resswggBsa ESSEHa taBMiijgga V yijw " Tsstp-ri 1 TvpwsrS'WSy THE PITTSBDRG DISPATCH. fflsoRrePISS . r PAGES 9 TO 12. -i SECOND PART. j PITTSBTJEG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1890. PITTSBURG KQCHS How Local Physicians Treat Con sumption and Other Lung Diseases. WHISKY USED MUCH LESS, Uut Cod Liver Oil Remains a Prime Favorite With Most Doctors. MORE STRESS LAID OX HYGIEKE. As Koch's Remedy Only Claims to Cure Early Stages of I.nng Troubles, IT WILL KOT BANISH- CONSUMPTION A reporter of The DisrATCH went to a number of the most prominent physicians in the city yesterday and asked the following questions of each: 1. If called upon to-day bv a consumptive for medical aid, what would your treatment be? Z Is whisky still prescribed for consumptives as much as it once was? 3. Is not cod liver oil the standby for treat ment of lung diseases? It is said that 30 and 40 years ago, when a victim to consumption called upon a doc tor, he was invariably told "to live on whiskyl" Answers to the above questions would seem to prove that whisky is not used to such a great extent uowadays. Even among old-school physicians the treat ment of consumption is based largely upon hygienic measures, rather than the use of a single stimulant. Still, they yet prescribe whisky in a great percentage of consumption cases. Homeopathic doctors don't believe in the dosing of consumptives with whisky, but thev do use cod liver oil. KOCII TO DlbPLACE WHISKY. So that if Prof. Koch's discovery of a new remedy for consumption stands the test, it will probablv displace an enormous amount of cod liver oil and drive another cork into the whisky medicine barrel. Appended are the answers ot the doctors: Dr. W. T. English 1 would prescribe codliveroil in some form, together with a rigid course ol exercises tending to strengthen the lungs and increase the breathing capacity. I do not always pre scribe whisky, though in some cases and in im MK 01 wmuuiFuoii i mav oe tm- diseases. Cod liver oil is still our .Treat mainstay in pulmonary diseases. Owing to competition the market now is filled with the very best quality of cod liver oil obtain- able, and it is made into palatable eraul- sionr, nowadays, too, which is an advance rr(.,m..l, Thrr i. -i rpnl vgri.io nf i;, i. nn-a- m r-tmneo f-nm ..! th.vnr. ,o,!i.,ii good. I am yet younc in "the profession, lmt within mv PTiurunr.. iuclr ,-. ,Knt held its own in the treatment of consumn. tion irenerallv sneaking A Si-rtVi T.nno nhnini.n a r. . wl.Ul.-v l.fnrp h monl. n f ,t.i.r,n.nfni of cod liver oil in emulsions after each meal: ctav nnt nf rfnn nil rfnr ci..n h mJ winilmvs hnsiPrl all moht'n,! vA n-iii nm. !-,-.. i.e.. .,,., .,!, ... ..,.... can; - . ., wiieeeto DEAir IKE Est Dr. J. W. Sykes, one of the oldest special- lsts in chronic diseases in the citv, said "There can be no doubt that thousands of cases of tubercular consumption have here tofore been cured by the remedies in vogue. Of these, cod liver o.l stands foremost in use and in efficacy. Next to it may perhaps be ranked the hypophosphite salts and next whisky. But both cod liver oil and whisky are beneficial in only a minority of cases. In any case, with much fever, whisky is lositively injurious, and in any case where cod liver oil disturbs the stomach and inter feres with digestion, it also is injurious. Mv experience ol nearly 35 years has led me to discard the use ot whisky in consumption, except in rare instances. Iu any case it is worse than folly to depend on medicine alone, however valuable it may be. All the practicable lesources of hygiene should be employed in every case, and Dr. Koch pleads that this should be done in connec tion with the use ol his new remedy. A TEAK TOP. THE FOTCEE. "There is every reason to hope that Dr. Koch's remedy iscllthat he claimsforit," continued Dr. Sykes, "yet it is doubtful whether it will greatly diminish theravages of consumption, because the disease is un felt, and therefore unnoticed and neglected, until far advanced; and Koch says dis tinctly that his remedy is chiefly valuable in the early stages. In uncomplicated con sumption, there is no pain, no depression or general bad feeling on the contrary, there is very generally a hopefulness and anima tion of spirits, and unwillingness on the part or the patient to admit the presence oi danger and consent to treatment. This is largely, if not solely, the reason why the disease is so generallv fatal. The older methods or treatment have not, as a rule, had early adoption, and it is to be feared Koch's remedy will be equally neglected." A Penn avenue physician "While I be lieve whisky has its proper place in the treitment ot consumption, I would prefer seeing patients get well on nutritious foods and drinks. Cod liver oil and whisky used to be the lavorite remedies. It still is, to a certain extent, but there is to-day more common sense treatment than ever before. I would use whisky to stimulate a patient over a weak place, but once over I would stop its use and try to make my man gain health without it SIOEE DISCRIMINATION NOW. Dr. J. C. Burgher The old-school treat ments still rely largely on stimulants, but with varying results. I believe whisky is still prescribed lor consumption as much as ever, but with more discrimination. "We homeopathists use it Jor medicine very spar ingly, and we do not prescribe as much cod liver oil either, as the other school. "We try to build up the system with nutritious food, milk, farinaceous diet, etc Dr. McClelland I would not prescribe a gill of whisky in treating consumptives. It is too dangerous in after effects. Cod liver oil is a food and good in all lung troubles Millie Chapman, M. D., the lady phy sician I would not prescribe whisky at all in treating consumption. I never do, and 1 think I have had as large a percentage of successiul cases as the physicians who have used this stimulant, lor it is nothing more than a stimulant. I don't think, on the whole, that there is as much whisky used these days as formerly. I use cod liver oil, which is a standard med icine, but am guided by circumstaaces in what form I prescribe it. THE OLD STAND-BYS. Another Penn avenue doctor "Whisky and cod liver oil will always be used, whether Koch's theories are right or wrong. "Whisky has tided many a weak man and woman over a bad spell, and cod liver oil has made them fat afterward. Let us stick to old friends. A