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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 189L
iin-'i m v rnnrmi il
OF 11 VETO,
Knights of Labor Urge Certain
Changes in the Ballot
Reform Bill That
THEY FEAR MAY KILL IT
In the Light of Governor Pattison's
Inauqural Utterances.
AFRAD
k THE NUMBERED BALLOT FEATURE.
This Cannot Be Changed Without Holding
a Convention.
THE COMIXG Plffi USE BILL FIGHT
rrnOM a STAFr coBnjcsroxDEXT.i
HAEMfrBUKG, Jan. 28. A committee of
the ICni.bs ol Iabor appeared to-night be
fore the Judiciary General Committee of the
House in support of ballot reform. Tne
Knights of Labor committee is composed of
M. H. Butler, of Warren; T. F. Caffrey, of
Luzerne, and James A. "Wright, of Phila
delphia. Tney raised the point to-night
that there are three passages in the bill now
hcfoie the committee lor ballot reform which
are distinctly unconstitutional. This is the
hill prepared by the Pennsylvania liallot
Kelorm Association, and introduced in tbe
House by Mr. Baker, of Delaware. It con
templates a reform approaching the Austra
lian system without amending the Constitu
tion of the State.
Briefly put, the parts of the bill which the
Knights of Labor Committee believe to be
unconstitutional are those relating to the
sealing down of the corner of the ballot on
which is written the number; the handling
of the ballot at the window by the voter and
election officer, and the sealing up of the
numbered list before counting. The objec
tion to tlie last, clause is that fiaud cannot be
detected. Mr. Butler succinctly stated tne
position of the organization in these words:
"The Knights ot Labor want tbe Austra
lian ballot system chosen in Pennsylvania.
It does notbelievethesvstem can be adopted
without a constitutional convention to remove
Hie numbered ballot feature, and it therefore
lavors a convention. Richtnowwe would like
a reform ballot law as closely resembling tbe
Australian as possible, but we are confronted
with the utterance ol Governor Pattison in his
inauguration address. His Excellency said he
farmed ballot reform, hut that a contittnional
conention is mcesary to effect it. Therefore
this indicates the Governor's veto of any bill
this Legislat jre may pass on ballot reform. For
that reasou ue would like to see all these un
constitutional features eliminated so tbe bill
will have some show before the Governor."
Tbe lawyers who compose the committee
pounced upon tbe Knights and finally forced
them to admit that ere the numbered ballot
feature-out of the Constitution this lull would
ans er ail requirements. Stofiel.
COHPBTSOEY SCHOOL LAW.
A Stringent Bill for That Purpose In tho
Home
rrnOM A STAFF COBBESPON-MXT.t
HAMtfSEUKG, Jan. 2s. A compulsory educa
tional law was introduced in the House to-day
by Mr. Farr, of Lackawanna. It provides for
an enumeration of children between 7 and 12
j ears, in books provided for the purpose by the
btate. This is to be done at the same time
that the regular assessment is made. The
Assessors will make their returns to County
Coinmicsioners, who are to furnish proper lists
of the same to the secretaries of the various
districts in tbe county, and the secretaries will,
furnish proper lists to tbe teacher;, who are to
leport absentees of a week's duration each
month to their School Board, when offenders
shall be notified of their liability and after
ward fined J2 for tbe first offense and So lor
each subsequent infringement of the require
ments of the act.
Authority is invested in school boards to ex
cute from ochool when mental or physical con
ditions, poverty or other urgent reasons pre
vent attendance. Indigem children, upon Ht
ifactor shoving of the fact, are to be sup
plied with school books and other necessary
""h:l supplies from a fund provided by the
Ht.ite. It is also provided that nrivate schools
shall co-operate with the authorities of tbe
tmhlic schools in the enforcement of this act
and that they shall furnish secretaries of the
Hoard of Education twice a yeat with list3 of
pupils in the private schools. Police officers
and constables are compelled to report to pub
lic school anthorities cases of infringements of
the lequircuicnts of tho act.
WONT AITECT PITISBUEG.
The Bill to Prohibit Decoration Day Uquor
selling SligbUj M&dlfied.
IKPOM A STA1F COREEErOhDCXT.l
H RMSBCr-G, Jan. 2S. The bill to prohibit
tbe s-ilc of liquors on Decoration Day came out
oT the Senate Committee on Vice and Immor
ality this afternoon more dead than alive. The
committee amended it so that it will not affect
cities of tbe first and second clas. It would,
therefore, have no effect 011 Philadelphia, Pitts
burc or Allegheny.
Members of tbe committee argue that it was
a measure desired more by tbe country people
than the citie& anywjy. This committee also
favorably recommended Senator iteeVs bill
repealing the local prohibitory law in Jefferson
township, Allegheny county.
NATIOKAL GUABD IJOMIKATIONS.
Chambers McKlbben's Xame Sent In for
Inspector General.
-SPECIAL TlXiGKAM TO Tilt UIKrATCIM
llAKiusEur.G. Jan. 2S. Governor Pattison
sent to the benatr to-day the following nomi
nations as staff officers of the Commander in
Chief ot the National Guard:
Judge Advocate General, John I. Rogers.
Philadelphia, retained; Surgeon General, Louis
AV. Read. Montgomery county, retained; In
soector General. Chambers McKibben, Alle
chenj: General Inspector ot ItiCe Practice,
Lieutenant Herman Osterhaus, Lackawanna.
The nominations were read, but not con
firmed. STATE TBEASURY EJQTJIEY.
Tbe Goiernor Will Probably Xame tho
State Depositories. .
IFUOM A etaf cor.i:Lsroi.DEj.-T.i
HAnnjsuURG, Jin. 28. The committee to in
vestigate ilie S ate Treasury organized this af
ternoon by electiLg George Ilanay Smith, of
Philadelphia, Chairman. A meeting for husi
1 ess will be helu to morrow nizbt. It is pretty
certain that the result if the inquiry w ill be to
recommend that the Governor shall name the
Stte depositaries.
Mers. Minn and Stewa-t are the Allegheny
members of the committee.
Two Pittsburg Appointments.
IFHOM A STAFF COm.ESrOXUtXT.3
HAKiitsncRG. Jan. 2S J. P. McCalley. of
Pittshnrz, was this atteruoon appointed a clerk
in the orSce of Adjutant General McClelland.
In tne confirmation ot tbe Governor's staff
this morumg. Major Chambers -McKibbcn, of
Pit ubarg, secured tne place Indicated in these
dispatches last night.
Governor TattHon'o Libel Suits.
tniOM A 6TAFI" C0BKl;S05TI'T.,
Hakkiseukg, Jan. 24 Governor Pattison
still believes In '-turning on the light." He
left forJ'hiUuelphia this afternoon to appear
in court to-n,orrow when his suit for libel
acaicst the Philadelphia Inquirer -and Jfo-lli
jlm'ttcan, aud the Harrisburg Cell is called
by iliatrict Attorney Graham.
