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THE PITTSBURG" DISPATCH. TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1B9L
IMPORTANT CHANGES
That Will Have a Rotable Effect on
Fillsburq's Iron Trade.
THE END OF TOE COKE STRIKE
Is Ixpectcd to Kcfl'Ct Injuriously on De
mand and Trices.
DULL SOHHCR SCASO.N LOOKED FOR
k The most important changes occurrinz for
gome time in the conditions governing the
industrial situation have very recently
taken place, and the results in the one case
Seem to be overwhelm iusly against labor,
Terr favoraltle to individual firms and pri
vate corporations anil, many assert, very
beneficial to those trades directly and in
directly interested; and, in the other case,
while no actual results have so far been
reached it seems safe to warrant the predic
tion that even though labor in this instance
prove successful in carrying its point, the
attendant and consequent issues will cause
considerable loss, both to capital and labor,
and seriously entangle general trade in the
affected districts.
The changes referred to are, first, the ap
proach ot the end of the prevailing Cou
nelsville coke strike, in which some 16,000
workmen are involved. Dnriuz the past
weektheie has been a slow, but neverthe
less steady, reumption of work throughout
the entire region, tlie number ot men
returning to work is daily increasing,
the labor leaders are reluctantly forced to
admit the lots o: the strike, and the general
opinion nniong those in a position to know
is that the great strike will soon be cum
bered among the things that wer.
Seven I'er Cent Less "Wages.
The strike was inaugurated on February
10, and an almost suspension of operations
has existed since that time. The sliding
scale of wages, ou which basis the men are
returning to work, is based on the market
price o.' coke, and at the present price of
SI 90 per net ton the rate of wages is
about 7 per cent less than the agreed price
-which ruled last season.
The second change referred to as having
an important bearing upon the industrial
situation of this vicinity is the iailnre of
the officials of the United Mine "Workers'
.Association of America and the railroad
coal operators of the Pittsbarg and Ohio
districts to agree upon a scale to rule for the
coming season, and the concession of other
important jramts, and which failure to
ugrce will undoubtedly cause a total sus
pension ot work in nearly all the mines in
the affected districts. At the miners' an
nual convention, held in the city of Colum
bus in February, the miners declared lor
eight hours ior a day's work, and also pre
pared a scale calling for the weighing of all
coal in many districts at prices in excess of
the present scale, w hich is based at 70 cents
in the Ohio and 79 cents in the Pittsburg
districts, for mining.
The con fereuce between the operators and
delegates in this city, during the past week,
ended rather abruptly, and no doubt the
question of the enforcement of the eight
Jjour day was the stumbling block by which
the opposing sides separated. At this writing
it seems a question of endurance ou the
part of the strikers. The operators state
they can stand a long siege, and as for the
miners, the f..ct is apparent that no more
money is to be sent into the Cocnelisvillc
regions, hut all the funds are to be reserved
for supporting the miners in this next great
conflict, in which mlly JOO.000 people are di
rectly or indirectly anVcted.
i:il'oct on I.ncal Iron Trade.
The latter question will prob:.bly have
but an indirect effect upon the local iron and
steel trade?, but tne settlement o: the Con
nellsville strike and the consequent return
of the manufacture of coke will undoubtedly
affect the market tor these products to a con
siderable degree, and whether a good or bad
result will lolloiv, the general opinion is
that it will not benefit either demand or
prices in the present abnormally depressed
condition ot the trade, but on the contrary
the flect, it is thought, will be quite the op
posite. The local production of iron, as well as
that of ti.ose districts from which this mar
Let draws its surnlies, is at present far in
excess of tlie consumption, notwithstanding
the fact that three stacks ol the Edgar Thom
son plant are cut of bkst, the two stacks of
the Alonongi.kela furnace, the two stacks of
the Isabella Furnace Company, the Edith
Pnrnace and the Clinton Furnace, causing
a restriction in the local production aniouut
ing to 40,000 tons a month.
Every blast furnace in the State of "West
"Virgimi is out ol blast, restricting produc
tion 3.C00 tons per week. Fifteen out of a
total of 17 furnaces in the Shenango Valley,
Pennsylvania, having a wecklv capacity of
over 11,000 tons, ate idle; also 11 stacks out
)f a total of 13 in the Jiahoning Valley,
Ohio, with a weekly capacity of nearly
10,000 tons.
All Waiting: for Coke.
It is asserted that more than half of these
furnacs are out of bUst as a result of the
scarcity of fuel, and that when a full sup
ply of coke is assured lully that many will
jigain resume making iron. The result will
inevitably be an enormous overproduction
of iron that will reflect itself on demand
and prices. About the only grain of con
solation tnat can be had out ot this discour
sing state of affairs is the fact that pig
iron prices are at present scraping bottom
and cannot possibly admit of further reduc
tions. The general opinion among those engaged
in the iron and steel trade, which is con
sidered the barometer of all business, is that
the unusual dullness now settled over the
trade will continue during the summer
months.
There still continue to be important
changes made in the fuel at many of the
local mills. The only mills which continue
to run with a lull supply of gas after the
general return to the use of coal in the pud
dling furnaces some few months ago, are
now compelled to l.ill back on other fuel, as
the supply of gas is not sufficient to allow
steady work. At Brown & Co.'s Wayne
Iron and Steel "Works the firm contemplates
many alterations and improvements dnring
the coiniii" summer, among them being thy
extending of a large supply main around
the works.
Losing alnch Time.
At Shocnberger & Co.'s. the supply of
pas is so weak that the men arc unable to
make full time and are losing considerable
in consequence. At A. M. Byers & Co.'s
mill preparation had been made for en
countering a short supply of gas and in the
puddling department a portion of each fur
nace has been remodeled lorcoal, permitting
the use of coal and gas together. The only
remaining mill innuing all departments en
tirely on ?as is that of Jones & Laughlins,
which firm is enabled to do so, owing to
their having their own private wells and
mains.
The Pittsburg Reduction Company cast
13,106 pounds of aluminum during the
month of March, which beats all their
previous records. They are at present closed
down to make repairs, and will probably
use coal as fuel when work is resumed. The
Edith furcace, which was recently sold to
the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, was re
cently put out of blast after 24 -years' run,
casting during that time about 100,000 tons.
The stack is to be rclincd and other im
provements made about the plant, and
when these are finished, work will be re
sumed, and the product sent to the new
firm's different mills.
Qnlte a Remarkable Record.
The Xo. 2 Isabella stack has just been
blo'rn out, after a remarkable record. The
stack has been in blast smciOIay, 188G, cast
ing in that time over 2U7, 000 tons of iron.
2to. 1 stack is also out of blat, as a tesnlt
alto if the lack of coke. These two stacks
have iiiiue grent records. ,
The Spang Steel and Iron Company has
received Huns and specification-. Jr a new
mill, in which they lyte.id embarking in
the niaaufactuie of armor plite and heavy
Government work. The machinery to be
used in all departments is much similar to
that "which will be used in tbe armor plate
department of tbe Homestead Steel Works.
The rolls, housings, engines and all acces
sories will have an aggregate weigbtof 1,000
tons and the plant will occupy two acres.
This firm has also commenced work on the
foundations for six open-hearth Bessemer
melting furnaces and three large heating
furnaces will soon be started, which will
take more than a year to complete. The
total cost will probably exceed 200,000, and
when finished, the whole works will occupy
over 12 acres of ground.
Other Improvements Under "Way.
The United States Iron and Tin Plate
Company intend extending their works dur
ing thesummer shut-down. At the Pitts
burg Forge and Iron Company a new fur
nace is to be added to the puddling depart
'meat, making a total of 41 furnaces. At
Park Bro. & Co.'s Black Diamond Steel
Works extensive preparations are being
made for the introduction of fuel gas into
their works. .At Carnegie's Twenty-ninth
street mill the firm intends supplying the
ten heating furnaces in the finishing de
partment with manufactured gas. At
Moorehead Bros. & Co.'s mill two double
puddling lurnaces are being dismounted.
They were erected at a costof?9,000 two
years ago, but, owing to the failure to use
coal in such iurnaces, they were rendered
useless.
