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THE
PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 189L
I was still eyeing it with jealous scrutiny
She door opened, and Tress came in again.
"By the way, Pugh, there is one thing I
might meution.especially as I know it won't
make any difference to yon."
"That depends on what it is. If you
iave changed your ininii, and want the pipe
tack again, I tell you frankly that it won't.
In mr opinion, a thing once given is given
lor good."
"Quite so; I don't want it back again.
Xou may make your mind easy upon that
oint 1 merely wanted to ell you why I
pare it you."
"Youhave told me that already.'
"Only partly, my dear Pugh only
partly. You don't suppose I should have
given you such a pipe as that merely be
cause it happened to be drugged? Scarcelyl
I cave it to you because I discovered from
indisputable evidence, and to my cost, that
it was haunted."
"Haunted?"
"Yes, haunted. Good day."
lie was gone again. I ran'out of the room,
and shouted after him down the stairs. He
was already at the bottom of the flight.
"Tress! "Come back! What do you mean
by talking such nonsense?"
"Of course it's only nonsense. We know
that that sort of thiug always is nonsense.
But if you should have reason to suppose
that there Is something in it besides non
jsense, you may think it worth vour while to
'make inquiries of me. But I won't have
that pipe back again in my possession on
anv terms mind that."
The bang of the front door told me that
he bad gone out into the street. I let him
igo. I langhed to myself as Ire-entered the
room. Haunted! That was not a bad idea
of his. I saw the whole position at a
glance. The truth of the matter was that he
did regret his generosity, and he was ready
ito go any lengths if he could only succeed
in cajoling me into restoring his gi.'t. He
was aware that I have view upon certain
matters which are not wholly in accordance
with those which are popularly supposed to
be tne views of the day, and particularly
that on the question ol what are commonly
called supernatural visitations I have a
(Standpoint of my own. Therefore it was
'not a bad move on his part to try to make
me believe that about the pipe on which he
knew I had set my heart there was some
thing which could not be accounted
for by oidinary laws. Yet, as his
own sense would have told him it
would do, if he had only allowed himself to
reflect lor a moment, the move failed. Be
cause I am not yet so far gone as to suppose
that a pipe, a thing of meerschaum and of
timber, in the sense in which I understand
the word, could be haunted a pipe, a mere
pipe
"Hollo! I thought the creature's legs
were twined right round the bowl!"
I was holding the pipe iu my hand, re
garding it with the affectionate eyes with
which a connoisseur does regard a curio,
Jwhea I was induced to make this exclama
tion. I was certainly under the impression
ithat, when I first took the pipe out of the
Jbox, two. if not three, of the feelers had
been twined about the bowl twined
, tight vt so that you could not see day
flight between them and it. Now
they were almost entirely detached, only the
tips touching the meerschaum, and those par
ticular feelers were gathered up as though
the cicature were ia the act of taking a
spring. Ol course I was under a misappre
hension, the feelers couldn't have been
twined though, a moment before, I should
hare been ready tp bet a thousand to one
that they were. Still, one does make mis
take!', and very egregious mistakes, at times.
At the same time, I confess that when I saw
that dreaJ ul looking animal poised on the
extreme edge of the bowl, for all the world
as though it wrre just going to spring at me,
I wa- :i little startled. I remembered that
when I was smoking the pipe I did think I
pa v the uplifted tentacle moving, as
ithough it were reaching out at me. An'd
,1 had a clear recollection that just as I
'had been sinking into that strange state of
I unconsciousness I had been under the im
pression that the creature was writhiug aud
twisting as though it had suddenly become
'instinct with life. Under the circumstances
these reflections n ere not pleasant. I wished
jTress Jiaii not talked that nonsense about
'the thin:; being haunted. It was surely
'sufficient to know that it was drugged and
poisonous without anythingclse.
I replaced it in the sandalwood box. I
locked the box in a cabinet. Quite apart
.'from the question as to whether that pipe
;was or was not haunted, I know it haunted
'me. It was with me, iD a figurative which
was worse thau an actual sense, all the
day. Still worse, it was with me all the
night It was with me in my dreams.
Such dreams! Possibly I bad not yet
,wholly recovered from the effects of that in
itidious drug, but, whether or no, it was
' Yery wrong of Tresi to set my thoughts into
such a channel. He knows that I am of a
highly imaginative temperament, and that
it is easier to get morbid thoughts into my
mind than to get them out again. Before
that night was through I wished very
heartily that I had never seen the pipe I I
awoke from one nightmare to fall into an
other. One dreadful dream was with me all
the time ol a hideous, green reptile which
advanced toward me out of some awful
darkness, slowly, inch by inch, until it
' clutched me round the neck, and, gluing it
lips to mine, sucked the life's blood out of
! my veins as it embraced me with a slimy
jhiss. Such dreams are not restful. I awoke
j anything but refreshed when the morning
came. And w lien I got up and dressed I
felt that, on the whole, it would perhaps
have been better if I never bad gone to bed.
My nerves were unstrung, and I had
. that generally tremulous feeling which is, I
i believe, au inseparable companion of the
more advanced stages of dipsomania. late
no breakfast. I am no breakfast eater as a
rule, but that morning I ate absolutely noth
ing. "If this sort of thing is to continue, I will
let Tress have bis pipe again. He may have
the laugh of me, but anything is better than
this."
It was with almost funereal forebodings
that I went to the cabinet in which I had
placed the sandalwood box. But when I
opened it my feelings of gloom partially
vanished. Of what phantasies had I been
guiltyl It must have been an entire delusion
on my part to have supposed that
those tentacul.i had ever been twined
about the bowl. The creature was in
exactly tbe same position in which I
had left it the day before as, of
course, I knew it would be! poised,
ss if about to spring. I was telling myself
how foolish I hau been to allow myself to
dwell for a moment on Tress words, when
Martin Brasher was shown in.
Urasber is an old friend of mine. "We
have a common ground ghosts. Only we
approach them from difl'erent points of view.
He takes the scientific psychological in
quiry side. He is always anxious to hear
ot a ghost, so that he may have an opportu
nity of "showing it up."
"'I've something iu your line here," I ob
served, as he came iu.
"In my line? How so? I'm not pipe
mad."
".No, but you're ghostnad. And this is
a haunted pipe."
( "A haunted pipe! I think you're rather
more mad about ghosts, my dear Pugh, than
I am."
Then I told him all about it
He was deeply interested, especially
when 1 tnld him that the pipe was
drugged. But when I repeated Tress' words
about its being haunted, and mentioned my
own delusion about the creature moving, he
took a more serious view ot the case than I
had expected lie would do.
"I propose that we act on Tress' sug
gestion, and go and make inquiries of him."
"Hut you don't really think that there is
anything iu it?"
"On these subjects I never allow myself
to think at al!. There are Tries' -ords, aud
there is your story. It is agreed on all bands
that the pipe has peculiar properties. It
seems to me that there is a sufficient case
here to merit inquiry."
