t " ; i 12 BURR'S 01 REVIEW, Home Talent Carrying on the Great Fight There Al most Exclusively. STATE ISSUES SECONDARY To the Two leading National Ques tions of Tariff and Silver. REPUBLICANS HOLD THE "LEAD. The Odds Ihns Far Clearly Against Camp bell and His Farrty. THIRD PARTY PROSPECTS PETERED OUT ISrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TItB DISPATCH. 1 Columbus, Oct. 7. There are many amusing figures in this campaign in Ohio so far, and they are likely to multiply during the ncsi four weeks. Although the stirmish has been going on for almost two months, the real battle is to be fought from to-day. One month to-morrow the decision of the fighters will be rendered, and the country may well wait for the climax, for what may be justly called the phenomenal canvass in Ohio, among the many remarkable ones. It is so for many reasons. Heretofore when big contests over ballots have taken place in this political State both parties have received money and wind from the outside without stint. This year both ap pear to be depending on themselves to a greater or less extent, and there is little chance for the cry of fraud. Until very lecentlv little has been heard of the Demo cratic flasr. Its trainers preferred a waiting race. Tlie Republicans have in conse quence been getting the best of the pictor ial part of the campaign up to this hour. Hence they have dominated the situation, simply waiting for the Democratic gladi ator to throw his challenge into the ring. He is here now and to stay. SOW FOK THE HOMESTRETCH. For more than a weekpast the Democracy lias shown good signs of life, and they seem ready to meet within the next four weeks a confident opponent. The gauge ofbattle lint so far run in his direction, because he lias been left alone. But how about the homestretch? It does not look to me as though there could be such a shift as would change the handwriting on the wall. There arc various reasons for this judgment. The People's party spent its force early in the campaign. While the farmers were holding their picnics, and were out for a irolic their orators could find audiences; but when the test comes, they turn out the very weakest end of a fox's tail. Their money seems to have been spent before the fight began, and hence the words of its speakers ba e grown dreary or silent in the critical moments ot battle, aney are-iifce all camp followers in war; exceedingly brave and windy before the shells start to burst, and then turn toward the wagon train when men begin to got killed. Unless all signs fail the People's party in this State will cut no significant figure in this game, and without them the Democracy is hunting a hedgehog late in the winter, when that festive animal, about which there hinges so much romance and super stition, is supposed to be resting quietly in his hole, far beyond the reach of the hunts man. Never liae I seen an alliance be tw een a guerilla band and a mighty army produce such petite results, as has been born of the alleged connection of the Peo ple's party and the Democracy of this State; which, unfortunately for itself, has been the cradle of all the "Isms" which have been fatal to the national organization. calamity; howxers failed. The meetings which they call the "Farm er's Alliance" are poorly attended, now that the season is over when people assem ble for the purposes of being amused. The short-haired women, and the long-haired men imported Irom the various parts of the country to tell the most prosperous hus bandmen on the face of the earth how poor they are, have nearly all departed, and only a few local orators are left to tell on the street corners of the iniquities of our pres ent torm of government and the sufferings of the people. As a rule they lack listeners, and the new crusade has worked its paddle to the limit, and u itli a powerless arm and tongue in drifting down the stream with the tide. The Democraev of the State have felt this for the past three weeks, and I think have re gretted any communion with the revolu tionists. It is never well to leave a battle to your skirmish line, especially uhen they are" not trained soldiers. Governor Campbell is personally an ex ceedingly popular man. He talks well, and as John Sherman told me, is veil liked by the people: but he is a second Samson if he can carry the load which has been lain upon him, and I think no one appreciates that fact better than himself. His party lack spirit, and what little it has he gi es it. The Chairman of its State Committee sug gests that they vre making a still hunt; but there are no appearances of it in any part of the State that I have visited. The party lacks belief in itself, and I cannot observe just at this moment how they are going to get up enthusiasm in a campaign like this, where their opponents have already won two heats out of fie in a race. REPUBLICAN CKAJfCKS THE BEST. Yet I have seen that record beaten, and perhaps it may be done this year. I should rather take the chances of the party which baionly one notch tocut than the one which must put iu the whole three in succession to win. I think that is the general feeling here among all classes; but this sentiment jiiust be discounted by the fact that the Re publicans have so far made all the show and parade of inspection of forces, and have v armed up its hosts far in advancej while the Democracy have lain quiet behind the woods or under the brow ot a hill, getting ready for the final stroke. Therefore it looks all one way just now, but three weeks hence there may" be changes along the battle line worth studying, but