P IN HK U rn t, TtheKepnJUcanV?t'r8- iilly 1VJU 1J D1AM' Iperlence With a An InteretlnB Educational Visit. publishthe death of one o.'our most esteemed HMH MB &. && M I Mill 1.1 II III I II I I Mill! Duriug the present campaign a number .,.,.. Th. .; ,., .11 the eonntrT and worihvvoune men. Mr. Charles Bar- T . JT M m 9 -M Some Valuable Information for Those Who Wish to Exercise the Eights of Suffrage AT THE ELECTION KEXT TD ESDAY Three Tickets to fce Chosen, Folded Se curely, and Deposited in Their Proper Receptacles. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A YOTER. How to Xsespe tie KiripdiUcES of Tricksters Aloat the Felling Flues. No State, Concessional and county elec tion contest combined has ever excited the interest in Pennsylvania that the present has, and there is au absorbing desire on the part of many thousand people for informa tion that will enable them to escape the traps of the class of political tricksters and manipulators who do their work mainly on election day. This does not consist of vote buying specially, as that is generally ar ranged for previously, but is mainly com posed of tricks that hoodwink people who have neither the time nor inclination to study "practical" politics. A gentleman asks The Dispatch to state how tickets will be headed in the present contest, how they should be folded, how many are to be voted, what is "scratch ing," what is a "smooth-bore," eto., and the request is pertinent, as the mixed ticket will be a prominent teature in Tuesday's contest, and mixed tickets, like mixed drinks, are confusing to the intellect of many voters, even of intelligence other wise. The general qualifications are as follows: WHO AP.E ALLOWED TO VOTE. A foreigner, to be entitled to a vote, must have been naturalized on or before October 4. The applicant must have resided in the State for one yaar. or if previously a quali fied voter, he had removed from the State, he must have resided in the State six months immediately preceding the election. He mut be 21 years old, or within one day of it. If 21 the day after the election he is of votinp age. If 22 years of age or more he must have paid within two vears a State or county tax, which must have been assessed at least two month1; and paid at least one month before the election. If Vis name be on the list of voters and be he chal lenged, he must prove all his qualifications to the satisfaction of the election officers, and his witness must make and subscribe to an affidavit according to a form iurnished. If the voter's name be not on the list he aust prove the above qualifications, whether challenged or not. A naturalized citizen must produce his certificate of naturaliza tion, unless he has been lor five years consecutively a voter in the district in which he offers to vote. A genu ine certificate of naturalization is conclusive evidence of the facts contained therein. Payment of tax may be proven by the production of a receipt, or by oath of the person offering to vote, or other evidence stating when and to whom such tax was paid. It is a misdemeanor for an election officer to refuse or neglect to take the proofs above mentioned, and punishable by 'fine or imprisonment. HOT SUFFRAGE GOES ASTRAT. A voter removing from one district to an other within two mouths immediately pre ceding the election, loses his right to vote in either. Any one who gives or offers to give money or other valuable consideration to another to induce him to vote or abstain f-om voting, loses his own right to vote. Election officers must, according to law, re ject the votes of all persons who have made a bet or are interested in3 bet on the result of the election. Xow as to "smooth-bore" tickets. They are mixed tickets which enable a man to vote for a part, and, at the same time, reject some of the candidates of his own party. They pretty generally contain the names of his party candidates, but also some of the other side, or, for that matter, of any other party. Democratic. .Republican, Inde pendent or Prohibition, as the case may be. Independents Use them largely, but a voter, to nuke Mire he is rigut, should careiuilr inform himself on the issue and the name or names of the candidates that represent that iJue. He may be loyal tohis oarty and still except to some of his can didates bat unscrupulous men may use smooth-bores perniciously. A Vcratchcr" is a man who exercises his own judgiueut and obliterates the name of any candidate who may not suit him, and he can substitute nnther, if he choose. Tne err, "Vote as you shot," formerly quite effective, has but little force this year, and many veterans of the Civil "War will, in stead, at this election scratch as they scratched 2" years ago in the effort to set rid of parasites. Scratching, in political parlance, is the culling of objectionable candidates. THREE BALLOTS TO BE CAST. Tic'cti to be oted this ear arc headed "State," "Congressional" and "County." They may and doubtless will be printed in various kinds of type, however, and the voter nnibt exercise his own gumption in distiutruishing them. If he feels unequal to the task, the next best thing is to get some friend who can be trusted, to make his ticket for bim iust as he wants it, and in this case it is well it he wish to be saved the