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RUSSELL LIKES US
The Delsartean Aposlle Expresses His
Appreciation of Pittsburg in
Enthusiastic Terms.
DISTINCTIVENESS OP THE CITY.
Good Eeasou Why Digov Bell Didn't Come
Ont a Few Hundred Ahead With
a Friend on the Horses.
A DOQ THAT WAS 1XTEKEED IS STILE.
Cists tttOii Stents Gathered -m t Stroll About tl
Twin Cities.
"I am so charmed with Pittsburg," said
Edmund Russell, the Delsarte apostle, en
thusiastically Inst evening, during a de
lightful half hour's conversation, accompa
nying the utterance by a graceful and en
fcagine movement forward in the chair, on
the back ol which bis right forearm was
resting a pleasing attitude of easy confi
dence. 'Pittsburg is so located topographically as
to give it quite the opportunity for individ
ualism and originality the artistic taste of
its people demanus. To be sure, it Iihs
those points possessed in common with
other American cities, which I certainly de
plore, not to say condemn, but nature does
very much for Pittsburg in sivine her these
beautiful hills and ascents, bntti abrupt and
gradual, upon which to display some of the
most magnificent examples of architectural
skill I have seen anywhere in this country.
.Most noticeably do I name the Court House
so massive, strong in effect, and grand in
its many beautiful markings. Oh! I tbinC
Richardson far ahead of his fellows as au
architect and a designer. Beauty lies iu
luug lines up, longitudinally, and in
graceful curves. His bridge across
the street way, the high tower, and the mag
nificent arches, which are so conspicuously
attractive in that splendid building, are all
complacently restful to the eye. The choppy,
sudden and abrupt do not appeal to the
artistic, neither do short lines. They do not
present the eloquent appeal to appreciatio
that long, sweeping and curving lined in
spire. Inspiration In Curved Lines.
"For instance, there is a large, gray stone
house on the avenue over there. I do not
know who owns it, but the wide entrance,
having over it a grand arch, spanning all,
and beneath the doorway, prompt one to
linger very fondly over the pleasant contem
plation. "I'll tell you what your mornings here re
mind me of one of Wnistler's grand sym
phonies in gray. One must use the superla
tive in describing snch a sight as may be
witnessed on a fogey morning while looking
down into that great basin-like valley. You
see the waving, rolling atmosphere, and
throneh it coming the steam and smoke, all
in different shades ot that same dominating
color of the general mist; and at night the
billowy dark clouds illumined by the
various lights of multilorm coloring and
different intensity, suggest the efforts of
Gustav Dore. None but he could repro
duce that Pittsburg, none but he could have
approached such appalling grandeur with
an attempt at reproducing.it.
"I am reminded so much of London here,"
continued the speaker, contemplatively, as
he withdrew the hand but a moment before
extended, by way of emphasis of his graphic
description. "The fog here, and all that,
jou know. And that recalls me to what I
said a moment ago, about the common fault
of our American cities. Over here we are
so imbued with the democratic idea ot pop
ular rights that we hardly dare assert some
privileges that people dwelling in London
and other English cities enjoy.
Each Man's House Ills Castle.
"I refer to privacy and one's right to have
end enjoy his home free from the interven
tion visual intervention of our neighbors.
I mean the doctrine that 'a man's house is
his castle,' does not have here the signifi
cance it does in London, for-instance.
Here the tendency fashionable ten
dency is to throw open vour prop
erty to the full view of the Dublic
"We take down our fences and remove every
obstruction from between our homes and the
street. We build houses and make beauti
ful lawns ahout them, but they lie open
that is, most of them do to be overrun by
iiny person or anything at pleasure. Again
an cities iu this country are erected rows
and blocks of houses. That is not so much
done in Pitwburg, I am pleased to say, for
jour hills give you better opportunities, and
also prevent many such structures in the
suburbs. There seems to be here more of
the disposition to isolate the home from the
surrounding and neighboring houses.
Many crand and magnificent private resi
dences here are so situated, showing taste
and refined appreciation of that seclusion
one so much desires in a home. Yet, one
thing is lacking to make still more perfect
both that home-privacy and the artistic
effect of these many elegant specimens ol
the architects' art and skill the high wall
surrounding the edifice as seen in the grand
homes in London, and they are no grander
than houses I have seen in Pittsburg. You
have no idea what delight to the artistic
eense and what comfort to one's entire being
the high wall is around a home. There is
the seclusion and privacy and the opportuni
ties to enj .y one's home' life away from the
world. It is shut out over, beyond that
ivy-covered wall. "What is more delicious
to contemplate than a hammock and a book,
enjoyed in the garden of a London home, or
u lawn tennis game in a court, beside which
is an immense umbrella spread over a table,
where tea is served later on to you and your
guests and that high protecting wall keep
ing away none of the delmhts and all the
annoyances to which the wall's absence, as
here, almost invariably invites.
A Beautiful Tine-Covered Gate.
"An artist friend of mine over there had
but a small lot, yet it inspired me with re
spect every time I rang at hie oaken gate for
admission to his garden. It was a
beautiful gateway, and all that made
it especially so was a luxuriant
vine that overgrew it and the wall. An
other thing I noticed OTer there was when
there would "be a row of houses designed for
homes they were not built out flush with the
pavement as our desire for display seems
to prompt, but along the street line would
be the high wall, and between it and the
houses was a private way for the dwellers in
that row giving still's degree of privacy
sot found here.