it is difficult now to .see the point 6f attack. So far the campaign on the Republican side has been conducted with a vim that has never before been known in this State when the people of the Buckeye realm have had to pay the bills of it themselves. Their plan ot battle has been a picturesque and telling one. They are also fortunate in ha"ing a candidate whose personality has added a great deal to the rather dramatic ends which the State Committee or some one else must have carefully outlined in advance. SUGAR AND TIN PLATE. The rolling in of a barrel of sugar on the platform as a practical exhibit of the Re publican policy, and of the American tin that is along every fence corner are good campaign thunder, and have helped to fill the average Republican mind witn a good deal of confidence in his party. In other words, the men who represent Major Mc Kinley, or perhaps it would be better to say whom Major McKinley represents, are the aggressors, and therefore nave the call on the ambitious end of the campaign. I do notlsee how the Democracy are going to head them, and yet over-confidence is dan gerous. To start with, the Democracy had no show to win except that the People's party would draw a very large number of votes from the Republicans in excess of those that they could capture from the Democ racy. If there is anything settled that has nqt been drawn in the lottery of life and put in the pocket, it is that the Farmer's Alliance, so far as it relates to the hus bandman, will not cut a considerable figure in the result on the first Tuesday in No vember. The granger is as contented as one of his class can be, for it is always their province to grumble, po matter how rich their fields. Onlr the other dav, driv ing over the country, 1 encountered one of the class whose barns were full to overflow ing; the cattle fat; the sheep ready for kill ing, and all about the old homestead giving evidence of plenty. ONE SATISFIED GRANGER. "How are you to-dav?" said L "Well," said he with a sigh, as he looked over his over-burdened surroundings, "I cannot complain." He was the first farmer I ever saw in my life who did not have something to find fault with, and his sad acknowledgement that he could not gronl was the best evi dence in the world that he would not be lieve an orator of the People's party, whose only plea is that the man who works or tills the soil is in a state of terrible distress. There is no more ludicrous phase of this strange political encounter than the intro duction at this moment of a crusade like that which struck us in 1875 under the guise of the Greenback partv. The Democratic organization was then led into the chase after the unreal just as it is to-day. To be frank, a popular Democratic Gov ernor has been over weighted, and the cam paign practically diverted from the single apd pregnant isMie of the tariff to the finan cial question, which no Democratic orator ( f distinction attempts to discuss. Gover nor Campbell ignores it with chirming naivete, and it has been left to the People's party, so far as the Democracy is concerned, to carry on the battle in that "direction. Yet, the Republicans go on and insist upon try ing that question, and it is unfortunate for Governor Campbell that his party put into their hands the weapon with which to shift the issue to one question or the other, when it suited their purposes. THE UNrORTUNATE SILVER BABY. Men who have played in politics as long as these people of Ohio have, are entirely too slick not to take advantage of such an opening, and lead for the nose. They have struck it, and the blood has followed, and that is why the Democratic orators keep as quiet as possible about the stroke his own partv gave its candidate "When it handed the iree silver baby over to be nursed by the People's partyj it becoming responsible at the same time for its parentage. Both the Republican and Democratic can didates for Governor are addressing large meetings. Now that the Democrats have really started to fight in earnest, there is bound to be a boom from now all along the line until the day of election, and the inter esting incidents of the campaign are likely to be more numerous than they have been. But it is importaut to note how little con cern there is in this great battle outside of the State to what there used to be years ago when less important questions were up for decision. From 1870 up to the time when this ceased to be an October State, the ablest men of the nation used to flock here by the score to speak and work for the Re publican cause. Every leading newspaper in the United States had its correspondents on the ground, telegraphing every incident of the battle. Xow scarcely a leading news paper of the East or the "West is repre sented. .None of the names which used to draw crowds and arouse enthusiasm are heard of over these fields, and the combat is practically left to home talent. OHIO AN EXPENSIVE STATE. Zach Chandler, when he was Chairman of the National Committee, told me that Ohio was the most expensive State in the Union to carry, and that he had to spend more money and ellort here than in any other three sister States of the Union. He died with a corn on his heart against men in Ohio who were elevated to high positions and then failed to recognize the power which put them there. "The boys" would like to see a return of those good old days, when there was a chance for plenty of picking and perhaps a dollar besides. "But they are no more, and one of the most eminent leaders of the Republican party not a week ago complained to me of the indifference of