He persuaded me. I went with
him. The pine, in the sandal
wood box, went, too. Tress received us with
a grin a grin which was accentuated when
I placed Hie sandalwood box upon the table.
"You understand," he said, "that a gift is
iagiit. On no terms will I consent to re
'ceive that pipe bjck in my possession."
I was rather nettled by his tone.
"You need be under no alAini. I hare no
Intention of suggesting anything of the
kind."
"Our business here," began Brasher I
must own that his manner is a little ponder
ous "is of a scientific, I may say also, and
at the same time, ot a judicial nature. Our
object is the Pursuit of Truth and the Ad
vancement of Inquiry."
"Have you been trying another smoke?"
inquired Tress, noddinghis head toward me.
Before I had time to answer.Brasher went
droning on:
"Our friend here tells me that yon say
this pipe is haunted."
"I say it is haunted because it is haunted."
I looked at Tress. I halt suspected that
'he was poking fun at us. But he appeared
to be serious enough.
"In these matters," remarked Brasher, as
though he were giving utterance to a new
and important truth, "there is a scientific
and a non-scientific method of inquiry.
The s;icutific method ia to begin at the be
ginning. May I ask how this pipe came
into your possession?"
Tress paused before he answered.
"You may ask." He paused again. "Ob,
you certainly may ask. But it doesn't fol
low that I shall tell you."
"Surely your object, like ours, can be but
the spreading about of the truth?"
"I don't see it at al). It is possible to
imagine a case in which thespreading about
of the truth might make me look a little
awkward."
"Indeed!" Brasher pursed up his lips.
"Your words would almost lead one to sup
pose that there was something about your
method of acquiring the pipe which you
have good and weighty reasons for conceal
ing." "I don't know why I should conceal the
thing from you. I don't suppose either of
you is any better than I am. I don't mind
telling yo'n how I got the pipe. I stole it."
"Stole it!"
Brasher seemed both amazed and shocked.
But I. who had had previous experience of
Tress' methods or adding to his collection,
was not at all surprised. Some of the pipes
which he calls his, if only the whole truth
about them were publicly known, would
send him to jail.
"That's nothing!" he continued. "All
collectors steal! The eighth commandment
was not intended to apply to Uiein. Why,
Pugh there has 'conveyed' three-fourths ol
the pipes which he flatters himself are
his."
I was so dumfounded by the charge that it
took my breath away. I sat in astounded
silence. Tress went raving on:
"I was so shy of this particular pipe when
I had obtained it, that I put it away for
quite three months. When I took it out to
have a look at it something about tbe thing
so tickled me that I resolved to smoke it.
Owing to peculiar circumstances attending
the manner in which the thing came into
my possession, and on which I need not
dwell you don't like to dwell on those sort
of things, do you, Pugh? I knew reallv
nothing about the pipe. As was the case
with Pugh, one peculiarity I learned from
actual experience. It was also from actual
experience that I learned that the thing was
well, I said haunted, but you may use
any other word you like."
"Tell us, as briefly as possible, what it
was you actuall; did discover."
"Take the pipe out of the box!" Brasher
took the pipe out ot tbe box, and held it in
his hand. "You see that creature on it.
Well, when I first had it it was underneath
the pipe."
"How do you mean that it was under
neath the pipe?"
"It was bunched together underneath the
stem, just at the end of the' mouthpiece, in
the same way in which a fly might be
suspeuded from the ceiling. When I be
gati to smoke the pipe I saw the creature
move."
"But I thought that unconsciousness im
mediately followed."
"It did follow, but not before I saw that
the thing was moving. It was because I
thought that I had been, in a way, a victim
of delirium that I tried the second smoke.
Suspecting that the thing was drugged I
swallowed what I believed would -prove a
powerful antidote. It enabled me to resist
the influence of the narcotic much longer
than before, and while I still retained my
senses I saw the creature crawl along under
the stem and over the bowl. It was that
sight, I believe, as much as anything
else, which sent me silly. When I came
to again I then and there decided to present
the pipe to Pugh. There is one more thing
I would remark. When thejpipe left me the
creature's legs were twined about the bowl.
Now they are withdrawn. Possibly you,
Pugh, are able to cap my story with a little
one which is all your own."
"I certainly did imagine that I saw the
creature move. But I supposed that while
I was under the influence of the drug im
agination had played me a trick."
"Not a bit ot it! Depend upon it. the beast
is bewitched. Even to my eye it looks at
though it were, and to a trained eye like
yours, Pughl You've been looking for the
devil a long time, and you've got him as
last"
"I I wish you wouldn't make those re
marks, Tress. They jar on roe."
"I confess," interpolated Brasher I no
ticed that he had put the pipe down on the
table as though he were tired of holding it
"that, to my thinking, such remarks are
not appropriate. At the same time, what
you have told us is, I am bound to allow, a
little curious. But of course what I re
quire is ocular demonstration. I haven't
seen the movement myself."
"No, but you very soon will do if you
care to have a pull at the pipe on your own
accoun.. Do. Brasher, to oblige me !
There's a deal!"
"It appears, then, that the movement is
only observable when the pipe is smoked.
W-5 have at least arrived at step No. 1."
"Here's a match. Brasher! Light up,
and we shall have arrived at step No. 2."
Tress lit a match, aud held it nut to
Brasher. Brasher retreated from his neigh
borhood. "ThanU yon. Mr. Tress, I am no smoker, as
you are aware. Audi Uavo no desire to ac
quire the art ot brooking by meaus of a pois
oned pipe."
Tress laughed. He blew out the match and
threw it into the grate.
"Then I tell you what I'll do I'll have up
Bod."
Boot WhyBobr
"Bob" whose real name was Robert Haines,
thongu 1 should think he must hare forgotten
the fact so seldom was he addressed by it was
Tress' servant He had been an old soldier,
and had accompanied bis master when he left
tbe service. lie was as depraved a charac
ter as Tress himself. I am not sure
even that he was not worse than his
master. I shall never forget bow be
once behaved toward myself. He actually had
tbe assurance to accuse me of attempting to
steal the Wardour street rehc which Tress
fondly deludes himself was once the property
of Sir Walter Raleigh. Thetrutli is that 1 bad
slipped it wltn my pocket-handkerchief Into
my pocket in a fit of absence of mind. A man
who could accuse me of such a thing would be
guilty ot anything, lwas therefore quite at
one with Brasher when he asked what Bob
could possibly be wanted for. Tress explained.
'Til get nim to smoke tne pipe." he said.
Brasher and I exchanged glances, but we re
frained from speech.
"It won't do him any harm." said Tress.
"What not a poisoned pipe?" asked Brasher.
"It's not poisoned it's only drugged."
"Only dragged!"
' "Nothing harts Bob. He is like an ostrich.