pester ing ol officious "heelers," to have it made beiore he oes to the polls, and vote what is popularly called the "vest pocket" ticket If he wait until he goes to the polls before making his ticket, his best plan, if he be conscientious, but disposed to be peaceable, will be to go to the man in charge of the box of tickets that he wants, and depend on his sel ectmn. Those accommodating gentlemen ;irund the polling booths who are always willing to "fix" a man's vote for him are not always trubtworthv. As to fo Iding, the voter may exercise his own pleasure as to style, provided he be particular to foid his ticket so that onlv the head, whatever that may be, State, "Con gressional or county, be exposed. TWO CHANCES FOR ONE OFFICE. Voters may vote for two candidates for County Commissioner, but for that office only, as in other cases the election officers reject both tickets. If a man be able to read English, and is enlightened as to the merits of the contro versy and the candidates. hi nno-ht tn u able to make his own ticket, but lor reasons assigned above, and in some instances for another that will readily suggest itself it is well for some people to have their tickets prepared in advance. Much depends upon their environment and constitutional com position. Cbatoit Portraits very cheap. Hendricks & Co., 68 Federal St., Allegheny. Fall and Winter Suitings To be had at E. Schaner's, 407 Wood si., at lower prices than can be obtained elsewhere. The Great Mf.tbopolis, a melo-drama of great scenic and mechanical effects, will be the Orand Opera Eonse's attraction next wect. Thev carry all their own scenery, and is one t the best melodramatic specta cles on the rd. Communicated. J To the Kepnblican Voters. During the present campaign a number of communications purporting to be ad dressed to us, have appeared in the news papers, although the originals have never reached us. These communications have emanated from various quarters, and last of all came Magnus Pflauni. As these com munications have never really been sent to us, but have been simply published, we presume that they were, intended lor yon, and to you we address our communication. The campaign which is now closing has been conducted by our opponents with un usual bitterness. They have contented themselves with simply attempting to blacken the private chiracter of the Kepnb lican candidate for Governor. There was nothing unusual or surprising in this, for such has been the favorite policy of the Democratic party and its allies in all previ ous campaigns. Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Blaine, Sher man and Hartranft were each in turn ma ligned and abused without measure, and the slanders against them were by the peo ple refuted at the polls. In the present campaign the Democratic committee ot this county have apparently put forth but little effort," but they have in fact fought the battle under cover of a so-called Inde pendent Kepnblican organization. An address has been issued signed by the Executive Committee of that organization. The names of some ol the gentlemen signed to that address have not for a long time been connected with any measure looking to the interests of the Republican party or promoting the principles which that party maintains; some of them were declared opponents of Mr. Blaine in 18S4; some of them were well-known ad mirers, and have been active supporters of Grover Cleveland for the Presidency. One of them, Mr. Peter Shields, has been a well known and consistent Democrat until the present campaign; still another of the gen tlemen is well known as a free trade Repub lican, if there can be sucn a thing as a free trade Republican. How such a body can claim to represent the Republican party, straight or independent, regular or irregular, it is difficult to understand. They ask us to defeat the party for the good of the party; they say that this is not a party contest, and that no party issues are involved. You are asked to elect Robert E. Pattison Governor ot Pennsylvania in order to promote Repub lican principles. Before doing this, we ask you to consider these facts. Robert E. Pat tisou was nominated as a candidate for Governor by the Democratic Convention of the State of Pennsylvania. That same con vention made a formal declaration of prin ciples, which contain the following clear and explicit statement of the position upon the most vital economic question of the day: "The Democracyot Pennsylvania, by their representatives in State Convention assem bled, declare: That tariff reform is neces sary, in order that both producers and con sumers may be relieved from the burdens ot unnecessary taxation. We arraign the Re publican party for its passage through the House of Representatives ot a tariff bill which increases the taxes on necessaries, re duces those only laid upon luxuries, and is calculated to promote and foster trusts." That tariff bill was what is now known as the JIcKinley bill; that Democratic Con vention made it the issue of the campaign. Robert E. Pattison, in accepting the nom ination for Governor, approved that plat iorm, and became the champion of the prin ciples therein declared. It he desires to retract his indorsement of those principles, it is his duty as an honest man to withdraw from the