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THE IDAHO SENATORS
Both Are Self-Made Men, and They
Have Careers That head Like
Firsl-CIass Eomances.
6H0UP WAS AN INDIAN F1GHTEB.
McConnel Droye llnlea for a Dollar a Day
and Then Got Hich Raising Po
tatoes and Cabbages.
JUSTICE BROWS OX THE BE.NC1I.
EUries of Ccckrel, Test, Tiujle. the Eotkluj BUtecm
ini Otters.
TOnitESrOXDEXCE or THE DISFATCH.I
"Washix gtos, Jan. 17.
CALLED last night
"ii Jlr. Alexander
McConnel, the new
Senator from IJ.ibo.
lie :s a stocky, bro&d
bouldered, full
chested man of about
15. He has hair and
beard very much like
those of Garfield, and
there is a look about
his .iii- .-i.e iu. reminds me of the mar
tyred President. He is blunt and "Western
in his manner, and is apparently a good
business man. Washington and bis new
position have by no means overawed him,
and Ijudee that he has a sufficient amount
of that assurance and push which will mate
him a success here before the departments.
His self-reliance has been trained by a lite
of hard knocks. He was born in Michigan,
and had graduated at an academy there
when he decided to start West and seek his
fortnne. This was m 1S60. He left for Chi
cago with a goodly sum in his pocket, the
total of his possessions. Daring the night
he spent in Chicago, however, he was
robbed. He woke one morning to find his
pocketbook missing, and just enough spare
change left to get him to Leavenworth, Kan.,
which then tormed the starting point for
many of the immigration trains going West
ward. He Captured a Clothier.
He ftepped off the boat at Leavenworth
without a cent in his pocket, and as he
walked up the street be was accosted by a
clothier who caught hold of him and asked
him to come in ana buy a suit 01 clothes.
"I don't need any clothes," replied McCon
nel," and besides you don't know how to
sell clothes anyhow. I can sell more gooda
in a day than you can in a week, and it you
will give me a chance I ill show you."
This rough address captured the clothier,
who was a good-natured fellow and he con
tinued the talk with McConnel and finally,
at the latter's proposition, offered him his
board as long as he stayed in Leavenworth
If he would sell for him He made up abed
lor him in the back part of the store and
allowed him to sell some things on his own
account, so that within a few days McCon
nel had earned some money and felt ready to
push on toward the West. " In looking about
for a chance Jo go he found a man who
wanted a wagon train driven to Salt Lake
City. McConnel told the man he was an
accomplished mule-driver, and, though he
had never held the reins Ijehind a mule, he
got the job.
Made a Dollar a Day.
The train consisted of a big canvas covered
wagon to which were Harnessed six mules.
McConnel drove these all the way to Salt
Lake City. It took 2 days to make the
trip and he got 51 a day. Tnis money made
him feel quite rich, and when he arrived at
BaltLake he was ready to push on to Cali
fornia and the gold fields. He engaged in
mining in California, and was doing very
well when a washout and a flood swept
away all his prospects.
In the meantime he had noticed that every
one who owned a farm or garden in the
Vicinity of the California mines made money
out of it. It struck him that the same thing
might be done in Idaho, and be put what
money he had saved into farming imple
ments and seedB anu started eastward to go
William J. McConnel.
into gardening. His articles had to be car
ried on a pack train, and he walked 450
miles and located his garden near Boise
City. His garden prospered, and he was
soon telling cabbages by the thousands
at 45 cents a head, and his potato crop in one
y.ar netted him 522,000. He kept up his
gardening for three years and made money
at it right along. His profits enabled him
to go into other businesses, and he is now
one of the well-to-do men of the West.
A. Patriotic Genius.
He hat been an influential man in Idaho
for years, and like most of these Western
Senators, he seems to think that the whole
United States revolves aronnd bis new State,
Bnd that eventually it will be the greatest
vlace agriculturally and otherwise in the
Union. He says it has the biggest mine iu
the world, and carries a lithograph of this
mine about with him to prove to strangers
he is telling the truth. It is called the De
Lamar Mine, and it produces 30,000 worth
of gold and silver a month, with a prospect
of its iucreasing its yield vastly in the
future.
Senator McConnel says ihe panhandle of
Idaho is the finest agricultural region in the
United States, and he tells stories about its
wheat productions which, it true, would
almost enable the owners of the land to get
mortgages at 6 per cent instead of the rates
of 10 and 12, which are said to hold good in
Kansas. He says that there are hundreds
ot acres of wheat in the panhandle which
turn out 10 bushels per acre right along.and
lie relates an incident which occurred in a
sleeping car upon which he was traveling
through Idaho this (all. Said.he:
Took the Starch Out. ,
"Thfre were two skeptical Eastern men
in the berth opposite me and I overheard
one talking to the other. They were discuss
ing Western men and Western stories, and
one ot them said: 'These Westerners are
the most accomplished liars in the world.
