9 ft r . 12 CAM The Chevalier des Arcis was a cavalry ofiicer who, having quitted the service in 1760, while still young, retired to a country house near Jlans. Shortly after, he married ihe daughter of a retired merchant who lived in the neighborhood, and this marriage jrnncared for a time to bf an pxceerlinrfv happy one. Cccile's relatives were worthy folk who, enriched by means of hard work, were now, in their latter years, enjoying a continual Sunday. The Chevalier, weary of the artificial manners of Versailles, entered gladly into their simple pleasures. Cecile had an excellent uncle, named Giraud, who had been a master-bricklayer, but had risen by degrees to the position of architect, and now owned considerable property. The Chevalier's house (which was named Chardonneux) was much to Giraud's taste, and he was there a frequent and ever welcome visitor. By and bv a lovely little girl was borno the Chevalier and Cecile, and great at first was the jubilation of the parents. But a very painful shock was in store for them. They soon made the terrible discovery tfiat their little Camille was deaf, and, conse quently also dumb I IL The mother's first thought was of cure, but this hope was reluctantly abandoned; no cure could be found. At the time of which we are writing, there existed a piti- &?ie Began to Copy With GreatOare. less prejudice against those poor creatures whom we style deaf mutes. A few noble spirits, it is true, had protested against this barbarity. A Spanish monk of the six teenth century was the first to devise meaus of teaching "the dumb to speak without words a thing until then deemed impos sible. His example had been followed at different times in Italy, England and France by Bcanct, "Walli, Bulwer and Van Helmont and a little good had been done here and there. Still, however, even at Pari", deaf mutes were generally regarded as beings set apart, marked i ith the brand of Divine displeasure. Deprived of speech, the power of thought was denied them, and they inspired more horror than pity. A dark shadow crept over the happiness of Camille's parents. A sudden, silent estrangement worse than divorce, crueller than death grew up between them. 3?or the mother passionatclv loved her afflicted child, while the Chevalier, despite all the cflbrts prompted by his kind heart, could not overcome the repugnance with which her affliction affected him. The mother spoke to her child bv signs, and she alone could make herself under stood. Everv other inmate of the house, even her lather, was a stranger to Camille. The mother of ladame des Arcis a woman of no tact never ceased to deplore loudly the misfortune that had befallenTier daughter and son-in-law. "Better that she had never been born!" she exclaimed one day. "What would you have done, then, had I been thus?" asked Cecile indignantly. To Uncle Giraud his great-niece's dumb ness seemed no such tremendous misfortune. "I have had," said he, "such a talkative wife that I regard everything else as a less evil. This little woman will never speak or hear bad n ords, never aggravate the whole household by humming opera airs, will never quarrel, never awake when her husband coughs, or rises early to look after his workmen. She will see clearly, for the deaf have good eyes. She will be pretty and intelligent, and make no noise. Were I young, 1 w ould like to marry her; being old, I will adopt her as my daughter when ever you are tired of her." ; jb'or a moment the sad parents were cheered by Uncle Giraud's bright talk. But the cloud soon redescended upon them. III. In course of time the little girl grew into a big one. Xature completed successfully, but faithfully, her task. The Chevalier's feelings "toward Camille had, unfortunately, under gone no change. Her mother still watched over her tenderly, and never left her, observing anxiously her slightest actions, her every sign of interest in life. When Camille's young iriends were of an age to receive the first instructions of a gov erness, the poor girl began to realize the difference between herself and others. The child of a neighbor had aseveie govern ess. Camille, who was present one day at a spelling lesson, regarded her little comrade with surprise, following her efforts with her eyes, seeking, as it were, to aid her, and crying when she was scolded. Es pecially were the music lessons puzzling to dmille. The evening prayers, which the neigh bor used regularly w ith her children, were another enigma tor the girl. She knelt with her friends, and joined her hands without knowing w hcrefore. The Chevalier considered this a profanation; not so his ife. As Camille advanced in age, she be came possessed of a passion as it were by a holy instinct for the churches which she beheld. "When I was a child I saw not God, I saw only the 6ky," is the saying of a deaf mute. A religious procession, a coarse, gaudily bedizened image of the Virgin, a choir boy in a shabby surplice, whose voice was all unheard by Camille who knows what simple means w ill serve to raise the eyes of a child? And what matters it, so long as the eyes are raised? IV. Camille was petite, with a white skin, and long black hair, and graceful move ments. She was swift to understand her mother's wishes, prompt to obey them. So much grace and beaut-, joined to so much misfortune, were most disturbing to the Chevalier. He would frequently embrace the girl in an excited manner, exclaiming aloud: "I am not vet a wicked man!" 