the people of the East to the result of this campaign. "They seem to take no interest in it what ever, and we can get no help to amount to anything." The Chairman of the Democratic State Committee makes the same complaint. He says that the national party are giving them no "sinews of war," and the result is their campaign has to be carried on within limited lines and without that vim which money always gives to a political battle. The thousands upon thousands of English dollars which vivid imaginations an nounced were to be poured into this contest to defeat the Republican candidate have not arrived, and are not expected. Only the other evening I was talking with a typical Briton, who has large iron in terests in this countrv, and I suggested to him that his people were not taking much interest in this campaign. NO INTEREST TOR BRITONS. "Why should they?" he replied. "The manufacturers of England are not fools enough to be led into making contributions for American politicians. We have too many financial interests centered here to take sides in politics. Besides, if thev did give their money to elect Mr. Campbell or defeat Mr. McKinley, what possible as surance could they get that the McKinley bill would be repealed, or that if it were, some worse one might not be substituted. Ho, they are not dabbling in American poli tics. Ours are bad enough; but yours are worse." This lack of money in a campaign is gen erally looked upon, except by those who do not make a trade of politics,as a good thing. Heretofore each party has depended upon the country outside of the State, How that they they have to look practically to their own resources, the strong men are apt to take more of an interest in the details of Solitical life. This is readily seen at the liferent meetiBs of both candidates. Men who have rarely ever before left their busi ness houses to attend political gatherings have been prominent this year. I think it is the universal testimony that the Democrats have gained nothing by un dertaking to shirk the financial part f their platform. Had they discussed it, they would have forced the Republicans to have given up more time to it and compelled other men than Senator Sherman to have faced the issue. To be eure Major McKin ley has had something to say about the sil ver question; but not enongh to direct his battle from the farm which, after all, does not play the mighty part in this combat that people expected it to. TESTING THE M'KINLEY BILL. While a deep interest is felt in it by the Republicans, both in the country and in the town, they look upon it as practically set tled. In other words, they think the Mc Kinley bill should have its test, and they will sfmplv give it a fair trial before the next Presidental election, and then turn toward silver. I haveneverseen acampaign in which State issues plaved so small a part. Some of the speakers like Governor Foraker are trying to create some enthusiasm upon them; but people seem to take very little interest in them, and turn instinctively to the economic and financial questions that are so much talked about You hear a great deal in the East about the discords in the Democratic party, and that Governor Campbell is going to lose here and there. I do not find any such spots, except perhaps in Cincinnati, where the indications are that his loss will not be very heavy. Therefore the two candidates start in the last month of their battle with very clearly defined positions, with the People's party as a scrub against two thoroughbreds. That the lame horse will be able to interfere with the two game ones I do not believe, and this judgment extends to the Legislature, as well as to the Governor. There are only two parties to this contest that I can find are worth considering. Frank A. Burr. Sickness Among Children, Especially infants, is prevalent more or less at all times, but is largely avoided bv giv ing proper nourishment and wholesome food. The most successful and reliable of all is the Gail Borden "Eagle" Brand Con densed Milk. Your grocer keeps it THE PITTSBURG IN HONOR OF GRANT. 4 Chicago's Bronze Statue of the Old Commander Is Unveiled. - JUDGE GRESHAM'S FINE TRIBUTE. A Magnificent Demonstration at the Park and on the Lake. MIMIC NAVAL SQUADRON EVOLUTIONS Chicago, Oct. 7. The neat bronze eques trian statue of General Grant was unveiled in Lincoln Park to-day. Nearly 100,000 people, on shore and in all descriptions of lake craft, were spectators of the scene. On either side in tiers, up the green slope behind the speaker's stand, distinguished guests to the number of 500 had been given place. Among them Mrs. General Grant, her white hair showing beneath her widow's bonnet, was the cynosure of thousands of eyes. Massed to the front of the platform and to the immediate right and left, in one im mense solid square, leaving no vacant inch of driveway or grass; were close upon 20,000 uniformed men glittering infantry, cavalry and artillery, both regulars and militia, grizzled veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, bright-plumed Knights of Pyth ias and seemingly countless similar organi zations, THE NAVAL SPECTACLE. Beyond this living panorama could be seen, in leviathan evolutions through the choppy waves, an imposing flotilla of nearly 200 vessels. Three abreast was the order in the marine display, and a noble sight it was as the squadron made its way along, almost within hailing distance, all decorated in regulation style. From bow to stern, up over the mast tops, there hung a line of fluttering flags. On the inside, next to the shore, the tugs, small