Tbey try to pretend that they haw lands
out here that will produce 60 bushels of
wheat to the acre.' 1 let them go on, and
heard them laugh mere and more as tbey
vent along about the big wheat stories. At
last I broke into the conversation. "Gentle
men, said I, 'I am a Westerner, "and I sup
ine I am something of a liar, and I do not
know hut that i may be something of a
gambler. I know that I am liar enough to
cay that we have right here in this country
which we are passing through, land which
will not only produce 60 but 100 bushels of
wheat to the acre.'
"Hereatboth of the Euternen laughed
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incredulously, and I went on: 'And what's
more, gentlemen, I am gambler enough to
bet-any amount on that statement, from $1
to 520,000, and the train will stop in a mo
ment at Missoula, where there is a bank,
where we can get our checks certified and
deposit the bet until the matterxan be veri
fied.' This rather took the wind out of tbe
sails of my fellow travelers. They wouldn't
believe me, but they weren't willing to bet,
My blnff, however, shut up their mouths,
and I was not bothered about any further
remarks as to Western liars during tbe re
mainder of the day."
Tho Other Idaho Senator.
'Senator Shoup, the other Senator from
Idaho, is of about the same age of McCon
nel. He is a tall, straight, broad-shouldered,
blue-eyed man with a. big head
slightly bald at the top. He has a fine face
and be is one of the good-looking men on
tbe Republican side of tbe chamber. He is
a man with a history, and he has been be
fore the Senate before. About 26 years ago
he was investigated as one of the officers at
the battle of Sand Creek, where it was
charged that the United States troops were
not quite as gentle to the Indians as they
might have been. I don't enow bow tbe
investigation turned out, but I think that
Colonel Shoup came out of it with honor.
Kow a Quarter of a century later be comes
back to Washington to be a Senator him
self, and if there are any investigations of
the so-called massacres of the Sioux, he
will prob ibly have a hand in them. He
was a noted Government scout during the
lite Civil War, and he commanded troops
throughout different parts of the West. He
started west when he was only 16 years old,
with his father, who was a well-to-do Penn
sylvania and stopped first in Illinois
where his father engaged iu stockraising.
He left here at the age ot 18 and crossed the
plains in an emigrant train of canvas-covered
wagons and engaged in mining in Col
orado, somewhere near Pike's Peak,
.All Sorts of Business.
He kent a store at the same time, and the
store paid enough to keep the mines going.
He mined for some time, and then moved
northward and finally settled in Boise City.
He has been engaged in mining, stock rais
ing, and mercantile business for years, and
he is now said to be one of the rich men of
his State. He has had all the honors that
the State and tbe Territory could give him,
and he was its first Governor, and left the
Executive chair to take his present place in
the Senate. He has been a member ot the
National Republican Committee, and he
says there is no doubt of his Republican
ism, notwithstanding his action on the silver
bill a couple of weeks ago.
Tbe ups ond downs of politics were well
illustrated in a trial which took place be- (
tore the bupremc Court this wees. A dap
per little gentleman with luxuriant side
whiskers the color of tan bark, and with an
air altogether litce that of a la-de-lah
preacher, was harranguing the old men in
gowns on the subject of a patent case. The
preacher-like lawyer made a good speech,
and he was closely listened to by one of the
Justices, at least.
Two Detroit lawyers.
This Justice sat at the extreme end of the
bench nearest the clerk's office, and he
frowned from time to time with all the im
portance of a new Judge. He had a big
head, a high, broad forehead, aud his severe
eyes looked out from under his heavy, bushv
brows. His nose was a Roman one, and it
was large and straight. His great month
was tightly closed in conscious dignity, and
he wrinkled his brow as be sat there and
frowned and frowned, and watched the dap-r
per little gentleman make bis plea.
The dignified man was tbe new Supreme
Court Justice, Judge Brown, of Detroit, aud
the dapper little gentleman with the tan
bark whiskers, was Don M. Dickenson, who
was Postmaster General in Cleveland's
Cabinet. A few years ago both of these
men were practicing before the Detroit bar,
and both had great official ambitions. Dick
enson reached the top of the ladder of his
desires first, and he ratner smiled at Brown
as be sat in the great Postoffice Department
and looked out at him still trying cases in
Detroit. He fell back to his old level at
Harrison's election, and now it is Brown
who is on top, and on top to stay. Cabinet
officers rise and fall with Presidental elec
tions, but Judges of tHe Supreme Court are
elected for life, and Brown has the assur
ance of dying full of honors.
Has His Friends to Thank.