'Then, what enhanced beauty would there
be had these fine homes here walls sur
rounding them! The effect of that long line
on the architectural development of the
structure could not help being pleasing.
The wall, the tops of shrubbery appearing
above it, the vines clambering over and
along it, and higher up appearing the house
lines and gables all would combine to pro
duce just the effect I have tried to explain
to you."
A WAKE TOE HIS DCG.
How an rait rud Man Burled a PetThat He
Valued nighlj.
A well-known citizen ol the East End lost
a valuable dog, which he prized very highly,
several days ago. The animal took sick
suddenly and died. The owner, out of re
spect to his dumb pet, determined to give
Jack a decent burial, so he had him laid out
in a costly coffin and he placed two candles
at the head of the casket. The whole outfit
was put in the coachman's room in the
stable.
Then the wealthy man caught several ol
the dog's companions and bad them locked
up in the room with the dead body of their
comrade. The intelligent brutes seemed to
understand that they were to hold a wake,
and they made the night hideous with the
most doleful cries and Yelps. The slumbers
of the neighbors were badly disturbed, but
when they heard the cause of the noise the
next day "the joke was too good, and the
kind-hearted East Endet was forgiven.
HAD TO PAY ALIMONY.
The Reason Why Dlaby Bell Didn't Bet
on the Races After Dropping S100
Chauncey Olcotf Streak of luck and
HU Little Joke.
Mr. Avery, a bright Chicago newspaper
man who Is stopping at the Duquesne, tells
a good story on Digby Bell, the comedian of
the McCaull Opera Company.
Digby in his early years made a matri
monial mistake, and has been paying ali
mony ever since. "While the company was
in St. Louis recently, Chauncey Olcott, who
is very fond ol playing the winter races,
was unusually successful. One day Digby
went down to Donavan's poolroom with
him, and after varying fortunes succeeded
in losing a cool hundred. He was disgusted,
and refused to go into the business any
more. It seemed as if Olcott could not lose;
he won every diy, until at last when Satur
diy came Mr. Bell azain went to the pool
room, and after looking over the blackboard
he came to the conclusion that he would not
try it, reiusing even to go in with the S10
bet Chauncey made. After placing
the money and giving directions how- he
wanted It played, should he win the first
race.Olcott and Bell went off to the matinee.
Again Olcott was successful, and when he
returned to the hotel he was given an en
velope containing $175, the amount of his
winnings.
Thinking to fool Mr. Bell, he put all the
money he bad in the envelope, and at the
dinner table he took it outof his pocket and
ostentatiously began to count the bills. Mr.
Bell eyed him furtively for a moment, and
when he could no longer contain himself he
said:
"Where did you get all the money?"
"Won it," came the curt response.
"What! won all that money?"
"Yes."
"Off of that $10 bet you made?"
"Yes, all my horses won." This brought
forth a vicious attack on the roast beef on
the part ot Mr. Bell, but presently he said:
"How much have von got?"
"About ?450," replied "Olcott, as he
paused in his occupation of counting the
bills.
A erunt and a repeated assault on the
rare roast attracted Mrs. Bell's attention,
and she said: "Kile, didn't you go in with
Mr. Olcott to-day?"
"No."
"But why didn't you?" with true wifely
persistency.
'Because I have to pay alimony. Seel"
AVEESE TO THE UTrEBYIEWEB.
General Sherman Was Opposed to Talking
for Publication.
''General Sherman, during his later
years," said a newspaper man yesterday,
"was very averse to being interviewed. In
fact, he would not talk for publication ou
any question, and those who know anything
about his iron will remember that it was
useless to try to change it. I once met the
General several years ago at a railroad sta
tion, and tried to talk to him as a reporter.
He refused, and when I persisted the old man
stood up in the state room and ordered me
out of the car. He did it in such an em
phatic manner that E changed my tactics at
once, and asked n i. couldn t talk to nim as
an American boy who honored one of the
nation's greatest Generals.
"I will never forget the change in his
manner. His face lighted up with a smile,
and in the most cordial way he invited me
to take a seat. He then explained that he
was no longer in public life, and he felt that
he was not under obligations to the peo
ple, and he also realized with innate modesty
that what he might say would not interest
them at any rate. The General continued
to chat on a variety of subjects in the most
interesting manner until the train pulled
oat, admonishing me every few minutes
that nothing be had told me should appear
in print. He added that while he was in
the army he lelt it was his duty to give out
information, bnt he thought the newspapers
bad no claims on him since he had retired.
"Grant, by the way, never would say
much, but he was always glad to see re
porters, and if be could answer their ques
tions he would do so with a degree of affa
bility that invariably put the boys at ease.
During the war, I am told, the correspond
ents were welcome at his headquarters."
HE'S A YEBY EESTLEES MAtf.
A Hotel Man Talks About the Peculiari
ties of President Mayer.
Beferring yesterday to the exceedingly
nervous temperament of President Mayer,
of the Baltimore and Ohio road, a hotel
clerk who knows him well remarked: "I
think Mr. Mayer is the most' restless man I
ever met He has always been the same.
