BHHHHHHHHHHRHfVfl! kB&t Tmt . --- .I i .m J ttjgBL v jSp' 3?? 111 r Ir: 1 fliL.'. I - NOT AN EASY LIFE IsThat of the Professional Funny "iMan, According to One of 'Em, J. Annoy Jinox. 'A CONVENIENT DECK-HAHD POET. How Railroads Have Hade Enfflanism and Terrorism Almost a Tradition ' in Modem Texas. , A-DOCTOE'S HAKDI CURE EOE CE1MFS. ft MFaitMnlness of Peter Wisr, One of the TTerlen it tie Htll Farm Mine. J. Annoy Knox, the New Tort funny man. originally from the Lone Star State, a contributor to The Dispatch, and one of the proprietors of Texas Siftingt, is stopping at the Duquesne. When asked if he wai here attending the Sunday School Conven tion, he replied that he was a Presbyterian by faith, but was merely passing through on a weslern business trip. Before he re turns he will visit his Texan ranch, which he has not seen in two years. Mr. Knox believes in a strict observance of the Sabbath, but the old blue laws as enforced in Pittsburg rather surprised him. He thought it was right to suppress the sale of liquor on Sunday, bnt drawing the line on soda water and cigars be held was ridiculous. Changing the subject to the modern funny business, which has be come part and parcel of the daily news paper. Mr. Knox said: SOT A BED OP EOSES. "The life of the funny man is not an easy one. I find it no trouble to write after I have secured an idea, bnt to get to the idea is the difficulty. I have offered from $20 to ?30 per week for a good suggestion, which I would accept. I received lots of them, in cluding alleged short tales of a humorous cast, but I can't s:e many of them. It isn't hard for a reporter to write about n conflagration. All he has to do is to pre sent the task, but with me I have to grind it out. Sometimes my liver is out of order, or I leel a little jaded, and the funny ap paratus refuses to wort. "These Sunday supplements are being printed now so early in the week that I find it difficult to furnish the Kew Yorksyndi cate with my matter early enough in the week. They would like to have it on Mon day, but I frequently hand it in as late as Thursday. It's a tough job, at times, to get the column out ot me. "I am a sociable brute, and love to talk with my fellows. Dropping into the Hoff man House I pick up any number of stories, but the trouble is to weed out the chestnuts. I am pretty well up, as a rule, but some times what I think to be new is pronounced old by other people. GIVES HIS JOKES AWAT. "Many of the anecdotes I write are worked up from suggestions and tips I re ceive. I put them in the mouth of a man like Depew or Florence, and at once they have a local habitation and a name. Any thing these men would say, you know, the people would consider interesting. "I have a man on the Stftings that I call the deck-hand poet. All I have to do is to give him the first line or suggestion and in a short time he will write 14 stanzas. Of course it is not of a high order, something on the style of the topical song breed, but he is a handy fellow to have around. Then we have a few other men who grind out fairly good poetry, bnt it is not an easy job. "It is surprising how the funny business in the newspapers has grown since 1881. There is scarcely a paper th'ese days ihat doesn't give its readers a surfeit of it. I don't like the average newspaper para grapher. There is little in his wit or humor, and much ot it is so much rubbish, simply abominable." Mr. Knox is a very entertaining gentle man, of medium age. He wears a large slouch hat, and rather long, flowing side whiskers. BUTFIANISM DEAD IN TEXAS. The Railroad Hare Sealed the Fate ot Wild-Eyed Deiperadoc. Accompanying Armory Knox in his travels is W. T. Hardenbrook, of the Hotel Register. He was formerly connected with Tezat Stftings, and had a varied experi ence as a newspaper man along the Bio Grande borders. "I have often been tempted," said he at the Duquesne yesterday, "to write my news paper reminiscences in Texas. I went there when a young man, in the days when the desperado ruled the plains with the bowie knife and revolver. A meat ax figured prominently in many of my experiences, but the Texas ruffian has taken a back seat. He has been knocked out by the railroads. There are to-day few interior towns in Texas. The gridiron of roads reaches almost every place, and it is impossible for a man to commit a crime and then board a mustang and be out of sight before even a cry of alarm could be raised. Too many of these fellors have been hanged and sent to the penitentiary, while others have poured out their lives dangling at the end of a rope. "When I went South it was at the time when the Northern man was said to be at a discount I never was treated rudely by the Southern people, and I soon discovered that the man who was debarred in the South was also discarded at home. In Texas there is only the common feeling of cordiality and hospitality for people who behave themselves, and all this talk about Southern hatred of Northern men is only chatter." Air. Hardenbrook was appointed by the Governor of Texas to represent the State at the New Orleans Exposition, quite an honor conferred on a red hot Yankee. HE IS THEEE TO STAY. Remarkable Work Done by Feter Wise at the OInbonlne: Bllne. Among the men working at Dunbar to re cover the imprisoned miners is one whose modest demeanor has so far tailed to gain I for him proper recognition at the hands of the reporters. His name is Peter Wise, ex District Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, and a man who has the respect aud confidence of every coal digger in the Conncllsville district Since the disaster occurred he has not taken off his clothes, yet he never complains, bnt works away and keeps his mouth shut. He has the happy knacfc or going to sleep anywhere, and, wrapping his rubber coat