He is a fine-looking Judge, and he looks
very much like Judge Brewer, who sits on
the other end of the bench. He owes his
appointment largely to his friends for
promptly pressing his claims. He has long
wanted to be a Supreme Justice, and, when
Stanley Matthews died, his friends were
here, and they were ready to push him for
the place. After Brewer was appointed,
they reserved their papers in hand for the
death of the next Justice, and, upon Judge
Miller's decease, tbey at once filed their
claims.
Judge Brown is said to be a Teryfine law
yer. He made a fortune at the law, and he
is worth somewhere between $500,000 and
51,000,000. He is the richest Justice of the
Supreme Court since the day ot Chief
Justice Marshall, who died owning about
100,000 acres of land and stocks and bonds
gaiore.
One of the brightest ol the Western Con
gressmen is Representative Tarseney, of
Missouri. He is a brother of Tim Tarsene v.
who was in the last House, and he is quite
as level-headed and Quite as wittv as his
brother. I asked him as to the standing of
(senator uocKreii in Missouri and wherein
consisted his strength with the people. Said
Mr, Tarseney:
Cockrell Is a Letter "Writer.
"Senator Cockrell is one of the most pop
ular men in his State, and he is a much bet
ter politician than he is giveu credit lor be
ing. There is hardly a granger in the State
of Missouri who has not one ol Frank Cock
rell's autograph letters framed to hang up
in his parlor. Cockrell attends to his corre
spondence better than any public man I
know. He answers every letter the moment
it is received, and if the writer wants any
thing at Wasbington his letter is replied to
with the statement that the matter will be
attended to at once, aud a few days later lie
writes another letter telling the man just
how his case stands and sending him what
be wants.
"Senator Cockrell has the statesman's
memory. If he he meets you to-day he will
know your face 15 years from now, and if
he has met your wife he will be sure to
ask what has become of Maria, and how is
baby John, who was with you when he last
saw you. He makes it his business to at
tend to the wants of his constituents. He
is one of the hardest workers in public liie,
and he isu't airaid to tackle John Sherman,
George IT. Edmunds or any of tbe other big
bugs on tbe other side of the chamber."
Test's Brains Keep Him.
"What kind of a man is Vest?" I asked.
"Senator Vest," replied Mr.Tarseney, "is
the direct opposite to Cockrell. He holds
position through pure brains, and he has
no missing qualities whatever. He has had
so mnch trouble oi one kind or another that
he has become to a certain extent misan
thropic and he is not, as a rule, a good
conversationalist. He is a man of great
ability, and weMissourians admire him."
The conversation here turned to literary
Senators, and Mr. Tarseney said he believed
that Mr. Tnrpie was the best posted and
most bookish of any Ban at Washington.
Eaid he:
"Senator Turpie understand! half a dona
Km.
Oeorge L. Shoup.
different languages. Speaks French, Ger
man and Italian, and he quotes Shakes
peare, Homer and the Bible in the same
breath. He came out to Kansas City not
long ago, and I wanted to show him the
town. I proposed a carriage, but he ob
jected, and said he didn't want to ride
around the streets, and that he would rather
walk and look at the store windows. As we
started out he asked me if we had any good
bookstores. I told.him we had a few, and
he asked io be shown the biggest one.
The Book Caught Him.
"We went to it, and Turpie asked the
clerk for some outlandish old book that I
had never seen or heard of. The clerks
didn't know tbe book, and one aiteranother,
including the proprietor, was asked con
cerning it, but all professed ignorance. At
last tbe lady bookkeeper was called up, and
she said she thought they had a copy of it.
She got it and gave it to Turpie. He
grabbed at it as a hungry dog at a bone, and
sat down right there and read away at it
for an hour, while I watched him in wonder
wanting to show him the town and waiting
for him to finish his education."
Hon. Jerry Simpson, the Sockless States
man", who has been elected by Kansas to
Congress, will be one of the characters of
the next House. He will by no means be
the only man of his class in Congress, and
tbe stories of the boorishness of Congress
men promise tojje more numerous than ever
before. Simpson is by no means tbe only
illiterate statesman in Kansas, and I heard
last night the story of an incident which oc
curred when Lord Chief Justice Coleridge,
of England, was in this country. Coleridge
was a perfect Chesterfield as regards man
ners. He was a man of great ability and
wide learning, and he knew the classics as
well as he did tbe English.
An Impressive Remark.
During his tour through the West he
stopped at Topeka and was given a dinner
at the expense of the State, The feast was
an elegant one and all of tbe great men
irom miles around were invited to it to
honor the Lord Chief Justice. His Honor
had tbe Governor on one side of him at the
table and the Lieutenant Governor of the
State on the other side. As the party sat
down the menu cards had already been laid
beside tbeir plates. These cards were very
fine. They cost $25 apiece and they bore at
their heads the coat of arms of Kansas
upon which was engraved the motto, "ad
astra per aspera."
