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Some Talks on Endless and Tail Rope
Hanlago by Mining Engineers
and Mine Inspectors.
WILLIAM AYEST ON MINE FIKES.
Prevention Ecgarded as of Kcre Practical
Talne Than Cnre by Most Insti
tute Members.
TCIIISKT AD FIREDAMP A BAD MIXTURE
Delrrtrtiets ca Tej u cf Iatrrt it th Lut Haters
BtEjion.
The "Western Pennsylvania Central
Mimnc Institute concluded its labors
yesterday. Proceedings began by
another wrangle over the indorsement
of Mr. Shaw's analyzing or inspector's
machine. Some of the members feared
the impression would get out that the
signal machine had been indorsed as well as
the testing apparatus, and August Steinert
flered a discriminating resolutiou. Mr.
Sruw got another whack at his opponents,
in consequence of the discussion, and Mr.
DeArmitt tried to have the Institute con
demn Mr. Snaw's signaling apparatus, but
failed, and the result was that the Institute
stands just as it did on Friday, indorsing
the testing machine, withont any utterance
regarding the signal machine.
Elijah Dainby, of Coal Bluff, spoke on
'I nderground Haulage." He favored the
eudles rope system
Mr l'oster said the cost of hauling coal
out ot one of the anthracite mines was 21
cents by mule power and but 4 cents by
cable.
hecretary Sedden thought the endless rope
a good thing in the river mine, and partic
ularly well adapted to mines where there
are different levels.
A DUpnteOier Relative Merits.
There was a dispute as to the respective
merits of tail and endless rope haulage,
iwid Augnst Steimer objected to the endless
nble on account of its cost, and held that
it did not wear well, especially when the
cjrs hauled were 60 feet apart
Mr Dainby said the cars could be placed
as cloe toiether as desired, and he had
knnwnan endless cable to last six vears.
' h promised to write another paper on the
f)OCt.
Mine Inspector Evans thouiht the matter
micct to conditions, but endless cable re-
,u red double tracks.
Reuben Street said it cost twice as much to
jul coal hi some mines as in others, where
the general situ ition was the same; in one
Tachinery was taken care of and discipline
in forced
Mr. Foster thought it difficult to enforce
discipline in some cases. If the whole
-o lierv force took it into its mnltitndinous
head to support a refractory man, he could
notalvravs be discharged. Mine Inspeotor
Duncan thought that as nine-tenths of the
applications were for the tail rope system,
it w.is evidence in favor of tailrope haulage.
AVilluni West, of United, wants maps of
all mines hung in the rooms of foremen and
then there would he less trouble in case of
accident.
Work of the I'lnal Session.
"What are we to do with the disused gas
wells in the future?" was the question on
which the ball was opened in the afternoon.
It was sprung by Mr. Blick. Mr. Street,
of No. 2 Bndgeville, was in favor of haying
the boles plugged below the coal measures.
He offered a resolution to appoint a com
mittee to investigate and report at the nest
meeting the best way to preserve located
and abandoned gas wells and remove danger
from the coal fi Ids.
A recess of 13 minutes was taken to allow
M r Shaw to test the contents of a rubber
satk, wmch had been given bun with the
request that he do so. This was a matter of
but a few moments, requiring but one or
two of the 200 tests his machine is capable
making He stated that he would first
mow whether it was fire or choke damp.
1 ' stead ol an extinguishment of the lamp
flime there was an explosion, showing tha
i was not choke but fire damp. The next
tiling wis to test the richness oi the fire
dunp jud the CJUge was moved 3-10 of lper
cent. Tl e gong rang at this point, show
n toe fluid to be natural ga. The ex
periment showed that by the ue of the
nut lime anvone of ordinary intelligence
c mi 1 knock a chemist silly in determining
t ifsiicitb of interest to miners. That is, in
( ii.t ot time, and at the simc time the
iipntor need not know the first principles
t X heuiistrv.
V ilium West was next called on for a
piper on "Mine Fires," but as he was out
during sped potatoes, Mr. Shaw cave his
t vvrs His plan is to pump carbonic acid
,h- nto the rooms alter they are br.itticed
' fl He also showed how fires might be ex
Dsuished by the use of a steam injector at
s . a ' cost, also by use of a vacuum pump.
heu Mr. West got m he began an at
t ck nn Mr. Shaw, but Mr. Steiner switched
hint rffaud the institute expressed a desire
i- have a peace, so he got down to his mut
t o He extolled the mining laws of Penn
slvama; told of the means taken to sae
1 le in the Aondale mine 20 odd years ago,
ei He made several suggestions as to how
fins might be suppressed.
l'romlnent In a Work of Rescue.
Mr A est is the man who took a promi
nent part in tne rescue of the men at the
I n ted m:ne at the time of the fire.
Mr. Blick said it was more necessary to
take precautions against fire than to provide
for its suppression.
At this juncture Mr. Shaw took his leave
ot the institute -ind it gave him a vote of
th.inks. He also xpressed his thanks that
half ot his safety device had been iudorsed
l" the institute.
Mine Inspector Jenkins, while agreeing
if ., all possible apparatus for fire ex
i .'uisbment and precautions against the
s.inu- snouid be taken, held further that
I retention oi drunkenness among miners
as important as anything else. He
would not allow a drunken man to be about
am ne at all.
Mr Street ursed that all precautions
should be constantly in working shape and
urged that adjustable fans, so as to be either
exhaust or force, should be arranged, and
that miners should be disciplined.