He has digestive organs which are peculiarly
bis own. It ill only serve him as it served me
and Pngh it will knock him ovei. It is all
done in tbe pursuit of truth and for tbo ad
vancement of inquiry."
I could see that Brasher did not altogether
like the tone in which Tress repeated bis words.
As for me, it was not to be supposed that I
should put myself out in a matter whicn in no
way concerned me. It Tress chose to poison the
man, it was his affair, sot mine, lie went to the
door and shouted:
"Bob! Come here, you sconndrell"
That is the way in which be speaks to him.
No really decent servant would stand it I
shouldn't dare address Nalder. my servant in
such a way. Ho would give mo notice on the
spot.
Bob came In. He is a great hulking fellow who
is always on the grin. Tress had a decanter of
brandy in his hand. He filled a tumbler with
the neat spirit
"Bob, what would you say to a glassful of
brandy the real thing my boy T"
"Think you, sir."
"And what would you say to a pull at a pipe
when tbe brindy Is drunk!"
"A piBeT" Tbe fellow is sharp enough when
he likes. I saw him look at the pipe UDon the
table, and then at us, and then a gleam of in
telligence came into his eyes. "I'd do it for a
dollar, sir."
"A dollar, you thief?"
"I meant 10 shillings, sir."
"Ten shillings, you brazen vagabond?" ,
"1 should have said a pound."
"A pound! Was ever the lite of that. Bo I
understand you to ask a pound lor taking a
pull at your master's piper'
"I'm thinking that I'll have to make it twp."
"Tbe deuce you are) Here, Pugh, lend me a
pound."
"I'm arrald I've left my purse behind."
"Then lend me 10 shillings Ananlasr"
"I doubt ir 1 have more than five."
"Then give me tbe five. And, Brasher, lend
me the other fifteen."
Brasher lent him the if teen. I doubt If we
shall either of us ever see our moneyagaln. He
handed the pound to Bob.
"Here's the brandy, drink it up!" Bob drank
It without a word, draining tbo glass of every
drop. "And here's the pipe."
"Is it poisoned, sir?"
"Poisoned, vou villain! What do you mean?"
"It isn't the first time I've seen your tricks.
sir is it now? And you're not the one to give
a pound for nothing at all. ir it kills me you'll
send my bodv to my mother Bhe'd like to know
that I was dead." .
"Send your bodv to your grandmother! You
idiot, sit down and smoke!"
Bob sat down. Tress bad filled the pipe, and
handed it, with a lighted match, to Bob. The
fellow declined the "match. He handled the
pipe very gingerly, turning It over and over,
eyeing it witb all his eyes.
-x nank you, sir I'll ngnt up myself it its tue
same to you. I carry matches of my own. It's
a beautiful pipe, entirely. I never see the like
of it for ugliness. And what's the slimv-lonk-ing
varmint that looks as though it would like
to have my life? Is it living, or is it deld?"
"Come, we don't want to sit here all day, my
man!"
"Well, sir, the look nf thlshere pipe has quite
upset my stomach. I'd like another drop of
liquor, if it's the Sams to you."
"Another drop! Why, you've had a tumblerful
already! Here's anotbtr tumblerful to put on
top of that. You won'frwant the pipe to kill
you you'll be killed beforo you get to it"
"And isn't it better to die a natural death?"
Bob emptied tbe second tumbler of brandy as
though it were water. 1 believe be would empty
a boirshead without turning a hair! Then he
cave another look at tne pipe. Then, taking a
match from his waistcoat pocket, be drew a
long breath, as though he were resigning him
self to fate. Striking the match on the seat of
his trousers, while, shaded by his hand, tho
flame was gathering strength, lie looked at each
one of us in turn. When he looked at Tress I
distinctly saw him wink his eye. What my
feelings would have been if a servant of mine
bad winked his eye at me I am unable to im
agine! Tlio match as applied to tbe tobacco,
a puff of smoke came through his lips the pipe
was alight!
During this process ot lighting the pipe we
had sat I do not wish to use exaggerated
language, but we had sat and watched
that alcoholic scamp's proceedings
as though wo were witnessing
an action which would leave its mark upon the
age. When we saw tbat the pine was lighted
we gave a simultaneous start Brasher put his
hands under his coat-tails and gave a kind of
hop. I raised mvsclf a good six inches from
my chair, and Tress rubbed bis palms together
with a chuckle. Bob alone was calm.
"Now," cried Iress, "you'll see tho devil mov
ing." Bob took the pipe from between his lips.
"See what?" he said.
"Bob, you racal,putthat pipe back into your
mouth, and smoke it for your lifer'
Bob was eeing the pipe askance.
"I daio say, but what I want to know is
whether this here varmint's dead or whether
he isu't 1 don't wantto hare bun flying at my
nose and he looks vicious enough for any
thing." "(jive me hack that pound, you thief, and get
out of my house, and bundle."
"1 ain't going to give you back no pound."
Then smoke that piper
"1 am smoking It ain't 1?"
With the utmost deliberation Bob returned
the mpe to bis month, ile emitted another
tthiff or two of smoke.
"Now now!" cried Tress, all excitement and
naggiug his hand in the aii.
We gathered round. As we did so Bob again
withdrew tbe pipe.
"What is the meaning of all this here? I
ain't going to have you playing none of your
larks on me. I know there's something up. but
I ain't going to throw -mv life away for 20
shillings nut quite I ain't."
Tress, w huso temper is not at any tlmoone
of the best, was seized with quite a spasm of
rage.
"As 1 live, my lad. if you try to cheat mo bv
taking tbat pipe from between your lips until I
toll you, jou leave this room that instant, never
again to be a servant ot mine."
I presume the fellow knew from long experi
ence w hen his master meant what he said, and
when be didn't Without an attempt at re
monstrance ho replaced the pipe,- lie con
tinued stolidly to pull away. Tress caught me
by the arm.
"What did I tell you? There-there! That
tentacle is movinir."
The uplifted tentacle was moving.
It was doing what I had seen
it do. as I supposed, in lny distorted imag
ination it was reaching forward. Undoubt
edly Bob saw what it was doing; but whether
in obcdlcnco to his master's commands, or
whether because the drug was already begin
ning to take effect lie made no movement to
withdraw tho nipe. He watched tbo slowly
advancing tentacle, coining closer and closer
toward bis nose, with an expression of such in
tense horro; on ins countenanco that it became
quite shocking. Further ana further the creat
ure roached forward, until on a sudden, with a
sort of jerk, the movement assumed a down
ward direction, and the tentacle was slowly
lowered until the tip rested on tlu stem of the
pipe. For a moment tbe creaiurj remained
motionless. I was quieting ray nerves with
the reflection that this thing was but some
trick of tlu carver's art, and that
what wo bad seen we had seen in a
sort of nightmare, w hen tbe whole hideous rent
tile was seized with what seemed to be a fit of
convulsive shuddering. It seemed to he in
agony. It trembled so violently lhat I expected
to see it loosen its hold of tbe stem and fall to
the ground. I was sufficiently master of my
self 10 steal a glance at Bob. We had had an
inkling or what might happen. He was wholly
unprepared. As ho saw that dreadful, inhuman-looking
creature, coming to lite, as it
seemed, withm an inch or two of his nose, his
eyes dilated lo twice their usual size. I hoped,
for his sake, that unconsciousness would super
vene, through the action of the drug, before,
through sheer fricht, bi senses lettlilm. Per
uana mechanically, he puffed steadily nn.
