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GEATE TABD TALES.
Stories of the Tast Found in
Country Burying Grounds
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WHERE rATMAKCHS SOW KEST.
Ecencs About tho Tomls of This City's
Early Eesidents.
3IQM3IEXTS OF tlTTSBUKG'S HISTORT
"Were it not that Americans live mainly
in the present and future, a pilgrimage on
the rittburg and Steubem ille pike would
displace many feverish trips to the seashore
and other summer resorts. Aside from our
'rock-ribbed" hills we have nothing very
ancient in this country except the works of
the mound-builders, and they have not even
the semi-mythical history of the pyramids
to render them interesting, but tre have a
century of cit ihzation which one may study
along the Steubenville pike, and it
is one peculiar to Western Pennsylvania,
aad the legends of the few old
lime lesidents who still cling to the scenes
of their jouth, are intensely interesing to
one born and raided in this section. They
Imvc, besides, a flavor of antiquity, as 100
vears is a long time in American history on
the western slope of the Alleghcnies.
It has bcn aid of this pike that it ran
from hilltop to hilltop and irom tavern to
tavern, and it might lmc been added from
oae church and churchyard to another,
though churches were .not so thickly dis
tributed as hostelries. The scenery, though
somewhat marred bv petroleum develop
ment in the last tew months,
is delightful, more beautiful by
far, if not so grand, than that of the Valley
of Ckmiouni and at this season of the year,
jvrainds one of the unexcelled word paint
ing of T. B. Head, though nearly two
jaonths in advance of Indian summer:
The gray barns looking from their hazy
bills
O'er the dim water widening in the vales.
The ancient w orshipers, mostly Presby
terian, pitched their temples, built of logs
at first, but now of brick, and but little
Hwreprctentious than the originals, on round
hilltops and in deliance of modern sanitary
ideas, bnriedtheir dtad in a lot surrounding
the t, actuary ,and these old graveyards are
enchanting to one "by lonely contemplation
led." City cemeeries do not contain the
ne interest, as in the hurly-burly of city
life, but few names eicept those of noted
people attract attention.
CHUKCIIY.VRDS AS DIRECTORIES.
The country graeyard is a directory of a
large portion of the present inhabitants
who, as proud of their lineage as the de
scendants of the Norman conquerors, per
petuate the Christian names of their parents
and grandparents until, as in the Thillips
settlement in Eolunson and Moon town
ships, there arcsomanr Samuels, Jonathans,
etc, that each lias some peculiar and some
' times fantastic adjective attached to his
Christian name in order to distinguish him
from others of the same prehx.
The growth of wealth and taste, possibly
tome of it ostentation, can also be studied.
Commencing with common sandstone most
.f the graves up to the end of the first
quarter " of the century can be dis
tinguished at a glance, eicept where
the headstones have fallen down and
disappeared under the mold of successive
vegetable growths Between 1825 and 1860
marble stones mark many of the graves, and
Mnee that time granite has been largely
used, the polished shaft growing more
-lately and expensive year by year, for
f-shion here prevails as well as in millin-
nr. In these old graveyards you will find
ro stones "with uncouth" rhvmes and shape
'es sculpture decked," for Presbyterianism
prevailed in the early davs ot "Western
j'ennsvlvania, and the then heretical Meth
od sts "and Catholics had not gotten the foot
hold they now have, and Presbyterianism
was not "much given to sentiment. John
talvin and John Knoi gave tone
t. the religious bias of this
section, and John Wesley's enthu
siastic disciples v!re few and far be
ta pen. The lon-meter pialms were not a
mine from which sentimental obituary
i.ctrv could be drawn with facility, and
the Philadelphia ledger obituary poet had
not been born. On most of the stones the
simple record of name, date of birth and
dialh are all that are given, but the name
and the irround usually tell his relationship
or descent and religion with sufficient cer
tainty. You can also tell almost to a cer
tainty whether the descendants of the patri
archs" still live in this section or have "gone
West" by the condition of the graves.
"1 oa will generally seek in rain
for the descendants of a man or woman
v. hose burial tablet is lying on its face and
oivered with verdure It almost seems in
sonic instances as though nature had kindly
hidden the forgetfulness of some people
who hate neglected the graves of their
lathers and mothers.
TOMBS WITH HONORED NAMES.
There are two graveyards on the pike al
most w ithm sight of the city of special in
terest that are visited vearly by people
from all sections of the Union on aceount
of the ashes they contain. They are those
ot the Montour Presbyterian Church and of
the ML Union United Presbyterian Church.
They arc on high hills less than a mile
spurt.
In the first named are to be found the
graves of the grandparents of the Drs. Mc
Candles, Alexander dving in 1817. The
stonecutter used the long "S," which had
tot gone entirely out of date then. Samuel
Jeffrey, Sr., was laid to rest here in 1798.
JCancy Byers entered into rest in 182C. Her
husband John tarried 33 years, following
her in 1859, aged 87 years. Many of the
eucsts of the yard were gathered at a ripe
ase. Mary Boyd, wife of Thomas Bod,
died in 1845, aged 98 years, and some bom
in the last century have been buried quite
recently. Prom 1798 to the present the
nomenclature is largely composed of the
Tii,McCandlcss, Young, Ewing, Johnston,
Porter, Gibson and Stonecipher families.
In but one instance so far as could be de
ciphered has the character departed from
the line of severe simplicity. In this on a
brown sandstone is engraved:
"Sacred to the memory of
WM. M. IIEBVEY.
who departed tills life .May the 2d, 1S30,
in the 0th year of ms age.
"To meet your cod, my friends, if loud or
' av this call you hear,
Tis Mercy's voice, dear friends, oh haste, ;
l.re titncuc floWn and Mercy past."
Tl c crude style of the lettering comports
with that of the composition, indicating
tu.it artist was composer as well as sculptor.