She Wants to Lecture,
trzon a sTArr connssroxDjsyr.s
Hassisbttko, Jan. 2S. Dr. Sarah Rutin, of
Allegheny City, is here. She wants to deliver a
lecture to the members of the Legislature on
the nerd of better medical laws, and Mr. Rynd
is trying to secure for her the use ol the ball
of the House.
For Boards or Health.
irnQM a STArr coKUEsroyDEiT.i
ILMtEi-ritVKO. Jan. 28. Tho bill for estab
lishing board of health, in all bcroughs aud
townships was reported out ot tbe Senate com
mittee this afternoon favorably. -
ANOTHER FRESH SUPPLY.
BILLS OF ALL SHADES BROUGHT IK BT
THE STATE SOLOKS.
An Antl-Trcatlng Law Proposed by a Wash
ington County Senator Representative
Lemon After Law and Order Spies Bet
ter Health Wanted for Cities.
f rZClAL TrLIOBAM TO IHI BttrATCIM
Hakeisbukg, Jan. 23. Anions the bills
introduced in the House to-day were the
following: Jones', Allegheny, amending
the bill relative to the liabilities of em
ployers so as to require them to exercise
greater care in the selection of their bosses;
Lemon, Allegheny, providing punishment
for law and order spies; Wherry, Camber
land, to introduce and regulate civil service
in cities, boroughs tfnd counties, Seanor, In
diana, to prevent the sale of liquor on all
legal holidays.
Johnson, Luzerne, authorizing the issuing
of text books free to the schools of the State; also
creating a commission to provide unllorm text
books. Stewart, Philadelphia, to prohibit spar
ring or boxing for money, or the opening of
halls where such exhibitions take place. Pat
terson, Washington, prohibiting tho habit of
one person treating another to intoxicating
liquors, and imposes a penalty of two days in
jail or from 810 to $100 line. Gentner, Philadel
phia, appropriating $33,000 for the erection of
monuments to mark the positions of-Pennsylvania
soldiers at Chickamanga, Lookout Mount
ain and Missionarv Ridec
Kinlcy, Washington, 130,000 to the Stato Agri
cultural Society. Baker, Delaware, $45,000 to
tbe State Fishery Commission.
In tbp Senate bills were introdnced as fol
lows; Unnermau. providing for more effectual
preservation of health in cities of the second
class, prepared by the Department of Safety.
Hines, Luzerne, authorizing an increase of
threo clerks in the Secretary of the Common
wealth's office, v.hosc salary shall be $1,500 per
annum. Criichfield, Somerset, to provide
for the increase of the number of
qualified teachers of the public schools
of this Commonwealth by conferring upon tbe
students of all incorporated institutions of
learning the same franchises enjoyed by stu
dents of the State normal schools. Thomas,
Philadelphia, relating to telephone and other
electric wires, requiring tbem to be placed un
derground in cities of over 300,090 inhabitants.
Brown York, an act to provide for the laving
out of new roads and tbe keepinc in repair of
public highwajs. Harlan, Chester, relative to
the openlnr, widening and changing of streets
and allcjs in boroughs, and the assessment and
pa) ment ot damages by the respective counties
and boroughs.
KNIGHTS IK LIKE.
They Are Working Hard for the Burdick
Pipe Line Bill.
FllOM A 6TAIF COKnESrONDEXT.l
HAliRlSBURG. Jan. 28. The Burdick oil bill
will come up lor discussion in the Judiciary
General Committee at 5 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon. Tbe Knights of Labor Committee
ot Legislation will appear in behalf of the bill.
M. H. Butler, of Warren, a member or that
committee, says the workingmen are working
band In hand with the Producers' Protective
Association for the passage of this pipe
line measure. That was what was
meant by Lew Emery's fraternal tel
egram sent on behalf of tbe Producers'
Protective Association, to tbe Knights of
Labor convention in th(s city two weeks ago.
Mr. Butier was in consultation with Emery and
ex-Ssnator J. W. Lee. or Bradford, when tho
bill was drawn up. He rays tbe Knizhts of
Labor swant the Burdick bill ana not tbe
Shnwalter bill, because the latter fixes the
limit for pipage at 31 cents, the present price,
while Mr. Butler declares it has been demon
strated oil can be piped for 6 cents and still
ue productive of profit.
While the Burdick and Showaller bills differ
some, Mr. Burdick himself believes they can
be harmonized. Itis evident this difference in
price between tbe House and Senate bills
lueaus a compromise on the price ot pipage, to
be inserted in tbe final measure.
LIQUOR LICENSE BILLS.
Appointment of a Special Committee to
Take Charge of Them.
FROM A STArr COKRESrOXDEXT.
Harrisburg, Jan. 28. The special commit
tee of five, to which the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House has referred all liquor
license bills, has been appointed. It is
composed of Finley. of Washington county;
Wherrv, of Cumberland; Brooks, of Philadel
phia; JIcCull :ngh, of Allegheny, and Ititer, of
Philadelphia.
The Ways and Means Committee to-night
listened to George D. Price, of Erie, In an
argument in favor to the State Revenue Com
mission's bilk ue was a member ot that com
mission and also a representative of the State
Grange. He answered tbe points made in tho
minority report of the commission by Commis
sioner Wright To-morrow night Worthy
Master Rhone and other officers of the Stato
Grange appear before the committees.
Another Fence Bill Veto.
FROM A STAFF CORUESrOXDLXT.3
Harrisburg, Jan. 2S. The Agriculture
Committee to-night again vetoed tbe proposed
general fence law. They affirmatively recom
mended the bill repealing Washington coun
ty's tence law.
Working on the Road Bills.
'FROM A STAFF CORKESFOXDEST. J
Harrisburg. Jan. 28. The State Road
Commission is in session here. They hope to
finish the new road bill to-morrow.
A BUBAL STATESMAN IK DISGRACE.
An Alliance Member of the Illinois Legisla
ture a Prison Bird.
Columbus. O., Jan. 28. last week Warden
Dyer, of tbe Ohio Penitentiary, received a let
ter from Illinois, accompanied by a
photograph of Hon. H. F. Taubeneck,
Alliance member of the Illinois Legisla
ture. The photograph was recognized by
officers" and prisoners as that of W. H. Rode
ers. who was received at the penitentiary from
Wayne county in 1S!5 for torgery. He was par
roted August 7, 1SS6. on the strength of what
has developed to be forged letters from the
Judge who sentenced him, from Fred Woods,
ol Indianapolis, who claimed he committed the
crime for which Rodccrs was convicted, and P.