about him, lie will lie down on the ground and in two Minutes be wandering amid the flowers and grass of dreamland. When he was at the head of the miners often during some pro tracted labor trouble he never removed his apparel, but slept on the ground or where ever he could find a resting place. The othernight at the Mahoning mine he was sitting in the doctors' tent, on an empty jpuwucrcau, ujb iace DiacK with the grimy dirt. It was the first time he complained since the work of rescue was commenced, when he remarked to Colonel Kerfoot: "I have an awfn), thumping headache. It seems to me a blacksmith shop is in opera tion inside of my cranium. I need rest and . sleep, but 1 won't go home. I have come here to stay until these men are taken out," and with these words he started down the xnanway to lead the night shift. j A Church Dedicator. j'Bishop L W. Joyce, the great church ffdedicator of the Methodist denominstinn "ll?egltred at the Anderson yesterday. He caae 1,200 miles from the South to open a MHurca at Aicii.ee.port. DYING OPINI0K., The Minion of Two VUltora From Llborln Needs of Their Country. x Hon. Newton J. Squires and Bev. C. M. Billsby, ,two prominent citizens of the African Bepublic, of Liberia, passed through Pittsburg last night, en route for, Chicago. Both gentlemen are colored, and have remarkably intelligent features. Mr. Squires has aetred since 1884 in the National Council of Liberia, and was from 1886 to 1888 Secretary of the Interior. He is Chief Commissioner on colonization, and in this capacity has been dispatched to America to study opin ion here on the proposed emigration of our negroes to Africa. Mr. Billsby first became noted as a mis sionary among the unconverted Africans, and has written a volnme on his labors in Central Africa and Morocco. He is Secre tary of the Liberian Colonization Commis sion. Mr. Squires said: "We are a thriv ing community in Liberia, but we would thrive still more if we had an injection of new and pure American negro blood. Un fortunately, we admitted some white men into our colony, and we find that the hali-breeds of the State constitute a .thorn in our side, and are uni tormly idle and shiftless. The Coloniza tion Commission was appointed by our Council to discuss the advisability of adding fresh territory, and inducing civilized and industrious negroes from America to settle thereon. Our capital, Monrovia, could easily be made a center of trade and an ad mirable market town for State produce. The new lands wonld be set at a very low price." The commissioners stated lurther that they had stopped a little in New York and were abont to visit Chicago, after which they would go South. Mr. Billsby re marked that their intention was to ulti mately advertise in several of the chief newspapers for such negroes as desired to settle in Liberia. The new provinces will be named after the first emigrants who volunteer. AGAINST ME. DELAKATEB. Good Republicans Afraid Standard Oil Grease Will Elect Him. "I won't vote for Delamater," said a hotel clerk yesterday, emphatically. "Why not?" queried a reporter. "Oh, I don't like him, but I am afraid he will be elected. There is too much grease to be used, and as the representative of the Standard Oil Company, he has morel than one barrel at his disposal. I think if the election were to be held in the next ten days any good Democrat would beat him. Things may "change, however, by fall, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he carried Ihe State with a majority of 50.000. It would be a left-handed slap if the State should re pudiate the man who made Harrison Presi dent, but I would like to see it done." A SIMPLE EEMEDY FOE CHAMPS. When Top Feel the Fain Take u. Mixture of Heated Floor nod WhUky. An ancient physician was leaning against a post yesterday sunning himself with the afternoon heat. "What is a simple and effectual remedy for cramps, doctor?" was asked. "A timely question, my boy," he an swered quickly. "This is the season of the year when men are doubled up without cere mony. Plour and whis'ky are two simple ingredients, and easily obtainable. The violent pain can be stopped by heating a spoonful of each and after mixing them drink the decoction down. It soon gives re lief, and if persisted in will soon restore the inflamed stomach to a healthy condition." DULL FREIGHT BUSINESS. Rallrond Men Wnliins for the End of the Hot Weather. "This is the dull season in most lines of business," remarked J. A. Hall, commercial agent of the Bock Island road. "The rail roads are not carrying much freight. The iron and glass shipments are nothing to what they will be in August and Septem ber, when the trade revives. "There is a 17,000-ton rail order going over my road from this city to the Choctaw Coal jind Bailroad Company, of El Reno, Ind. Ty. There will be besides from 10 to 15 cars of splice bars and bolts and eight cars of spikes. In May I sent west 3,000, 000 pounds from this territory. MAJ0B H0NT00TH AT HOME. He Was Tired, and Asked to be Excused From an Interview. Major Montooth returned from Washing ton last evening accompanied by his sister. He was tired from the journey, and begged to be excused. He denied most emphatically that he had gone to the Capital to see Senator Cameron. While there he called on a number of friends, but they were social visits. When asked if he would take the stump for the ticket, the Major replied that he hadn't made up his mind, and didn't care to say any more for the present. UP GOES THE PRICE OF BOOKS! Ulonrnlnp, Lamentation and Woe for the Publisher of the Encyclopedia Brltan nlca and Other American Reprints. Judge Shipman, of the United States Dis trict Court, has rendered a decision of great importance to the international copyright question. The invention by American in