yachts and little pas senger steamers were ranged. Next the United States steamer Michi gan, in the lead, were the other armed Gov ernment craft the trim-looking Johnson, from Milwaukee, and the beautiful Fessen den, of Detroit. Then came the sturdy Chicago fireboats, and to the seaward the great lake carriers, mammoth black-hulled liners and the graceful white schooners, breasting forward like harbingers of peace. As they .churned along the lake shore the picture was a striking one, . the maneuvering of the Government boats especially causing a constant manifestation of enthusiasm nmong the spectators lining the water's edge. THE PRELIMINARY PARADE. Perhaps never in the history of the city has there been so gallant a parade. First came General Miles, then his chief of staff, General Stockton, and his aides. Along the line of march Inspector Schaack had thrown a file of policemen, and they had all they could do to beat back the pushing, eager crowd. The procession was composed mainly of soldiers and marines, military and civic societies and the Grand Army of the Renublic Upon the arrival at the monument at a prearranged signal the young son of Potter Palmer loosed the cord binding the bunting that concealed the 18-foot bronze horse and rider on the great pile of stone, and, as every curve of the noble steed and soldier stood out, and the stern face of the dead sprang into view, the great plaudit and salute arose that was American from the heart. When the last rumble of the last gun had ceased, Hon. W. C Goudy, as President of the Lincoln Park Commis sioners, made a graceful speech of accept ance, and Mayor Hempstead Washburne accepted the monument on the part of the citizens. Judge Walter Q. Gresham s oration was the feature of the day's exercises, although the preceding speeches had been long. An outburst of applause greeted the arising of the distinguished jurist and orator. He began: JUDGE GRESHAM'S ADDRESS. "It is hardly necessary on this occasion to enter upon any minute account of the life and deeds of "the man to whose memory this beautiful statue has been erected. Wherever history is read, in whatever nook and corner of the habitable globe, there exists an intelligent interest in the strength and perpetuity of our institutions, the name and tame of the illustrious soldier, who was at once their product and their preserver, have preceded aught that may now be said ot him. "In this audience, at the metropolis of the State in whose borders the war found him poor and obscure, and gave him an op- Sortunity for a career, are many who knew im intimately, and there are few incidents of his public or private life that are un known to them. ' 'But without dwelling indiscriminately on a mass of biographical details, there "are some of them which are entitled to our special attention and will bear frequent repetition, because they serve to illustrate personal characteristics which made him, in many respects, an ideal citizen of our demo cratic Republic, and are worthy of our con stant emulation. Many of these traits of character are strictly individual, and are interesting only because they belong to a striking and distinguished personality. GRANT'S UNASSUMING MODESTY. "He was remarkably fre,e from that vanity and conceit which have been the weakness of many great minds, and which seem to be the peculiar vice of men who have risen, like him, from humble antecedents to a lofty eminence. He had none of the strut of the First Napoleon; as it was revealed in his private letters, his turgid addresses to the armies of France, and his egotistical as sumption that he was a man of destiny; and none of the boastfulness with which Csesar announced his victories. "Tvere is nothing of the braggart in any of his official reports or dispatches, there is no arrogance, no regard for dramatic effect, no parade of himself. They are plain and simple statements of fact without any waste of words. "Even with the Confederacy at his feet, as a final testimony of his skill and prowess as a military chieftain, he was not betrayed into anything like exultation, and stopped the jubilant firing of a salute in his com mand as soon as the sound of the cannon reached Mb ears. The glittering uniform of the conquered leader of the Confederate armies contrasted strangely with the plain and much worn habiliments of the con queror. THE PART OF A STATESMAN. "In that supreme moment lie ceased to be the leader or the Union army only, and thought and acted with broad and enlight ened statesmanship and patriotism for the whole reunited country. "He thought of the feelings and sensibili ties of the vanquished, and of making the road toward patriotic citizenship easy for them. He thought of the waste lands and impoverished communities of the South, which were again under the old flag, and quickened a returning sense of obligation to it, bv restoring to every Confederate soldier the "horse or mule which had belonged to Iiim, and might be used again in making and garnering the crops on which he ana his family would depend fortheirsustenance. He thought more of giving an impulse to the pursuits of peace and industry among a disorganized people, of aiding them in a disorganized people, oi aiaing them in the maintenance of themselves, of bringing them back into social as well as political relations with the rest of the country, than upon his own part and lot in the accomplish ment of these salutary ends. "The great Confederate General was shown the respect that generous natures al ways accord to misfortune bravely borne, and proved by his conduct and bearing the truth of the remark, that the greatest re verses are most easily sustained by a dig nity that belongs to them. GRANT'S ESTIMATION OP HIMSELF. "The suppression or efiacement of one's DISPATCH. THURSDAY, self is notalways easy, andinvariably.highly meritorious. A modest estimate of one's I powers maybe quife justified by the facts. An underestimate of one's powers may be a fault. 