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PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JUNE 14,
SECOND PART.
PAGES 9 TO 12.
1 N MEAT,
Dr. Mundorff Claims That Even the
Flesh of Diseased Animals is
a Harmless Food
PROVIDED IT IS WELL COOKED.
Efforts of Inspectors to Prevent the Sale of
Unhealthy Beevea Have Gen
erally Been Futile.
rOMOBS EATEK BI THE PEOPLE DA1LI,
Ana, Ccntrsry U Fopnlsr Belief the Dsettr Says Ko
Irjary Etsnltt.
Dr. Edgar A. Mundorff, who enjoys a
national reputation as a microscopist and
pathologist, and -whose discourses are
watched by scientific men everywhere,
yesterday made some rather startling state
ments, which are directly against popular
beliet and all precedents. In a long inter
view he says that people eat tumors daily
iu their food, and then counteracted the
sensation given by this startling statement
by saying that, though they eat tumors in
meat, etc, disease germs are not conveyed
that way, and that disease germs in food,
with a few exceptions, are harmless.
He says that the efforts of meat inspectors
and cattle inspectors are tutile in preventing
disease, as dressed food cannot convey dis
ease germs, with a few exceptions, if' it is
properly cooked.
The doctor lives among his microscopes
and books in his study, and when making a
microscopic analysis is utterly oblivions to
all surroundings. It was in one of these
moods that he was found last night. Hit
microscopes were on the table, his tools for
working spread about, and, together with
the books and papers strewn around, the
scene was an ideal one of a scientist in his
den.
A STARTLING QUEBY ANSWEBED.
The doctor apparently took no notice of
the fact that someone was present, until he
suddenly turned round and startled the per
son from his reverie by saying: "Do you
know we are eating tumors every day?"
The question, ot course, brought a nega
tive answer and a query, and the doctor,
continuing, said: "I say, are we eating
tumors? In the meat that is supplied us at
our doors by daily venders, in the meat io
local markets, in the meat sold everywhere,
we find our answer to the question, 'Are we
eating tumors.'
"What is a tumor? A tumor is simply a
new growth added to the pre-existing tissues
of a living body, ana which is
governed by a law of develop
ment all its own. When we analyze
healthy meat, we find cell' built on cell,
forming fiber until fiber joins fiber, all
alter the fashioning of nature in the build
ing of this healthy structure. When we
analyze a tumor we find cell added to cell,
and all as in the fashion of healthy meat
structure and in the order of nature. Hence,
how could we possibly detect the taste of a
tumor or recognize it by the odor, unless it
has some distinct characteristic or other
physical feature which would lead an expert
to recognize it at a glance.
SOME ABGUHENTS PEOFOUNDED.
"The people are not experts, and yet it
would appear at first glance that the people
are healtbv notwithstanding the fact that
they are living on diseased meat. Take
the steak that is supplied us, and we shall
find occasionally that we are eating a por
tion, which excites no aversion, although it
is a tumor.
"Cows are just as subject to tumor more
so, in fact, than man because of the con
ditions againstwhich they have to strcgglein
their lowly condition. Take their milk. A
small speck on a consumptive lung is a
tubercle, and the milk that comes from a
cow that has tubercles is tuberculous.
"Take our American swine, with 10 per
cent of their number infested with
trichina spiralis. Take our pork
afflicted with measles. Take
swine with the sarcoma growths
that invade the solt parts and destroy the
bene, or take them with some other para
sites that by direct transmission have be
come deadly to man. Wefind that wherever
a single specimen lodges it excites inflam
mation and changes the healthy condition
ol the surrounding tissue. We find fresh
cell formations, aud, in the words of our off
hand definition, a tumor.
DISEASES OP SHEEP.
Take the sheep, with its tendency to de
velop local spots of inflammation leading
eventually to interferences with the well
being of the animal until it sickens and. if
not killed, dies. Take fish subject to the
same mal-ibrmations at certain points in
their structure.
Take the' ovster, forming the pearl
within, the product of morbid action, and
which is preceded by inflammation, making I
its me unhealthy. Take all these various
forms of food supplied to man, and every
where we find the law ot malformation at
work making the lives of these living creat
ures inhealthy. Now attempt to separate
all really healthy meat from diseased, and,
beyond a certain" limit, it is absolutely im
possible. "Tne German Government laid an edict
against American swine. They employed
an army of microscopists, the most learned
in the nation. All pork that entered the
German market from Americau sources was
submitted by the army of observers to a
rigid analysis.
"The Germans permitted the sale of their
own swine and the result was they had
diseased pork, small tumors formed "in the
pork formed by that dangerous worm, the
trichina spiralis. And the German people,
not being able to see the tumor or taste it
nor discover it by visible signs, found
themselves victims of an outbreak produced
by this dangerous parasite.
IBS GERMAN HOG EMBAEGO.
"Then, the German Government, turning
its attention aside from the supply of
American pork, long under the " ban
of snapicion, made fresh investigations into
the sources of infection in German swine.
In a measure, the efforts of the inspection
met with success. The suspected swine
were barred out. Droves were sequestered
in less dangerous localities and the outbreak
of trichiniasis lor a time disappeared, but
they had not, with all the skill of the scien
tists, blotted out the possible re-development
of tumors in German swine caused by
this worm.
"Take again the great western slaughter
houses where cattle are driven in droves to
the killing pens and quickly deprived of
life and reduced to a form suitable lor hn
iii an consumption. How many of tbem that
are truly diseased are, as a matter of fact,
separated Iroin the doomed herd before being
siauguierea. ine cattle inspector, glancing
over a mob of cattle will select those with
obvious and gross physical deformities and
those which appear to be suffering with
some disease that cattle are subject to, and
separate them.
"The great body of the cattle slaughtered
have not undergone the rigid inspection
science demands in order that its require
ments may be satisfied.
HOT PBOPERLY INSPECTED.