While there are many allusions in this
ancient lunl place calculated to draw "the
passing tribute of a sigh," there is one entry
in this doomsday book that is cheerfully
(-ujtivi of mprital happiness. It is that
a. the birth and burial ot Amos and Lctitia
Mi-fUlicriAn, who weroiorn respectively on
the l'tli and lfth of June, 1776, and died on
the 2;m and 20th of Apnl, 1835. Letitia
wa boro four days after Amos and outlived
lam hc days. Though nothing is said
on the u'jjrct it is reasonable to suppose
they had been married at least -50 of the 79
ears of tlreir lives. They lived through
the War for Independence, the whisky in
surrection, the War of 1812 and the Mexi
can War, and hid they lasttd ten years
longer would hae passed through the
greatest world upheaval since Xapoleon
wei-i to St Helena. Between 1799 and 18G3
an c tra 'T" has been added to the name of
ho Nesbitt famil.
llrninries or tho Unknown Plot.
The Mountour graveyard is almost filled
up, though a tablet still informs the public
tliat contributors to the support of the
church can have free cepulturo, and non
centnbutors under 10 years of age may find
room to rest their bones for f 1 60; adults,
S3. There is not a single cross in the yard
j save two wooden ones that appear to have
I been nat up to temporarily mark graves.
. The strangers' corner is well filled also, at
least trom the absence ol stones one wouia
Buppose it was the strangers' portion.
Doubtless many a traveler fell by the way
side in the olden time when the pike was
one ot the arteries of commerce, and since
then the gay have lauehed and the "solemn
brood of care" has plodded on, little recking
who they were or what their names might
have been, and the inscription on wood Has
long since been obliterated.
Here and there is evidence in an occa
sional record of death in hospital or on
battlefield, that war has "bowed his sable
plume" to the congregation and much mat
ter more suggestive oT the folly of eastlo
building than anything to be found in Her
vev's Meditations Among the Tombs.
The advocates of cremation will for many
years search in vain in their arsenal for
weapons to combat prejudice in the coun
try districts against its practice-ther
cither believe in a literal resurrection of
the body, and shudder at the thought of
incineration as a profanation, or are abso
lute materialists, but dare not avow their
sentiments. Reasons and demonstrations
are alike futile when addressed to people
who for 4,000 years have from generation to
generation inherited the ancestrial rever
ence of both Egypt and of the patriarch of
Ur of the Chaldees, and as long as "love
kisses the lips of death," this sentiment
will not be overcome. There is consolation
also in the thought that:
1 liou shalt lie don n
M'ltli patriarchs of the infant world with
kings,
The pow erful of the earth the wise, the
good
Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchcr."
AX INDIANA COCNTT LEGEND.
And it is certain that there is nothing
more than mere sentiment in the desire of
the mother, wife, or sister to weep at inter
vals over the dust of the departed. It isan
inexpressible comfort to some sensitive
ones, and who will undertake to say cer
tainly that the sorrow stricken do not hold
converse with their departed ones. Though
centuries have elapsed since the melancholy
Dane moralized, yet there are do.btlcss
still many things betwixt heaven and earth
not dreamed of in anybody's phil
osophy. In Indiana county 33 years
asro " a child belonging to a
1 family named Burkcpill died of some inex
plicable disorder and the physicians in at
tendance pleaded with the mother to be al
lowed to make an autopsy, but being super
stitious she could not be persuaded to con
sent Onq night shortly after the funeral
Mrs. Burkepill dreamed that she saw the
doctor and some medical students disinter
her child's body and take it away in a cut
ter, (there was a deen snow oh the ground.
Her husband ridiculed her vision, but it
made so much impression on her that she
could not eat or sleep for several days and
nights. Finally overpowered she fell asleep
and had the same dream. The second vision
so affected her physically and mentally that
the husband, fearing she would become in
sane if her desire were not gratified, had the
coffin raised, and, to the astonishment of all
the neighborhood, it was found empty.
The remains were found in the doctor's dis
secting room, and he had much trouble to
overt a prosecution, and was only saved by
the fact that the father had. been in favor of
the autopsy, not sharing his wife's mor
bidity. There seems to be something autochthonio
in the sentiment, as it is well known that
the greatest hardship imposed on the In
dian, when removed from one reservation to
another, is separation from the graves of his
Kindred.
SCENES IN MT. UNION CEMETERY.
The ML Union (rravevard nresents much
the same characteristics as that of the Mon
tour, eicept that the United Presbyterian
population, not being so large as the regu
lar Presbyterian, the luclosure is not so
crowded as that of Montour. As the
Phillips connection almost monopolize that
section, and as four generations of the
family have been buried there, the monu
ments mark row after row of silent
tenants of that name. In this cemetery
Gabriel Walker was buried on November
4, 1799, and his wife, Margaret
followed him in 1815. An inscription tells
the passer-by that Robert McFarland, who
was buried in 1824, was 99 years old and
another that Susannah Phillips was 94 years
old at her death. There is a Presbyterian
rinir about the inscrintion on her tombstone
in the absolute confidence of final persever
ence, and no doubt she deserved the testi
monial. It is: "The dead in Christ shall
rise first"
In the Mount Gilead gravevard, north
west of ML Union, it is recorded of John
Curry that he was 104 years old at the time
of his death, and to prevent carping criti
cism he "who is by lonely contemplation led
to wander among the dead" is informed of
the place of Mr. Curry's birth in Ireland
where the parish registry may be consulted.
Within a lew years all these graveyards
must be enlarged or additional bodies must
be buried on top of each other.
INSPIRATION The troublesome trnth
of the inspiration of the Scriptares made
plain in THE DISPATCH to-morrow by the
Kev. Georcp Hodges.
LATE NEWS IX BRIEF.
The State Bank at MilfordMIeh., has
failed.
The Hebrew Colonization Association
lias been rcgistorcdin London.
The Tennessee Division of Confederate
soldiers met in reunion at Winchester yes
terday. The Canadian House of Commons has
voted down an amendment reducing sugar
duties.
A Chicago ladv lost her satchel contain
ing $15,000 worth of diamonds in Hyde Park
Thursday.
Wires are to be restored to the floor of
the Chicago Exchange. The members are
w ell pleased.
It is now alleged that Sophie Gunsberg,
the Russian Nihilist, was secret ely executed
several months ago.
Whon the Chilean cruiser President
Pinto arrived at Copenhagen Wednesday
the forts did not reply to her salute.
