'tfWQW'' fsjRwap PITTSBURG DISPATCH. PAGES 17 TO 20. THIRD PART. "wiMiini wjiiijmmm -vcr jimMumimmmmmmmmewiw-sm9.m,? r -J L- ON A TRAINING SHIP, Bill Nye Visits the Time-Honored Steamer, Minnesota, and Takes Notes, ALSO A FINE BREAKFAST. Strange Scenes at the Physical Ex amination of Kecruits. HAPPY STUDIES U IKDIA ISK Eronght Oat by a Short and Decisive Engagement in the Bath.Tnb. 'DEFECTS THAT ARE BARS TO SERVICE unanis foe the DisrATcn.i T the time of this writing the United States steamship Minnesota lies at the loot of Tiftieth street, Xorth river, New York. She is housed over for the winter, and looks .like the trim little J" craft in which Xoah .-il; tpr defied the long wet ' lr J spell and saved his allied show to delight and astonish nations ret unborn. She is one of the United States training ships des ignated by the Secretary of the Navy for Hie purpose of enlisting and forwarding re cruits for the service who arc between the aces of 14 and 18. These youth mostly liope to be Admirals as soon as they can set a move on their mustaches. Some of them, 3 regret to say, aie disappointed. It was my good fortune not long ago. in cempany with Commodore Koeder, who may be seen on pleasant days walking the poop of the Pulitzer building, to visit the Minnesota and watch the examining beard engaged in the arduous task of se lecting proper young men for the service, and forwarding sound candidates to join them that do go down to the sea in ships. Iresctl Vp for a Picnic Dressing myself daintily in fine fatigue dress, with hectic necktie and high silk hat, sou villi hair thrown carelessly back to about the time of Queen Anne, I joined the Commodore, and we rode together up 2tinth avenue on a palatial train of de nted cars, each of nliich had a blase air, like that you notice on a spring morning vrlicn you lide a mile or two through clover meads and blooming peach orchards, and then snddenlv step into a nice air-tight sleeping oar. Did you ever, ohl dove-eyed reader, with the delicate-chiseled Grscco-Koman nose and also delicately chiseled pocketbook, en tered a sleemiigcar justas it was faking up? Didst ever ramble up and down a meadowv breot at early dawn, crushing the heather, and the sweet fern, and the bull frog for an liour. and then, flushed with success, un joint your rod and, with the dew and the daisies clinging to your high boots, catch an early train and step quickly iuto the great snore works of a through car? Did you ever m ling the rough, warm hand of Uncle J.uen at Wit way station a: jo Cloct A. 31., and with the memoiy of tansy and timothy and mignonette and fresh fried cakes and cberry blossoms, blunder hurriedly, while your eyes were a little moist from the patt ing, into the funky aisle of the sleeping catacombs, where you would think Gabriel could hardly get a buglcful of fresh air? ;h e Him a Keen Neck I'ain. "Well, that is how an all-night elevated train strikes me occasionally. It gives me Iieart failure and a keen neck pain which someday will driv- me to the use of creme ric tnentbe. l'iftieth street is a pleasing locality on the bill where the Cathedral and Vandcibilt properties are; but a few blocks away, where she bathes her neglected feet in the North river, you can get a flat very reasonably if you do not care much about euvironments. It is rather a rocky neighborhood, musical withthcbleatof the nanny goat, reeking with the blended odorsof passe New York odors that take one bicfc to the malarial summer following the flood, or the days when Pharaoh and his hosts began to swell up and float ashore. Stale beer, ovcr.timulated asparagus beds, ill ventilated hotbeds of vice, poorly corked ail night rum holes, cast off ciothing, cast off children, old and damaged marriage ties, unsecured and non-dividend declaring bonds Situating From the -Shore. of wedlock, purple nosed politicians, digni fied and greatly overestimated billy goats, mud. ooze, slime, pestilence, frog wotks, stench, and one long, piercing, wailing cry t heaven for soap, salvation ana Street Superintendent JJeatty, mark the locality. Iirt-aklnsl on the Minnesota. In strong contrast to all tnis came the clean and glistening decks of the Minnesota andthetrim aud well-fed officers who wel tmed us. We went down to the wardroom, where 1 removed my beautifully dimpled high hat, and we sat down to breakfast At first we had broiled fresh mackerel at least I think it was. Ye, broiled jnackeiel raised on the place. Then lamb chops, with nics browned potatoes cut in triangular hunks, also hot rolls. "We did not hae anv horse doovers. Sometimes they have huitres, but not always. Poissons are used quite commonly, especially when company conns on board. Eeleves occur on Tuesdays and rridays.We had cafe noir.also sliced oranges with crushed cocoannt on to them, also grown on the grounds. "Vins consisted of Phillip last's Burgundy and irapprd Crotouue Sec. Then cigars and Kix-eciie fiillowcd. 