As Chief Justice Coleridge sat down he
took up his card and lookintr at tbe motto,
said to the man on his left, "Very good in
deed, and very appropriate."
"What's good?" asked the Lieutenant
Governor. i
"I refer to these words," said Judge
Coleridge as he pointed to the motto.
"Yes." replied the Lieuteuant Governor,
with a knowing look as though he were
giving important information, "them words
is Latin."
I have not heard the reply of the Chief
Justice, but he must have thought a great
deal. Eeank G. Caepenteb.
GREAT MEH AT C&SDB,
Soldier and Editor Came Near Having a
DncI Over Their Foker.
.New Tort Bon. 1
During the war, says Major Cramp in the
New York Sun, Colonel McClure, the bril-'
li&nt editor, and General Steedmau, of Ohio,
the hero of Chickamauga, were spendingthe
morning at Morrissey'a place, near the Hoff
man House. McClure, who has arrived
now at that age when he has laid aside the
'pasteboards' for John Wanamaker's hom
ilies, was engaged in a game of Boston with
three others. Steedman, who was a desper
ate gamester, and who had left New Orleans
several hundred thousand dollars in debt,
leaned over McClure's shoulder and advised
him to make a certain play in the game.
" 'Durn it,' replied the irate, but usually
amiable Colonel, 'when I need your advice
how to play this game, I will ask it.'
"Steedman rose up in his wrath, called
John Morrissey, who was one of the four
plavers at tbe gamo of Boston, took him to
the window looking out on Twenty-fourth
street, and said: '
'"John, I wish you to bear a ohallenge
for me which I have just written to Colonel
McClure to fight me with pistols, immedi
atelyinstantly, be gad, sir, and in this
room I'
"Morrisscy's hair stood on end.
'My goodness, Steedman, have you gone
mad?' With great difficulty Morrjssey as
sured the heroic soldier that Colonel Mc
Clure had meant no offense by his remark,
and would cheerfully apologize. This
Colonel McClure was induced to do; the
entente cordiale between tbe great editor
and the great soldier was resumed, and the
game of Boston was peacefully continued to
its legitimate ending."
MOOSE BIRD OF THE NORTH.
A Sociable Fellow Who Is Always on the
Lookout for a Meal.
nature's Bealm.
The moose bird of the Northern wood
lands is a nomad. He claims no particular
locality, save the great evergreen forests, as
his home. The impulse of migration is evi
dently an unknown experience to him. You
camp down for .the night and he quietly
greets you, spending the night near by, that
he may lose no time in gleaning over the
remains of your breakfast He is immedi
ately interested in your preparations for de
parture, and, if he can spare the time from
his search for a breakfast, will come down
to the canoe to see you of), as well as to get
an idea of the way you are heading, and.
when you are greeted at your next camping
place in a similar manner, you are at a lost
as to whether it is the social individual of
the previous night or a counterpart.
The woods of Maine, dear to me by
pleasant associations, would lose half their
charm to me without this bird. He is in
keeping with the somber shadow of tbe
SDruce and hemlock. Persistent in his
presence as the giant tree that rears itslotty
form above your "shake down," yet as un
obtrusive as its shadow, to closely -does he
harmonize with the spirit of the silent
wilderness.
A Thousand on a Card.
New T6rk San.3
"At the great game at Saratoga called 'the
Cuban Game,' " says Major Crump, "Ihave
seen Pierre Lorillard win $15,000 in 15 min
utes. He never played less than 51,000 on
a single card, and no man need play this
game with a hope to win unless he has prac
tically unlimited capital; but tbe best way
to beat faro and this is my opinion as an
old gambler is to let the game alone."
A Brilliant Woman Though Blind.
From the Mall and Times, Des Moines, la.
Mrs. Martha Habor, of Polk City, was in
Des Moines a few daVs last weeK. Though
entirely blind and advanced in years, she
has a mind of more than ordinary power.
She is thoroughly informed on current
events aud has a large assortment of posi
tive convictions. She is a Methodist and a
Democrat. It is worthy of remark that she
can say what no other person probably in
Iowa can say, and that is that John Wesley
baptised her grandmother in Epworth,
England. The writer overheard her in a
borne on Twenty-sixth street advise a lady
who had a troublesome cough to "be sure to
get Chamberlain's Coui'b Remedy. People
up my way think of it as tbe best medicine
for that purpose that is made. Mr. Sted
man sells it in my town and he says it is
very popular." Mrs. C. H. McCauley, of
111 Des Moines street, was present and
added her testimony to the value of tbe
remedy, saying: "Yes, Chamberlain's
Cough Bem'edy is splendid. I have had it
in my family for years. It is such a good
thing in case of whooping cough or colds."