Democratic ticket. If Mr. Pat tison does approve of those principles then he is guilty of a false pretense upon the people of Pennsylvania, when he says that those principles are not involved in this contest But Mr. Pattison is a Demo crat, and when Governor of Pennsylvania lie did everything in his power tofurther the interests of that party. He is not much of a civil service reformer, for he removed from office without cause one of the best court interpreters that Allegheny county ever had, and appointed in his place a Dem ocrat from the Seventh ward, Allegheny, who, because ot legal difficulties, had to run away from the city before he could take the oath ot office. Mr. .Pattison subsequently found another Democrat 'or the office. When Coroner Peter Dressier died a peti tion was prepared by his many German lriends, asking lor the appointment of Deputy Coroner Hennesy to the vacant Coronership, Mr. Hennesy agreeiug to pay the salary to the widow of Mr. Dressier. This-petition was signed by the Judges ol the Court, all the officials of Alleghenv county and 10,000 citizens. The petition was presenteit to Governor Pattison, but Mr. Hennesy was a Republicau. Governor Pattison disregarded the petition, the ex perience and fitness of the applicant and appointed Robert Patterson, a life-long Democrat. This is not an important mat ter, but it shows that Mr. Pattison is true to sound Jacksonian Democratic principles. Republicans, the triumph of the princi ples of the party is paramount to any minor consideration. The election of Robert E. Pattison would be hailed with delight by every Democrat and free trader in 2Jew York or elsewhere in this broad land. Can you afford, because of any temporary dis satisfaction or because you ueliee you could manage the affairs of the party better than they have been managed, to join with the common enemy in bringing defeat and dis organization upon the party in Pennsylva nia? We can afford, as individuals, to see our favorite candidates defeated for nom ination; we cannot nominate all who are candidates; we cannot even nominate all good and great men who are candidates, but we cannot afford to trail the Republican banner in the dust Choose for yourselves, hut choose on principle. Is Republican Allegheny county ready to play the jackal to the Democratic lion? The Re publican majority in Congress, after many Jiard-fonght battles" has suc ceeded in enacting legislation highly beneficial to every interest of this Common wealth. Upon the issues growing out of this legislation the Republican and Democratic parties have gone to trial before the country; the Democratic State Convention recoguized that fact, although their candidate seeks to evade the question. "Was Congress right or wrong? To this question, Allegheny county cannot afford to give a doubtful answer. The answer that would have most weight with the nation at large will be your vote for Governor. Look well to yoiir tirkets. State, Congressional, Senatorial, Legisla tive andcounty,see toit that the names there are those ot Republican candidates in your respective districts,and be careful not to'vote for candidates running in some other dis trict The county has been flooded with tickets with the evident purpose of deceiving the Republican voters. Many of these packages of tickets have been found to contain the straight Democratic State ticket, an irregu lar Democratic State ticket, aud a county ticket, upon which some of the candidates for the Legislature are Democrats, and the names ot the candidates for Senator are not those running in the district where the voters live. Compare your tickets with the Republican posters. Let Allegheny county remain Republican clear through. W. D. Porter, Chairman County Committee. George W. Miller, Secretary County Committee. William Flixk, Chairman Campaign Commute. J. O. Brown, Secretary Campaign Committe. PITTSBURG, .November i, J.BW. Grand Scottish Concert. The Waverly Society hasjpgaged Maelen nan's Royal Edinburgh Concert Company to give one of their inimitable concerts of Scot tish song, in Carnegie Hall, on Monday evening, 17th November, for the benefit of the Allegheny General Hospital. Miss Edith Ross, who captivated all hearers last jear, will sing on this occasion. Tremendous Sensation. Bargain seekers, attention! Sixty more of those fine cloth newmnrkcts, plitin and striped. Prices, $3 00, H 00, 15 00, J6 00. This doesn't pay for the making of them. Call auick, before they are all gone, at Rosen baum & Co.'s. Communicate d.1 Hurrah for Pattison, Cleveland and free trade. PAID FOR THE BLOW. UAI11 L'llU "UL' U U iuw a uui . . .,, -, . . . '-sm How a Row at a Popular Hotel Be guiled in a Practical Joke. HARD TO KEEP SOBER SATURDAY. An East End Man's Experience With a Fash ionable Sewing Society. RAILROAD OFFICIALS IN TOE WEST Two commercial travelers got into a dis cussion yesterday, at the Anderson, about the respective merits of certain gloves they were selling. Their conversation grew more vehement and louder as tne minutes sped by, and finally one -of them, in a fit of pique, slapped the other's face. There was a pitched battle ior a moment, and the compliment was gracefully re turned. Another drummer standing nearby, with a disposition to play practical jokes ly ing under