The creature's shuddering became more vio
lent ltanpeared to swell before our eyes.
Then, jnst as suddenly as it began, the shud
dering ceased. There was another instant of
quiescence. Ilieu the creature began to crawl
alorg the stem of tho pipe! It moved with
marvelous caution, tho merest fraction of au
inch at a time. But still it moved ! Our eyes
were riveted on it with a fascination which was
absolutely uauseou. I am unpleasantly af
fected even as 1 think of it now. My dreams
of the night before bad been nothing to tbi.
Slowly, slowly, it went nearer and nearer to
the smoker's nose. Its mode of progression
was in me highest degree unsightly. It glided,
never, so far as I could sec, remov
ing its tentacles from tbo stem of
the pipe. It slipped its hindmost
feelers onward, until tlicy came up to those
which were in advance. Then, in their turn, it
advanced those which w ere in front. It seemed,
ton, to move w ith the utmost labor, shuddering
as though it were m pain.
We were all. for our Darts, speechless. I
was momentarily hoping that tho drug would
take effect on Bob. Either bis constitution
enabled bim to offer a strong resistance to nar
cotics, or else the large quantity ot neat spirit
which be had drunk acted as Tress had malev
olently intended that it should do is an anti
dote. It seemed to tue lhat lie would never suc
suiub. On went the creature on, and on. in its
Infinitesimal progression. 1 was spellbound.
I would have given the world to scream, lo
have been able to utter a sound. I could do
nothing else but watcb.
Tho creature bad reached the end of the
stem. It had gained the amber mouth
piece. It was within an inch of the smoker's
nose. Still on'it went It seemed to move with
greater freedom on the amber. It increased its
rate of progress. It was actuallv touching the
foremost feature on the smoker's countenance.
I expected to see it grip tbe wretched Boh,
when it began to oscillate from side to side. Its
oscillations increased in violence It fell to tbe
floor. That same instant the narcotic pre
vailed. Bob slipped sidewavs from tbe chair,
the pipe stilt held tightly between his rigid
jaws.
We were silent. There lay Bob. Close be
side him lay the creature. A lew more inches
to the left, aud he would have fallen on and
squashed it flat It bad fallen on its back. Its
feelers were extended upward. They were
writhing and twisting and turning in the air.
Tress was the first to speak.
"1 think a little brandy wouldn't be amiss."
Emptying the remainder of tbe brandy into a
glass ho swallowed it at a draught "Now for
a closer examination of our friend." Taking a
pair ot tongs from the grate be nipped the
creature between tbeuu He deposited it upon
tbe table. "I rather fancy that this is a case for
dissection."
He took a penknife from his waistcoat
pocket Opening the large blade, be thrust its
point into the object on tbe table. Little or no
resistance seemed to be offered to the passage
of the blade, butasitwasinserted tbe tentacula
simultaneously began to writhe and twist
Tress withdrew tbe knife.
"I thought so!" He held the blade out for our
inspccticn. The point was covered with some
viscid-looking matter. "That's blood! Tbe
thing's alive!"
"Alive!"
"Alive! That's the secret of the wholo per
formance!" "But "
"But nie no buts. my Pngh! The mystery is
exploded! One more ghost Is lost to tbe world!
The person from whom I obtained that pipe
was an Indian juggler up to many tricks of
the trade. He, or someone for him. got bold of
this sweet thing in reptiles and a sweeter
thin: would, I imagine, be bard to find and
covered it with some preparation of, possibly,
gum arable He allowed this to harden. Then
be stuck the thing still living, for those sort
of gentry are hard to kill to the pipe. Tbe
consequence was tbat when anyone lit up
the warmth was communicated to the ad
hesive agent again s-Mno preparation of
gum. no doubt it moistened it. and the crea
ture, with infinite difficulty, was aule to move.
But 1 am open to lay odds with any gentleman
of sporting tastes" that this time' tho creature's
traveling days are done. It has given me rather
a larger taste of the horrors than is good for
mydigestion."
With tbe aid of tbe tongs he removed the
creature from tbe table. Before Brasber or I
had a notion of what it was he Intended to do
he covered It with a heavy marble paper weight.
Tben be stood upon the weight and between
the marble and the hearth be ground the crea
ture flat
While the execution was still proceeding.
Bob sat ip upon tbe floor.
"Hello!" be asked "what's happened?"
"We've emptied tbe bottle. Bob." said Tress.
"But there's another where tbat came from.
Perhaps you could drink another tumblerful,
my boy?"
Bob drank IU CornhilL
LATE HEWS IN BRIEF.
The heaviest snow storm in Texas for three
years fell Thursday.
Parts of Spain have been devastated by
floods and a tornado.
Republican clubs are being formed in New
South Wales, Australia.
The coalition of tho Mitre and Poca parties
in the Argentine Repnblic improves tbe politi
cal situation there.
Organized bands of stock thieves are com
mitting depredations upon new settlers in
Washington State.
Tbe negroes or the Comoro Islands, near
Zanzibar, have declared their independence.
Their Sultan has lied.
Hie Hamburg-American liner Sueva, Is
disabled off the Lizard, nn the English coast
Her machinery collapsed.
Henry Hall, a 70-year-old wife murderer at
Council Bluffs, has been convicted and will go
to tbe penitentiary for life.
Michael Overmyer. an Indiana farmer, was
robbed and murdered near Rochester, that
State, while on his wedding tour.
Sarah Althea Terry has been sued for SSG7
worth of her late husband's personal 'property
by the administrator of his estate.
The slippery Tascott is discovered again
this time in the person of an arson convict In
the Columbus prison named Ueorgo Elmer.
There is a prospect of a strike of 1,300 girls
at tbe Kearney Thread Mills ac Kearney, N.J.,
as a result of the Clark Thread Works trouble.
The Sheriff at Decatur, 111., made $30 by
charging 10 cents admission to see the gallows
on which Murderer Crawford is to be executed
to-day.
Further hostilities are threatened in Samoa.
Ex-King Tamasee tried to incite au unrislng
and was banished. King Malictoa is growing
feeble-minded, and Mataafa is said to covet
the crown.
Rumored that Chaplcau, the Dominion Sec
retary of State, will break with Sir John Mac
donald and form a coalition government with
Hon. Mr. Laurier and Hon. Mr. Mercier, Pre
mier of Quobec.