"They have not undergone a microscopic
anal sis of their tissues, have not had their"
microscopic tumors pointed ont, and, a
diseased meat, ire thrown on the market
lorthpeople to decide by taste and color
and smell'nnptber physical characteristics
yr)iettik?thjbiet is healthy or not.
-"innai-is me outcome xnat every
sets
himself
proper
up
as
a judge
for hit
the
food
family, and guided by his experience, pur
chases the meat supplied his family, and is
nnawnTP (tint thntpctx of his own experience
will not prevent him from supplying dis
eased meat.
"I am not an alarmist, and I do not raise
an outcry against the established order of
things. I say to the men.jon are wiserthan
I, and yet I cling to my belief that either
what Iconsider physiologically as unhealthy
meat cannot be. considered as so injurious to
mankind, or I am forced to the conclusion,
judging from the meat we use, that as men
and women we are not healthy.
"WISE PBOVD3IONS IN N ATUBE.
"But we are healthy. Itisawise provision
in nature that enables us to swallow the rat
tlesnake's poison with impunity, and it is a
wise provision in nature that that which as
a tumor wonld destroy the life of the indi
vidual whose tissues it invades may become,
under the proper process of cookerv, a fair
ly healthy food, and the tests which we rely
on, such as that of taste, color and others,
are simply the instructive tendencies
of our nature, which, without leading us
necessarily to do right, still never lead us
to do that which is wrong.
"From the nature of the things, when you
consider the fact that millions of animals
have been eaten without the possibility of
rigid inspection of the tissues which
would meet the requirements of
healthy meat; and when we consider the
further fact that unless it is in the case of a
parasite's work in the tissue or a species of
tumor that is readily recognized as capa
ble, through its cells, of spreading its kind,
we must decide that tumors in meat, formed
of living tissues and governed by the laws
of organization, if they were not a part of
the living being, would be regarded as
natural in their growth, healthy in their
lives and proper matters for food.
THE CHEMISTBY OP UVTSO.
"The protoplasm that built the primitive
cell from which we spring is the same that
lies behind every cell, whether that cell
forms healthy or unhealthy structure, and it
is the protoplasm alone in our body which
lives.
"The protoplasm is changed in the proc
ess of cooking from its original elements
and enters into the body as molecular mat
ter to re-form tissue, and the re-formed tis
sues are protoplasms. Brown-Sequard, by
injecting living protoplasms, tried to reach
a short cut and at once have it form a part
of the living tissne, which is impossible.
"Diseases spring from causes which have
no necessary organic relation to the tissues
of living animals, as the microbe of con
sumption. The microbe develops a tumor,
but the tumor, if subjected to cooking, is
not the cause of consumption when eaten.
The danger lies in the canse behind it, and
that is the microbe. It enters the body in the
air in different ways still to be discovered.
There is a vast field of study in the causes
of diseases-,and as the microscope unfolds its
miracles just so much better will the medi
cal profession know the cause and be able to
cope with the effects."
ANOTHEB PABIS ABT SALE.
The American Dollar for Once Defeated by
the French Franc
Pasis, June 13. One and a half million
francs were realized by the sale of 63 paint
ings in the Crabbe collection at Sedel
meyer's gallery to-day. The auction room
of the spacious establishment in the Bue de
la Bochefoucauld was packed to its fullest
capacity. M. Chevallier, with his ivory
hammer, presided over the destinies of
the various Jots. The Parisian amateurs
were present almost to a man, and the En-
gusa-epeab.iiiK contingent was lainy strong,
comprising Mr. Hutchinson, President of
uieArijuuienm, imcago; jur. tfarney, .New
York, and the president director of the Syd
ney Museum, with Mr. Montefiore. Morris
K. Jessup, trustee of the Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art, was prevented from attending
the sale and sent bis agent, as also did Og
den Goelet, who is at much at home at an
art sale as on the box seat of a'fonr-in-hand.
It is needless to say that the professional
element mustered at its strongest, not onlv
for most ot the dealers in Paris, but repre
sentatives of all the big firms in London,
Berlin and New York. Among the Ameri
cans were Messrs. S. P. Avery, Jr., B.
Knoedler, G. K. Armer, Hodges, of Bei ch
art & Co., and Mr. Christ Delmonico'B agent.
The battle between the American dollar
and the French franc was a featuro of the
sale. Many Paris dealers had received or
ders from the United States. Sedelmeyer
had no less than ten and the auctioneer had
been cabled on the morning of the sale to a
similar effect, yet the American dollar got
severely the worst of the struggle. Scarce
one gem of the collection will, for the pres
ent, at least, cross the Atlantic
OBJECT TO ANYTHING EOHANISH.
Reformed Episcopalians Alter the Common
Prayer of Ibe Church of England,
Montreal, June 13 The Synod of the
Beformed Episcopal Church of Canada has
been in session all day, presided over by
Bishop Fallows, of Chicago. Bevision of
the book of Common Prayer of the Church
of England was the first business. Mr.
Perry objected to the word "absolution" in
any form because, he said, it smacked of
itomanism, and it was eliminated. A sug
gestion to change "remission" to "forgive
ness" was not accepted. The creed was then
taken up. The committee had left out the
words "He descended into hell." The Bev.
Mr. Barnes moved that an asterisk be
placed where the omission occurred and that
a loot note be added, stating that any con
gregation that liked might employ the
phrase. There was some discussion and it
was closed by Mr. Botterell asking, "Why
should we bother about the phrase, any
way? The great thing for us is that He a's
cended to heaven." The committee was sus
tained. There was some desire expressed to change
the word "Catholic," and the litany was
then taken up, and at the passage concern
ing "deadly" sins the word "deadly" was
omitted at Dr. Perry's suggestion, as he
wanted everything suggestive of Romanism
wiped out "Perhaps you would add a
prayer," suggested Dr. Bell, "to this effect,
"From Pope and Popery, good Lord deliver
us?" The prayer for" "the nobility and
members of the council" was changed to
"ministers and members of the Privy Coun
cil." A BRIGHT OUTLOOK
For the Success of the International Sabbath
School Convention.