his belt, enjoyed the scene very much. Ho was a stranger to the two contestants, and a short time afterward appeared at the clerk's desk with a quasi warrant for the arrest of one of the fighters. The fellow was badly scared at the prospect of paying a fine, and was willing to follow the supposed constable to an Alderman's office. When the "constable" in the case had walked as tar as he cared to, he suggested to the culprit that possibly the house uould bail him, and they would go back to see. Clerk Bonneville was "in the points," and he was willing to stand good for his appear ance. They even induced the poor fellow to put up $i0 as a forfeit, and when the joke was becoming a little wearisome they con cluded to let him off if he would set up the Co-cent cigars for the crowd. The drummer thought the joke was a good one, and, sud denly relieved from all anxiety, he paid for the treat, and the fi isco was over. A HEW THROUGH LUTE. Why the Vanderbilts Secured Control of the Beading. The Vanderbilts want another route from East to West Surveys are now being made and are nearly completed for an extension of the Oil City branch of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern through the rich timber and coal belt of Northern Pennsyl vania to a connection with the Beech Creek road in Clearfield county. The Beech Creek will carry the connection to the Reading system. This explains the recent move in acquiring control of the Reading. About 85 miles of new road will be re quired to complete the connection from Clearfield to Oil City. The route follows nearly the abandoned Cran berry coal road out ot Oil City, thence across Forest and Clarion counties, by way of Clariontown, through Brookville and Du Bois, in Jefferson county, to Clearfield. The Oil City and Franklin branch of the Lake Shoreconnects with the Pittsburg and Lake Erie, the Vanderbilt line between this city and the lakes. The new route, with New York connec tion, will shorten the distance between New York and Chicago over 150 miles and be tween New York and Pittsburg about 200. It will also introduce competition between Philadelphia and Pittsburg and Cleveland. The move will oflset the recent Baltimore and Ohio arrangements to get a more direct line from the East to Chicago. Besides tbe through advantages, the new portion of the road will traverse a developing section that is very rich in local traffic. HE WEI NEVER WHACK UP. One Reason Why Some People Don't Like Kobert E. Pattison. "Bob Pattison has been a neighbor, and friend ot mine for years," said a Philadel phia gentleman yesterday. "If he were snowed under in(this election he will retain the respect of everv honest voter in tbe State. Pattison is not popular with the boys, because he never whacks up, and the heelers never have any love for a man unless they can keep their fingers in his pocket book. He insists on cverythiug being done right, and it it is not performed that way he will not be a party to it "I remember when he was Governor I went with a number of men from the Com monwealth Club to see him about an im portant matter. As I knew him well, I ap pealed to him from a Democratic stand point, but he frankly told us that he couldn't see it our way and his conscience would not allow him to act against his con victions." Another Democrat speaking of Pattison said he went to him with C. i McKenna to see about the appropriation ior Mercy Hos pital. Mr. McKenna, was loaded to the muzzle with facts and arguments, and the Governor was unprepared. After hearing Mr. McKenna fur awhile he arose and knocked out everyone of his points, one after another. "We all had to admit that the Governor was right," added the gentleman, "and I said then that a man who was as care ul of the people's interests as he was, and so ready to deleud them, must be capa ble as well as honest." BAYS STEWART IS SAFE. air. Aclieson Figures on a Good Majority for the Colonel. Editor E. P. Aclieson, of Washington, was in the city yesterday on his return from Fayette county, where he was doing some work lor Colonel Andy Stewart. Mr.Ache sou snys that so far ac he knows the Colonel is not being traded. The Independents have placed him on all their tickets. Mr. Acheson thinks Stewart will have a majority of 1,200 in Washington, 500 in F..yette and irom 2,000 to 3,000 in Alle gheny county. Greene county will prob ably go 1,800 Democratic Mr. Aclieson said he noticed some "of the papers had quoted him as saying that Delamater would carry Washington county with only 500 votes. This is a mistake and he wishes it to be corrected. He figures that Delnma ter's majority will be 1,000 in the county, and the balance of the ticket will have from 1,200 to 1,400 majoritv. B. & 0. OFFICIALS IN THE WEST. President Maj el's Visit Kevives Some Com bination Talk. Local railroad men wonder what Presi dent Mayer, of the B. &p. road, and his party are doing in the Northnest. Yester day they were at Council Bluffs. This visit revives the talk of the combination between the Northern Pacific, Wisconsin Central and Baltimore and Ohio roads.mak ing a through line between the two oceans across the continent Many believe that the consolidation will be made. The Balti more and Ohio has already made arrange ments with the Wiscousin Central to rnn