genuity of a very cheap process for repro ducing books by photography has enabled American publishers to reproduce expensive foreign books at about one-third the price of the original. The result has been Ameri cans could buy the choicest works of the best foreign talent at a very low price. The Encyclopedia Britaunica, a work of unequaled merit aad admitted authority contains many articles by American authors of distinction, who either hold the copy right of these articles themselves or have as signed it to the Messrs. Blacks, of Edin- ourgn. ine axary it. Alien Uompany, by the photographic process, have been for over two years reproducing the Bntannica in it entirety, and selling the work at one- halt to one-third tne price of the original edition. The Messrs. Blacks, with the Scribners, their American agents, and Gen eral Erancis A. Walker, have attacked the firm of Henry G. Allen Companv in the United States Courts, and asked "to have them enjoined from further publication, and made to account for the profits from past business resulting from the reproduc tion of the work. The Henry G. TAUen Company demurred to the bill, on the grounds that, as the arti cles claimed as copyrighted have appeared in a book, almost the whole of which be longs to an alien, and is not copyrighted, the said articles are not entitled to protec tion by our copyright laws; and were se cured and published by the alien publishers expressly to prevent a reproduction. Judge Shipman has overruled the demur rer, and ruled that an American does not lose title to his property by mixing it with an uncopyrighted book; and that a citizen of the United States, who is the owner of a copyright, can assign the whole of such copyright to a foreigner and he thereby be protected by such coovrip-hL Unless the Supreme Court reverses Judge Shipman's ruling this valuable work will be outf the reach of persons of moderate means. It is probable an injunction will be served on the publishers ot the reprints, at least pending decision of the Supreme Court, where the case will in all probabil ity be carried. HeadQUABTEBS for tents. PITTSBTJBO WATEB PeOOP CO., 426 Liberty street. Jane Reduction Sale. Dozens of styles in muslin underwear, corset covers, gowns, chemise, drawers and sfcirts, at cost. Openunlil 9 p. m. Saturday. A. u. uahpbeui K&oxs, in jwtn are. THE THEY WILL NOT SIGN. Many Manufacturers Dissatisfied With the Amalgamated Scale. AH0THER CONFERENCE MONDAY. Enough Extras to Epal a Six-Dollar-a-Ton Bate for Boiling. DOINGS OF A DAI IN LABOR CIRCLES The Amalgamated Association scale for 1890-91 is not receiving the signatures of the manufacturers as rapidly as the officials expected it to. The conference between the manufacturers and the men were resumed yesterday. The meeting was held at 102 Fourth avenue, and lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning until after 7 o'clock last evening, with an intermission of an hour for dinner. Last year the scale was signed promptly by the manufacturers, without any conferences. Three days have now been spent on this year's scale, and an amicable settlement'seems as far distant as the day the first conference was held. The objections to the scale seem to be of greater weight than was at first thought. One manu:acturer argued yesterday that the Amalgamated Association had put in enough extra to make up for the rate talked of for boiling, and said that they might better have come out squarely and asked for ?6 per ton, instead of $5 50 and trying to make up the difference in extras. Vice President Boberts, of the Associatlon,ad mitted last night that if the base of the scale had been raised to $6, he believed it would have been signed without any diffi culty. THE CHIEF OBJECTION. The manufacturers' chief objection, as has been stated in these columns, is on the guide mill scale. A member of the Manu facturers' Committee stated last night that the matter had been under discussion the greater part ot the day, and that the manu facturers had made np their minds not to sign the scale in its present shape. The committee for the men have already made several concessions of points decided upon at the recent convention, bnt the manufacturers are still dissatis fied. The latter will not accept the proposed scale for the roughers and catchers. One of them said in yesterday's conference that if they did accept it a way would be left open lor the roughers and catchers td demand more wages, and it wonld not be six months until they would want an increase. The manufacturers are about ready to sign the scale if the men modify it in regard to the guide mill scale, but insist that the rollers must pay the roughers and catchers, as heretofore. A STIFF OBJECTION. One of the most strenuous objectors to the scale is James McCutcheon, who said to a reporter: "We will not sign the scale as it was adopted. We want last year's scale. My principal objection to the scale is on the qualfying clauses to the boiling and certain of the rolling scales are too severe. The Amalgamated committee tell us it is not in tended to place a literal construction on all these things, yet, if we sign the scale, we could be held to the letter. I want the ex tra time clauses modified." Mr. McCutcheon is one of a number of manufacturers who would be willing to sign last year's scale for three years. Another conference on the scale will be held to-morrow, when both sides hope a conclusion will be reached. SATS IT'S NOT N0N-TOI0N. One of Ihe Emplovlnc Printers on the Sub ject or the Tjpotfaem. Mr. H. P. Callow, one of the employing printers and jobbers of the city who are in terested in the organization of a Typothets here, states that a wrong impression has gone out in regard to the attitude of the proposed organization toward Typograph ical