K J Foster made an address, in which
he dwelt upon the educational advantages
possessed by mining institutes, they being
valuable cot only to mining engiueeis, but
to operators and operatives. He cited what
mining institutes had done for England,
and said mat while at nresent it was neces-
sarr to throw open the doors to all men of
intelligence in the ranks, the time will come
when close ommuman will rule, and only
men of technical training will be admitted.
A vote of thanks was given Mr. Foster.
Carried Oier to Jfext Session.
The discussion of mine fires filled out the
whole session and the subject was continued
nntil the next meeting ot the institute,
which was fixed for the third Thursday and
FruUy of June next in the Court House, if
convenient.
At Mr. Steiner's suggestion a vote of
thanks was given Mr. West for bis heroic
work in saving life at the mine fire at
L uited, Westmoreland county. The ses
sion whs shortened on account of a consider
able number of witnesses absconding to
make trains as they did not want to be kept
over Sunday.
Mr Shaw, on being questioned as to
cause of objection to his signal system in
mines, replied that it was occasioned by
some unaccountable prejudice incompatible
with common sense. "My test system for de
tecting dangerous gases," saia he, "in all
proportions in a positive and instantaneous
manner, ia pronounced by all authorities
superior to any other known method, and
theie is no sensible reason under the sun
why the miner should be deprived of the
means of receiving quick information
whenever his safety requires the same."
A QUARTO-CENTENNIAL
To Be Celebrated In Great Style in This
Cits Grand Army Veterans Worklne
Hard to make It a Success Names of the
Committeemen.
Old City Hall will witness a memorable
scene on the evening of Monday, April 6,
that being the date of the quarto-centennial
of the organization of the Grand Army of
the Kepublic ' The surviving members of
the Soldiers' Belief Committee, that did
such noble work during the great sanitary
fair, durinr the war, have been invited, and.
as tar as able, will take part in the proceed
ings. Colonel W. A. Herron is Chairman
of this committee, while Mrs. William
Thaw and others of the ladies who served on
the committee, who are now living, will
probably be present. Seventeen posts will
take part as organizations, while thousands
of individual members of the G. A. K,
throuchout Western Pennsylvania will
doubtless be present The Executive Com
mittee is working very hard, and their
name, found below, are sufficient guarantee
that the celebration will be a grand success.
The following are the names of the com
mittees: Executive Committee XV. II. Rrcd, Clialrnnn;
Thomas J Hudson, (Teorge . AlcCutcliion, J.
N .'liiTlur. w llllam Hall. L. . .Mallastcc.
Committee on Imitation Comrade A. ilon
toolh, Cliilrman: Comrades M. S. Qua v. S. .
.Marvin. . 1.. JlcCllutock. it. V. bnjitli. . It
Thompson, . il Hamuli, Willi A. 11 zzard.
John A. llcr. i H. Collier, entries X. Cliain
DLrtaln. L. . Houghton J. Guy McCandlrss G.
W. Hill. tamiiLl Kllgore. John b. l.nu.bie.
It I. Meart, Daniel AlcM llllams, C. 1".
Jlchenna, it. i. bpecr, H. M. Donelioo, Dan
iel Asliworthy. Abraui Hentlev, John Kwtnc,
Irani, b. Ue-idcr. .1. li. Wilson. A. J. ilc
Qulttr. Kobert .Mercer, James H. Grav. XV. H.
McCleary, John llmlc William Bradley, bus 11.
lounc. 1. K. ltoss. C. It slicpler, l'lillip lloerr,
J. 1 'emlnjt, C. O. Wilt D. U. llllims,
J nines Huntir, Crosby Gray, B. Gallisath,
William UnseT, L 1. Sclp. John A.
Keed. T. B. bwearlrcm, John F. Hun
ter. John Meele. 1. F. ltohrbacher. Hcv. John A.
DanU. b. A. Will, A.J. HIiiKlum. Irauk. Grim,
II.T. ClinlottL J. K Wallace. T. C. Donfnirton,
Thomas iortilnjr. T. L. 'turner. Kalpli ltrndley, S.
SI. Duvall. F. C. egley, John O. biii W. O.
Kussell, James bbcpird. O. M. Head, William
McConvra, C. O. Mnlth. Ldward Abet H. 1.
Uerbst, Ch imbers .McKlbbcn.
CoicmltUc on Keceptlon Comrade J. F. Den
rilslon. Clnlrman: A.S. M. ilorpiii, J. . Over,
W. b. bliallenberppr. onnan il. bmltli. It G.
Herron, tec a. smith, Wm. ilcCIellaud. l.dward
Ab-t W. 1. Herbert. C. C Fawcett I. K
liecker. it. B Bidfllc. C'has. O. Sinllli. John l".
Bchnarm. S. B. Thompson, J. W. Wlshart, John
J. oiiiik. Howard Hartley, V. b. Mcliln. O. il.
Head, A. . Httn, II. II. Irwin, II
11. Breed. James K. Chalfant W. J.
Cirson, Ker. W. It Cowl.T nomas . Uaker.James
Collard. XV. It Ei!nc. James G. Fulton, VV. K.
Gillespie. W'. K. Hone. William F. Anil. II. 1".
Krrbs. William Hazlcwood. John C Matthews,
John 1'owers Boss, tiliott JUCilt J. A. Hatche
lor. James CWatt D A. Joik'n A. C. Frank,
John Dlttcs. W. 1. I'owell, John It Wllhelm.
Georcc il. Hack. James Morris. John Heineman.
Charles II. Miller. , B Krocsen, Samuil AVal
lace. Committee on Entertainment comrade J. il.