'At the end of the garden there was a Mooded walk, to which the Chevalier was in the habit of betaking himself after breakfast. From her chamber window Madame des Arcis often watched him wist fully as he walked to and fro beneath the tree. One morning, with palpitating heart, she ventured to join him. She wished to take Camille to a juvenile ball which was to bo held that evening at a . neighboring mansion. She longed to ob serve the effect which her daughter's beauty would produce upon the outside world and ILLE. upon her husband. She had passed a sleep less night in devising Camille's toilet, and she cherished the sweetest hopes. "It must be," she told herself, "that he will be proud, and the rest jealous of the poor little one! She will say nothing, but she will be the most beautiful I" The Chevalier welcomed his wife gracious ly nquite in the manner of Versailles! Their conversation commenced with the exchange of a few insignificant sentences as they walked side by side. Then a silence fellbetwcen them, while Madame des Arcis sought fitting words in which to approach her husband on the subject of Camule, and induce him to break his resolution that the child should never see the world. Mean while, the Chevalier was also in cogitation. He was the first to speak. He informed his wife that urgent family affairs called him to Holland, and that he ought to start not later than the following morning. Madame understood his true motive only too easily. The Chevalier was far from con templating the desertion of his wife, yet felt an irresistible desire, a compelling need of temporary isolation. In almost all true sorrow, man has his craving for soli tude suffering animals have it also. His wife raised no objection to his pro ject, but fresh grief wrung her heart. Com plainiug of weariness, she sank upon a seat. There she. remained for a long time, lost in sad reverie. She rose at iength, put her arm into.that.of her husband, and the hey re- turned toggtner to the house. The poor lady spent the afternoon quietly and prayerfully in her own room. In the evening, toward 8 o'clock, she rang the bell, and ordered the horse to be put into the car riage. At the same time she sent word to the Chevalier that she intended going to the ball, and hoped that he would accom pany her. An embroidered robe of white muslin, small shoes of white satin, a necklace of American beads, a coronet of violets such was the simple costume ol Uamille, who, when her mother had dressed her, jumped for joy. As Madame was embracing her child with the words, "You are beautiful! you are beautiful!" the Chevalier joined them. He gave his hand to his wife and the three went to the ball As it was Camille's first appearance in publio she naturally excited a great deal of curiosity, ue jiievauer sunereu visioiy. When his friends praised to him the beauty of his daughter, he felt that they intended to console him, and such consolation was not to his taste. Yet he could not wholly suppress some emotion of pride and joy. His feelings were strangely mixed. Alter having saluted by gestures almost every body in the room, Camille was now resting by her mother's side. The general admira tion grew more enthusiastic Nothing, in fact, could have been more lovely than the envelope which held this poor dumb soul. Her figure, her face, her long, curling hair, above all, her eyes of incomparable luster, surprised everyone. Her wistful looks and graceful getures,too, were so pathetic People crowded around Madame des Arcis, asking a thousand ques tions about Camille; to surprise and a slight coldness succeeded sincere kindliness and sympathy. They had never seen such a charming child; nothing resembled her, for there existed nothing else so charming as she! Camille was a complete success. Always outwardly calm, Madame des Arcis tasted to-night the most pure and in tense pleasure of her life A smile that was exchanged between her and her husband was w ell worth many tears. Presently, as the Chevalier was still gazing at his daughter, a country dance began, which Camille watched with an earnest attention that had in it something sad. A boy invited her to join. For an swer, she snook her head, causing some of the violets to tall out of her coronet Her mother picked them up, and soon put. to rights the coiffure, which was her own handiwork. Then she looked round for her husband, but he was no longer in the room. She inquired if he had left, a:i whether he had taken the carriage. Shi was told that he had gone home on foot. The Chevalier had resolved to leave home without taking leave of his wife. He shrank from all discussion and explanation, and, as he intended to return in a short time, he believed that he should act more wisely in leaving a letter than by making a verbal farewell. There was some truth in his statement of that business affair calling him away, although business was not his firstconsideration. And now one of his friends had written to hasten his departure. Here was a good excuse. On returning alone to his house (by a much shorter route than that taken by the carriage), he an nounced his intention to the servants, packed in great haste, senthis light luggage on to the town, mounted his horse, and was gone. Yet a certain misgiving troubled him, for he knew that his Cecile would be pained by his abrupt departure; although he en deavored to persuade himself that he did tlfis for her sake no less than for his own. However, he continued on his way. Meanwhile, Madame des Arcis was re turning in the carriage, with her daughter asleep upon her knee. She felt hurt at the Chevalier's rudeness in leaving them to return alone. It seemed such a public slight upon his wife and child! Saa fore bodings filled the mother's heart as the car riage jolted slowly over the stones of a newly-made road. "God watches over all," she reflected; "over us as over others. But what shall we do? What will become of my poor child?" At some distance from Chardonneux there was a ford to be crossed. There had been much rain for nearly a month past, causing