Wylie avenue M. D. Whisky is by all odds one of the best strengtbeners we have in lung troubles, "but I have always studied well each individual case before prescribint: it. When I began practicing a great many years ago, I prescribed it freely in the case of a yonng friend of mine. It cured him of all lung disease, bat it left him a drunkard, and three years after his recovery from incipient consumption he died in a saloon. I have never forgotten that. I must know the appetite and charac teristics of a patient now when the necessity presents itself in his case for a stimulant. AS GOOD AS AXLE GREASE. Dr. Joe Dickson I think cod liver oil is about as good for medicine as axle grease would be. 1 have had very little practice in the line of pulmonary diseases, but I don't believe I would ever prescribe that stuff. It is just good enough to pour into an excessively feeble man so that he will not absorb his own fat, nothing else. I have seen cods killed, and I know just what dis gustingly filthy stuff the oil is. "Whisky is aiways a good medicine. It can be used readily and has good results. An Allegheny doctor "Whisky, cod liver oil, egg nogg, roast beef and plenty of air "them's my sentiments." A great many other doctors declined to express opinions, except through the col umns of medical papers first. In deference to the wishes of others, names were omitted in some ot the above interviews. SOKE FAMTT.TAK STRAINS To Greet Those Who Attend To-Day's Free Organ Recital. Some familiar strains will greet those who attend the twenty-seventh free organ recital at Carnegie Hall this afternoon, com mencing at 3 o'clock. There are three novelties comprised in No. 2, of the pro gramme, but the other numbers are interest ing because of novel treatment in combina tions of tone. Organist "Wales will im provise a minuet in the the key of E, as a matter of interest to young students, who attend in such numbers. The vocal music will be given by Miss May "Ward, of Alle gheny, who has a lresh voice and sings tunefully. A remarkable free organ concert is to be given, on Thanksgiving evening, commenc ing at 8 o'clock. All the instrumental num bers will be of the brilliant school of music, and Mrs. Mary B. Lucas will sing in her usual charming fashion. Mr. E. A. "Wall, the solo clarinetist of the Bijou Theater Orchestra, has kindly consented to play the Paganini variations on the "Carnival of Venice." To-day's programme is as follows: L Overture. "Caliph or Bagdad." Boldien fa. Valse Leute, ballet, "Coppelia." a J ................. ...Leo Delibes " 6. Intermezzo Erik Meyer-Helmund la Spanish Danza Tbeo. Northrup 3. Minuet in E Improvisation 4. Vocal, "Valley of Chamouni." Glover 5. Potpourri. "Patience." Sullivan 6. Blue Danube Waltzes...... Jonann Strauss 7. Vocal. "For Yon." Minna A Perry ( a. Gavotte Bohemienne (Dedicated 8. i to Ovid Musin) J. D. B. ( D. Minuetto George Ca'kin q (a. Sextette, "laicia." Donizetti 1 6. Minuet, op. 69 J. Baptists Calkin 10. Vocal, "Story of a Song.".Milton Welllngs 1L Overture, "Crown Diamonds." Auber 12. March MMtaire Mariano de Pavilla IRON FBOM OLD STEEL BAILS. A New Process to beUsed by a Heading Company. Heading, November .a. A new iron manufacturing company has been organized jn this city under the title of the Inter-State Iron Company lor the purpose of making a - , v i i i. i. special brand of merchant bar iron by a peculiar process invented by H. Harris, the secret of which is in the sole possession of the company. It is proposed to manufacture the bar iron Irom the discarded and second haud teel rails, which are now a drug on the market and can be purchased at a cost but slightly above that ot common iron, It is asserted that, by a simple process in Tente?, bv Mr. Harris, the steel in the rails is easily decarbonized and changed to iron of very superior quality. A number of tests have been made, and SDecimens of iron produced by this process are now on exhibi- .frn.nt. the.off.ee -o the jompnTiy in me-gityl where they have been examined by iron specialists. Advantageous offers for free sites lor a large plant, and franchises have been received Irom Frederick, Md., Bu chanan and Buena Vista, Va., and from Glenrock and Wnghtsville, Pa., but the company prefers to locate in Beading. Mr. Harris, the inventor of the process, is a resident of this city and was formerly super intendent of an iron works here. TWENTT-FOUR Pages to-morrow. Bead rittsburg' Greatest Newspaper, THE DIS PATCH. ABDUCTOBS ARBESTED On Their "Way to a Colony of Spiritualists "When Captured. Topeka, Kan., November 21. Governor Humphrey to-day gave Sheriff Gordon, of Cowley county, a requisition on the Gov ernor of New Mexico for Mrs. Alma Mo Clurg and Lawrence Emeryck, who were arrested yesterday at Albuquerque for ab ducting three children from the house of Kyle McClurg at "Winfield last Saturday night. Last spring McClurg received a diyorce Irom his wife, and the Court gave him the custody of the children because of the extreme socialistic and spiritualistic ideas of his wife. Three months later he again married, at which his divorced wife was highly in censed. Saturday night she, accompanied by three men, went to McClurg's house, and while one of them intimidated McClurg she and the other two men took the children from their bed, and putting them in a wagon drove away. The night was dark and stormy, and it was impossible to follow the abductors. It was learned later that they drove to TJdall, ten miles from "Winfield, where they purchased tickets to Old Mexico, theirintention being to join a colony of Spiritualists and Social ists in that country. TO SUE FOE HEAVY DAMAGES. Miss Hastings "Will Seek Separation From Her Persecuting; Employers. Anniston, Ala., November 21. About the first of October Miss Effie Hastings, a beautiful young woman from Baltimore, Md., and who comes from a prominent fam ily of that city, accepted a position as sales woman with H. C. Marks & Co. in this city. Three or four weeks ago Sol Edel, the busi ness manager of the firm, caught her sitting down during business hours, which was a violation of his orders. For this he lepri manded her severely, and the next day he discharged ber without assigning any cause. The girl then went to Birmingham and secured a position, but she had been there only a few days when she was notified that Edel had sworn out a warrant for her, in which he charged that