Schoonmaker, Chairman: XV. II. Lambert, Secre
tary; A. t. Fcarson. T. il. Ilarne, Andrew
Mcwart. James 1. Graham, J. It Hirrali, J. S.
SUkIp. Tliomns A. Itow'cy, XV. G. JlcCandlcss,
C. C. Townsend. John J Uiclham, Bevi William
1. bhrom, W. H. Wlnslon, . II Barclay. J. A.
l'hllllps. F. I). I'ercliment. W. II. Dejinlston,
Kc J. B. Holland, William HaTmakcr.
terl It Kit hard n J. t. McfilhancT.
Honard Morton George B. Chalmers. G. H. Lad
le, B. It Itrree, E. J. Allen, George b. Fulmer,
Johny. bnlrrly. Key GeorpeW. ChMfant I'. X
Guthrie, B. F. Jennings h. Kltzmlller, George
l.aiiElilni. William J. iloorheart, HIlIlsMcKown,
W. A. Koblnson, Ben Morgan. Erasmus W ilson,
J. It Eaton. W. it. Vogleson, Alexander W Ilson,
SI. it i enon. Thomas It Kerr. I,. F. Brown,
Alfred Oat. T. J. ilcGrath, George b. W'ooda,
William T. lagcart Thumas G. Jones, John C.
Thomas.
A slight cold, lfnetlected. orten attacks the
lnngs. llrowN'sBnoCiiiALTBOCUKSclyesure
and limueaUte relict bold only In boxes. Frlce
15ceuts.
Do Von Eat?
"Within the past few weeks I have bought
hundreds of btrrels of sugar. Ton all
know the scarcity and' high price of that
article now.
i'et in the face of high price and scarcity
I will give with all regular orders of ten
($10) dollars and upward
16 lbs granulated sugar $1 00
IT lt 3 standard A sugar 1 00
20 lbs California graDes 1 00
15 lbs boneless codfish 1 00
10-lb kit mackerel 1 00
7 fin roasted coffee (fresh ground) 1 00
7 lb? choice evaporated apples 1 00
4 lbs chewing tobacco 1 00
3 lb-, evaporated raspberries 1 00
4 lb? Wcyman's tobacco 100
8 lbs white clover honey 1 00
5 lbs tea (in all varieties) 1 00
50 bars family soap 1 00
Large family scales 1 95
9 c-ins fresh mackerel 1 00
24 lbs new codfish (whole)... 1 00
SO bars soap (5 cents size) 1 00
7 lbs desMcatedcocoar.ut 1 00
G-foot step ladder, complete 98
1 clothes horse (4 wings: G feel) 85
1 gallon Xew Orleans molasses 30
1 r.illon glass oil can, tin-covered 20
4 Sis dried corn 25
Sugar-cured ham, per ft)
1 can best Lima beans
1 can genuine sugar corn
1 can pumpKin
1 can solid packed tomatoes
1 can peas
1 can string beans
Sucar-cured shoulder, per Jb
Delivered to all parts of two cities.
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To
parties
freight
living out of the citv will prepay
on all orders of S10 and upward.
Send for price list.
Jas. J. Weldon,
No. 201 Market street.
Corner Second avenue. Pittsburg.
NEW STRAW 3IATTING&
3,000 Rolls Imported Direct liy Edward
Grortzlnger.
The largest stock and nne"st assortment in
these popular summer floor coverings ever
opened by a Western house is now ready for
inspection at 627 and G29 Penn avenue.
Many of the designs were made especially
lor us ana cm ne seen nnwnere else.
Prices, ?6, $8, 59, 510, $12, $14, $16, $18
and $20 per roll of 40 yards.
If you will need any of these the coming
summer call and sec the stock while it is full.
A. MONDAT SUIT SALE;
An Elegant Lino of lien's Salts at S7 OO
Each.
Monday we place on sale about 800 men's
sack and cutaway suits made up in the
latest styles lor spring trade. There are
fine cassimere checks and stripes, plain
corkscrews and worsteds, rough and smooth
cheviots and also plain black cheviot suits
in this collection We offer you a choice of
the entire lot 'or only 57. Bear in mind
that the best patterns will sell first.
1'. C. C. C, PlTTSBURR COMBIITATIOIT
Clothisg Company, corner Grant and
Diamond streets.opposite the Court House.
A Recommendation From Tennessee.
It is more than likely that many readers
ot The Dispatch will agree with H. B.
"Wayne, of 'Whiteville, Tenn., in his opinion
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says:
"I take pleasure in recommending it to the
public as being a medicine of great worth
and merit. The manufacturers of that
remedy certainly have been great benefac
tors to suffering humanity." One of the
most valuable properties ot'this remedy is in
its power of loosening and relieving a cold
and freeing the system of any bad effects of
the cold. For sate by druscists. 'WSa
The optical business has becomeone of our
important factors, and we have Prof. Dodge
at its head, and any work that can be done
by any optician we are now prepared to do.
August Loch,
Jeweler and Optician, 145 Federal street
TOStt
Attention! Attention!!
A most beautiful panel, entitled "Easter
Offerings," will be presented to each pur
chaser of one pound tea, one pound baking
powder or two pounds coflee, during this
week at all the stores of the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company in Pittsburg, Al
legheny and MrKeesport.
THE
BEAUTY FOR EASTER
In
lhe Shape of Artistically Made
and Fashioned Millinery.