The Executive Committee of the Inter
national Sabbath School Convention met
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Home, from the
Finance Committee, reported subscrip
tions amounting to 52,502, and a guarantee
fund ot $305, and that at least $1,000 ran
would be needed to defray expense. Mr.
Hay, from the Entertainment Committee,
reported that the ladies for service in the
cafe were thoroughly organized. A number
of requests were presented for reserved seats
in addition to those alreadv set aside. The
requests were referred to the sub-committee.
The Chairmen of the several committees
were directed to report at a special meeting
on Thursday next a revised estimate of the
money needed for the work.
The Delaware Bonndary Line.
Dover, June 13. Thomas F. Bayard, ex
Speaker John H. Hoffecher and Senator B.
L. Lewis, the commissioners appointed by
the last Legislators to act with a commis
sion from Pennsylvania, in re-establishing
the boundary line between the two States,
met in the Governor's room at the Capitol
to-day for organization. The session was
spent in searching old Delaware records to
establish the State's claim under the old 12
mile circle.
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of
THE PASSION PLAI
And the Pious Actors "Who Take Part
in the Celebrated Tragedy.
POIiTEAITS OP LEADING PLATERS.
Carpenters, Builders, Wood-Carvara
Tailors Figure in the Cast.
and
A DEEPER EELIGIOUB FEELIKG NOTED
There are several advantages which await
the visitor to the Passion Play of 1890
which were not enjoyed ten years earlier,
says a writer in the London Illustrated
News. The first ot these is, of course, the
extension of the railway to within a com
paratively short drive from the village; the
second, of scarcely less importance, is that
the new road, which winds its way from
Oberau railway station to the Ettal Monas
tery, is very much more beautiful and pict
uresque than the old one in use until quite
recently. It may also be added that the
more gradual ascent precludes the necessity
for continually alighting, as formerly. To
the manifold beauties of this drive over the
Ettal justice has never been done, and ithas
certainly been too much the custom to un
derrate the attractiveness of Ober-Ammer-gau
itself, in consequence, no doubt, of the
had weather which frequently prevails.
Imagine, however, in a pleasant valley,
surrounded with firclad mountains, a long
CTirfsfu (Joseph Mayer).
straggling village of Swiss chalets, strongly
built and substantial looking. The honses
indicate a prosperity far beyond the reach
of the majority of Swiss peasants, the fact
being that at the dissolution of the Ettal
monastery it is now a brewery the land
waB distributed among the neighboring vil
lagers. This has been supplemented, iu
Ober-Ammergan, by industry in wood
carving and ornamental needle-work, with
the result that an atmosphere ot peace and
contentment everywhere prevails. The
broad fronts of many of the houses are
decorated with pictures illustrative of
scenes in Bible history, or of
more secnlar conceptions. These pic
tures were the work of one Johann
Zwink, who possessed considerable artistic
skill, which, until his death afew years ago,
was devoted to his native village. Every
one of the 300 cottages has been painted and
decorated within and withont in honor of
the influx of visitors of the present season;
or, rather, it had better be said that the Pas
sion Play has been an excuse for a general and
universal "spring cleaning." It ought not
to oe tnougnt tnat a very great deal or ex
tortion is prevalent in the village. This, is
not the case. Prices are usually much
lower in Germany than in England; but the
worst that can be said is that, owing to the
Passion Play, the prices in Ober-Ammergau
have reached the English level.
I have spoken with most of the leading
actors in the world-renowned tragedy. All
of them inspire one with the persuasion that
they are men of simple life and genuine
piety of mind. Of the 15 leading male char
acters eight, including the Chrittus, are
employed as carvers of ornamental wood,
one as a builder, one as a house painter, one
as a tailor and one as a baker. Perhaps the
most prosperous of ail is Johann Diemer, a
hotel proprietor, who, Sir Wilfrid Lawson
will be glad to learn, takes the part of
Herod.
Eight of the characters play the same
part as they played in 1880, the most im
portant change being the substitution of
Johann Zwink for Lechner in the part of
Judas. The new Judas seems only too
conscious of his deficiencies at the dress re
hearsal, which were remarked upon by some
English newspapers. But he pleaded to
me the difficulty of following so admirable
an impersonator as Lechner, and the im
mense difficulty ot the part, to say nothing
of its thanklessness.- From which will
J?etrus (Jacob Sell).
be seen that interesting German para
dox, to which De Quincey has given cur
rency in England, that Judas in his be
trayal of Christ was instigated only by a
noble impulse to hasten the Millennium.
Perhaps one of the most interesting of the
actors with whom I have conversed is
Sebastian Lang, the personator of Nathaniel
a fine, sturdy, and indeed lovable man,
with a face which a painter would select as
a type of manliness. He occupies the house
of his deceased uncle, the famous Pastor
Daisenberger, to whom the dialogue of the
present play owes so much. He showed me
the room in which Daisenberger died.
When asked whether the inrush of tourists
would not vulgarize the play out of exist
ence, or reduce it to the level of an ordinary
dramatio company, he expressed him
self as perfectly convinced to the
contrary. Forty years have passed
since the attention of the German
public was called to the Passion Play by
Edward Devrient, the greatest of German
actors, although it was ten years later that
O'Shea and other newspaper correspondents
gave it a vogue in .England. During these
40 years there has been no tendency to de
terioration, and, on the contrary, through
Pastor Daisenberger's agency the play has
gained much in religious feeling aud de
votional tendenoy. It was true, he ad
mitted, that there had been a great expendi
ture upon theater and dresses, but only
because tbey were needed, and it was as yet
uncertain whether there would be an actual
loss to the little village.
Altogether apart lrom the merits of the
performance, it is a pleasing spectacle to see
this peasant community devoting its even
ings to a high form "or dramatio art. In
November last the characters were selected
by a committee of 20 leading villagers.
Thence until now there have been two re
hearsals every week ot the different scenes.