The result was, the lady's busband went
down town to Crawford's pharmacy, bought
a bottle and the annoying cough, which
had prevented sleep to the sufferer and had
caused great anxiety" to ber friends, gradu
ally disappeared. The number of such
experiences are multiplying all over the
land aa the real merits of these Taluable
preparations become known. wbu.
TIME ON THE ROAD.
The Less That Is Spent There the
Greater Is Human Happiness.
WHAT-SAPID TRANSIT MEANS.
Bellamy's Ideas Alarm the Owners of Elec
tric Light Plants.
TELEPHONING 0EDEES TO SERVANTS,
rrxxrABED ros raj dispatch.!
The editor of the foremost electrical jour
nal of this country thus summarizes the
social advantages of "rapid transit"
"By its agency the smallest city in the
country is at once given a command it never
hsd before over tbe territory around it.
The smallest storekeeper or the humblest
clerk can revel in the sweets of rural life if
he wish. His electric car, running at 15 or
20 miles an hour, will give him more of
home life a few more golden minutes with
the children in the morning, an earlier re
turn to the wife at nightfall. The whole
social atmosphere of the place is vivified
and the social bonds are knit closer, as tbey
always must inevitably be where the facili
ties of travel are increased and the oppor
tunities of intercourse are multiplied. Nor
is this all. Rapid transit of this nature
opens ud a number of districts that before
were practically inaccessible for resldeutal
purposes.
"There are few of us who care to practice
the ancient form of dissipation known as
early rising, agreeing rather with Charles
Lamb in tbe idea that to rise with the lark
or to go to bed with the sheep is a popular
fallacy. There are still fewer of us who, for
the sake of rural delights, care to isolate
and immure ourselves in remote suburbs
reached with difficulty. In vacation time,
it is true, we often seek the loneliness of the
woods or the solitude of the mountains, that
we may commune with nature and hear the
still, small voice of onr better self; but when
we are doing the world's work 50 weeks in
the year, we want to be handily situated for
reaching our desk or bench. If a man lives
in the city he pays a high rent and
takes Irish views of the landlord question.
If he lives far out and wastes his time
in travel he is in hearty sympathy
with the eight-hour movement. I look
upon electric roads, therefor i, as likely to
prove a beneficial agency iu the more equal
distribution of a happier population around
any center, thus increasing the return on
outlying property, while, by the encourage
ment ot retail trade, enhancing the profit of
the area lying within the region thereafter
more legitimately restricted to business oc
cupancy. "I have watched with much interest the
manner iu which electric roads have already
thus developed suburban areas. Booms are
not particularly healthful features of prog
ress, but they may be, and not infrequently
are, genuine and real; and I know nothing
more likely to brine on a real estate boom
of tbe best character with permanent re
sults than the installation of a well-managed
electric road, enabling a man to leave his
work at 6 o'clock, and be sitting down to
his supoer seven or ten miles out, if he
wish, under his own root-tree, at 6:30."
Municipal Ownership ot Light Flants.
Not many weeks ago one of the most ac
tive electric light men in this country made
his appearance at Washington, and deliv
ered before the House Committee on Post
offices a very able argument against Mr.
John Wanamaker's scheme for a limited
postal telegraph system, With some sur
prise members of the committee asked what
direct interest the question had for him. He
replied that the proposed annexation by the
Government of functions hitherto discharged
by private capital in the hands of corpora
tions or individuals found its exact counter
part in the movement he had been fightin?
up in New England, to devote the proceeds of
local taxation to the establishment of munic
ipal electric light plants; and bethought if
Congress once committed itself to measures of
the kind recommended by the autocrat of tbe
bargain counter, it would not be very long
betore municipalities copied such august ex
amples by monopolizing in their turn elec
tric light plants and electric street railways.
In truth, the situation in New England is
worthy of study, as indicating the extent to
which the ball set rolling by Bellamy has
marked its track. In his recent inaugural,
Governor Russell, recognizing the preva
lence of crude and undigested ideas on tbe
subject, suggests that permissive legislation
be enacted giving the towns and cities of the
Bay State more power to operate such plants
of tbeir own if they so wish to devote local
taxes. The number of electric light central
stations has already outrub in the last ten
years the number ol gas works, and, fearing
that the electrio light will prove not less
profitable than gas, various communities
wish to operate plants of their own. As a
matter of fact, proved by the returns
of the Massachusetts Gas Commission,
neither the gas nor electric lighting invest
ments have been paying yery large divi
dends, and in the case of the central stations
n large number of them are barely yet be
ginning to enjoy tbe -legitimate returns of
their enterprise. Be this us it may, the
tendency exists, and electric light people,
not only in New England but elsewhere,
are anxious as to the future of tbe industry
they have fought so hard to create and estab
lish. Even iu New "York City the idea has
Btruck root, and may be found" embodied in
one of tbe passages of Mayor Grant's annual
report, but unless New Yorkers see some
speedy improvements' in tbe street cleaning
they will not be very enthusiastio in hand
ing over the street lighting to tbe same
talent.