Union No. 7. Mr. Callow says there is not the slightest feeling of antagonism against the union, quite the contrary. The organization is for mutual pro tection in a business way, and Typograph ical Union No. 7 was never thought of as figuring in the reasons for such organiza tion. READY FOB THE PICNIC. Flint Glass Workers Will Go to Wheel Ins Park To-Morrow. Several thousand flint glass workers from Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Vir ginia will take part in the reunion at Wheeling to-morrow. Arrangements have been made by the local committee to take the excursionists over the Panhandle, but the Baltimore and Ohio will also take a large number of them, and has made special arrangements to land the people within ten minutes' walk of the Wheeling Park, which is situated directly upon its line. - Pipe Prices Reaffirmed. Captain O. C. Murdoch and other Pitts burgers returned yesterday from a meeting of the Wrought Iron Pipe Manufacturers' Association, which was held in New York Friday. Former prices were reaffirmed, and the reports showed the trade to be in a good condition. The association sanctioned the oil country association. A Successful Organization. The new oil country organization, the formation of which was noticed exclusively in The Dispatch this week, held another meeting yesterday, in the office of the National Tube Works. The organization is complete now and promises to be of great value to the manufacturers' agents. Will Close Early. The firm of Hugns & Hacke has insti tuted a half holiday system in their stores for the summer season. Hereafter their em ployes will be released at 5 o'clock and on Saturdays at 1 p. m. A Charter Refused. Judge Magee refused the Master Plasterers' Association a charter yesterday on the grounds that the objects of the ass o ciation were not clearly stated and the ap plication is not in proper form. Fourth of July Excursions Via the Pennsyl vania Lines. Excursion tickets will be 'old at one fare for the round trip between all stations on the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg on July 3 and 4, good returning until July C. No excursion tickets will be sold to adults at less rate than 25 cents, nor to children at less rate than 15 cents, tusu Plttsbnrir and Lake Erie Railroad. July 1 to 7, this line will sell tickets to St. Paul, Minn., and return on account of the National Educational Association, and on July 6 and 7, to Milwaukee, Wis., on account of the Knights of Pythias, at very low rates. wrhsu "Otjb Eyes, and How to Preserve Them," 32-page book, by mail 2 cents, or "free" at office Chessman-Mannion, Opticians, 42 Fed eral street, Allegheny. Best 51 spectacles on earth. New York Hops Are the best domestic sort to make a fine beer. They enter largely into our product. D. Ltjtz & Son, TXSU Telephone 3002. The Great Fire Solo Still going on at the New York Grocery. Canned goods, dried 1 fruits, teas, spices, soaps, etc. All must', go in the next ten days. Yo . t chance lor bargains." .PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, .AN IMPORTANT PLANK. Country Bond Improvement Recommended In the Platform or the Republican Con ventionThe Party Now Committed to That Issue How the Blatter Wa Over looked. A fact that was generally overlooked in all newspaper reports about the Bepublican State Convention was the recognition made in the resolutions adopted by that body of the country road question. Ihe platforms usually adopted at these conventions, as everybody knows, are written before hand. When a Committee on Besolutions is appointed and retires, the platform as prepared is read them. Alterations are not generally made to it, but in this instance H. H. Byram, of Pitts burg, a member of the committee, offered an amendment to the platform. It provided that "the forthcoming Legislature should make an appropriation for the improve ment of the public highways." Some former delegate objected that this recommendation should be attached to the platform with a modification, because the farmers wanted to work out road taxes in stead or paying them. Mr. Byram tried to show the man that if the roads were once permanently improved by the State, there would 'be far less taxes to be either worked or paid upon them than now. The force of this statement was shown, and the amendment to the plat form adopted, and was so read in the con vention, and became with the article a part of the bulwark on which the Bepublican party rests this campaign. The platform as originally prepared had been riven out to the press in printed proof slips. These were telegraphed all over the State, and .the country road amendment being only a single line, the addition was scarcely observed by newspaper reporters in the convention. For this reason newspapers, including The Dispatch, printed the platform with the road amendment omitted. As The Dispatch had much to do with arousing agitation, on this important sub ject in Pennsylvania, it is only too happy to publish this additional item of news about the Bepublican platiorm. THE DUQUESNE WINS AGAIN. Judge Stowe Refuses Another Injunction i Asainst the Kew Company. Judge Stowe yesterday handed down an opinion refusing the injunction asked for in the case of Charles Lockhart and others against the Craig Street Bailway Company and the Duquesne Traction Company, to re strain them from constructing their railway on Negley avenue. Judge Stowe, in his opinion, said that all the questions merged into one whether the defendants have shown the legal right to construct and operate a railway on Negley avenue. This involves the proper interpretation of the defendants' charters, the constitutionality of the act under which they were granted and the validity of the ordinances of the city giving them the right to build and operate the