she had stolen a sacque from the store. The trial was had to-day, and Miss Hast ings proved that she had paid for the sacque, and that he had seen her wearing it before she left here. The Judge acquitted her, and she will enter suit for 10,001) dam ages for defamation of character. The feel ing here against Edel is very strong. TURNED CHARITY TO PB0FJCT. Serious Charges Against an Educational Association Officials. St. Paul, November 21. Attorney Gen eral Clapp has filed a complaint in the Dis trict Court against the Educational Endow ment Association of Minneapolis. Charges of fraud are made against the officers, who are said to have turned all re ceipts into salaries for themselves, and the allegation is made that the books and rec ords have been wrongfully, iilegallyand fraudulently kept; Hathaway Indicted for Murder. Chicago, November 2L George Hath away, the gambler who shot and killed ex Alderman Billy Whalen, was indicted for murder by the grand jury to-day, FOTffi OIL MEN TALK. Ex-President Nicholson Upon the Present Commercial Situation. ONE WHO PREDICTED THE FLURRY. Views of Operators on the Consolidated and Stock Exchanges. SOME PESSIMISTS AS TO PETROLEUM COBBESrONDENCI OP THE DISPATCH. 1 New Yobk, November 21. "W. H. Nicholson, formerly President of the Parker and Oil City Oil Exchanges, was a visitor on the floor of the Consolidated Exchange to-day. Air. Nicholson lives at Erie, Pa., and is now entirely out of the oil trade. I am told he is worth $300,000, all made in oil, and the bulk of it as a speculator on the floor of the exchanges. 1 had a talk with Mr. Nicholson to-day, and although he is apparently out of busi ness he keeps abreast of the blackboard, as it were, and there is not much going on iu the commercial world that he is not ac quainted with. Mr. Nicholson lately made an extended visit to Europe and had special opportunities for studying the business situ ation in England. AN EEA OP SPECULATION. "There has been an era of new specula tion." said Mr. Nicholson, "chiefly in Eng land, though the United States has not been wholly free from it. And we see the out come to-day in the distrust and anxiety which apparently pervades every financial community. Englishmen got tired receiv ing a moderate interest for their money and branched out iu the syndicate line with a reoklessness which was surprising. The so called 'industrial' enterprises had a fasci nation for them, having a start, I think, iu the buying out of the great Guinness brewery in Loudon. The syndicate which purchased this enor mous concern probably made money, and from that beginning has developed the extraordinary buying craze which we have lately seen here in America. There was hardly any concern which English cap italists were not ready and anxious to take off our hands, from our livery stables to our great rolling mills and cotton factories. This frenzy to invest their money took them into South America, where millions have been invested. They expected to get these millions hack, with a big interest, but when the emergency came they were unable to re cover even a portion of their investment, hence the crash which has overtaken Eng lish bouses. These houses have their safes filled with securities, such as they are, but they are not securities that are available at the banks." In regard to the markets in general, Mr. Nicholson took a rather pessimistic view. Although values were on a much lower level than a few months ago, he doubted if they had yet struck bed-rock prices. Some things, for special reasons, might advance Irom present prices; but, taking the market as a whole, he thought prices would have to recede. There was too much distrust in the air for any successful bull movement. ONE MAN HAD IT EIGHT. A man who has been right on the market for the past six months or more is Charley Symmes, who is associated here on the Con solidated Exchange with Harry Marlin, the Pittsburg iron man. It is all of six months ago since Symmes predicted exactly what has come to pass. "Some of these days," said he, "we will have a rich man's panic, and the way things are going now we will not have to waitmaaymonihs to(sec it." "Symmes maintained this position against considerable ridicule in the Exchange, and now sees his judgment fully vindicated. In a conversation which I had with him at the time, and reported iu these columns, he pointed out the source whence the trouble would come. "These bloody Englishmen," he said, "are floating all sorts of crazy schemes in South America, and there will have to be a day of reckoning." And yet Symmes does not pretend to be a prophet. ALL EEAES ON OIL. Symmes was formerly in the oil country with the United Pipe Line Company before it was sold to the Standard people, and is generally well informed on the oil situation. He is a bear on oil, even at these prices. For the matter of that, however, I have failed to find any brokers, either in the Consolidated or iu the Stock Exchange, who were not bears on oil. Charley Nelson and William Lane, both prominent on the Consolidated Board, and known in the oil contingent to be usually pretty near right in their calculations, talk lower prices for crude. "I see nothing to keep the stuff up," said Mr. Lane to me to-day, "and 1 look lor lower prices. There is absolutely no sus taining power to the market, either here or in the West. Nobody seems to want it, and the Lord knows there is plenty of it to be had. So far as we can see the production is increasing all the time." Mr. Nelson took about the same view of the situation, and a like opinion prevails among the oil brokers generally. Whether the general gloom in Wall street has impaired their judgment re mains to be seen. The Dispatch is now regarded in New York as the chief authority on oil matters, and there are few brokerage or commission houses in the city that do not keep it on file for the benefit of their customers. ' It. W. Ckiswell. TRYING FOB L0WEB PBICES. Action Taken by the Farmers' Alliance of the Hoosier State. Indianapolis, Ind., November 2L At the annual State meeting of the Farmers' Alliance, held here yesteiday, plans for the wholesale purchase of supplies, to be sold to members at 10 per cent more than cost price, were under consideration. A committee will be appointed to go be fore the next General Assembly to demand legislation in the interest of the farmers of the State. OIL MEN CALLED TO