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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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