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ECLIPSE OF TOLSTOI
Jlr. Wanamaker Tells Bow He Drew
the Cloud Over the Bright and
Shining Russian Star.
THE OBSCUREMENT AT HIS STOEE.
ill Cheap Books Should be Kept Oat of the
Malls Because Uncle Sam Carries
Them at a Loss.
r, -POSTAL TELEGRAPH AKD BAHKIKG.
Scheme to Hare District School Teachers Distritnte
the Mail in the Country.
' xsrxcux. telegram to ths jarxTca.
Sabatooa, August 23. Postmaster Gen
eral Wan amaker baa been rusticating here
for a week at tbe United States Hotel. He
has brought no work with him, and be
spends his time sitting on tbe hotel plana
gossiping and telling stories to his friends.
He says he finds Saratoga a better place
than "Washington to feel tbe real pnlse of
the American people, and tnat he likes to
get away to find what public opinion in re
gard to public matters really is.
I asked him to-night the real story of the
exclusion of Tolstoi's noTel, "The Krentxer
Bonata," from the mails. Baid he:
'The action on tbe Kreutzer Sonata by our
Etore had nothing to do with me and the
book was passed upon there long before it
came up as non-mailable matter. As to our
orders for the books, tbe store is divided
into departments and the head of each de
partment attends to the business of that
department. Our head of the book depart
ment passes upon all orders of our book
sales. We buy books in large quantities
and an order from us often increases the
amonnt ot the edition to be published.
"We often receive offers of so many of a
certain book at a reduced price if we will
take them, within a certain number of days
and this was the offer in regard to the
'Kreutzer Sonata.' For some reason or other
the ofler was not accepted at the time it was
made and when tbe order was sent it was
after the limit for the reduced price had ex
pired and it was not accepted.
DBAWIXG THE LIKE.
"We often order the books of noted
authors without looking into them and the
order for Tolstoi's books had been given
without an examination of it In the mean
time the boot department had heard sev
eral criticisms of the story as immoral, and
it was read with a view to seeing whether it
was what we wanted to sell over our
counter. We have certain rules of selection
in our book trade and we do not sell French
novels of a low grade of morality, the stories
of Ouida or other books of a similar moral
tendency.
"I don't mean to say that there are not
beauties in many of these works. Some of
the novels of Ouida abound in beautiful
passages and beautiful thoughts and I have
written out some ot them in my note books.
But we class these books with those which
we have long decided not to sell and books
of this character would not be sold by us at
any price.
THE EEADEK BAH) KO.
"Well, this book of Tolstoi's was reported
by our reader as below our standard in this
regard, and for that reason we would not
sell it All this was decided before the ob
jection was made to carrying it through the
mall. This objection came from an outside
party, whom I did not know. At the time
it came I had not read the book and don't
know that I had heard of it Every com
plaint of this kind that comes to the Post
office Department has to be passed upon,
and if the books are of an immoral tendency
the law provides that they must be ex
cluded. "Tbe book and the matter was referred to
the Attorney General of the department,
Jndge Tyner. He read tbe book, decided
that it was indecent, and it was consequent
ly excluded. The John Wanamaker firm of
Philadelphia had nothing to do with it"
"How about yourself, Mr. Postmaster
General, have you read it?"
HE HAS BEAD IT.
"I have," replied Postmaster General
Wanamaker.
"And what do you think of it ?"
"I do not think it is a fit book for young
girls or young men to read, and it is not a
book that I would like to take home to my
family. I admire Tolstoi's writing with tbe
exception of this one. He is a man of man v
noble thoughts and I have quoted him in
some of my addresses again and again. As
to his present novel, however, it is of a dif
ferent character and there are some parts of
it that are ccrtainlv fit for no young Derson
to read."
The conversation hero turned to costoffice
matter and I asked Mr. Wanamaker as to
his postal telegraph scheme. Said he:
"The postal telecraph is bound to come
some time It may not come during ray
administration of the department, but the
peoplo have the right to have their infor
mation forwarded in this way as well as by
mail, and I expect to see tbe time when
there will be a postal telephone. I believe
that telegrams would be more sacred under
the Government than they are in the hands
ot private corporations, and tbey would
have all tbe sanctity that the mails have
to-day.
POSTAL SAVETGS BANKS.
"The postal Savings Bank will also be a
thing of tbe future, and if we could have
these they would be especially valuable in
bringing tbe South closer to the general
Government The United States in this
way becomes the banker of the common
people, and confidence and trust go with the
man or institution to, whom you intrust
your money."
"Sreakiug again of 'the Kreutier
Sonata' and the sending of these books
through tbe mail it is much of a question as
to vhether they ought to be admitted to tbe
mails at alL We receive for tbe matter
only 1 cent a pound, and it costs us 7 cents
a Douud to carry them. If we would ex
clude this wnole class of cheap book matter
it would save tbe department $1,000,000 a
year. They are only kept in the mails
through a regulation of tbe department, and
I suppose au order from me would exclude
them. I have preferred, however, to state
the matter to the people and to ask Con
gress to pass upon it"
"I here asked Mr. Wanamaker as to the
statement which has gone tbe rounds of the
newspapers that he was laying his wires to
make himself the next Senator from Penn
sylvania, and that be bad an ambition to be
President of the United States.