ACCOUNT For Causing the Xaphtha Explosion on tho Tioga at Chicago. Chicago, November 21. The grand jury to-day returned 25 indictments against J. C Bright, President, and W. Bright, Vice President, of the Genessee Oil Company, of Buffalo, who shipped the naphtha which caused the explosion on the steamer Tioga in the harbor some months ago, killing n number ot 'longshoremen. They must stand trial for manslaughter. A PILTEBING POLITICIAN. A San Francisco Assemblyman Caught in an Act of Embezzlement. San Fkancisco, November 21. Luther L. Ewing, who represented one of the dis tricts of this city iu the State Assembly for the past four years, has been arrested on the charge of embezzlement from a street rail way company, of which he was a collector. He was caught in the act and confessed his guilt. It is not known how much he has stolen, but the company thinks it will amount to fully f6,000. Charged With Bobbing Boarders. Frank Wood, a boy of -15 years, was ar rested by Officer Hanna last evening, charged with robbing the inmates of Mrs. Meehan's boarding house, on Grant street. The boarders at this house have been sys tematically robbed for some time, but the thief could not be detected. A man named Kuntz is also suspected of complicity in the affair. CANDIDATE BYNOTTS VIEWS. He Joins With Springer and Wilson in Praise of Mr. Cleveland. WAflHlNGTON,November21. Discussing the recent elections Representative Bynum, of Indiana, a prominent candidate for the Speakership of the next House, said in an interview to-day: "It is the people's vic tory, and it is a declaration of the popular opinion on the snbject of the McKinley bill and the radical couf se of the Republicans in Congress during the last session. "Indiana," he says, "is in the Democratic column to stay. What the Democrats have now to do is to avoid partisan legislation, and to practice economy and conservatism. No bitter party feeling'provoked during this Congress must be carried over by the Demo crats to the next. They must "handle the tariff so as to give the relief that the people have asked for at the polls." Speaking of 1892, he said that at this time it seemed to point to Cleveland as the Demo cratic nominee. "The people in the West," he said, "have a confidence in Mr. Cleve land which cannot be shaken. They will stick to him because they believe he has sterling qualities which make him a man of the people; a "nan who has the welfare of the whole country at heart. They may not agree with him on the silver question," but notwithstanding that, they are for him. To be with them would convince anyone that Cleveland has the hearts of the Democrats of the West. They talk of no one else for '92." Speaking of the Farmers' Alliance, Mr. Bynum said that as a separate party if would not figure. The interest of the Alliance lay with the Democrats; their principles were mostly Democratic and whatever they accomplished must be through the Democratio party. Mr. Bynum says that the Democrats should go back to their old rules and should, treat the Bepublicau minority with the greatest lairness. MB. BLAINE'S HEALTH. The Maine Statesman Beady to Mako An other Campaign. Washington, November 21. A very common topic of coni'ersation just now in this city of discussion is the health of James Gillespie Blaine. The reoult of the recent elections has enhanced materially the Presi dental stock of the man of reciprocity, who was unable to find in all the ampli tude of the McKinley bill an added market for a banel of flour or a bushel of American agricultural product Everybody including the hack men and the hotel elevator boys recognizes the fact that if the Republican party were called upon to name a Fresidentai candidate this week that man would be James G. Blaine. Naturally, therefore, tho physical condition of Mr. Bliine is of interest to no end of people. Having twice denied him self to his party as a Presidental candidate, as it is understood, chiefly upon account of his health, people arc naturally inquiring, "Will Mr. Blaine be physically able to make, the race in 189il?" A gentleman who saw and talked with Mr. Blaine for several hours recently says upon this point: "Mr. Blaine is just as well as any man of 60 years could hope to be. He has not accumulated flesh, and in this respect he is all the better. His eye is clear, his voice strong, and he is as agile in his movements as a youth of 20. How much fatigue he could bear were he sud denly called upon is only a matter of con jecture. EEMAEKABLE 1TECE OF STTBGEBY. A LJttle Girl to Furnish Her Sister With a IfCF Scalp. Deteoit, November 21. Last week Ma tilda Orsechage was completely scalped by having her hair catch t in the shaftin"of -c grain elevator. It was decided to graft skin from the body of the little girl's sister, Em ma, who heroically consented to the opera tion, which was performed to-day. The child's head before the operation presented exactly the same appearance, from the eye brows over to the nap of the neck, as that of a skeleton, The skull was entirely bare, except in places where small portions of the muscle and tissue adhered. A piece of skin 8 inches long by 5 wide and oi an oval shape was cut from the right side of Emma's body, leaving the upper end at tached near the breast. When this flap of cuticle was prepared the children were laid together on a table and the flap was firmly fastened with stitches to the right side oi the injured child's head. Then the chil dren were bound together in such a way as to prevent them breaking their Siamese bond. If this preliminary operation is suc cessful the remaining portion of the head will be treated by a similar operation. LETTERS of Travel andPapersonSdence and Electricity are features of the Sunday issue of THE DISPATCH. It alms to instruct as well as please. A great storehouse of fact, 24 Pages, 193 Columns. The best Newspaper in the State. An educator always. BULLS NOT ANABCHISTS. Woman Wearing a Bed Shawl Fatally In jured by an Animal. Racine, Wis., November 21. Mrs. Maria Wolsely, of Raymond, was fatally injured by a bull, enraged by a red shawl she was wearing. The woman was tossed into the air by the bull and trampled upon when she descended. The fall rendered her insensible. It is supposed that the attention ot the maddened animal was distracted from the woman by some shreds of her skirts that he had rent off with his horns. SWINDLING BK0KEB ABBAIGNED