P. Langhlin, of Youngstown, O., who was to
give him employment.
He left tbe State as soon as he was released,
and had not been heard of shire. The descrip
tion of Taubeneck and Rndgers tallies ex
actly as to build aud complexion,
and even to tho fact that they each
write with their left hand. Tanbencck is
tbe member of the Legislature who has re
cently attracted so much attention from tbe
fact that on his voto depends the election of
tbe next United States Senator.
A PEIS0KEB FOBCLBLY BESOTTED.
His Friends Surround Him and the sheriff
and a General Fusillade Follows.
Amite Crrr, La- Jan. 28. About 5 P. ar
while bheriff Mix was taking Gabe Strickland
to the Court House, as they reached the door,
Strickland walked by, when Mix ordered him
to halt Strickland covered the Sheriff
with his pistol. The Sheriff drew his
revolver, when tho prisoner retreated hastily
and was soon surrounded by a crowd of his
friends, who commenced an indiscriminate
firing.
The prisoner made good his escape. Mather
Bankston, who was in tbe crowd, was shot,,
Strickland bad been tried to-day for killing J.
K. Womack, the jury returning a
verdict of guilty of manslaughter aud
a recommendation to the mercy of
tbe court. The rescue of tbe prisoner created
great excitement. None of the rescuing party
was recognized by tbe bheriff.
KEW OBLEAHS ITALIAKS BELEASED.
Some Having Been Acquitted, the Case of
Others Are Nolle Prossed.
New Orleans, Jan. 28. Peter Provonzuno
and others, having been tried and acquitted on
one of the indictments tound acalns: them in
the matter or the shooting ot tbe Matranca."
party, tho Assistant District Attorney to-day
entered a nolle prosequi in each of tho other
cases and tho prisoners were released.
Three Lives Lost by an Explosion.
Oveutox. Tex., Jan. 2S. The boiler of Roan
& Henry's saw mill exploded to-day, killing
Bill Henry and Dan Luke, and fatally wound
ing John Austin, all colored.
The South Dakota Deadlock.
Pierre, B. D., Jan. 28. The Legislature took
but one ballot to-day fur United States Sena
tor. No important change was developed.
The New Cruiser San Tranrasco.
Sax Feancisco. Jan. 28. The cruiser San
Francisco rcturnod this morning from her trial
trip.
AN ITALIAN DEFICIT.
The Kingdom Expects to Be Short foi
the Coming Tnree Years.
OPIHIOHS ON THE M'KINLEY LAW.
Denunciation Changed Into Something
Tery Like Praise.
A rOIiEIGN TIEW OF TUB ALLIANCE
Eome, Jan. 28. Signor Grimaldi pre
sented the annual financial statement to the
Chamber of Depnties to-day. It shows a
deficit lor 1891 of 60,000,000 francs. Deficits
of 40,000,000 Irancs yearly are expected lor
the next three years." Tbe McKinley law, it
is stated, has had no damaging effect upon
Itah.
In the course of his speech, Signor
Grimaldi said: "The United States has
just strengthened its customs barriers,
threatening by measures of extreme rigor
any one daring to wage open or
concealed war against American prod
ucts. This has not a great or direct
interest for us. The McKinley law is not
loo unfavorable to our exporls. Taken al
together, the American reform has not been
judged justlv. In the South and West of tho
United State's a new political force, the Farm
ers' Alliance, is developing, which reminds us
of the abolition In Europe of me&surcs
striking at American products under the
penalty of reprisals rninous to tho commerce
and trade ot Europe. The tariff must not be
judged by our ordinary standards. Once high
taxes aro imposed on raw materials, compen
sation must ho found along the entire scale of
duties on manufactures originallv fixed ac
cording to value and determined by law in such
a manner as to reprcseut much less than the
actual cost of produce leaving ihe American
customs.
A Defeat for the German Ministry.
Berlin The Reichstag committee has, by
a unaniuions vote, rejected the motion made to
crant the snm of 5,000,000 marks, which the
Government asked for in order to pay
bonuses destined to Induce non-commissioned
officers to remain in the army after their
regular term of service has expired. In the
Lower House of the Prussian Diot to-dav Heir
Herrautb. Minister of the Interior, said that the
Government was preparing an emicration law
which would in no way affect the liberty of the
people to emigrate. In the meantime, he added,
the Provincial Governors had been instructed
to exercise the strictest surveillance over emi
gration agents.
Tho Irish Factions In Parliament.
IxiNDOjr Each section of the Irish Parlia
mentary pirty will move a separate amendmont
to the Irish land bill.
KILLED IN A GROTTO.
Tlie Mysterious Murder of an English Libra
rian Brought to Light.
:bt dunlaf's cable comfakt.1
Manchester, Jan. 28. Tbe murder of a
well-known resident of this city has just been
brought to light. Dr. Lindcinann, who .for tbe
last 20 years has lived here and who was Assist
ant Librarian of the Victoria University, went
to tbe Riviera a couple of months ago for tbe
benefit of his health. He first stayed at
Genoa, but afterward removed to San Remo,
whence be was decoyed by two strangers
to a grotto at some distance from
the town where he was Istaying
and robbea. The men decamped with their
booty and the body was subsequently found by
tbe police in tbe grotto, but no name was given
of the hotel in which the doctor stopped, nor
wasanything found on the corpse by which it
was possible to identify it.
It was not until inquiries were mado from
Manchester as to the Librarian's movements,
thata clue was found. A portrait o( hiui was
sent to the Italian Consul ant then the fact
that it was Dr. Lindemanu who had been foully
murdered was established. There is, however,
no clue to the murderers.
ATTACKED BY STRIKERS.
The Scotch Railway Trouble More Deeply
Linblttered Than Ever.
(r.T DUNLAr'6 CABLE COJll'ANV.l
Glasgow, Jan. 28. The Scotch railway
strike was embittered yesterday when a body of
men wearing masks, and supposed to be
strikers, entered tbe Strotbaven locomotive
sheds and maltreated tbe men working there.
They also ran an engine into a turntable,
thereby throwing it off the rails. AltbdUgh no
arrests have been made, the police have a clew
as to who are tho perpetrators of tbe outrage.
The following notice is posted on the Pol
madie work gates: "In consequence of the
lawlessness of the men on strike, the Perth
railway directors have decided that they will
not be engaged."
HE BODE OK A BEEB'S BACK.
The Exciting Adventure of a Hunter In the
Woods of Mnine.