MISS BARKER. A LADY OF REN0WK,
Secured by an Enterprising Local
Treparatory to the Season
Firm,
WHEN WOMEN WANT NEW DEADWEAR
It is a well-known fact that to become
perfect in any one branch of study, whether
it be the sciences or bonnet making,
requires life-long application and un
divided attention. The art of mil
linery, belongs to woman by right of nature,
inherited from Mother Eve, who, in lieu of
the bonnet, twined leaves and sprays in her
treses.
For the last few weeks Pittsburg has
been taking on an Easter appearance.
Especially is this the case with the hand
some establishment oi Kaufmanns'. Crowds
" ijjaw ""
Miss Ethel Barker.
of fasnionably dressed ladies were drawn as
if by manic to this establishment. The
cause of this was the opening by Kauf
manns of their grand new Parisian millin
ery department Even the men could be
seen eazing rapturously into the large win
dow on Smitlitield street, in which speci
mens of high art millinery were displayed.
To judge by the delighted expression on
their countenances as thev gazed upon the
artistic hats and bonnets therein and es
pecially upon n distractinglv beautiful
creature with'n chapcau of unrivaled loveli
ness perched upon her dainty head they
seemed ready to rush in and purchase the
most expensive ol the head coverings. And
this, too, without drawing the price of it
from the depths of their pockets with a
groan as the average man is supposed to do.
Almost to the planner Born.
But to procure beautiful hats and bon
nets it is necessary to employ the means.
This the ever-enterprising K.iuffmanns
have done in the person ol Miss Ethel
Barker, a lady of renown in the millinery
world. Miss Barker was born and rrfied in
London, and almost from her very infancy
showed a love of the beautiful. As
soon as she was able to hold a
needle, everybody knew that she was
a born milliner. "When old enoush
she embraced the profession, and has
since then been connected with some of the
leading modistes of the world. Paris being
the center of high art in millinery. Miss
Barker naturally sought that city. She was
welcomed by Madame Verot, the leading
Parisian milliner, with whom she remained
several years. Miss Barker then went back
to London and connected herself with the
house of Robert Heath, bonnet-maker by
appointment to the Royal family, where she
remained until Red em, the leading ladies'
tailor and milliner of New York,
recognized in ker a leading European
artist and induced her to accept an im
portant position in his establishment Thns
Miss Barker came to this country. Kauf
manns' have always been noted lor their de
sire to give their patrons what they want.
They are, it can truly be averred, "of the
people and for the people.' This they have
shonn in securing the services of Miss Bar
ker, who is a lady of high education and
culture, and with that innate refinement
phich is the true stamp ot the lady.
f Kaufmanns know that we cannot all en
joy the luxury of a visit to Paris, hence they
nave brought .fans to us.
A Dream of Every Woman's Life.
One of the dreams, of every woman's life
is to possess, some time, before she dies, a
real Parisian bonnet. But owing to the
way she would lmve to plunge her little
hand into her husband's pocket, it nearly
always ends in a dream. Kaufmanns',
with the chivalry for which they are noted,
have come to her aid. She can now have
the loveliest of French bonnets at a cost
which she has heretofore paid for those
made by American milliners.
Miss "Barker lives in her art. She loves
it for its own sake. It is
simply bewildering to watch
her deft fingers form ordinary
looking materials into the most bewitching
headgear, while her trained eyes take in the
features, expression and general coloring of
the lady for whom the bonnet is being
fashioned. Every bonnet, from the highest
to the lowest price, is made under Miss
Barker's supervision. She has, of course, a
lar'e number of excellent milliners under
her charce, but she makes it a rule, to see
every customer herself. She then studies
the patron's appcarjnee, and the result is
that the customer gets just what suits her.
To keep well informed upon the Parisian
styles and to see everythins new as it is
produced, it is necessary for Miss Barker to
pay frequent visits to the French capita!.
She there ore goes to Europe twice a year
specially to see what has been evolved by
the artistes on the other side of the Atlantic.
Thus Kaufmanns are sure of always having
the latest designs in their" millinery depart
ment, as they have everywhere else through
out their great establishment
One of the Necessities for Success.
Miss Barker is a most affable lady. She
greets "all her customers as if they were old
friends. She seems to be here, there and
everywhere at once. In fact, this seems to
bfe the case with every saleswoman in Kauf
manns', which is one reason it is becoming
the most popular ladies' house in the city.
The millinery department is on the third
floor, and is easily reached either by a
handsomely upholstered elevator or broad
and easy sttircases. Then what a bewilder
ing array of beauty creels the eye. Rows
and rows of showcases, filled with" the sweet
est things in bonnets, laces and flowers'in
endless variety. To the right, commanding
a wide view oi Fiith avenue and Smithfield
street, is the most cunninc little semi-circular
room, luxuriously furnished. This room
is shut off from view by handsome porti
eres, and it is Intended that ladies shall
wait there and rest comfortably while their
bonnets are being made.
It would be impossible -to describe each
.bonnet iadividually, but one or two are so
charming that they are worth a few words
separately. An evening bonnet, coronet
shape, crownless, with brim of seed-pearl,
and with double Outings of real Valenciennes
lace above the pearls. A cluster of orchids
rests on the back. The combination is inde
scribably rich and tasteful.
Another for the street is a shell capote of
fancy Tuscan braid, with royal blue corn
flowers in the back and loops and ends of
cold tinsel. A striking street hat is of fancy
black braid in open lace pattern. A rim of
gold runs around below the brim. Above
the brim is a thick Anting of Chantilly lace.
"Wisterias, in clusters, complete this mar
velous creation.