road in question. Continuing, he said that the power of the Legislature to author ize the incorporation of companies, with power to build and operate railways, cannot be doubted. As to the difference between a horse car line and an electric line, the Court thinks there is nothing of which the plaintiffs can legally complain. To whatever dust, noise, or'annoyance ia incident they must submit. If the defendants have no legal rights then the remedy of the plaintiffs is a common law action for all damages they may sustain. The case is not clear enough to stop a great public improvement before a final hearing. In conclusion the injunction was refused. To Avoid Sunday TraTellng;. The Executive Committee of the Interna tional Sunday School Convention have made arrangements to hold the meetings hereafter beginning on Wednesday and holding over the Sabbath to avoid traveling on Sunday. Mechanical Hall is now de serted. OPEN TO ALL. Why the P. R. R. Seaside Excursions Blust Become Popular. In last Sunday's Dispatch attention was called to the series of exenrsions the Penn sylvania Bailroad Company proposes to run to the seashore during the months of July and August. Two will be in July, viz: the 10th and 24th, and in August 7 and 21. They have become wonderfully popnlar. The perfect manner in which they are handled, the parlor cars run on the special day trains and Pullman's finest chair and sleeping cars, are models of elegance. An impression prevails among the travel ing public that the patronage of these low rate excursions are not first class. In con versation a few days ago with a prominent business man in this city, bp assured us that he had made a number of trips every year, taking in Atlantic City, Cape May and the numerous points on the Jersey coast. The low rate at which these tickets are sold, $10 for the round trip, and limited to ten days from date of sale, enables not only the busi ness man and his family, but the working men for a ten-days' outing, to enjoy a dip in the ocean. JORDAN'S SWIMMING SCHOOL, Below Sixth Street Bridge, Now Open. Anytime from 6 o'clock morning until 10 o'clock night swimmers and bathers can be accommodated here. There is a clear 150 foot swimming space, with pure running water. Captain Jordan has 112 dressing rooms,so that all who come can be promptly accommodated. He provides bathing trunks free for men and boys. The best or der is maintained; strong swimmers are in attendance, and no undesirable characters are admitted. The school will be open for ladies each Tuesday and Friday during the summer. Lady teachers will be in attendance and bathing suits furnished free of charge. Cap tain Jordan has now, and always has had, many of the best people of the two cities among his patrons. All who come testify to their enjoyment and appreciation of his excellent swimming school. New patents from O. D. Levis, patent solicitor. No. 131 Fifth avenue, next to Leader office (over 20 years actnal practice patent business exclusively): S. B. Smytbe, Allegheny, coyer for furnaces, Isaac Socks, Ciaysville, Pa., cultivator; T. N. McKean, Easton, Pa., car coupler; Theodore Mistel ski, Allegheny, sand molding maehine; J. H. Davis, Findlay, O., galvanic battery; E. E. Carter, Pittsburg, cutter for mining machines; W. H. Peckert, Warren, Pa., oil pump. United States and foreign pat ents procured; no delay. Office open every evening until 9 o'clock. Hair Fare to St. Paul, Ollnn. On July 1 to 7 the Pittsburg and Western Bailway will sell round trip tickets to St. Paul, account National Educational Asso ciation, at half fare. Chicago express, with Pullman buffet sleeper, leaves Allegheny daily, at 2:30 P. M., central time; arrives Chicago next morning 8:25 a. m. All for S3. One large crayon portrait, worth $5 00 One handsome frame, worth 2 50 One dozen best cabinet photos, worth.. 2 50 One panel picture, worth 75 All lor $5 until farther notice; also cabinet photos at 1 per dozen. Lies' Galleet, 10 and 12 Sixth street. tts Half Fare to Milwaukee. Wis. On July S, C and 7 the Pittsburg and Western Bailway will sell excursion tickets to Milwaukee, account K. of P. Conclave, at fare one way for the round trip. The Finest Line of Etchings, engravings, easles, etc., at the lowest possible prices at Jacob J. Fnchs', 1710 Carson St. White lawn waists for ladies to-morrow atEoeeabaum & Co.'s. " .. ' ' SUNDAY, ' JUNE 29. SEAL ENGHSH SPORT Enjoyed by a Tarty of Picnickers at Boss Grove, Yesterday. A COUPLE OP CRICKET MATCHES, Three-Legged Baces, Football, Back Eaces and Bell Baea MAKE THE DAI A TEEI JOLLT ONE Yesterday the Daughters and Sons of St George spent a really pleasant day at Boss Grove, on the West Penn Bailroad. By a chance, which may not have been a chance, the day selected for the picnic happened to be the anniversary of an event very note worthy in English history. Yesterday, across the Atlantic, the cannon boomed from tower and bastion in honor of Queen Victoria's fifty-second years as sovereign of a mighty empire. The English are. above all things, a na tion of athletes. When the native Ameri can goes out in the woods with Mrs. or more often Miss Columbia, he takes his ease, and goeth not in for games which may bring the perspiration to his brow. If he dances a little it is the utmost he will do, and the rest of his outing is generally spent in soft flirtation or softer slumber. But John Bull, even when on American soil and under a very hot American edition of the original Old Sol, is not content with such gentle dalliance. He wants a rollicking picnic, such as he used to enjoy when, as an urchin, he frequented West country "veasts" or North country "fairs." Accordingly, yes terday's fun at Boss' Grove was lively in the extreme. BE AC ENGLISH SPOBTS. There were races of all sorts, games of all