Tho wedding of Miss Nannie Bayard, young
est daughter of ex-Secretary of State Bayaru.
to Count Lewenbaupt, ot Sweden, is an
nounced to take place early lu April, in Wil
mington, uei.
The bodies of twin infants were found In
Newbold's Woods, near Oceanport N.J. They
were wrapped in flannel, and had been in tbe
woods many days. Tbe mother is supposed to
have been a young woman who was picked up
on the road several weeks ago and who has dis
appeared. The woman found murdered in a tram at
Seville Wednesday was a French dressmaker.
The assassins wero surprised at their work by
the stoppage ot the train, and jumped out
dropping some bank notes and golu, which were
afterward; found covered with blood. Three
men have been arrested on suspicion of being
:ho murderers. Thursday evening a robber
entered a lirstclass carriage nn a train at Sara
gossa and stabbed one ol the passengers, the
Inspector Gcueial of Telegraphs. The latter
overpowered the assassin aud throw him off the
train. The man was afterward captured iu a
dying condition.
CABLE LETTERS covering Europe com
pletely make tho Sunday issuo of TBE DIS
1ATCH a welcome caller at all homes who
have relatives abroad.
ONE WAY TO MAKE HABMONY.
If Every Blan in a Borough Had an Office
There'd Tie Peace.
Mr. Hoey, of Robinson township, proposes
another cure for the political disorganization of
Coraopolis borougb, but bis plan is nbt that of
'Squire Ferre. Mr. Hoey says the surest plan
nf promoting political harmony is to create
more offices in the borough. He thinks that if
every able-bodied male above 21 years of age
could havo an office there would be r.o further
trouble, as those who did not get just what they
wanted would have a consolation situation, in
any event
The triennial assessment is like to create this
season's especial breeze, as a considerable
number of property holders express a deter
mination to t.ist the matter in court should
lots that lately sold at 1,300 be assessed at S2U0
this ear, a iu times past. They say tbat they
are determined tha. th assessed valuation
shall at leas be two-thirds of tho selling value
on vacant lots dr they will ho heard from, as
they say the low valuation put on vacant lots
that can be sold at a round price any da)', is
wbat is keeping the town from improving as it
otherwise would do.
Motiiebs, do not bo witnont Shiloh's Cure in
your house. It will cure croup and whooping
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Special Kid Glove Bargain.
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tan, browus, slates or black, at fcl, worth
$1 50, at Ilosenbauni & Go's. xbs
Tho People's Store, rifth Avenue.
5,000 pairs of lace curtains from 50c to
JS0. Don't forget 'cm when you're buying
curtains. Campbell & Dick.
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Ribbon sale inaugurated to-day. About
10,000 pieces staple, best quality ribbons to
be sold at half the usual prices.
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The Sunday School Topic for To-Mor-row's
Study- Opens
J UP THE GREAT SINS OP OUR TIMES.
Good Opportunity for ihe Minister to Clinch
Ibe Lesson.
PDLP1T THEMES TO BE DISCDSSED
The International Sunday school lesson to
be discussed to-morrow is: "The Siu of
Gehazi," and. the golden text for.the lesson
is: "He sure your sin will find you
out" Eev. Dr. W. J. Reid will tc'acn
this lesson to the assembled Sunday school
workers at tbe Y. M. C. A. rooms to-day at
uoon. There is not often furnished a better
opportunity to cry against the sins of the
times and all times than is given to Dr.
Reid and Sunday school workers. Gehazi's
sins were covetousness and lying. It goes
without saying tbat these are the great sins
of these days.
Gehazi was a liar and a thief, although he
aspired to be a prophet and to step iuto
Elijah's shoes. He failed, as all rascals
will, for God reigns aud not the devil, let
croakers say what they will. If the preach
ers will take advantage of tbe opportunity
furnished them by the Sunday school lesson
and show up the sins of covetousness and
lying they will do well. Deception and
avarice have more to do with the evils of
humanity than all the sins that could be
named.
At the Point Breeze Presbvterian Church,
East End, the pastor, Rev. DeWitt M. Ben
ham, on last Sunday evening, inaugurated
a series of sermons which will be continued
for the next three months, on topics as an
nounced below :
series r.
1.
2.
3.
i.
5.
6.
"In the Beginning, God." i
'In the Beginning God Created."
"God Created Man in His Own Image."
"And God Said."
'The Word Became Flesh."
The Resurrection and the Life."
SEItlES II.
"In Adam All Die."
"Absent From the Bodv."
"Coming of the Lord.""
1.
"Resurrectiou of the Dead."
"The Righteous Judge."
"Second Death."
"Heavenly Kindopi."
0.
7.
Sunday Services In Pittsburg Churches.
-St Peter's P. E. Church. Rev. W. R. Mae
kay. rector Services at 1030 A. Jt, and 730
r. m.
John Wesley Chnrcb, Arthur street, Rev.
George W. Clinton, pastor Services at 10:45 x.
it. and 7:4o p. Jf.
Sbadysido IT. P. Church. Osceola street
school bouse Rev. J. 31. Wallace, of the
Eighth Church, will preach at 330.
St Mark's Memorial Reformed Cburcb.
North Highland avenue Services 11 A. M. and
7:15 p. 31. Sermons by J. S. Nichols.
First Enclish Lutheran Church, Grnt
street Services forenoon and evening, con
ducted by the pastor. Rev. Edmund Belfour.
D. D. '
Denny M. E. Church, Liionier and Thirty
fourth streets Subject 1030 A. jr.: -Alpha
and Omega;" at 730 p. st, "The Important
Now."
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, corner of
Ross street. H. C. Apolegarth, pastor 103'J A.
it.. "A -Model Church;" 7:30 P. M.. "Tne Smit
ten Rock." ,
Eighth Presbvterian Church, Rev. E. R.
Donehno, pastor Subject at 10:15 A. IT.: '-Religion
Outside of Self." 7:30 r. ir. "Advan
tages of An Alibi."
Fortv.third Street Presbyterian Chnrcb.
Rev. u. K. Stiles, pastor Services at 1030 A.M.
and 730 v. Jr. Young People's meeting on Mon
day evenlnz at 7:30.
East End Christian Church, Rev. T. D.
Butler, pastor Services morning and evenlnz.
Morningsubject, "TheIodcl Minister." Even
ing, "Almost Persuaded."
First Christian Church, 3ransfleld Valley,
Pa., Rev. O. IS. Phillip. pastor Services morn
ing and evening. March 15. Evening theme,
"The Surprised Fisherman."
Cumberland Presbyterian Chnrcb, Wylie
avenue and Congress street. Rev. J. B. Koehne
pastor Service at 1030 anil 7-T0 Wonini
subject "Napoleon Bonaparte."