These are held in the houses of the various
characters, and on Sunday afternoons there
have been rehearsals of portions of the
play.
Independently of the play, I may add, a
visit to Ober-Ammergau is a thing to be de
sired at least, when the sun shines as
brightly and the sky is as blue as it has
Nathaniel (Sebastian Lang).
been during the past few days. High above
us towers the Kopelberg, surmounted by a
glittering cross. On every side nature is at
her loveliest and best. As I write a herds
man is driving home the goats from the
mountain, the goatbells tinkling the while.
The villagers come to their doors, hold out
their hands, generally with a piece of bread
therein, and each goat leaves its fellows and
turns to its owner, so that by the time the
end of tho village is reached the herdsman's
duties are at an end.
GOOD WEATHER NEEDED.
The Only Thing- Necessary to Make tho Woit
Penn Hospital Entertainments a Success
Froarnmme of the Day's Exercises
New Committee Member.
The West Penn Hospital entertainments
of to-day bid fair to be the best of the kind
ever given in this city. The programmes
for the entire day have been completed in
every detail, and the affair arranged so it will
move like clockwork. In the afternoon a
military drill and fete will be given in the
old Exposition grounds, in Allegheny,
where there is a seating capacity to accom
modate 6,000 or 7,000 people. The exercises
there will open with the firing of the bat
tery. This will be followed by a brig
ade drill, which will be unique,
interesting and entertaining. Then will
come the sham battle, which will be opened
by an attack on two companies of the Four
teenth, Begiment, by mounted men from the
battery, followed by the remainder of the
two regiments, who will unite in the battle.
The gatling gun practice will be the next
feature on the programme, and the fete will
conclude with a dress parade and review
by General Wiley. The programme will
last about two hours. The prospects are for
a big crowd in the afternoon. Special ar
rangements have been made to bring the
country people in at a low exoursinn rate.
allowing them to remain over Sunday, so
that they can attend the concert in the
evening.
The Marine Band has been secured only
on a special order from the Secretary of the
Navy lor the special benefit of the veterans
in the West Penn Hospital.
It costB about $1 per day to support a pa
tient in the institution, and, as the commit
tee has secured donations of everything nec
essary to give these entertainments, every
dollar paid for an admission to either the
military fete or the concert will provide en
tertainment for just one old soldier for one
day. The West Penn Hospital managers
need $10,000 to complete their improvements
and this is considered in object sufficiently
worthy to appeal to all.
The following names have been added to
the varions committees who will assist the
General Committee: Mrs. D. B. Galway,
Mrs. Josie Murphy, Miss Gertrude Smith,
Miss Fannie Smith', Miss Lydia McGregor,
Miss Kate Carnaban, Mrs. Harry Vande
erift, Virgina McCreery, Elizabeth Warner,
Bachael Jean Dunlevy, Adele McKelvy,
Harriet Stone, J. Edward Murphv, Will
iam Slack, William H. Hamilton,' George
Kaiser, William McCompsey, J. Edward
Boyle, E. M. Hnkill, Jr., S. W. Hav,
Garret Davis, Boss W. Drum, J. W.
Thompson, Clarence Dickson. Harry Horner
and John W. McCreery. There will be 40
ushers to seat the audience in Mechanical
Hall to-night. They will be under the
charge of W. C. Hamilton and William
McCreery, Jr.
The committees have their work all done,
and are now depending on "Old Sol" to
step up aud do his share by way of provid
ing fine weather, as this is all that is needed
to assure success.
General John A. Wiley, commander of
the Second Brigade of the National Guard,
arrived in the city last night to take com
mand of the Guard at the West Penn Hos
pital benefit this alternoon. After his ar
rival he issued an order directing the mem
bers of the Second Brigade Band to report
at the Exposition Park at 2:30 this after
noon. This ensures the presence of this ex
cellent band during the military exhibition.
A. H. E. ZI0N CONFERENCE.
Opening of Tin Sessions Yesterday In the
John Wesley Church.
The meeting of the Allegheny District
Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church
began yesterday. About 65 ministers and
lay delegates from Eastern Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania are present. Bishop
Jones, of Washington, D. C, is present, so
is Bev. Dr. J. E. Price, President of Salis
bury College, North Carolina.
Yesterday morning Presiding Elder Hol
liday presided at the session. Committees
were appointed on the iollowing subjects:
Devotion, finance, Sunday schools, mis
sions, rules, appeals, ways aud means, edu
cation. The following officers were elected: Sec
retary, Bev. I. H. McMullivati: AcnUtnnt
Key. W. H. Snowden; Eeporter, Bev. G.
W. Lewis. Dr. Price yesterday delivered
an interesting address on church harmony,
and in the evening he spoke on education
in the South. He is the commissioner-in-chief
on the colored exhibit of the Southern
Exposition, to be held in 1891. To-morrow
evening Bishop Jones will preach the semi
centennial sermon. The conference will be
in session several da vs.
PETE0LETTM IS PEBTf.
Englishmen Said lo bo nt Ibo Bottom
of
Oil Developments There.
If report speaks truly, petroleum promises
to furnish a new and important industry to
Peru. For many years it has been known
to exist in large quantities in the district be
tween Payta and Tumbes, says the London
Oil Trade Review, but no attempt has yet
been made to work it. It is reported, how
ever, that an English firm in the China
trade has now taken the matterin hand, and
has procured the concession ol a tract ot
land in the heart of the petroleum field, with
a view to boring for the precious fluid. We
understand that the necessary machinery is
now on its way to Lima, and the result of
its operations will be watched with interest
It is calculated that petroleum can be pro
duced in Peru at a cost that will admit of
competition with the United States and
Russia, not only to South American mar
kets, but in those of China and Australia.
OUTLOOK FOE TfiADE
Decidedly Flattering, as Reported by
the Commercial Agencies.'
BETTER DEMAND FOR PIS IRON.
Wool is Declining and Flannel Mills Will
Eeduce Production.