For Beating Chicago People Out of Sums Aggregating 850,000. Philadelphia, November 21. W. S. Wharton, the Chicago .broker, who was ar rested here last -night on the charge of swindling a number of persons in that city out of amounts aggregating abont 550,000, was arraigned to-day and committed to await the action of the Illinois authorities. MYSTIC SERINE NOBLES. Annual Ceremonial Meeting Held last Evening. The annnual ceremonial meeting of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, was held in Oriental Hall, on Penn avenue, last evening. A number of prominent men from Western Pennsylvania were present. There were 75 novitiate". After the meeting a very pleasant banqnet was served. Objections to a School Board Bute. Some residents, of the Twenty-first ward are indignant because, since the completion of the Lemington school, they are not per mitted to send their children to the Lincoln school. Legal proceedings, it is expected, will be shortly instituted against the School Board. Pushing the Work. The Pittsburg, Akron and Western road will be completed to Ft. Wayne by January 1. As stated a number of times in The Dispatch, this road will probably form an important part of a new proposed tf nnk line, but the inside of the deal does not yet ap pear. A Sewickley House Burned. Fire broke out early yesterday morning in the house of John Dolan, at Sewiokley, and the building was destroyed before help could be secured. The family had time to escape, ana a little of their-furnlturo was saveo: AN AERIAL INCLINE From Mt. Washington to Pittsburg a Future Possibility. CARS WILL RUN ON HUGE CABLES. Stretch of the Imagination That May bo Realized Some Day. A LOCAL RIDER HAGGARD LET LOOSE Profs. William H. Lehner, of Seven teenth street, and Frank I. Longnecker, of Nineteenth street, strolled into The Dis patch office yesterday afternoon and fairly wilted the tissue paper flowers on the desk by relating about a stupendous enterprise which, if carried out, will astonish the world, and extend the fame of Pittsburg to the remotest corners of the globe. Prof. Longntcker said that just before he left his office ho had nearly choked to death on a chunk of Monongahela water, and was in no shape to talk, so Prof. Lehner pro ceeded to explain his scheme. Said he: "Have you heard of the new Southside incline from Mt. Washington to the foot of Wood street? You haven't? Well, now you are evidently not informed of what is going on in this corner of the woods. I sup pose you haven't heard anything about the company being formed, either? Well, I will tell you. the company foesied. "There has been a company formed with a capital of 530,000 to start with, for the pur pose of building an incline from Mt. Wash ington to the foot of Wood street The present members of the company are the professor nere and myself, H. J." Weimer, W. T. Guylor, A. A. Alles and Robert T. Jones. "The company proposes tolrun an incline on cables between the points named. Four large and strong cables will be stretched from a convenient point on Mt. Washing ton to the foot of Wood street. The cars will run on the cables by means of pulleys, each car will use two of the cables. "Just each side of the rivers the cables will be supplied by large towers, or it may be that they will be unnecessary. The engines will be powerful ones. The trip will require only about 4 minutes as we have figured it out. Remember this incline is only for passengers. "Now you see the same principles will be applied in the main as in other inclines, and the dead weight will be greatly equalized by the car3 going in opposite directions and helping to pull each other. The company has unlimited capital at ils command, but thinks the incline can be built for 530,000. NOT A NEVf IDEA AT ALL. "The idea is not a new one at all. When Prof. Longnecker and I were up in the Al legheny Mountains last summer buying up tracts of fresh air in the inter ests of an English syndicate we found the farmers applying this princi ple to draw water from the "river to their houses on the hillside. The same idea, on a smaller scale, has been applied in Switzer land long years ago and the rope and basket is as old as as the free bridge question. "Yes, sir; it will be the greatest thing for Pittsburg that ever happened. Peo ple can go to Mt. Washington in no time and it will build 'the hill up rapidly. We have also thought of extending our operations to other points, but will build the Pittsburg and Mt. Washing ton aerial incline first good day." After the boys left the office, exploding with mirth, amusement changed to philos ophy, and a number who stilLlingered com menced to talk the matter over. Said one: "I believe that would be possible, and what the boys look at as a good joke may some day come true. It is not beyond reason or engineering, and, as Lehner soid, the prin ciple is not a new one at all. Who knows? Stranger things have happened." THE DOCTOR AND PB0FESS0B. How the Former's Wit Got tho Better of the Litter's Besolatlon. A good story, says the Boston Courier, is told in tho privately-printed "Reminis cences" of the late Dr. S. K. Lothrop, con cerning old Dr. Kirkland, whilom Presi dent of Harvard. One evening the President and a certain Prof. Popkiu were sitting together, and the conversation turned upon smoking. The two worthies were agreed that it was a bad habit, and they agreed to give it up, as both were addicted to the use of the weed. Some time afterward at a meeting of the faculty, which took place in the President's study, the citrars were passed around, and Dr. Kirkland took one with the rest. When the box came to Prof. Popkin he declined the cigars, ob serving with a pointed emphasis: "I keep my resolution." "An excellent plan, Dr. Popkin," coolly responded Dr. Kirkland, lighting his cigar, "only I have sometimes observed that one may lose by self-conceit all (hat one gains by self-denial." JAPANESE SUPERSTITIONS. They Have Them for Various Conditions and Classes of Society. Japanese people, says Spare Moments, are very superstitious, and have innumerable signs and tokens by which to regulate their conduct and belief. They never sweep the rooms of a house immediately after one of the inmates has set out upon a journey this would sweep out all the luck with him. At a marriage ceremony neither bride nor bride groom wears any clothing of a purple color, lest their marriage tie be soon