the river to overflow its banks. The ferryman refused at first to take the car riage into his boat; be would undertake, he said, to convey the passengers and the horse safely across, but not the vehicle The lady, anxious to rejoin her husband, would not descend. She ordered the coachman to enter the boat: it was only a transit of a few minutes, which she had made a hundred times. In mid-Btream the boat was forced by the current from its straight course. The boat- SHE LEANED OVEK THE EDGE OP TIIE BOX. man asked the coachman's aid in keeping it away from the weir. For there was not far off a mill with a weir, where the vio lence of the water had formed a sort of cas cade It was clear that if the boat drifted to this spot there would be a terrible acci dent. The coachman descended from his seat, and worked with a will. But he had only a pole to work with, the night was dark, a fine rain blinded the men, and soon the noise of the weir announced the most imminent danger. Madame des Arcis, who had re mained in the carriage, opened the window in alarm. "Are we then lost?" cried she. At Jhat moment the pole broke. The two menfell into the boat exhausted, and with bruised hands. The ferryman could swim, but not the coachman. There was no time to lose. "Pere Gcorgeot," said Madame to the ferryman, calling him by his name, "can you'save my daughter and myself?" "Certainly!" he replied, as if almost in sulted by the question. "What must we do?" inquired Madame des Arcis. "Place yourself upon my shoulders," re plied the ferryman, "apd put your arms good morning, PAPA. about my neck. As for the little one, Iwill hold her in one. hand, and swim with the other, and she shall not get drowned. It is but a short distance from here to the pota toes which grow in j onder field." "And Jean?" asked Madame, meaning the coachman. "Jean will be all right, I hope. If he holds on at the weir, I will return for him." Pere Georgeot struck out with his double burden, but he had over-estimated his powers. He was no longer young. The shore was farther off, the current stronger than he had thought He struggled man fully, but was nearly swept away. Then the trunk of a willow, hidden by the water and the darkness, stopped him suddenly with a violent blow upon the forehead. Blood flow ed from the wound and obscured his vision. , "Could you save my child if you had only her to convey?" asked the mother. "I cannot tell, but I think so," said the ferryman. The mother removed her arms from the man's neck, and let herself slip gently into the water. When the ferryman had deposited Camille safely on terra firma, the coachman, who had been rescued bv a peasant, helped him to search for the body 01 Madam des Arcis. It was found on the following morning,near the bank. VL Camille's grief at her mother's loss was errible to witness. She ran hither and hither, uttering wild, inarticulate cries, tearing her hair, and beating the walls. An unnatural calm succeeded these violent emotions; reason itself seemed well nigh gone. It was then that Uncle Giraud came to hie niece's rescue. "Poor child!" said he, "she has at present neither father nor mother. With ma she has always been a favorite.and I intend now to take charge of her for a time. Change of scene," said Uncle Giraud, "would do her a world of good." Withthe Chevalier's permission (obtained by letter) he carried off Camille to Paris. The Cheval lier returned to .Chardonneux, where he lived in deepest retirement, shunning every living being, a prey to grief and keen re morse A year passed heavily away. Uncle Giraud had as yet failed utterly to rouse Camille She steadily refused to be in terested in anything. At last, one day he determined to take her,nolen volens, to the opera. A new and beautiful dress was purchased for the occasion. When, at tired in this, Camille saw herself in the VTI. Camille soon wearied of the opera. All actors, musicians, audience seemed to say to her: "We speak, and you cannot; we hear, laugh, sing, rejoice. You rejoice in nothing, hear nothing. You are only a statue, the simulacrum of a being, a mere looker-on at life." When, to exclude the mocking spectacle, she closed her eyes, the scenes of her early life rose before the eyes of her mind. She returnedin thought to her country home, saw again her, mother's dear face It was too much! Uncle Giraud observed, with much concern, tears rolling down her cheeks. Whenhe w ould have inquired the cause of her grief, she -made signs that she wished to leave She rose, and opened the door of the box. Just at this moment something attracted her attention. She caught sight of a good looking, richly-dressed young man, who was tracing letters and figures with a white pencil upon a small slate He exhibited this slate now and then to his neighbor, a man older than himself, who evidently re- THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, JULY' 11, 1891 plied in the same manner. At the same time the two exchanged signs. Camille's curiosity and interest were deeply stirred. She had already observed that this young man's lip did not move. Sho now saw that he spoke a language which was not the language of others, that he had found some means of expressing him self without the aid of speech that art for her so incomprehensible and impossible. An irresistible longing to see more seized her. She leaned over the edge of the-box, and watched the stranger's movements atten tively. When he again wrote something upon his slate, and passed it to his com panion, she made an involuntary gesture as if to take it. Whereupon the young man, in his turn, looked at Camille. Their eyes met. and said the same thing, "We two are in like case; we are both dumb." Uncle Giraud brought his niece's wrap, but she no longer wished to