On Wednesday morning ol this week Dar
ling Iluntress, who lives about three miles
distant from Ivezar Falls, Me., met with a
novel -adventure, says tbe Lcwiston Jour
nal. Mr. Huntress started for his home
about 8 o clock with his ox team after a load
of wood. As he was driving along the road
no toward what isknownastheNotch, in the
mountains on the Brownfield road, he noticed
in the meadow below three deer. They
came up, crossed the road some distance
ahead of him and passed out of sight. Ill's
dog, which had come along with him, was
now missed, and it soon became evident
that he was in pursuit of the deer, for very
soon he was heard-barking in the direction
whence tbe deer had disappeared Mr.
Hnntress stopped his team in the road and
waited.
The dog and what ho was pursuing had
circled around, and were now coming down
tbe side ot the mountain, directly toward
where Mr. Huntress was standing. In a
few seconds, to his surprise, a large deer
leaped over the wall and broke through the
crust close beside him. He sprang astride
the deer's back, hoping to hold it down,
but he was thrown off. and only succeeded
in making fast to one of tbe hind legs. The
deer started, diagging Huntress into the
road, where his hold was broken, but by
this time the dog had come up, and the deer
breaking through the crust again was un
able to getaway before tbe dog had it down.
Huntress soon came to the assistance of his
do;, and between them they managed to
hold it until some neighbors nearby brouzht
some rope. The deer was then bound se
curely, and Mr. Huntress took it on bis sled
back to the house. He was placed in a box
stall, and the ouly injury it sustained was a
slight wound in one of its ears.
A WELL PBOTECIED BUSINESS.
Why Burglars Barely Disturb Jewelry
Stores These llnjs.
A jeweler said yesterday to a Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette writer that burglars do
not bother the trade as much as they did in
former years. He attributed it uot to the
fact that bnrglars did not prefer to plunder
a jewelry store in preference to anything
else, but to the fear of the burglar of the
fact that he knew that he would be searched
for until he was captured.
The jewelers have a protective association,
and when the store of a member Is robbed
detectives are put' on the case with instruc
tious never to drop it until the thief is cap
tured. The organization has a common
fund from which the expense for the chase
of tbieves is paid. The thieves know that
the association is relentless on the chase,
and so rarelv rob a jeweler unless the op
portunities fir escaping detection are ex
traordinarily good.
Special To Let Lists To-Day.
Frigid Weather In Sunny Italy.
Bo6tonTrjiveller.3,
A recent letter from Venice, speaking of
the cold snap which came there unawares
this season, says: "We huddled over onr
little platter stoves, which give more trouble
than heat, dressed in our jackets, ulsters,
hats, gloves and overshoes, and then we can
not get our nos-'s warm until we go to bed.
How we long. lor good Yankee furnace or
steam-heated roo'uil"
A DBEAM BTJDELT DISPELLED. "
No Family Man Can Call a Boom His Very
Own
St. Louis Chronicle.
A party of gentlemen were riding out
Olivo street, and one of them remarked that
he was building a home principally, be
said, that he might have one room for the
exclusive use of himself and his friends.
"You are wasting your talents and energv
in a very vain and hopeless undertaking,"
aid Counselor Bell. "I have had some ex
perience. "When I built my house I entered into
solemn covenant with my family that one
room out of the 16 was to belong to me
alone. It was to be my castle, my sanctum,'
into tbe holy precincts' of which none other
than myself was ever to enter. The house
was constructed aud occupied, and ior a
week I remained in undisputed possession
of my property. I used to go in every
morning, lock the donr behind me, and
softly whistle "Call Me Thine Own," "I
Am a Pirate King," etc, and nroudly
imagine myself monarch of all I surveyed.
"One morning, however, at the end of the
second week, I found a sewing machine in
one corner of the room. I remonstrated
with my family, but was given to under
stand that this domestic instrument would
not sing its song of the shirt therein it bad
only beeu stored there temporarily. At the
end of the third week I found thechildren's
overshoes in the other corner, but still I
clung desperately to the hope that the room
was still mine.
"At the end of the fourth week, however,
I found a petticoat hanging on a nail in the
other corner, and I forthwith ran up the
white flag and surrendered unconditionally.
My friend, don't delude yourself into the
idea that you have any rights whatever that
will be respected. Contracts that bind in a
court of equity aren't worth the paper they
are written on before the solemn tribunal of
the hearthstone."
IN A BOUBLE SENSE.
A Customer in a Restaurant Creates a Mis
understanding. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Greeny" Horn, last Friday night, went
into the hash laboratory next to Pjrmerton's
and asked for a nice dish of scrambled calf
brains. The waiter took the order with some
show of surprise, and when he walked ou
was heard to say:
"His Greenologies is in luck. Some
sucker must have tripped and fell in the
hallway." -
After eatingi a dish of pickles and all the
bread in sight, "Greeny" noticed that the
time was fast slipping away. In fact, he
discovered that a halt hour" had elapsed
since he bad given tbe order. Calling the
waiter to his side he said:
"What is the matter with my brains?"
"What's that?" demanded the fluukv.
"What's the matter with my brains, I
said," returned the indignant Greens.
"Didn't you hear what I told you?"
"Brains? Ob, ain't got any," was the
rather peculiar answer.
Going outside, the epicure walked half a
square rapidly away from the restaurant.
Suddenly he wheeled and returned, coming
up to the door in a gallop, i'or a moment
he studied, and then turned slowly away
once more. Then he ruminated aloud:
"If I thought that that sucker was kid
ding me, I'd go in there and kick his brains
out. I wonder if he said that I had no
brains, or tbe calf?"
BOXING HAS ITS USES.
How Douglas Moffat Utilized His SkiU in a
London Quarter.
A knowledge ol the art of self-defense has
been useful to me on more than one oc
casion, says Douglas Moffat in the Boston
Herald. Once when in London I was try
ing to find a short cut through some back
streets, and suddenly found myself in a nar
row and veiy disreputable looking street,
where" clothes were hinging out to dry on
lines stretched across from house to house.
I suppose my tall hat, frock coat and kid
gloves attracted attention, , for I had not
proceeded far before a piece of cabbage from
one of the windows landed on my hat, part
of a carrot hit me on the back, "and an egg
which seemed to have been laid bv a hen
that was not healthy broke just in front or
my feet and splashed on my patent leather
boots; then I was jostled by two hulking
blackzuards who, when I politely requested
them to refrain from a repetition of the
same, not only used language more ex
pressive than elegant, but signified their in
tention of punching my head unless I paid
them money, and one of them put his fist
close to my face in a threatening manner.
I iiumediately'lct out with my left, catch
ing him full on the nose. It was a nose and
a half a real Israelitish one and oh! what
a full blooded man he must have been; down
he went like a ninepin, and without a mo
ment's loss of time I treated the other to a
right hander on the jaw, and be rolled over
his prostrate companion. And then walk
ing briskly along the street I lost no time in
seeking more civilized regions where one can
walk unmolested.