The A. Garrison Foundry Company is en
caged in making the machinery for the
Wiliman Iron and Steel Company at Tliur
low, 111., which Jatter firm intends engaging
in the making of Government work. The
Rational Tube Works Company has fin
ished an order of 21-inch pipe for a citv in
South America. The Oil Well Supply
Company has recently received several
orders for drilling machinery, and all ac
cessories, from North .Russia and South
American countries.
Many Large Contracts In.
The Pittsburg Kustless Iron Company has
received the contract for treating the iron
work used in the construction of the book
cases in the Congressional Library building
at Washington. The Stirling Company's
Pittsburg office has made sales recently of
boilers to the Etna Iron and Steel Compan y.of
Bridgeport, O., and the Wilkinsburg Elec
tric Light Company. The Pittsburg Steel
Casting Company is working on the 44-inch
cogging mill for Homestead, being built by
Robinson, Ilea & Co. The National Pipe
Foundry were awarded the contract by the
city to furnish 1,250 tons of water pipe from
4 to 10-inch and all special castings.
The local office of the Babcock and Wil
cox Company has recently made sales of
boilers to Carnegie, Phipp- & Co. for their
Lucy Furnaces; the Boston Iron and Steel
Company, of the Nationa' Tube Works
Company; Oliver and Roberts Wire Com
pany; Bartlett, Hay ward & Co.; Oliver Iron
and Steel Company, and Washburn and
Moen, for their new Waukegan mill.
C. J. K.
QUEER THINGS IN C0FFIKS.
Eccentricities That Make Even the Grim
Undertakers Laugh.
"What is the last curious thing you have
met in your lugubrious business?" asked a
New York Tribune reporter of an under
takerthe other day.
The undertaker opened tbe lid of a coffin
near his elbow, and replied: "Do you see
that satin lining?"
"Yes. What's odd about that?"
"Yellow. They're generally white. But
this coffin was made for a woman whose
main ambition in life was to look well, and
her last dying request was that her coffin be
lined with old gold satin, as that color best
set ofi" her complexion, which was rather
sallow and dark. 'Promise me,' she said.
'1 don't want all those women to come in
and see me in my coffin looking like a
fright So they promised, and she died
contented.
"I ouce buried an old chap, a saloon
keeper, whose income while he lived was
unevenly divided between the support of his
family and the decoration of his person.
The family got the smaller half. He wore
the most expensive clothes ut all times, and
the glitter ol A-l diamonds from his shirt
lroni, neektie, watch-guard, and his big,
red, chubby hands, actually dazzled the be
holder. Well, when his time came, he had
very little property but his jewels to leave
behind him, but he made a "will bequeath
ing the little he had to his wife, on con
dition that she dressed his body in his best
suit ot clothes, decked it with all his dia
monds and buried them, everyone, with
him. Otherwise his whole estate, including
the diamonds, was to go to charity.
"The poor woman declared she would obey
his every wish, bnt it was with a heavy
heart that she brought out the suit I was to
dress the corpse in. It was of the loudest,
biggest, most glaring plaid .you ever saw;
enough to frighten Old Nick himself away.
The shirt was all covered over with a pat
tern composed of purple ballet dancers and
scarlet bulldogs, and these, with his big
diamonds glittering all over him, made a
startling sight for the mourners who looked
into his coffin. Many were the lamentations
that the poor widow should be obliged to
bury all those diamonds, and much admira
tion was expressed for the wifely devotion
which kept her from murmuring.
"Bnt the widow was no tool. She buried
the jewels sure enough, but hardly was the
grave filled up before she ordered the sexton
to empty it again. The coffin was opened
and the widow took the diamonds from the
old curmudgeon's shirt front with her own
hand. Then they buried him a second time.
"I heard of another strange case," con
tinued the undertaker, "which, though it
did not come under my own observation, yet
I believe to be true. It was that of a man
who always had a horror of being buried
alive. He left a provision in his will that a
big bottle of chloroform was to be put in the
coffin with him. It .was to be laid by his
side, and a tack hammer was to be put in
his hand, so that if he came to life under
ground he could smash the bottle at a blow
and fill the coffin with fumes that would kill
him instantly and painlessly."
BY BALLOON TO THE POLES.
Bold French Aeronauts Get Only Discour
agement, bnt Persist,
The bold young Frenchmen, Bissau c and
Hermite, who propose to start in 1802 in a
monster balloon for the North pole, are re
ceiving such discouragement that it is
doubtlul if they attempt the trip, says
Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine.
They looked for encouragement Irom the
Paris Aeronautic Society, but at a recent
meeting of that body the President de
clared there was not one chance in a thous
and that such an enterprise could be car
ried out, and he advised the young men to
devote their scientific energy to better pur
poses, a sentiment which was loudly ap
plauded. They now say thev will go to Spitzbergen
next spring to study the winds, and ii
their observations lavor the belief that a
fairly reliable air current drifts tovard the
North pole they will undertake the journey.
FREDDY GEBHARD'S LATEST;
"WJiyHe Obiects to Pretty Girls Throwing
Kisses at Iilm.
Sew York Mornlns Journal.
Fred Gebhard astonished a few friends
some days ago by saying: "If there is one
thing I bate to see a girl do it is to throw
kisses."
"Come, Gebhard, we don't believe that,"
said a listener, "unless you can give us a
pretty good reason."
"It is because the average girl is such a
miserably poor shot," sadly remarked tbe
handsome beau.
Perusing Dr. Jayne's Almanac one
day, 1 found the different medicines men
tioned, and their specific uses. At the same
time, I was under the oppression of a severe
cold and cough, which rendered my voice
and feelings such as to make it a hard task
to perforin mv practical duties. By using
Dr. Jayne's Expectorant and Sanative Pills
I could talk fteely and sing to the top of my
voice. Such is the result of your medicine,
and I therefore take great pleasure in rec
ommending it to the stfiicled. Rev. George
W. Ed wards, Smithtotrn, L. L, December
27, 1803.
THE HARRISON TRAIN
KeTives Gossip Concerning the Pay
ment of Presldental Tours.
IT WILL COST A YEAR'S SALARY
To Square Accounts With the Kailroad
After the Present Trip.
A GOOD 0XE ON EXSENATOE EDMONDS
ISFECIAT. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.)
Washington, D. C, April 20. No
royal potentate ever traveled from one part
of his dominions to another in carriages so
magnificently appointed as those of the
train which is now bearing President Har
rison and his "suite" in his trinmphal
progress throughout a score of the States of
the Union. All former tours by Presidents
of the United States are utterly eclipsed by
the elegance and luxury of the cars of this
special train. Washington correspondents
are quite familiar with the liberality of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the
matter of special parlor, boudoir and dining
cats, to and from national conventions and
on other occasions, but they never before
saw anything approaching this train in
devices for sybaritic enjoyment, and
they, with others, wonder who is to
foot the bills. Of course they are per
fectly informed as to the payment of
the bills for their own similar transporta
tion. The railroad does it and gets its pay
in the unavoidable advertisement that comes
of such affairs. It could well afford, as a
business transaction, to do the same with
President Harrison, but it is not to be sup
posed that a President ot the United States
would allow himself to be conveyed on a
journey for his private pleasure and in the
interest of his renomination to succeed him
self, by a railroad which asks .more favors
from Congress than almost any other in the
country, on account of its vital interests in
Washington, bills affecting which come be
fore almost every Congress, and, after Con
gress, to him for his signature. The cases
of the newspaper men and the President are
wholly diflerent.
A Tear's Salary at Stake.
It has been estimated that the cost of the
trip will be anywhere Irom 40,000 to
150,000. This is practically a whole year's
salary of the President. Mr. Harrison is
not a rich man. He is, moreover, an
exceedingly economical man. Halting in
Indianapolis on their way to the St Louis
Convention, in 18SS, the Washington cor
respondents, as they were being driven past
the modest dwelling of the now President,
were told by a responsible citizen that Mr.
Harrison's wealth all told would not amount
to more than $25,000. He gave almost noth
ing to the fund for the campaign in 1883,
because of his pecuniary inability to be
liberal. There is no suggestion of
luxury or liberality in the conduct of
tho White House. Quite the reverse.