ONLY ONE AMBITION.
He laughed as he emphatically said: "I
have no ambition to be other than a good
Postmaster General. It is not reasonable
for me to suppose' that I can make myself
great in tbe role of statesmanship. My
whole training has' been thatoi a business
man, and while I might perhaps hope to
make myself a great merchant, I could
hardly expect to succeed more than ordi
narily well in an nntried field. I accepted
the Postmaster Generalship with a desire to
do what good I could for the country, and
because I believe it the duty of very Amer-
citizen to take part in such admimstra-
tbe Government as comes to him.
had for years been saying to my
bow tbe Goverment ought to be
fetanaced. nd what I would do if were in
tower, and I could not very well refuse to
ccept the place when it was offered to me.
I assuredly did not take it for the 8,000 a
ytiT, which the salary ot a Cabinet Minister
Is. As I have undertaken it I am anxious
to do all I can to improve tbe mail and to
carry out the duties which I hare under
taken. MOT LIKE THE STOBE.
A?'I find it, howerer, fir diflereat from
the management of a mercantile institu
tion where tbe manager can carry out his
plans without interference from others.
There are so many people to consult, so
many wheels within wheels, and so many
warring private interests, tbat it is almost
impossible for trie public to be served as it
should be. Still I think we are making
progress. We have enormously increased
tbe extent of the Star Route mail, and tbat
at a reduction of expense. We have ex
tended the special delivery system, and I
have gotten an appropriation of $10,000
into tbe general deficiency bill by which I
hope to make some further experiments in
this matter. I hope to see tbe time when
every farmer will have his mail dropped at
his door and every village will have its
special delivery.
"Ten thousand dollars seems a small
amonnt to experiment with, but I proba
bly should have got nothing if I had
asked lor more. My idea is to take some
Tillage of, say, BOO people, and to give the
postmaster $100 a year if he will have one
of his clerks make one delivery throughout
the town each day. I have no doubt that
this can be done for that amount, and I
want to try it
MAIL AT SCHOOL.
"Another idea of mine is to make tbe
country school teachers mail- agents; I will
have the postmasters of these school dis
tricts send tbe mail for the families repre
sented in the school to these tchool teach
ers, and will pay them something to give
out the letters and papers once a day to tbe
scholars to carry them home to their fami
lies. It seems to me that the postal facili
ties of tbe country might be very much in
creased in this way."
During tbe conversation the Postmaster
General referred to the action of New York
in not seconding the department in giving
increased postal facilities for that city.
Said he: "There is no place in the country
where we need better postal facilities than
we do in New York. There is no place
where the postoffice has so large an influ
ence upon the whole country as it has in
New York, and it is strange to me that the
New York newspapers and the New York
ers when they have a Postmaster General
who is in favor of giving them good mail
ing facilities and a Secretary of the Treas
ury who is largely in sympathy with their
city do not take advantage of the occasion
and push matters toward tbat end.
SOME VEBY BAD WOBK.
"There is no place in the United States
where the mail is so poorly handled as in
New York, and this is necessitated by tbe
crowded postoffice and the lack of machinery
and room necessary to getting out tbe mail.
I have been in the New York Postoffice at
II o'clock in the morning, and have seen
tbe papers that have come in at that time,
lying on top of cords of journals which came
in during the night or early in the morning.
The last papers were being mailed and the
10 o'clock papers on the top of the pile were
sent away be ore those which had come in
earlier.
"New York eught to have a great postoffice
built to accommodate tbe needs of the serv
ice with all the modern appliances for hurry
ing the mails through in the shortest pos
sible time. This would mean olten a saving
of thousands to many men and its import
ance cannot be overestimated. The depart
ment would do this not with a view to cut
ting down expenses and to making a record
of economy for the administration. I might
do that if I chose at the expense of the serv
ice, but I believe that this country is big
enough to have the best mailing facilities in
the world and I think its people are willing
to pay for them."
Fbank G. Cabbentxb.
'DISS DEBAR AS A NUN.
THE SPOOK PRIESTESS SAILS THE SEA
UNDER FALSE COLORS.
Back Again la New York After an Event"
fnl Ocean Voyasje In tbe Steerng-e of an
Inman Une Steamer Seances and Ke
Ilglona Service! on the Steamer.
New Yobk, August 23. The passengers
on board the Inman steamer City of Berlin,
which, arrived from Liverpool yesterday
morning, had one incident at least more
than is usually counted on to beguile the
hours of the voyage. This, too, was exclu
sive of the four icebergs seen in one day.
The incident consisted in the presence on
board of Madam Diss Debar, of "spook"
picture fame.