When I was a clerk at the TJtaw House, iu
Baltimore, he used to corns there a great
deal. I have frequently seen him during a
meal leave the table several times and come
out to the office inquiring for a letter or tele
gram. "Some people think the President is a
Hebrew, but he is not. Mr. Mayer is a Ger
man. I can remember him when he kept a
clothing store ou Howard street. He showed
a wonderful genius for financial questions,
and soon drifted into the coal business. The
Garretts early recognized bis ability, and
through their influence he was placed at the
head of the Baltimore and Ohio road, where
he is proving himself to be an able officer.
1 had no idea he was such a progressive
man, and mark you, if the Baltimore and
Ohio remains under his management be will
push it to the front as one of the leading
trnnk lines of the country. He has a good,
shrewd adviser in Thomas M. King, aua
they make very a strong team."
PUZZLED THE LADY.
She Looked In Tain for John Kernel! Among
the Amateur Players.
During the recent amateur performance
of "Macbeth," at the Bijou Theater, two
ladies entered and stood looking over the
railing at the play. Their faces wore a puz
zled expression, and finally one of them
called an usher and asked the question,
"Which actor is John Kernell?"
They had made a mistake, and were not
iu uic urcicoix di -'o.ne nustier. Jaoiur
ther explanation of what followed is needed.
The event has become a standing joke among
the boys around the house.
For Thlrty-slx Cents.
Just think of it. Fine American percale
shirts, detached cuffs, two collars, worth ?1
each, at our great sale all this week.
GusKtr's.
i i
Bargains
In suitings, trouserings and overcoatings at
Pitcairn's, 434 Wood street.
Six Days Only.
And perhaps not that, for they may not
last that long, bnt as long as they do last
you can buy a white unlaundried shirt, with
fine linen bosom, cuff and collar band, rein
forced front and back, for 43 cents. They
would be cheap at 75 cents. GUSKT'S.
Only pleasant results follow the use of
ales and beers of the Iron City Brewing Co.
All dealers keep them.
The prices named on shirts for our sjreat
tale all this week are less tban.it woNd cost
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A DOUBLE . FURNACE.
New' Improvement in the Facilities
'for the Pnddlins of Iron
IKTRODTJCED "BY A SOUTHSIDEK.
Serious iot Among Strikers in the Coke
Eegion A ear Latrobe.
TOE PAINTERS' SCALE FOR NEXT IEAR
A furnace that if it proves a success, is
likely to revolutionize the puddling of iron,
is now being tested at the American iron
works of Jones & Laughlins, on the South
side. The drawings and specifications for a
patent have been forwarded to Washington.
Patrick Barron, a rougher, and John J.
Broderick, a pnddler, both employed in tbe
mill, are the inventors, and they feel very
confident that they have struck something
that will save time and labor, and will pro
duce a furnace that combines all the advan
tages of modern furnaces for the boiling of
iron.
It is a strange fact that every art in the
manufacture of iron and steel has been con
tinuously and wonderfully improved upon,
except the laborionsandlong drawn ont task
at a puddling furnace. Many improved
furnaces have been built but only one was
ever produced that laid any claims to lessen
ing tbe time and labor of the puddlers. That
was the "Danks" furnace, upon which the
patent has now expired. x
31 ay Mean a Great Saving of Money.
greater portion of the hard work out of ex
istence, and, it is claimed, will save from
250 to $300 to the firm that adopts it. If
this can be accomplished, a lessened cost of
puddling will be the result. Tbe puddler
will be enabled to turn out more iron with
a consequent increase in wages, or he can
turn Out the ssme amount as he does now,
and have more time to himself and family.
The furnace is of double construction.
One part will be used to beat the metal and
tbe other to form or ball the iron for the
rolls. The part in which the metal will be
melted, will revolve and may be called the
drum or cylinder built on a stationary raised
platform with any desired capacity, ranging
from 1,500 to 3,000 pounds. The furnace in
which the "heat" of iron will receive the
balling process will be very little different
from the old style puddling furnace.
The draught stack will remain stationary,
but the l urn ace and fire grate proper will
be transferable, and will have to be shoved
on a moving wheel truck to the one station
ary to receive the metal in a liquid state,'
which will pass from tbe drum, by means of
a conveying trough, into the furnace from
the top, and then shoved back and properly
placed under the stack. In this way a pud
dler can make a heat in less than one-half
of the usual time. Tbe balling furnace can
be built double or single, but not to be any
larger than those now in use. The one sta
tionary can be made to supply two or more
of the others. The drum for heating will re
quire a heat of 3,500 and the other 2,800.
Gas or Coal May Be Used.
Either coal or gas may be used, and, if
gas, it will have to be turned off from the
movable part while it is taken to and re
turns with the heat, which will not require
any longer -than five minutes. Bnt it coal
is used there is no detachment necessary.
Another very interesting feature is
claimed for the new process, which, if
practicable, will be most favorably received
by tbe men and the raanu'acturers, and that
is tbe so-called hard stock or the interior
grade of pig iron will be overcome. In late
years this has caused a great deal of trouble.
The hardest part of the work, which is ill"
melting or the proper materialization of a
heat in a puddling furnace, will be done in
the drum or melting cupola.