One very efficient steward of the adminis
tration assured newspaper correspondents
even while be was yet in office that he was
forced to go out to a restaurant to get a pal
atable bite to cat. He was compelled to
cater for the family as though they were still
in their Hoosicr home. That was commend
able. 1 like tbe old-fashioned granger
cooking myself, simply because it is far
more toothsome, as well as wholesome, than
the French artificial mixtures in which all
the real nutrition Is concealed by the. most
damnable sauces and seasonings. Possibly
tbe homely fare of the White House is cot
therefore for the sake of economy, but in one
way or another Mr. Harnso-i has gained a
reputation for being "a little near," almost
to the extent of that which is accredited to
Mr. Hayes.
"Will Benjamin Foot tho Bill?
Now, the que&v is among gossips here,
Will Mr. Harrison pay the $40,000 or $50,
000 of expeuses of this lemarkable tour out
of his private bank account? If so, the
fact will probably leak out from the bank,
or it will be given to the public by the rail
road company, as, I believe, was done in a
similar case when Mr. Cleveland was Presi
dent The "Stuffed Prophet of William
Street," as dear brother Dana delights to
call Mr. Cleveland, was accused of having
accepted the luxury of a special train "free
gratis for nothing," and he was so greatly
worried over it that he had the check ex
hibited to responsible friends. Some au
thorities were ungenerous enough to assert
that the money was returned while the
check was kept for exhibition, but I have
no such lack of confidence in one who could
be chosen tor husband by so charming a
woman as Mrs. Cleveland. But this
bill of Mr. Harrison's is quite another
matter. It is many times as large
as that of President Cleveland, and Mr.
Harrison has a more exalted and serious ap
preciation of tbe value of money than the
late President had.- However the matter
may turn out, it is certain to be much gos
siped about when the tour is ended. Aside
from this really momentous question, it may
be remarked that Mr. Harrison's speeches
are decidedly good, being neither plagia
risms, nor from the remarks in the common
school geographies iu regard to population,
and so forth, of provincial towns.
A Peep Into Official History.
Speaking of free carriages, calls to mind
the growth of the custom of furnishing
vehicles of one kind or another for the high
officials of the Government. There was a
time when even the President paid for all of
the carriages used by him, but now most of
the high officials ei the Government who
can give an excuse for the employment of a
vehicle, ior "official purposes," of course,
has his carriages at the expense of the
people. I have tried to trace this custom to
its beginning, and believe I have suc
ceeded. It wrs long years ago, in the forties, when
John Y. Mason was Secretary of the Navy.
Lindsay Muse, the oldest employe in the
service, who died not long ago, was his con
fidential messenger, and under him was a
messenger named Mickham. Mr. Mickham
had arhorse for his own use, he living some
distance from his uork. He would ride
this horse to the Navy Department, and
hitch it to a post in front of the entrance.
Occasionally a messenger would ask him
jor the loan of it to carry a message ior
which haste was required, and little by
little Mickbam's old horse came to be in
almost constant use. Some of the officials
of the department, and the confidential
messenger, lluse, as well, suggested that it
would be only lair to give Mickham some
remuneration for the use of his horse, and
thcrenpou a quart of oats a day, or the
equivalent of it, was allowed out of tbe con
tingent fund, and this was included in the
estimates for the appropriation for tbe de
partment The opposition in Congress took
the matter up, and Secretary Mason was
terrifically abused for allowing a quart of
oats out of the contingent fund for Mick
ham's old horse, an animal owned and used
by a private individual.
A Little and a 111c Scandal.
Mason was terribly worried about it, but
the rcsujt of the "scandal" was that the
horse was purchased, and also a wagon, ap
propriation being made for that purpose,
for tbe use of tbe department. Mickham
still drove and rode the animal, and would
occasionally give the Secretary or some of
the. high officials "a lift,'' and in the course
of time Mickbam's old horse was trans
formed into a team and carriage ostensibly
for official use, but otherwise for the enjoy
ment of the highest officials of the depart
ment The example was soon adopted by other
departments, and the "official carriages"
came to be numberless, until the explosion
of the scandal about ""Landaulet Williams"
who had a magnificent carriage at the ex
pense of the Government, solely for his
prirate use. ThiscbeckeU. tbe abuse for
awhile, but there is yet uo computing the
number c.f -horAs uud carriages tliat are
used largely for tbe pleasure of high
officials, and which are owned and maln-
tamed by the Government. By sheer ac-"
cident I one day discovered in a stable, the
rent of which was paid bv the Govern
ment, three horses, a pony and two cows,
the provender for which was paid for
out of the funds of the National Treasury.
They were the property of a high military
official then engaged in the performance o'f
a semi-civil duty, and who rightly enough
was furnished a team and carriage by the
Government. The team rendered a stable
necessary", and a stable was rented of suffi
cient capacity for the horses and cows used
solely for the' benefit of the official's family.
It was in an obscure alley, and the extent of
the official's exploit in quartering his stock
on the Government was only discovered by
an accident after his sudden death.
Edmnnds and tho Correspondent.
O'Brien Moore, the aggressive Milesian
correspondent ot the St. Louis Republic,
tells a good story on himself in connection
with the retirement from the Senate of Mr.
Edmunds, of Vermont Some of the New
York Bepublican papers had been broadly
hinting, during the closing days of Congress,
that certain distinguished Democratic
Senators were not in good condition to at
tend to their duties on account of too
close a companionship with the cut glass
decanter and the demijohn. This fired the
intense Democratic heart of O'Brien Moore,
and he sent to his paper a serial story de
scribing the potations of Senator Edmunds,
the Bepublican leader, exhausting his vo
cabulary of adjectives upon the picturesque
appearance of the Senator's nose, which, t6
tell the truth, is of a tint that would delight
an artist affecting exceedingly warm color.
One day while the pase of the Louisiana
Judge, Boarman, was under discussion, and
impeachment was talked of, Moore met Ed
munds in the Senate elevator, and ventured
to inquire of him his opinion of the legal
aspects of the case, knowing that the Sena
tor was unacquainted with his name and as
sociations. Mr. Edmunds was in talkative
mood, and invited Mr. Moore into his com
mittee room. After talking awhile the
Senator said:
"Do you ever take a drink?"'
"Ob, yes, very often," said the truthful
Moore.
The Senator reached into the sideboard,
took out a bottle and poured out a large
drink of his favorite brandy, and shoved the
bottle over to Moore, who did ditto, and the
conversation was renewed. Presently there
was another shaking up of the decanter, and
as the Senator grew friendlier he said:
"Bv the way, for what paper do you
write?"
"Hem! Hem! F-f-for th-th-e S-S-St
L-L-L-L-ou-i-i-s R-R.Re-p-p-p-public," stut
tered Moore, feeling that his time had
come.
"Ah? A very good paper a very good
paper."
The Senator Kept a Sorapbook.
"You've seen it, then, sometimes, have
you ?" said Moore, faintly, hoping that he
had never seen a copy of it in his life.
"Oh, yes, I've seen it olten. I read its
Washington correspondence quite regularly.
It is very good, indeed very spicy."
Another turn at the decanter.
"The fact is," continued the Senator, "I
have been entertained so much by the cor
respondence that I have clipped and pre
served many of the 'specials' lor luture ref
erence." "Oh Lord!" groaned Moore internally.
"The fact is," Edmunds went on. "I be
lieve I have a number of the letters here in
my desk. Yes, here they are. They are
very good excellent"
"Well, Senator," said Moore with tremb
ling tones, "J am much obliged to you lor
your talk on the Boarman case, and for your
hospitality, but I shall have to be going."
"Ob, have another drink, have another
drink."
And they took it.
One of the pretty expressions Moore had
used about Edmunds was that he was the
only man living who could not be mellowed,
but grew meaner and uglier the more he
drank of good brandy.
"If he had knocked me down with a
club," said Moore in telling the story, "I
would have thanked him, but he just
smashed me to a jelly with his ironical
friendliness."
It must be said in justice to both Edmunds
and Moore that tbe Senator's indulgence,
which he never attempted to conceal, is due
to an affection of the lungs which has clung
to him since he was a boy, and which makes
tbe liberal use of stimulants' necessary to
his life. He would notlastsix months were
he to abandon his brandy bottle. Moore
knew nothing of this when he wrote of the
Senator's weakness. E. W. L.
