9?St -1 - - 3 PITTSBURG DISPATCH. TUESDAY, 3, 1S9L -..-', ., - ,. , '---.- - - , vx-i ;r- '., ' : 10 THE f Vx iff v i - .--. -"3jP'v adored me, while the commanders of the reciment, -who ircre constantly being changed, looked upon me as an incurable evil. "I was calmly, or rather boisterously, en joying my reputation, when a certain young man joined our resident. He wss rieb.nnd came of a distinguished family I will not name him. Uerer in my life did I meet with so brilliant, so fortunate a fellow! young, clever, handsome, with the wildest spirits, the most reckfcss bravery, bearing a celebrated name, posvssing funds of which he did not know the amount, but which were inexhaustible. 1'ou may imagine the effect he was sure to produce among u. My leadership was shaken. Dazzled by my reputation, lie began bv seeking my friend ship. But I received him coldly; at which, without the least sign ot regret, he kept aloof from me. "I took a disliketo him. His success in thereciment and in the society of women brought xncto despair. I tried to pick a quarrel with him. To my epigrams he re plied with epigrams which always seemed to me more pointed and more piercing tbnn my own, and which were certainly much livelier; for while he joked, I was raving. "Finally, at a ball at the house of a Polish landed proprietor, seeing him re reive marked attention from all the ladies, and especially from the lady of the house, who had formerly been on verv Iriendlv terms with me, I whispered some low insult in his ear. He flew into a passion, and gave me a slap on the cheek. We clutched our swords; the ladies tainted; we were sepa rated; and the same night we drove out to fight. "It was nearly daybreak. I was standing at the appointed spot with my three sec onds. How impatiently I awaited my op ponent! The spring sun had risen, and it was growing hot At last I saw him in the .distance. He was on foot, accompanied by ocly one second. "We advanced to meet him. He approached, holding in his hand his regimental cap, .filled lull of black cher ries. "Tne seconds measured 12 paces. It was for me to fire first. But my excitement was so great that I could not depend upon the certainty of my hand; and, in order to give myself time to get calm, I ceded the first shot to my adversary. He would not ac cept ir, and we decided to cast lots. "The number fell tohimjconstant fivoritc of fortune tbst he wasi He aimed, and put a bullet through my cap. "It was now my turn. His life a,t last was in my hands; I looked at Jiim eagerly, try ing to detrct 1' only some faint shadow of uneasiness. Bui he stood beneath my pis tol, picking out ripe cherries from his cap and snittm;: out the stones, some of which fell near me. His indifference enraged me. What is the Uie,' thought I, 'of depriving lnm ot life, when he sets no value upon it.' As this savage thought flitted through my brain I lowered the pistol. " 'You don't seem to be ready for death," I said; 'you are eating your breakfast, and I don't want to interfere with you." '"You don't interfere with me in the least, he replied. 'Be good enough to fire. Or don't fire if you prefer it; the shot re mains with you, and I shall be at your serv ice at any moment.' "1 turned to the seconds, informing tbeni that I had no intention of firing that dav. and with this the duel ended. I resigned my commission and retired to his little place. Since then not a single day has passed that I have not thougnt ot my re venge: and new the hour has arrived." Silvio look train his pocket the letter he had received that morning, and handed it to me to read. Someone (it seemed to be his business agent) wrote to him from Moscow, that a certain individual was soon to be married to a young and beautiful girl. "You cues?," said Silvio, "who the cer tain individual is. I am starting for Mos cow. Ve shall see whether he will be as indifferent now as he was some time ago, when in presence of death he ate cherries!" "With these words Silvio rose, threw his rap upon the floor and began pacing up and down the room like a tiger in his cage. I remained silent. Strange contending feel ings agitated me. The servant entered and announced that the horses were ready. Silvio grasped my baud tightly. He got into the telega, iu which lay two trunks, one containing his pistols, the other some personal effects. "We wished good-bye a second time, and the horses galloped off. II. Many years passed, and family circum stances obliged me to settle in the poor little village of 2v . Engaged in farming, I sighed iu secret for my former merry, careltss existence. Most difficult of all I found it to pass in solitude the spring and winter evenings. Until the dinner hour I somehow occupied the time, talking to the starosta, driving round to see how the work went on, or visiting the new buildings. But as soon as evening began to draw in, I was at a Ids s what to do with myself. My books, in various bookcases, cupboards and store rooms, I knew by heart. The housekeeper, Kurilovna, related to me all the stories sbe could remember. The songs of the peasant women made me melancholy. 1 tried cherry brandy, but that gave me the headache. I must confess, however, that I had some fear ol becoming a drunkard from ennui, the saddest kind of drunkenness imacinable, of which I had seen many ex amples in our district. I had no near neighbors with the exception of two or three melancholy ones, whose con versation consisted mostly of hiccups and sizhs. Solitude was preferable to that Tiuallv I decided to go to bed as early as possible, and to dine as late as possible, thus shortening the evening and lengthening the day; and I found this plan a good one. Four verjts from my place was a large estate belonging to Count B.; but the steward alone lived there. The Countess had visited her domain once only, just alter her marriage, and she then only lived there about a month. However, in the second spring of my retirement, there wa a report that the Countess, with her husband, would come to spend the summer on her estate, aud they arrived at the beginning of June. The advent of a rich neighbor is an im portant event for residents in the country. The landowners and the people ol their household talk of it for a conple of months beforehand, and for three years afterwerd. As far as I was concerned, 1 must coafes, the expected arrival of a young and beauti ful ueishbor affected me strongly. I burned with impatience to see her, and the first Sunday attcr her arrival I started tor the village, in order to present myself to the Count and Countess as their near neighbor aud humble servant. The lootman showed me into the Count's study, while he went to inform bim ot my arrival. The spacious room was furnished in a most luxurious manner. Against the walls stood inclosed bookshelves well fur nished with books, and surmounted by bronze busts. Over thcm.irble mantel piece was a large mirror. The floor was covered with greeu cloth, over wbich were spread rugs and carpets. Having got unaccustomed to luxury in my owu poor little corner, and not having be held the wealth of other people for a long while, I was awed; and I awaited the Count with a sort of tear, just as a petitioner from the provinces awaits in an ante-room the ar rival of the Minister. The doors opened, and a man, about 32, and very handsome, entered the apartment. The Count ap proached me with a fru::kand friendly look, I tried to be sell-possessed and began to in troduce niysell, but he forestalled me. "We sat down. His easy and agreeable conversation soon dissipated my nervous timidity. I was already passing into my usual manner, when suddenly the Countess entered, aud I became more confused than ever. She was, indeed, be.iutiiul. The Count presented me. I was anxious to appear at ease, hut the more I tried to assume an air oi unrestraint, the more awkward I felt myself becoming. They, in order to give we time to recover myself and get accus tomed to my new acquaintance, conversed with ode another, treating me in good neighborly fashion without ceremony. Meanwhile, I walked about the room, ex amining the bpoks and pictures. In pictures I am no connoisseur; but one cf the Count's attracted my particular notice. It repre sented a view in Switzerland. I was not, Jbowever, struck by the painting, but by the ' -- ..