The cost of the melting and balling fur
nace will not be much more than "3,000, but
the main cost will be in the melting part,
which is little more than some of the late
improv d gas pud ling or heating furnaces.
The ballii g furnace can be made of the old
cheap style, and can be constructed on the
singl'- or double kind, but with no mcease
in the capacity, in which there would be no
gain. The main saving in the new process
also will be in the amount of ore necessary,
which will be reduced to less than one-hal ,
and besides no scrap iron will be necessary
for making the artificial bottom.
A representative of the firm said yester
day that as soon as the patent had been
secured by Messrs. Barron and Broderick,
they would assist in having the furnace in
troduced. President Weihe was asked for an opin
ion as to the practicability of a double furn
ace, and while he had never beard ot one, or
knew ot one being tried before, he thought
it altogether probable that the Soutbside in
vention would be a success.
THE PAIKTEES' SCALE.
Their Demands Have Been Approved by
the General xecutlve Hoard.
The following is tbe painters' scale for
next year. Its adoption will be demanded
March 1:
First From the first Monday In March, 1891.
nntil the first Monday in March. 1S92, nfty-three
(53) hours shall constitute one week's work,
Itvlded as follows: Monuays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays. Thursdays and Fridays nine (9)
boors each, at SSJ4 cents per hour; Saturdays
eight hours eacb, ja 37 cents per hour.
becond Overtime shall be fifty (50) cents per
hour. Sundays and the following legal boll,
days. Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day and
Washington's Birthday, SI per hour.
Third Employers to pay carfare to and from
alMobs dally.
Fourth Employers to pay half board when
men are sent ont of tbe city, and expenses of
going to and returning (including time spent
traveling), which will be charged at the regular
rate of wages.
Fifth Tbe hours of work shall be from 7 a.
M. to 12 M., and from 1 to 5 p. M.: or 7:30 A. M.
to 12 at., and from 12 JO P. M. to 5P. M.
Sixth No journeyman painter or apprentice
will be permitted to mix color, arrange scaf
folding, prepare pots, brushes, or perform any
labor whatever, previous to regular starting J
iime. or aiier me regular quitting lime, unless
he receives pay at overtime rates.
Seventh Employers will be compelled to
furnish "guy lines" for all swing and scaffold
ing work and anchor chains where hooks can
not be used.
Eighth Bosses to be recognized as union
contractors must handle sufficient work to keep
two unlonjnea employed at least five months
of the year. This law does not apply to mem
bers of the unions.
Ninth All employers shall be reqnired to
pay up lu full at the place where the men work,
on their regular pay day or on or before tbe
hour of quitting work, and for each bonr the
men are detained the v shall be paid according
to the regular rate of wages, and if the men fall
to receive their pay on said day, no member of
the Brotherhood shall De allowed to work for
said employer until the men are paid.
SOTEEEIGNS NAME OFFICESS.
Annnftl Session of thp Grand Council Was
, Held last Evening.
The Grand Council of the Sovereigns of
Industry met last night and elected the fol
lowing officers: Grand President, W. M.
McCnllough; Grand Vice President, G. M.
Murphy; Graud Secretary, S.Harper; Treas
urer, Theo. F. Anshutz: Conductor, Thomas
Lewellyn; Inner Guard, A. W. Smart;
Outer Guard, Joseph Hipkins; Trustees, C.
B. Stewart, C. B. Wood, C. Eberle, G. M.
Murphy, John Paullson, John Ambler,
Mrs. B. Houghton.
Tbe retiring Grand President, J. D.
Buckley, was presented with a diamond
ring.
Bntttnjr Acalnst lair.
If the carpenters ask for eight hours this
year it will be necessary to override a con
stitutional law, providing for a two-third
vote to carry such a proposition. As stated
in The Dispatch two weeks ago, there
was great dissatisfaction when this fact was
discovered, and it looked as though tbe
majority who had voted in favor ot the move
wouia lorce tne issue.', j j-
THT$ PITTSBURG- DISPATCH,
A RIOT NEAR LATROBE.
How Matters Stand In the Coke" Region
Titty Plnkerton Men Arrive With Their
Wlnchesten-Bainey'a Men Are Still at
Work.
The 15,000 strikers in the Scottdale region
are still firm,and it is not believed any
actual settlement will be reached for a
month.
A ear load of Pinkerton men, embracing
the select men of that bnrcau, arrived in the
regioos'yesterday. They number about 50,
ind were stationed at the Eainey and sev
eral other plants to watch the strikers and
prevent raids. Bainey is still a little ahead
in his fight with the United Mine Workers,
though the latter claim to be gaining ground
rapidly.
The Moyer plant is still the only one in
the district in fdll operation. A march of
the strikers on the plant was to have taken
place to-night, bnt was postponed owing to
the expressed willingness of the men to
strike next week.
The strike is already partially broken at
Ft. Hill, where about one-third of the men
went back to work. Paull is out solidly,
however. Atcall will be issued to the meu
employed at the Junction Coal Works next
week, to join the strike.
. All business in the coke regions is para
lyzed, and the merchants are complaining
of a wonderfnl lessening in their daily
sales.