EEDUCTIOH IS. BUSINESS FAILDEES.
General Summary of the Condition of Staples Thioneh.
nt the Country.
ISFZCTAL TKLEOEXM TO THE DIBPATCH.1
New York, June 13. Special telegrams
to Bradstreefs show that on the whole the
distribution of general merchandise is of
very large proportions, notwithstanding re
ports of only moderate activity in leading
lines for weeks past from Boston, Philadel
phia, Cincinnati, Kansas City and other
cities. The special activity noted at present
is in drygoods, cottons and boots and shoes,
except at Kansas City, where agricultural
implements and groceries are relatively
most active.
"There has been a slackening demand at
San Francisco, but Chicago, St. Lonis,Min
neapolis and Duluth report a good demand
for seasonable staples. The great activity
in general trade throughout the country
more than counterbalances railway rate
troubles in some sections, and, as a result,
gross railway earnings for May increased
14.47 per cent over May last year, which
month showed a gain ot 6.6 per cent over
May, 1888. Total earnings for May of 137
companies aggregated $35,493,025, an in
crease over last May of $4,488,897.
TAKES FIRST RANK.
The Southwestern group, as before, ranks
first, with a gain of 22 per cent For the
five months the earnings of 134 roads aggre
gate $160,953,798 on a mileage of 78,124
miles, a gain respectively or12.7 and 2.9 per
cent in these two items. Bank clearings at
51 cities for the six days ending June 12 are
$1,263,103,274, a gain over the like week last
year of 11 per cent New YorK City's
clearings, which constitute 63.5 per cent of
the grand total, exceed those for the like
period last year by nearly 9 per cent
Stock speculation at New York is very
dull, with a tendency in prices to go lower.
Europe has sold stocks, and. the professional
element is slightly bearish on the slow prog
ress of silver legislation and the unsettled
railroad troubles.
Drygoods jobbers report a larger business
at Eastern markets, due to reassorting de
mand and clearing out sales preliminary to
stock-taking. Agents report seasonable
goods quiet, while fall dress goods are in
fair demand. Prices are steady. Cotton
goods are firm. Woolen goods for men's
wear are slow of sale.
WHEAT TAKES A DROP.
Wool is easier at Boston on light demand,
increasing stocks and weak foreign advices,
but are well held at Philadelphia. Baw
cotton is l-16o lower on liquidation of old
crop contracts. The May report shows an
increase in acreage of 2 per cent over last
year. Provisions and cereals have nearly
all declined within the week, the drop in
wheat being about 2 cents, -mainly on im
proved crop outlook and weaker cables.
Hog products, too, are weak, lard being off
10 points. Lire hogs and cattle are weaker
at Western markets, and dairy products,
while firm, are selling at lower figures than
a week ago.
Heavier sales of pig iron are reported
.East, West and South. A better feeling
prevails in the South because of the rather
unexpected influx ot orders, and lowest quo
tations have been withdrawn, while a
nominal advance of 50c per ton has been
made on a few well-known brands. Anthra
cite coal, too, is firmer, and tends upward,
while copper is higher, with an active de
mand. Foreign trade for April gained 9
percent, as compared with April, 1889, free
imports being larger by 22 per cent, owing
to large receipts of coffee, chemicals, rubber
and raw silk. Dutiable imports gained 2.5
per cent and exports 8.7 per cent, cotton
snipments alone snowing a heavy decline.
ONE FEB CENT A MONTH.
For the ten months the value of trade in
the fiscal year shows a gain of 10 per cent,
exports increasing 16.6 per cent and imports
4.5 per cent. Exports of wheat (and flour
as wheat) both coasts, equal 1,362,080 bush
els this week, against 1,308,557 bushels in
the like weeK last year, and 2,324,610 bush
els last week. The total exported July 1,
1889, to date, as specially telegraphed from
leading ports to Bradstreefs each week, is
101,864,624 bnshels, against 83,169,990 hush
els in the like portion of 1888-89. Availa
ble stocks of wheat at 1,000 points of ac
cumulation east of the Borky Mountsins,as
reported to uraanreevs, declined only 800.
000 bushels last week, against an average
weekly rate prior to May of nearly 50 per
cent larger.
Business failures reported to Bradstreefs
number 149 iu the United States this week,
against 175 last week and 195 this week last
year. Canada had 18 this week, against 27
last week. The total number of failures in
the United States from January 1 to date is
5,091, against 5,440 in a like portion of
1889.
HIGHLY ENCOURAGING.
B. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: Speculation has been neither
large in volnme nor enthusiastic in tone
during the past week, but the legitimate
Dusiness oi me country continues unpre
cedented in volume for the season, and
highly encouraging in prospects. There
has been quite a decline in exports from
New York for two weeks past, the value
having been 14 per cent below that of the
same weeks last year, while in imports here
a moderate increase continues, last wees: 5
per cent.
But the flow of currency to this center
supplies demands and makes the market
easy. Interior cities report rather
more demnnd for money, and at Bos
ton rates are rising, at Chicago and St
Louis steady, and at Philadelphia dull, not
much commercial paper offering, but at
most points the demand is fair, with a suffi
cient supply. Crop prospects begin to rule
all markets at this season, and these are
distinctly improving. Wheat has declined
l?c, oats lc, and corn c. Coffee is un
changed. THE TENDENCY LOWER.
Hogs, lard and pork have scarcely
changed in price, and the rise of 2) cents in
oil is purely speculative. A better demand
for refined sugar is alleged as reason for an
advance oi cent in price, but other reports
indicate that dealers are not buying freely
at the high prices now asked. The general
level of prices is but a shade higher than a
week ago, and the general tendency seems nt
present to be toward a lower range ot quota
tions for a time.
The capacity of iron furnaces in blast
June 1 was 180,795 tons, against 180,099
May 1, arid 133,119 a yeai ago. The tone of
the market is fairlv confident. Eastern
maters are said to have checked' the in
cipient advance in prices in order not to
establish a market for Southern aDd
Western producers to unload on. The de
mand lor various forms of manufactured
iron and steel is still good and prices steady.