GAME BIBBS FOB NEW ENGLAND.
A Sportsmen's Association Bringing Rare
Birds to Stock Hie Country.
Boston Herald.
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Pro
tective Association is stocking New Eng
land with game birds. Nine hundred and
fifty prairie chickens from Nebraska are to
be turned into Plymouth and Barnstable
counties, which appears to be the most
favorable locality iu Massachusetts for an
initial trial. A very near relative of that
bird exists to-day on the island of Martha's
Vineyard the heath lien. So like is it lo
the prairie hen that only an expert can tell
the one from the other.
A bird from which great rcsulu are ex
pected by .those who are importing it into
Massachusetts, is the Calilornia valley
auail. It is most abundant in Southern
California, where, in favorable seasons, it is
to be found in myriads. Other game birds
are to be brought in, and the last bird on
the list is the Gambels' quail, or Arizona
quail. Three hundred of these little beau
ties are to be let loose near Cape Cod. Ari
zona is tbe chosen home of this quail, which
inhabits every portion of the land, from
high snow-covered mountain to burning
desert.
SHOBT MEN IN A BA1LE001L
An Original Observation Mado by a Youngs
town Girl.
Younsstown Telegram-Herald, j
"Did you ever notice," remarked a young
lady at the Knights Templar hall, "that
when a dancing floor is crowded, the shorter
men are always the ones who seem to be in
the way? For some unezplainable reason
they are continually bumping Against the
other dancers, and seemingly forget that
there are others on the floor. Of conrse,
there are exceptions to the rule, as there are
to all rules, but il you'll only notice some
time vou will find that what I say is about
right"
It is hardly necessary to say that the young
lady was in conversation with a gentleman
who stands over six feet in his stockings.
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BLUE rXAMSS FB0M ABC LIGHTS.
A Curious Freak of Iho Recent Severe
Storm at Lnn, Moss.
The air during the early part of the recent
storm, which swept over New England, was
heavily charged with electricity at Lynn,
Mass,, andjwhen the current was turned on
in the evening for the electric lights the arc
lamps were enveloped in clouds of blue
flame, from which at intermittent periods,
lightning flashes would be emitted.
Harmony of Parts.
Philadelphia Times.!
The month ot the tunnel Is reached.
The train fleet Ipward skins.
And young folks feel where'er there's a mouth
There ought to be likewise lips.
IS STILLW DOUBT.
The President of tho Local Team Goes
to See Spalding About Hatters,
TEBEAU MAY NOT COME HERE.
Pat Farrell and Peter PriJdy Kach Make
a Definite Statement to the World.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OP THE DAI
President J. P. O'Neill is not home yet.
Private telegrams state that Mr. O'Neill
has gone on from Cleveland to Chicago.
The Pittsburg hustler, as far as known,
couldn't mate tilings meet on the Tebeau
feature, and, as rumor has it, went ou to
Chicago to try and clinch things relating to
Van Haltren and Gumbert Every prac
tical ball player knows the two players
mentioned are degrees ahead of any other
two that the local club can get.
It is a fact that President O'Neill has an
idea that the club doesn't require Van Hal
tren, simply because Burkett has
been signed. The truth is that
not one baseball patron out of
a hundred will say that Jesso Burkett is 'In it"
with Van Haltren at any stage. What Pitts
burg wants is players, not experiments, and as
far as Alulvey is concerned we may as well
keep Billy Kuobnc.
Ward has Deen lost that is, he won't play
here; in short, we may say he does not want
Pittsburg at all. Pittsburg was the best of the
P. L. cities, and John now lets principle die
because of the 'prosnects of population and
notoriety. He could have secured as much
money here as in any other place, therefore we
need not listen to John Ward's talk about in
dividual sacrifices for the benefit of tbe na
tional game of baseball.
President O'Neill is now in.Chlcago trying to
make the best of a "bad job." He wants tbe
right to sign Van H.iltren and Ad Gumbert.
This means that if President O'Neill had only
confined himself to Pittsburg and selected the
players nicessary to make a team with tho ex
ception of a short stop llko Ward, be would
have proved himself a business man and a
judee of baseball. There are many good play
ers whose homes are in Pittsburg.
THE POOL MATCH.
Kunlzsch and Clearwater Will Commence
Their Argument This Evening.
G. N. Kuntzsch, of Syracuse, was in this of
fice last evening. Mr. Kuntzsch Is aUne speci
men of an amateur athlete, althoo'gb be is a
professional. He undertakes a very hard task,
that Is. to beat Clearwater in a cqntestofCOO
balls at pool.
This match commences this evening at the
rink and lasts until Saturday evening.
The contestants each made their stake good
last evening at this office. Mr. Kuntzsch
wanted to bet $50 that be would win. and there
were no takers, jar. Kuntzsch has a tourna
ment in view and Powers, De Oro and others
have entered.
, P3IDDY SAYS A WOBD.
Ho Will Kan Darrln or Anybody Else in the
World.
Peter Priddy called at this office yesterday
and left the following statement:
"1 will run Harry Darrln or any other man in
tbe world one mile for 2,000 or 4,000 a side,
three raonths after signing articles. My, check
for J100 is good enough at The Dispatch
office at any time. I now leave my check, and
particularly I will run Darrln, and if be does
not feel inclined I will run anybody else."
Ed Niklrt's backer called at this office last
night and said thatbenonld put up $500 for
HI kirk to run any man or in a sweepstake for
$500 each, tbe race to be a balf mile.
Farrell's Latest.
Pat Farrell stated yesterday that he is now
waiting to bear from eitner La Blanche, Fitz
simmons, or any other man who can scale be
neath 153 pounds. Farrell onco again states
that he will tight any man in tbe country at
153 pounds. Anybody who wants to fight Far
rell can secure a match bv sending 51,000 to this
office. That means business.
Sporting Notes.
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Toronto are
booked a certainties for the International
League. Toledo and Uetrolt are In prospect.
FniD vvshxv Is bcinx talked of as a possibility
to flit the p ip in Wacncr Brothers' Athletic team
made by Uierbauer's signing with Pittsburg.
IN the continuous handicap pool tournament of
the Manhattan Hlcycle Club. J. Austin Is playing
an invincible game, having led from the start or
the bcrlcs.
Walter IUlltoan, who ranks in the amateur
ranks as a llrt-class one. It after tho old-timer
Tom my Uanfortli, and the latter m.ijr be compelled
to accommqdate blm.
Wlstwood. N. J., has a promising younu lady
crack shot in tbe person of .Miss Carrie I'ost. Slic
will take any old muzzle loadlnjr shotgun aud
break Are out or every six class balls.
A SOUTH (JAKOLIXA sportsman tells ofshooting
92 ciuhIIs In two days, near the Hocklllll station,
aud that Is a great, feeding ground for ncese and
ducks, ou the Catawba river, cry near there.