PIBATES OK THE HAINE COAST.
They Slake a Descent ou a Light House and
Bob Its Keeper.
EA3TPORT, Me., April 20. Away down
off this far-away corner of the American
coast is the almost uninhabited island of
Grand Manan, famous as a resort for fisher
men when fleeing from the wrath of Her
Majesty's patrol boats, and even more cele
brated as a rendezvous for the smugglers
who infest ihis region, and many of whom
grow rich from the profits of their traffic.
On a wild and lonely point which makes
out from the northern part of the island
called North Head, there is a Government
lighthouse known as Swallow Tail light.
John Kent is the keeper.
Two nights since he was sitting alone in
his lighthouse when suddenly the door was
rudely thrown open. Six stalwart men,
their faces weather beaten and their clothes
showing signs of long service, strode into
the room. He arose to greet them, when
the leader demanded his money, saying that
they knew he'had plenty of "it, and they
were bound to have it
Then Kent was frightened, but putting
on a bold face he said that he bad
no considerable amount there, but
refused to tell them where it
was kept The visitors wasted no
more words, but three of them dashed at
him, knocked him down and commenced
beating him, while the others commenced
their search for secret wealth, but they only
found ?73. The generally accepted belief
is that the pirates belonged somewhere on
the main land in New Brunswick; that they
came over to Grand Manan in their sloop,
and departed as suddenly as they came, with
their ill-gotten gains.
PASTED WITH HIS MUSTACHE.
It Gave Its Actor Owner Tronble "With a
Detective's Enemies.
Kansas City, Mo., April 20. "Bob"
Hilliard, the actor, nq longer wears the
luxuriant mustache which adorned his lip
when here last year in the "Mr. Barnes of
New York" Company. When he appeared
last wees: in "AH the Comlorts of Home"
his many friends in this city wondered why
he had sacrificed that which was his pride
last year, and to a number of inquirers be
told the story of the "fall of the mustache."
Hilliard was taking a quiet evening walk
during His lastvisit here, and when passing
a dark alley was surprised by a pistol shot,
which was so close that the ball whistjed
near his head. He lost no time investi
gating, but ran to his hotel and
related his story, which was printed
in the papers next morning, the
attempted assassination being attributed
to the footpads which were infesting the
city at the time. Dnring the day, however,
"Bob" received a note which stated that the
writer had .been misled by the actor's
mustache and had taken him tor a man who
had been giving the writer's friends much
trouble, and who was in the way. He
apologized for the mistake. Hilliard said
that it his'mustache made him look so mnch
like a man who was condemned to death
he would sacrifice it rather than run any
more risks.
A Peep at Nature for a Cent
New York Times.
There is a new member of the now numer
ous slot machine lamily. When the penny
is dropped into the slot it removes a slide
from the lens of a microscope and sets re
volving a dial inside the machine on which
are placed seven of the so-called "wonders
of nature." The "wonders" are changed
once week. One set is a human hair, a sec
tion of n hard corn taken irom somebody's
foot, a flea, a erotrin water bug, a bed bug, a
strand of raw silk, and the wing ol a fly.
4-
i&i&ai;- Pfeirf SJr .aiESr&A,
THE 'COUNTY FARMER
Cheered by tbe Seed-Time Signs After
Weeks of Weary Waiting.
THE FRUIT 0OTL00K CHEERFUL.
An English Lady See3 Money for Working
Women in tne Soil.
FEMALE GARDENING SCHEME PLANNED
The few men in Allegheny county who
still consider themselves farmers were as
sick waiting for spring as were the appli
cants to sell liquor for license until the
change which set in last week. But few of
them raised any oats or corn worth speaking
of last year, and nearly all are out of feed,
some even buying hay. The majority of
these alleged grangers persist in farming
GO or 100 acres when they can only fertilize
four or five, and theyrarely plow more than
four inches deep, so that only lichens can
find root sufficient to protect them from the
heat of summer or to hold them in place in
winter, and the'situation gets worse year by
year.
Some people have lately, however, been
trying to make the local situation worse than
it really is by reporting from time to time
that the fruit has been destroyed. If any
one who knows anything about fruit culture
will take a few moments thought he will
see at once tbe absurdity of such a state
ment In the first place there was no very
cold weather in this latitude last winter,
the mercury in the thermometer never fall
ing below zero, so of course the embryo buds
were not injured. Secondly, there was at
no time since the leaves fell, sufficient dura
tion of warmth to bnug the buds forward,
even the lilac bushes only now beginning to
respond freely to spring's balmy breath.
Frnit Crop Omens Favorable.
The peach blSom is not fully ont yet nor
the early pear, though it was reported two
weeks ago that they were destroyed. Several
peach buds examined ou Sunday showed
that within a lew days, if the temperature is
mantained, there will be a good bloom,' and
the only thing that threatens is late frost
Of conrse we may get that, but there is no
use crossing the stream before one reaches it
It goes without saying that if peaches are
still safe, apples are safer. Present indica
tions are that this section will have a great
fruit crop this year and even though it
will not bear expense of carriage
to market it will be worth
a great deal to the producers
anyhow, and if they had enough get up in
them to follow Gladstone's advice, and make
the surplus into jelly, be honest about it
and establish brands that would knock out
the sham jellies made of turnips, chemicals
and the Lord knows what else, they in time
would find the business profitable.
Notwithstanding the cheapness of fruit,
ordinarily, consumers pay famine prices
for jellies and apple butter. Since the duty
has been taken off sngar there is no excuse
for these high prices, and one would think
that, with apples at 25 cents a bushel, as
they frequently are in plentiful seasons, a
manufacturer would be honest from policy,
if from no higher motive, and put in real
frnit.
Our local fruit growers have another con
solatory hope this year, and that is that they
may get a good price for apples. They
were abundant in somr seetions last year,
and those localities may be barren this
season.
How the Seasons Have Changed.
The recent rains were a set-back to the
plowman. After Its two years' saturation
the earth was about dry enough for sod
plowing, but the rains rendered it again too
wet and some sighed as they thought it pos
sible they might not get oats sown before
May this year. The pleasant weather of the
past week has cheered them up, however.
Forty years ago farmers hereabouts thought it
scarce worth while to sow oats if they did
not do it iu March, as the hot sun prevents
them from filling, but now tbe granger
thinks himself fortunate if he can sow in
April. But though the rain stopped the
plow it gave the grass a great impetus, be
ing warm. It was the first thunder shower
of the season.
Tbe plowman in Allegheny county is no
longer cheered by the soug of tbe blackbird
and thrush, and he must do the whistling
all himself, save such assistance as he can
get from the few robins that still wage an
unequal combat with tbe pernicious spar
rows. The robin makes a better fiehtagainst
the intruder than any other song or in
sectiverous bird whose habitat is the
same as that of the sparrow. But
the sparrow is not the only enemy
of the useful songster that once made the
groves vocal. There are hundreds, perhaps
thousands, of people in this county who,
being unable to kill game birds, shoot every
feathered thing they see and call it sport
They will fill a sack with robins, yellow
hammers, etc., and call it sport, when they
could notct half a dozen quail on the wing
if their lives depended upon it II this
class could be induced to make war on the
sparrows, their number would be greatly
diminished, and they are preferable birds
for pies, as they are grain eaters and cot in
sectiverous, unless under pressure of hun
ger. ady Gardeners in England.
Apropos of garden farming the writer has
before him the last number of the Strand
Magazine, of London, which contains a
pjper by Miss Grace Hjrrirnan on "A New
Industry ior Ladies," in which she says:
The object of this New Industry is to open
up a new, profitable, and, I hone, pleasant
way out of the present congested state of the
Ladv Labor Market. The Ladies Fruit
and Salad Gardens havebien established at
Grange Gardens, Sawley, near Derby, to
provide pleasant homes and remunera
tive employment for gentlewomen
who have a taste for gardening
work and wish to add to their incomes or to
earn a living. It seems to have been seven
or eight years since the idea first came to
me that ladies with a iaste for gardening
might possibly earn a living by it: hut so
much needed thinking out, and detail after
detail fitting in, that it is only-five years
since I myself hecinie a practical gardener.