WOOL 13 DULL.
The wool market has been dull. Phila
delphia and Chicago reports indicate that
growers are holding for higher prices. But
no improvement is seen in woolen goods,
though dress goods are iu lair request here,
and stocks ot .light weight cloths nre small.
Flannel mills are generally cutting down
production.
Beports from other cities show a healthy
state of trade, with clear signs of improve
ment where better crop prospects have im
mediate influence. Chicago grain receipts
are heavy, and hides more largely, but wool
receiptsfall 60 per cent below last year's; dry
goods trade shows considerable excess over
last year's, with good collections, but
there is little present activity , in
clothing, though bright prospects for
fall trade. St Louis notes strong trade in
nearly all lines, Pittsburg continued ac
tively in 4ron and flint glass, and the
Northwestern and Southern cities report
better trade with brighter crop outlook.
. The business failures occuring throughout
the country during the last seven days num
ber 212, as compared with 205 last week.
For the corresponding week of last year the
figures were 250.
HELD FOR MURDER.
A Coroner's Jury Charges Mrs. Myers With
the Killing of Clinrles Knnsom Im
portant Evidence Submitted Tho Ante
Mortem Statement at the Dead Man,
Mrs. Laura Myers was charged by a
Coroner's jury yesterday with being re
sponsible for the death of Charles Banson,
whom she shot at Douglass station on Tues
day night Both parties are colored. The
woman is now in jail awaiting trial for
murder.
At the inquest yesterday afternoon Drs.
McCann and Graham, of the West Penn
Hospital staff, testified that death was
caused by a bullet wound in the abdomen.
Mrs. Elizibeth Cook testified that she
lived at Douglass station. On June 10
Mrs. Myers paid her a visit, and said she
would remain uutil 5 o'clock, when she
would leave tor Pittsburg. Charles Bansom
was at the house, and all were having a
good time. About 4 o'clock Mrs. Myers got
ready to leave, but said she wished to speak
to Bansom. The latter and Mrs. Myers
went into the back yard, and in a few min
utes the witness heard the report of a re
volver. Soon after Mrs. Myers came run
ning through the house, followed by Ban
som. The former ran out and through the
house of Mr. Weggel.
George'Hayden testified to finding a re
volver under a stone in Cook's yard.
Samuel Cook testified that after he heard
the shot Bansom ran into the house and
said: "Catch her; don't let her shoot me
any more. She shot me."
John White was also a visitor at Cook's
house. He said that when Bansom ran
into the house he said: "My God, John,
don't let her shoot me any more." The wit
ness said be never knew Bansom to carry a
revolver. James Douglass testified to the
arrest of Mrs. Myers. W. L. Donglass, a
Justice of the Peace, testified to taking a
statement from Bansom before
the latter's death. The statement
was taken June 10, at 7:30 o'clock.
In it Bansom claimed to be 24 years old;
that Laura Myers fired the shot, and that he
had offered her no harm. Later in the even
ing Bansom supplemented this statement
by identifying Laura Myers, the arrested
woman, as the person who shot him.
The defendant would not go on the stand,
except to say that her right name was Flor
ence Myers.
AN INFANT GIANTESS.
The Remarkably Rapid Growth of a Texan
Child.
Douglasville, Tex., June 13. Pine
Level.a hamlet lying six or seven miles east
of this place, and just across the line divid
ing this State from Louisiana, boasts of a
phenomenon in the shape oi a girl not yet
quite 10 years old who has already attained
the height of 5 feet 10 inches. She is the
daughter of James Butherford, engineer at
the lumber mill of Carter, Bobinson & Co.,
and who is himself a giant in size, while his
wife is 6f feet in height
The girl, who was, her parents say, an un
usually small, sickly baby, began to grow
when she was about 6 vears old, and in tour
years has gained two feet and a half, an al
most unprecedented growth. She is stout
and developed in proportion and has the
strength of a man, but her mind is feeble,
or else has been so outstripped by her body
as to give it no chance to develop. The
young giantess presents a most remarkable
spectacle with her childish face and dress,
seated playing in the sand or amusing her
self with a doll.
LIKE A CANNON SHOT.
The Explosion of an Electric Ball In an In
dianapolis House.
Indianapolis, June 13. Electricityln
dulged in a peculiar freak last night at the
home of John J. Henderson, Superintendent
of the Adams Express Company. He was
seated near Attorney General Michener,
with Mrs. Michener and four of
Mr. Henderson's children close at
hand. The telephone was in the
rear of both gentlemen. While seated
in this position Mrs. Michener saw a ball of
fire as large as a goose egg shoot out from
the telephone, and it grazed Mr. Michener's
ear and exploded in front of him with a
noise like a' cannon shot, which aroused
people for several blocks distant Sparks of
fire flew in every direction, but beyond de
stroying the telephone connections, no other
damage resulted.
None of the party were injured, but it
was some time before they individually
realized they were all right At the same
time lightning struck the residence of F. C.
Fargo, Superintendent ot the American Ex
press Company, in the same neighborhood,
and tore off the roof. While the storm was
at its height last evening lightning struck a
tree on a farm seven miles south of the city,
under which a man named Davis had shel
tered himself, and he was instantly killed.
Every bone in his body was found broken.
CONVICT LAB0B FIOtTBES.
Tho System In Tognn In New Jersey Fonnd
lo be Unprofitable.
Trenton, June 13. The report of the
legislative committee to investigate the
management of the State prison has just
been made public. After exonerating the
matron for reinsing an Assemblyman per
mission to converse with Mrs. Bobert Bay
Hamilton, a'nd upholding the course of the
officials in stamping goods made in the
prison, the report continues:
"Your committee was impressed with the
fact that the prisop is not self-supporting,
but that in the cost of maintenance there is
annual deficit of from $10,000 to $20,000, to
which must be added, about $75,000 for
salaries. The deficit your committee believes
is largely to be attributed to the expenses
necessarily resulting in a large measure
from the increased number of prisoners and
keepers and also to the maintenance of the
present system of employment of prison
labor.