1 spoke on "Free Coin : ge aud 1'ree Lunch, the Kichly Upholstered .oi Toward Which We Are All Gaily Hastening Toward." I spoke from mere thoughu.so did not occupy much of the time. i wo iu every way u corKer. I Other speakers tollovred, but space will I cot admit of an extended reference to their w, $r 1 u f r? - Ml JES "s J) subjects or the remarks which were made. (Having made several excellent speeches at Delmonico's this winter which have not been reported fully, I refer above rather pleasantly to this one). Some Studies in India Ink. After our cigars we went above, and the examination of recruits began. We hap pened in accidentally while Dr. Keeney was engaged in examining a youth. He had on his breast a very good study in India ink of Washington crossing the Dela ware, and on one flank the bnrial of Sir John Moore. The doctors have to make memoranda of all marks and brands found on these applicants, and transmit them to Jlr. Tracy, who is making a collection of them. Some of these lists read like the cata logue of the Xiouvre; others read like the record of stock brands lor Sweetwater county, "Wyoming. Birth marks also have to go in. So the description might read Ajc Hurting the Ship's Timber. something like this: Name. Michael Door- lunger; residence, ijong jsiana uy; age, 15 years; height, 5 feet 9 inches; weight, 13S pounds; eyes blue, hair red, com plexion sallow," with olive green dapples on it; respiration normal, with tendency to raw onions in excessive quantities; pulse regular; vision average; birth marks, hnckleberrv on pit ot stomach, raisins on lcfi flank; other marks, Goddess of Liberty in India ink on forearm, portrait ot 53 shoe man en withers. Union Jack over pancre atis region, bar V bar brand on quarter, panorama of engagement be tween th" Merrimac and Monitor on pectoral region; admission 25 cents. Impromptu l'arents of th Minors. These bovs enlist to serve as apprentices until they "are of age, when they may, if still moral and free from the use of pro fanity, enlist regularly and have their trousers laced up thebaek for years to come. Minors must try not to enlist under 18 with out the consentof their parents or guardians. Some boys get pro tern, parents to come and give their consent; then, when the ship sails, the real parent, with a light running, noiseless hoe handle, comes down to the foot of Fiftieth street and threatens to knock a large chunk of! the jib of the war ship or kick her in the waist if the officers do not return his child. No minor person under 14 or insane per son or idiot (who is not related in any way with promiuent people), or female person, whether unavoidably so or not, or deserters from the army or navy, or life convicts who are detained by State prison authorities, or Mugwumps over 85 years of age not taxed, may be permitted to enlist under the pro visions of section 1,420 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Applicants must be able to read and write, but, if well, strong and bright, will not e required to read Browning and explain same while not under the influence ot liquor. 'What a Lad Takes Along. Shipping articles consist of the consent of parent or guardian, together with a plug of bronze chewing tobacco, a New Testament and a marine glass holding three pints. Hoys who have been convicted of a capital offense will not be accepted unless they can cancel their date of execution without loss to local managers. Itccruits are at once, upon their accept ance, made to bathe and' visit the barber. Some have to do this before they can be ex amined. After the bath, new birth marks, Swiss sunsets in India ink, tattooed Ka phaels and gaily romping goddesses of lib erty emerge from the mist of gathering years and reveal to the astonished surgeon new and beantitul designs in dados and home decorations. The boys are questioned and sworn in on the starboard side and examined physically on the port side on the port side of the ship. If you do not know which is the port side, you may easily detect it by asking the ensign or the commanding officer. The wash room and ljarber shop, containing three chairs, are tip one flight, abaft the foyer. A Discovery in Color Blindness. Dr. Keeney said he had some odd experi ences with color blind boys on exaniinatioi , One applicant was rejected on account oi color blindness who turned out to be an as sorterof colors in a silk factory. Atur further investigation it was shown that his trouble was in distinguishing primary colois. Alter that he would name the slightest change in shade with great accu racy, like "pink No. 20," "green No. 15," etc., clear down to a traction, but he