into Chicago over tbe lattcr's tracks. If the World's Fair is located on the Lake front tbe tracks ot the Illinois' Central will be removed and the Baltimore and Ohio will be forced to hunt other facilities. It must be admitted there are strong reasons why such a combination is not improbable. GOING OVER THE B. & 0. ROAD. Places to Which Ont-Boond Theatrical Companies Are Steering-. In the theatrical line yisterdav the B. & O. road had Lester & Williams' company to New York, the Blackthorn people to Wheeling and return and the freaks from the World's Museum and Harry Davis' Theater to eastern and western points. The Hyde Specialty Company and "The Great Metropolis" people will come in from New York to-day over the road. THE PITTSBimG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1890. . g . An East End Man's Experience With a Fashionable Sewing Society. In the East End there is a fashionable sewing society that- meets once a week at the members' houses to turn out fancy work. One of the ladies in the circle has a husband with so practical a turn of mind that he fails to see the poetry in a stitch, and he has always taken the ground, without avail, that the women could employ their time more profitably by doing something else. Recently he heard of a meeting of the society, to be held at a neighbor's, and he determined lo be present and administer a rebuke. When the ladies were busy chat ting over their work, the gentleman in ques tion rang the doorbell, and was admitted. Without saying a word to anybody, he sat down on the chair offered him and pulled out a pair of old stockings, which he com menced to darn. His wife was thunder struck, and the hot blood commenced to redden the fair cheeks of thosi present. 'Not a word was spoken bv anyone for sometime, and the male offender Kept pegging away, mending the breach in the sock. Finally, one indignant little woman or dered him to leave the house, and then the storm broke loose. Well, that man is wiser to-day than he was a week ago, and he now vows he will never interfere again with the work of a fancy sewing society. He has had enongh. THE PAPER TO READ. How an Im cntor Fronted by an Item In the Dispatch. Mr. R. O. Breles writes The Dispatch that some time ago be began to look up an apparatus for regulating fares on street cars. He made a model, but finding that a similar device was in vogue, he gave the idea up. He threw it aside, he says, aud had almost forgotten it, when the idea was revived by an item in The Dispatch. This was an account of an episode that occurred on the Pittsburg Traction line describing the man ner in which the registration rope was mis taken by a passenger for the hell pull, and for which error he had to pay 25 cents. Mr. Breles says that he has succeeded in perfect ing a device which he is about to sell in Chicago, and adds that "the item in The Dispatch was the means of bringing the improvement out." THEY WOULD DRINK. Some People Can't Keep Sober on Satur day Night. Two well-dressed mechanics, ont to enjoy the Saturday half-holiday, were standing at the corner of Fifth avenue and Mar ket street yesterday. They had had a few drinks; that was apparent by the peculiar look in their eyes. "Well, let's have another beer before we go," said one. "No, Jim," replied the other, "we have alreadv had enough, and it won't do ns any good." But Jim's powers of persuasion were strong and his companion was weak. They went to the nearest saloon. Result a few hours later, tbe usual Saturday night jag. Having a Good Effect. Judge Fetterman states that under the fervor of the road convention speeches and the anticipated report to be made by the Committee of Fifteen the mud on theifoads. in tbe country is stiffening up percepti bly 5,000 TATJ.OK-3IADE JACKETS. Prices Which Defy Competition. Cheviot reefers, ?3 45, ?5 00, $7 00 up. Vest front jackets, 56 00, $7 50, $9 00 up. Vest front plnsh jackets, $8 75, worth $30 00. Seal plnsh jackets. $7 35, $8 75, S10 75 up. Seal plush saVques, $12 00, ?15 00, 16 50, 519 75. Seal plush wraps, $12 45, ?15 00 to $25 00. Exquisite astrakhan-trimmed reefers, $7 45. Imported astrakhan-trimmed reefers, $10 00. "" - One lot genuine imported beaver Jackets, $3.00, worth $6 00 to $8 00. Misses' reefers, entirely new, $2 00, $3 00, $4 00, $4 50, $5 00 up. Also latest novelties in capes, $2 50, $3 00, 54 00, $4 85, $6 75. Sixty different styles to choose from. Some ot these at half the reg ular prices. Come quick, beiore they are gone. Rosenbaum & Co. Communicated. James G. Blaine, John Sherman, Speaker Reed and Major McKinlev have all declared that it would be imamous if Pennsylvania deserted tbe friends of pro tection this year by voting for Cleveland's pet candidate, Robert E. Pattison. Here's a Good Chance, Ladles. Credit, yes credit, that's what you can get on jackets, wraps, dress goods, millinery, etc, at J. Dwyer's. No agents, no col lectors, no commissions. Room 4 McCance block, upstairs, cor. Seventh ave. and Smithfield st. Communicated. James G. Blaine had something to say in Philadelphia for Delamater last night. In Pittsburg the other day he said: "If Pennsylvania goes against us it would mean that the McKinley bill was not ap preciated by the people it was designed to protect." S3 50 Until Hot. ember 