go. She had reseated herself, and was leaning eagerly forward. The Abbe de l'Epee was thenpnst becom ing known. Touched with pity for the deaf and dumb, this good man had invented a language that he deemed superior to that of Leibnitz. He restored deaf mutes to the ranks of their fellows by teaching them to read and write Alone and unaided he labored for his afflicted fellow-creatures, prepared to sacrifice to their welfare his life and fortune The voung man observed by Camille was one of the Abbe's first pupils." He was the son of the Marquis de Maubray. virr. It goes without saying that neither Camille nor her uncle knew anything either of the Abbe de l'Epee, or his new method. Camille's mother would assuredly have dis covered it, had she lived long enough. But Chardonneux was far from Paris; the Chev alier did not take the Gazette, nor, if he had taken it, would he have read it. Thus a few leagues of distance, a little indolence, or death, may produce the same result. Upon Camille's return from the opera, she was possessed with but one idea. She made her uncle understand that she wished for writing materials. Although the good man wanted his supper, he ran to his chamber, and returned with apiece of board nnd a morsel of chalk, relics of his old love for building and carpentry. Camille placed the board upon her knee, then made signs to her uncle that he should sit by her and write something upon it Laying his hand gently upon the girl's breast, he wrote, in large letters, her name, Camille, after which, well satisfied with the evening's work, he seated himself at the supper-table Camille retired as soon as possible to her own room, clasping her board in her arms. Having laid aside some of her. finery, and let down her hair, she began To copy with great pains and care the word which her uncle had written. After writing it manv times, she succeeded in forming the letters very fairly. What that word represented to her, who shall say? It was a glorious night of July. Camille had opened her window, and from time to time paused in her self-imposed task to gaze out, although the "view" was but a dreary one. The window overlooked a yard in which coaches were kept Four or five huge carriages stood side by side beneath a shed. Two or three, others "stood in the center of the yard, as if awaiting the horses which could be heard kicking in the stable. The court was shut in by a closed door and high walls. Suddenly Camille perceived, beneath the shadow of a heavy diligence, a human form pacing to and fro. A feeling of fear seized her. The man was gazing intently at her window. In a few moments Camille had regained her courage. She took her lamp in her hand, and, leaning from the casement, held it so that its light illumined the court. The Marquis de Maubray (for it was he), perceiving that he was discov ered, sank on his knees and clasped his hands, gazing at Camille mean while with an expression of respect ful admiration. Then he sprang up, and nimbly clambering over two or three intercepting Vehicles, was in a few minutes within Camille's room, where his first act was to make her a profound bow. He longed for some means of speak ing to her, and, observing upon the table the board bearing the written word Camille, he took the piece of chalk and proceeded to write beside that name his own Pierre. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" thundered a wrathful voice. It was that of Uncle Giraud, who at that moment entered the room and bestowed upon the intruder a torrent of abuse The Marquis calmly wrote something upon the board, and handed it to Uncle Giraud, who read with amazement the following words: "I love Mademoiselle Camille, and wish to marry her. I am the Marquis de Maubray; will you give her to me?" The uncle's wrath abated. "Well I" remarked he to himself, as the recognized the youth he had seen at the opera "for going straight to the point, and getting through their business quickly, I never saw the like of these dumb folk!" IX The course of true love, for once, ran smooth. The Chevalier's consent to this highly desirable match for his daughter was easily obtained. Much more difficult was it to convince him that it was possible to teach deaf mutes to read and write Seeing, however, is believing. One day, two or three years after the marriage, the Chevalier received a letter from Camille, which began thus: "Oh, father! I can speak, not with my mouth, but with my hand." She told him how she had learned to do this, and to whom she owed her new-born speech the good Abbe de l'Epee. She described to him the beauty of her baby, and affectionately besought him to pay a visit to his daughter and grandchild. After receiving this letter, the Chevalier hesitated for a long time. "Go. br all means," advised Uncle Giraud, when he was consulted. "Do you not reproach yourself continually for having deserted your wife al the ball? Will you also forsake your child, who longs to see you? Let us go together. I consider it most ungrateful of her not to have included me in the invitation." "He is right,"-reflected the Chevalier. "I brought cruel and needless suffering upon the best of women. I left her to die a frightful death, when I ought to have been her preserver. If this visit to Camille in volves some pain to myself, that is but a merited chastisement I will taste this bitter pleasure; I will go and seemychild." In the 'pretty boudoir of a house in the . . casssY ' ,-&..'..:. . .. . . . .. u.h. . Jsi.,' . -.',-.- jV.. si. . . ,-.,. . . ... NXjii. 3fL.k&k ..evt-.