loosened, as puple is the color most liable to fade. If a woman steps over an egg shell she will go mad; if over a razor, it will become dull; if over a whetstone, it will be broken. If a man should set his hair on fire he will go mad. Children are told that if they tell a lie, an oui or an imp, called the tengu, will pull out their tongues. When husband and wife are quarreling, a devil is believed to be standing between them, encouraging them to no on from bad to worse. STBANGE PROPENSITIES. Tho Old French Custom of Hoarding Up GreatSupplles of Ilnen. Spare Moments. Among the old customs still in vogue in France that of hoarding up linen is one of the most inveterate. The following is a singular example of this habit: An old maid, 78 years of age, died recently at Tocqueville. This person, who possessed rather a large fortune, lived with extreme parsimony. Her only luxnr), her only ex penditure, was for linen, which she laid by in her closets. An inventory made after her death proves that in 14 closets shehad in reserve more than 500 pairs of stockings, nearly 600 chemises, the enormous quantity of 100 dozen of napkins, 12 dozen sheets, an innumerable quantity of caps, handker chiefs, etc.; and, lastly, linen cloth suffi cient to provide lor the' wants of 500 persons. A Minister Bobbed in tho Parks. Rev. John Fox, pastor of the North Presbyteriau Church, was robbeo of his satchel by several men in Allegheny Parks Wednesday night. His grip, however, con tained only a nightshirt and a Bible. A Banquet for Employes. Percy F. Smith will give his employes a banquet at the Duquesne, to-night, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the" found ing of his business. Some of his men have heen witVjtilm An-nr tliA whnlA nf ihflt Mimei v DESLBABLE CLIENTS. A Lawyer Speaks Warmly of the Chinese, Both as Litigants and as Men. New York Telegram. , Lawyer William C. Beecher, son of the famous divine, Henry Ward Beecher, has an extensive practice among Chinese liti gants, and his opinion of Mongolian charac ter is considerably at variance with that of the general public. In a talk on the subject the other day be said very earnestly: "The Chinese are much more honest in their deal ings than is "generally supposed. I have had business relations with many of them, and have invariably found them straight forward and satisfactory. They are nat urally suspicious of all who are not of their nationality, which is not to be much won dered at considering the treatment they have received. But, once you gain a China man's confidence, he will trust you entirely. In my protessional intercourse with them I have never had one express a desire to win his suit through sharp practice or de ceit. On every occasion the litigant was honest in the belief that he was justified in bringing suit, or in defending himself, as the case might be. Neither is there any danger, as often hannens with Caucasian 'clients, of a lawyer losing his case through the railure of bis client to impart all the information he has, either for or against himself. "As to payment," said Lawyer Beecher, with a smile, "well, the legal profession would be much more lucrative than it is if the litigants of other nationalities would follow the example of our Chinese residents. The latter have a pleasant custom of finding out how much the cost of the legal contest will probably be and then handing over the money in advance that is, when they know yon." NOVEL USES FOB' BAGPIPES. A Highland riper Blew His Chanter in Spain to Scaro tho Wolves. Temple Bar. An amusing episode recorded of the Peninsular war seems to prove that even ihe charms of our beautiful national bagpipes fail to soothe these savage beastsl It hap pened that while one of the Highland regi ments was marching across a desolate part of Spain, one of the pipers for some inex plicable reason found himself separated from his comrades. Halting on a lonely plain, he sat down to eat his breakfast, when to his horror he saw wolves approaching. When they came very near, he flung them all the food he had with him, iully con scious, however, that th 3 meager meal would not stay their advance for many sec onds. With the calmness ot desperation he then said: "As ye've had the meat ye'll hae the music, too," and thereupon he pro ceeded to "blow up his chanter." No sooner did his unwelcome guests hear the first "skirl" of the pipes than they turned iu wild terror and fled as fast as their long legs would carry them. "Defil hae yel" said the piper; "had I thocht ye were so fond o' the music ye wad hae gotten it afore meat, instead o after I" Then hungrily he went his way, not forgetting from time to time to blow a blast so wild and shrill as might effectually scare any prowling foes. HOWARD FIELDING excels himself for to-morrow's issno of THE DISPATCH. He tells about the first Thanksgiving turkey in his own homo. His hnmor is of tho very highest class. All tho News. A mammoth newspaper and magazine containing 193 Columns. THE MEANINGS OF S. P. Q. R, As Used Abroad Their Meaning Is by No Means Always Classical. Newcastle, England, Chronicle. w Every schoolboy is ramiliar with tho in itials S. P. Q. R. In classical language they stand for the Senate and People of Rome, but very different, it appears, is the modern meaning oi which they are susceptible. At the meeting of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries) last, Dr. Bruce Btated that his attention had been drawn to the follow ing inscription, high up on a chimney in the old town of Hastings: "Orlando Beta, S. P. Q. R., Draper." How disappointing to one on antiquarian pursuits bent, to learn that in this case the august letters meant "Small Profits, Quick Returns." When, added the doctor, he was last in Rome, he noticed that the carts which gathered up the mud and dust of the streets of the city were distinguished from the carts of the general community by having marked on them the letters S. P. Q. B. He thoueht at the time that the Senate and people of Rome might have had a higher employment than that of street-sweepers, yet the promo tion of the health of the people was a matter demanding the attention of the highest au thorities. TWENTY-FOUR Pages to-morrow. Read Pittsburg's Greatest Newspaper, THE DIS PATCH. WHAT A STAGE DBESS COSTS. Particulars as to tho Cost of Dresses of Parisian Actresses. Parisian actresses go to a very great ex treme in