The more I inquired into the matter the
more plainly 1 saw that market gardeners,
as a rule, raide a good thing of it
Alter trying two rented gardens that only
proved quicksands, as far as money spend
ing on them went, the soil being worn out,
and the frnit trees that were in them most
uncertain. I determined to take new ground
iu hand, i. e., break up old pasture and
plaut a garden after my own idea of obtain
ing the greatest amount of produce with the
least amount of labor. I advocate planting
dwarf hardy frnit trees in tbe open; and for
this reason, that during nine months of the
year they need no labor expending on them
after they are once well planted and securely
fenced Irom rabbits, their winter depreda
tors, and with reason we may look for a
good crop of fruit fiyeyears out of seven.
How Work Can Be Divided.
My own experimental garden was planted
March, 1889. That year we had enormous
crops of vegetables of splendid flavor, and a
very fair amount of fruit List year our
crop of fruit, iu addition to the vegetables.
was very considerable. Had the product of i
this garden been Ior sale it must have real
ized a very handsome sum. To my mind it
would be unwise lor a woman single-handed
to expect to make a sure, comfortable living
out of one isolated garden, but by well
directed co-operation, thereby being able to
grow a great variety of Iruits and vegetables
and salads to meet the wants of a private
trade, the chance of the possibilityof failure
is reduced to a minimum.
It is not desirable for more than six own
ers of gardens to live iu one house. When
fruit, salads and vegetables are grown by
the acre and sold by the dozen, the bunch or
the pound, the bookkeeping necessary must
be very considerable. These six ladies cau
well look after the three-acie garden, or,
rather, fruit plantation. Eacn lady hasher
.own portion of half.au acre .solely under her
i
care, and ibe keeps a strict account of every
thing told off her portion; and, after all
necessary expenses are paid, tbe profits are
divided exclusively among the lady culti
vators in proportion as each may, by dili
gence and oouitarit attention, have produced
abundant crops or otherwise.
Work That Womon Can Do.
Onr cultivation of flowers is mainly di
rected to late autumn, winter and early
spring ones, those for Christmas and Easter
decorations paying as well as any. The
ladies gladly undertake table and other dec
orations at any time, as we do not entirely
confine ourselves to autumn, winter and
spring .flowers.
Well directed co-operation being so much
more powerful than single-handed efforts, as
soon as tbe sufficient number of ladies have
definitely signified their intention of join
ing, and showed us they have the necessary
100 capital (for my five years of active,
practical gardening work have plainly
showed me that a little capital is absolutely
necessary for a woman to start successful
market gardening), a private limited lia
bility company will be formed of course,
composed entirely of lady gardeners. The
first year they must not expect to make more
than covers expenses, including board of
each household. The work is such as any
lady is well able to perform; the produce
grown, ail kinds of hardy and dessert fruit
under glass and in the open. Especial at
tention is given to delicate vegetables and
salads, mushrooms, etc., with flowers and
poultry as an adjunct
The market of the produce grown has
from the beginning stood out plainly before
me as the vital point of success. Fortunately
by starting in a thickly populated consult
ing neighborhood there seems every proba
bility of the greater portion, if not the whole,
of the produce being taken by people kind
enough to open up deposit accounts with
the laay gardeners.
During the busiest months of the year,
April; May and June, most of the day will
be taken np with one kind or other of light
gardening work. The long holidays must
be taken in the winter. Those left at home
can send off with, ease the stored crops as
ordered, attend to the plants under glass,
and feed the poultry.
ABOUT CHEWING GUM.
A London Agitation That Is Not Indorsed
Here Opinions of Home Doctors on the
Habit Jaw Workers Get Some Pointers.
London is excited over the alleged adul
teration of chewing gum, and the contro
versy has enlisted as high medical authority
as tbe Lancet, which, after summing up the
quibbles of lawyers employed to deiend ar
rested dealers, resolves the matter thns:
"Bnt what is 'chewing gum?' The fol
lowing definition might be suggested: A
substance of very variable composition, ig
norantly employed by children, which,
when containing paraffine wax, may lead to
very grave dangers, and the sale of which
should be prohibited."
The legal definition is what the Lancet
has reference to.
There are guni-chewers in Pittsburg as
well as in London, but doctors here, as in
New York, do not generally seem to attach
much importance to the London agitation.
Doctors in Pittsburg are not always on tap
these days of grip and pneumonia, and it is
difficult to find them. Some treated the
matter with indifference and seemed to
think it not worth thought, and Dr. Edsall
refused to talk because he said he had never
investigated the matter. Dr. C. C. Wiley
said he hadn't given the matterany thongbt,
but as paraffiae was not soluble in gastric
juice, lie did not suppose the chewing of it
wonld be injurious further than the unneces
sary chewing of any other substance. He,
however, opined that the excitation of tbe
salivary glands to the extent common with
confirmed gum-chewers might work injury.
He also said the practice would unnecessar
ily wear away the teeth, but thought that on
this head dentists wonld be the proper per
sons to consult
Dr. W. W. Whitter glanced over the
Lancet article and suggested that the furore
was started by some news gatherer, who had
nothing of moment on his bands for the time
being, but felt it incumbent on him to fill
Ills' space. In conclusion, he remarked that
he didn't think there was anything in it
Dr. Barr, of Chartiers, P. '& L. E.- Rail
way,smiled when the subject was mentioned,
and replied that there would have been a
great mortality among the young ladies of
his district had there been anything very
deleterious in chewing gum. Dr. Barr does
not like the practice, and suggests that snap
shots with a kodak, catching the girls with
jaws under full headway, would be most
effective to stop it He thinks if they could
realize how they look when masticating the
knowledge would be .-more deterrent than
either sarcasm or advice, and doubtless the
doctor is about right
So much lor physicians. The practice
may be comparatively harmless and is
donbtless preferable to chewing tobacco or
snuff-rubbing, bnt it is inelegant, no matter
how exclusive and recherche some of its vo
taries may be. It is difficult to tell what
may be in chewing guui, but there are so
many substances that may be utilized that
there seems to be no pressing necessity to
use deleterious ones. Some apologists for
the disgusting American habit of chew
ing tobacco contend that the mechan
ical action of the weed on the
teeth is to cleanse them, but tolerably com
petent authorities contend that a brush and
soap and water will do the work much bet
'ter without exciting the salivary glands and
saturating tbe system with nicotine. Nor
thern Ohio youth were formerly partial to
tamarack gum. ' Its taste was not particu
larly pleasjui, but as a tooth cleaner it wa"
as good as any other gum, and there wl
certainly nothing deleterious except the
chewing.
The practice doubtless tends toward filthi
ness of habit ITor instance, it is common
when two girls as sweet as June roses are
getting their lessons together and one has
forgotten her gum for the other to oblige her
friend hy lending her wad a part of the
time, they chewing the same piece alter
nately until recess allowed them to repro
visiou. Now, a fellow can stand considera
ble from a nice girl, but this practice Is not
calculated to make her appear more angelic
in his eyes. However, an angel is scarce a
proper synonym for a girl, as all angeli we
have ever heard of were represented as or
the masculine gender.
CHANGED HIS HIND.
John Dodd Sncd for Drench of Promise by
Ills Slster.ln-I.aw.
Appleton, Wis., April 20. Papers
have been served on John Dodd, a wealthy
merchant of this city, in a suit for breach, of
promise brought by Mrs. Margaret
Moore, a young widow. Some time
ago Mr. Dodd's first wife died.
She was a sister of Mrs. Moore,
and soon after the death of his spouse Mr.
Dodd began making advances to his sister-in-law.
Last June the pair became engaged.
He prevailed npon her to give np her lit
tle home and take possession of his hand
some dwelling. The date for the wedding
was set, when it was discovered that because
of relationship their marriage was forbidden
by the Boman Catholic Church, of which
both Mrt Dodd and Mrs. Moore are mem
bers. A letter was sent to Borne, asking that the
Pope give a special dispensation for the
marriage. A delay in waiting for this has
caused the trouble. During tbe interim
Mr.Dodd wooed and won Miss Jessie Bailey,
of Appleton. They were inorriediu Oihkosh
a few weeks ago. Last week Dodd brought
suitagainst Mrs. Margaret Moore to recover
possessiou ol his home. The charge was
unlawful detention A defense was made
and a writ of restitution was issued and
served. She obeyed the injunction, but
forgot to leave the turniture behind. Dodd,
there'ore, had writ of replevin issued and
served. Nov Mrs. Moore serves notice of
the breach vf promise suit.