couldn't be relied upon to tell plain green from blue. When first received on board the training ship the boys receive an outfit of clothing valued at 45. This amount has to be re funded if the wearer does not serve out the term of his enlistment, as the clothing very rarely fits the admiral or heads of bureaus at Washington, and so is practically worth less. Upon the expiration of his enlistment the recruit will, if recommended, receive an honorable discharge and continuous service certificate. Upon re-enlistment within three months from the date of discharge he will be entitled to three months' pay aud the freedom of the Atlantic Ocean and an in crease ot ?1 per month, which he may invest in Government bonds or cover into the United States Treasury, receiving silver certificates lor same; or he can through some reliable broker in New York, negotiate lor a nice, large watermelon. A Hadlj; Overworked Engineer. The engineer .came on board before we lelt, and after examining the place f here the engines used to be, retired to his apart ments for much needed rest. The gunner was not on board, but by good luck I did not know it while I was there, and so felt comparatively secure. While walking aft I thoughtlessly ran my umbrella thiough one of the timbers of the ship, but fortun ately did not spread it. The Minnesota is a very old ship, and, like the acting of James Owen O'Conor, somewhat rotten. Unlike his stage work, however, it was not always rotten. Peace aud gentle, eternal slumber to the brave old ship ! Site has won the quiet dock and com fortable repose that come in the twilight of au honorable life. Tnanking the officers for the pleasure aud delightlul hospitality of the day, I got the ship's carpenter to hammer out the places where my high hat had buckled to, and, shaking hands all arouud, we took our lives in our hands and started up Fiftieth street for home. Here it was, along this street, that the Minnesota's Japanese steward was held up by a gang and made to treat the Westside. I thought as I waded up through the opaque atmosphere and the choppy pavement that I would hate to leave anything out over night in that neighborhood that I cared anything about. Epecially my motives, unless I ex pected to find them impugned the next morning. " Bill Nye. Household goods packed for shipment. Haugh & Keen an, 33-31 "Water street. sa-- A WASHINGTON RELIC The Mouldering Old Stone Honse Which Sheltered the Hero OS HIS MISSION TO THE FKENGH. It Is Sow Utterly Neglected and Used as a Stable for Cows. SUGGESTION THAT THE STATE BUI IT rwniTTKf ron Tni msrJLTcn.j If history were to be obliterated, if de struction suddenly overtook the great vol ume which events between the head of the Ohio river and the western slope of the Allegheny Mountains has filled; if all records of valor, sturdincss snd industry were to be wined out, then Western Penn sylvania would let it all go in a supremo struggle for the preservation of one sacred leaf. All that is in local lore is not one half so dear to us as the fact that right here George Washington performed his first public services. These hills and valleys knew the Father of Our Country before the country knew him. It is a precious heritage to Western Pennsylvania, and not one that she would willingly part with. But with all this patriotic pride in the connection of Washington as a mere strip plinjr with the history of Western Pennsyl vania, the city of Pittsburg does not possess a siugle landmark, or relic either, of the earliest exploits of the lamous Virginian hereabouts. When he was first here, in the latter part of November, 1753, Fort Du quesne had not yet been built. Fort Pitt was a construction undertaken only after Duquesne was destroyed, and Boquet's old block house down at the Point is the only vestige now left standing of that relic of British rule at Pittsburg. It Once Sheltered TTasliinston. On the west bank of the Allegheny river, about 80 miles above Pittsburg, and only a mile below the town of Foxburg, there still stands a weather-beaten stone house which should become the property of the State if the traditions about it are true. It is said STONE HOUSE, ONE that in this house George "Washington stopped for a night when he was on his way as an envoy from Governor Dinwiddie, of Virginia, to the French then quartered at Forts Venango and La Beouf. If this statement is correct, the house must be nearly 14C years old. It certainly looks it. It stands on the Fox estate, nearly opposite' the mouth of the Clarion river, commanding a wide sweep of the Allegheny, both north and south. The hills there are rugged and the scenery is yet very wild. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph which I took of the old house on the occasion of a visit to it not long ago. The;nowlay deep on and about the house and I could almost imagine what the scene was like when voung Washington stopped there in the same month almost a centurv and a half before. It was described as frizhtfully stormy. For weeks he under went terrible struggles in pushing forward his expedition, twice coming within an ace of losing his life. Now the same hills were covered deep with snow, the same river was half frozen across, or floating with huge ice fields, and up the same valley the wind howled a hurricane. Only a rra-rmentary Story. There is no connected story in the neigh borhood of Foxburg, nor in the annals of Clarion county, by which the history of the old stone house can be progressively traced back to dates. There is only thegeneral tradition in all that section of the Allegheny Valley that Washington really did lodge in the place over night when, as a boy, he was acting as a commissioner to effect a settle ment of the disputed question of the occu pancy of the Ohio country. The property has been in the hands of the Fox family for over 30 years, and was simply occupied "as a dwelling when they purchased the and. It has now been long since abandoned as a residence, and a part of it is now used by a tenant in an adjacent trame dwelling as a cow stable. The windows are all out, and in some instances are replaced with boards. It is built in the colonial style of archi tecture, with huge fireplaces within and great chimneys without. One of these chimneys has now all tumbled to pieces. There is a big crack down one of the end walls, but in a general way the stone work is still remarkably solid. This stone work has the color and wear of great age, cer tainly, and everything ibout the structure indicates its antiquity. It evidently was a hotel long years ago, and beiore that must have been a sort of redoubt or stronghold for a group of the pioneer settlers against Indian incursions. Details of Washington's Trip. The story of Washington expedition in the interests of the Virginia Government strikingly confirms this tradition about the old stone house. When he was only 21 vears or age Dinwiddie sent him out from Virginia to ascertain the state of affairs among the French invaders of the Ohio Valley. His experience in "Woodcraft and his courage won him the appointment. He lelt Virginia late in 1753, and it was the latter part ot November before he arrived at the mouth of Turtle Creek on the Monon gabela. He had secured the services, of the famous trapper, Christopher Gist, and five other men, all ot whom accompanied him. The streams were now nearly impassable, and he even experienced great hardship in reaching the junction of the Mononcahela and Ohio rivers (Pittsburg). His enforced leisure here resulted in his laying out the site of a fort, and writing the entry in his journal, recognizing the strat egic importance of the site of Pittsburg. Proceeding on to McKee's Bocks, young Washington had an interview with King Shingiss, of the Delaware tribe. Shingiss accompanied the -party down to Logstown, where Washington induced the Indians to tell him some inside facts about the French men. Interview With the Half-King. To describe the route then taken by Wash ington iu continuing his journey into the wildtrness, an extract from T. J. Chapman' excellent little volume, "The French in the Allegheny Valley," will serve better than condensation. It says of this Logstown con ference: Tho Half-King informed Washington that PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, the nearest and most level way to the French fort was now Impassable by reason of many great swamps; that ho would bo obliged to go by way of Venango, and that ho would not reach the nearest fort in less than five or six days' good traveling. AVashlngton was very eager to set forward, but his Indian escort now greatly augmented by Shingiss could not get off, and it was the 30th of November when he Anally left Logstown for the French fort About 9 o'clock of tho 13th he started in company with the three chiefs, the Hair-King, White Thunder and the Hunter. Their way lay mainly in a diagonal line, more or less direct, through the present counties of Butler and Venango. In their way they were obliged to cross the Connoqucnesslng, Muddy creek, Slippery Rock creek and Sandy creek. Of course this was not directly up along the shore of the Allegheny ri ver,as we would go to Foxburg nowadays, in the age of rail roads. But take a map of Pennsylvania, and examine the general course of that river. You will find that by cutting across Bntler and Venango counties Washington's party saved a wide curve of .the river. If they touched the Allegheny at all it was probably just about where the Clarion river empties into it, and consequently Where tho Stone Honse Stands, because there