The Hungarians at the Whitney works,
east of Latrobe, were rioting all day yester
day, and it is likely that another murder
has been added to the list. Five or six Huns
went to Latrobe in the afternoon, and filled
up with whisky. Three of them pounced
on a companion, and after beating him,
threw.him over a high embankment. The
murderers then fled.
THE QUESTION IS UNSETTLED.
Carpenters Waiting for a Decision on the'
Eight-Hour Movement.
.' At the meeting of the Building Trades
Council last night the matter of the eight
hour demands came up for consid
eration. Agent Irwin, of the Car
penters' Council, denied the statement
that his craihad decided tomake the move,
bnl stated that's the question bad been sub
mitted to the Executive Board ofthe Brother
hood, which will'trender a decision within
the next week. ""
It depends on this decision whether the
demand shall be made ok not, and until that
decision is rendered officially will any out
sider know what action will be taken.
' Endurance Has a I-Unlt.
An employe of the Westiirghouse Air
Brake.Works, at Wilmerding, sa"ld yester
day that the men could not endnie the
present arrangement much longer.VThey
work only seven Hours, nve days a week,
uuu fcnuse wno nave large zamines 10 S'
to sup
much port cannot stand the reduction
longer.
Helping the Strikers.
t Tbe Amalgamated Association sent tbe
regular installment of benefits to Braddock
yesterday to be distributed among the wire
mill strikers.
" Industrial Notes.
Chableroi carpenters want 52 50 for nine
hours' work after April L
The hod carriers have a membership of over
1,000 in Allegheny county.
The employes of the. Glassboro, K. Y., glass
company have sued the firm for back pay.
PiTTSBrmo stonecutters are making arrange
ments to join tbe international union.
A boofimo-tafeb mill is to be erected by
Philadelphia capitalists at Mendelssohn, above
McKeosport.
Lfwis Bros:, of this city, are at the head of
a concent that decided yesterday to locate a
tln-Dlate plant at boutb Jollet, 111.
John Kane, member of the United Mine
Workers' Executive Board, said yesterday the
determination of tbe miners is that all coal
mined must be weighed.
Caekoli, Ulmbr, a furnace contractor, says
the furnaces In the South are suffering for
coke, and the Southern coke fields have proven
Insufficient to supply the demand.
Toor Privilege and Dqty
Is to secure some of the bargains at Thomp
son's New York Grocery.
Extra sugar-cured hams, per lb 9
Extra sucar-cured shoulders, per lb. 6
16 lbs California raisins 1 00
14 rb Valencia raisins. 1 00
6 ft a evaporated apricots 100
5J4 8s California peaches 1 00
Pure ground pepper, per lb 12f
Choice Orleans molasses, per gallon 33
Choice Uoney Drip syrnns, per gaL 33
15 lbs grapulated sat soda 25
-BO bars good scrubbibg soap 1 00
30 bars white floating soap 100
5 bottles English pickles 1 00
16 lbs dried lima beans 1 00
1216? cream cheese 1 00
12 cans good tomatoes. 90
12 cans good sugar corn 85
& &1 large lump Btarch 25
12 cans good peas 75
12 cans good string beans 75
12 cans golden pumpkin 90
uauiorma peaches, per can 20
California pears, per can 20
uauiorma apricots, per can
California white cherries, per can..
California black heart cherries, per
can
California white grapes, per can. . . .
California egg plums, percan
18
20
20
15
15
15
00
uaiuorma green gage plums,
CtU SBaaaaaaas
35-fi) palls apple butter.
per
8 res. prepared cocoanut 1 00
9 cans fine French peas....s 1 00
1 dozen parlor matches, 200's 10
2 lb j. English breakfast tea in
fancy basket 60
Goods delivered free to all parts of both
cities. To those living out of the city we
will prepay freight on all orders of $10 and
upward to any station or landing within 100
miles of Pittsburg. Send for price list
M. B. Thompson,
301 Market street and 69 Third avenue, op
posite Gnsiy's.
Is Disease a Punishment for Sin?
The following advertisement, published
by a promitjent western patent medicine
house, would indicate that tbey regard
disease as a punishment for sin:
"Do you wish to know the quickest way
to cure a severe cold? We will tell you.
Tocureacold quickly, it must be treated
before the cold has become settled in the
system. This can always be done if you
choose to, as nature in her kindness to man
gives timely .warning and plainly tells you
in nature's way, that as a punishment for
some indiscretion, you are to be afflicted
with a cold unless you, choose to ward it off
by prompt action. The first symptoms of a
cold, in mo'st cases, are a dry,loud cough and
sneezing. The cough is soon followed by a
profuse watery expectoration and the sneez
ing by a profuse watery discharge from the
nose. Jd severe cases there is a thin white
coating on 'the tongue. What to do? It is
only necessary to take Chamberlain's Cough
Eemedy in double doses everv hoar. That
wiH greatly lessen the severity of the cold
and in most cases will effectually counteract
it, and Cure what would have been a severe
cold within one or two days' time. Try it
and be convinced." 50 cent bottles for sale
by druggists. -wsu
Continued.
The sale ot 50c table linens kt 39c. The
Cash Store. Thobxioit Bros.
, BESIDEHisof Lawienceville, Bloomfield,
ilillvale, Sharpsburg, Etna will read the
fad" of tbe special remnant and clearance
sale of drygoods and carpet? in to-day's Dis
patch and remember our branch stores are
at 4038 and 4100 Butler street, near arsenal.