-..lL . Faubourg St. Germain, Camille's father and uncle found Camille and Pierre. Upon the table lay books and sketches. The husband was reading, the wife embroidering, the child playing on the carpet. At sight of the welcome visitors the Marquis rose, while Camille ran to her father, who, as he embraced her tenderly, could not restrain his tears. Then the Chevalier's earnest look was bent upon the child. In spite of himself, some shadow of the repugnance he had formerly felt for the infirmity of Camille stirred afresh at sight of this small being who had doubtless inherited that infirmity. "Another mute!" cried he Camille raised her son to her arms ; with out hearing she had understood. Gently holding out the child toward the Chevalier, she placed her fingers upon the tiny lips, stroking them a little, as if coaxing them to speak. In a few moments he pronounced distinctly the words which his mother had caused him to be taught: "Good morning, papa!" "Now you see clearly," said Uncle Giraud, "that God pardons everything and for ever!" Strand Magazine. FICTION Third Installment of Jules Verne's great story, "The Callfornians," In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Dublin Nation newspaper Is dead. Heavy hailstones have devastated Ba varia. Mexican Minister Romero has sailed for Europe. An appeal in the Robert and Minnie caso has been granted. Corfu elects anewmonarch Friday. Anti Hebrew riots are feared. Grasshopper raids in New Mexico and Arizona are becoming serious. The reported revolution in Guatemala turns out to be only a local riot. A cargo of provisions for the Chilean In surgents is on the way from San Francisco. The members of the World's Fair Euro pean Commission sailed for England Thurs day. A small village near Grenoble, France, was burned up Thursday. Fifty families are homeless. Tho Chickasaw militia have arrested over 60 white families, charged with being intruders. The census of England and Wales shows a total population, of 29,001,018 an increase of 3,026,572 since the last census. The Committee on Agriculture of tho Baron Hirsch fund will attempt to colonize Hebrews on a tract in Southern Hew Jersey. The sain nf the American Rnrjid Tele graph Company to a committee represent ing the bondholders has been confirmed by a Chicago court. President Diaz has pardoned Carlos Zo remba, the American who was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for forgery and using Government seals. The 800 employes of the Valley Nail Mill and the Waugh Stoel Works, Belleville, 111., who struck last week for the Columbus scale, have gone back to work. A chnnk of gold ore weighing ten pounds was found by John Collier on his farm near Martinsville, Ind., Thursday. His neighbor hood is wild over tho discovery. W. C. Aldricli, as he registered his name, a despondent Chicago lover, committed sui cide with a revolver at the Republican House, Milwaukee, Thursday night. Second Officer Taylor, of the Itata, is re ported to have confessed to a British naval officer to transferring the greater part ofthe cargo of arms and ammunition to the Esmeralda. Bogus Lord Beresford flew hieh in Ma con (Ga.) society until ho obtained $1,000 on a forged chock and attempted to abscond to England with the monoy. He was captured in New York. Rumored that Marsh, tho defaulting President of tho Keystone Bank, has been seen at Milan, Tenn., Armed with five re volvers and a butcher knife. A posse is pur suing the stranger. Two Newfoundland fishermen in an open boat were resoued in mid ocean by the American bark Snow Queen, whtoh has Just aarived at Newcastlo-on-Tyne, England. Tho men had lived five days without food. President Stokes, of tho South Carolina Farmers' Alliance, says that the only .way in whioh lie will meet Governor Tillman in joint debate is at a seorot session of the Stato Alliance. The Governor's friends are disgusted. The Cabullas tribe of Indians revolted at Para, Brazil, against the result of the Guber natorial election. In the battle which en sued 11 soldiers were killed and the Indians took to the forest. The leading rebels have ueon exuea. A convict in the Joliet (111.) Peniten tiary murderously assaulted a Chicago caiier ut tuo prison, namea n . o. .biuoit, with a piece of marble. It was through jElliott's Instrumentality that the man was sent to the penitentiary. During tha session of tho Reichsrath at Vienna Thursday a man committed suicide with a revolver, at tho entrance to tho strangers' gallery. He was identified as a hunter. lie had come to the Reichsrath to demand Justice in an imaginary lawsuit with the Rothschilds. The British House or Lords, indorsing tho action of the House of Commons, has passed a bill authorizing what many believe to be tho most Important English railway scheme of many years the construction of a railway to be operated in the interest of and as a connection with tho Manchester Canal. A society was organized in Louisville Thursday called the Kentucky Fraternal Congress. It includes nearly all tho mutual or benevolent insurance companies and in surance orders, and its purpose is to oppose legislation and litigation to place these companies on the same footing a s the regu lar Insurance oompanies with roferenco to payment of license, etc. A terrlflo clectrio storm, resembling a cloud burst, struck Helena, Mont, Thurs day. Several houses were struck by light ning. In one house the stock of aloadod Winchester riflo was shattered, the metal being melted, but not a cartridge was ex ploded. Mrs. W. Edgar was sitting at home holding a knife in -one hand, trimming some flowers, when a flash paralyzed her arm and dashed the knife through an open door and across the room. Mrs. Edgar has recovered from the shock. MEXICO Carpenter has Interviewed President Diaz for THE DISPATCH. Beau tiful illustrations and portraits will accom pany the account to be published In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. A Fine Line of Men's Salts at 87. To-day we will