These are only a few of the hundreds of
lovely conceits that are displayed in Kauf
manns' new millinery department.
In the Great Cloak Parlors.
The cloak parlors adioiu that of milli
nery on the third floor, hence ladies can pro-
a ?
PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
cure a complete outfit in small toilet arti
cles, corsets, fine underwear, etc, without
going off the floor. A ladies' retiring room,
elegantly fitted up, makes the new depart
ments at Kaufmanns' convenient as well as
pleasant to ladies shopping.
It is needless to say where Kanffinanns' is.
Everyone knows that the mammoth stores
are at the corner of Fifth avenue and Smith
field streets.
WEIX WORTH CONSIDERING
Are the Bargains at Thompson's New York
Grocery.
8 lbs choice California peaches. ...$ 1 00
8 lbs choice apricots- 1 00
Extra suenr-cared shoulders, per lb. 6
16 lbs California raisins 1 00
14 lb? "Valencia raisins 100
Pure ground pepper, per lb . 12)4
Choice Orleans molasses, per gallon 33
Choice Honey Drip syrups, per gal. 33
15 lbs granulated sal soda 25
50 bars good scrubbing soap 1 00
30 bars white floatine soap 100
30 bars 5-cent wax soap 1 00
28 lb bars German mottled soap. ... 1 00
16 lbs dried lima beans 1 00
12 lbs cream cheese 1 00
14 lbs sun dried peaches 10(1
1 lb best smoking tobacco ... 20
1 lb good chewing tobacco 22
12 qunns navy beans 1 00
5 lb? large lump starch 25
1 kit f.it family mackerel 95
1 kit No. 2 mackerel 1 25
1 kit No. 1 nnckerel 1 50
1 kit No. 1 mess mackerel 175
6 lbs whole codfish., 25
4 lbs boneless codfish , 25
Suzar cured bloaters, per dozen .... 20
30-tb pails jelly 1 50
30-tt) piils preserves t 3 00
OtiottlesUnglish pickles 1 00
35-Ib pails apple butter.
, 2 00
8 lbs prepared cocoanut
9 cans fine French peas
1 dozen parlor matches, 200's..
12 cans good sugar corn
12 cans fine sucar corn... f
12 cans good tomatoes
12 cans choice tomatoes
6 lbs 20 cent tea
Blbs25-cent tea
41bs30-cent tea
3 lbs 40-cent tea
2 lb. English breakfast tei
fancy basket
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Goods delivered free to all parts of both
cities. To those living out of the city we
will prepay freight on all orders of $10and
upward to any station or landing within 100
miles of Pittsburg. Send for price list.
M. E. THOMPSON',
301 Market street and 69 Third avenue, op
posite Gusky's.
Easter Offering.
"We come to the front as usual with the
finest work of art for the Easter holidays,
and from our experience in the past we
feel confident that our patrons this year
again wi'l not fail to appreciate our selec
tion of this beautiful Easter panel, entitled
"Easter Offering." "We will not attempt to
describe it, but will ask all to call at our
stores and see it for themselves. Given this
week only to purchasers of one pound tea,
one pound baking powder or two pounds
coffee. .
Bemember, these cannot be had anywhere
else and during this week only at the stoies
of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.,
34 Fifth avenue; 1703 Carson street; 4314
Butler street; 6127 Penn avenue; 126 Fed
eral street, Allegheny; 128 Fifth avenue,
McKeesport
A Bed Letter Day.
February 6 was a red letter day for Cham
berlain & Co., Des Moines, Ia. They made
their first shipment of goods to the Hawaiian
Islands on that day. It consisted ot 106
cases, containing over 400 dozen of their
medicines, to the leading wholesale drug
house in Honolulu. A large share of this
shipment consisted of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, so much esteemed wherever it is
known fur its cures of colds and as a pre
ventive and cure for croup. Chamberlain
& Co. have contracted for advertising in all
the leadine newspapers in the Hawaiian
Islands, and expect to make their remedies
as popular there at they are in any part of
the United States. For sale by druggists,
wsu
New Patents.
O. D. Levis, patent lawyer, 131 Fifth ave
nue, sends the following new patents: Lo
lenzo D. Carter, Ebensburg, Pa., leveling
attachmeu- for harrows; George "W. Saa
man, Allegheny, Pa., combined truss and
bed; R. A. Stewart, Allegheny, under
ground conduit for electric railways; J. F.
"Wyncoop, Corsica. Pa., clothes dryer; Peter
M. Hunt, Pittsburs, California catarrh cure,
trade mark; "W. H. Crittenden, Beldon, O.,
road scraper; C. M. Burston, Bryan, O.,
bookmark. United States and all foreign
patents procured. Established over 20
year?. Office open every evening until 9
o'clock.
Communicated.
Romish Priests ia Polltlos.
Ex-Bomanist Evangelist Leyden, of
Boston, lectures at Old Citv Half this Sun
day at 2:30 and 7:30 and t'ellswhy Boraish
priests condemn our public schools. Don't
tail to hear him.
New Millinery Opening at an Old Stand.
The well-known millinery stand, No. 618
Penn avenue (long occupied by Simpson's),
has chanced hands. On and after Tuesday,
March 24, Mrs. E. Barker, Agent, will as
sume charge, opeuing with a beautiful line
of pattern hats and bonnets. You will be
delighted if you call.
Easter Kid Gloves.
New stock of suede and glace kid in im
mense variety, 75c, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $1 75,
$2; gents' kid, 51, SI 50. $2; best for the
money at Bosenbaum & Co.'s.
Great Saccoss.