Eagerness for Electrical Information.
An interesting sign of the great desire of
the general public to acquire sound, even if
elementary, ideas of electricity and electrio
arts has been given iu tbe rush for tickets
for the course to be giveu at Columbia Col
lege. It has been the desire of President
Low, from the first, to place the college In
sympathy with popular intellectual needs
and tendencies, and in its way this series of
electrical lectures meets just such a want as,
it unsatisfied, leads olten to downright evil
and loss. The tickets cost $10 for the series,
and the wbdle hundred of them have al
ready been snapped up, while further appli
cations are received daily. Each lec
ture will . be accompanied by experi
ments, so that each auditor will be
able to catch the meaning of every appli
ance or process and do everything except
see the'enrrent flow. The 100 subscribers
to the lectures are generally professional
men and people ot education, who feel that
ignorance of one of the greatest aud most
pervading agencies of the times cannot be
endured. Lawyers to whom electrical mat
ters are brought, capitalists who know that
the electrical fortunes have not yet been
made. 'vet who cannot now discriminate!
students desirous to be instructed as to the
latest ideas and doctrines in electricity;
mechanicians anil inventors on the watch
for new opportunities all these are repre
sented on the list. What Columbia is doing
in this public-spirited way cin be done by
other American seats of learning, sur
rounded by great populations.
New Magneto-Telephone.
A new magneto-telephone gives promise
of being largely used in England. The in
vention consists of an arrangement for com
bining a telephone for domestic purposes
with a crank bell-pull, such as is ordinarily
met with in bouses; and the special merit in
it lies in the fact that it may be fitted with
out disturbing any of the existing arrange
ments or requiring a skilled workman to be
sentto fix it. Indeed, any man of ordinary
intelligence may fit it for himself -without
trouble. A similar telephone being fitted,
say, in tbe kitchen, a bell is used in the
usual way to oall the servant's attention,
and upon her taking np tbe telephone tbe
order is transmitted without rendering it
necessary for her to enter the room. The
telephones being magneto instruments no
battery is required at all, .and the possibility
of future trouble aud cost of maintenance is
avoided.
Care of Electrical Apparatus.
The superintendent of an electric light
station gives a strange instance of the stop
ping of a meter, and the explanation of the
"trouble." On examining tbe meter, which
wasof 20-light capacity, altera lapse of a
month in order to determine the quantity of
current to be charged for, he found that the
consumer, iu the pressure of business, had
placed a number of small boxes around the
meter, concealing it from view. As it was
desirable not to disturb them, it was sug
gested and agreed to that the meter be
allowed to run another month. At the end
of the second month, the coast being clear,
the meter was examined, and it was found
that it recorded only five hours since the
last examination. This looked suspicious,
but there was no ground to believe that the
meter had been tampered with, A very
close inspection was made, and revealed the
faot that a spider had 'spun its web around
the fans so that they could not rotate under
the action of the current It appears that
the screw which held the cover to the top of
the instrument had not been put in, and
that the spider had taken advantage of the
opening and established himself in the
cozy quarters. The moral of tbe story is
that station superintendents as well as flies
should beware of spiders.
Electrio Light Should Be Covered.
The correspondent of an English paper
states that on consulting an eminent ocu
list for an affection of the eyes, he found
that the consulting rooms of the physician
were crowded with persons suffering from
irritation of tbe retina and other affections,
oaused by having exposed the eye to the un
protected electrio light. He goes on to say
that to be harmless to the eye, the electric
light should be guarded iu one of three
ways either with frosted white glass, opal
tinted covers or surmounted with colored
fringe so that the eye can never see it, cut
or efflorescent glass covers being objection
able and dangerous.
Multipolar Low-Speed Motors.
The principal elevator builders in New
York are adopting the multipolar low-speed
motor for the operation of the pumps of
hydraulic elevators. Some ot these low
spe'ed machines are being connected direct
to the screw shaft of passenger elevators,
while some are belted to power elevators in
the ordinary manner. The motors are
equipped with self-oiling bearings and with
self-feeding oarbon brushes, by which all
the .trouble sometimes experienced by at
tendants unfamiliar with motors is obviated.
FOB coughs and throat dlsordsrt me Brown's
Bronchial Tr'.cbes. "Have never changed my
mind respective them, except 1 think better of
that which I bezan thinking well of." iter.
Henry Ward Beecher. bold only In boxes.
A Fixture.
Prof. J. T. Little, expert optician, is per
manently located with Biggs & Co., jewel
ers, Smithfield and Sixth avenue. Con
sultation free.
Special low prices this week for fine um
brellas. Latest styles at Hauch's, No. 205
Fifth avenue.