"The system in force piece work makes
necessary an increased number of keepers,
and the amount received from the labor of
convicts is not so large as under the old sys
tem. With reference to the general man
agement, conduct and discipline of the in
stitution your committee is of the opinion
that the same is to be commended."
P Insular Accident In Atlantic City,
Atlantic City, June 13. Lewis Col
lom, a resident of Norristown, desiring to
rest on the beach, secured a large board
which he drove into the sand. He then sat
upon the ground and leaned his weight
upon the improvised chair back. The board
slid and a rusty projecting nail ran deep
into Collom's neck, inflicting a dangerous if
not fatal wound.
I.ncesl liaces! Laccst
Black dress laces, nets Bouncings, etc.,
etc, ol every description at prices to suit
all. from l per yard up.
ttssu Huous Hacks.
MA IgJS
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One beautiful morning early last year.my
friend Twinnie and I stepped into a Victoria
on Promenade des Anglais at Nice and told
the driver to take us to Villefranche. The
sun was shining brightly in a cloudless sky,
whose deep blue was reflected in the sea on
our right Every here and there it was
broken by white-crested waves, for the mis
tral was blowing, as we found to our cost
whenever we got out of shelter; and al
though the sunshine was dellciously warm
and pleasant, the water in shaded places on
the roadside was all frozen. Bnt the air was
most exhilarating, and by the time we got to
Villefranche, we had decided to go on to
Monaco.
I shall not weary you with descriptions of
the land whero the citron trees bloom, so fa
miliar to all in some way or other. Suffice
it to say that a delightful run through gar
dens and orange groves, past fields of almond
trees in full bloom and hillsides covered
with olives, brought us to Monaco in good
time for lunch. After a hearty meal at La
Condamine we climbed the hillside to the
old town, and inspected the palace, the
arsenal and the standing army. The visible
portion of the land forces consisted of two
privates in quaint uniforms, but we were
credibly informed that there were other two
in barracks, besides six Generals absent in
personal attendance on His Serene High
ness Prince Charles. Then we had a ramble
through the queer streets, stopping
from time to time at the points
giving the finest views of the Biviera.
The Mediterranean, dbtted with sails,
stretched away to the Bouth; to our right
was the lovely road we had just come, Beau
lieu, Nice, and Aotlbes sparkling in the
distance; behind us rose the majestic masses
of the Maritime Alps with their snow
capped summits, and to the eastward Men
tone, Ventimiglia, and Bordighera glowed
with the setting sun. Well might Mignon
exclaim, " 'Tis there that I would wish to
live to live, to love, to die."
Beturning to La Condamine, we ascended
the slope toward Monte Carlo, our sur
roundings becominc.more and more beauti
ful at every step. We passed the pjgeon
sbooting range, a sorry sight from which we
were glad to turn away and admire the
beautiful palms, acacias, and eucalyptus
I WENT TO MY BOOM AND
trees, and, wandering among these and
climbing terrace after terrace.we soon found
ourselves in front ot the Casino. We en
tered the office of the Administration, and
after handing in our cards and being care
fully scrutinized by a great man with a rib
bon in his button hole, to satisfy himself that
we were fit and proper persons to frequent
these sacred precincts, we each received a
card giving us the right of entrance to the
Strangers UluD oi .aionaco lor tne resi oi
the day. It bare at the foot these words,
"This card may be withdrawn," no doubt
meaning that if the great man discovered
that if we were not persons of unblemished
character he might swoop down upon ns with
his guardians of the public morals.and drag
us forth as unfit society for such a select cir
cle. It is true that when we got inside we
saw many people who certainly did not
seem to be any better than they ought to be,
but appearances are deceptive. Our cards
were not withdrawn, and both of us cherish
them to this day as proofs that at least once
in our lives our characters were above sus
picion. So here we were in the very tem
ple of Mammon behind the
veil, so to speak, and in fnll view of priests
and worshipers, as one might call the crou
piers and gamblers. There they sat, round
table after table sat and stood, for there
were two or three standing for every one
who had a seat, so eager are they. Young
girls with flashed faces, and old bags with
bony, claw-like fingers, gloating over their
piles; players who looked stoically indiffer
ent whether winning or losing, others whose
faces betrayed every emotion. Some there
were who nsver staked more than five-franc
pieces, while others would only condescend
to gold and notes, a few using nothing but
the beautiful big gold coins of 100 francs
each, called "plaques."
We wandered through the gorgeous rooms,
stopping at one table alter another to
watch the game, and many a queer sight
we saw. While we were looking on at one
of the roulette tables a smartly-dressed
young Frenchwoman stepped forward just
as the ball began rolling. Suddenly she
tnrned to a companion, and I heard her say,
"Quick, Jeanne, lend me a louis the 17
will come out" The louis was handed to
her and placed on the seventeenth square
just as the croupier called out, "Bien ne va
plus," and in another moment he drawled
out, "Dix-sept, Noir, Xmpaire et Manque."
Out of the 37 spaces in the wheel, the little
ivory ball had actually chosen No. 17 to
drop into, and 700 francs were promptly
handed to the little lady. At another table
I watched a Frenchman put a 5-franc piece
again and again on 25. I don't know how
many times he had lost, bnt at last the ball
stopped in his space, and Monsieur beamed
with satisfaction as he gathered up 175
francs, leaving his stake on the twenty-fifth
square. An American girl sitting next
him, and who generally laid five or six
pieces on different squares without any ap
parent method, seemed to me to include the
twenty-fifth iu her next distribution of fa
vors to fortune, aud, strange to say, out
came the 25 again. One hundred and
seventy-five irancs were thrown to the
Frenchman for the one piece, and a second
175 francs followed for the other, but no one
lilted the money.
"To whom is the mass?" cried the
croupier.