IOwis Stein, a New York dealer in gar
ters and elastic supporters, has fled to Mon
treal, leaving debts of about $25,000.
A grand banquet, in honor of the dele
gates to the International Electrical Con
vention, was given last night in Montreal,
Secretary Proctor is making a final tour
of the Western military posts previous to
resigning his office to become United States
Senator.
The bodies of four men and one woman
have been w ashed ashore at Scatterie, N. S.,
fiomthe wreck of the bark Camellia, of fct.
Johns, Newfoundland.
Alfreo Edward, the Chilean banker, on
whose head Balmaceda had set a price, has
landed at Callao, Peru. Ho will probably
rehabilitate the national finances.
The Italian steamer Taormina collided
with the Greet steamer Tbessalla recently,
and the former s rik almost immediately.
The crew and passengers were saved.
The Phoenix Bridge Company, of Phco
nixville. Pa., lias filed an attachment for
$201,S36 5 on Louisville's new bridge against
the East End Improvement Company.
An excursion train was thrown from the
Iowa Central track by a broken rail near
Grinnrl Thursday night Two coaches were
upset and 20 passengers were injured.
Ninety percent of the members of the
Michigan Farmers' Alliance lias voted by
letter lor independent political action. Ac
cordingly, a State Convention has been
called.
Foster, the Missouii weather piophet,
predicts another stoim wave, to cross the
continent from tho Atlantic to the Pacific
from the Hth to the 18th of this month. Its
force w ill be greatest in the East.
When Prof. VVaito made his Dalloon
ascension at JacksoD, Mich., Thursday night,
his assistant also wentup, but involuntarily,
being entangled in tbu rope. He hold on
until the balloon landed him under tho
wheels of a buggy, which injured him slight-
ly by passing over nis tnigu.
Experts in ordnance are enthusiastic re
garding the successful tests of an automatic
repeating nfle at Ft. ciieriuan, lnveritrd by
Dr. H. A. Pitcher, of Nielsville. Wis. Bv tho
utilization of gas pi oduced by tho coinbus- I
tion of the flnt cartridge Are and impioved 1
mechanical appliances pressure upon the
trigger win uiocnarge in tw o seconds tueuino
cartridges contained in the inagazii.e. The
new princip o can be applied as wt'l, it Is
claimed, to heavy ordnance, and the ruven
tion bids fair to revolutionize warfare. 1
COSTUMES OF AUTUM.
The Shapes and Colors That Now Be
gin to Be Interesting.
A SEASONABLE ENTERTAINMENT.
Tie Return of the Bustle in a Somewhat
Abbreviated Form.
NOTES FROM THE GAT FRENCH CAPITAL
New Tokk, Sept, 1L There is a flower
that blooms at this season in the marsh
grass all along
the Hudson,
which neyer
seems to me to
be a flower of the
autumn. It is a
large wild holly
hock and the
pink of its great
tender petals is
as fresh and del
icate as if it
were the fairest
and the daintiest
of the roses of
June. It has a
broad, pale green leaf, not lik"e foliage of
September, and the droning of the bees
above a long strip of meadow starred with
it has a lazy and delightful sound.
I talk about the hollyhock, which has no
intimate connection with the autumn fash
ions, chiefly because at a grape luncheon
given this week in a fine old Huds-n river
country house the slight, fair daughter of
the hostess wore a dress that might easily
have been inspired by the hollyhock ideal.
It was a delicate pink batiste, of the soft
wild hollyhock tint, that differs from the
rose tint only in haviuga little more creamy
white mixed in its pigments. No trimming
or ornaments were allowed about it, but the
hem was worked in open embroidery, and
the corselet of pale green velvet copied ex-
I aptiy the hue ot the hollyhock leaves. The
simple, giriisn bodice was embroidered an
over, gathered and drawn in the waist and
lined with pale green silk, which made a
brave show through the embroidery meshes.
suits tiIe season.
A grape luncheon is not an entire nov
elty, but it is the prettiest form of enter
tainment possible at this season.
The table was spread in front of the
long windows, opening upon the
piazza that ran about the house on
tiiree sides. The cloth was a quaintly pretty
'piece of German linen, patterned with vine
leaves and clutsers, and these outlined in a
wide border with embroidery stitches in
white and pale purple and gold. Each dolly
was shaped like a grape leaf and em
broidered not too proiusely, but with wise
restraint, in the purple and gold of harvest
time.
The center piece was a low flat osier bas
ket resting on grape leaves and piled high
with purple and white clusters.and on either
side of this were vases in Dresden china,
opalescent in color and filled with feathery
foldenrod and the vivid cardinal flower,
Iresden china decorated, in frnit designs
was used throughout the courses, purple
and gold and green and white coming in
always in fresh combinations. The ices
were served in grape forms and grapes were
printed upon, the menus.
THE BUSTLE AGAEff.
There are wild and conflicting stories
afloat of things we are to see this autumn,
but here are a few of the things that may
really be depended unon: Waists will be
shorter, bnt not definitely short for some
time. Paniers will be seen more frequently.
The bustle will be worn again and very
generally, bnt will be, for the present, of
very modest size. The widening of the
skirt at the bottom does not mean hoop
skirts. At least not yet a while. Sleeves
will remain lull at the top, and will be
drawn in tight from the elbow. The corse
let bodice will be worn very generally.
The Louis coat will go out and then the
short jacket resume its interrupted popu
larity. Hats will -continue fiat, but will
restrain their ambition with less expansive
brims.
Two trousseaus of very considerable pre
tensions have been finished in the city this
week, together with more dresses for Miss
Sallie Hargous, and an inspection of these
smart bridal wardrobes gives one a fairly
clear idea of what people are wearing and
are likely to wear. One of the most inter
esting of these new .toilets is figured. It
belongs with the costumes especially de
signed for Hiss Hargous, and ia a pale fawn
colored silk with a lqng plain skirt and a
long lace jacket of exquisite JIallneg lace
fastened with broad pink ribbons. The
jacket is of an extremely graceful cut, and
the colors have been proved over and again
most becoming to their wearer's pala dark
beauty.