On Sunday morning Captain Land told
some of the passengers on deck that there
was a nun in tbe steerage; a nun, too, who
hadapparcntly seen betterdays, for when she
went to Europe a short time ago she sailed
on the City of New York, occupying $500
apartments. Her name was Sister'lcnatins,
and she had just witten a note to the cap
tain, reminding him tbat there were many
Unman Catholics in the steerage,and asking
that a Roman Catholic service might be
held there. Tne captain readily gave hisi
JGiU119aiuu, UUklUI OVU.O 1CMVU tU-BCEVlCU
was not held.
But the nsnal service of the Church of
England was held in the saloon and Sister
Ignatius attended it, and it was then that a
lady among the saloon passengers recognized
her as Madam Diss Debar. This lady had
good cause to remember the medium, as
she once paid her $50 lor two "spook" pic
tures of dead friend' and lost the little con
fidence that she bad in the medium when
she received a communication from one of
the triends asking for funds.
When it was reported on deck who Sister
Ignatius really was, there was yet more in
terest in the $500 anartments on the New
York and the steerage passageon the Berlin,
and it was rumored among the passengers
that she had been in Rome, and that her
plans there, whatever they were, had not
succeeded so well as she had hoped tbey
might
Captain Land, who has an aversion to
people sailing nnder false colors, at once
wrote on the passenger list of the steamer:
"Mme. Diss Debar, we know you." He
then drew a line under tbe name of tbe lady
who had recognized the medinm, put the
list in an envelope, Addressed it to "Sister
Ignatius," and sent it to the steerage by a
steward. The steward .was not heard from
again in.a long time, and when be was he
had no better story to tell than the needy
knife-grinder in the poem. For the rest of
the voyage tnere were frequent inquiries
about Sister Ignatius, but not a word could
be heard from her.
When the shiD reached quarantine yes
terday morning Sister Ignatius objected to
passing in review before tbe health Officer
with tne other steerage passengers, but she
was soon brought to see the futility of re
sistance, and she submitted. But the best
of tbe whole story is tbat the agents of the
Inman Line in Liverpool were inspired with
such confidence in this traveler 61 varying
means that they wrote a note to Captain
Land before he sailed asking him to see tbat
Sister Ignatius should be made exception
ally comfortable.
The most efficacious stimulant to excite
the appetite is Angostura Bitters, ttssu
The Celebrated boomer Piano.
Are preferred by leading musicians, and
purchased by those possessing refined mu
sical taste. We have several upright pi
anos which were used a short time and are
good as new; priees ranging from $175 to
to $225. Also good square pianos from $75
to $175. A rare opportunity to secure an.
Instrument at a bargain.
J. M. Hoffman & Co.,
537 Smlthfield street
Exposition Nates.
Mattings, linoleums, oil cloths and car
pets made and laid on shortest possible
notice. Muslins, sateens and silk draperies
In stock and put up at short notice.
Hoppeb Bbos. & Co., 307 Wood street
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One hundbed combination patterns,
good styles and colorings, $5 each, worth $15
regularly. Hucus & Hacks.
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Overcoats.
Leave your order for & good-SH4eover-coat
or t alt at PitMln'f, 431 Wood sweet -
A ROMAN IN TROUBLE.
Prince Shirra Squeezed by Largo Keal
Estate Speculations.
"
FEAES OP A FINANCIAL CEASB.
English Taxpayers Grumbling at the Ex
pense of the Uavy.
FAILUEE OP THE CK0PS IN IRELAND.
IBT CABLE TO TBX EISPATCn.1
London, August 23. Copyright The
financial situation in Borne is growing daily
more serious, and a sensational development
is predicted In the collapse of the fortune of
Prince Schirra, a great Boman noble.
Schirra, during the building movement in
Borne, moitgaged his estate, which is valued
at 20,000.000 francs, for 5,000,000 francs,
and, since the financial crisis, finds it im
possible to redeem his property. The
bankers who hold the mortgages at 7 per
cent, are pressing him for payment, so that
unless he obtains assistance soon the crash
of one of the oldest Boman families must
ensue. This catastrophe will be of more
than local interest, since it will probably
involve the breaking up of the well-known
Schirra gallery of paintings, which contains
the famous violin maker of Baphael.
An incident of this possible calamity is a
difficulty that has arisen between Premier
Crisipi and the leading Italian journal, the
Tribuna, in which Schirra is a large owner.
STIBBINO UP A SCANDAL.
It is alleged in Ministerial circles that
Crispihas a letter from the editor of the
Tribune making a proposal for an alliance
tbat the Premier declined. Crispi has
threatened tbe Trtiune with the publica
tion of the letter, and that journal, as a mat
ter of retaliation, sent agents to Palermo,
where the present Madame Crispi formerly
resided, to look up her antecedents. These
agents profess to have discovered that tbe
lady, who was a widow when she married
Crispi, had lived with him before the death
ot her husband, and the Tribune promises
to make things unpleasant for the Premier
and his wife unless the compromising letter
of its editor is returned.