--v-T- -.m:. m '-JiAf-TWHMMsliliiV - " iMirfiffMTilmifrM i n? sfiifa-t Mv'Trri-f --V hf-''"-'-'-'''-'-' "- .-fc..JH.-r-T, -1.-.A.-. . . A...- . - ' , . J&&.iffift. ,. . (V - ABXAjtftJjBMaMMHMijBMM Sjk-y. " VrftjtSLaifttnMk- ifl'&ISfflH8ia""wR'iaa1siri J HhiTi Mff J"HI fact that it was shot through by two bullets, one planted just on the top of the other. "A good shot," I remarked, turning to the Count "Yes," he replied, "a very remarakable shot." "Do you shoot well?" he added. "Tolerably,' I answered, rejoicing that the conversation had turned at last on a subject wbich interested me. "At a distance of 3(1 paces I do not miss a card; I mean, of course, with a pistol that I am accustomed to." "Eeally?" said the Countess, with a look of great interest "And you, hit dear, could you hit a card at 30 paces?" "Some day," replied the Count, "we will try. Iu my owu time I did not shoot badly. But it is four years now siuce I held a pistol in my hand. "Oh," I replied, "in that case I bet. Count, that you will not hit a card even at -0 paces. Ttie pistol demands daily prac tice. I know that from experience. In our regiment I was reckoned one of the best shots. Once I happened not to take a pis tol in hand lor a whole month. 1 hud sentmy own to the gunsmith's. "Well, what do you think, Count? The first time I began again to shoot I four times running missed a bottle at 20 naces. The Captain ot our company, who was a wit, happened to be present, and he said to me, 'Your hand, my friend, re fuses to raise itself against the bottle.' No, Count, you must not neglect to practice, or you wiil soon lose all skill. The best sbotl ever knew used to shoot every day, and at least three times every day before dinner. This was as much his habit as the prelimi nary glass of vodka." The Count aud Countess seemed pleased tbat I had begun to talk. "And what sort of a shot was he?" asked the Count "This sort. Count: If he saw a flv settle on the wall . Yoft smile. Countess, but I assure you it is a fact When he saw the fly he would call out, 'Kouska, my pistol!' Kouska brought him the loaded pistol. A crack, and the fly was crushed into the wall." "That is astonishing!" said the Count. "And what was his name?" "Silvio was his name." "Siivio!" exclaimed the Count, starting from his beat. "You knew Silvio?" "How could I fail to know him? we were comrades; he was received at our mess like a brother officer. It is now about five years since I last bad tidings of him. Then you. Count, also knew him?" "I knew nim very well. Did he never tell you of one very extraordinary incident "Do you mean the slap in the face. Count, that he received irom a blackguard at a ball?" "He did not Jell you the name of this blackguard?" "No, Count, he did not. Forgive me," I added, guessing the truth, ".orgive me I did not could it really have been you?" "It was myself," replied the Count, greatly agitated; "and the shots in the pic ture are a memento of our last meeting." "Ob, my dear, said the Countess, "for God's sake, do not relate itl It frightens me to think ol it" "No," replied the Count; "I must tell him all. He knows how I insulted his friend. He shall also know how Silvio re venged himself." The Count pushed a chair toward me, and with the liveliest in terest I listened to the following story: "Five years ago." began tne Count, "I got married. The honeymoon I spent nere, in this village. To this house I am indebted for the happiest moments of my life, and for one of its saddest remembrances. "One afternoon we went outV riding to cctlier. My wife's horse became restive. She was frightened, cot off the horse, handed the reins over to me and walked home. I rode on before her. In the yard I saw a traveling carriage, and I was told that in my studv sat a man who would not givp his name, but simply said that he wanted to see me on Imsinesr. I entered the study, and saw in the darkness a man, dusty and un shaven. He stood there, by the fireplace. I approached him trying to recollect his face. " 'You don't remember lue, Count?' he said, in a tremulous voice. " 'Silvio 1' I cried, and I confess, I felt that my hair was standing on end. " 'Exactly so,' he added. 'You owe me a shot; I have come to claim it Are you ready? A pistol protruded from his side pocket "I measured 12 paces, and stood there in that corner, begging him to fire quickly, be fore my wife came in. He hesitated and asked for a light. Can dies were brought iu. I locked the doors, gave orders that no one should enter, and azain called upon him to fire. He took out his pistol and aimed. "I counted the seconds I thought of her A terrible moment passed! Then Silvio lowered his hand. " 'I only regret,' he said, 'that the pistol is not loaded with cherry stones. My bullet is heavy, and it always seems to me that an affair of this kind is not a duel bnt a mur der. I am not accustomed to aim at un armed men. Let us begin again from the beginning. Let us cast lots as to who shall fire first' "My head went round; I thick I ob jected. Finally, however, we loaded an other pistol and rolled up two pieces of paper. These' he placed inside his cap; trie one through which, at our first meeting, I had put the bullet. I again drew the lucky number. " 'Count, you have the devil's luck,' he said, with a smile which I shall never for get "I don't know what I was about, or how it happened tbat he succeeded in inducing me. But I fired and hit that picture." The Count pointed with his fiuser to the picture with the shot marks. His l.ice had become red with agitatiou. The Countess was whiter than her own handkerchief; and I could not restrain an exclamation. "I fired," continued the Count, "and, thank heaven, missed. Then Silvio at this moment he was really terrible then Silvio raised his pistol to take aim at me. "Suddenly the door flew open, Masha rushed into the room. Sue threw herelt upon my neck with a loud shriek. Her presence restored to me all my courage. " 'My dear,' I said to her, don't yon see that we are only joking? How frightened you look! Go and drink a class of water and tlicn come hack; I will introduce you to au old friend and comrade," "Masha was still in doubt. " 'Tell me, is my husband speaking the truth?' she asked, turning to the terrible Silvio; "is It true that you are only jokins?' " 'He is always jokiuir. Countess,' Silvio replied. 