Two other costumes, one for immediate
wear and one suitable for October, cannot
escape, while I am talking of this much-talked-of
trousseau, two or three words"of
mention. The dress for September is in
fawn color and pink, like the afternoon
gown just described. The material is batiste
studded with large pink wafers, and trimmed
with pink ribbons. There is a simple little
guimpe in white crepon cloth, and white
bands on skirt and sleeve and belt. The
hat which goes with it is of black lattice
work lined with fawn and trimmed with
pink plumes.
FOR CUPID'S TRIUMni.
In one of the other trousseaus was a fawn
colored dress also. The material was cre
pon lined with fawn silk and edged with a
band ol light chestnut-colored velvet em
broidered w ith bronze beads. The corsage
had a corselet of rather curious shape, like
the Swiss belt in form, but somewhat wider,
and, instead of finishing in a point in the
middle of the front, having the velvet car
ried up in a gradually narrowing triangle to
meet the velvet collar band. This arrange
ment was very novel and striking, though
not to be recommended generally, and the
sleeves had curious cuffs of a similar de
sign that were really corselets in miniature.
The points were carried up iar above the
elbow, and at the top an ostensible reason
was given for their elongation in that they
were allowed to secure two or three highly
draped folds of the crepon.
In a week of going and coming it has
been my Inck to noto a number of interest
ing things. At a hotly contested tennis
match yesterday I marked a pale drab wool
dress draped over silk of a more reddish
shade and worn with fichu pale blue.
There was also as pretty and Iresb t, sum
mer dress as I have seen since the advent of
ffnir1
II
Far October Wear.
TFTF. PITilSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1
green leaves, being a cream colored print
with pattern of colored roses, and made
with puffed sleeves tied at intervals with
rosette of pink ribbon,
" Hone of these costumes, you understand,
did anything more than clasp hands. They
were not dresses to play. Neither was a
pale blue bengaline trimmed with silver,
nor a gray corduroy cloth with lemon
colored chiffon "fichu and hat in gray and
lemon, nor a white serge with broad band of
blue and white checked silk and bodies of
the same plaid, drawn down in handker
chief folds in front and trimmed with nar
row silver galoon.
TWO STKEET COSTUMES.
One of the best houses in the city has
completed two street dresses for autumn.
One of them is of the brownish orange tint.
The cloth is afine India wool, dotted with
small roses. The front is scalloped and be-
A BridesmaldCs Jbilct.
low is a narrow plaiting. The coat is of
plain orange brown wool, fastened across
with brown and orange cords, and having a
front of orange silk, with black lace to sub
due its vivid October tones.
The other dress is of a light bine cloth
with a tinge of gray; it is trimmed with,
white braid. The left side, which does not
show in the sketch, has pearl buttons catch
ing it to the back. The right side opens
over a blue silk panel. There is a hip
basque which is plain on one side and laid
in graduated plaits on the other. It is
drawn about on the left shoulder in a fash
ion that is novel and pretty, and it opens
oer blue silk vest with puffings. The
sleeves have cloth tops, but end in silk be
low. May I give you a little idea of what this
house nnd some of the other houses are do
ing? I have noted within a few days:
White sailor hats with orange brown
wings.
A dress of golden brown homespun
flecked w ith yellow; it has a fan back, a
"dip" skirt, a yellow cloth vest, and is to
be worn with a brown cloth cape, yellowish
tan glo es and a brown straw turban hat
with brown and yellow pompons.
A dress of dark green tweed, with ciear
red waistcoat braided in gold, long Stuart
coat and plain gored skirt banded near the
bottom with gold galloon.
A dress fornu autumn garden party;itisof
flowered silk, of the glossy grePri ot the oak
leaf, figured with Japanese pinks shot with
gold. The Louis coat is of oak green velvet,
with black lace veiling the closely buttoned
silk vest in fichu fashion.
Flat black felt hats trimmed with yellow
roses and black velvet ribbon.
A tawny brown coat opening over a dress
of brown and nastnrtium color.
A dreadnaught coat of deep blue, fawn
and Indian red checked tweed, to be worn
with a fawn colored felt turban hat about
which is twisted a lone blue feather.
A teagown like the one shown in the illus
tration. It is of a silvery gray foulard
dotted with pink, the right side opens over
a panel of Venetian lace, and at the neck
and wrists are deep ruffles of chiffon.
The last sketch shown is a brldemaid's
dress for a wedding to take place in Sep
tember. It is soft white figured silk, with
chiSon and silver trimmings. The picture
hat is pf white chiffon, with blue veivet
strings.
FEENCH FASHIONS.
Extracts From letter; Written atthe Gy
European Capital.
A quiet affair in lilao French silk is for
afternoon wear; it is gathered very full and
confined by a straight belt at the waist; it
has a straight choker and cuffs, and very
full sleeves. It was made, I feel sure, to
catch the fancy of some black-haired Amer
ican girl.
A yellow and pink corsage is quite Paris
ian. It is very iong below the belt, which
is a jeweled girdle. There is an odd yoke
bordered with jeweled braid, wrlioh forms
also the collar and wrists and the pointed
band that holds the puffed sleeves in place.
The material is India silk, and a jabot of
India gauze in pink is worn with it.
The opera cloaks are quite too beautiful.
How am I ever to choose one for descrip
tion, there are so many different styles?
They are long and short and eve.y shape;
they are made of plush and velvet and silk,
and trimmed with everything that is lovely.
One short affair in white velvet, with heavy
gold embroidery, is the richest and most
elaborate, perhaps. It is bordered with
long, white fox fur, and the collar is verv
high, beautifully shaped (so much depends
upon a collar). The embroidery is quite
odd, being formed of several different styles
of gold braid and cord, and graduating into
traceries of gold thread at the edges. It is
lined with short white fur.
A long cloak in dark red silk is formed
to the back without sleeves; it is lined
with old rose plush and bordered with a
huge roll of cinnamon bear fur; it Is very
big and comfortable and meant for real
service.