The present Mrs. Crispi is the third wife
oi that gentleman, and he was obliged to
make threats to enforce her reception at
court, particularly as Boman society is not
positive whether death or law divorced bim
lrom the other two. Apropos to this cir
cumstance It is related that when Crispi
called the recent travels of the Prince of
Nanles "a vovage in search of a wife, the
Queen placidly remarked that the Prince
at least was not searching ror tnree.
CBISPI OUT Or FATOB.
Crispi, in consequence, is not in favor
with tbe (Jueen, and tne Jttoman people are
indignant because he has appointed a royal
commissioner to conduct their municipal
affairs, and dismissed the town council of
Borne by reason ot a pitcnea Dame in tnat
body brought about and largely participated
In by the Dnke of Sermoneta, one of the
richest and possibly ablest noblemen in
Italy, who is well-known throughout
Europe as tbe former President of the Ital
ian Geographical Soeiety.
The present conditions in Borne have been
brought about by the great extravagance of
the administration ot vast dudiio worts
that have brought so many thousands of
laborers to the Uity UovernmenL At pres
ent it has not money enough to continue
these works, and unless some plan is devised
to meet the situation a great financial crash
must soon result
HOT LIKE OTHEE OLD MEK.
Gladstone Makes a Speech In a Heavy
Downpour of Halo.
:ey cable to the rjisFATcn.i
London. August 23. If Mr. Gladstone
were the ordinary old gentleman, he ought
at this moment to be tucked in bed with hot
water bottles at his feet and a mustard
plaster on his chest That he differs from
the average man of 80 odd years is proved
by the fact tbat to-day he is in the best of
health, notwithstanding the fact that on
Thursday, which was an unseasonably
chilly day, he stood for 45 minutes In a
pouring rain, speaking words of wisdom to
a small audience of enthusiastic agricultur
ists. The occasion was the annual flower,
fruit and vegetable show at Ha ward en.
The Grand Old Man had promised to
make a speech in the open air in front of his
castle, but the weather was so atrocious that
it was generally supposed that he would not
keep his engagement Mr. Gladstone, bow
ever, is accustomed to keep his engagements,
and he would no doubt have delivered the
oration bad tbe audience consisted solely of
reporters. Mrs. Gladstone as usnal was on
band, but her attempts to insinuate a
mackintosh on to the grand old shoulders
were fruitless, and the orator was wet
through before he had recognized the reason
ableness of her suggestion to put np his
'Umbrella. Ere long the weaker of the au
dience took reiuge under convenient trees
and Mr. Gladstone for the first time realized
tbe situation and considerately, but some
what abruptly, closed hi speech. He went
indoors and changed his drenched clothes.
An hour after, when the weather had
cleared, up he started out to select a tree
which he felled to-day.
HUSH CHOPS BuTHED.
Farmers Flowing; Up the Potato Field and
Planting Cabbages.
IBT CABLE TO THK DIgPATCH.l
London, August 23. The correspondent
of the Pall Mall Oazetta telegraphs to tbat
journal to-day from Midleton, in county
Cork, that the farmers in that district, fol
lowing the advice recently given by Michrel
Davitt, are now plowing up the ground oc
cupied by potatoes and are preparing the
land for crops, such as cabbage, in order to
provide some kind of food for the coming
winter in place of the ruined potato crop.
The potato crop is so badly diseased that
tbey are not even food for pigs.
The Daily News says tbat reports from all
Darts of Ireland leave hardly any donbt that
the conntrv is in a measurable distance of
famine, not only in the south and west, but
in tbe eastern and most fertile parts of Ul
ster counties, Armagh and Down. The symp
toms of the blight have appeared in county
Miyo. The croo is an absolute failure, such
tubers as exist at all being no larger than
marbles, while in other cases there is noth
ing at all at the roots. Already tbe price of
potatoes in county Cork 1b three times what
it was last year.
EXCUSE HEECHAKTS DOHT. USE IT.
They Demand tbe Repeal of the New Cos
tomi Administration Bill.
rBT CABLE TO THE SISTATCB,
London, August 23. Much dissatisfac
tion exists among English merchants and
manufacturers who export goods to America
ou consignment on account of the provisions
of the new customs administration bill,
which went into effect August 1, and which
compels them to make a sworn declaration to
the original cost of the goods and all the ex
penses of manufacture. This declaration, if
truthfully made, discloses to business rivals
the original cost of goods, where obtained,
prices charged and profits made.
Since the bill went into effect' last week a
number of shippers have positively refused
to make such a declaration, andare devising
various schemes to evade tne law. Memorials
are being prepared for presentation to both
liovernments, aemanaiogthat something be
done to either repeal or abate the injustice
si we ounoiioui kghutgi
A COSTLY NAVY.
BRITISH TAXPAYERS GRUMBLING ATTHE
ENORMOUS EXPENSE.