Tfd OLD WOBLD DO H0VZ
Starting Innovations Quickly Made In Hls-
torlc Places.
.VJaid a woman recently returned from a
.trip abroad, which was by no means her
first to a writerof the New York Times:
I 'J St Am' " "Xi ? jr jf ' ' '"' 'A '''Wt -"Jte-ftgv-ti JgJ&jjaA ul J -.5- 4- -- v.jUflHI
"I have discovered that the historio monot
ony of even. European life can change.
When I first saw Ghent.ten or a dozen years
ago, It was a picturesque walled city; now I
find that much of its wall has gone into its
fine quays.
"So with Bruges, which all guide books
used to delight to remind you bad not had a
house built within its limits for an extraor
dinary length of time ISO years at least I
was there. recently to discover some marked
changes; some almost modern houses and
others altered in a manner which has done
awap with a degree of their delicious antiq
uity." i
- LIFE'S PEBILS,
Universal Disease and Inevita
ble Death Mankind's
Portion.
TRUTH AND FACTS.
Disease and death attend human existence
with unerring certainty. There is no spot upon
the face of the earth where the grave docs not
claim its victims. Every member of the human
family is born but to suffer and die.
Catarrh Is the most freqmnt disease with
which the human family Is afflicted and its re
sults most serious. Therefore, knowing tbce
existing conditions, it Is necessary to use some
remedial agent which has shown Itself able to re
lieve human suffering, cansed by catarrh, reiu
vlgorate the weakened energies and check the
progress of tbe disease.
4i4!
Mr. Bernard JUcCue, Port Perry, Pa.
Mr. Bernard McCne. residlns at Port Perry,
11 miles from Pittsburg, voluntarily made the
following stavement to the writer:
"I was a sufferer for over three years and I
cooldcetno relief. I suffered from occasional
headaches. There were iioIsfs in my ears and
npon raising after stooping over I became very
dizzy. My nose was always stopped up and!
constantly hawked and spit up a yellowish
mucus. At times my throat was harsh and
dry. I bad pains iu my chest: sometimes they
were sharp, at other times tbey were dull. I
never felt rested in the morning."
"Do you think the treatment benefited you?"
"Yes, decidedly to. I eel better in every
way and think I can truly recommend Drs.
Copeland & Blair's treatment to all who sutler
from the disease."
INDORSEMENTS
Of Dr. Copeland's Home Treatmsnf for
Catarrh.
The following are the names of a few of the
many grateful patients who uave been cured by
Sr. Copeland's .Home Treatment, and have
kindly requested their names be used as refer
ence: Mr. Thomas C. Hooper. Braddock, Fa.
Mr. Jacob Altraeyer. Risher, Pa.
Mr. John Wrijlit. Chicago Junction, Pa.
Miss Lottie J. Forkor, No. 99 Arch street,
Meadville. Fa.
Mr. W. C. Wilson, Canonsburg. Fa.
Mr. Williams. Hickman, Pa.
Mr. Harry Phillips. Hultoii. Pa..
Mr. Henry Rose, Kckbart's Mines, Md.
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE BV MAIL.
Mr. G. C. Belli?, corner Main and Cunning
ham streets. Butler, Pa., says: "I had all aj
(travated avmptoins of catarrh: suffered con
stantly; nothing? relieved me until 1 began Dr.
Copeland's Jiome Treatment. To-day X am a
well man."
Mr. V. T. Henshaw, of Frosnect Pa , says:
"For years I suffered from catarrh without
being able to find relief. Dr. Copeland's Home
Treatment curod me."
Mr. Henrv Rose, of Eckhart's 3Iine. Md..
says: "I suffered constantly from chronic
catarrh: could get no relief. Dr. Copeland's
Home Treatment cured ma entirely."
Dks. Copeland & Blair nave established a
permanent office at OS Sixth avenue, Pittsburz;
Fa., where all curable cases will be successfully
treated. Office hours. 9 to 11 A. X., 2 to 5 P. M. and
7to9P. JI. (Sundays included). Specialties
Catarrh and all diseases of tho eye. ear. throat
and lungs, chronic diseases. Consultation, SL
Many cases treated successfully by maiL
Send 2-centFtamu for question blank.
Address all ina'l to DR. W. H. COPELAND,
66Stxth avenue. Pittsbnrg. Fa. apIU-TuSSa
The Soft Glow of Ths
Is Acauired by Ladies Who Use
MEDICATED
as
Or.D EVERYWHHREL
pOZZONl'S COMPLEXION POWDER.
sold nv
JOS. FL.EMING & SOX,
412 Market street,
mhl9-S2-TTSn ' Pittsburg,
DISEASES
SWAYNE'S
OINTMENT
ABSOLUTELY CTJEES.
The simple application ol "Swatme's oi?rr
jikxt" wlinout any internal medicine, will cure
any case ol Tetter. Salt Klieum. ICinuwonn. files.
Itch, :-ore, I'iiuples. Kryslpelas, etc., no matter
how obstinate or long standing, bold by drnK
cists, or scut uy mail ior SO cis. : S boxes SI 2a Ad
drew lilt. SWAlSt A SON, i'hlladelphl. fa.
Ast your druirzlst ior It. no:3-iS-TT3
s
WAYNli J OINTMENT-PILES.
SOLD BY-
JOS. FLEMING fe SON,
iVl Market sireet,
mhl-S2-rrs Pittsburg.
2
BOTTLES
Removed every Speck
of Pimples and
Blotches from my
face that troubled m
for rears. MISS LlZ
ZIE.KOBERTS. Sandy
Hook-. Ct.
TDURDOCK 1U.OOD BITTERS.
SOLD BV
JOS. FLEMING & SON.
412 Market street,
mhl9-S2-D Plttshnrz.
KAir.KOAUS.
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Trains (tt'l SUn dtlmeli LeaTe. I Arrive.
Mall. liutler. Clarion. Kane.
Uay Ex.,AKron, Toledo.. ....
liutler Accommodation
A:jO a nv 4t.V p m
i .131 a in 7: p ai
, 80 ra'll:i) a in
. 1:) p m 3j p in
I 2:15 D in 11:00 a Hi
Greenville ami liutler llx...
ZellcnoDle Accom... '45d m 5Qa m
uiucajo txprcij (uaiiji..
Butler Accom .....' S:X p tn TrJO a in
Vint elats fare to Chleaco. 110 40. Second eliu,
V M. I'ullman Hanet Heeolui cir to CUlazi
1U11V.
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BAJXBOADS
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
OX ASD AFTER DECEMBER 29th, 1390.
Trains will leave Union Station. Pittsburg
as follows (Eastern Standard Time):
MAIN LINE EASTWARD.
New .York 4 Chicago Limited of Pullman Veitl
bale cars dally at 7.15 a. .. trrlTlnjr atHsrrlJ
bnrc at 1.65 r. K., Philadelphia 4.UT. .. Niw
York 7.00 r. Jf Baltimore 4.40 P. jr.. Washing
ton 5.65 F. IT. I
Atlantic express dally at x.20 a. jr.. arrlvlnjr M
IlarrlsbnrslO.SOA. Jf.. Philadelphia 1.Z5 T. a..
New Yorfc 4.0 r. M., Baltimore 1.15 r. X.,
Washington Z.V, f. jr. .
Mall tram dally, except Sunday. 5.3) A. Jf., ar
rlvlnzat Harrlsburit 7.00 p. jr., Philadelphia
10.55 p. jr., Baltimore io.4d p. u. Sunday Mall
8.40 A. JI.
Uay Express dally at 8.00 x. jr.. arrlTlnz at liar,
rlsbcrs 3.3) V. jr.. Philadelphia Wp. v.. New
I'orte9.P. JI., Baltimore 7.UI P.M., Washing-
ii 8. 15 P.M.
Mail Kxprcss daily at 1.00 p. jt arrlrlne at Har.
rlshuri; 10.45 p. jr.. connecting at Uarrlsburr
wlfci Philadelphia JSxorcss.