Same prices. J. H. Kunkel & Beo.
Not Half Price.
"We place on sale Monday morning 100
pieces colored and black mohair alpaca lus
ters at'19e, 36 inches wide. Tbey will go
quick he on hand. The Cash Store.
THOBNXON BK03.
SUNDAY, iFEKRTJABY
TACKLING A RECORD.
Pittsburg's Rival of Succi Getting
Heady for His Long Fast.
HOW HE IS GOING 10 BE WATCHED.
Some Peculiar People Who Were Willing to
Take His- Chances.
SCIENTIFIC INTEREST IS AROUSED
Matters are now about in shape for Elmer
Ambrose Collins, the Allegheny young man
who is anxious to attempt the starvation
feat,' to commence his long fast of 30 days.
Collins is at cresent engaged in selling
Masonic goods, bnt is a potter by trade, and
was lor some years a resident of East Liver
pool, O. He has been selected to contestfor
the $1,000 offered by Mr Davis from a num
ber of applicants, including meu and
women. People who may have an idea that
the contest against starvation was not a
bona flde affajr will likeiy have all doubts
dispelled by reading a description of the de
tails of tbe arrangement.
First of all, when Collins commences his
fast he will have four watchers placed
about him. These gentlemen are all medical
students from the Western Pennsylvania
Medical College, are in the class ot '91, and
will become full-fledged Esculapians after
their grad nation from college in March.
Their names are as follows: S. C. Milligan,
J. K. Sterrett, J. L. Hess and J. Burt
Armstrong. In addition to these four
watchers, all the daily papers of "Pittsburg
will have representatives present who will
also be sworn and who will stand a regular
watch with Collins, and will state truthfully
as to whether he eats or attempts to eat,
from hour to hour, and render a faithful and
careful account 6! his condition.
Hourly Bulletins to Be Issued.
Bulletins will be issued hourly, showing
just how he is, and giving his temperature,
how much flesh he has lost, and many other
tests which will be made for scientific pur
poses. In order to guard against all danger,
a well known physician will be with Collins
a portion of each day, and if any time he
Bees fit to cair a halt ou account of threat
ening the life of the; faster, the fast will
come to an end.
Chief Brown, of the Department of Public
Safety, when the fast was first announced,
expressed himself In opposition, and some
very spirited correspondence passed between
bim and the manager' of the uovel contest
acainst hunger, but he became satisfied that
all proper precaution was to be used, and
gave his consent to the contest, after con
sulting with City Attorney Bnrleigb, but
not without the proviso that a renresenta-
1 tive of his department should be present
throughout the contest, and make daily re
ports to him of the progress. It he becomes
satisfied at any time that it is cruel or
dangerous, he will at once move actively in
thetaatter.
Collins, the faster, expresses himself that
he will not only -do without food for 30 days,
but sals he is going to corral Manager Da
vis' exnea inducement if he breaks therecord
of40dazs. The doctors will provide water
and lemon juice for Mr. Collins, which will
be his solldiet as long as he remains iu t he-
contest.
Collins Has given Mr. Davis a release
from all responsibility. Mr. Davis has
agreed with Mr. Collins as to a compensa
tion if he shslPj-emain without food for tbe
first 14 days of file last; if he fails to do this
much, he will have his labor and his empty
stomach left for his undertaking; if he con
tinues 30 days, he will receive $1,000.
Some Very Funny Correspondence.
The most curiouspart of this contest has
been that as many women as men have ap
plied for the privileged starving themselves
lor revenue. Here is asample of a letter re
ceived from a Pittsburg'woman:
Mr. Harry fjavls:
I am willing to undertakd to fast 35 days for
the amount offered. tIz.A$1.C00. I am quite
sure I should succeed. Hoppng you will kindly
put my name on the list. j
The lady gives her name (and address, bnt
adds as a postscript: "I kindly request you
not to give my name' to the public just at
present, but will sign it to tlfe postscript in
good laltn. l
Another lady from the East I
, End writes
jur. .uavis:
I would like to try for the SLOW.) As matters
now stand I do not get any coo diuch to eat,
and think that if I succeed, my dhildron and
myself would fare much better than tbey do
now at the hands of a dissipated husband and
father. Tbe only privilege I ask 18 that I be
allowed to talk-as much as I please. S
nere is a characteristic letter frojm a well-
known person:
X
Ground Hon T)a-
NATIONAL iflLITAKY HoitK.
UOMPANT 'Mi, 1IAYTON. OJ0.
.
DEAR SIB. I see by Saturday's Disipatch
that you have offered f 1,000 to any man who
will abstain for food for 30 days. "An man"
means me, ana If you mean business y'Au can
find me at tbe Soldiers' Home, Vhere
I have been for several months stuffing
myself with pork and beans and dried app!e
Sietlfeelas if I would Dnrst. Please renlem
erhat I need $1,000 to rejuvenate'tbe G at hug
Qun, ana will go without grub 30 days for the
privileze of resuming business at the old stand.
Why not make that free-for-all, a go-as-yoV"
pleaso arrangement, .and the longest faster
takes the boodleT Your trur.
,T0M W'HITTAKEB.