It is the very hardest idea to try to tell
you about the Paris hats. Words quite fail
me, they are such piquant, fetching things,
with an air of something about them that is
indescribably stunning. Some of them are.
thrust up sharply at the sides or at the
back, and set jauntily on the head above
bewitching bandeaux; they have bristling
wings and wings for trimming, with saucy
bows and startling cockades. The toreador
and bolero shapes are going to be very pop
ular for street wear; they are trimmed in
variably with huge pompons, and a twist of
velvet or ribbon maybe, and they are he
smartest thing.
The flat, pie-platy shapes of the summer
are renewed in relt: they are trimmed with
bowsand quills and set with jet catochons.
Chin straps are worn only on small toques
4nd bonnets.
The Western University of Pennsyl
vania is not a grammar school, nor a high
school. It i a college of high grade, which
demands of those who enter it and of those
who remain in it the same quality and
amount of work whioh is demanded of stu
dents in the most widely known and most
famous institutions of the land. In its
classical or academical department it asks
as much, if not more, than is demanded for
entrance to Princeton and Yale. In the
engineering departments it requires of its
students as much as is demanded at Cor
nell, Troy, Lehigh or Stevens, In the
chemical department it possesses very su
perior facilities, and work of the very high
est order is being done. In the department
of astronomy there is no other institution
in the United States which offers such fa
cilities lor the acquisition of a thorough
education in this, the noblest of the physical
sciences.
Notice new advertisement Allegheny
City Beef Co., to-day's issue, page 11.
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MANY' MINOR GBIMES
Disposed of in" the Crinjinal Branch
of Court Yesterday.
NEXT "WEEK'S LONG LIST OP TRIALS
Buit Against the Birmingham Traction for
a Girl's Death.
A DAI'S DOINGS AT THE COURT HOUSE
In tha Criminal Court yesterday John
McDonald was oonvicted of attempted as
sault on LuluMatson, the 6-year-old daugh
ter of Byron Matson, of Stanton avenue, on
August 15. He was -sentenced three years
to the penitentiary. Samuel Griffith was
acquitted of a similar charge by Lizzie
Griffiths, aged 14 years, on July 28, at Ban
kin station. Martin Woods was convicted
of the larceny of 583 from Herman Marks
pn August 18 at No. 19 Logan street
Louis Kierum was convicted of an un
natural crime on a charge made by his 16-year-old
daughter, Lizzie. H. Knall and
Evan Ealson were convicted of the larceny
of two kegs of beer from the Bauerlein
Brewing Company's warehouse at Home
stead, July 21. Knall was sent one year
and Ealson eight months to the workhouse.
Benjamin Jackson, colo.red, pleaded guilty
to the larceny of some clothing from Isaao
Swift, of 34 Basin alley, September 1. Ho
was sentenced two years to the workhouse,
Joseph Biegenwald and John Lentz pleaded
guilty to breaking into the house of George
Miller, Boss township, on August 2.
Patrick Gallagher was acquitied of the
breaking into a car on the Pittsburg, Vir
ginia and Charleston Bailroad on August 3.
John Anderson pleaded guilty to attempt
ing to steal money from Louisa Quirk on
August 30 at Braddock. ' He was sent 60
days to jail, Alice Johnston pleaded guilty
to selling liquor without license and on
Sunday in Murphy's court on July 12. She
was fined 5550 and sentenced six months to
the workhouse. The jury is out in the case
of Sidney Booker, tried for arson for set
ting on fire the house of Richard Lucas, of
Fulton Btreet, on August 20. Thomas
Murphy pleaded guilty to breaking into
the houses of Patrick McAvoy, Felix Mo
Knight, W. J. Carey and Thomas S. Nel
son. Andrew Patterson was acquitted of
the larceny of 525 from Jesse Dabpo, July
SO, at McKeesport.
The following is the list of persons to be
tried in Criminal Court next week:
Monday Jame's Bogan, James Clinton,
George Norman, Si Pryor, Charles Sehuler,
Moritz Strenc. Geison Stren?, Benedict
Streng, Blanche Holland, Mary McCune,
Nicholas Smith, Joseph Buechle, George
Crawford, Michael Clifford, Graver Eu
banks (2), Fred Ehlcrs, David Gross, Wal
ter Peters, S. Peters, John Tierney, Jesse
Willetts, John Fulton, William Summers,
Thomas West, Thomas Dorsey, Peter Bow
man, William Carr.
Tuesday Thomas Miller (2), John Kane,
John Hannon (2), James Mullingall (2),
MaryMaloy (2), William Flaherty, Will
iam Patton, Patrick Cullen, Alex Vancise,
Nick Kumbcrger, James Brumbaugh, Lizzie
D. McFauell (2). G. L. Graham, Charles
Hausbcck, John Lewis.
Wednesday Anton Sobeeszak, John
Caughey (2), George B. Oury, Valley
Koyock, David Folliard, George Yeroski,
Charles Walt, Clarence Brown, Mary
Calhoon (2), Mrs. Felix alias Palchell,
William P. Marks, Join Metcheowskie,
Joseph Butchen, Fritz Ealingshopper,
Bandy Travis (2), Ella Brown, Charles
Clark.
On Thursday and Friday such cases will
be heard for which true bills will be found
by the grand jury.
Cases for the Court.
The grand jury yesterday returned the
following true biils: Thomas West, Thomas
Dorsey, J. Witcheowsky, J. Butcheon, O.
Hausbeck, William Simmers, larceny; T. P.
Marks, larceny from the person; Mary Cal-1
houn, larceny by bailee; William Cook, H.
Crytzen, entering a building with intent to
commit a felony; J- Brumbaugh, N. Kun
berger, Sandy Travis, Alex Van Cice, es
cape; Charles Walt, Charles Percival, John
Murray, G. A. Lee, Lizzie McD. Farrell,
Pat Conwell, felonious assault; Andy
Travis, John Lewis, G. L. Graham, John
Fulton, C. Brown, assault and battery; Pat
rick Butler, aggravated assault and battery:
F. Keillngschaffer, assault; Mary Maloy,
James Wunigill, B. Hannon, Mrs. Fairfax,
alias Patchell, Mrs. A Carr, selling liquor
without license. The ignored bills were:
Bobert Weaver, Joseph Donley, Harry
Byan, Mary Burke, assault and battery;
Harry Byan, larceny; H. Friederich, mis
demeanor; Patrick Connell, aggravated as
sault and battery.