Philadelphia Express daily at 4.30 P. Jr., arnvlnx
at Harrlsburit 1.00 A. M., Philadelphia 4.3 a.
it., and New Yorlc 7.10 A. jr.
Eastern Express at 7.13 p. M. dally, arriving Har
risburg 2.23 a. jr.,. Baltimore 6.20 A. JI., Wash
iiiftton 7.3) X. jr.. Philadelphia S.Z5 A. It. and
New Yort8.lv A. JI.
Fasi Line dally, at . 10 P. Jr.. arriving at Harris
bnrz 3.30 A. Jr., Philadelphia 6.W a. ji Mew
lTork3.30A.il.. Baltimore 6.20 A. Jf., Washing
ton 7.30 A. M.
All through trains connect at Jersey City with
boats or "BrooLlru Annex" for Brooklyn. N.
Y.. avoIdinKdoubleferryaxe and Journey through
NewYort City.
Johnstown Accom.. except Sunday, 3.40 p. M.
Crcensburir Accom.. 11.15 P.M. weet-days. 10.39
P. Jf. Sundays. Ureensbnrg Lxpress 5.10 p. jr.,
except Sunday, xlerry Express 11.00 A. iU, ex
cept Sunday.
Wtfi's ACCOin. 6.15,7.20.9.00, 10.30 A.M.. 12.15.
2.CU. 3.20. 4.55. 5.30, C.25. 7.40. 9.40 P. JI.. and 12.19
A. JI. (except Monday). Sunday, 12. 10 A. JL,
12.15, 2.Z5. C40and9.40P. M.
Wllkllisburs Accom. B.U0. 6.4 7.00 A. X.. 12.01,
4.UU, 4.35. 5.20, 5.40. 5.Gu. 6.10, 10.10 and 11.40 P. Jf.
Sunday, 12.40 and 9. 15 p. ji.
Braddock: Accom. 5.50, 6.50, 7.40, S.10, 9.50. 1L1J
A. M.. 12.30, 1.25, 2.50. 4.10.6.10, 6.35. 7.aj,'8.25.
9.00 and 10.45 p. . week days. Sundav. 5.35 A.M.
SUUTHitVKST l'KNN RAILWAY.
For Unlontown 5.30 and 8.3 A. 11., 1.45 and 4.25
P. Jl. week days."
JUUNONGAHELA DIVISION.
Tor Jlononcahelj City. West Brown'TlUe and
TJnlontowi: 10.J9A. M. i'or Monon-aaeU Cltv
and WestBrownsvllIe7.I5andlO.4iiA. M., and
4.50P. JI. On Sunday, 8.55 A. ji. and 1.01 P. M.
For Monongabela City only, 1.01 and 5.50 p.m.
week days. JJnvobnrz Accom.. 6.00 A, Jf.
and 3.20 P. JI. week days. West Elizabeth Ae
com. 8.35 A. u,, 4.15, C.JO and 11,35 p. ji. Sua
day. 9.40 p. Jf.
ViisT PENN5TLYANTA DIVISION
From FEUEKALSrKEET STATION. Allsheny
Clty:-
Jlailtraln. for lilairsvlllc 6.53 A. M
Express for Blair villc, connecting for
Butler 3.15 P.M.
Butler Accom 6.20 a. ji.. 2.25and 5.45 P.M.
Sprln(;daleAceom.9.0O,11.50A.JI.,3.39aad 6.20P.M.
Clarcmout Accom 1.30 P.M.
Freeport Accom 4.15, 7.50 and ll.40P.Jf.
On Sunday 12.35 and 9.3a p. II.
Apollo Accom 11.00 A. Jf. and S.C0P. Jf.
Allegheny JunctlouAccom 8.2ua. jc
BlalrsTllle Accom 10.3UF.M.
JX3 Tbe Juccelslor IlasrTaffe Express Company
will call for and check batrjrape from hotels ana
residences. Time cards and full Information can
he obtained at the Ticket Offlces-No. 110 Fifth
avenue, corner Fourth avenue and Try street,
and at Union station.
CHAS). E. PUUIL J. K. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen'IPass'r Agent.
S From PlUsbarsi U' Still .
llfennsulvania Lines.
s Tralss &7 CsiirsI Tim.
OnTKVrEaTSYSTEM-PANllANIJLEKOUTlS.
Leave for Cincinnati and AC Louis, d 1:15 a. in..
4 7il9 a, m.,da:55 and d 11:15 p. in. Lfennlson, 2:45
P. m Chicago, d 1H5 a. in. and 12:05 p. in.
VV'heelnjr, 7:19 a. in., 12:05, 6:10 p. m. Steuben
Vllle. 5:55. m. Washington, 6:15, 3:35 a. m 1:55,
2:30,4:45 4:55p.m. llulner, 10:10a. in. Burgettl
town, S 11:35 a. hi., 5.-25 p. m. Manslleld. liLi,
S:3U 11.00 a. m 1:05, 6:30, d i'i. IlrldKeTlIte.
10:10 p. m. McDonalds, d 4:15. 13:45 s. m., S1'J:UJ
Tracts Altnrvifrom tlie West, d 2:10. d 8:00 u
in., 3:05, d 6:i5 p. m. Dennlson, 9:J0a. m. Mea
benville, 5-05 p. in. Wheeling, 2:10, t:45 . m,.
2.-05, 6:55 p. m. Burgcttstown. 7:15 a. m. . 3 9:M
a. m. Washlnzton. 6:55. 7:50. 1:10, 1C:2S a. m.,
2:35. 6:25 p. m. Mansile'.il. 5:J0. 5:ii, 130. 11:10 j.
jnlT 12:45. 3:55. 10:00 and 3 6:23p. m. Halzer. l-.u
p. m. McDonalds, de:3va. m.. d 9:00 p. m.
NOirrUWEST S YSTE31-PT. WAYNE KOUTK.-.
Leave ior Clilciiro. d 7:i a. ui.. d 12ii. d 1:00. 1
&:4a, except Saturday 11:JJ p.m.: Toledo. 7:i(i a.
m.. d 12:20, d 1:00, and eicept Saturday ll:2r D.m;
Crestline. 5:45 a. m.. Cleveland, 6:103 in. :I2:44 11:05
p.m., and 7:Ha. m.. Tla P., Ft- W.ACKy.:er
Castle and loungstown, 7:3) a. in.. 12:20. 3:3s p.
in.: Youncstorn and N lies, d 12:20 p. m. : Mel j
vllle. Erie and Ashtabula, 70 a. u.. 12:31 p. in.:
i411ss and Jamestown. 3:3a p. m.; Alliance. 4:13
p. m.: Wheeling: tnd Bellalre. 6:10 a. m.. 12:15.
S:45 p. m. : Bearer Palls, 4:00 p. m. ; BeiYer Palls.
S 8:20 a.m.: LeeUdaie. 3:3oa,m.
DKPABTPROll ALLEOHlcsr Itochester, m t.
TO.: Beaver Falls. S:15.11aua. m5:u p.m.: S 4:13
p. in,: Enoa. 3:00 p. in.: LeeUdaie. 5:00, 9:00,
10:00, 11:45 a. m.r 1:15. 2:30. 4:30. 4:45. 5:30, 6:15.
7:3U. 3:00 and s S:3& p. m.: Ccuway. 10:30 p. m.;
Pan: Oaks 3 11:40 a.m.
Trains akrivj: union station rrom Chicago, ex
cept Monday. 1:30, d t:ua d 6:S a. m., d 5:55 ana
d 6:50 p.m.: Toledo, except Monday. luO, d 8:35 a.
m., 5:55 and 6:50 j). in.: Crestline, 12:30 p. in.;
Youngstown and -New oislle. 9:10a. m.. 1:25, 6:33,
loili p. m.; Alles and Youugstown. 4 6:50 p. in.;
Cleveland, d 5:50 a. in.. 2.-20. J-OOp.. m.; Wheellac
and Uellalre. 9:00 a. m.. 2:2U. 7:30 p. m. I iLrla and
Asntabnla, 1-15. 10:15 p. in.: AtlUnc. 10:OUa.ll.;
Mies and Jamestown, 3:10 a.m.; Beaver Palls.