Filth Avenue M. E. Church, Rev. L. 31c
Guire, pastor 1030 A. K.. "What Profit Shall
We Have If We Pray Unto Him?" 7:45 p. jr..
"Why Do Wc Reject Christ?"
Third Presbyterian Church, Sixth avenue
Rev. E. P. Cowan, D. D. Services. 10:15 A. ill
and 7:15 p.m. Evening subject: "The Pharisee
His Good Points and His Faults."
Grace Reformed Church, corner Orant
street and Webster avenue. Rev. John H
Prugh, pastor .Mornlnc theme, "Is He Good
Enough to Join the Church? Am I?"
Firt U. P. Church. Seventh avenue Serv
ices at 1030 A. M., by the pastor. Rev. William
J. Reid. D. D., "The Groat Congregation," and
at 7:30 P. II., by the associate pastor. Rev J M
Ross.
Liberty Street M. E. Church Preachine at
103U A. M. by the presiding elder. Rev. Dr. J.
W. Jliles, after which communion. Preaching
in the evening at 730 by tbe pastor, Rev. J p"
Slclvee. ,"
Second P. 31. Church, Patterson street.
Southside. Rev. H. J. Buckingham, pastor
Services 10:SO A. M. and 7 P. u. 3Iornin"
"Love Feast;" eveumg subject, 'Religious
Cranks."
Unitarian Church, Mellon ISank bmMin
at5H SmithBeld street, at 10:45 a.m. Rev J
G. Towniend, D. D., minister Topic, -Causes
nt Suicide." Sermon subject "The Rooms We
Live In."
Rev. Nevin Woodside will preach to-morrow
morning in the First Relorraed Presby
terian Church, Grant street Mornin" utijecf
"Fidelity Kewarded." Afternoon: "Effectual
Warnings."
Church of God, Townsend street Services
10:15 A. M. and 730 P. ir. by the pastor. Rev. W.
T. Cross. Morning subject : "Tho Two
Debtors." Evening subject: "The Charge of a
Neglected Soul."
LawrencevIUe Baptist Church Services in
German Church, Forty-foTtu street below
Butler, at 3 P. M. Service led by Rev. D. S.
Mulhern. Subject "A Declaration." Bible
school at 1:15 P. it.
Emory M.H Church. East Liberty, Rev. C.
V. WiIon, pasmr Services at 11 A. M. and 730
P. II. Rev. R. II. Allen, D. D in tbe morning.
Evening subject "The Tare?," the second of
the series on the parables.
Central Presbvterian Chnrcb. corner of
Forbes and Seneca streets, Rev. A. A. Mealy,
pastor Services at 1030 a. m. and 730 P. M.
Morning subject: 'The First 3Iiracle:" evening
subject: "Reconciliation."
if. E. Church. Fulton street Rev. N. E. John
son, pastor Services morning and evening.
Subject in the evening. "The Tree of Life n
Either Side of the River, and tbe Leaves for
the Healing of the Nations."
3It Washington PreshytPrian Cbnrrh, Rev.
E. S. Farrand, pastor 1030 A. 3t "How to
Keep Ourselves in the Love of God." 730 P.
II . "The Relationship of Our Wills to Conver
sion." 630 p. at., "Speak Truly."
Highland Presbyterian Mission Themorn
ina services will he omitted. The usual even
ing service at 7:15. Rev. 31. B. Riddle. D. D..
will preach. The morning services will bo re
sumed on the following Sabbath.
Fifth IT. P. Church. Webster avenue. Rev.
J. W. Harsha. pastor Services 1030 A. it. and
730 P. M. Morning subject "The Modol Con
gregation. V." The last of tbe series. Evening,
"A Distinction With a Difference."
First Church of Spiritualists, No. 6 Sixth
street Mrs. Helen Smart Richlnzs lectures
Sunday morning and evenlnz. Subioct for
lectures taken from the audipnce. Psycho
metric readings follow each lecture.
Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church. Thirty
ninth street between Penn avenue and Butler
street. Rev. A. E. Linn, pastor 1030 A. It. Rev.
DeWitt 31. Benham will preach bv exchange
with he pastor: 730P. it. Will Ye Also Go
Away."
Methodist Episcopal Christ Church. Rev.
G. W. Izer. D. D.. pastor 31orning subject
"Tbe Real Nature, and the Proper View of
Death." Evening subject "A Jubilee of Praise:
Tbe King that Cometh in tbe Namo of the
Lord."
TJniversalist Church, Curry University,
Sixth street and Penn avenue. Rev. W. S.
Williams, pastor 10:45 A. sr snbject "The
Greatest Thingln the World;" 7:15p.3I., topic.
"Politics and the Peoule;'' sermon subject,
"Who Are You!"
Haven M. E. Church. Duauesne Heights.
Rev. W. H. Rodenbauch. p"astor Services
morning and evening. Subject, 1030 A. Jr..
"The Majesty of Man;" 7:15 p. M.. "Social
Liberty." Young people's meetlngat 8:15 P. it;
leader, J. E. DIgby.
Point Breeze Presbyterian Church Morning
service. II o'clock. Service conducted by Rev.
A. E. Sinn. Evening service. 730 P. it, sub
ject, "In the Beginning God Created:" second
sermon of tbe series. Service conducted by the
pastor. Rev. DeWitt 31. Benham.
Sixth United Presbyterian Church, Collins
avenue, East End. Rev. R. M. Russell. pastor
Services. 11 A. ii. and 7:15 p. it Morning ser
vices conducted by Rev. W. J. Robinson, D. D.,
of tho First Church. Allegheny. Evening, gos
pel meeting, The Path to Knowledge."
Southside Presbyterian Church, corner
Twentieth and Sarah streets Rev. F. R. Far
rand, pastor Services at 1030 a. ir. and 730
P. M. At tbe evening service Rev. 3. P. White,
late of Alaska, will make an address on tbat
country, its people and missionary work among
them.
Second Presbyterian Church.corner of Penn
avenue and Seventh .street. Rev. J. R. Suther
land, D. D., pastor Services at 1030 a. it., and
7:45 P. it Subject in the morning: "The Story
of the Jericho Publican;" in the evening: '"The
Mean Man." Sabbath school immediately at
the close of the morning services. Yonng
people's ineeiinc at 6:45 p. at
Eighth Street Reformed Presbyterian
Church. Rev. D. McAllister, pastor At 1030,
"Elisha's Defenders;" at 3 o'clock, "The Chris
tian's Life Principle Applied to Business," the
second in a series of discourses to tbe young;
at 730, a sermon by the Rev. Prof. William J.
Coleman, of Geneva College, before the Mis
sionary Society of the R. P. Seminary, on "The
Basis of 31issionary Effort."
Allegheny Churches.
North Presbyterian Church, Lincoln ave
nue 11 A. ir. and 7:45 P. it the pastor, Rev.
John Fox will preach.