- ACTiivG Manaoeu Annum Inwiy, of the Bos
ton Association club, is working quietly. A dis
patch from S racusc sars that he has secured Sec
ond Baseman Childs, or that nine. Chlldsbada
battlne average of .311 and a ne'dlnc average of
.3 l.it season. He is said to possess high quali
fications as a captain.
Special To Let Lists To-Day.
THE FBUIT OF OVEB INDUIGENC2.
The Irrepressible bmall Bqy, the Kind
Parent and tho Minister.
New York Herald.;
"Yes," said Mr. Easyman to the Kev. Dr.
Prudent, the new minister, who was paying
his parishioner a friendly visit, "you are
unquestionably right. I do not believe in
being over stern with children. Now mine
treat me as they would an elder brother or
playmate. No scampering upstairs when
they hear my latch key turn in the door.
Not mucbl Make your home cheerful
that's my motto."
A frowsy haired youth of some six sum
mers appeared on the scene at this juncture.
After eyeing the clergvman critically for &
moment he broke out with:
"Say, pa, wlul'b a jaj?"
An ominous frown settled upon the brow
of the indulgent parent as he replied: "A.
jay, my son, is a rather showy bird, having
a low, erectile crest of feathers aud "
"But, pa, they can fly, can't they?"
"Certainly, my boy. They are noted, too,
for their propensity "to chatter, and, for in
stance, to ask foolish questions." The
Irown deepened as the boy went on:
"But how can tbey fly, pa, without any
wings?"
"My son, I think I heard your ma calling
you a few moments ago""
"Yes, pa, I'm going, only as I heard vou
tell ma last night that our new minister was
a regular jay, I just wanted to come in here
aud see whether he conld fly. Say, mister
(to the astonished clergvman), you "ain't got
any feathers, have you?"
There was a sudden riish on the part of
the indulgent parent, loHnwed by the sud
den disappearance of the youthful in
quisitor. Then came a series of discordant
howls from the hall beyond.
"My dear sir," observed the parent unon
entering the room, "while I admit thai I am
a kind and indulgent parent wlivl"
At this point the Irout door wis heard to
slam violently. The minister had dis
appeared, and now Mr.Eisvman is talking
about renting a pew in another church.
THE OLD, OLD ETJPEBSTmOff.
Two Room Numbers Which Hotels Barely
or Never Have.
Youncstown Tclegram-llerald.j
The other day one of the clerks at the Tod
House remarked, as a frequent visitor to tbe
hotel inscribed his name on the hotel register,
"I will assign you to room 13." Tne com
mercial man almost grasped for breath as he
exclaimed, "No, you won't. I'll sleep on
the office floor or in the washroom rather
than retire in room 13." The clerk with a
merry twinkle in the eye rang the bell boy
and handing hiro a key said, "Show the
gentlemen to No. 72."-
Atterward the clerk said, "It's a tact not
generally known to the outside ovorld, that
there are bnt few hotels Jo the country that
haVe rooms numbered either 13 or 113. Half
the time they would be unoccupied, so
superstitious are tbe traveling public"
A LITTLE GAS.
Conftnued from first page.
she was so overcome that she was unable to be
present at the fauerai.
Crowds Attend the, Funeral.
Six hundred persons accompanied the bodies
to Scottdale, and when tbo train arrived there
several thousand were waiting in silence to re
ceive it. Many ot the dead had worked in and
around Scottdale and were well known by their
fellow-countrymen there. Enough hearses
could not be secured rs convey the caskets
from tbe depot to tbe Catholic cemetery, over
half a mile away, and wagons were used.
Then the long sombre nrocesslon started on
its way, preceded by Rev. Fathers Hamburg
and Synlegiel and followed bv a vast concourse
oi people, the Slav race largely predominating.
Many ot the women were clad in bright
hued dresses with brilliantly colored handker
chiefs tied around their beads, but those who
were there to bury their dead were invariably
dressed iu black garments. As the procession
slowly patced along the road to the cemetery,
all tbe church bells in town tolled heavily and
added to the deep feeling of sadness which
oppressed the multitude. The day was gloomy,
the clouds were shedding a fine misty rain and
night was fast settling down. The solemn
words of tbe burial ritual alone broke the
hushed silence, until tbe sound of tbe clods of
earth falling upon tbe caskets of the victims of
this great mine disaster loosened the spell.
A Scene of Grief nt the Grave.
'Women rushed frantically forward sobbing
bitterly and calling upon their dead ones, and
no one iu that vast concourse thought it uu-(
manly to shed a tear. Then in one part of the.
throng was heard again iu a thin treble voice
the strains ot the Slavic funeral dirge, it was
taken up here and there until the accents of
woe seem to fill the air and appeal to the verr
heavens. The strains died away as gradually
as they arose, night dropped her veil over the
scene, and slowly and sadly the army of
mourners filed out of tho cemetery.
All this afternoon and night Mrs. Steven
Aconlya stood at tbe nit mouth and implored
the men to bring the body of her husband. She
says bo nas working in No. 1 at tbe time of the
accident, and knows that he is killed. She
can't rest or sleep until she has wept over
bis coipse. Tho mine officials promise that
every effort will be made to brine up her bus
band's body at the earliest possible moment.
About 2 o'clock this morning there was a
panic among tbe workers in the mine, caused
by the terrible crv of "Gas. gas" from
Fiat 3. James Brown and Fire Boss
George Piercy, of No. 2, were working here
and were overcome by tbe afterdamp; tbey
were taken to surface. It was SO minutes be
fore Brown was restored. Piercy, "while ter
ribly sick, determined, when he saw tbe panic
among the men, to return to work, and it took
tbe united efforts of hal f a dozen men to prevent
him going into the pit again until he bad re
covered. The panic lasted but a few moments
and the men went back te work.
The dates tor the funerals of the 28 victims
not buried to-day have been fixed. Some will
be interred afGreensburg. others at Mt. Pleas
ant and a few at Scottdale William Dannon,
who has no relatives in the region, will be
burled on Sunday by the Knights of Pythias, of
which order be was a member.
SEVENTY IDENTIFIED,
THIBTY-SEVEN OP THE BODIES THUS FAB
BECOVEBED THKHOWK.
The Latest Official Itecord Obtainable A
Large Majority of the Names Are Those
of Foreign Miners But a Few Names
Are of English Origin.
IFBOM X STAFF COBBESFONDENT. 1
Mammoth, Jan. 28. Of tbe 107 bodies
secured, 70 have been identified, the follow
ing being the official record:
STEVE CONNORS.
ANDREW RESKO.
ANDREW WARCO.
JOHN THOMAS.