Tbe Nnvnl RIoneUYBrs Rather Discouraging
The Vessels Cannot Curry Enough Coal
to Hake Them Effective A Number of
Large Ironclads Oat of Date.
rUT CABLE TO THE DISPATCn.1
London, August 23. The British naval
maneuvers just concluded have cost about
200,000, and the taxpayers are complain
ing that the show was v,ery dear at the
price. Tbe operations were designed to
elicit information as to the possibility of
an enemy obtaining and maintaining for
ten days control of trade routes, and thus
cutting off England's food supplies. The
enemy has won all along the line, and
pessimists have promptly prophesied tbe
downfall of Britain in the first war in which
she may be engaged with a first-class
power. But the prophecy is scarcely
justified by the facts of the case.
The enemy's fleet was able to steam to the
furthest limits assigned by tbe rules of the
game, but to do so an average of 100 tons
beyond the proper coal capacity of each
ship was taken aboard, room being found
for the extra fuel in the batteries, with the
result that the big war ships would have
been unable to use their most powerful guns
in event of their meeting with their oppo
nents. The commander of the so-called
British fleet, conforming to ordinary pru
dent rules, was content to fill up his bunk
ers and to keep his guns ready for action.
His ironclads and cruisers would have de
molished the enemy's vessels could they
have come up with them, but they were
unable to steam far enough, and
a humorous result wss that the
main squadrons never got with 50 miles of
eaeh other, while tbe hostile war ships
preyed unrestrained upon British com
merce. For the rest, the torpedoes have
been lost, gunboats have collided with each
other, and the machinery in the larger ves
sels has developed eccentricities which in
actual warfare would have cost hundreds of
lives. A number of vessels will have to be
placed in the dock for repairs, and by the
time a complete bill has been settled the
total cost of the maneuvers will probably
have reached 500,000. To add to the dis
gust of Britannia, who rules the waves, the
Admiral of the fleet, Sir Thomas Svmonds,
has inopportunely discovered that 42 of her
77 larger ironclads and 10 transports are
either dangerous or useless owing to inade
quate bulkhead arrangements or obsolete
machinery and armaments.
HE DOUBTS THE NEWS.
A Brother of Solclde Terrlngton Thinks
There ! a Mistake.
fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.!
London, August 23. "William Terring
ton, brother of Henry C. Terrington, who is
reported by cable to have committed suicide
in New York by jumping from the High
bridge, is very anxious to know whether or
not the news is true. He says that he had
telegraphed to the police of New York and
to the Mayor and is unable to get any re
sponse. He last beard from his brother, he
says, in April, and at that time he was in
the best of health and spirits, and every
thing indicated that suicide was farthest
from his thoughts,
Terrington is a gentleman of wealth and.
leisure, who lives in chambers in a fashion
able street off Piccadilly. He says that
financial difficulties could not have had
anything to do with his brother s suicide,
and that he was in prosperous circum
stances. T-f-
A PBEC0CI0TJ8 HOMICIDE.
Fonr-Yenr-Old Johnny Noakea Drowns a
Youthful Playmate.
IBT CABLE TO TTIE DISPATCH.!.
London, August 23. A promising in
fant has come before public notice this week
in the person of John Noakes, aged 4
years, of Stoke-on-Trent An inquest was
held at this place on tbe body of a child who
was drowned in the canal, and it transpired
that young Mr. Noakes had pushed him in,
and also that this same infant had pre
viously assisted two other children of about
bis own age into tbe same place, whence
they had been rescued with difficulty.
The Coroner said he wa3 unable to punish
so young a child, but he said tbat he should
ask the Home Secretary for a special order
to place the precocious homicide under con
trol. When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla,
When she had Cbildren.she gave them Castorla
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A TANK INSPECTOR'SSUFFERING.
He Wis Almost Crazy From the Agonizing
Painsin His Head. Caused by Catarrh, and
Feels Very Grateful to Or. Byers for the
Prompt Relief Given.
Mr. H. A. Thompson, 186 Bidtvell Street, Alle
gheny. Mr. Thompson says: "I have been troubled
for over seven years with, what I now know,
was catarrh. 1 bad a dull, heavy feeling over
my forehead; my eyes were very painful, had
roaring In ears, dry nostrils, frequently blow
ing pieces of thick mucus from them, throat
parched and raw, bad taste in mouth in morn
ing, dekness at stomach and frequently vomit
ing of meals and also a heavy feeling over my
heart. My work Is that of a tank inspector at
the Fort Wayne shops, Allegheny, and lately
these tronbles became so severe I had to knock
off work, for wlien I would stoop down to look
under a car I would get so dizzy I wonld fall
over, and I had such agonizingpams in my head
I thought I would go crazy. My throat became
so raw and my voice so bnsky I could scarcely
talk. Night sweats set in, and while I slept
soundly, I wonld get up In the morning more
tired than when I went to bed, and my legs
ached so I conld hardly drag one after the
other.
"I was indnced to consnlt Dr. Byers, as he
bad so much success in cases like mlne.and tbe
third day after my first treatment the agoniz
ing pains were relieved, and in two weeks 1 was
at work again. I haven't a vestige of pain left
and I can eat and enjor my meals as well as
ever I could. Naturally I feel verr irratnf ni m
Dr. Byers for the great change be has worked
In me."