the river has not yet com menced its outward bend, or rather it takes it from that point down. Or they may have come back from the expedition down the Allegheny snore as far as the month of the Clarion, direct from French creek. In fact, the narrative of the balance ot the journey indicates that. On the 4th of December the party arrived at Venango (now Franklin). Washington describes it as "an old Indian town, situated at the mouth of French creek, lying near north about GO miles from Logstown, but more than 70 the way we were obliged to come." He proceeded on in a few days to Fort Le Boeuf, up French creek, and after transact ing his delicate business with the French commandants, found that they were trying to stir up dissensions umong his Indian escort, so as to prevent them fiom returning with him. It rained and it snowed, and the paths back to where he came from were daily becoming more difficult to follow. He passed down French creek on his way back in canoes, narrowly escaping destruction on the rocks. At Venango he encountered the same trouble as at Le Boeuf, but managed to agaiu thwart the treachery of the French. He had not arrived there until the 22d of December. Of the journey from this point toward Pittsburg, Washington himself says: A Journey of Hardships. Our horses were now so weak and teeble, and our baggage so heavy that we doubted much MILE BELOW FOXBURG. their performing of it. Therefore, myself and the others, except tho drivers, who were obliged to ride, gave up our horses for packs, to assist along with the baggage. I put mysolf In an In dian walking dress, and continued with them three days, until I found there was no proba bility of their getting home in reasonable tune. The horses became less able to travel overy day; the cold Increased very fast, and the roads wero becomins much worse by a deep snow, continu ally freezing: theretore, as I was uneasy to get back to make report of my proceedings to His Honor.tbo Governor, I determined to prosecute my journey the nearest way, through the woods on foot. On the whole, there seems to be enough foundationfor the story, that this stone house near the mouth of the Clarion river lay di rectly in the track of Washington's expedi tion, to merit its thorough investigation bv the State Government. New Yo"rk State now owns and preserves as one of its richest relics the old house at Newburg on the Hudson, in which' General Washington wrote his orders disbanding the army. Why should not Pennsylvania, if it can prove a clear title, preserve and guard with glory a house in which the youthful Lieutenant "Washington rested his weary feet? Vir ginia glories in possessing to this dav the home of Washington; New York takes pride in having his military headquarters intact. Why shouldn't Pennsylvania save and revere the cradle of his greatness? L. E. Stofiel, HEAVIEST LOCOMOTIVES MADE. Something; Aljcnt the Monsters for Service in St Clair Tunnel. l'lilladelphla Times. Four engines have just been completed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Grand Trunk Railway Company. They are the heaviest locomotives in the world, weighing when in running order 195,000 pounds each in fact, so great is their weight that it will be necessary to remove the cabs and other parts to insure their safe passage over some of the bridges they must cross in their route. They will run on 100 pound rails, as they would soon destroy lighter rails. The largest engines in use on either the Pennsylvania or Philadelphia and Beading Railroads haul on the level about 3,000 tons, while these four will haul upward of 5.000 tons on the level. Through the St. Clair tunnel, where thevare to be used, and which has a grade of 105 feet to the mile, they are guaranteed to haul 700 gross tous ot cars and lading, which is equivalent to 23 or 30 loaded freight cars. The locomotives are of the class known as tank locomotives, and have no tenders, but on each side of the boiler isa tank with a capacity of 2.000 gallons. The cab is placed on top of the boiler. One conspicu ous feature of the locomotives is the ab sence of the pouy wheels; the iron monsters are run on five pairs uf drivers, each 50 inches in diameter, with a wheel base ot 18 feet 3 inches. The cylinders are 22 inches m diameter, and have a stroke of 28 inches. The airbrakes, which are very powerful, op erate Hiion each wheel. The St Clair tunnel passes under the St. Clair river, which connects Lake Huron with Lake Erie, and is G.000 feet long, with approaches 1,'JoOand 2,500 feet respectively, making the entire length 10,450 feet, or over two miles. When completed it will afford a direct and continuous line of connection to the Grand Trunk's lines in Canada with its lines in Michigan, thus doing away with the ferriage across the river. Two Bold Thefts. Somervllle Journal.i I. I only stolo a kiss, bhe stole my heart. And now denies the theft. Of happiness bereft, I grieve apart. My heart I sadly miss. II. Sbe has some kisses still. But 1 no heart. So, heartless now am L What then, if I should try With love's sweet art To steal hers?