Damaces for His Daughter's Death.
Peter Schulter yesterday entered suit
against the Pittsburg and Birmingham
Traction Company to recover $3,000 dam
ages for the death of his daughter. On
July 27 she dismounted from a car and was
crossing the street when she was struck by
another car and killed. It is claimed that
she should have been left off at the corner
of Eighth street instead of in the middle of
the block, between Eighth and Ninth
streets. Also that no bell was rung or sig
nal given on the car that run her down.
Impersonating an Officer.
Peter Norl, of Westmoreland county,
charged before United States Commissioner
McCandless with, impersonating a rsvenue
officer, was given a hearing yesterday after
noon. He was held for the September term
of the United States District Court.
Ban Into the Thousands.
Confessed judgments were recorded yes
terday by the Union Building and Loan
Association for use of Bertha B. Keally,
against Allen D. and Charles Keallv
for 511,842 20, 53,670, fg,350 80 and
58,312 50, total, 529,011 50.
To-Day's Trial List.
Criminal Court Commonwealth vs John
Cavanaugh, Ed Salley, William Thompson,
Ellen Welsh, James Welsh, Theodore Ment
jser, Michael Kearnes, Pat Kelly, Pat Burke,
Adolph Qualde, Neal Golden, Jocn Brown
lee, Joseph Atenbaugh, J. L. Deurdorf, Will
iam Hugiies, John Fulton, G. Humphries, D.
H. Miller, H. L. Steele, P. Walker, O. Clark,
John Curtain, John Daisy, Anton Wolf,
Harry J. Quay, Richard B. Peterson, E, B.
McMUlan, Mary McCarthy, H. D. Miller,
George Lulher.
Beer is the unrivaled beverage of all
classes. The Iron City Brewing Co.'s
''Pilsner" brand is of superior quality.
Best dealers keep it. Telephone 1186.
Hosiery and Gloves.
"We show new lines at special low prices.
Fast black hose, 16c, 19c, 22c, 25c Pine
kid gloves, 75c,
Bosenbaum & Co.
89c, 81, 51 25, 51 50, at
TRIPLING WITH HEALTH.
Kostpeople consider ailments, like hoarse
ness, cough, sore throat, etc, not worth
their while to look after, and they ought to
pass away without any further notice being
taken of them. This neglect is very often
the cause of severe, and protracted sickness,
which Undermines the, constitution of the
patient and his general happiness. Use the
Sodeu Mineral Pastilles in time; they will
effectuolly eradicate all the above diseases.
The "genuine" must have the signature
of "Eisner & Jlendelson Co.," Sole Agents,
Hew York, around each box.
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HURLED TO DEATH.
IIow Easy to Drift Toward Death.
A man In a boat above tho Falls In smooth
water, unconscious of danger, allowed him
self to drift. The current, at first slight, in
creased until his rapid whirling and roar of
tho cataract brought to his senses full reali
zation of his awful peril too late.
So wo often neglect a little weakness, ner
vousness, tiled brain, sleepless nights from1
which we wake tired and unfreahed, weary,
lancuid feeling, headaohe, confusion of
mind, dullness, loss of memory, strange sen
sationswhich mean insanity.
Cold feot and limbs, numbness, trembling,
prickling sensatjon, extreme weariness of
limbs mean Paralysis. Wo often disregard
the weakness and languor of Dobility and
malaria, the disorder of stomach, Hyer or '
kidneys until fatal disease fastens upon us
If you have these feelings, the awful cata
ract is ahead, and yon must save yourself be
fore it is too late. Use Dr. Greene's Kervura,
the great nerve and brain invigorator, the
best of all medicines, and a cure ia sure.
"Fortho benefit of the afflicted, I deem it
my duty to say that I was suffering from
Nervous Prostration; was so weak and pros
trated I could not attend to my household
duties; closed my house and gave up my
home, as I was so restless I could not remain
in one place. I could not sleep for weeks trt
a time, and insanity seemed sure to result My
case baffled the skill of several eminent
physicians. At last, in despair, I resorted
to Dr. Greene's Nervara, With wonderful effect.
It producod good sleep, restored my appe
tite and strength, until I feel liko a new per
son. I have reooramonded Dr. Greene's
liervtira to many of my friends, who have
also derived great benoflt.
MBS. JjLSET JOHNSOX,
1C1 Cedar St., Boston Highlands, Mass."
N.B.
US' Dr. Greene, the snecessful
specialist in curing all forma
of nervoug and chronlo diseases, 35
W. Uth Street, New Tork, can be consulted
free, personally, or by letter. Call or write
him about your case, or send for symptom
blank to fill out, and a letter fully explain
ing your disease, giving advice, etc., will be
returned free. . bat
The largest and Best Equipped
Institution of the Kind
in Pennsylvania.
Gratefulness is my fullest expression for
the benefits I have received at the Electrical
and Medical Institute, 442 Penn avenue, cor
ner of Fifth street. Ailment, nervous pros
tration. S. P. BOTEE,
Titusville, Pa., or Seventh Avenuo Hotel,
City.
I have sained eight pounds in 30 days, and
am stronger and better in every respect.
My ailment was nervous prostration, with
numbness of my bands and limbs, bordering
on locomotor ataxia. I cheerfully extend
my Influence to the Electrical and Medical
Institute, 443 Penn avenue, corner of Fifth
street. G. S. SELDEN,
149f Wylle avenue, city.
I have experienced the treatment at tha
Electrical and Medical Institute, 442 Penn
avenue, corner Fifth street, and most cheer
fully indorse the same.
L. II. TURNER,
Stanwix streqt, Mt. Washington, city.
The treatment at the Electrical and Medi
cal Institute at 443 Penn avenue, corner of
Fifth stieet. is the best that I have ever re
ceived for rheumatism. My cae was of two
years' standing. H. BAMBERGEB.
Mansfield, Pa.