30, 1890 SI. Until Noveuibe" 30 wc will make a life size crayon portrait for $3 50, or 12 elegant cabinets for $1, at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery, 516 Market St., FitUburg. Bring children; use elevator. Communicated. Evert vote counts. Will you cast yours for Iree trade, Pattison and Cleveland? DKUJfKEXJJESS, a disease, and in many cases hereditary, can be cured permanently. Correspondence or interviews stnctlv confi dential. Address A. B., Dispatch office. FSU "Communicate d.J Theee is nothing in the tariff this vcar according to the Democrats. Cleveland seems to think there is, and he told his henchmen through the Post yesterday that he looked for a free-trade indorsement in Pennsylvania. Fob a finely cut, neat-ntting suit leave your order with Walter Anderson, 700 Smithfield street, whose stock of English suitings and Scotch tweeds is the finest in the market; imported exclusively for his trade. su Communicator!. OUB old soldiers are proud of their records made in the nar time. Pennsylvania Re publicans have a glorious past history. Do they intend to become deserters now? Cbayon Portraits very cheap. Hendeicks & Co., 68 Federal st, Allegheny. Communicated. 1 Major McKinley says that every Re publican in Pennsylvania should do his dutv by voting for Delamater and indorsing the McKinley bill. Wanted. Clothing, cloak, shoe, hat and furnishing goods salesmen at Kaufmanns'. Apply on Monday morning. -Communicated. McKinley is fighting for his life in. Ohio because of the Democratic re-districting, but the brave tariff leader says: "Let. every Pennsylvania Republican do his duty, stand by the ticket and the tariff." This Is Consolation. There will he no cause to complain of cold rooms and big gas bills if you use the "Best Yet" gas-saving burner. - McGinnis & Co., Basement of 143 Fonrth ave ' xasiuunuuit: t;iiiji 3vvvj - vwu ,ua . . rf , . mJmr un n ymi am sJmm An Interesting Educational Visit. Tbe vacation curtain all over the country was rung down some time ago. The school season of '90 and '91 is now well under way and gives .promise in this city of beine a very successful one, judging from the num ber of students that are bpoked. The public schools are full and overflowing, the private schools are taxed already for accommoda tions, tbe seminaries, colleges and universi ties report a larger enrollment than at the commencement ot the year at any time in their previous history. And the pupils and students that throng the streets, take pos session of the street cars and monopolize the suburban trains, how Wright, energetic and acife they are, not in the least like the his torical ones that went trudging away un willingly to school! No, indeed, their faces and manner bespeak very plainly the pleas ure taken in they school sessions and the .interest taken in their studies Why this changed aspect ot pupil and school ? Why instead of funereal steps do the students respond to the ringing of the bell with alacrity and eagerness? Because the school and the pedagogue of the past is no more. The dark, gloomy schoolroom, the stiff, uncomfortable seats, the dry, unin teresting lessons and the stern, forbidding master have all alike taken their departure, and with them has disappeared the antipathy which they inspired, while in their places are .ound "light, airy, cheerful rooms, easy, comfortable seats and talented, entertaining instructors, who, by their well-trained, per fectly disciplined minds, awaken an inter est and stimulate a desire lor knowledge in the minds of their pupils rather than coni-pej-tlie conning of lessons. Such, indeed, is the drift of the school of to-day, and fnl. lowing out that principle to the utmost nicety will be iouad Curry Univer sity, " to which a very enjoyable visit was paid during the week. It was established in the year I860, and by its con tinual and steady growth has reached re markable proportions. Indeed, this year the enrollment has been surprisingly large, so' large, in fact, that a "nurth story will very shortly be added to the building. Of thi various departments visited it would be difficult to tell which was the most interest ing; in the room of Prof, J imes M. Wisman mathematics in their higher form were being expounded to a bright, intelli gent class of youths and maidens who were not at all embarrassed by the ap pearance of a stranger, but in an easy con versational tone proceeded to discuss poly gons, polyhedral angles and talk of polyhe dron aud parallelopiped prisms as if they were the most adorable things in the uni verse instead of the most perplexing. In the teaching of his special branches, Prof. Wisman is certainly au adept, and by a style peculiarly his own, succeeds in im pressing the facts upon the pupils' minds in such a manner that to forget would seem to be impossible.and the strangest part of it all is that he makes no apparent effort to teach, but sits at his desk or stands at the board and simply talks or invites the members of his classes to talk. And the result of the exchange of ideas is a clear and definite un derstanding of the subject in question in stead ot a few formulas or demonstrations committed to memory. In the language room Prof. Francis "Schmid occupies the chair, having previous to his connection with this