sorts, dancing, too, and, above all, cricket for what would be an Anglo-Saxon picnic without its cricket matches? The scene in the grove was a ptcturesque and stirring one. Here were the relresh ment tents, 'round which thirsty soals gath ered like the proverbial flies 'round the proverbial honey. Here the big dancing pavilion echoed with the strains of the Grand Army Orchestra, under Colonel Hart's able conductorship, and re-echoed with the tramp aud patter of scores of feet. Here "merry-go-rounds" circled, with their loads of cake-devouring, lemonade-imbibing little ones; here the football whirled in air; here lovers whispered under the bending branches; here races were being contested, and the oldest and newest of all sports, undying cricket, iound many votaries. Above all, the trees interlaced their shielding branches, to save the damask cheekB of these imported lasses from the amorous sun's too frequent caresses. The sports opened with a cricket match between the Eureka Cricket Club and Alle gheny City Lodge's first 11. Eureka won, alter a pretty match, by 117 to 70. For the Alleghenies, Hogg made top score; while Crawtord, on behalf of Eureka, carried out his bat for 34. Woods deserves especial no tice in the Eureka 11. as he bowled seven wickets, and nearly half his overs were maidens. A 120-yards handicap, a girls' skipping race, ana a three legged race were some of the sports. The old English "bell race" was also re vived. This is a pastime in which the racers are blindfolded and a bellman turned loose. The sound ot the bell is fol lowed, and the first to catch the ringer wins the race. Quite a lot of fun was obtained from the bell race, especially as it took place in rough, uneven ground. The sack race, too, was "just awfully jolly." ON TOP ONCE MORE. In the afternoon another cricket match came off this time between Allegheny City and Mt. Washington lodges. It proved a victory tor the former team. Hogg again distinguished himself, making top score again for Allegheny. Boyce, on the Mt. Washington team, bowled six wickets. As dusk drew near; and the evening be came cooler, a game of football was ini tiated and continued with unflagging in jury till the gloaming enwrapt both players and ball. Then the dancing saloon filled rapidly, and while the G. A. B. Orchestra played waltz, polka and quadrille, the young people had a glorious time. Away in odd corners you could hear "old boys" talking of "wrastlin " and "quarter staff," and recalling the by gone cricket heroes of Surrey, Yorkshire or Notts, and white-haired "gammers" kept pace with their "gaffers," in summoning up these odd reminiscences. It was quaintly lunny to hear these gay old dames speaking of "veast" and "fair," of all the country side beaus and the rare old English days. There was one aged "maid of Kent," who, under the influence of the scene, sang in a sweet if quavering voice, Ob, dearl what can tho matter be, Johnny's, so long at the fair. AlasI It Johnny had turned up from the fair just then with that longed-tor "bunch o' blue ribbon," he would have found, not "bonny brown hair," but locks that were both gray and sparse. No doubt, though, the singer had found her "Johnny" long since, and the blue ribbons were treasured by children and grandchildren as precious relics. In good time, and in good order, the picnic broke up, and the Daughters and Sons of George-the-Dragon-Slaughterer hied them back to humdrum work again after the "veast" of Boss Grove. Another Great Sale of Fire Goods Consigned to the New York Grocery, con sisting of canned goods, dried fruits, teas, spices, soaps, etc. Must be disposed of the next 30 days. Tour chance for bargains. 16 cans solid packed tomatoes. $100 20 cans good sugar corn 1 00 20 cans, choice blackberries 100 15 cans choice apples 100 14 cans raspberries (in heavy syrup).. 1 00 16 cans red cherries X 00 5 cans California white cherries 1 00 16 lbs. California raisins 100 25 lbs. sun-dried peaches 100 12 lbs. California evaporated peaches. 1 00 lOlbs. pitted plums 100 16 lbs. evaporated apricots 1 00 10 lbs. London layer raisins 1 00 16 lbs. golden dates :.... 1 00 16 lbi. evaporated apples 1 00 10 lbs. English mustard 100 10 lbs. black pepper 100 10 lbs cayenne pepper 100 8 lbs. white pepper 1 00 8 lbs. cream tartar 100 lOlbi African ginger 100 SO bars good scrubbing soap 100 30 bars white floating soap (5 cent barsl 1 00 30 bars best wax soap (fl cent bars).. 1 00 32 lbs rolled oats 1 00 32 lbs oat meal 1 00 20 packages corn starch 1 00 28 lbs. large lamp starch ' 1 00 6 lbs. 20-cent tea. 1 00 4 lbs. 30-cent tea 1 00 3 lbs 40-cent tea 1 00 Good chewing tobacco per lb 25 100 C-cent clears tor 1 50 100 mould tobies for. 75 22 boxes sardines in oil , 1 00 Hires' root beer 15 Gelatine, per pkg 10 Goods delivered free to all parts of both cities. To those living out ot the city will prepay freight on all orders of ?10 and up ward. Send'for catalogue. M. B. Thompsok, 301 Market street, corner Third avenue. Wholesale and retail. Terms strictly cash. Headquarters for tents. PlXTSBUBO WATEB PBOOP CO., 426 Liberty-street Jebseys Begular ?5 and $6 qualities; 32 in. and 34 in. Bust measure only; re duced to ?2 to close. HUQUS & HACKB. ttssu Spring Style. .Thejargest stock ol .vestings, suitings and trouserings at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood sU 1890. 