My trouble is paralysis of seven years'
standing. I have treated at Mt. Clemens,
Mich., and at various other places, hut the
first treatment to benefit me was at the Elec
trical and Medical Institute, 442 Penn ave
nue, corner of Fifth street.
E. N. FLANEGIN.
Munhall, Pa.
I am favorably impressed with the treat
ment at tho Electrical and Medical Institute,
412 Penn avenuo, corner of Fifth street, and
believe It to be all they claim for it.
MRS. M E. GRAHAM;
No. 32 Adams street, Allegheny.
The special treatment at the Electrical
and Medical Institute, 442 Penn avenue, is
tho best I have ever received, for the restor
ation ot hearing. PHILIP ALLEN,
Springdale, Pa.
My experience at the Electrical and Med
ical Institute, 442 Penn avenue, has been
most satisfactory.
MES. W. J. HANNAM,
No, 94 Wylie avenue, city.
I will say that the faculty at the Electrical
and aieaicai institute, hi renn avenue,
corner of Fifth street, deserves credit from
their patients for their honest efToits in re
storing them to health. H. C. STONE,
8 harpsburg, Pa.
I will say for tho benefit of my own sex
that the special tieatmt-nt at the Electrical
and Medical Institute, 442 Penn avenue, coi
ner of Fifth street, has proven very satisfac
tory in my case.
MRS. MAT LAWEENCE,
Braddock, Pa.
I owo the restoration of my hearing to the
special treatment at the Electrical and Med
ical Institute, 442 Penn avenue, porner Fifth
street. P.J.QUINN,
Hazelwood, city.
If thero Is any benoflt to be had in Pitts
burg for cHroruo ailments it is at tho Elec
trical and Medical Institute, 443 Ponn ave
nue, coiner of Fifth streot.
463C Penn avenue, city.
Diseases treated at the Institute are Rheu
matism, Nenralgia, Paralysis, Spinal Dis
eases, Locomotor Ataxia. Catarrh, Deafness,
Dyspepsia and Stomach Troubles, Liver and
Kidney Troubles, Blood and Skin Diseases,
Nervous Prostration and all cnronlc dis
eases poculiar to either sex.
The Medical Director of this Institute, Dr.
B. F. Lamb, la a liiebly educated' physician
and in good standing with the medical pro
fession, his diplomas bearing the dogroes of
A.M. and M. D. ....
Consultation and examinational 00. Office
open from 9 a. m. to 8 v. w. Lady and gen tie
men attendants. seltrrs
OJVVA3CVX1 JOi'S.'JX.
Now the Cheapest,
REDUCED
PRICE LIST
of !rtrellt&other8peclalteiforjE!fraonr Oonvemrt
Machinery for hanaunfftpy material la bulk orpaeluiga.
JLINK BEX.T E&XHQJEEKINO CO., Nice,
town) KntADSLriUA, and 10 Dey fit. New Tons.
BUlV-tiTTB
jgflfei Hi GJ H S jHljj
jgggrap s By, g jj jjpj
i .li4l W3 a-wart, w,air- -H.u-5Fff5SXSaJiEl.H.25;:g
The Best. J4jfc
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 3
QMS I CLOAKS ! CLflffi!
See Our Immense Stock .of
New Fall Garments I
isnjt it?
" 1,200 Children's School Cloaks, all ages 4 to 14, stylish goods, -worth
S3 5. $4 5 S5 and S6 at $2 $2 5 and $3
Our $5 Jackets, suitable for Fall, at S3.
Our $6, $7 and $ 50 nobby, stylish Jackets at $3 75 to $4 45.
All our $S, $9 and 10 Jackets, 30 styles, $4. 75 to $5 75.
80 handsome brown and black Reefer Jackets, Astrakhan Collar, at $4 75.
150 fine black Cheviot Reefer Jackets, with handsome fur collar, S6 75.
240 extra fine black Cheviot Reefers, real Astrakhan shawl collar, $7 48.
MORE RATTLING BARGAINS.
Right at the start of the season we inaugurate a bargain sale of Plush
Jackets and Sacques that will make brisk buying in this departmens while
it lasts. Here are the cold figures to back up what we say. Read the list,
then come to us for proof of eyery statement made, but don't put off until it
is too late :
Plush Sacques, S12 95, worth S19 50.
Plush Sacques, $14 95, worth $22 50.
Plush 6acque, $16 60, worth $25 00.
Plush Sacques, $19 75, worth $30 00.
600 fine Stockinette Jackets, fall
half their value.
BRIGHT
In the following departments we show superb lines of new
goods at attractive prices.
NEW
GOODS.
offered: HiLL.1 rlAis ana uuiNJMia, iiuiuivxau runs ana
BONNETS. RIBBONS, FEATHERS, VELVETS, WOOLEN
UNDERWEAR, CORSETS, HOSIERY, KID and CASHMERE GLOVES,
DRESS TRIMMINGS, SHAWLS, EMBROIDERED 1CHUS, IN
FANTS' WEAR, Etc.
JOur latch-string always out to Exposition visitors.
Kpeibaum
510-518 MAEKET
DOUGHERTY'S
mmi meat
THE ORBCBEUAL
and orJr Complete and Satisfactory
Condensed Allnco Meat in the Market.
Cheap Substitute and Crude Imitations
are offered wltntbo aim to profit br the popular
ltrof the Mew Encland,
Do not bo deceived bat always Insist on tho
How England Brand. The best made.
BOLD BT Alii GKOCEHS.
au8-23-ws
Ask mj agents for W. I Douglas Shoes. II
not for kale In your place ask jour dealer to
send lor catalogue, secure the agency, and
ret them for you.
S-TAKE NO STJBSTmJTC-St
FOR
WJthSMil
' WHY IS THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE
FOB
GENTLEMEN
The Beit Shoe in tiie World for the Money 7
It la a seamless sboe, with nq ticks or wax thread
tonnrttne ieet; maae or uie oest nne cair. stjiisa
ana easy, ana Decause we make more snoes or tn
t
graae man any omermanuiaciurer, liequaid nani
the finest
GO: enuali
f renca imponeu saoes irnica cost irom u uo to
III 00.
fl ,f 00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE, line calf,
tjD. stylish, comfortable and durable. The best
ilioe eyer offered at this price: same trade asciu-tom-madc
shoes costing from IB 00 ton 00.