Onr very success ul special sale of clocks
and bronzes warrants us to continue it a few
days longer. Call early at August Loch's,
jeweler and optician, 145 Federal street.
Tusn
Stylish Suitings,
Overcoat and trouser material, of the
best quality at Anderson's, 700 Smithfield
street Cutting and fitting the very best, su
ELEGANT new blazers, reefers, jackets
and suits just opened at Bosenbaum & Co.'s.
SOBSIER PIANOS.
COLBY PIANOS.
Schubert Pianos.
These celebrated pianos for sale at the
most reasonable prices by J, M. Hofltnann
& Co,, 537 Smithfield street.
i
Cash paid for old gold and silver at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth avenue. VPSa
Do Tou Need Caipets?
If so, read the values we offer this week
in another column.
J. H. Kunkel & Beo.
School umbrellas 25c.
John P. Ksr able Co., 35 Fifth ave.
Fine and new dress trimmings at 710 Penn
avenue. Keining & Wild.
$1 50 black silk wrap, Lansdowue, r
duced to 75c. See this bargain.
John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth av.
Lager beer on tap next Saturday.
Great Success.
Our very successful special sale of clocks
and bronzes warrants us to continue it a few
days longer. Call early, at AugnstvLoch',
jeweler and opticiau, 145 Federal street'
Tnsu
Mourning millinery patterns hats and
bonnets a( Mrs. M. L. MohrhotTs, 1737,Oar
son street, Southside.
New spring jackets, new sprine wraps.
John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth av.
SUNDAY, MARCH
Communicated.
FIGHTING FOR HOME.
THE MEBRY TEMPERANCE "WAS AT
APOLLO AND LEECHBUEG.
Some of the Best Citizens, Once Victims of
Intemperance, Now on the Other Side
of the Issne To Be Settled This Week.
Apollo, March 21. A great amount of
discussion was awakened in this borough
and Leecbbnrg bv the two letters from these
places; in The Dispatch a few days ago
on that all-absorbing topic, temperance; and
the strange part ot it is that former hard
drinkers arc, if anything, the most emphatic
m denouncing this attempt of the rum seller
to invade onr prosperous communities. They
know only too well the results of drunken
ness and can attest to their own experiences.
Therefore, thev are more anxions to shield
their fumiiies from the evil influences of a
country barroom, knowing that those places
sow tne seeds ot the worst kind ot vice,
promote idleness and crime, and the law is
but little protection. "When they look bacK
on their past lives they can see there many
acts that cinse them to blush for shame and
are not willing that the temptition to repeat
them should be thrown in their way.
Some of our now best citizens were at one
time victims of the drink habit The rnle
that the best is always taken applies in this
case as well as any other, and in proof
thereof look among your friends.
It Catches the Best SI en.
Yon will find that those who are or were
formerly addicted to drink are the best
hearted, always libeial, and the most ex
pert mechanics or finished professional men.
How olten do you hear the statement:
"He would make his mark in the world if
he would only stay sober."
lt 13 for just this reason that the public
spirited, humanity lovine people of polio
and Leechburg are fighting against the re
peal oi their present prohibition law, which
makes drunkenness a crime rather than
legalizes it, and removes temptation from
the paths of young men who are honestly
ambitious to be successful in any line ot
work in which they may engage.
It now appears that the movement for the
repeal of our present law originated at the
Chambers House. Two of the owners, how
ever, were kept in ignorance of the scheme
because they were known to be opposed to
it, and they knew nothing of.it until they
saw the notice in the Apollo Herald. These
gentlemen. Major T. A. Cochran and Dr.
William McBryar, Sr., were not only sur
prised but indignant that such a step should
be taken without even an intimation to
them, though they are as heavily interested
financially as any of the others. It was
evident, however, that their views were too
well known for tbem to be invited into the
scheme, as that would have put an end to
the whole affair.
The Position of an Honest Man.
Dr. McBryar is perhaps one of the oldest
physicuns in Western Pennsylvania, and
no man is better known in this and adjoin
ing counties. He stands pre-eminent as
a sincere worker in the interest of sul
fering humanity and the promotion of
Christian teaching. He is at all times glad
to help a man to build himself a house and
to him dozens of workmemen in our mills
owe their first start toward the purchase of
a home lor himself and family.
He has able assistants in his good work in
the persons of his wife and daughter, who
are ever active in the fields of temperance
and charity. Mrs. McBryar was formerly
President of the W. C. T. U.". and is taking
an active and earnest part in the present
struggle for temperance.
It is with regret that it be said that the
workers for a repeal ot the l.iw are not al
ways honest in their arguments. Misleading
rumors and dam.iging statements are sent
broadcast over the place and many are thus
influenced to take a step against the present
laws. For instance, a report was circulated
that the workmen of the Apollo Iron and
Steel Works would be either compelled to
sign the remonstrance or leave the employ
of the company.
f Working for Their Interests.
It is the worst kind of clap-trap, as the
managers of that company are fair minded
and honest men, and thoush they are
anxious for the law to remain as it is, they
would not descend to snch means to gain
a point that is honestly due them. That
company has increased its plant to its
present immense proportions mainly because
it believed that much of its success was due
to the temperate character of men employed
and believed that a continuance of the
present state of affairs would be accorded.
This is only one of the many false moves
made by the enemies of our present bene
ficial system of local government. It is
honestly believed that many of their
signers were secured in this way. Then
there were others who signed under a mis
apprehension and thi litjuorites did not
make any effort to ilisabute their minds of
the f.ilie impressions. The temperance
people on the other hand have worked
openly and honestly under the conviction
that their cause is justice and thev have
candidly met every argument advanced.