'He once in a joke gave me a slap in the lace; iu joke he put a bullet through this cap while I was wearing it; ami in joke, too, he missed me wheu be fired just now. And now I have a fancy for a joke." "With these words he raised his pistol as if to shoot me down be Tore her eyes! "Masha threw herself at his feet " Miise, Mashal For shame!' I cried in my passion; 'and you, sir, cease to amuse yoursclt at the expense of an unhappy woman. "Will you fire or not?' " 'I will uot,' replied Silvio. 'I am satis fied. I have witnessed your agitation; your terror. I forced you to fire at me. That is enongh; you will remember me. I leave you to your conscience.' "He was now about to go. But he stopped at the door, looked round at the picture which my shot had passed through, fired at it almost without taking aim, and disap peared. "My wife had sunk down fainting. The servants had not ventured to stop Silvio, whom they looked upon with terror. He passed out to the steps, called bis coach man, and before I could collect myself drove off." The Count was silent. I bad now heard the end oi the storv of which the beginning had long before surprised me. The hero of it I never saw again. I heard, however, that Silvio, during the rising of Alexander Ipsilanti, commanded a detachment of in surgents and was killed inaction. Trans lated from the Euttian of Alexander Push kin for the b'trand Magazine. -SHIton'SCoDgbandConinrnptionCnreissold by us on a guarantee. It cares consumption. Sold by Jos. Fleming A Son, 412 Market at Mrs. WnrsLOWs Soothing Syrup for Chll dren Teething produces natural quiet sleep, I A POLITICAL FREAK. All About the New Curiosity in Wash ington, Sockless Jerry. HOW HE SUDDENLY WON HIS FAME. Seductive Lodgic Wilh Which He Carried Away the Grangers. WILD WESTERN FINaXCIAIi THEORIES "Washington, March 2. Jerry Simp son, of Kansas, the Congressional curiosity, is now one of the leading attractions of Washington. Heis better known as the "sock less statesman," and by this name he will be recognized as the Kansas farmers' hope in the next session. Terry promised his buffalo grass constitu ents that he would camp within gunshot of the Capitol. So far he has kept his word he is at the Kenmore on Capitol Hill, "When a caller sends his card up to Jerry he always comes down to see what the trouble is about So far he has not resorted to be ingsickorout, but has responded in a "route step" way aud seen every visitor. Jerry's Personal Appearance. Jerry is an ordinarv looking man and should himself and another man.be lined up and a third induced to pick out the Congress man Jerry would be second choice every time. The sockless pride of the "West is about five 5 feet 10 inches high. When he stands erect he looks as if he were leaning against a post. This is supposed to come from his habit of leaning against posts around his town, where, through ward politics, he was Town Marshal lor some years before his elevation to Congres. The handshake of Jerry discloses the fact that while he may be intended for a farmer representative, he is not of the class of farm ers who report in person for labor in the fields. His hands .are the softest thing about him except his new office. He is re ferred to by those acquainted with him as a farmer by consent for political purposes. This hay press and sockless statesman was enjoying Washington when I called on him to-dav. Some foreign glassware was being rapidly prepared for the ash barrel. "What are you doing, Mr. Simpson?" I asked. "I'm drinkin' a little clnrieta,"he replied cordially. "Won't ye jine?" A Head of Kcbelllous Hair. I took a glass of claret and looked over my friend, whom I had known in Kansas. Gold rim glasses partiallv obscured the ex pression of his eyes. During the campaign it was a plain wire rim. His hair seemed inclined to be independent almost obstrep erous and stood on end, each particular hair apparently fightinc for more room. Constant agitation by Kansas zephyrs is tbonghtto have lent it a quality of stiffness. The distance between the hair line and his dark eyes is scarcely equal to the aver age measurement outside of an asylum. The facial angle is suggestive of n town marshal or a rider of a bucking bronco. The mus tache looks downward, and instead of arrest ing its progress in its downward course by the timely interference ot a barber, Jerry surrenders it to the mercy of a cigar "snipe" and the incisors in the immediate vicinity. He has an emphatic malaria complexion. The points of his shoulders press forward and downward, eveu more so than the aver age farmer as he lollows his cultivator on a bright spring morning. He does not move as If he was trying to stop a herd of cattle on the stampede; it is decidedly a town marshal walk with a record of "two drunks per month." He wears a No. 9 shoe without apolocizing to anyone. By way of statesmanship he re marked to-day tbat he was not embarrassed in tbat part of his anatomy in the slightest degree, and said, "I can stand a good deal of tramping over in that house called the Capitol." Overwhelmed With Gilts of Socks. Jerry has been somewhat embarrassed since the campaign by the receipt of over 300 pairs of socks. About one-third of his stock is a present from a woolen mill at Fort Scott. Kan. They were accompanied by a card in which it was expressed rather deli cately that the manager hoped from the bot tom of his heart and pocket that the re cipient would ever be fnund ou the side of protection to the woollen industry in its many branches. Jerry says that he prom ised bis people to do whatever they directed, and should they request that he show no favors 1o his Fort Scott friend he will be placed in an exceedingly delicate position. He hopes the manager who grasped the sit uation so thoroughly and his constituents will agree, and this will relieve him of his first embarrassment since his great victory. In the absence of a great rush to see him all Jerry's callers will be supplied with his card. He decided on the wording soon after his election, and used it without any reser vation during the Senatorial Crlit in Kan sas, when he had a weather eye to succeed ing Insalls in advertising his State, for the United States Senate. The card was as lollows: JERRY SIMPSON, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Congressman-elect Bie Seventh No socks. Jerry has donned stockings, but there is no mistaking the fact that he is rigged out a la faitner. He intends that his makeup shall be that way, and, having seen a great many farmers, he is able to produce a fair imitation. The stripes in his "pants" are very dis tinct and run perpendicularly instead of longitudinally. ' His present stock of "pants" shows a broad, yellowish stripe al ternating with a chestnut sorrel section. His coatand vest came off the same shelf. Everything fits like paper on the wall when the floor above has! beenvisited by the fire department. But it is not on the surface that the Sam son qualities of Jerry was discovered. His dynamite strength in the political quarry, as will he recalled, was due to bis disregard of socks. It is rumored that since Jerry broke into the improved conditions he claims that he