sell several hundred of our best men's suits at seven dollars ($7) a suit We- make this attractive bargain price for the benefit of those who only have a limited amount to spend for a good suit. The line consists of four lots of men's dark checked cassimere suits, three styles of ele gant fancy worsted suits, sacks and cuta ways, two styles of plain black cheviot and corkscrew suits, and a good assortment of light tweed suits. Come and buy a good suit to-day for ?7. P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Cloth ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond streets. To AtlanUo City, Via the B. & O. B. B., next Thursday, July 16. Tickets good for ten days, and good to stop at Washington City returning. Trains leave at 8:15 A. M. and 9:20 p. m. As A summer drink Iron City stands first Telephone, 1186. Beer B. &B. Upstairs to-day Ladies' ready-made wash dresses at 3, $5 and 11 50 that will aston ish. Boqgs & Buhi Ikon Cut Beer builds up trade wher ever placed on sale. Telephone, 1180. EUROPE Wellwrltten cable letters cov ering'aU the Capitals will appear In to-morrow's DISPATCH. Meet's silk shirts, $2 60 reduced i. Jos. Horne & Co. s ' Penn Avenue Stores. B.&B. Some ladies' ready-made India silk dresses go to-day at ?15 that will be a revelation upstairs. Boogs & Buhl. Men's flannel shirts f2 up W' reduction. Jos. Horne & Co. 's Pena Avenue Stores. OTLUCKY THIRTEEN. Just a Baker's Dozen Companies in the Tableware Trust. MEETINGS PLD ONDER COYER. The Organization Complete and a Board of Directors Selected. EXPENSES TO BE GREATLY CURTAILED With great secrecy the United States Tableware Company has about completed its organization with the selection of a board of directors. The syndicate is com posed of 13 companies, and they have been holding meetings under cover in this city for some time. The officers have not yet been elected. The headquarters will be in Pittsburg. The concerns which have joined the company are as follows: Prom Pitts burg, Adams & Co., Bryce Brothers, George Duncan & Sons, Gillinder & Sons, King Glass Company, O'Hara Glass Company, Ripley & Co.; Nickel Plate Company, Fos toria, Richards &Hartley Glass Company and Challinor, Taylor & Co., Tarentum; Colum bia Glass Company, Bellaire Goblet Com pany and Hobbs Glass Company, Wheeling. When the gentleman who furnished the above information was asked why the other tableware companies had not joined, he smiled and requested to be asked something easier. The Capital About Two Millions. As nearly as could be learned the capital stock is about $2,000,000, and is issued to the members in proportion to the value of their plants, which are turned over to the new company and will be operated in the future under oae management. The tableware men expect through the syn dicate to lower the cost of manufacture about 10 per cent. They propose to reduce the number of molds and save money in this department. The force of traveling agents, each company at present employing one, will be cut down from one-third to one-half and in other ways expenses will be cur tailed. The agents selling tableware and lamp chimneys at the Monongahela House expect to do a good business. One of them said yesterday that in his experience the prospects for fall trade never looked brighter. For several years dealers have been buying from hand to mouth, and the buyers coming in now all predict that the business will be first class this winter. For this reason in many lines they are doubling their orders over last year. Host of the buyers also go to Bast Liverpool and lay in a supply of pottery before returning home Stocks Reported Very Low. The jobbers report their stocks as very low and they must have new goods. This week there were 12 buyers from the West at the ilonongahela House who left large orders. The Eastern men have not com menced to come in. Some of the heaviest Western glass dealers are now in the city. These are the companies and their repre sentatives now stationed at the Mononga hela house: Buckeye Glass Company, I. E. Smith; Co-operative Flint Glass Com nanv. William A. Rannev: Cumberland j Glass Company, L. A. Fletcher; Columbia (ilass Company, William J. Patterson; Dal zell, Gilmore tz Leighton Company, James Dalzell; Fostoria Shade and Lamp Com pany, C. G. Magee; Fostoria Glass Com pany, Winfield S. Murdock; Greensburg Glass Company, Ed C. King; Model Flint Glass Company, N. O. Strassburger; North wood Glass Company, John G. Anderson; Biverside Glass Company, J. E. Batoliffe; Valley Glass Company, C. T. Mustin; Zihl mann Glass Company, William H. Sloan; Edwin Bennett Pottery Company, L. Boden. In a neat pamphlet are given the names of glass manufacturers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Indiana and West "Vir ginia. They Bay they are not represented at the Monongahela House, but they are "in the swim just the same." WELSH TOPICS A letter by T. R. Roberts from Carnarvon, Wales, will interest Welsh readers of THE DISPATCH to-morrow. B. AND 0. SH0BT OP CABS. Agents of Western Roads Complaining of Very Dull Traffic The Baltimore and Ohio road is beginning to feel the shortage in grain cars. Western lines are drawing in all the cars they can get The crops this year are abundant, and the movement will commence very soon. The Baltimore and Ohio road is not blessed with too many coke and ore cars, and since coke shipments have been resumed they have been running short Agents of Western roas in this city reportd a good business for June, but up to date July is behind last month. The boys are all complaining of dull traffic, and they hardly know how to account for it, except that the glass shut down and the closing of some of the mills for the hot weather lias produced the result OIL The wonderful wells of