the way of costnme, says Spare Moments. Many of them have to receive immense salaries simply on account of the length of their dressmaker's bills. The sum of 1,200, which Mile. Marie Magnier, of the Theater Gymnase, Paris, receives an nually, is insufficient. Her toilets alone cost nearly 1,000 a year. In Halevy's comedy, "L'Abbe Constantin," she wore a beautilul dress of exceedingly delicate white lace and gold. This would cost two or three hundred. Mile. Jeanne Granier re ceives 20 a night to play "La Fille a Ca colet" at the Varieties. Nearly two-thirds of her salary goes in dress. The dresses which Mme. Doche wore in the title role of "La Dame aux Camelias" cost 120. The costumes worn by Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in the same play will sell for ten times that sum. Rachel's costumes in the role of Louise de Ligneroehs cos"t 60. Choosing Its Master. The Scottish American. A genuine judgment of Solomon was on the 26th ult. delivered in Falkirk Sheriff Court. Two men were contending for the possession of the fox terrier dog of which a romantic tale had been told. The Sheriff settled the question by taking both parties and the dog into a private room, and letting the animal choose its master. As it showed more attachment to Moonie, the pursuer, decision was given in his favor,on condition that he paid the defender 1, including ex penses. Do They Crack? Detroit Free Press. Do your- toe joints crack as you move about in your stocking feet? Il so, doD't think of going into the bnrglar business. The successful burglar has crackless joints, and he can catch hold of a would-be sneeze and hold it back until a more fitting oppor tunity. To a Woman's Foot. From tho Saturday Globe. The couplet, "He stole a slipper, filled it with Tokay, And tossed to her a bumper every day," we have always considered to be the highest compliment ever paid to a woman's foot. Utility of Scrap Books. New fork .Press. Keep scrap books. It costs very little in these days of pictures and description, and in the end they are valuable, not alone as instructors but entertainers. Remember that the gossip of to-day will be the history of-to-morrow. fc-MI JNDA GUNGE L On the 1st of July, 185T, the Indian mutiny was at its height. For ten days the little British station at Snnda Gunge had been besieged by the insurgent Sepoys. The station was divided into two portions the lower, consistingof the Indian village, and the upper, part of which, including the magazine and the British residency, was strongly fortified. Within this portion the Eoglish residents had retired on the first signal of approaching danger. The rebels fortunately possessed only one small piece of cannon, which had proved quite in effectual against the walls of the inclosure. Provisions were not scarce; and up to the present moment the garrison had enter tained strong .hopes of being able to hold out until relief arrived. Suddenly a new and unexpected danger had arisen. The buildings inclosed within thefortifica tions formed an open square. In the mid dle of the square was the well which sup plied the garrison with water. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon a croup of several persons were standing within the shelter of an archway which opened into the square, and gazing with looks of consternation and dismay in the direction of the well. The'cause of their alarm was singular. Tne town was situated at the foot of a range of hills; and from one particular point upou the slopes outside the walls the well in the middle of the square was visible. This the Sepoys had at length discovered. Their single piece of cannon was at once posted at this point, and brought to bear exactly on the well wjthin the town. The resultof this proceeding is self-evident. If one of the garrison should now venture into the square tor the purpose of fetching water he would run an imminent risk of being blown to atoms by a volley of grape shot. The group of spectators looked in silence at the well. The same thought occupied the minds of all. There were womeu in the garrison delicate English ladies, girls and children and within the rooms set apart for the purpose of a hospital wounded men were moaning for water. Water, at all costs, must be had even in the face of a vigilant enemy and a loaded cannon. But bow? Over a fringe of mango trees and the roofs of some low bungalows to the right of the square a knot of dusky figures conld be descried at a certain point on the hillside. The dark point marked ths spot where the cannon was posted. Even as the spectators looked toward it the cannon boomed there came a puff of smoke and a flash of fire and at the same momeut the gronnd about the mouth of the well was torn up by a fierce hail ot shot. The gunners were try ing their range; and what is more, it was only too evident that they bad found it. The spectators looked significantly at one another. Four of the group were English soldiers; the rest were natives. Of the lat ter, two were water carriers, each of whom carried about his waist a large, hollow belt of skin, capable of containing several gal lons of water. The duty of these men was, in ordinary times, one of no particular danger. But now the case was altered. There they stood trembling, their dusky faces turning to a sickly yellow, as they stared at the Bpace of shattered ground which the storm of shot had torn up all round the mouth of the well. The other na tives were all Sikhs; and these, with the impassive courage of their race, looked on calmly and betrayed no emotion. Of the Englishmen, two were private sol diers; the other two were officers Colonel Dundas, the officer in charge of the garrison and a young lieutenant, St. George Vane. The Colonel was a tall, gray man, grave, stern and martial. The lieutenant was a young man of not more than five or six and twenty, with blue eyes, fair mustache and careless, handsome features, much bronzed bv exposure to the sun. "The Colonel was the first to speak. "This is an awkward business. Vane," he said. "We might drive these cowards to the well, but they will certainly be blown to pieces, and we shall get no water. And at night, with this moon, it is as light as day. One could see a mouse stirring." "True," said Vane, reflecting, "yet stayl one of us might go out alone, and try to bring in water. If they hit him, as they most likely will, three or four others can be ready to rush out, and may bring him in, and the water as well, before they have time to load again," and he looked inquiringly at the Colonel's face, eager to learn what he thought of the proposal. "The cannon is not the only danger," said the Colonel. "They have rifles there as well." "True," said Vane, "but a rifle at that range would most likely miss a shower of grape is different." The Colonel hesitated. No commander likes to send brave rfren on desperate vent ures. But he could see no other scheme which would not involve much greater nsS of Hie, with still less prospect of success. And they must reach the well in some way the necessity was vital. If once theirsup ply of water were cut off their chance was gone. They could not last 12 hours. Vane had kept his eyes fixed upon the Colonel's face. 