always wore socks, but this is certaiuly untrue, as there are many thou sands of people in-the southwest quarter of Kansas who know better. It is thought there he should not seek to leave the boat that took him across the political tea. The most telling feature in Jerry's cam paign speeches among the fellows who cir culate in the short buffalo grass was proof absolute that he did not wear socks. In order to get up the enthusiasm that would raise bim, as the rolling waves do the bather, he would, very early in his speech, elevate one prong of his "pants." Proof of IIli Uncovered Feet. At this the old white hats with leather Jen ii Simpson. bands invariablv were thrown recklessly to the stifl Kansas 'breezes and Jerry scored a point. He appreciated this good point much better than anyone else, and he al ways gave the boys time to yell loud and long. He would follow this Sullivan blow with another equally as effective. He would state tbat his opponent wore silk stockings. This was a clincher. Jerry always had time after this to touch his lips to a glass of water and run his hand over liis face with out a handkerchief. By the time the echoes of the uproar had died" away Jerry was pressing his cause by stating that his opponent was a "town feller," and "don't know anything about what we farmers want." This was another shot that was answered by yells of delight. The opponent, who was lost under a cyclone of ballots over 7,000 deep. Colonel J. B. Hallowell, of Wichita, was a line colonel after engaging in over 50 battles. He took a bath presumably before entering into the campaign, and changed shirts, under ordinary circumstances, once a week. Added to this deficiency he was not able to prove to the people that he did not near socks. He made the usual liberal Western Republican promises, including pensions, while Jerry met him more than halfway on the pension promises by spelling pension with an "h" as many of Jerry's letters show. lavish With Political Promises. In the promise department no one could make a better showing than Jerry. In this he was end man and the other man was not "in it." Jerry not only promised with an earnest "Canuch" expression but always accompanied it with an acceptable guar antee. He would often leave a strong suspicion in the minds of everyone that he would forever drive out of Kansas the hot wiuds and pull the gold away from the monopo lists "down East" in favor of Kansas crops, and that running streams would make happy the valleys of sadness. The sod houses would soon develop into marble mansions surrounded by a network of light ning rods and glittering brass balls. The red clover this side of the Missouri and Kentucky's blue grass were to locate in his district between suns, and the telling part about it all is the people believed it. Jerry told them that he would give them all the circulating medium per capita they wanted. They were all a little short on circulating medium and he would make it at least 150 per man, woman aud child. If his constituents wanted it "raised" to J4.000 per capita they need only send him a card to Washington, D. C. in the shadow ot the Capitol, and he said, "you shall have it." His favorite scheme was to have the boys appoint a committee to "figger an estimate" on the gold and silver in the mountains "not found." "Take this estimate as a basis and grind out your paper money to cover it," he fre quently exclaimed. Mr. Simpson's Financial Policy. If this would not make the amount of cir culating medium the boys wanted, and if the boys should say, Turn her some more, Jerry would say, "We will give that press down there another whirl aud yon shall have more on a raised estimate of that pre cious metal in the mountains." This was one of his pet schemes and guarantees and always interested the people. In the presence ot national banks he took unto himself the peculiarities' of a Texas bull when confronted by a man wearing a red shirt. He always made the national banks mount their horses. He maintained that it would not be easy for him to pass a law to compel the Govern ment to loan motley on laud until after the amount of money in circulation was in creased. The land, he claimed, was all mortgaged to the point of changing owners, but if they wanted him to put the cart be fore the horse he would do so. He would never be "stuck up," but always keep a sharp lookout tor Kansas' best interests. The sub-treasury scheme was verv much polished by his artistic hand. He would have the Government loan money on all the products oi ths farm, and, it necessary, loan one year ahead on products and the promise of any good constituent that he would culti vate a certain number of acres. Uncle Sam was to be given a lesson in domestic affairs and be a kind, gentle old man, with spend ing money ever ready lor any membetf his family. - Logic That Captured the Farmers. Jerry referred to the distillers' as "the pre ferred creditors of the Government" He insisted they got "money certificates" on "young whisky" whatever this means. From this he would increase the noise until reaching the climax, where he proved to the crowd conclusively that the Government should loan money on cribs of corn and bins oi wheat. This was a fatal blow to his op ponent, and Jerry was referred to as the most practical man that ever made himself known in this world or any other. Jerry was seen to-day "in the shadow of the Capitol," and in answer to a qnestion said he was afraid that he would not be able to put everything through this term. It might require a second term. During the campaign when he had made the promises he was acting under the hope that the Alli ance would capture the Government at the election of November 4 Presidency and both Houses of Congress. He did not mean to elect a President, but to force that pres ent high official to deny himself of the pleas ant sensations of the veto power in the face of a universal uprising ot the Alliance. But he is certain be will be in a live ma jority at every point of the compass next limei and if he fails this time the boys need only show their confidence iu him once more when the Government will sustain the people for a time by way of thanks for the people having for a century sustained the Government. Such are Jerry and his financial views. THE EIVAL COKFEBEHCES. A Member of tho Bowman Body Expelled for Defamation ot Character. Amentowj.