30 rOLlUE SHOEi Farmers, Bailroad Men
. and Letter Carriers all wear them: fine calf.
seamless, smooth Inside, heavy three soles, exten
sion edge. One pair will wear a year.
ou rinj uaijb ; no petter snoe ereronerea
. at tills nrlce: one trial will convince those
who want a shoe for com fort and service.
23 and K 00 WOKrUNUJlAN'S shoes are
Jjm verv stronsr and durable. Those who hava
riven mem a trial win weir no otner maKc.
pr.ro) f 00 and tl 73 school sboes are worn
JjJ lo by the boys everywhere; they sell on
their merits, as the lncreAslmr sales show.
LADIES'
ha.mj-3.wi.d snoe. best
ngola.
very stvllsh; equals
e for Misses are
durable.
CAUTION-See that W. L. Donalas' name and
price are stamped on the bottom of each shoe.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
Sold by D." Carter, 79 Fifth av.; E. C. Sperber,
1K8 Carson st. : II. J. a G. M. Lang. 45A1 Butler it. 1
J. H. Frohring. 283 Fifth av.! Ilenry Kosaer. 'Je
srheny. E. Ji IloUman, No. 72 Bebecca street, Allegheny,
Pa. - TTS
DRUNKENNESS
Or the Liquor Ilablt Positively Cored by
Administering Dr. Balnea'
Golden Specific
It Is manufactured as a powder, which can ba
given in a glass of beer, acupofcoueeor tea, or in
xooo. wuuoui me antiwieuge 01 "ie patient.
it Is
absolutely harmless, and will effect a permanent
aud speedy cure, whether the patient Is a moderate
drinker or an alcoholio wreck. It has been given
in thousands of cases, and in every Instance a ner
feet cure has followed. It never falls. The system
once Impregnated with the Speclhc, It becomes an
utter Impossibility for the liquor appetite to exist.
43-pJge book of particulars free. To be had of A.
J. RAMUN, Sixth and Tenn av.. Plttsbnrf
az.
Trade sunnlled bvGLO. A. KELLY &
AllS
; st--.i
gheny agents, E. IIOLDEN & CO., U Federal st.-.
Qya-W-IT'
y0Mmo
SUSS
rntn wm&u.j$k FnoTi
W.Mit&&m2r. 'Ufln
We are determined to do a large
cloak business this fall, and have made am
ple preparations for it There's no finer
stock west of the mountains than you'll
find here, and extraordinary inducements
are offered early purchasers, especially in
Fur-Trimmed Jackets. Furs have greatly
advanced since we purchased, but we are
sharingJDur good fortune with customers.
Make a note of this fact and save money.
I
Parents and guardians interested in
buying cloaks for the young, now that
school season has commenced, should, by
all means, take advantage of our special
Jacket sale. It just means a saving- of
about 50 per cent worth investigating,
Plu-h Jackets, $7 50, worth 511 00.
Plush Jackets, $9 00, worth $13 50.
Plush Jackets, $12 00, worth $18 00.
A grand line of Fur Capes from $4 75 to $00.
weight, at $2, S3, $4 and $5 just
Come and see the many new things
STREET, Pittsburg.
seS
THE NEWEST AND NOBBIEST
-IN-
HATS AND CAPa
POPULAR PRICES.
Manufacturing Clothiers, Tailors,
Hatters and Furnishers.
STAR CORNER.
ESTABLISHED 1S70,
BLACK GIN
roa TEX
KIDNEYS,
la a relief and sure cure tot
th Tlnnarv- Organs. Gravel
'and Chronlo Catarrh of the
Bladder.
The Swiss Stomach Bitters
are a sure cure for Dyspepsia,
THAEE MARK
Liver Complaint and every
inr-clea of lndiseatlon.
Wild ChnrrvTonlc the most
lopular prop-
aration for cure of Coughs, Col-
roncnuis
and lung trouDies.
Either of the above, $1 per ljottle, or 6 for
15. If vourdrumsist does not handle thes
(roods write to WM. S. ZOEU.KR, sole M'tti
titubnrt Pa. deW6vr
GnATEFUL COMTOETINO.
EPPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.
a thorough knowledge of the natural laws
srovem the operations of digestion and nu
trition, and by a careful appllcaUon of tha an
L VUV1
ocoa. Mr. Eml
flavored beverage which may save ns many heavy
doctors' bills. It la by the fudiclous nse of suca
es
sal
with a aeucateiy
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually
hniitnnnntil itronr enough to resist every tea
dency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are
floating around us ready to attack wherever there
isaweaa poiuw ne iu, ?w uiauj wi
shaft by seeping ourselves weu jomneaw:
blood and a properly nourished frame.'
fortlned with nu
" CivU
tierncc uazcue.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half-pound tins, by grocers, labelled thus s
JAMES EPPS CO., Hoinceopathlc Chemists,
Lonaon, JSngiana. jayvrwiua
JAS. M'NEIL
& BRO.,
BOILEBS,
PATENT
PLATE AND
WOKK.
SHEET-IBOK
SHEET IKON ANNEALCTO ,
BOiEH.
With an Increased capacity and hydraulta
machinery, ire aro prepared to furnish all
-work in our line cheaper and better than by
tho old methods. Repairing: and general
'machine work. Twenty-ninth street and
Allegheny Valley Bailroad. fehOT-TT3
Patterns hi eool, lfght-welsrb.6
suitings and trouserings. Tho
largest selection obtainable.
Tiie Correot Styles.
H. &C. F. AHLERS,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
420 SMITHFIELQ STREET.
Telephone. 1339, Je&rwaq
James Means & Co.'s Shoes aremore widely
known for their general excellence than any
other make of Shoes ever placed on the mar
ket. Ask your Kctailer lor shoes bearing
this stamp:
James Means'
$3.50 SHOE.
These nrg made by Goodyear Hand-sewed
process and are sold by leading retailers all
over the II, S.
Jyl-5-ws J. MEANS & CO., Boston, Hass.
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