'Let me try," he said eagerly. Give me a few men a score will volnu'teer and we will laugh at these black scoundrels yet." The Colonel hesitated but only for a mo ment. There was no man in the garrison whom he valued and trusted more than St. George Vane. He knew well the danger ot the proposed adventure; and he knew well, also, that Vane, if he were allowed to under S1 f take it, would never rest until his task tne ceeded, or he himself were killed in the at tempt. But in warfare private feeling must give way to the general good. After a mo ment the Colonel laid his hand on the yonng man's shoulder, and said briefly: "Try!" IL. later An hour or two Yane entered his own room. It was a large apartment, situated at the back of the walled inclosure, which, on ac count of its size, had come to be nsed by the officers as a common room. Its windows opened on a wide veranda, which extended the whole length of the building, having the windows also opening upon it The largest of these rooms had been set apart tor the use of the ladies of the garrison, and, as the veranda was cool, shady and retired, they were often accustomed to sit there, in preference to breathing the close heat of the room within. At the moment when Yane entered two figures were sitting on the veranda, not far from his own window two girls. Oae of these was a tall, slight girl, pale and light h aired not handsome, nor even remarkable, except for her eyes, which were large, gray, serious, and, when at rest, deep rather than bright. Her companion, on the other hand, was a girl of singular beauty; a girl with dark hair, dark eyes, rather lull red lips, and skin ot soft and flowerlike bloom. Ths name of the pale girl wa3 Mary Sulland; that of the beautiful one was Lenora Dun das. The latter was the Colonel's daughter; Mary Sulland was his ward. Before the mutiny they had lived together with an old English servant, Mrs. Jessop.in the Colonel's bungalow, outside the fortified inclosure. The characters of these two girls we will leave to reveal themselves as we proceed; only recording the relations in which they stood to St. George Vane, who had known them both since they were children. Like all men of her acquaintance, Vane admired Lenora greatly and sometimes half believed himself in love with her; and whether he was really so or not.hehad been accustomed for years to call himself her worshiper. On the other hand, though he liked Mary Sulland very warmlv, and would have done anything in his power to give her pleasure, he never told himself that he was in love with her. nor even thonght about it. Both the girls on their side regarded Vane with feelings far different irom those of ordinary interest But it is characteris tic of each, that while Lenora never forgot that Vane was a rich man, Mary Sulland never gave the fact a thought, nor would have considered the subject of much inter est if she had. The girls were now alone on the veranda, anxious, restless and uneasy. It is true that at that moment nothing alarming was either to be seen or heard. No noise of war was in the air; scarcely a sound disturbed the evening silence. Iu the earlier days of the siege there had been continued assaults upon the walls, but these had now been given up as hopeless, and except for the distant humming of the human swarms among the huts and bazaars of the Sepoys around the walls, the place was still. But "over all there hung a cloud of tear;" a sense of impending danger, as of the sword hanging by a single thread; the cruel un certainty as to what was going to happen, which makes the peculiar horror ot a passive siege. In such a situation the ear is always listening, the nerves are ready to start at every sound, and the mind is kept stretched constantly upon the rack. Vane, on entering the room, had no knowledge that ths two girls were at that moment on the veranda, so near to his own window. He had just been round the sta tion, and had got together with some diffi culty half a dozen men who could be spared irom active duty at the watch posts on the walls, and these, as he had given orders, were now collected abont the door of the room, awaiting his arrival. Foot were English, two were Sikhs every man of them, as Vane knew well, to be trusted to the death. These men he now placed on one side of the table, while he himself stood on the other. Then, in a few words, he explained to them the nature of the service for which they were required, adding that he only wished for volunteers, and that any man who disliked the duty might retire at once. Not a man stirred, however. The Sikhs saluted gravely; the British soldiers, true to immemorial custom of their race when called upon to face a special danger, broke into a cheer. Vane looked round him and his eyes glis tened, but he said, simply: "The man that goes out first will run by Car the greatest risk. Who will undertake that duty?" There were, as already stated, six men present beside Vane himself. Six right hands immediately saluted there were six competitors for the privilege of being tho first mark of the Sepoys cannon. Vane smiled. "We must draw lots, I see," he said. Opening a shallow drawer in the table he took ont of it a pack of cards. "Here are seven of us," he continued. "I am going to deal these cards all round Whichever of ns receives a certain card we will say the knave of spades will be the man selected." He cut the pack. The deal began. A hush fell on the six spectators the hush oi rising interest. Except for the slight flattering noise made by the falling i ; m i M ,
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