ALiiJcinds of furniture renpholstered.
Hatgii & Keenan, 33 Water street.
Su
AMUSEMENT ADVERTISE
MENTS usually appearing on
this page will be found to
day on the Fourteenth page.
U02-117
WE COMMENCE TO-MORROW MORNING
OUR ANNUAL INVENTORY SALE, AIT
INTERESTING OCCASION FOR ECONOM
ICAL BUYERS. THE OLD CORNER WILL
BLAZE WITH BARGAINS.
m
mm
u
JL J i have
corner window,
especially at $8,
samples in our corner window of
window see samples of $6, $7 and
iiuuu
MEN'S SI)
PITS
BOYS' I
pt mmw .
in l 11
the dollar mark. See in the Market street window
Overcoats at $3 and $4.
nnumo'Ti miTon
for you to buy now for future use.
if
It has almost been crystalized 'into a Tproverb that money can be saved by buying Hats at Gusky's. Like every other
R proverb, you'll find that it has its foundation in fact All the year we can and do save you money on headgear, but at tht
present time more than we could afford to save for you as a steady business. Some rare snaps in Plush Caps and marvel
B ously low prices on genuine Seal Caps. First in the field with the new spring styles of Derbys. The prices will be new
also to those who have never bought outside of exclusive hat stores.
oiluJjo
be reduced. Price shall not stand
NOT IJS IT-PROFIT FOR GUSKY'S.
f8 TTCS"EIf "Ql
CANADA'S TBADE BELATIOITS.
The Story of the Interferon of the Imp a
rial Government Untrue.
Toeonto, Jan. 17. The Empire, the
Government organ, says: "The statement
published by the Toronto Mail to tbe effect
that the Dominion Government has been re
quested by the Imperial Government to en
deavor to arrange matters in dispute between
Canada and tbe United States on the basis'
of a wide measure or commercial reciproc
ity is not true.
"On the contrary it is learned from the
best sources that the Canadian Government
has recently been approached by the United
States Government witn a view to the de
velopment of the trade relations between
the two countries, and that tbe Canadian
Government has requested the advice of Her
Majesty's Government on the subject.
A Silent Appeal for Help.
When your kidneys and bladder are inactive,
they are making a silent appoal for help. Don't
disregard it, but with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters safely impel them to activity. Tbey aro iu
imminent danger, and it is foolbardiness to
shot one's eyes to the fact. Be wise in time,
too, if yon experience manif citations of dy
nepsla, malaria, rheumatism, constipation or
nerve trouble. The Bitters before a meal adds
zest to It.
POLYPOID TUMORS.
Thbt Abe Found Excltjsivei.y is the
Mucus Cavities op the Body, but Most
Commonly in the Nose two Gentle
men Fkom Wuetejibueo. Pa., Testity
toDr-Byees' Skill in Beuottno the
Same.
By far tbe most common variety of polypoid
tumors is the gelatinod. It is Jelly-like in ap
pearance and very much like an oyster, soft
and spongy, occurring either singly or in
clnsters, and often completely fills both nos
trils, expanding in wet weather and shrinking
in dry weather. The only reliable treatment is
of a snrgical natu A extirpation, and even then
It Is apt to return in time. I have-come across
quite a number of polypoid tumors durine tbe
past few years, and always find them associated
witb catarrh, or a hypertrophic condition of tbe
nasal mucus membrane, and bave often
thought in the light of the recent advance
ment In the treatment of catarrhal troubles. If
patients would follow tbese treatments up a
few months after removal It would prevent
their return.
& B. McFate.
E. H. Porter.
During the last Exposition Mr. McFate. of
Wurtemburg, Lawrence county, consnlted me
for nasal obstruction, supposed to bo due to
catarrh, as be had tbe usual catarrhal symp
toms. An examination revealed both nostrils
filled with clusters of gelatinoid tumors. 1 ad
vised extirpation, ana inside ot SO minutes had
both nostrils free with but very little pain and
loss of blood. I had him visit tbe ofuco next
morning to note the result, when he said he
hadn't spent such a comfortable night for a
long time and couldn't find words to express
his gratitude.
A few weeks ago Mr. Porter, of the tame
town, was sent to me by Mr. McFate, as he was
troubled the same way, excepting that his
trouble was confined to nasal obstruction, his
general health being good. I cleared both nos
trils in tbe same manner with like results. Mr.
Porter called next day and said his brother-m
law. with whom be spent the night, noticed he
had lost his nasal twang as soon as he spoke to
him.
TREATMENT 15 A MONTH, MEDICINE
INCLUDED.
Office of Dr. Byers, No. 421 Pennar. Estab
lished 1S85. Specialties, catarrh, all nervous,
blood and skin diseases, all chronic diseases.