-, March 2. The Bowman I Evangelical Conference this morning de posed from the ministry and expelled from the Church Itev. N". A. Burr, of Adamstown, for gross slander and defamation ot charac ter. Bev. S. P. Sprong brought the charges on the strength ot postal cards written by Barr to Sprong, in which occur these words: "Bob.Ingersoll is the champion blasphemer. You arc last gainiug the reputation of.being the champion liar ot America. If you have a superior, it must be Esher, Horn, Bowman or Yeakel. Not lor all the bishops' hats, historical chairs and editorial tripods in the world would I want to be in your place. Yours, in pity." Officers elected were: President, Eev. S. B. Brown; Vice President, Eev. W. K. Wieand; Secretary, Eev. A. Krecker. The Sunday scnool and Tract Society elected Eev. O. L. Saylor President; Eev. J. S. Newhart, Vice President; Eev. T. L. WentZr-Secretary; Eev A. Kindt, Treas urer. The previous treasurer, Eev. Mr. Seyfurt, having paid no money into the general Confeience treasury, Eev. Messrs. Weidner, Williams and S. T. Leopold were appointed a committee to obtaiu au explana tion from hitn. The anti-Bowman Conference transacted routine business mostly. Revs. F. H. Boniig aud G. W. Gros3 enrolled them selves as willing to take work. Eevp. C. S. Baker, 1?. F. Erdman and D. S. Stauffer were appointed to investigate the affairs of the Charitable Society. Iu Need of Helri. Mrs. Betsey Hicks, of Burgin, Ky., is at the Sixth Avenue Hotel and is badly in need of help. She came here to attend the funeral'of her son Eobert who was killed by falling from a bridge at Steubenville. i The Handsomest Lady In Pittsburg And all others, call on druggists-tor a free sample Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure. BEAT, ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, MM. 401 Smithfleld Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue. Capital, 5100.000. Surplus, JC9.000. Deposits of $1 and upward received and interest allowed at 4 per cent tts' NEGtECT your hair and you lose It. Parker's Hair balsam renews zrowth and color. Pah kkii'S GinoskTonic strengthens the weak. THE IARCH HEAYENS. The Astronomical Spring Begins on Hip 20th of the Mouth. VENUS WILL HE THE MORNING STAR Doth Mars and Jupiter Are .Vow Illuminat ing the Evening bky. ANCIENT NOTIONS OP THE TLANETS The sun enters the sign of Aries on the 20th, venal equinox then takes place, as tronomical spring bezins, and as the golden rays once more illuminate the North Pole the days aud nights are equal' all over the globe. The equinoctial crosses the ecliptic every year when trie suu "enters Aries, but not at the same point. It retrogrades about 50 seconds of arc in a year, and this com plicated movement is called the precession of the equinox. This backward movement continues for about 25,000 years, when a new cycle be gins. If the earth were a perfect sphere there would be no precession of the equi noxes. There is, however, a protuberance of matter at the equator, and the powertul influence of the suh and moon acting upon this forces the earth to' respond to the at traction aud causes a rolling or wabbling motion of the pole of the earth around the pole of the ecliptic, in a small circle, and with so slow a motion that a revolution is completed in about 26,000 years. The change in the polar star is another result of this movement The present pole star will not hold that distinction 2,000 years hence, but will be replaced by the bright star Vega. Movements of the San and Moon. The sun rises on the 1st about 6:30 and sets shortly before 7, the day being one hour and a quarter longer at the close of the month thau at its beginning. The March moon does not come in until the 10th. Before the waning moon takes its departure it is in op position with Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, but planet and crescent are rather too far apart and the meeting at too early a period of the day lor any but the earliest risers to obtain a view. Mars and the young moon meet on the 13th, followed two days later by conjunction with Neptune. On the 23d th'e moon and Saturd come fairly close to each other, but the disk of our satellite is too well rounded to admit to Saturn's light being seen to advantage. One of the most important events, as far as the chnrch calendar is concerned, occurs on the 2.1th, when the moon fulls. The Sunday following this full moon is Easter Sunday, from' which the date of Ash Wednesday and other church days are reck oned. Conjunction with Uranus on the 27th clones the lunar events for the month. Venus is morning star, and is during the month peerless among the planets. She is 'the most glorious object that adorns the firmament dunug the early morning honrs among tbe myriad hosts that glitter aud twinkle in the celestial world arching above the observer who rises in time to behold the enchanting picture. Venus Approaching a Conjunction. Her luster has been growing dim during the past two. months, thoush the change can scarcely be perceived. She is approaching the sun now, and will he 20 minutes nearer that luminarv when the month closes than (she is to-day. It requires 220 days to make the journey from western elongation to supe rior conjunction, which occurs on September 18, but only 72 days are necessary in passing from interior conjunction to western elon gation. The conclusion has been reached by astronomers tbat tbe period of rotation of Venus around her axis is equal to the period of revolution around the sun, and that the actual period of the length of the day in the planet is 221 of onr days. Nothing has so lar been disclosed in relation to the progress, of the eight-hour labor movement, as to whether laborers appear to be paid by tbe day or by the hour. Jupiter is also morning star, bnt just at present he is not very brilliant He has not emerged sufficiently from the sun's ravs to admit of our seeing him, as he rises only half an hour ahead ot the sun. He is, how ever, gradually widening the distance, and at the end of the month will be up oue hour and n half before sunrise, and as his size H gradually increasing he will be a beautiful object some little time before morn begins' gleaming in the East. Jupiter is moving rnpidly to the westward, and is approaching Venus as the latter moves to the eastward, and the two are also getting closer together in declination, Venus moving north with greater rapidity than Jupiter, so that early in April tnere win De a rare treat afforded us, ns the two brightest planets will be iu conjunction. Sntnrn an Interesting Study. It will be well worth the sacrifice of a por tiou of the morning nap to take a peep at the time of the event, as the conditions are much more favorable than is usually tbe case. Saturn is morning star until the 4th, when he reaches a point 90 Irom the sun, or what is known ns opposition, which, on account of its being the most favorable for observation, is the one in which astrono mers like best to catch him. Owing to the motion of the earth, the times when the edge of Saturn's ring is turned toward us do not accurately correspond to those when it is turned toward the sun, and the points of the planet's orbit in which this may occur range over a space of several degrees. The most interesting times for viewing the rings with powerful telescopes arc ou those rare occasions when the sun shines on one side of the ring while the dark side is directed toward the earth. On these occasions the plane of the ring if extended far enough, would pass between the suu and the earth. Saturn's dedication to-day is 8 18' north, he comes to the meridian shortly after mid night, his polar diameter is 1G' C", and he is found in this constellation of the Lion. Mars is evening star, and to careful ob servers who have followed his course and noticed his gradujl reduction iu size and in appearance from the fiery red and Very bricht planet to the very modest proportions he has attained will probably have but little difficulty in picking him out, ns his ruddy glow has not entirely faded out, and he re mains above the horizon almost three hours after sunset Wheu he does disappear he goes down about nine degrees to the north ward of the spot at which the sun sets. Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus. It is difficult, however, to realize that this can be the planet that aroused so deep and world-wide an interest at his opposition in 1888. His right ascension is 1 hour aud 33 minutes, his diameter 5 ', and he is in the constellation of Aries. Mercury is morning star until the 23J, when it is in superior conjunctiou with the suu and becomes again an evening star. He is now too close to the sun to be seen with unaided vision. Even were the distance greater, the southern declination o; the planet would render it almost impossible to pick him out in the eaHy twilight He is rapidly coming north, and his size i-. also increasing very fast, so that we shall soon be able to see him at bis best. Neptune is evening star, and we can get a very fair idea of his whereabouts it we look midway ou a line extending from the bright star Aldebnran, in the eye of the Bull being pursued by Orion, to the Pleiade. The moon on the lStU will also serve tn mark the position of the planet, as the two heavenly bodies are at their closest for the month at that date. Neptune and Mars share the honor of being the only two even ing stars as the month oiens. Uranus rises about 9:45 o'clock in the evening, but bis position is such that he is, astronomically speaking, a morning star. Tbe fact of his being in conjunction with tbe moon two days after it is lull, although it might serve to locate the plauet, would not aid us in distinguishing it, as the very brightness of the almost round face of Lqna r , serves to dim all stars in its immediate vicinity. , Ascension and Declination Defined. We find the terms right ascension and de clination occasionally used in our attempts to indicate definitely tbe positions of heaven ly bodies. These terms are used-in a way analogous to that in which the position of a city or ship is defined on the earth, namely, by a system of celestial latitudes and longi tudes. The measure which in the heavens corresponds most nearly to terrestrial lougi tude is called right ascension, and that which corresponds to terrestrial latitude is called declination. The celestial meridian from which right ascensions are counted is the one which passes through the vernal equinox or point where the equator and ecliptic cross each other. The right ascension of any star on this meridian is zero, and the risht ascen sion of any other star is measured by the anjle whicli the meridian passing through it makes with the first meridian, this angle being always counted toward tbe east The declination of a star is its distance from the celestial equator, whether north or south, exactly as latitude on the earth is distance from the earth's equator. The earliest observers of the stars had no suspicion of their true nature or of the dis tances that separate them from us'. If they did not think them within reach of their hands, they supposed that they were at least, almost iu a literal sense, accessible to the voice. Homer says that the highest pines of Mount Ida passed beyond the limits, of the atmosphere and penetrated into the ethereal recion through which the clangor of the arms of his heroes reached to the sky. This sky was a solid hemisphere, a bell rest ing upon the earth, or, according to Euripi des, cover set over the work of the sublime Artisan. Some Ancient Notions of the Heavens. The Hebrew psalmist of the eleventh cen tury before our era said to the Lord: "Thou stretchest out the heavens as a pavilion." The stars of Anaximenes were fixed in this vault like nails. The celestial bell covered a flat earth which was surrounded by water ou every side and every nation imagined it self in the center of it. The Incas exhibited this center in their sanctuary of Cuzco, the name of which signifies navel, as tbe Greeks also saw it in the Temple of Apollo at Del phi, which was called the navel of the world, and was celebrated by Pindar under that name. The Chinese located the navel of the earth in the city of Khotan. The conception of the earth as flat and like a cake prevailed in European civilizition till the Crusades, and the lazzaroni of Naples have it still. THE SIGNS THAT FAIL. Hoot Owls and IVllil Geese Come in Con tact In Weather Predictions This Tear The Old Time "Weather Bureau That to Como To-Day. During much of the time of the last 28 months most people have been in the habit of indulging in uncharitable reflections on the "Weather Bureau, but if they take tbe trouble to inquire into their premises for a rew minutes they will be more lenient. The dc oresting ot the country has upset all cal culations, and we can no longer safely give the warning: When tbe peacock loudly bawls. Then look out for rain and squalli. Even pigs, infallible barometers in oldeu time, no longer squeal with their z:alous regularitv to indicate to their owners changes of weather. Forty years ago nearly all farmers still re tained a portion of primitive instinct and could tell by the turning of leaves, "tramp ing of snow," by their wood fires, rheumatic twinzes, aching bones, burning of corns and bunions and many other infallible signs when a change of weather was on , the pro granime,but theremainsof thatinst'incthave been lost in the dependence on the Signal Service, near its stations, and, as above stated, the climatic disarrangement caused hy forest destruction in the East and tree culture in the West, have upset all the prog nostications of the backwoodsman. This winiertheornithological and ground hog authorities coutradict each other, with the odds strongly in favor of the latter. The hog is getting there with all four feet, and tl.e King of beasts backs him, while the wild geese, robins, aud several species of spring-singing birds are this morning mourning the error in their calculations. The only bird that has vindicated his reputation for wisdom is the hoot-owl. Mr. Charles Eobh, of Robin son township, swears by the hooter and he has vindicated the faith placed in him, but like the Signal Service people, ha only makes predictions for short periods. On Tuesday night they hooted with a vigor and weird solemnity that carried conviction to the minds of all who have made a study of their language that a radical change of some kind was impending, and a day or two later the "Weather Bureau causht on. THE BUENOS ATEES TROUBLES. State of Slefie Is Still Continued Bnt There Is Not Much Fear of Troable. BlTEos Ayiexs, March 2. The state of siege which was declared some time ago and which was raised during the holding of the elections of members of the Chamber of Deputies continues here. It is not likely that there will be any immediate trouble. It is generally believed that the intervention of General Mitre, ex-President of the Re public, will lead to a settlement of the diffi culties which are agitating the country. Business throughout the country is at a standstill. There is little confidence in the situation and in consequence the granting of discounts has been greatly curtailed. All news which was received in this city regard ing the revolution in Chile is generally mis trusted. KEGB0ES IN A BAD WAT. Those Who Emigrated to Oklahoma With out Money and Without Work. Oklahoma, March 2. A deplorable