IN FAVOB OF HOME TREATMENT.
A patient from New Cumberland, W. V..
writes: "Since yon started to treat me my ap
petite is very good, my back does not pain me
near so much, and. In fact, I am beginning to
feel like a new man. The dizzy spells do not
come naif so often as they did. I am very
much pleased to find so much relief In so short
a time."
TfifcATMENT $5 A MONTH, MEDICINE
INCLUDED.
Office of Dr. Byers. No. 421 Fenn avenue.
Established DW5. Specialties, catarrh, all nerv
oas, skin and blood diseases; all chronic dis
eases. anS-ssn
J. DIAMOND.
Thaeldnat .f.Ml.h.A nUTTr'TAWi- ... .
gBX SIXTH STREET. Fitubnrg. F&
HlPi ARTIFICIAL-YHB INSERTED.
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HEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR
On the Female Face
On the upper Ilrv
chin, cneeKS, tnroat
nose, ears,uands, arms.
and Dreast, nair ne
tween the eyebrows.
en men's cheeks above
the heard line, also
hair growing in tufts
from scars, moles and
birthmarks, destroyed
forever without pain,
shock, scar or injury
fry the Electric Needle
Operation by Dr. .J
van Dyck, Electro
Burgeon, Philadelphia
and 03 Fenn avenue,
FlttsDurg.
This superfluous
erowthof facial hair
is surprisingly prevalent. We see It in tbe
drawing room, street and wherever ladl'S con
gregate. Every lady with hair on her face
knows that the nse ot depilatories, the tweez
ers, scissors and razors all make these hairs
grow coarser, stlffer, darker and more numer
ous. There Is only one method In the world by
which this obnoxious growth of hair can be de
stroyed forever and tbat is by the
ELECTRIC NEEDLE OrER A.TION
This Is a pnrelv sctentiflc operation, and In
dorsed by all physicians and surgeons of emi
nence as Doing tbe only method In tbe world
by which hair can be destroyed forever. Dr.
Van Dyck has had U years' experience in this
operation, has treated hundreds of cases, and
has acqnired the skill of an expert in this spe
cialty, and numbers among his patients many
of onr most prominent ladies. Never fails.
Terms reasonable. Book free. Call or address
tDR. J. VAN DYCK,
502 Fenn arc Pittsburg.
The doctor also successfully treats moles,
warts, wens, birthmarks, red nose, enlarged
veins of the nose and every blemish, disease or
discoloration of the skin, complexion, hair or
scalp. Office 602 Fenn ave. anS-san
Ain't Saying a Word.
Well satisfied with tbe many fashionable
garments we have turned ont recently, but we
keep on getting others in their place, and such
beauties! Each and every garment speaks for
itself they require no praise. We kindly ask
you to inspect the quality, workmanship and
price.
YOTJ WILL NEVER REGRET
THE VISIT.
10 buys a suit that was originally made up
for no.
$12 buys a suit that was originally made up
for $25.
315 boys a suit that was originally made up
for $30.
J2U buys a suit that was originally made up
for $40.
25 buys a suit that was originally made up
for W0.
Tne finest of woolens, made np by skilled
merchant tailors. Latest prevailing styles.
Nobby fall weight Overcoat from S10 to 820,
that were made up to order from S20 to $15.
Pantaloons the prices range from $2 60 to 87,
warranted strictly merchant tailor made.
Cheap at double the price we ask for 'em.
ORIGINAL AND ONLY GENUINE
OPF. CITY HALL
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W01IFIJL ATTRACT!
WHAT KAUFMANNS WILL HAVE IN STORE FOR THEIR PATRONS THIS WEEK!
SPECIAL SALE OF
Another week, and the schools
of the two cities will reopen
their doors to the candidates in
search ot knowledge.
Wise mothers will not wait
fitting out their boys in new
school suits, but do it right
now, while they can save 35 to
50 per cent.
AT $1.98
We will offer a lot of Boys'
Short-Pant Suits, sizes 4 to 14,
tnat are very durable and
stylish, and cannot be obtained
elsewhere below $3.
AT $3.50'
We offer some of the finest
Short-Pant Suits in our stock,
regular $6, $j and $8 qualities.
We close them out at $3 50, be
cause most of them "are light
patterns, and are broken sizes
and odds and ends.
:ki.a trip im: Sliest icsT s:
IE1 rETTZEa: ATE. JLlsnD SlsdTZ&IJ&TnD ST.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAIN! PAH! PAIN!
The Terrible Suffering of a Lady Her
Neighbors Thought She Must Die.
As further evidence of the cures made by the
catarrh and dyspepsia specialists of 223 Fenn
avenue, and of patients wtio have suffered
from disease In its most aggravated form, and
after tbey had exhausted all available means
elsewhere, is that of Mrs. Henry Hunziker,
who resides at 219 Colwell street, in the
Eleventh ward, of this city.
