrewd and economical in
their purchase of lurniture will find it to
their advantage by calling on us before
purchasing elsewhere. Michigan speaks for
itself as to the designs and durability of its
make; our terms being cash you are the
gainer.
Michigan Furniture Company,
437 Smithfield st
Excursion to the Capital.
B. & O. R. R. will sell excursion tickets to
Washington City on next Thursday, March
20, at rate of $9 the round trip, good for 10
days, and good to visit Baltimore. Special
trains leave at 8 A. m. and 9:20 P. M.
Sleeping cars on night train, and parlor cars
on day train. Secure your sleeping and
parlor car accommodations early. 2
St. Patrick's Day.
In honor of Ireland's patron saintGusky's
will give away free to-morrow, to every
visitor to the store, a most elegant souvenir
in the shape of a beautiful satin shamrock.
Not an Irishman in the two cities hut what
will take a delight in wearing one of these
souvenirs.
Attend tbe Great Sale or Dress Goods.
Manufacturer's loss, not ours. Come
early, get the choice.
Knable & Shuster, 35 Fifth aye.
Regarding the new distribution policy
of the New York Life Insurance Company,
Insurance Commissioner Merrill, of Massa
chusetts, claims: "If the issue of these
policies continue, all other companies will
he compelled to struggle losingly."
CHANGE IN MAKE-UP.
CLASSIFIED ::
::: ADVERTISEMENTS
That heretofore appeared on
this page of THE DISPATCH
will be found on the Eleventh
Page, in the Second Part of
this issue.
The Wants, For Sales, To
Lets, Business Chances, Auc
tion Sales, eta, are placed
under their usual headings on
the Eleventh Page. "Adver
tisements handed in too late
for Classification will be
found on the Sixth Page.
TWELFTH SEASON.
BALLADCONCERT.
Third of the Season's Series, by
THE MOZART CLUB.
AT
OLD CITY HALL,
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21.
Box sheet opens Monday, March 17, at Metier
Hoene's. mhlS-163
ftlore Substantial Evidence.
Mr. E. G. Shade, a well-known young man
who lives at No. 50 Gregory street, Southside,
has been 1 "Tf-at sufferer trom catarrh. He
was troubled with a
mattery secretion
dropping from his
head Into his throat,
and bis throat was
often dry and
parched. He had
mucli nasal d I s
charge, and was ter
ribly annoyed with
sneezing. He had
dizziness and often
feft sick at hfs stom
ach. He hid a tired
feellnc and as his
sliver became torpfd
ne nau a very sauoiv
complexion. H I s
E. O. Shade. sleep was much dis
turbed. He too K cold very easily and often
felt a pain in bis lungs. In fact he continually
crew worse until hi lungs became very weak.
It was while in this condition that he began
treatment with the catarrh specialists at 323
Fcnn avenue, of the result he says: "This is to
ccrtlfv that I have been cured of the above con
ditions. "E. G. SHADE."
Hundreds of similar cases have been
cured within tbe past year by the phy
sician of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute.
Many testimonials have been published In the
papers and hundreds of others are on file at their
office, and which, with the crowds of people
who daily assemble at tbe parlors of tbls medi
cal Institution, is tbe best evidence ot success.
Remember these physicians have but one of
fice in this city and which Is permanently
located at 323 Fenn avenue.
Consultation free to all. Patients treated suc
cessfully at home by correspondence. Re
member the name and place The Catarrh and
Djspepsia Institute. 23 Penn avenue, Pitts
burg. Bend two 2-cent stamps for question
blank. Office hours, 10 A. M. to 4 P. IT., and 6 to
ir.it. Sundays, 12 to 4 p. m. mn7-Mwjrsu
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SPRING
CLOTHING!
From a Pair of Kentucky Jean Pants to a Gorgeous Fancy Vest
Isn't Worth Having.
Paste This in flie Crown of Your Hal and Don't Forget It,
Ko man can he on very good terms with himself unless he is decently aud comfortably
clad. The question of cost enters largely into the matter of dress. Well you can spend a
fortune and not get very much out of it, and you can spend very little and' get a whole lot,
so to speak. It all depends on how you buy and where you buy. It is the disposition of
most men to buy as cheaply as possible when it comes to the purchase of clothing for
themselves. They may be extravagant in everything else, but practice the strictest econ
omy iu the matter of dress.
WE ARE PREPARED E0R SUCH MEN
And the "pull" we've got is a price-pull, which will pull more trade than any amount of
bombast in the newspapers.
Mj Elegant Spring Overcoats .
At $8, jgio, $12 and $15.
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BEAUTIFUL SPRING SUITS
For $10, $12, $15 and $18.
"With hundreds of Spring Overcoats at $5, ?G and $7, and hundreds of Spring Suits at
'SG, $7 and 53 which, while not being as good as our bigger priced ones, yet are vastly bet
ter in every way than what you'd get for from $2 to 5-1 more money elsewhere.
THIS WEEK WE BEGIN A TRIUMPH!
To-morrow we open up, ready and perfect for your seeing and buying, a wonderfully
grand stock of Boys and Children's Clothing. Leaving out all the crumpled, mnch-handed-about-phrasea,
we simply call our Boys' Spring Clothing the best, the finest, the
grandest ever seen in this city. In more than the ordinary import of trade speech, it's an
entirely new stock; a collection of the nicest, nattiest, newest things the good judgment of
scores of manufacturers could devise and design.
LOVELY NEW SPRING STYLES
IN ONE AND TWO-PIECE KILT SUITS
AT $2 00, $3 00, $4 00, $5 00 AND $6 OO.
Magnificent New Spring Styles of Knee Pant Suits at $2 50, $4
and $5, and Long Pant Suits at $5, $7, $8 and $10.
"We expect popularity to shine on them from the first hour they're seen to the time
they leave the season and our store behind them. In variety and price they'll take the
first position to any Boys' Clothing we ever had.
Our Sailor, Kilt and Jersey Suits
Show their ample and graceful folds in a multitude of bright and boyish colors. In all
sorts of little boys' suits we have given the old cuts a wide berth and brought together
styles'that, while lacking nothing in service and fitness, kick up their heels at tbe con
ventional. No need to tell you how many styles. "Whenever von see a dashing, stylish
boy's suit on the street, you can saftlv put it down as one of ours. As to prices, figure oa
our saving you not less than Twenty Per Cent; you're likely to save more, you'll not save
less. You can count on this.
EASTER AND CONFIRMATION SUITS.
The finest and most elegant ever offered in this city at
$6 OO, $7 OO, $8 OO, $10 OO and $12 OO.
flew Spring Hats, Spring Furnishing Goods.
If you think high prices stand between you and the most elegant of goods, our prices
will undeceive vcu. All that goodness, thoroughness and reliability bespeak is expressed
in our great and inexhaustible stock, and as we combine low prices with goodness there'!
no wonder of us being favored with the patronage we enjoy.
To-morrow being St. Patrick's Day wo shall give away
FREE to every visitor to our store, a Souvenir of the
day beloved and revered by all true Irishmen, an. ele
gant Satin Shamrock. Be sure you get one.
GUSKY'
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WAY OF
GRAND BARGAIN STORE,
300 to 400 Market street,
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