1:30 a. m.. S fc:35 p. m.: Lretsdale. 10:40 p.m.
Abbivc allxomknt, from Enon, t.oo a. :n.
Canwav6.40a.in:lfocne3ter.9.4Da.in.:tfaverKiIli.
7.10a.m. . 12:31. 1:00, i.ai ami ?s:li pi m.: Leets
dale, 4.30, 5.30, 6.15, b.M, 7.45 a. m.. 12.00, 12.13.
1.45. 3.30, 4.30. c.20, 9.00 and a c:6 P- m.: Pair
Oaks, 3 3.53 z. m.
d. dally; S, Sunday only: other trains, except
Ennd.iv.
JOSEt'tl WOOD. General Minaier.
E. A. POULT. Ueneral Pascng-er Azent.
Address. Pittsburg. lu.
BALTlMOltC AND OHIO EAII.ltOAD.
Eebednle Is CUeet j-.nnarr 4, 1891, Eastern
time.
Por Wasninztoa. D. (i.
Baltimore, Pulla detDUlt
and .New York, "7i- a. a.
and :.) p. m.
Por Cumberland. Vii5t
at.. y:ia, : p. m.
Por Conuellsvllle, i8:3.
ri .. a. m., :U, J4:00 and
sap, m.
Por Unlontown. :'.
1:ia. m., i!iu anI
p. m.
! us t Vinnn!Ii'trtl!k inii
Unlontown, &:33a. m uud.iy nnlr.
Por Mt. Pleasant. 6.30a. m. and 47 :25a.m. au 4
U0 a nd 4:0U p. in.
Por Wasuluzton. Pa.. '3:05, 39:30 a. Bu. "3.33,
J3:ai and "7:ndl!:;, p. a.'
t or N heeling, 'ass, w.a, a. m t:S, 7i41 and
lll:55n. m.
Por Cincinnati and St. Louis, a a. nu, 17:4
p. m.
i or Cincinnati. IllLCp. m.
Por Columbus, "s.05 a. m"37:43andlUJ3p. m.
Por2ewarK. "3:05. a.m.. 7:45 audli;:55p. m.
Por Chicago, a:05 and 1-.45 p. m.
Trains arrive irom .New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington, "6:V a. m., arj3 p.
In. prom Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago,
d:Sa.m.. 9:vJ0 p.m. Prom Wheillas "4:25,
10:55 a. ro $5:00. 9:00p. m.
Parlor and sleeping ears to Baltimore. Wasblns:
ton. ClnclnnaU and Cblcag.
Dally. ZIKilly except Sunday. Sbunday only.
ISalurilav only. ',1) illr except Saturday.
Tbe Plttsburjc Transrer Company will call lor
and check bagzae from hotels and residences
upon orders leit at 11. & O. ticket othce. corner
Plttb ave. and Wood St., or 401 and ca SinltbaeU
strest
J.T. ODKLU CHAS. V. SCULL.
General Manager. Geo. Pan. Azent.
PITTSBUKr AND LAKE P.KtE KA1LKOAU
COJtPANY. bcbednle lneltect December 14,
louo. Central time. P.JSL.E.11.K. DarAKT-Por
Clevelanil. 4.30. -3:00a.m..I:33.4:2U. 1:45p.m. tor
Cincinnati. Chicago and St. Louis. 4:30 a. in.. 1:35,
9:15 p. to. Por Buffalo, 8:00. a. m 4:20. "OiU
p.m. Por Salamanca, 8:00 a. m.. "1:35 n. m. Por
Youngstown and ew castle. 4:30, "3:00. 10:00 m.
in.. l:3S, '4:20. 9:45 p. m. Por Beaver Palls,
:3. 755. 11310, lOnfla. m., 1:35. 3:30, '4420. 5:20,
9:) p. m. Por (.nartlers, 4:a V:33 a. m., 3:35,
Vm, 7:00. 7:30, 18.-CU.S:u5. HO, 10:00. 11:35, a. m.,
UOO, 12:40. 112:45, ll4u 3.-J0, I til. "4r29, V-30, 4145,
6:2"X S:00. 1 1:45. 10:30 p. m.
ABRIVI Prom Cleveland. en0 a. m.. "12:J,
S:i,"7:50p. m. prom Cincinnati. Chleazo and su
lxnll, I0:oo a. m.. "7:50 p. m. Prom BnSa o
3:40a. m.. 12:30, 10:05 p. m. Proa Salamanea
10:00 a. m., "7:50 p. m. From Yoonrs:owa
and New Cas'le, "M0, "10:00 a. m.. "12:30, 5i
Idi. lOsKp. m. Prom Beaver Falls, 5i2U, M:40,
J.-20, lOlCOa. m.. "12:30, 1:20. 4:40. f -SX. 10.O5 p. O.
P.. CAY. trains for Mansfleld. 7iVWl:33a. m.,
3:55 p. .m. Por Esplea and Beecnmont, 7:30 a.
v..
C. A Y. tratni rrom xiansneio. j"W, I'm
a. m.. 3:45 p. m. Prom Beechmont,
., unm
P., McK. Y. It. ll.-DlPABT-ror New Ha-"
ven. 10:10. 17:40 a. BL. "3:00 p. m. For Wast Hew-
ion. 17:40, 10:10 a. m "3 ax). 5i25n. m-
AEBTVJV-Prom New Haven. "9:00 a. m.. MiUt
p. m. Prom Weat Newton. 6:15. a, n
4:I0 p: m. ,
Por McKeesport, Ellxabetn. MonongaheU City
and Belle Vernon. 6:45. 17:40, 113) a. m., 13:0$
3:50 p. m. .
from tlelle Vernon. Jlononzahela City. Elisa
beth and McKeesport, 7:15, 19:00 a. m, 12:40. .14:14
4:40 p. m.
Dally. ISnndays only.
City Ticket Office. 639 bmltnfleld Streak
ALLEGHENY VALLEY KA1LUOAD
Tralns leave UnMn nation (Eastern stand
ard time): East Brady Ac.. 6:55 a. in.: Niagara
Ex.. dallr, S:1S a. m. (Arriving ac Buffalo at
5:45P. M.ij Klttannlng Ac, 9:00 a. m.; Hultoa
Ac, 10:10 a. m.: Valley Camp Ac., 12:03 p.m.:
Oil City and Da Hols Express, 1:30 p. m.: Hultoa
Ac, 3:00 p. m.: Klttannlng Ac. 3:55 p. m.:
l.r.ieburn Ex.. 4:53 p. m.; Klttannlng Ac, 5 J
p. m.: BraeDurn Ac, 6:20 p. m.: HuitonAc. 8&0
p. ta.: BuOaloEx.. dally. 8:45 p. m. XArrlvlngat
l;nnalo7:20A.M.):HtiltouAc., 0:40 p.m.: Valley
C.iuip AC 11130p.m. Cnnrcn trains Emlenton.
9a.m.; Klttannlng, 12:40 p. m.: Braeouru. 9:43
p. m. Pullman Parlor Cars on daytrrinsand
bleeping Car on night trains between Plttsnurf
ana liunaio. J AS. p. ANDEUSON. U. X. Ait.:
DAVID MCCA.KGO. Gen. Sup.
PITTSBDKG AND CASTLE SHANNON K. JJ
W Inter Time Table. On and after JlarcU 30,
K, until further notice, trains will run a fol
lows on everyday, exceptSundav. Eastern stand-
.luiiiuc: iavLnga. uisourg ouj a. in.. "-
m., 8:00 a. m 9:30a. m... 11:30 a. m., 1:40 j. m.,
3:40 n.m..&;1l)n. m. S'iUln Tn R.SOn ra.- 9:30 D.m..
11:30 p.m. Arllngton-5:40 a. m.. 6:20 a. m.. 7:ia
a. m., 3:00 a. m.. 10:20 a. m., 1:00 n. m.. iHup.ni;;.'
4:20 n. in . 3:10 n. in.. 5:50 n. in.. . :I0 D Jn.. 10JJ
p. m. Sunday trains. leaving Pittsburg 10 a.inJT
Arlington 9:10 a. m., linop. m.. 1:50 p. to., 43
n. m.. 6:30 p. m. JOHN J AllN. Sunk
WjJBUifcS.