There are rqally only two classes of the
people of the two boroughs who have signed
the petition with anv hopes for a repeal of
tha law. They are the uurepentant and
cunning sinners, together with a fitv
victims who are misguided and really the
unthinking class of people who look upon
every man as honest and no one with sus
picion. 'Ihe-e latter have merely taken the
word of the would-be saloonists that it is
for the best interests of the people as a
whole.
Won't Anticipate Their Desires.
The other class, however, is composed of
manly men. whose statements on the subject
cannot be misinterpreted. Some of these,
unfortunately, would succumb to their de
sire for drink or love of conviviality. These
men now snrinc irom tne idea or antici
pating their desire by ordering spirits. Xet
they would undoubtedly be the first victims
it it were placed before them in the seduc
tive glitter of a saloon.
In this matter the town has everything to
lose and nothing to gain by changing the
existing law, and the same might truthfully
be said of individuals engaging in the
traffic. No one questions the prosperity of
the two boroughs, and yet not even
the men who are asking that the 'flood
gates of drunkenness be thrown open
dare say that we would be more prosperous
under their lorm of government. They
argne that it would be no worse, but ft
would hardly be policy to take' such great
chances when the boroughs could not be
bettered, and "might possibly," as the
liquor faction express it, be much woise.
Dunns: this agitation the morality oi the
community has been grossly libeled, as
there is nowhere a better class of Christian,
honest people than those who reside in
Lechbur,' and Apollo.
The matter will be settled one way or the
other this week at Harnsburg, and we hope
that for all time to come the present law
and good order will prevail.
Property Owner.
MEETINGS.
w
OTIOE
'1 here will be a snpcial meeting of Cnrk-
workers' Assent 1)1 v 9i63 at Lafayette Hall.
MONDAY AFTERNOON, at 2 30
il. K. LANDE11S. M. W.
mh22-m . C. F. GARKISOJS, B. Sec
VTOTIUE-MEMBERS OF WAGON AND
J Carnage Workers' Union No. Ui5. A. F.
L., are earnestly reque teil to attend the regu
lar nieettutf on MONDAY. March 30, as busi
ness of (treat importance will be trinsacr-d.
Wli20-h3 THE COMMITTEE.
FpHE MEMBERS OF LOWELL COUNCIL
J. 126, Jr. 0. U. A. M are requested to meet
ai their hall, 320 Fifth avenue. SUNDAY.
March ', at 1 o'clock sharp, to attenu tlto
funeral of onr late brother. H. B. Love. Mem
bers will bring their caps.
By order ot the council.
G. L. JOHNSON.
mh22-150 R. 8y
jn-OTICE-
The members of Keystone Castle, No. 14, A.
O. K. ot M. C are requosted to meet at hall.
Twenty-sixth and Penn sts., on SUNDAY,
March 22 -jit 12.30 o'clock-, to attend the tuneral
of Sir Kniclit HncU B. Love, late member of
Progressive Uaatle No. 15. By order
WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, & K. C.
Attest: JOHNT. RYjjE, R.S. Inli2221
23. 1891. - 3 m
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HEALTH! 1
..- HAPPINESS!
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HAVE YOU
If not, why not? You can't
family of this chance. Just think
are in Allegheny county.
$750 worth of lots, located at Sheridan Station, on the Panhandle Railroad, 4J miloa from Union
Depot. Thirty-six trains a day. About a 5-cent monthly fare. Sheridan is already a town, and our largo
tract of land is a part of it Five minutes' walk brings you to the center of our plan. "We have CHURCHES,
SCHOQL, FUEL GAS, CHURCH TRAINS and THEATER TRAIN& Our improvements will be first-class.
STREETS THOROUGHLY GRADED, STONE and BOARDWALKS on all streets. TREES planted on all
streets. The prices will range from 850 to 8450 per lot, and our method of selling will bring them within
reach of alL A $50 lot will cost 50 cents down and 50 cents a week. A 8100 lot will cost 81 down and 81
per week. A 8200 lot will cost 81 down and $1 per week. A 8300 lot will cost $1 50 down and 81 50 per
week A $400 lot will cost $2 down and 82 per week. A 8450 lot will cost 82 25 down and 82 25 per
'week. Wo PAY your TAXES and charge NO INTEREST on back payments. W will INSURE YOUR
LIFE, without charge, to the value of your lot. We furnish YEARLY TRANSPORTATION to residents, i
Ybu can readily see that this new town must succeed.
HUEZELIE'S ZE3ICrW
We want every man, woman and child in Western Pennsylvania (any locality will be -accepetd) to send us a name for this new
suburb within the next 20 days. Every person will be entitled to one name only. Each name received will be registered. The
list will be closed on the evening of April 4, 1S91. On the morning of April 6, 1891, a committee will be appointed to SELECT '
A NAME from this list. They will not know the names of senders. The p-rson sending us the name selected will be presented
with A DEED FREE OF COST for any $400 lot they may choose in this new town.
THREE OTHER NAMES DRAW PRIZES!
Other names will be selected from the LIST FOR STREETS. The first selected will be entitled to a DEED FREE i
OF COST for one of our $200 LOTS. The second will be entitled to one of our best $100 LOTS ; the third to one of our
best $50 LOTS.
In case of more than one'person sending names so selected, the tie will be decided by casting of lots. A separate com
mittee will be appointed for that purpose. Get out your Geographic, Postoffice Guides, etc, and send us a name for every
member of your family. Write all names in full (if a minor staie age) and write plainly, as we expect to handle thousands of
names, and want to do justice to all.