-JoveI I will! MAROH 8, 1S9L A FANTASTIC TALE, INTRODUCING HYPNOTIC THEORIES. WRITTEN rOB THE DISPATCH BY F. MARION CRAWFORD, Author of "Mr. Isaacs," "Br. Claudius," "A Roman Singer," and Many Other Stories That Have Taken Hank as Standard Literature. CHAPTER XIII. "My consciousness of myself, you mean, No. I am not sure. But, mydear TJnorn3. I am very careful in guarding against acci dents of all sorts, for I have attempted to resuscitate a great many dead people and I never have succeeded, and I know that a false step on a slippery staircase may be quite as fatal as a teaspoonful of prussic acid or au unrequited passion. I avoid all these things and many others. If I did not, and if you had any object in getting me under your influence, you would suc ceed sooner or later. Perhaps the day is not far distant when I will voluntarily sleep under your hand." TJnorna glanced quickly at him. "And in that case," he added, "lam sure you could make me believe anything you pleased." "What are you trying to make me under stand," she asked, suspiciously, for he had never before spoken of such a possibility. "You look anxious and weary," he said in a tone of sympathy, in which TJnorna could not detect the least false modulation, though she fancied irom his fixed gaze that he meant her to understand something which he could not say. "You look tired," he continued, "though it is becoming to your beauty to be pale I always said so. I will not weary you. I was only going to say that if I were under your "influence you might easily make me believe that yon were not youiself, but another woman for the rest of my life." They stood looking at each other in silence during several ' seconds. Then TJnorna seemed to understand what he meant. "Do you really believe that is possible?" she asked, earnestly. "I know it I know of a case in which it succeeded very well." "Perhaps," she said, thoughtfully. "Let us eo and look at him." She moved in the direction of the aged sleeper's room, and they both left the hall together. It appeared to TJnorna a fortunate cir cumstance, when she it last determined to overcome her pride, that the resolution should have formed itself exactly a month after she had so successfully banished the memory of Beatrice from the mind of the man she loved. She felt sure of producing a result as effectual if this time sbe could work the second change iu the same place and under the same circumstances as the first. And to this end everything was in her lavor. She needed not to close her eyes to fancy that 30 days had not really passed between then and now, as she left the house in the afternoon with the Wanderer by her side. He had come back, and bad found her once more herself calm, collected, con The coming spring season opens under most auspiciously favorable circumstances for Pittsburg's far-famed Cash and Credit Emporium. The stock now displayed under the roof of this concern is the largest ever shown here, the styles the most desirable, the qualities the most reliable, the prices away down at rock bottom, the system of easy payments as liberal as enterprise and civility can make it, the salesrooms (owing to recent additions) more spacious and larger than ever before. "Verily, not many houses have ever had the good fortune to open a season amid such promising prospects ! HERE WE LEAD THEF.1 ALL ! HERE WE RECOGNIZE NO COMPETITION! Whatever you may want in the matter of floor coverings we are ready to supply you with better and cheaper than any other local house. Our stock includes all the novelties and staples. in Moquettes, Body and Tapesty Brussels, Velvets, Gobelins, Wiltons and the ever popular Ingrains, Linoleums, Oil Cloths and Mattings. We employ the largest and most experienced corps of carpet layers in the city. 923, 925 AND 927 PENN AVENUE, scious of her own powers. No suspicion of the real cause of the disturbance he had witnessed crossed his mind; still less could he guess what thing she meditated as she directed their walk toward that lonely place by the river which had been the scene of her first great effort. She talked lightly as they went, and he, in that strange humor of peaceful, well-satisfied indifference which possessed him, answered her in the same strain. It was yet barely afternoon, but there was a foretaste of coming evening in the chilly air. "I have been thinking of what von said this morning," she said, suddenjy changing the current of the conversation. "Did I thank you for your kindness?" She