state of affairs exists among the negroes who lately emigrated to this Territory. They have come. to the number of several thousand with the understanding that the Govern ment would feed them, and give them a piece of land. They are now opening their eyes to the fact that the land is all taken by white men, and tbat the Government will uot feed thera, and as they have no money aud there is no work for them to do, they are in ft deplorable condition. They are at starvation's door with not a friend within 1,000 wiles, as, many of them are from Louisiana. Missis- sippi and Arkansts. PABMEBS IN A SCBAP. A Dispute Over the Itental of Acres That ItcsnIU In JMnrder. CoukCIL G1OVE,Kan., March 2. Isaae Doircll shot and instantly killed J. II. Wharton, about eight miles north of this city, this forenoon. Both Dowel 1 and Wharton were fanners and the shooting grew out of trouble over a farm wbich they both claimed to have rented. Dowell was arrested several years ago in this county on a charge of murder, but turned State's evidence and wjs acquitted. Dowell claims that Wharton fired two shots at him first and he only acted in self defense, while the friends of Wharton claim be was unarmed. The Coroner's jurv is now inves tigating the circumstances of the killing. Censured the School Dlrcctorn. On account of the trouble in the Seventh ward sehool, Allegheny, a special com mittee has audited the books and found them to stand as reported in The Dispatch yesterday. The committee only censures the board for uot publishing annual state ments. For couartis and throat troubles n;e Brown's BronchlalTroches. 'I'heyetopan attack of my asthma cough very promptly." CFalch. JUlauii vlllc. U. SI OO Until May 1-S3 50. 12 cabinet photos, or one life-size crayon for 53 SO at Aufrccht's Elite Gallery, 616 Market street, Pittsburg. Use elevator. SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND. As They Are Contrasted With Those in the Emerald Isle. THE DUTIES OF THE IHSPECT0RS. Reading of the Bible Relegated to Denom inational School;. A SYSTEM THAT SHOWS DP WELL iwniTTKS ron Tni dispatch.! In your issue of Thk DispATCn of Sun day, February 15, you have an article on "Schools in Ireland," written by a person who seems to know something of the educs- I tional system of that country, and who en deavors to show that the public school sys tem there is far below or much inferior to that of the pnblic school system of the United States. !Not having resided in the Emerald Isle, and not having studied the Irish school system, I therefore cannot gain say anything J. II. Leonard asserts in his article; but some of his assertions appear to me to be somewhat misleading. For instance, he says the District In spector visits the schools once a year only to note the average attendance, on which he bases the teacher's salary. If this be the only duty an inspector of schools in Ireland has to perform, I" cannot see why tbe in spectors should be university men, or men who have passed examination in advanced English studies. Any person of ordinary intelligence might be able to examine school registers and report the average attendance to the "Board of Education." The Schools of Great Britain. But L am wanaerine from mr subject. Public schools iu Great Britain are vari ously named. Some are termed Board schools, others Uation'l, others British, others Wesleyan, others Koinau Catholic, Free Church, etc. A boy or girl is at liberty to attend any public elementary school in his or her district, by paying the weekly fee, which amounts to from 2j:ents to 12 ceuts.per week, accenting to the stand ard or step tbe pupil maybe in. Besides this weekly fee, the pupils have to provide themselves with books, slates, etc., at their own expense. In quite a nnmber of schools everything in the shape of books and slates is provided free; the only things the pupils have to pro vide where tins obtains are pencils and ex ercise books. I may here add that the read ing of the Bible and the teaching of Cate chism is resorted to in denominational schools, that is,. schools conducted by Wes leyans, Episcopals, Catholics, etc., but every parent has the right to withdraw his child from such instruction if be has any objections to it. The law on the point is very plain, and is hnng on the walls of every school receiving Government grant? in money. It is termed the conscience clause. The religious instruction given in any nublic elementary school in Great Britain must he given either at the com mencement of tbe day's studies or at the close. The Course of Studies. The subjects of instruction in these schools are: Beading, writing and arithmetic termed the three R'; geography, grammar, history, singing, and, besides these, they can give instruction in one or two of the follow ing subjects: Botany, physiology, mathe matics, physical geography, mechanics, French, German and Latin. These latter subjects were termed special. Children under 7 years were termed in fants, and nttended what was termed the "in fant school," while those over? attended the boys'; girls' or mixed scboo!,tbe latter being composed of both boys and girls. In boys', girls' or miiel schools it was not com pulsory to teach anything but the three It's, but even in small country school, where there were only from 40 to CO pupils, the teachers were never satisfied with merely teaching the three It's, singing, geography, grammar'aud English or Scottish history be ing taught in addition. , How They Are Inspected. All these public elementary schools were visited once every year at least by the much-dreaded and majestic Inspector of Schools and his assistants, fur the purpose of examining the pupils in their studies for the year. Some teachers thouzht the iuspectors remained too long in thier schools, and others were under the impres sion they were too eager to get away from the school. I must say here that the amount of money granted by the Government to each school depended entirely upon the re port which the School Inspector submitted to the Education Department. This grant of money by the Education Department did not depend solely on the average attendance of the pupils for tne ve.tr, but also on their proficiency in tbe 3 E's, singine.history, grammar, geography, discipline of pupils and general tone of the schools. A certain sum was pid per head for average attendance, and a certain sum for passing satisfactorily in each subject ex amined. In a school of 300 pupils, the grant of money from the Educational De partment would reach $1,200 or $1,500. and the school fees would amount to $1,200 or $1,300. Trlvate Subscriptions Help. In conntry pljces, if these monies were not snfficient, to meet the expenses of the schools, then private persons paid subscrip tions yearly to make up the deficiency. At tendance at school is compulsory in Great Britain, and officers are employed in every School Board District to whip in the irregu lar attenders. Many parents have to appear before the police magistrates and answer for tbe irregular attendance of their children. and many have to pav fines, which would pay a quarter's school fees. High schools arc established in most of the large towns in Great Britain, where pupils who have passed a certain standard or step, may re ceive instruction iu