Mrs. Henry Hunziker.
lhe aches and pains she had in almost every
part of her body were simply unbearable. Im
mediately after eating, ber stomach wonld be
seized with terrible pain ana cramps, which
wonld continue until she wonld vomit np her
food, and the gas that formed would cause ber
stomach to swell as If It wonld burst la fact
all kinds of food except milk wonld cause pain.
She iad pain over her eyes, dizziness and
noisrs in her ears. Her mouth would have a
bitter, disagreeable taste every morning. She
bad pain in both sides and across the small
of her back, and in the night If she lay on her
left side she wonld be seized with tbe most ex
cruciating pain, and ber heart would palpitate
as If it would jump out of her body.
Night sweats weakened ber fast, and she had
a constant tired feeling, but more tired in the
morning than on going to bed. While in
this condition she consulted tbe above special
ists, whose reputation for making permanent
cures has long since become thoroughly estab
lished. She says of the matter:
"Although I had doctored with several phy
sicians and with patent medicines, I got no re
lief, but gradually grew worse. In fact my
neighbors and even I myself thought I could
only live a fewmonths. Reading in the papers
how Mrs. Bratt had been cured of terrible
cramps and pains by the catarrh specialists
at 323 Fenn avenue I took a course
of treatment and now I gladly testify to my
complete cure of all my aches and pains as
above described. I cheerfully recommend
these specialists to all snfleiing from catarrh
or stomach trouble. Signed with my own band.
-MRS. HENRY HUNZIKER."
Flease remember these catarrh specialists are
permanently located at 323 Fenn avenue and
nowhere else In this city.
Office hours, 10 x. K. to 4 r. x , and 8 to 8 r. JC
Sundays. 12 to 4 F.X.
Consultation free toalL Patientstreated suc
cessfully at borne by correspondence. Send
two 2-cent stamps fobquestion blank and ad.
dress all letters to the Catarrh and Dyspepsia
Institute. 323 Fenn avenue, FittsDurc
KORNBLUM'S
Optical Establishment,
NO. 50 FIFTH AVE.,
Telephone No. 168S.
Pittsburg.
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DEAF
NESS find HEAD NOISES
UUJl.l or reccs fit. In--vislbln
Tnbnl&r TCni f!nsli-
lonn. Whmpem beard distinct.
all remedies fau. TVnta or call for
Ir. Successful when
illnirtr&tad book FRKK.
Bold only by r HISCOX.
8S3 Broadway, cor. 11th St., Hew
York. Ifo scents.
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THE recent Wall street money panic is outdistanced
" by the Great Panic of Spring and Summer Cloth
ing that will commence at Kaufmanns' to-morrow
morning and continue throughout the week. This
is our last chance to get rid of what's left of last season's
stock, and we shall try everything in our power to ac
complish our purpose.
1,000 ETC MS AT $6.
These suits, though their price is but 6. are fine enough
and stylish enough for two-thirds of our business and
professional men. The same makes and qualities have
never before been sold below $vit $12 and $13 but,
under the circumstances, we will close them out this week
at $6.
1,1 MS SIS AT $111.
Our $10 Suit Sales have become famous. The people
have found out that it pays to attend them. Our present
$10 sale, howeVer, will eclipse all its predecessors. The
Suits we shall sell at $10 this week are actually sold
elsewhere for 50 to 100 per cent more money.
OUR SPECIAL SACRIFICE SALE OF
, . MEN'S PANTS , '
Will continue for a few days longer. ' Regular $3 Pants,
will be offered at $1 29; others,worth $4, will go at $2 50,
whilemany, usually considered bargains at $6, will be
sold at $3.
t
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Stylish. Dressers, Flease Note
RUBEN'S
TSE DujUiUSNE.
81 00, 82 20, 82 40, 82 90, 83 40.
No. 1 of our series of autnmn styles, which
we introdnced one week ago, bas made an In
stantaneous and unmistakable hit. No. 2 hopes
to meet with an equally flattering reception,
which by virtue ot its many merits It certainly
deserves. We have dnbbed our latest candi
date for public favor 'The Dnquesne," a name
exceedingly familiar to the denizens of West
ern Pennsylvania, and we feel confident tbat
the popularity of tbe name will extend to this
really splendid specimen of the hatter's skill.
As will be observed, the wide band which
adoms this Derby Is quite a departure from the
conventional parrow bands used heretofore:
this change alone (leaving ont the other good
points) will be welcomed by many with positive
pleasure. By all means, examine "The Dn
quesne" before making a selection.
RUBEN,
The Hatter and Furnisher,
421 and 423 SM1THFIELD ST.,
P. a. The fall Miller Derby and Silk Hats,
for which we are sole agents, now ready.
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HAIR ON THE FACE, NECK, ARMS OR ANY PART OF THE PERSON
-j-B-taw Mllts'l tf nirinAI wsn as. ....a.lilii ( IIPllfclAI IITIAU
,win.N.TOir
of nrice. 81.00 per bottle. Send money by letter, with your foil address written plainly. Correspondence
sacredly private' Postage stamps received the same as cash, alwats mention toob cocnttandthis papeb.