smiled as she laid her hand gently upon her arm to cross a crowded street, and she looked up into his quiet face. "Thank me? For what? On the contrary I fancied that I had annoyed you." "Perhaps I did not quite understand it all at first," she answered thoughtfully. "It is hard for a woman like me to realize what it would be to have a brother, or a sister, or anyone belonging to me. I needed to think of the idea. Do you know that I am quite aloue in the world?" "It is verv strange. And how came you here?" "I was told that the time had come. We started at night It was it long journey, and I remember feeling tired, as I wasnever tired before or since. They brought me here, they left me in a religious house among nuns. Then I was told that I was rich and free. My fortune was brought with me. That, at least, I know. Butthosewho re ceived it and who take care of it for me know no more of its origin than I myself. Gold tells no tales, and the secret has been well kept. I would give much to know the truth when I am in the humor." She sighed and then laughed again. "You see why it is that I find the idea of a brother so hard to understand," she added, and then was silent. "Yon have all the more need of under standing it, my dear friend," the AVanderer answered, looking at her thoughtfully. 'Yes, perhaps so. I can see what friend ship is. I can almost guess what it wonld be to have a brother." "And have voa never thought of more than that?" He asked the question in his calmest and most friendly tone, somewhat deferentially, as though fearing lest it should seem tactless and be unwelcome. "Yes. I have thought of love also," she answered, in a low voice. But she said nothing more, and they walked on for some time in silence. CHAPTER XIV. In the midst of the city lies the ancient burial ground, now long disused but still undisturbed, many acrc3 of uneven land, covered so thickly with graves, and planted BBKnagi NEW FURNITURE. Not a limited exhibition, but a vast exposition of the Furniture re sources of the United States, eclipsing anything of the kind ever at tempted in Pittsburg. Every new idea, every new style, every new finish, every new make, every new improvement in American Furni ture manufacture (and, we are proud to say, the latter leads the world) are embodied in our truly immense new spring stock. PARLOR SUITES: This season has been productive of many novel and original designs in Parlor Suites. We have them all, from the plainest to the most elaborate in all kinds of coverings. Your inspection is cordially requested. BEDROOM SUITES: We have always made a specialty of Bedroom Suites, but this sea son we simply surpass all our previous efforts. No poorly-made furniture, but goods that are made for service as well as for looks ! We have them in Antique, Sixteenth Century, Old English Oak, Cherry, Mahogany, etc DINING ROOM SUITES: If you want inside figures on Sideboards, Extension Tables, DiningQ Room Chairs, etc., go to the dealers that get inside figures from the manufacturers. Keech's being the most extensive furniture buyers are accorded the best terms in the markets. Shrewd people will draw a lesson from this fact. AND CORNER GARRISON ALLEY. - so closely with granite and sandstone slabs, that the paths will scarce allow two persons to walk side by side. The stones stand and lie in all conceivable positions, erect, slant ing at every angle, prostrate upon the earth or upon others already fallen before them two, three and even four upon a grave, where generations of men have been buried one upon the other stones large and small, cov ered with deep-cut inscriptions in the He brew character, bearing the sculpture of two uplifted hands, wherever the Kohns, the children of the tribe of Aaron, are laid to rest or the gracefully chiseled ewer of the Levites. Here they lie, thousands upon thousands of dead Hebrews, great and small, rich and poor, wise and ignorant, neglected individually, but gnarded as a whole with all the tenacious determinaton of the race to hold its own, and to preserve the sacred ness of its dead. In the dim light of the winter's afternoon it is as though a great army of men had fallen fighting there, and had been turned to stone as they fell. Rank upon rank they lie, with that irregularity which comes of symmetry destroyed, like colnmns and files of soldiers shot down in the act of advancing. And in winter, the gray light falling upon the untrodden snow throws a pale reflection upward against each stone, as thongh from the myriad sepul cberes a faintly luminous vapor were rising to the outer air. Over all, the rugged brushwood and the stunted trees intertwine their leafless branches and twigs in a thin, ghostly network of gray, that clouds the view of the farther distance without inter rupting it, a