Arch Street SI. E. Church, Rev. W. F. Con
ner, pastor 1030 A. if., "Needless Trouble;"
730 P. it, "Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac"
First Presbyterian Church. Carneefe Hall,
1O.30 A..st Themfe.-Cain aud Abel Their Con
flict;" 7:15 P. it., "Young 3Ian I Say Unto Thee
Arise.'
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Rev. New
ton Donaldson, pastor 10:30. "Nicodimus:"
6:15. Y. P. S. C. E., "Speak Truly?' 7:30. -Waiting
for God."
Eighth United Presbyterian Chucb, Ob
servatory Hill, preaching morning and evening
by Prof. R, W. SIcGranahan Slorning, "The
Love of the World Forbidden."
North Avenue 3I.E. Church, retirinc pastor
Rev. T. J. Leak will preach. Slorning service
"Closing Words to the Church." Evening,
'Closing Words to Young People."
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sandusky
:reet Rev. J. W. Sproull, pastor Subiect at
street
Sproull, pastor Subiect at
1030. "Delay in Execution of Sentence Airainsi
Evil Works."
wnrka." At 3 T xr .(Tvaii T
At 3 P. M.. "Excellencv of
Christ"
Sandusky Street Baptist Church, Rev. B F
Woodbuni, pastor 1030A.lt, "Tbe Now and
the Hereafter;" 73U P. ir.. "A Thoughtful
Choice." Preaching week nights by Rev. A. J.
Bonsall.
Tha Central Presbyterian Church, corner
Anderson and Lacock streets. Rev. S. B. 31c
Cormlck, pastor Snbject: 10:45 a.m., "Naaman
the Syrian;" 730 P. it, "The Folly of a Success
ful Alan."
First Christian Cburcb, Rev. W. F.
Richardson, pastor Slorning sermon, "Lot's
Choice;" evening sermon, "The Healing
Leives" Christian Endeavor prayer meetm
at C30 P. it
liuena Vista Street 3I.E.Church.Rev. J H
Stiller, pastor At 1030 A. M., "Let the Words
f Sly Mouth and the -Meditations of My
Heart Be Acceptable." At730 P. it, "Heaven
aud Its Inhabitants."
Second United Presbyterian Chnrcb. Rev
W.H. -McMillan, D. D.. pastor-1030 a. if
anniversary of the Ladies' Missionary So
ciety; subject, "Competent Witnesses " 730 t
m., "The fain ot Unbelief."
-Fourth U. P. Church, Slontgnmery avenue
Rev. Joseph Ivvle, of Springfield, O will
preach at 1030 A. ir. and 730 p.m. Younc
people's meeting at 6:15 P. at. Subiect "Are
We Serving God in Wurd Only."
Green Street Baptist Church. Scott and
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Robinson streets. Rev. R. a Laws. D. Cpastor
Praise meeting at 1030 A. v.. communion at 3
and preaching at 7 P. M.; subject "His JSxplra
tlon ia Sorrow Provided Eternal Joy." "
First Congregational Church.corner Frank
lin aud .Manhattan streets. Rev. S. N. 31c
Corkle, pastor Subject ol morning sermon.
The Conditions ol Prevailing Prayer. At 730
p. K., "A Royal Leper, or Humbled Pride."
Trinity Lutheran Cburcb, Stockton ave
nue Union services will be conducted to-morrow
morning and evening by tbo Rev. C. B.
King, pastor of St -Mark's Mission. Special
services for tho young peonie in the evening.
"Second Congregational Church, corner
Nonh and Grant avenues Rev. William Mc
Cracken, uastor Morning. "Comparing God's
Altar." Eventne, -Some or the Wais Men
Are lirought to the Knowledge of Christ"
Courmunion in connec.ion with morning ser
vice. Piovfdence Presbyterian pburch. Liberty,
near Chestnut street Rev. W. A. Kinter.
pastor Services at 1030 a. it and 7:45 P. iu
Young people's meeting at 7:10 p. M. A series
of evangelistic meetings, conducted by Rev.
Thompson, of Sharpsburg, will bf held during
tho- week beginning Marcii IU, at 7:45 p. ii.
FBENCH ASD GEBMAnT AETISTS.
Scene Twenty Yean Ago Recalled by
Present Troubles.
A French scene; place aud time, Paris,
January 19, 1871: Qver the beleaguered city
night is closing. At her doorway a woman
waits for tidiugs of her betrothed, who is
fightiuga; Versailles. All day long the boom
ing of cannon has resounded in her waiting
ears, but nowj at 6 o'clock, the dismal con
cussions have ceased. An atnbulancier
whom sheknows dashes up the street toward
her, with the words: ''We have found him,"
he hands hern chain with a silver tear pend
ant, and dashes away again to attend to
duties' equally as sad.
Few the words and unsuggestive tbe act,
but enouch has been said and done to crush
the woman's heart, for well she knows that
her artist lover, Henri Kegnault, is dead.
She had given him the chain, saying as be
left her: "Take it now that I am happy,
but you must give it back to me the first
time you- make me weep."
He kept his word, but it was a cruel fate
that robbed the womau of her lover and
France of one of her most promising artists,
for it was probably tha last shot in the last
battle of the Franco-Prussian War that
killed Regnault. Well cuuld the maid ask:
"What end has late in view that I am thus
afflicted?"
It would be a curious circumstance if, now
that 20 years have passed away, her ques
tion should be answered by auotlier war
with Germany, caused as much by an inci
dent at the, grave of Kegnault as by any
thing else.
LEIGHTOB'S TWO PICITJEES.
Canvases of Interest Upon Which Sir Fred
eric Is Working.
Sir Frederic Leigh to a has made consid
erable progress witb tbe two pictures which
he purposes to scud to this year's academy,
says a .London correspondent of The Dis
patch. One of these, "The Return of
Persephone," will represent that young
lady returning for the first time from hades,
borue swiftly through the air by Hermes,
who is about to restore her for a time to her
anxious mother, Demeter. His other pict
ure isentitled "Perseus aud Asdromeda"
a subject which seems to possess a perennial
interest for both artists aud poels. Kings
ley makes Perseus come across the water to
rescue the fair Andromeda:
Hovering over the wator he came, upon glitter
ing pinions.
Living, a wonder, outgrown from the tight
laced cold ot bis sandals.
Bounding from billow to billow, and sweeping
the crests like a sea cull
Leaping the culls of tbe surge, as he laughed in
in tbe joy of his leaping.
In Sir Frederic Leighton's picture, the
"Sun God" is flying through the air and
rapidly approaching the terrified maiden,
who crouches beneath the wing of the mon
ster, who, like that of Kingsley's poem, is
"shapeless a terror to see." It will scarce
ly be necessary lo add tbat in respect of
form and color, these pictures are fully up
to the President's high standard.
AEKANSAS LAND HOLDERS EXCITED.