DANIEL GORDON.
MIUHAEL LUNEAXH.
FRITZ NEWEL.L.
JAMES DRlE.
JAMES HARABUSH.
BARNEY MACULA .
ZASCO SWETS.
MATTHIAS PHILLIPS.
JOHN NOORTY.
JOHN LOCKRE.
MICHAEL RUDIACK.
GEORGE HANNA.
ANDREW SWISHER,
MICHAEL. KROWA
GEORGE SHALER.
STEPHEN BALLAK.
MICHAEL W1TCIC.
WILLIAM WOOD.
MICHAEL ZAMBRO.
A. C. LAZELLE.
JOHN CLINE.
BONSKY.
JOSEPH KESHENCK.
JOHN LOVESKRA
JOHN KAZEL "
JOHN BENER.
VALENTINE KOSHER.
FRITZ ANTON.
JOHN DOYLE.
PATRICK TUMBLETY.
JOHN DUPALO.
MICHAEL ZURTZO.
AUGUST LUNK.
MICHAEL STANIK.
MICHAEL STANIK, JB,
STEVE SWETZER,
WILLIAM BURCHELL.
STEPHEN HAVEN.
JOSEPH DEBLA.
JAMES DORRIS.
WILLIAM SNA1TH.
VALENTINE S1KORA.
MARTIN ADAMS.
MICHAEL GUSTIE.
C. S. COLE.
JOHN EATON.
JAMES MURPHY.
JOSEPH HARINCK.
JAMES REILLEY.
5IICHAEL C. KORACK.
GERHART HILSON.
MICHAEL TRABULA.
TDZA WALEN. H
MARTIN BRKNNAN.
WILLIAM HANLOCK.
GEORGE BROMGARD.
JOHN KUHNS.
STEVEN SWARTZ.
STEPHEN PLATSKE.
MICHAEL SOBICCO.
ANDREW SLANNACK.
MICHAEL MCCUSKY.
STEPHEN JEUNETETIECH.
WILLIAM BANNAN.
PETER SCHYNKE.
ANDREW SCHOUISICL
DAHCEBS CLAD IK PIBX
A Novel Hall Soon to Take Place at the
National Capital.
Washington Post.
One of the most novel and fashionable en
tertainments of the season will take place on
Monday, February 2 the pink coat ball
given by tbe Dumblane Huut Club. It was
originally intended that the ball should be
given at the clubhouse and confined to the
members of the club and a few of their
friends from the Elk Bidge Fox Hunting
Club. Baltimore, and the hunting clubs in
the vicinity of New York. But Harrv Page
and a lew of the other hard riding members
ordered hunt ball costumes from Rock, and
the attractions of the red coati, knee
breeches and silk stockings made the list of
subscribers so large that tbe clubhouse
could not accommodate them.
So the stewards decided that the ball
should be giveu at 'Wormley's Hotel. The
moms will be handsomely decorated with
mottoes suggestive of hunting scenes. The-
ball will be opened with the "hunt
quadrille," and nil the gentlemen taking
part in this dance will wear pink dress coats.
His Present Occupation.
Philadelphia Times.
Tbe sharp young salesman had been hav
ing great fun with the tramp.
"Oh, you mistake, sir." said the latter,
"I am a wotkman. but just now my busi
ness is rather dull."
"You work the growler, I guess."
"No, I'm a river inspector."
"River inspector! 'What in thunder. is
that?"
"Seeing that smarties don't set the water
in it on fire."
J. G. Bennett & Co,
Leadine
Hatters and Furriers,
Corner Wood street
and Filth avenue.
XKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG.
Largest and Finest Store in the City.
FINE BLACK GOODS, .
We keep at all times a complete stock of Black and
Mourning1 Goods of the highest character as to quality and
style, and ar PRICES the LOWEST.
Black Gros Grain Silks, 5Sc,6Sc, 85c, J1.J1 23
and up to $2 23.
Black Faille Francalse, 85c, JL $1 12, Jl 25,
SI 50 and np to $2.
Black Satin Ithadame, 65a, 75c. 80c. JL SI 25
and op to 2 2i
Black Surahs, 49c. 62c. 75c. 85c, SI and up to S2.
Arm n res and Fancy Weaves,stnpes and bars,
81, SI 25 and SI 50.
Black Brocades. 69c 93c, SI 39.
Moire Silks; 85c, SI. 81 25, SI 50 and 52.
Black Satin, 50c, 75c and SL
Black Silk Warp Henriettas, 75c. SL SI 12,
SI 25. SI 37, SI 50 up to S2 50.
Silk Warp Drap da Almas, SI 50 and Si 75.
Silk AVarp Tamlse. 42 Inch, SI 25.
All-wool Tamlse. 40 Inch. 50c, 60c and SI.
All-wool Cords, Diagonals, Brocades, etc, 90c,
SI, $125.
46-inch All-wool Black Henriettas, 75c, 87c,
90c SL SI 12 up to SI 75.
40-inch All-wool French Cashmeres. 45c 50c
60c, 70c 75c 80c, 85c and 90c
Black and White. White and Black. Black
and Gray, Gray and Black Fabrics, 40 to 44
inches wide, from 39c to SI 25.
When you need anything in any kind of Black Goods,
you will find everything WANTED here Best Goods and
Lowest Prices.
CAMPBELL & DICK.
January Clearance Sale
for bargains.
THE CADI'S WONDB0U3 WISE0H.
An American Story With a Decidedly
Oriental Flavor.
Philadelphia Times.!
Many years ago there lived in an Eastern
land a man who was considered both promi
nent and rich. When he died, however, it
was found his possessions were very slight
indeed. In bis will, among some trifling
legacies was the following:
"Of the three young men who consider
themselves my children I have a jnst claim
to one alone. The others are notof my blood,
but adopted. I will not say who the right
ful heir is, but have left the maitter to the
decision of the Cadi. In his possession is
1,000 pieces of gold, which will be given
to my true child, after he has proved his
claim."
The three reputed sons at once repaired to
the Cadi. He thereupou handed each of
them a gold ring, saying:
"Take this ring and go about in the world
and seek your fortunes. Use the jewel as a
talisman, watch over it, preserve It, and
after three years return to me. I will then
announce who is the true son of his lather,
and deliver to him the 1,000 pieces of gold."
The boys at once withdrew anddisap
peared in different directions amid the
crowded haunts of men. They nevercrossed
each other's path nor heard of one another,
but at tbe appointed time again made their
appearance belore the Cadi for weal or woe.
"Where is your ring? he asked of the
first and cldet. .
The gold band was handed to the judge
with the remark: "It is here. It has
brought me luck. I have had good worldly
fortune and all goes well with me."
Then was questioned the second.