Walked From Toungstown to Try It.
Anomer uisunguisuea representative o
Youngstown walked in from that place an
made application. He said that he was C
years old, and when notified that his ag
Darren. n:m our, saia ne was sorry, ana nro.
ceededlo "strike" the manager for the price
oi a arinic, ana atartea to tramp his way
Dacs: nome.
Mr. Collins! is a man who does not drink;
is unmarried, 29 years of age, and desires to
wager $100 with anybody that he will ac
complish the teat.. This is the first time any
thing of tbe tort was ever attempted in
Pittsburg, and it is alreadv excitinz no
little interest in scientific circles. As has
been already stated in The Dispatch,
the fast will begin Thursday evening, at
Mr. Davis' Fifth avenue place of amuse
ment, f
x
The man who hesitates is lost, says a prov
erb. The man or woman who hesitates to.
take immediate advantage of onr great
shirt offering all this coming week will lose
their chance to get values the like of which
they never saw. i Guskx's.
Agents In Both Cities
Contribute special to let lists for Monday's
Dispatch. These are most excellent repre
sentative lists, and their simultaneous pub
lication is very convenient to renters.
A high-grade beverage is tbe Pilsner
beer, brewed by the Iron City Brenery.
Kept at first-class bars.
The prices named on shirts for our great
sale all this week are less than it would cost
to manufacture them-. Just figure it out.
Guskt's.
Of Great Interest to Renters
Are the special To Let lists appearing every
Monday and Thursday in The Dispatch.
SlXTT-irniE cents wilL&U this week bny
a shirt of the finest French percale of a ma
terial and design rarely seen outside o' a
custom shirt at $2 50. We have over 100
dozen of them, but they will not last long
when the people see what they are. Jump
quick. Guskt's.
The Best Representative Bent Lists
Can be obtained in The Dispatch on Mon
days and Thursdays.
Iroit City beer is' uniformly excellent.
None but the periect article is allowed to
leave 'that -brewery. Ask-forit.at your
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SOME FACTS MJT-CATAIBE
BY. DR. S. B. HAETMAN.
The lining membranes of the nose and
throat being most exposed to the air are usu
ally the first to become affected by catarrh.
As soon as the catarrh becomes seated either
in the nose or throat it begins slowly to
spread to other parts. Numerous passages
open into the pharynx or upper throat; and,
as they are all lined with tbe same mucous
membrane which line the pharynx, the
catarrh can easily find its way to almost any
part of the body. It may go upward into
the middle ear and cause deafness, or into
the frontal sinuses and cause constant
frontal headache. The catarrh may go
downward through the cesopbagus into the
stomach and cause dyspepsia, or through
the larynx, trachea and bronchial tubes to
tbe lungs, causing hoarseness, loss of voice,
chronic cough, bronchitis and consumption.
Whatever course the catarrh takes the
disease remains tbe same, and a remedy that
can be relied on to cure it in one place can
also be relied on to cure it in all places.
Fe-ru-na seeks out at once the deranced
parts and restores the diseased and flabby
mucous membrane to health aud elasticity.
Pe-ru-na is a natural tonic to the capillary
blood vessel;, which are weakened or de
stroyed by catarrh. Here are two cases in
which the catarrh had already reached the
middle ear, producing deafness (as it al
ways does):
Mr. Frederick Bierman, of McComb
City, Miss., had chronic catarrh very badly
for many years. The disease finally passed
up the eustachian tube into tbe middle ear,
and had almost destroyed his hearing. He
has been taking Pe-ru-na bnt for a short
time, and his catarrh is very much better,
and he hears again as well as anyone.
Mr. W. D. Stokes, Baton Eouge, Xa.,
writes: "I have had chronic catarrh very
badly, noise in the ears and nearly deaf. I,
used your i'e-rn-na according to directions,
and am now well; can hear the tick of a
watch ten feet. Your Pe-ru-nais a wonder
ful medicine."
The following case illustrates the dreadful
condition which chronio catarrh of throat
and head can produce, and the utter failure
of the ordinary treatment to bring any re
lief: SHELtSBtTEO, BEDFOBD CO., PA.
Peruna Medicine Co. I was a sufferer
from catarrh in my head and throat. I
doctored with one of the best physicians in
our place for that terrible disease, and found
no relief. Bnt in 1883 I lost my speech,
and was not able to do any kind of work for
nearly three months. I could neither eat
nor sleep. , Pe-ru-na did wonders for me,
and now I am in better health than I have
been in ten years. Yours truly,
Isaac Nicodemus.
No remedy can equal Pe-ru-na in cases
where the catarrh has already attacked the
lungs, as in the following case:
Mrs. J. W. Beynoids, ol New Lisbon,
Columbiana county, Ohio, says she has suf
fered with congestion of the lungs, catarrh
in the head, and was troubled with a bad
cough. She had tried a number of physi
cians, but tbey all failed to cure her. ohe
was induced to try Pe-ru-na, and imme
diately a marked change took place. After
using Pe-rn-na her congh ceased, and in a
short time her other ailments were cured.
She is now completely restored to health,
aud gives all the credit to Pe-ru-na.
Hundreds of testimonials like tbe above
furnish tbe most positive proof that Pe-rn-na
is a radical cure for catarrh. What Pe-ru-na
has done so many times, is doing every
day, it will do again.