school been identified with the high school at Baden, Germany, as instructor in ancient and modern languages, and also with the classical academy established by him in this city in 1867, and with Trinity Hall, Wash ington, Pa. By this scholarly man, Csesar, "Virgil, Livy, Tacitus and Horace, Xeno phon, Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Plato, and Sophocles are all rendered intelligible to the youthful student at Curry University, and the languages of French and German are also taught. A class in Greek was knitting its brows and running its hand through its locks in a truly ener getic way, when the room was visited, evi dently intent upon the capturing and retain ing in memory some of those treacherous, wily verbs that have proven the root not of all evil, but of so many ot ourowu English words. In the conservatory of music could be heard the sweet voice of a dainty -miss of about 16, as the door was passed, trilling with birdlike sweetness, and occasionally tbe deeper tone of Prof. Bissell as he gave some needed example with his own thoroughly trained and cultivated voice. In the rooms devoted to the study of elocution and dramatic cul ture Prol. King was instructing an un usually bright class in the formation of tone, using a text book compiled and writ ten by himself. In numerous other depart ment were seen large numbers of ambitious pupils busily engaged in preparing lessons in history, geography, grammar, composi tion or literature, as the case might be, etch intent upon his own particular study, while recitation classes were receiving the atten tion of the teachers. Prof. E. M. Wood was conducting a class in psychotogy, and by his admirable treatise upon it the already interesting subject of mind training was rendered doubly interesting. Prof. Wood has cnarge oi the course in science, and in his department, as in every other, the law of the school seemed to be application to study, and with snch apparent enjoyment was it obeyed that it was a pleasure to look upon the students. In the business college but lew vacant desks were to be seen, even this early in the year, and, judging from the earnestness and interest evinced by themanywho were poring over their text books and ledgers, there will be no lack of competent business men aud women in the coming years. A special feature of this de partment is that the method of teaching com bines the theory and practice. The business formulas aud theories learned being imme diately put into everyday use by a skiliul system ol exchange carried on with other colleges in other cities, both in the United States and Canada, whereby merchandise and produce are bought and sold, both on cash depooit and on commission, money is made or lost, and experience gained accordingly. The short-hand department leads all the others iu the increased attendance over former years, and was literally overflowing with any number of maidens and sturdv youths who will, in a few month:, swell the army of stenographers and typewriters that to the business world is an absolute necessity. And there they were, puzzling their brains over the principles of tbe sign language, aud looking forward to the time when they would scorn to write anything less than 150 words a minute, aud when a munificent salarv would reward their speed. The Norma"l department to which the most careful atten tion is paid was found in a decidedly flourishing condition, and tbe enthusiasm shown by the to-be teachers was very con tagious, "as they with the instructors dis cussed the best means of imparting to the youthful minds the desired and necess-try information. It is an interesting lact to know that 168 State certificates have been granted the graduates from this department within the past five years. The institution is certainly a great credit to the city, and especially to fhe manage ment under President James U. Williams, who began in September, 1881, witii an en rollment of less than a dozen students and reached last year the creditable number of 1,606 students, with fair promise that the present year's registrations will number over 1,800 students. Wanted. Clothing, cloak, shoe, hat aud furnishing goods salesmen at Kaufmafans. Apply on Motlday morning. Communicated. Extract Trom the Kepublican Platform on Senator Quay. ,"As private citizen, Secretary of tbe Com monwealth under two administrations, as State Treasurer and United States Senator, he has won and retains our esteem and con fidence." That is the platform on which George Wallace Delamster stands, and every loval Republican must subscribe to it Stand'to gether and make an end of the small bosses who are jealous of Senator Quay's primacy. There are 330 Congressmen and only one Governor of Pennsylvania; whioh can Re publicans best afford to lose? 1tvniTWl J Wf.K,. IT,A D.. .. f- the .place to get tbe newest dress trimmings, In'Memoriam. It becomes our sad and painful duty to publish (he death of one o.'our most esteemed and worthy young men, Mr. Charles Bar ehus, who, on Monday night, October 20, 1890, to avoid a collision, jumped from bis engine and received injuries from which he lived but an hour and 40 minutes. Though severely hurt, he was conscious to the last, and for 30 minutes prayed incessantly. He then talked of his friends, leaving