"Here is my ring." He opened his cloak
and snowed it bound round his neck by a
silk ribbon. "Fortune has followed my
every footstep. It has been a continual
blessing."
At last the Cadi turned to the youngest.
"Well, and where is your ring?" The
boy was silent. A blush stole o'er his face
anil his eyes fell to the earth. Then, after a
struggle, he"managed to say:
"I haven't got it. I've pawned it."
The Cadi, handing him over the thousand
pieces of gold, cried :
"The money is yours. By your disposal
of the ring I recognize that you are really
your father's son."
MAK1HB THE THEKEY3 TIPPLE.
Mrs. Justice Field Greatly Abused for Be-
ferrlng to an Old Custom.
Blchmond State.
Prominent people sometimes have a hard
time when theyappear in print The wife
of Justice Field, for instance, wrote a brief
piece on the best way of preparing turkey
for the Thanksgiving Day feast, in which
she suggested that the turkey should be fed
on champagne or sherry and walnuts a few
days before killing. Since the appearance
of this unfortunate suggestion in Th
PlTTSBUnc DISPATCH, she has, according
to her own statement, "received letters
from all over the country from Calilornia
to Maine from women who, I suopose.are
good in their way, abusing me like a pick
pocket lor my cruelty."
Mrs. Field'has been charged with making
a harmful original suggestion, but her re
cine is not a new one. It was an old cus
tom iu certain parts of New England to feed
the turkey on brandy. This was done fur
several days, and irom it grew the other
custom of making the gobbler gloriously
drunk, in which condition he was killed.
In the start the turkey was fed on brandy
because this imparted a fine flavor to the
meat, but the efforts of the gobbler to pre
serve his dignity when drunk aSorded in
tense amusement in the barnyard, and thus
inaugurated a species of amusement upon
which public sentiment frowned.
A KEW TEICX Hf THE IEADE.
How the Unwary Are Induced to Insure
Their Lives.
There are several new things in insurance,
one of the principal of which is that no man
knows nowadays when he is being ap
proached by a life insurance agent, says the
New York Press. The approach to men had
become so difficult throngh the persistency
with which the old-time insurance agent
held on and bored men into taking life poli
cies to save their lives, that a new line of
action had to be undertaken iu order to
reach men wbo might possibly insure if
they could be induced to look into the sub
ject. The shrewd insurance aceot now has a
host,of auxiliaries about him. Tbey are
your doctor, your lawyer, vour
tailor, your merchant, vour grocer,
your bookkeeper, your clerk anybody
that can get accesi to your ear aud hint lo
you that yon ought to make some provision
for your family through insurance, so that
they irill be provided with means of living
when you die. If you express the slightest
wish to study the subject the tip will be
passed to the agent, wbo will seud you a
written statement, based on your age.'as to
what his company will do for you ior cer
tain stipulated payments yearly, semi
annually, quarterly or monthly.
You will wonder where tbe man heard
that you wanted to investigate the subject,
how he ascertained your age. and be will let
vou wonder, but he will call on you pres
ently, and probablr enroll you on tne books
of his company. When you have paid your
Black Cashmere Shawls, single. SI 25. SI 50,
SI 75, 12 up to S675. Double. 53. S3 50, SI, SI 59
np to S18.
Silk Fringe Shawls, in single. S3 to S650;
double. S5 to $7.
PrIestlr.SIlK Warp CasbmercDouble Shawls,
hemstitched. S12. 511 60 and SI 6.
Black Fichns. beaw silk fringe, richly era. '
broidered. SI 25. SI 50, $1 75. S2, S3 2? up to S37 6a i
Black Iced Wool Shawls. SI 50. 12. $2 50. S3.
S3 50, S3 75 and SL
Black Jackets and Wraps of every fashiona
ble description from S3 60 to S60.
Mourning Millinery a specialty. Always
ready for nse. latest styles of Nans' Veiling
and Mourning Silk.
Toques and Bonnets at S2 50, S3, S3 60 up to S6V
Crape and Crape Veils.
All-wool Bordered Nuns' Veiling. SI 25 to X
Silk and Wool Bordered Nuns' Veihnc, SI 2S
to S3 50.
Millinery to order, by first-class artists, at
moderate prices.
continues lively as ever. Come
j24rl3-TTS
first yearly payment half of it will go to
your doctor, lawyer, tailor or whoever gave
the agent the tip. Shrewd man, that agent.
AN TTXBEIIABLE CHAHK.
A Babbit's Foot Falls to Ward Off 111 Lack
From Its Owner.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Gene Baker, ot tbe County Clerk's office,
carries a rabbit's foot for luck. Tbe follow,
ing is an abstract from his diary during tho
month:
"January 2. Loaned a friend S& Don't
expect to see it azain, as friend left for tho
West.
"January 4. Had on my new suit, walked
underneath a scaffold where painter was at
work, got best part of a bncket of paint on
it, got into fight with painter, aud would
have got licked if I hadn't run.
"January 7. Thought I could rtlay pool;
ran up against a stranger iu a billiard room,
suggested a game, played ten, and paid for
every one. Found out since stranger was
an expert.
"January 13. Bougbtan umbrella, loaned
it to Budy Bcolit; Itudy lost it and denies
be ever borrowed it.
"January 17. Went into a cigar store to
buy cigar. Met Harry Becbtin there.
Harry challenged me to throw dice for
cigars lost eight games in ten."
Gene still believes in tbe rabbifs Toot for
luck. -
A Married Fair's Game.
Chicago Times.
Jenks Biggs and his wife do not get'
along happily together, I hear.
Jinks There must be something wrong
about tnat. They have a sociable game of
whisky poker together every evening.
Junks Is that so?
Jinks It is. Biggs plays the whisky
part of the game and Mrs. Biggs plays the
poker.
Modern Cheap literature.
Geyer's btatloncr.
Splendid story books of all kinds for
children conle in illuminated board covers,
and contain over 100 pages, selling at 11 and
15 cents.
THE WEATHER.
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CAIRO Ulver 23.4 feet and rising. Cloudy and
cool.
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WIIECI.IXO Klver 10 feet S inches and Hilar.
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Tutt's Piiis
The dyspeptic, the debilitated, whether
from excess of work of mind or body, drink of
exposure in
MALARIAL REGIONS.
will findTutt's Pills the most genial restorative
erer offered Ihe suffering Invalid. Ja28-Trssg
ALL PEKSOAS WAMXG
GOOD PURE WHISKY
For Family Use can fully rely on
OLD EXPORT
Fullv JIatured aniiwortb more money
compared with other whiskies.
Full quarts, 81 each, or six for 85.
SOLD ONLY BY
JQS.FLEMING& SON'S,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
412 Market Street, Cor. Diamond
PITTSBUEG, PA.
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