Do not use fictitious names or addresses, as we will not give a deed to any person so doing.
Wp will abide by the names selected by the committee, and the names of the fortunate prize winners will be published ia
our spring advertisement. Sunday, Agril 12, 1891.
We are receiving hundreds of name every day, but the selection will not be made until the morning of April 6, 1891
Don't wait until the last minute. By sending it at once you will greatly oblige us.
This property is not in the market yet. but -will be soon. Look out for our opening advertisement about April 12, 189X.
If vou are seeking an investment in lots don't purchase until you have seen ours.
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO
WOOD, HARMON & GO., AGENTS,
Our aim is to
nlease. There is
NO WORK too
hard nor hours
too late for us to
wdrk for the
pleasure of our
trade.
HOPPER
Not with the same Old Stock. Oh, No ! Life is too short to carry over old
stock and palm it off on -an unsuspecting public through the medium
of Cheap Illustrations. That is simply not our
method of doing business.
BED ROOM
FURNITURE.
In this line we are indeed leaders. Eighty
(80) different styles and prices to select
from. Surely you ought to be able to make
a selection from so many, and there are as
many different'priqes as styles, ranging from
$18 to $375 per set. Our best sellers are
goods that seH'from 535 to $75.
Most every sfyle of Springs available we
have in stock, and we probably give more
attention to Bedding than all the other
houses pnt together. Nineteen different
styles of Mattresses.
FEATHERS AND DOWN
A, SPECIALTY.
Our-Dining Furniture
In Antique. XVL. and Old Oak, qmrter
siwed, is the'talk'of the'town. Our Side
boards have no'comparison elsewhere. High
back wood and leather seat chairs of many
varieties.-' ' '
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Remember that we furnish houses complete from the attic to the cellar, commencing
at tbo laundry and on up to the servants' room. We sell the carpet and lay the same in
good, workmanlike manner. We sell and hang the shades, lace and chenille curtains. We
If you are going to
move and contemplate
getting something
new, come and see our
sell nothing but our own
and hang vour pictures, put in your refrigerator or ice cooler, window and door screens.
The largest variety of Baby CarrijResin the city. '
stock., "We certainly.
are in a ppsition 'to
save you' money, 'and
as regards, the treat
ment you will receive
we are willing to
stand by the reputa
tion we have estab
lished in the past
eight years. Save
money by baying on
time.
Only two weeks more remain for ypu to take advantage of the op
portunity we are offering you to obtain a beautiful building lot, abao
lutely FREE OF COST.
SENT US A
do bettor. There's nothing to lose.
of it, we are ACTUALLY GIVING
HERE'S WHAT.
HIIEIRIE'S "WHZEIsr.
545 SMITHFIELD ST., PITTSBURG, PA.
AT THE OLD STAND,
307 WOOD STREET
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Will Be Found as Usual
We carry nothing but good relia
ble goods, sell nothing that we can
not guarantee and stand by the
quality of any goods purchased
from us, which is saying a great
deal.
This does not only pertain to time
sales but also to all cash sales as
well. Place your confidence en
tirely with us for quality and price
'and you will certainly never have
cause to regret it-
There are a great many in the
city that have never "bought goods
on credit; they appear to abhor the
idea. They try and get along with
something of less value and pay
cash for it Now, their next-door
neighbor, while not in a whit better
circumstances, buys the better arti
cle, pays for it just as easily and
has the satisfaction of knowing she
will not be compelled a year hence to
duplicate her purchase.
IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY
THE BETTER CLASS
city make of ranges, positively guaranteeing
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O-A-ZE?; IE5 JU TS
Pioneers of Low Prices and Easy Payments.
30T WOOD ST. 307
NEAR FOURTH AVENUE.
HOPPER U k t
NAME YET?
LOTS TO GAIN. Don't deprive your
AWAY as fine building lots as thera
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Good, honest'
goods, moderate
prices and liber'
at terms,
rROMPT
CO.,
DELIVERY
and positive sat'4
isfaction.
PARLOR
FURNITURE
(Our own make)
In BrocJ telle, Tapestry, Silk and Mohair
Plnshes, or Hair Cloth. This class of goods,
coming as it does from us, the manufact
urer", ana directly from the factory into
your nanas, insures two tbinss, first, you da
iiot buy shopworn, shoddy goods; second,
you save the big margin of the middle man
by purchasing Irom the manufacturer.
LEATHER LIBRARY
FURNITURE
One of our specialties.
, Our Couches and Etsy Chairs are perfect
models of ease and .elegance, filled with tba
finest hair and covered with the best hand
bossed leather, at about one-third lesa price
of any cash house in the city. "We are also
making a nice line of XVI. Century Oak
Library Suites, in leather, at remarkable
low prices.
Odd Pieces Parlor Furniture
Can be bad here in great variety, in any
covering necessary on, in the muslin, and
cover yonrself with loose covers. We also
make a large variety of slip covers.
ts.
If yon are not going
to move yon will need
something new any
how. There is no sat
isaction in honse
cjeaning unless things
can be moved around
and a littla spot mads
lor something new and
resb, jnst a little bit
ot snnshine, as it were,
to brighten and cheer
the premises after a
long, dull, cloudy
winter. It seems only
what is right after tha
arduous duties of
honse-cleaoiug.
A bost of courteous
salesmen always in at
tendance to cater to
your slightest wist
each. We sell
Carp
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