7JT HIS HEW HOTEL. Mr. Hutchinson Entertains Quito a Number ef His Newspaper Friends. Mr. Alex Hutchinson, proprietor of the new Merchants' Hotel, on Water street, op posite the Baltimore and Ohio depot, ten dered a banquet to the representatives of the local press, at the formal opening of the new house last nighf The Merchants' oc cupies the site of the old National Hotel, one of Pittsburg's oldest hostelries. Mr. Hutchinson has made extensive alterations in the building, the new house having all the modern conveniences, with the office on the ground floor. To the right of the office is the spacious dining hall, in which Mr. Hutchinson last evening enter tained his guests. About 75 of the working forces of all the daily papers sat down to the elaborate colla tion. They all wished Mr. Hutchinson suc cess in his new enterprise. RESORTS. BEFORE LEAVING TOWN, Bend your silverware and valuables of all kinds to FIDELITY TITLE 4 TRUST CO.'S SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS, 121 and 123 Fourth ave. jelO-81 QTATIONEKY OALLINU CARUS, PORT JO FOLIOS, fountain pens, lap tablets, chate laine bags, fine drinking enps and flasks: all requisites for comfort or traveling; a nice as sortment of new goods at JOS. EICHBAUM & CO.'S, 48 Fifth ave, Pittsbnrg. je2S68 3 IHE ARGYLE, ATLANTIC CITY". N. J., Ocean end of Connecticut ave. Now open oil view of ocean. S. V. FERGUSON. apl249-arwrsu BELLAIBE COTTAGE-125 SOUTH TEN NESSEE, ave.; very desirable rooms in well-located, modern cottage, on moderate terms. je39-su T HE STRAND Corner Third avenue and Kinzsley. Asbury Park, N. J. Full ocean view: modern conven iences; perfect sanitary conditions: first-class table. W.CRAWFORD. ' e22-92-TTSSU STOCKTON HOTEL CAPE MAY. N. J. REMODELED AND REFURNISHED. Cuisine and appointments of the highest older. Ui 3PENS JUNE 30. je26-31 F. THEO. WALTON, Prop. THE WINGFIELD, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Ocean ave., near the beach. Enlarged, sanitary arrangements perfect. Appointments first class. Six minutes' from Pennsylvania Railroad depot. Terms reasonable. jel-93-TBSu MRS. M. CASSIO. u NITED STATES HOTEL- ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. Remodeled, enlarged and refurnished. Finest Hotel on the Coast. Opens Jnne 14. W. a ANDERSON, Manager. myI2-3S-TTsau HOTEL GILSEY. OCEAN END Connecticut avenue. Atlantic City. Orchestra, electric bells, nnderdrained. OPEN MAY 1. OF ALEX. M. my2S6-Trssa OPPENHEIMER TOURISTS AND TRAVELERS CAN double their pleasure by taking an ama teur photographic camera with them during their vacation; compact, portable, easily oper ated; all leading makes of cameras, including Kodaks, Hawkeye, Diamond, etc., etc W. S. BELL & CO., 431 Wood St., Pittsburg. je!5-70 HOCHHEIMER'S HOTEL AND CAFE. Amencan and European plana Appointments and service first class. H. HOCHHEIMER, Ca terer, 1408 Atlantic ave., Atlantic City. my4-73-su BEDFORD MINERAL SPRINGS, BEDFORD. PA. In the Allegheny Mountains. Scenery unsur passed. High altitude, cool nights. No malaria nor mosquitoes. As a enrative agent the water has no equal. All amusements. Toerge's fa mous orchestra. Hotel enlarged, improved and newly furnished. Open June 12. Circulars on application. L. B. DOTY, jel 96 Manager, TDLEWOOD. I HOTEL AND COTTAGEB. The only summer resort where the Pittsburg business man can, with bis family, enjoy all the advantages of the country while attending bus iness with same facility as If living in the city. Six miles from Union station. on the Panhandle R. R. Now open. Particulars at 63 Sixth ave., city. M. STANFORD JACKSON.Manager. Je4-24 HOTEL ALBION, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. NOW OPEN. Under new management. C. B. HAJIM, (late of Merchants Hotel, Johns town, Pa.) CHARLES KROPP, (now of American House, Trenton.) apiZ-oO-Sn MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Cresson Springs. On the summit of the Allegheny Mountains. Will open JUNE 25. For circulars and infor mation address WM. R. DUNHAM. Superintendent myt-63 Cresson, Cambria Co., Pa, CONGRESS HALL, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Will open June 28; location unsurpassed, fac ing inlet and ocean; snperlor table; accom modates 500 guests. For circnlars and terms address. R. HAMILTON, je5-4 Proprietor. "TjlERNCLIFF" ON THE YOUGH. This J delightful snmmer mountain resort oc cupies a commanding position in the AUegbeny Mountains, being located on the Pittsburg branch of the RAO.R. R., at the celebrated Ohio Pylo Falls of the Yougblogbeny river, 74 miles east of Pittsburg, and 75 miles west of Cumberland. Pure air; fine fishing; a table unsurpassed by any resort in the country. Terms moderate. Excursion tickets, costing $1 50 for the round trip, are now issued by the B.40.R R., enabling visitors to spend Satur day and Sunday at "Ferncllff." J. E. SCHROCK, Jel5-988i Ohio Pjle P. O., Proprietor. PARK PLACE HOTEL, SEWICKLEY. Twenty minutes from city on P. Ft. W. t C. R.R. Two minutes' walk from'statlon; beautifully shaded; excellent location; delightful surround ings in every respect. All the comforts of the city. Open all tne year. Call on, or address. W. H. a McKELVY, Prop'r. my255-su MARKLETON HOTEL-D. E. BAER. Proprietor. Markleton station, B.4 0.R. R., Somerset connty. Pa. These honses are located 1,800 feet above sea leve!,at the prettiest point on line of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and overlook the swift-flowing Casselman river at the junction ot leer's run, which streams are noted for elegant trout and bass fishing. The buildings are entirely new, wide balls, open fireplaces, best of ventilation and drainage, elegantly furnished, lighted with electric ligbt, etc Good livery, fine drives and beautiful mountain scenery. Terms, $2 per day. Discount per month or season. House open June 1. je27 23 THE MANSION, ATLANTICCITY, N. J- Enlarged, Remodeled. Refurnished. Brophy's Orchestra from Jnne to October. Finely ap pointed Cafe and Billiard Room. Coaches to and from depots and to beach during bathing hours. Open All the Year. Je22S CHARLES McGLADE. SUMMER TRIPS. Before soing away for the snmmer leave yonr property in onr hands for the collection of rents. Prompt remittances to any part of the