forest of shadowy skeletons clasping fleshless, bony hands one with another, from grave to grave, as far as the eye can see. The stillness in the place is intense. Not a murmur of distant life irom the surround ing city disturbs the silence. At rare inter vals a strong breath of icy wind stirs the dead branches and maces them crack and rattle against the gravestones and against each other as in a dance of death. It is a illwsllift BE SILENT ! wild and dreary place. In. the summer, in deed, the thick leafage lends it a transitory color and softness, but in the depth of win ter, when there is nothing to hide the naked ness of the truth, when the snow lies thick upon the ground and the twined twigs and twisted trnnks scarce cast a tracery of shadow under the sunless sky, the utter des olation aud loneliness of the spot have a horror of their own, not to be described, but never to be forgotten. TJnorna walked forward in silence, choos ing a path so narrow that her companion found himself obliged to drop behind and follow in her footsteps. In the wildest part of tbis wilderness of death there is a little rising of the ground. Here both the grave stones and the stunted trees are thickest and the solitude is, if possible, even more com plete than elsewhere. As she reached the f && && DST HOUSE, NEAR NINTH STREET. OPEN SATURDAYS TILL 10 P. highest point TJnorna stood still, tnrned quickly toward the Wanderer and held both her hands toward him. "I have chosen this place because it is quiet," she said, with a soft smile. Hardly knowing why he did so, he laid his hands in hers and looked kindly down to her upturned face. "What is it?" he asked", meeting- her eyes. Sbe was silent, and her fingers did not un clasp themselves. He looked at her, and saw for the hnndreth time that she was very beautiful. There was a faint color in her cheeks, and her fnll lips were just parted as thongh a loving word had escaped thera which sbe would not willingly recaJl Against the background of broken neutral tints, her figure stood out. an incarnation of youth and vitality. If she had often looked weary and pale of late, her strength and freshness had returned to her now in all theirabundance. The Wanderer knew that be was watching her, and knew that he was thinking of her besnty and realizing the whole extent of it more fully than ever before, but beyond this point his thoughts could not go. He was aware that he was becoming tascinated by her eyes, and he felt that with every moment it was growing harder for him to close bis own, or to look away from her, and then, an instant later, he knew that it would be im possible. Yet he made no effort He was passive, indifferent, will-less, and her gaze charmed him more and more. He was al ready in a dream, and he fancied that the beautiful figure shone with a solt rosy light of its own in the midst of the gloomy waste. Looking into her sunlike1 eyes, he saw there twin images of himself, that drew him softly and surely into themselves until be was ab sorbed by them, and felt that he was no longer a reality, but a reflection. Then a deep unconsciousness stole over all hissensea and he slept, or passed in that state which seems to lie between sleep and trance. TJnorna needed not to question him this time, for she saw that he was completely under her influence. Yet she hesitated at the supreme moment, and then, though to HE EXCLAIMED. all real intents she was quite alone, a burn ing flush of shame rose to her face, and her heart sank within her. She felt that she could not do it. , She dropped his hands. They 'ell to his sides as though they had been of lead. Then she turned from him and pressed her aching forehead against a tall, weather-worn stoDe that rose higher than her own height from the midst of the hillock. Her woman's nature rebelled against the trick. It was the truest thing in her, and perhaps the best, which protested so vio lently against the thing she meant to do; it was the simple longing to be loved for her own sake, and of the man's own free will, to be loved by him with the love she had despised in Israel Kafka. But would this be love at all, tbis artificial creation of her suggestion reacting upod his mind ? Would COMPLETE AND ELEGANTYARIETY! ALL THE RELIABLE MAKES. Lace Curtains of every kind and grade in Imported and Domestic manufacture. Our stock includes the following celebrated makes: Irish Point, Scotch, Swiss, Tambour, Not tingham, Egyptian, Brussel, Guipure, Cluny effects and others. The most particular housekeeper can make a suit able selection from these lines. We also show a handsome as sortment of Plush Curtains and Plush and Chenille Portieres; Curtain Poles in every finish to match furniture. - M. TY1T A I1UO n S nSllOi s i
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