"Isn't it yours?" said I to the fair Amer
can. "Of course it's mine," and she put forth
her hand to the little pile.
But Mr. Frenchman was too many for
her. "How stupid I am," he exclaimed,
"to forget my own system I" andbe grabbed
the money and swept it into bis own heap,
explaining volubly that he always doubled
his stake on the same number when 'he won.
In vain she protested, and when I tried to
say a good word for her, the croupier told
me that "she had for habit to claim the
stakes of other people though for that mat-
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ter," he added, "the man isn't much better."
He was left in possession, but I shall not
soon forget the look she gave him. I could
not have believed it possible that such beau
tiful eyes could flash forth so much hatred,
scorn and baffled rage.
At the table in the innermost room, where
only high came is supposed to be played, I
tried to fathom the mysteries of Trente et
Quarante, but all I could make outwas that
one well-known M. Pj seemed to win what
ever cards turned up, while another tossed
down his plaques with the most unvarying
ill-luck.
Close by I saw one of those curious se
quences which upset all systems. Black
came out seven or eight time's in succession,
and a solitary napoleon, left apparently by
some departed player, went on doubling
itself till about 100 lay in a little heap un
claimed. "A qui la masse?" called out the croupier,
and everybody looked at everybody. The)
grand nation again rose to the occasion. Two
Frenchmen were sitting together at a corner,
playing in a kind of partnership. One had
a pile of money in front of him, and did all
the staking, but both had books and pencils
with which they were constantly making
calculations and comparing results. At the
croupier's call the one turned sharply to the
other, said a few words and pointed with
his pencil to certain figures in his book.
"Parbleul" was the answer; "of what
could I be thinking? And to say that I
might have lost it all next turn. PardonI
mo a ami, pardonl The fact is that I h.iva
too much played to-day; I grow muddled."
And gathering up the mass of money, and
their stock of trade of books and pencils,
the two retired with a polite bow to the
company.
But what was Twinnie doing all thia
time? Gambling? Not he. I own to my
shame that I tried to egg him on. I told
him of the pleasurable flutter I was kept in
for 20 minutes some years ago with four
5-franc pieces, even although it did end in
losing them.
"Why," I said, "you might as well go to
the opera and sleep through the perform
ance as merely look on here. It is like
playing gooseberry to a pair ot lovers and
fancying you are feeling the divineemotiont
Not that I would encourage gambling far
be it trom me but yon simply set aside a
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louis or two as the price of the entertain
ment Although you may not get nuts for
your money and fnn for nothing, as at the
country shows, you will at least get fun for
yonr money."
But it was of no use, play he would not,
so I turned to follow the game of a hand
some but sad-looking Englishwoman who
persistently staked on the first transversal,
and as persistently lost.
And now I must explain what a transver
sal is. The board is divided into 37 squares,
in 12 rows of 3 each, numbered from 1
to 36, with an extra space at the top for
zero. Zero is the bank's advantage over all
players, and if can hardly be called un
reasonable, being only one "chance extra in
37. equivalent to a commission of about 2J
per cent onthe stakes. This does not 'seem
to be exorbitant when one remembers that
not only are those splendid rooms kept up
out of it, with a large staff of croupiers and
waiters, but also that the concert hall and
the lovely gardens are maintained, and ex
cellent mnsic provided both inside and out
side, free of charge. Nevertheless, it is said
that the bank can afford to pay 180,000 a
year to His Serene Highness for its privi
leges; and a paragraph went the rounds of
the papers recently to the effect that tha
profits for the previous month alone ex
ceeded $150,000 from which some idea may
be formed ot the enormous turn-over.
But to return to the table. As already
stated there are 12 rows of three squares
each; these are called transversals, or trans
versals of three numbers, and two adjoin
ing rows form a transversal of six.
Our beautiful compatriot placed louis after
louis on the first transversal, but every
number on the board seemed to turn up ex
cept 1, 2 and 3, and at last she rose and
lelt, sadder-looking than ever, and evident
ly cleaned out
"I glanced round for Twinnie, but he was
nownere to be seen. Going off iu search, Z
soon saw him at another table, actually
blushing in spite of his 40 odd summers,
and looking furtively around in the way
every one appears to do when he plays for
the first time. I kept ont of sight, and
when the croupier said, "Messieurs, faites
lejeu," was much amused to see him lav a
5-tranc piece on the red, with the air of a
man at whom the whole world is gazing.
"Lejeu est fait" "Bien ne va plus," fol
lowed at brief intervals; then the ivory hall
having settled in the space numbered 24 in
the wheel, he called, "Vingt-quatre, Noir,
Paire et Paa&el" and poor Twinnie's pieca
was raked iu. Again came the monotonous
"Gentlemen, make the game," but Twinnia
stood firm, and the ball ceased rolling with
out any further stake from him.
"So you have been gambling," I said
coming iorwara.
"Ob, jnst 5 irancs to be able to say that I
have tried my luck at Monte Carlo," ha
answered. "Win or lose, I made up my
mind only to try once."
"Then," said I, "I must do something for
the establishment We can't use this gor
geous place a whole evening for 5 francs."
So changing two Napoleons for eight
pieces, I began. To my astonishment they
lasted for two hours, my little store rising as
high as 300 francs, but finally dwindling
away to nothing an odd 5-franc piece I had
on entering following the others. We had
lost 50 francs between us, but I thought wa
had pretty good value for our money.
But alas 1 although my own conscienca
gave me no trouble, Twinnie never missed a
chance of teasing me on the subject.
Next morning, when settling the bill ot tha
Hotel des Anglais at Nice, I objected to
certain unconscionable charges, whereupon
Twinnie declared that because the man had
got my 45 francs I was becoming stingy. Wa
hired a carriage and drove by the Bo ate da
la Cornicbe to Mentone, passing through
several curious, picturesque old villages,
perched on the rocks, and surrounded by
vineyards. At one ot these, about half way,
Twinnie wanted to know if he was to die of
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