world. BLACK & BA1RD, 95 Fourth Ave. je22-85-suTTh BY THE SEA. MONMOUTH HOUSE, SPRING LAKE BEACH, N. J., "WILIrOPEN JUNE 3. House enlarged, artesian well, new ImnroTed sanitary plumbing tbrougbont the bouse. For terme and other Information address L. D". MALTBY, Monmouth House. Or Hotel Lafayette, Philadelphia. . w , JelS-a-TTsa REW ADVEB.TISfcMENT3. The Leading and Largest' Millinery House in Western "(10 CtljlhGt -FOR Jnipilli'" TOURISTS' Those contemplating a trip to the country, the seashore or the mountains should visit DANZIGER'S, the acknowl edged headquarters for camping, picnic and outing parties, and tourists supplies ot ail Kinds. Ulubs and societies sup plied at wholesale prices. - Ladies' Linen Dusters at $i 99 each. Ladies' Fine Linen Dusters at $2 49 each. Ladies' Black Mohair Dusters at $4 99 each. Grey Mohair Dusters at $4 99 each. Zephyr Shawls at 99c each. White Flannel Blazers with cord and tassel, 4 49 each. Black and Blue Blazers, 3 24 to 5 each. Ladies' London Shirts at 1 49 each. Ladies' Linen Shirts at 98c each. Ladies' Striped Blazers at $1 49 each. Ladies' Wrappers and Tea Gowns, 99c to 15. In fact we show everything pertaining to comfort and elegance in our Cloak Department No lady should fail to see our vast assortment of Summer Waists and Shirts. No other house can compare with us in this line. FOR CAMPING AND OUTING. Heavy pieced tin picnic cups, 2c each. Hard wood picnic plates, . 7c per doz. Wooden lemon squeezers, 5c each. Heavy polished tin lemonade shakers, 5c each. Decorated paper napkins, 7c per doz. Heavy tin spoons, 10c per doz. Large hammocks, well made, 69c each. Crystal glass ice cream saucers, ic each. Half-gallon lemonade pitchers, 21c each. Crystal glass table tumblers, 2c each. Hard wood toothpicks (2,500 in a box), 3c per 'box. Two-hoop, painted pails, 12c each, and stoop seats at 8c each. TOURISTS' SUNDRIES. Hair brushes, celluloid, etc., 24c to 99c each. Clothes brushes, all styles, 24c, 49c ana 74c each. Nail brushes at 9c, 12c, 19c and 24c each. Tooth brushes, every kind imaginable, 9 to 49c each. Large bars castile soap (genuine), regularly sold at x 50, our price 50c per bar. Hand mirrors, brass, celluloid and plush, 12c to $1 24 each. Nail Files, all sizes, 12c to 25c each. Face powders, pink and white, 13c to 74c a box. Chamois skins, all sizes, 9c to $1 each. Hand bags, alligator and grained leather, 99c to $4 49 each. , . Ladies' Chatelaine bags, all styles, 24c to $4 49 each. Shawl straps at 10c, 24c and 39c each. - Rubber bathing caps, cream and black, at 19c and 24c each. An elegant large bath sponge only 25 c Satchel Straps at 25c each. Ladies' belts, silk, leather and canvas, 24c each. Huck towels for "outing," 10c each. Grey blankets for outing and camping parties at 90c each. Blankets for "outing" at Si 74 per pair. v And the biggest Turkish towel on earth for the money Sold in - other houses at $1; our price, 24c each. Also a complete line of soaps, perfumes, toilet waters and bay rum, etc LADIES' SILK MITTS. Ladies' Pure Silk Mitts, sold everywhere at 25c, our price 13c pair" Ladies' Milanese Silk Mitts, regular price 40c, our price 24c pair. Better grades at 39c, 49c, 59c, 69c and 74c per pair. NOTION AND ART Hair Pins, 5c box. Glove Darners, 5c each. Book Pins, 9c, 12c boos:. Mourning Pins, 3c box. Shoe .Polish, 9c bottle. Celluloid Thimbles, 4c each. Rubber Hair Pins, lie box. Langtry Cnrling Irons, 9c each. Electric Curlers, 21c each. Gem Cnrling Irons, 18c each. Emery Cushions, 5c, 9c each. Ventilated Garters, 13c pair. Silk Garters, 24c, 49c pair. English Pins, lc, 3e, 4c. 5c paper. Garter Clasps, 24c Dair. Fancy Bilk Elastic, 24c, 39c, 49c yard. Steels for High Sleeves, 5c pair. Basting Cotton, 2c spool. Scissors, 24c, 49e pair. Hair Crimps, 5c package. CROQUET SETS ZKAOSnDICHIHCIEEnEIFS. Ladies' Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, Plain, White and Colored Bor ders,worth 10c, our price 5c each. Ladies' All-Linen Handkerchiefs, Plain or Fancj Hemstitched, worth 15c; our price 11c each. Ladies' All-Linen Handkerchiefs, Plain, Embroidered and Scalloped Edge, 2 for 25c; worth double. Ladies' Fine All-Linen Handkerchiefs, Embroidered and Scalloped Edge, regular 25c quality; our price 15c each. Misses' and Children's Children's Corded Lawn Cans. Children's Corded and Embroidered Caps, with bow or rosette 24c 1. ' each Children's White Corded Wash Children's Pink and Blue Lawn Hats, 49c each; worth 75c Children's Silk Hats in Black and Cream, from 96c up. Children's White P. K. Sun Bonnets, from 24c up. 3STO-VELSI ICTOIELS! All the latest Novels of the day, regular 25 cent edition: our price 10c each. r THE LATEST !FT?,Tn a TT Don't miss seeing the great summer toy, the Automatic Tumping "1 MORE OF THOSE FAMOUS "COMO" Silk Umbrellas, with the handsomest handles ever shown (regular $4 umbrellas), our price $i 99. SPECIAL As usual our stores will be closed ALL DAT on Friday, July 4. DANZIGER'S, The Money-Saving Stores for the People, SIXTH STREET AND PENH AVE., PITTSBURG, PA; I Pennsylvania! "0W -TEE Cntyrtyj." SUPPLIES. DEPARTMENTS. Kid Crirap', 9c package. Sjfety Pins, 8c dozen. Safety Pins, 6c dozen. Tidy Holder, 2 for 5c. Madonna Crochet Cotton, 7c ball. xmnuuK oiik, c spool. Pnrse Twist, 35c spool. Plain Scrim, from 14c to 39a yard. Fancy Scrim, from 24c to 5Jc a yard. Plain Silks, from 39c to 74c yard. Flowered Silks, from 50c to 73c. Fancy Fringes, from 12c yard up. Plush Balls, 13c dozen and ap. Steel Beads at 13o bnnch. Fancy Cord at 7c per yard. Novelty Braids of all kinds and a fall line of embroidery Silks; also, Arrasene," Chenille and Cotton Floss, and a full lias of Fruits for fancy work. Complete at 98c, $1 24 and $2 24 per Bet. Outing Hats and Caps. ier. pnrft Wars, -nr- -amrty, sjuit t. 1 . -"- " TT7fl Haia