the Russian field will be described and the region illus trated In TO-MORROW'S DISPATCH. A. splendid and instructive article for every reader. ALL C0TJUTY FTJHDS LOCKED UP, The Result of the Failure of a Prominent Missouri Bank. Nevada, Mo., July 10. The Citizens' Bank of Nevada closed its doors this morning. A notice was posted on the front door of the bank stating that the stock holders of the bank hoped to pay all claims against the institution at an early date. The bank claims a capital stock of 5100,000, a surplus of 512,000 and has a fine building. The failure is attributed to the stringency of the money market and slow collections. All the county funds are locked up in the. bank. Liabilities un known. RECUPERATION Rev. George Hodges writes on the gospel of the holiday for THE DISPATCH to-morrow. The necessity of rest one day In seven. Most for tho Money. Everybody likes to get the most for the money. This desire is quickest accommo dated by an investment of 20c in a bottle of "Wolffs Acme Blacking. Ask some of your neighbors if they have not found more profit, comfort and pleasure in a bottle of Wolff's Acme Blacking than in any other article they could obtain for a like amount. It is profitable because it preserves leather; it is comfort and pleasure-giving because it is easily applied and requires but one applica tion a month on ladies' shoes and one a week on men's shoes. InqN City Beek builds up trade wher ever placed on sale. Telephone, 11S6. Men's duck and pique vests at $1 50. Jos. Hobne&Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. B. & B. Boys' and men's outing shirts, traveling bags, parasols and silk Bead in another colum umDreiias to-aay Boggs & Buhl. To those who leave the city special mil linery orders quickly executed now at low prices. Jos. Horne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. As A summer drink Iron City Beer stands first Telephone, 1180.; B. B. At 10c 100 pieces handsome, fine, pretty outing dress flannels to-day 10c Boaos&BuHL, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STILL SLASHING! THE CUT IS ON NEW GOODS, NOT THE SHOP-WORN KIND. . There are bargain sales and bargain sales. When we advertise bargains we mean it, and they certainly await you here this week. Go over all de partments and compare prices with those quoted by other houses. The com parison will do us good. It will bring judicious buyers right here. All goods are new and fresh, as we have just closed fortunate deals with several overstocked importers. Now read: 500 pieces No. 22 high-class Pure Silk Ribbons, all choice shades, at 25c per yard, actual value 50c. Look at it in our show window. You'll recognize the Ribbon. 50c was the selling price during the season, now it's 25c. 300 pieces more of that Pure Silk Gauze Stripe Double-Face Ribbon at I6c, actual value 38c. Beige, Drab and Black are the shades. This 13 the cheapest Ribbon offered at any time. 50 DOZEN (hlack only) of Hair Combination Hats at 25c, actual value 75c. They come in Shade and Dress Hatsand in the Sailor shape for Ladies. r 15 DOZEN only left of those real Hair and Milan Straw Hats the jauntiest shape for Children at 62c, actual value $1 85. Colors are Navy, Beige, Cardinal and Brown. 20 DOZEN of brand new Flowers at 25c and 38c per bunch, fine goods that sold as high as $1 50 per bunch. We show the largest line of Ladies' Sailor Hats in the city. Colors are Cardinal, White, Brown, Navy and Black. They come in Rough and Ready, Union, Milan and Fine Milan. FRESH TRIMMED HATS every day all at bargain prices. Our assortment of Trimmings, Rihbons, Crapes, Nets and Frames is still complete and unbroken despite extraordinary heavy sales. JZSee the beautiful line of Percale, Lawn and Silk Waists new goods at temptingly low prices. p$etfodw?( 510-518 MABKET STREET. BEST IF ILL When offering you a suit of clothes that was made up by a merchant tailor for a price ranging from 22 50 to 35 for Sll 50. We feel assured that no other ad vertised clothing bargain can com pete with ours. Next to Mellon's Bank. Jy9-rrsSTi GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledgoof tho natural laws which govern tho operations of diges tion and nutrition, and by a careful applica tion of the flne properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such arti cles of diet that a constitution ma v be grad ually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. ni fundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherover there Is a weaK point. DO We may escape many a fatal snart by Keep- ing ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.' Civtt Ser vice uazeue. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half-pound tins, by grocers, la belled thus: JAMES EPPS & CO., Homoeo pathic Chemists, London, England. myl6-5ftTU3 DRUNKENNESS Or tbe Liquor Habit Positively Cured by Administering Dr. Haines' Golden Specific It is manufactured as a powder, which can be given in a glass of beer, a cup of coffee or tea, or in lood. without the knowledge of the patient. It Is absolutely- harmless, and will effect a permanent and speedy care, whether the patient Is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. It has been given In thousands of cases, and in every instance a per fect cure has followed. It never falls. The system once Impregnated with the Specific, It becomes an ntter impossibility for the liquor appetite to exist. w-page dookoi particulars iree. xo oe naa or A J. JtA.MU.1. sixui ami Penn av.. Pittsburg, Tradfe sunnlied br GEO. A gheny agents, E. HOLDEK'A CO, JYX.1.14 1 C CO. Alle- 63 federal St. Jyl-so-ns V Dinnn BLOOD At once the newest, oldest and best blood purifier known. 