Many Farms Purchased From Railroads
Itovert Back to the State.
Little Eock, March 13. The Supreme
Court decision rererting back to the State
over 275,000 acres ofland originally donated
under the act of Congress to the different
railroads of tbe State, is creatine much ex
citement throughout Arkansas.
Host of the lauds hare since been sold by
the railroads to private parties, who have
made extensive improvements. A mass
meeting was held at Brinkley. Ark.,
Wednesday, to consider the matter, and a
committee was appointed to dralt a bill pro
viding that the lands shall be sold by the
State as swamp lands at a low price, and the
present occupants to have preference as to
purchasing them. The bill has passed to a
second reading in tbe State Senate. Should
the bill fail to pass much hardship and suf
fering will result.
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MEDICAL.
DOCTOR
WHiTTIER
814 VKNN AVENUE, 1M.TTSIJURG, PA.
As ola resident know and back &'.es at Pitts
burg papers prove, is the oldest established
anil most prominent physieian in the city, de
voting special attention to all cbromc diseases.
SmrrNOFEEUNTILCURED
M C D fl 1 1 Q and mental diseases, physical
mLD V UUO decay, nervous iIcDility, lack of
energv. ambition anu hope, impaired memory,
disordered sizht, self distrust, bashftilnesj,
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruption, im
poverished blood, failing povt ers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consnmution, un
fitting the person lor business, society" aud mar
riage, permanently, safely and privately cured.
BLOOD AND SKINscnt
blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular,
swelling", ulcerations nl tomrue, mouth, throat,
ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, and bloml
poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system.
1 1 PI (VI A RV kidney and bladder derange
U 111 IMrtn 1 1 menis, weal; back, gravel, ca
tarrli.il uischa.ges. inllamni ition and other
painful symntoms receive searching treatment,
prompt relief and real cure;.
Dr. Whittier's lire-long, extensive experience
insures scientific and reliable treatment oa
common-sense principles. Consultation free.
Patients at a distance as carefully treated as If
here. Office hoars. 9 A. 21. to 8 P. M. Sunday.
10 A. Jt. to 1 P. M. onlv. UK. WHITTIER. SH
Penn avenne. Pittsburg, Pa. jaS-49-Dsuwls
MANHOOD RESTORED.
I sa vrrvo," the
Wonderful bpanui
Kemedy. Is sold with s
AVrittenGuaranteo
to cure all Servota Dis
eases, such as TVealc
.Memory, Loss of Brain
Power. Headache.
Waltefnlness. Lost Mio
hood. X errousness. Los
sltnde. all drains and
loss of power ot the
Before & After Use,
Photographed from life.
I Generative Organs, m
either sex. caused It
Mwj.nttnn vmithfni inricficretiotis. or the excessive
use of tobacco, oplnm. or stimulants, which ultimately
lead to Infirmity. Consumption and Insanity. P up
In convenient form to carry lit the vest pocket. Price
1 a package, or 6 for 15. "With every U order we glje
a written guarantee to euro or refund the
money. Sent by mad to any address. Circular free.
Mention this paper. Address.
MADRID ChEHICAL CO., Branch Mice i for TJ. S. A.
417 Dearborn Strpt. CHICAGO. ILL.
FOB SALE IN PITTSBURGH, PA., BY
Jos. Fleming & Son. 410 Market St.
Duqnesne Pharmacy. 518 Smithfield St.
A. J. Eaercher, 59 Federal St., Allegheny City,
f e2g-2u-MTli3
00.0. Wests
NERVEAND BRAIN TREATMENT.
Specific for HTJteria, Dizziness Fits yenraIifla,Wate
1 ulnes3, Muital P,prcssIoa,lHoltenuig'of t&e Braln.re
mltlns in insanity and leading to misery decar an!
death. Premature Old As, barrenness. Loss of Power
In either sax, Inrolantary Losses, and Spermatorrhoea
caused by over-exertion of the brain, self-abase or
over-Indulgence. Each box contains one month's treat
merit. 81 a box. or ix for 83, sent by mall prepaid.
With each order for six boxes will send purchaser
traarantco to refund nonor if the treatment fails to
m-" Onar-ntfK-1 - -m- -oldoniyhr
EMILG.STUCKY, Druggist,
1701 and 2101 Penn aye., and Corner Wylie and
Fulton st, PITTSBURG. PA.
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ELECTRIC BELT
FOR
WEAKXE5
InMKXdeblliutel
tlirough disease or
ntherwlse. VS
BDAItANTFTC to fllltEDT tills New IMPKOVtU
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MM. Klvinz Krecly. Sllld, SootMnjr. Continuous
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restoring rhem to HEALTH and VIGOROUS
STKENOl'H. KWtrlc current felt instantly, or
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up. Worst casM Permanently Cnred lo tlirea
months. ;nlei pamphlets free. Cull tm or ad
dress SA.VUEN KLECTKIC CU..S19 Broadway,
Hew Jforlc. mrtl-li-TTSSu
DOCTORS LAKE
SPECIALISTS m all cases re
quiring scientific and confiden
tial treatment! Dr. S.K- Lake.
M. R. C P. &. 13 the oldest and
most experienced specialist la
the city. Consultation Ireo aud
tftHctlv rnnndentiaL Offict
hfraW to4na7to8P.3t.i annaays, 10 r.
It. Consult themperaonally. or write. DOCTOR
Lake. cor. Penn are. and Jth st, Pittsourfc Pa.
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HOME CURE FOR MEN.
. . .
Men who are lacking in vital fores and lgor,
orare weik and nervous from any cause, send
at once for sealed information. FREE, of ths
New Common Sense Home Cure. No electric
noneenie. stomacn drugging. .Certain
cure for all Weaknesses of men. Address
Albion Pharmacy Co., Box 194, Albion Miob.
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M. AfjE sealed Treatise, explafnuur abso
toL M'r' -A lute and perfect CUKE without
N I R ft U Id tomarb druzjlnc, for Lost Uan
UlNUri"bood Nervous Debility. Lack of
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idltu IU X1SS70S CO, 19 Tut Hue. few lork, K. X.
OCll-TTStTlC
AannT4Yupiiiilln11 FDPPt
QME TREATMENT
.WITH MEDICAL ELETRICITX '
kTorall CHRONIC. OEOA5IO aaj
irmvnTJa T1TSEASE3 In both sexes.
Rn ma 11.1. till .Ml NAiS this t)Mk AddTMi
THE PERU CHEMICAL CO., HIlWAIUt,WlS
TTSSTJ
TO WEAK MEN: -K:
early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, etc
I will send awalnable treatise (v-alcd) containing I
fall particulars ror home cure. Fit Eh of cnarga. '
A splendid medical wort; should be read by every
man who Is .nerron and debilitated. Address,
FroC F. C. FOWLEB, 3Ioodu, Coaa.
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