LOCALAND JMODENE MANUFACTURING CO.. CINCINNATI, O., U.S.A.t CUTTHI30UT
GENERAL AGENTS , HAKUFACTUaERS OF THE HIGHEST 0RADE HAIR PREPARATIONS. A3 IT MAT HOT
WANTED 1 rat. can reuleter your letter at an Poetffiee and tneuee Its safe delivers I APPEAR AQAUf
We Offer 81.000 FOR FAIlUsI OR THE IIIOHTEJT IRlHRT..EVi:r.Y BOTTiE GUARANTEED.
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ATTEHTIOH ! SPORTSHEH !
Double Barrel Breech-Loading Shotguns from ?8 60 up; Double Barrel Muzzla
Loaders 54 50 and up; Single Barrel Breech Loaders $3 80 up; Single Barrel Muzzla
Loaders 52 up. Also a complete assortment of Shells, Loading Tools, Belts, Covers, etc.,
at lowest prices 3a the two cities.
K. SMIT,
932 find 934 Liberty St,
ALL AL01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M I
ramus
TQ
OILD
y
if you start right
Tbe first step
should be an ex
Ehoppell'3 building designs the only largo
collection of designs tbat are artistic, prac
tical and reliable. The-estimates are guaran
teed. Mr. Shoppell'a publications are a3
Portfolio of $1,000 Houses, 80 designs, 2 00
00
2,000
2,500
8,000
8,500
4.000
COCO
6,000
7,500
-fnnrvi
200
-. 200
rf 200
'2 00
7 200
- 200
M e M
21 M " St 200
"Stables
Tfc A. Tlil.lI5 .. - , .
19 " 2 00
. -". w.i,uut. contains aesigsa mac costs
low as 8tL Jan, :oo and 8800.
"?!.? ottbo above Portf olios for $5 : airy 7
for J10 ; the complete set (12) for J15. Bound,
volume containing over 200 designs selected,
from the various portfolios, price 55, return
able If not satisfactory, ss
10IC33 R. W". SHOPFELL. V 'J
Architect, 3 Bway, Mew Tort.
an23-34-TTS3a
HERBERT WALKER
ARTIFICIAL EYE
MAKER,
55 NINTH 8T.
Tbe only manufacturer of artificial human
eyes in the city. mh2I-su
jfWn
80
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" A 83
"I 80 I
"I 80
fViViiK UIUUUVCU tKFtU KtNIUVtUiVIIH I fit I1CTV owi.v iwn
? AOP6H6 ?
AND THK GROWTH roBXVCK D8TKOXKD WITHOUT THE SLIGUTXBT INJCBr OS
PUCOtOBATlOM OT TUT. HOST DIUCAT SKIN QISCOTSaSP BT 1CC1P11T.
In Compounding, an incomplete mixture was accidentally spilled on the
back of the hand, and on washing afterward it was discorered that the hair
was completely remored. We purchased the new discoyery and named it
J10DENE. It is perfectly pure, free from all injnrions substances, and so
simple any one can nse it. It acts mildly bnt snrely, and yon will be sur
prised and delighted with the results. Apply for a few minntes and ths
hair disappears as if by magic It has no resemblance whaterer to any
other preparation STer used for a like purpose, and no scientific discorery
eitr attained such wonderful results. IT CANNOT KAIL. If ths
growth be light, one application will remoie it permanently; theheary
growth such as the beard or hair on moles may require two or more appli
cations before all the roots are destroyed, although all hair will be remored
at each application, and without the slightest injury or unpleasant feeling
when applied or eyer afterward. modini scfirczsxs hzctsoltsis.
gieomnftwrffrf sy alt mho Aav ttattd Us merits Ustd bg pop 0 refinement
i uentiemea who do not appreciate natures gut ot a oeaxa. win ana a
priceless boon In Modeno, which does away with shaving. It dismlres and
destroys the life principle of the hair, thereby rendering its future growth
an utter impossibility, and is guaranteed to be as harmless as water to the
skin. Toons persons who find an embarrassing growth ot hair coming.
snonm use juouene to aesiroy its Rrowm. juuuene sen. uj man, m saieir
Tntiinff eases. TMstaee naid. (securely sealed from observation) on receipt
Oor. Smithfleld, Pittsburg-, Pa.
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TBI LIE!
OUR LATEST
For the Fall Season,
The reception that was accord
ed our new Fall Derby makes
its success an assured fact. We
sold over 300 of them yester
day, and every one of these
Hats now adorn the cranium of
some highly-pleased patron.
Big profits are the order of
the day at the start of the sea
son with us, however,this rule
is a mere myth. We actually
start the season with lower
prices than other hatters will
name at the very end. Thus,
for instance, while we-sell our
new Fall Derby, according to
qualities, for
$1 50, $190, $2 25, $2 50,
$3 and $3 25,
Other hatters will place the
same Identical quality and
shape on sale at from 15 to 30
per cent more money.
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