300 years old in Brazil, two years' test in this country, and without a rival in the cure of skin diseases and rheu matism, eating ulcere, boils, tumors, king's evil, white swelling, hip disease, and all dis orders from tbe poison taint of scrofula and specific disease. No mineral, no failures, no relapses. Sold by JOS. FLEMING & SON Druggists, lli Market st, Pittsburg. my27 JAS. M'NEIL & BRO., BOILERS, PLATE AND SHEET-IRON WDRK PATENT SHEET IKON ANNEALING ROTES. TVlth nn, increased capacity and hydraulic machinery, we are prepared to furnish all work In our line cheaper and better than by machine work. Twenty-ninth -iiu uiu imc.uuus. -uenainntr ana eenerai street and felO-CT-TTS AiivBucuy , nuey iiaiiroaa. Liebig Company's: Fob IMPROVED and ECONOMIC COOKERY Get genuine only with this signature of Justice von Liebig In blue. Keeps for any length of time anywhere. MAKES THE BEST BEEF TEA. Extract of Beef. JeO-wa BARGAINS BiW ffiSy f Jy7-TT3an STEAMERS AM) EXCURSIONS; Ts EUROPE ALL THE FAVORITE steamers sailing this and next month. are rapidly fllllns up. Tosecuro good berths, apply at once: tickets, drafts, foreien money. etc., at New York rates; tc., at New York rates: passports secured. CO., 527 Smithfleld my21-TTS St. Established 1866. AMERICAN LINE, SaUIng every Wednesday from Phlladel. phia and Liverpool. Passenger accommoda tions for aU classes unsurpassed. Tickets sold to and from Great Britain and Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, etc. PETER WRIGHT & SONS, General agents, 303 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Full Information can be had of J. J. MC CORMICK, Fourth avenue and Smithfleld st. LOUIS MOESER, 616 Smithfleld street. mhS-U-TT3 CUNARD LINE NEW YORK AND LIT ERPOOL, VIA QUEEXSTOWN-Frcm Pier No. 40, North riven Fast express mail service. EtrurTa, July 11, 8.30 a. m.; Auranla, July IS, 2:30 p. jr.; Umbrla, Jnly 23, 8 a.jc Servia, August 1, 2 r. jr.: Bothnia, August S, 6 A. it.: Etruria, August 8, 7:30 a. jr.; Auranla, July 15, 1 P. St.; Gallia, August ID, 5 A. jr.; Cabin passage $60 and upward; will noc carry steerage; according to location; Inter mediate, 133. Steerage tickets to and from, all parts of Europe at very low rates. For freight and passage apply to tho company's office, i Bowling Green. Now York. Vernon H. Brown & Co., J. J. McCORMICK, 63D and 401 Smithfleld street, Pittsburg. Jy5-D WHITE STAR LINE For Queenstown and LiverpooL Aoyaiana uniteaaiatesjuau steamers. ix-nt From White Star dock, foot of west Tenth street. SecOnd cahln on these steamers, saloon r tea, $60 and upward. Second cabin, $10 and $li Excursion tickets on favorable terms. Steerage, from or to the old country, $20. White Star drafts payable on demand in allthe principal banks throughout Great Britain. Apply to JOHN J. McCORMICK, 639 and 401 Smithfleld St., Pittsburg, or J. BRUCE ISMAY, General Agent, 2f Broad way, Now York. Jcl9-D A.T,XiA.:isr iiinsr ji KOTAL BIAH. STEAMSHIPS, Glasgow to Philadelphia. VTADERRYantTGALWAY. Tbemostdtrectronta from Scotland and North and Middle of Ireland. ACCOMMODATIONS UNSURPASSED. Intermediate, (30. Steerage. fl& STATE SERVICE OF A -v .-w . A -. -v- -w-.T-Krt LINE. ) STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK AND GLASGOW. via Londonderry, everv Fortnight. 3d Jnly, STATE OF GEORGIA, 10 A. M. 6th Aug., STATE OF NEVADA. 10 A. M. 2uth Aug.. STATE OF NEBRASKA. A. M. CABIN, (35 and npwards. Eetnrn, 63 and up wards. Steerage. (IV. Apply to J. J. McCORMICK. 639 timlthneld street. rKtsbrrc Jeli-o Ask my agents for IV. L. Douglas Shoes. If not for sale In jour place ask your dealer to send tor catalogue, secure the agency, and get them for yon. W-TAKE NO STJBSTITUT-a FOR m WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEX Tbe Best Shoe in the tVorld for the Money? It Is a seamless shoe, with no tacksorwax thread tohurtthe feet; made of the best flne calf, stylish and easy, and because we make more shoes or this grade than any othermanufaeturer, it equals hand sewed shoes costing; from 4 00 tot? 00. COO GENUINE HAND-SEWED, the finest vDOm calf shoe ever offered for J5 00: equals French imported shoes which cost from (9 CO to 12 00. C A OO HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE, flne calf. liDx. stylish, comfortable and durable. The best s.hoc ever offered at this price; same jrrade as custom-made shoes routing from S3 00 to V 00. CO SO POLICE SHOE: Farmers. Railroad Men OO. and Letter Carriers all wear tAem; flne calf, seamless, smooth Inside, heavy three soles, exten sion edge. One pair will wear a year. (SO 30 FINE CALF; no better shoe ever offered u)i. at this price; one trial will convince those who want a shoe for comfort and service. QO 23 and S2 03 WORKINGMAN'S shoes are O. very strong and durable. Those who hare given them a trial wilt wear no other make. TJfYVC I2 "O and SI 75 school shoes are worn DUIO by the boys everywhere; they sell on their merits, as the Increasing sales show. T A TYT17C5 P 00 HAND-SEWED shoe, best AjixXJUCiO Dongola, very stylish; equals French imported shoes costing from Si 00 to 6 00. LADIES' K 50, S3 00 and 11 73 shoe for Misses are the best fine Dongola. Stylish and dnrable. CAUTION see that W. L. Douglas' name and nrlee are stamned on the bottom of each shoe. W. L. DOUOLAS. Brockton, Mass. Sold by D. Carter. 73 Fifth ar.; E. C. Sperber. 1KB Carson st. ; II. J. A G. M. Lang. 4501 Butler St. ; J. N. Frohrlng. 3S9 Fifth av.; Henry Rosser, Alle gheny. Jy7-o-rrs DEKS. F1XIXG CABETETS. Office Specialty Co, 105 Third av. JeU-rrs Patterns In cool, llght-wcieht suitings and trouserings. Tha largest selection obtainable. Tlie Correct Styles. H. &C. F. AHLERS, MERCHANT TAILORS. 420 SMITHFIELD STREET. Telephone, 1389. Jeit-rrs3u Irf .j LttecAv-.i jHftti vfe' Jannl 1 .v4ltN JS&kiL FcnTiv 'Mdit.m
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