messages of condolence for his mother, father and wife. He said that he felt that all was well with him, which must be consoling to them in their great bereavement Though so young, being but 24 years of age, he was widely known and greatly be loved, and his sad and tragic death has cast a gloom over this entire community, where he leaves many friends to mourn his un timly end. We tender our heartfelt sympathies to his bereaved mother, father and wile and other near relatives, hoping they may some day meet him where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. ALWAYS CROWDED At Thompson's New York Grocery, andlhls is the Cause of It. Sugar-cured hams per In $ 11 Sugar-cured shoulders per lb li 15 lbi. granulated sugar 1 00 7 lbs. rolled oats 25 7 lbs. large lump starch 25 C packages corn starch 25 2 li. prepared cocoa nut. 25 8 lbs. Delaware evaporated peaches 1 CO 1,1b. can Colman's mustard 40 10 cans Columbia river salmon.... 1 00 .1 lbs. new Valencia raisins 25 4 lbs. new currants 25 7 lbs. new buckwheat 25 1 doz. oarlor matches (200s) 10 6 lbs. new codfish. 25 ldoz. fat family mackerel 25 1 kit extra No. 1 mackerel 1 50 7 bars best 5 cent wax soap 25 7 bars bet 5-cent flnaiing soap 25 12 bars good scrubbing soap 25 4 bottles good ketchup 25 1 bbl. good Amber flour, (war ranted) .T 5 40 1 sack good Amber flour, (war ranted) 1 30 1 bbl. XX Amber flour, (war ranted) 5 75 1 sack XX Amber flour, (war ranted) 40 1 bbl. best family flour. 6 00 1 sack best family flour. 1 50 1 bbl. fancy winter wheat flnur.... 6 75 1 sack fancy winter wheatflour.... 1 65 5 lbs. good tea 1 00 Goods delivered free to all, parts of both cities. To those living out of the citv will prepay freight on all orders of $10 and up ward to any station or landing within 100 miles of Pittsburg. Send for price list M. R, Thompson, 301 Market st, and 69 Third ave. Opposite Gusky's. Communicated. The Democrats have been hiding their free trade intentions behind a cloud of ahus Will the Republican voters swallow a dose ot that kind? The Grand Opera House will be occupied by Messrs. Klawand Erlanger's spectacular production (of The Great Metropolis next week. The play ran almost an entire sea son in New York, and it has met with un usual success everywhere since. Communicated. 1 The Democrats demand odds of two to one on the election now. They don't seem to think that the doctrines Cleveland has been dishing out will help to elect Pattison. Go to E. Schauer, 407 Wood st, for your fall and winter clothing. You will get full value for your money. Communicated. Blaine, of Maine, says he cannot believe that Pennsylvania intends to go back on her tariff record. He does not think Republicans will desert their colors. We cannot tell a lie. We did it with our little hatchet. We struck right at the root of the" matter and down came the prices. None of our clothing is now high enough to be out of anybody's reach. See our line of fine Home made Overcoats. Box Coats, 7-8 inch lap seam. NOTE OUR PRICES: $10,$1M$15 Buys choice Overcoats. 954 and 950 LIBERTY ST. STAR CORNER, n3-lB- 'j I I Mi Boh Sip Prices. J.f X KJJ 1 WANT TO tid TO BOD And have only a small capital to start with, you need not hesitate to disclose your fyian- cial condition to . KBBC Hj V : . ;. v ' And he will furnish your house at once on the 0 Credit System. As a matter of fact KEECH has done more to encourage matrimony by making it possible for young married people to start housekeeping by providing them with furniture on the installment plan than any number -of matrimonial bureaus. The fact that KEECH is the leading dealer in the city, and quite recently has been compelled to greatly enlarge his establishment in order to accommodate his steadily and rapidly increas ing trade, is evidence that his goods, his prices and his manner of deal ing have earned the satisfaction of the people. Many purchasers come long distances to seek this house, and if you entertain the notion that it is only cheap, trashy, go-to-pieces-in-no-time sort of furniture that is offered on credit, a visit to this store will knock that idea out of your head in a few minutes. Of course, only a portion of the business done by KEECH is credit business. Furthermore he is prepared to furnish a house from cellar to roof in almost any style on the briefest notice. A ID'fflE H : -OF ODE MANY OFFERINGS: ' Parlor Suites, Chamber Suites, Library Suites, Dining Room Suites, Sofas and Couches, Parlor Chairs, Parlor Tables, Sideboards, Dining Room Chairs, Bedsteads, Mattresses. Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mattings, Linoleums, Art Squares, Rugs and Mats, Lace Curtains. " Plush Curtains,. Chenille Curtains, Portieres, Window Shades, Curtain Poles. EVERYTH FOR CASH Ol KE ECU'S, 923, 925 and 927 Pena Avenue, i- CORNER GARRISON ALLEY. i -J0TOpen Saturdays till 10 o'clock F. M. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . t- JB SMS1FIIG Wardrobes, Folding Beds, Chiffoniers, Secretaries, Hall Stands, Hat Racks, Extension Tables Work Tables, Dressers, Feather Pillows, Blacking Cases. Housefurnish ing Gcods, Kitchen Utensils, Bric-a-Brac, Clocks, Lamps, Stoves, Ranges, Men's Clothing, Ladies' Cloaks, Misses' Cloaks, Plush Garments, Blankets. V ON i , 1 -1 ; ;. - A sAT? -r- . t.-. . . --. i