Patients treated successf ally by mall. Hours.
9 till 4, 7 till 8. Sundays and all holidays, tore
noononly. jal7-ssu
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BEGINS TO-MORROW MORNING, JANUARY 19, AND
CONTINUE UNTIL FEBRUARY I.
We've fine Overcoats, rivaling in their fineness, fit and finish the best of eustofa work, and we've cheap
Overcoats down to the lowest prices anybody will dare to quote. And we'ye everything between these two
extremes. We've thousands of them. We mean to have" a great many less before we take stock. Prices
now reached the bottom of the ladder. They must go. See samples
$g and gio.
The biggest bargains in Men's Suits offered elsewhere would look sick if you could bring them and com
pare with what we now offer in this department. Never since Adam donned his first home-made suit
have such values in clothing been seen. The goods are not old or shop-worn, but this season's stylish
suits. You haven't even got to come into the store to see some of the bargains which await you. See
5, $6, $7, $8, $9 and $10. They not
Immense values in these, just at the very time of year when you will most appreciate
slush and snow, is also the time of year when pants are in active demand. Those fine
see in our corner window are all below the' $4 mark, or that exact price. The bulk
been divided into three inventory-sale bargains at $2 50, $3 and $4. What we show
Large Boys, we mean (ages 14 to 19 years). Every Suit and Overcoat reduced to a price that ia
more eloquent than any word painting of ours. Bring in your Big Boys and fit them out at the
price you would expect to pay for the little fellows. Suits from $2 50 up; suit3 that you ought to
1 pay at least $4 tor. bee tne
$8 Overcoats.
The prices we've made
I I m 7 1 ol'ars am Cuffs, Hosiery and Neckwear. These articles are always becoming exhausted
II Lh JLi and droDDinir out of service when least exDected. At Dresent nrices it is true economy
We don't recommend dealing in
We want to reiterate what we so often state that in looking at the bargains we offer in Shoes, you must bear in mind,
a if you would do us and yourselves justice, that we sell nothing but a reliable article. Of course, quality determines
cheapness, and when you get very low prices and really good quality, then economy in buying has reached its limit,
1 In Shoes for Men, for Ladies and for Children, we are offering values whicn none can afford to ignore. Stock must
in the way.
300 TO 400
MARKET ST.
NEW aTtvMU'i'iWK.MTevrg
IfflPROVE THE OPPORTCMTY
PRESENTED BY-
KEECH'S
CREAT CASK AND CREDIT HOUSE
To buy Furniture, Carpets, Housefurnishing Goods, Cloth
ing and Cloaks, at greatly reduced prices, by purchasing with
out delay.
Procrastination is the thief of time. Nothing is gained
by delay. The very Suite of Furniture you want maybe here
to-day gone to-morrow. And anything once sold can never
again be duplicated at the price.
We are now in daily receipt of new Spring Goods, and
room is badly needed for their display. Therefore, in order
to make all goods of last season move out as quickly as pos
sible we
Have Cut the Prices 'Way Down,
Parlor Suites, Chamber Suites,
Dining Room Suites, Library Suites, Sitting Room Suites.
Folding Beds, Bedsteads,
Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Cabinets.
Couches, Sofas,
' Odd Chairs, Odd Tables, Sideboards.
Carpets Reduced 25 Per Cent,
Moquettes, Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussels,
Velvets, Gobelins, Ingrains, ,
Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and Mats,
Curtains, Portieres and Window Shades.
All of the above goods, as well as our entire stock of House
furnishing Goods, Ladies' Wraps and Jackets and Men'3
Suits and Overcoats'will be sacrificed in order to obtain the
much needed room for our incoming spring stock.
. CASH OR CREDIT.
KEECH'S,
923, 925 AND 927 PENN AVENUE,
Near Ninth Street.
INVENTORY SALE!
WE ARE NOT SEEKING FOR PROFIT BUT
IN Vri'lNG A LOSS. THE LEVER OF PRICE
WILL HELP US TO QUICKLY REDUCE
OUR STOCK
only look good for the money they
line or rant. we are onering at
For the younger boys (between 4 and 14 years) we've made prices that will tempt
! you to buy two suits instead of one. Every garment in the immense stock has been
mustered in on the Bargain RolL Even though you don't possess a dollar in the
I world, you can buy an Overcoat in thta department, for some actually are below
the nobby, stylish little suits we are selling for $2 50, 3 and $4, and the elegant
on these takes away the last excuse
"futures" as a rule, but here's a caso
IN IT-PROFIT FOR YOU.
GUSKY'S
WILL
of the goods and prices in oar
are good.
them. January, the month of
stripes and stylish patterns you
of the stock, from $4 down, hai
in the window we have in stock.
q cents, in our Maricet street
from the man not neatly and
where it will pay you.
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