the higher branches ot their studies, by paying a very small fee not more than they paid in the lower school. Those whose parents are too poor to pay school lees can have their fees remitted by the "Poor Law Board," by attending and stating their case. In larce towns there are schools (free) to tbe poorest boys and girls. and should persons comiug to this country exhibit any signs of illiteracy, I do not think it is .or lack of educational facilities in Great Britain. Duties of Inspectors. School Inspectors in Great Britain act in a similar capacity to your "county or city superintendent" in this countrv. Tbey (or tbeir assistant must pay one official visit to each school in their district and report on the same to the Education Department every year, .uesiues mis visit, wnicn misut ne termed the "examination visit," the In spector may drop into a school at any time, and should he find tbat the schuol work was not being properly conducted, he would re port accordingly "to the Education Depart ment, and also to the school managers or directors. If, when payinz this unexpected visit to a school, he should find any errors in the marking of the school registers, the head master, or principal of the school, would be liable to lose his certificate as teacher, and be dismissed from the mastership of said school. I have here used the term "unex pected visit" to distinguish it from his "ex amination visit."1 The school managers 'and teachers are always notified of the examina tion visit, but never of his secret or unex pected visit. I daresay 1 could say much more on the question of Schools, etc., in Greit Britain, but am afraid I have already said as much as you will care to read. Oue thing I wish to say before drawing to a close, namely, persons who have been a number ol years away from the "Old Country" do not alw.iys represent things as they exist there at pres ent. I have heard "Irishmen" speak of their country and its people as though civilization had not dawned on it, and as though Ireland and the Irish were in the same condition now as 30 or 40 years ago. Assertions from this class of people should not always be taken for granted. "Pepet le BBzr." IS IT INCURABLE? No, Results Prove That Catarrh Is Cured, A VERIFIED CLAIM. Can tbe dread disease, catarrh, be cured? Yes. beyond a doubt onr treatment has proven successful wben all others bave failed. Thera aio numbers of treatments, bnt none so scien tific nor so sure in Its results as Drs. Copeland it Blair's treatment. Tbeir treatment is tbe re sult ot long years of patient study, practice and medical researches. We, at nrst, bad to assure people of its undoubtedly successful results. Now our cored patients do it for us, and In con sequence others who suffer crowd our officet daily to receive treatment and none are turned away that are not benefited. Mr. J. O. Kicely. residing at Derry station, 45 miles from Pittsbunr, and a traveling sales man for Otis, Shepard & Co., wholesale grocers,. doing business on Seventh avenue, this city, says: Mr. J. O. fficel. Derry Station, Pa. "I Vas tronbkd for over six years with catnrrh winch came irom a cold I contrarted while on one of my trips. .My head and nose became stopped up. first one side then tbe otbci; could scarcely breathe. The dropping of mucous into my throat was so bad tbat I bad to sit up in bed to sleep. 1 was subject tu oc casional dull, heavy pains over my eyes and nose. Had ringing or roaring noises In my ears. Conghed in the morninc and raised up quantities of mncou?. I suffered from sharp shooting pains in tbe chest, in tbe rrgion of the heart and nnder shoulder blades. II y appetite was poor. 1 felt distressed and suffered from a nausea at tbe stomach. Kelt dizzy on suddenly raising myself and my sleep was restless and. disturbed. I always felt tired in tbe morninc. "Called at the office of Drs. Copeland and Blair, and after examination, finding their charges so reasonable, I took treatment. Al most Immediately my symptoms disappeared. Headaches stooped and pains in chest harp ceased. Nose and head became clear, and I ceased conshing r raising mucous. Slept well and frit refreshed upon arising. 1 feel better in every way siuca they bare treated me than I have felt for years." INDORSEMENTS Of Dr. Copeland'j Homs Treatment far Catarrh. The following arc the names of a few of the many grateful patients who hare been cured by Dri CopelamVs Home Treatment, and have kindly requested their names be used as refer ence: Miss Lottie J. Forker, No. 730 Arcb street Meadvllle. Pa. Mr. Harry Phillips Hulton, Pa. Mr. W. C. Wilson, Canonsbnrs. Pa. Mi. Jacob Altmeyer, Kisher. Pa. Mr. Thomas C. Hooper, Bradaoclc, Pa. Mr. Williams, Hickman. Pa. Mr. John Wright. Chicago Junction, Pa. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE BY MAIL. Mr. W. T. Ilenshaw, of Prospect, Pa, says: "For years 1 suffered from catarrh without being able to find relief. Dr. Cor-eland's Home Treatment cared me." Mr. Henry Kose. ot Eckhart's Mines. Mrt says: "I suffered constantlj from chroma catarrh: conld eet no relief. Dr. Coneland'a I Homo Treatment cured me entirely." r Mr. G. C. Bcllis, corner Main and Canning- nam streets, iiutler. fa., says: "1 bad all a?gra. rated symptoms of catarrh: suffered constantly; nothing relieved me until I be-an Dr. Copr land's Home Treatment. To-day I am a well man." Drts. copeland & Blair treat with success all cnrable cases at 60 Sixth avenue, Pittsbunr, Pa. Office hoars. 9 to 11 a. m., 2 to 5 T. M. and 7to9r. M. (Sundays included). Specialties Catarrh and all diseases of the eye. ear, thrn&s and lungs, chronic diseases. Consultation, L Many cases treated successfully by maiL Send 2-cent stamp for qnostinu blank Address all mail to DR. W. H. COPELAND, 66 Sixth avenue. Pittsburg; Pa. mbl-Tussu 8EEMY SPONGE? 8HINP lour Shoes with WOLFF'S ACME BLACKING ONCE A WEEK! Other days wash them clean with SPONGE AND WATER. EVERY Housewife EVERY Counting Roorrj EVERY Carriage Owqer EVERY Thrifty Mechanic EVERY Bodg able to hoid a bru SHOULD USB Will stain Old & New runNmjitc Will Stain Glass anoChinawahc Will Stain tinware Will Stain your Old Baskets Will Stain Basys Coach " and TarnUh at tho samo time. WOLFF & &UUOLPH. PittadolnhU. OQftlFLEXBQN POWDER Is an absolute necessity of a refined toilet in this climate & as ! MEDICATED Combines eveVy element of beauty and purity. SOIjD EVERYVmERE. QRUNXENNESS StT LIQUOR HABIT. Ill ALt THE WORLD THKUi IS B0T0XBCORI DR. HAINES' GOLDEN SPECIFIC. ltcan bsplTen Inacnp of coffee or tern, or la articles or fuod. without the knowledge of tbe pa tlent, 11 neecsiary. It Is absolutely nannies an! Trill eflcct a permanent and speedr cure, wnetber " the patient u a moderate drinker or an aleohotla wreck, ir hEVEl: KAILS. It operate, so quktlr ana with sach certalntr that the patient undergoes no IncoiiTenlence. and ere he la aware. hl complete reformation Is ettected. page book free. To be had or A-J.;AAJ,JK?N- Sixth and l"enn St., Fltttbar E. IIOLUEN 4 Co.. 83 Federal St.. Allegheny, Trade supplied bjr UIO. A. KXL,r k CO.. nttst burr, l'a. eltlMS-TH SpjswQgjjrjjjwJSJS Y-mmPl do n w as v - ' COPTS) SY JEHK-SON gpeig. hS f' -j-j Jr-jJ-giLf Q g gg jg ITS S M ! Sm aj DftUfppp ri .i-; 1 ""
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