A pamphlet giving full instructions for
the cure of catarrh sent free to any address
by the Peruna Medicine Company, Colum
bus, Ohio.
Only pleasant results follow the use of
ales and beers of the Iron City Brewing Co.
All dealers keep them.
The advertisement the sale will give us
will be our profit. We refer to tne sale of
shirts for tbe next six days. GtJSKT'S.
For a good-fitting suit go to Pitcairn's,
434 Wood street.
For the values in Boys' and Children's Clothing, which we shall give the public durinc
the coming week. Fifty thousand dollars' worth of good wool and workmanship to be
turned into gold for you. This is not an offering of small lots of poor sellers, not a sale
of special lots, but a sweeping and severe sacrifice on the whole of our still large stock
of Boys' and Children's Clothing.
We must convert as mucn as possible ot it into cash before the season closes, and
the prices are down to hard -
buyers, for hrst choice is always best
Don't fail to see the
SCHOOL SUITS,
(Aqea 10 to 13)
Which we now offer at $3.75
and $4.25.
Suits lower and suits higher
in price of equal value. Take
the whole stock and there
isn't a fancy price in it. It's
a case in which you can
it blind" and come
ahead.
If a whole suit is not
go
out
re-
lquired there are some rare
jhances in rants,.both short
Ind long.
F YOU have an idea inside
that you need a new hat outside
your head,here's the spot to. put the
idea into practical shape. You'll.
fincfl that we are up head on hats, and
cam serve you to good advantage. Some
ijng styles are already in
prices. Very latest
to $3.24.
It's h
rdly necessary for us
adies, Men, .Boys and Children, or that UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR
and HOSIERY are here in big variety at the right price. We can
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NEW ADVERTISE3IENTS.
LADIES!
LADIES!
OUR FIRST OPENING OF
to make a lasting impression upon
None but stylish dresses are shown; they are all finished in the best pos
sible manner and a perfect fit can be depended upon. This being so,
there's no excuse for paying modistes a. fancy figure for their services.
RARE VALUES INDEED.
As a means of making this department popular, we make inaugural offerings that
will certainly be appreciated. Here are a few of them :
Ladies' Black Navy Gray Tan Cashmere Suits, high shoulders, velvet trimmed, only
?6 75, actual value 310.
Ladies' Check Wool Suits, pleated, velvet trimmed, $8 75, well worth $14.
All-wool Tailor-Made Cloth Suits, newest shades, $10 45, real value S18.
Other and richer Suits, $14 75, $16 50, $17 50, $18 50, $19 75, $21 50. $23 50, $25 and
upward all of these are worth from 33 to 50 per cent more than the figures quoted.
A complete line of Black Cashmere Suits from $10 50 up.
WRAPPEES We show a complete line of fashionable Wrappers from 93e up.
NEW SPRING BLAZERS.
The display is well worth seeing. These goods are of the finest quality, latest color
ings and designs and range in price from $2 25 to $9 75. All will wear well.
Ladies' Sateen and Surah Silk Waists at exceedingly low prices.
' 4 Beautiful Spring Cloaks of entirely new design for Infants and Children.
GIVE IE YOUR HAND. .
We mean to take the measure of it. You have no excuse for going without Gloves so
long as we are selling an8-bntton Suede Mosquetaire (tan shades) at 73c a pair. 350 dozen
fo choose from. These are regular $1 25 Gloves jnst taken from the case. Our new Foster
book Glove, the "Vincent," at $1, is the best value and the best fitting glove ever offered
anywhere. 'New shades in Embroidered Party Gloves just opened.
it"240 dozen Ladies' White He7nstitchcd Linen Hand
kerchiefs, jy our choice ioc each, worth from 18c to 25c. Sold
in packages of half dozen only.
0eribcvm?
510-514 MABKET STREET.
WANTED, A MATC
pan; with the pan thrown
in.
WANTED, A HATCH!
yourhead
s
,PRING.
at our usual
styles from
our competitors ?
to remind. you that we keep a superior article in SHOES for'
save you money any day on TRUNKS, SATCHELS and
TRAVELING BAGS of every description.
&
Q&wmi
300 TO 400 MARKET ST.
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LADIES!
LADIES' SPRING. SUITS IS SURE
all who visit this new department.
Strictly fresh goods, prices that tell
their own story and courteous clerk3
ever ready to wait upon and consult
the tastes of patrons are aniong the In-
ducements offered to buyers. All we
ask is a trial, feeling confident that
those who purchase here once will
come again.
fel5-TTS3a
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Early buyers will be wise
On small suits,
FOR SMALL BOYS,
(Ages 4 to 11)
The price is very small. No ,
mincing matters here. When .
we set out to do anything J
we do it right.
Quitea good field for choice
at even $2, and unmatchable ;
values for S3 and $4.
You'll find these same prices
quoted elsewhere, like
enough, but you'll hunt a
long way for the quality for
the money.
That's rushino- the. spa-
HI
son, you think. Well, Spring Over
coats, then. We have received
the advanced euard of our our-
chases in these, and are ready to show
you some very pretty styles any time
you wish to see them. It may seem ,a
little early to begin advertising them,
but when did you know us to be behind
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