1'Grant had extraordinary abilities, and while he never dwelt upon, or thought about their greatness, or measured or com pared them with the abilities of others, he Knew just what they were, their extent and limitations, what might be accomplished by them, and what was beyond their reach. He was never misled by " rating himself too high or too low. The timid distrust, with which he entered upon the engagement at Belmont, rapidly disappeared as his powers were tested in subsequent campaigns and battles. In Mexico he had shown unmis takable sense and courage in a subordinate capacity, but in our late war he began the study of himself as a commander and leader of men, and he soon mastered the lesson. "As he became conscious of his"powers ho relied with unshaken confidence upon his own judgment. He held few if any coun cils of war. He suceeeded in great emer gencies by his native strength of will and intellect, and his resolute persistence where men of more learning and better versed in military science, but with less natural ca pacity, would have failed. NOT A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. The orator followed with a cursory review of General Grant's military career as illus trating his genius and character, and then said: "Although educated at West Point, he was not a professional soldier. Instead of liking war, he abhorred it as the greatest of human calamities, and his temperament inclined to peace. He engaged in our last war because he recognized it was the only means of maintaining the Union and secur ing unbroken peace. ''He could not have led in any war of aggression or conquest, for he was the friend and beiinactor, rather than an oppressor or destroyer of the people. Ambition never stifled his sense of duty or love of truth and justice, or tarnished his name with acts of cruelty or tyranny. None welcomed the return of peace with more cordiality, and none saw the quiet disbanding of his army of bronzed and hardened veterans, and their resumption of peaceful pursuits, with emo tions of greater pleasure when the struggle was over. He did not believe that because military force had 'saved the Union it was a proper instrument of government in time of peace. In his last days, while bearing with serenity and fortitude" the tortures of an in curable disease, on Mount Gregor, he gave his life a final retrospect, and it wa3 the re union of the warring sections under the old flag, that gave him the greatest satisfaction. OUR GREATEST SOLDIER. "The monument before us is dedicated to the illustrious general of our armies, rather than to the Chief Magistrate of our Repub lic, and it is therefore meet that my address should dwell moro on his military than his civic life. "Whatever may have been his merits, or his defects as Chief Executive, he was un questionably our greatest soldier, and his matchless achievements in the field and their influence upon the fate of his country amply justify this beautiful testimonial. So long as love of liberty and eaualitv. and admiration for heroic deeds and unselfish patriotism last, the memory of Grant will be venerated. "Some of the acts of his civil administra tion were really worth more to the country and the world than the dull routine, and solemn respectability of many others. While men had dreamed and written about the uselessness and wickedness of war, as an agency for the settlement of controver sies between nations, and urged the substi tution of more civilized methods, it was re served for our greatest soldier to reduce these theories and vague aspirations to practice. It was the successful leader of our armies, in our greatest war, who took the lead in bringing the civilized world to a practical recognition of the value of a peaceful arbitrament of international dis putes." THE STATUE'S HISTORY. A few days after the death of General Grant a number of prominent citizens met at the Palmer House to discuss the advisa bility of erecting a 6tatue to 'He honor of the ex-President. Ten thousand dollars were subscribed on the spot, and to-day's event is the culmination of this meeting. Money flowed in freely in large and small amounts, the newspapers of the city them selves raising over 530,000. The total cost of the monument has been in the neighborhood of 5200,000. It is an equestrian statue, the largest bronze ever cast in America. The body of the horse is 5 feet high, 12 feet long and 3 feet in breadth. Over the body is a heavy saddle, the army saddle cloth with stars in the corners, while two holsters for the pistols are on each side, and a tightly-rolled blanket is jnst behind the saddle. The General is sitting upright, his slouch hat well forward on his head and his feet, en cased in army boots with heavy spurs, are fast in the stirrups. The bron2e Tests upon a Btone pedestal with elevated driveway, arched passage, vestibule and stairway. H0IHIHG FUBIHEB TO BAY. Jail Keeper Larlmoro Has No Additional Statement to Make. Yesterday afternoon was fixed for another meeting of the Prison Board to take action on the escape of Fitzsimmons from jail. Judge Slagle was the only judge present and nothing was transacted, it being desired to have a full meeting. Keeper Larimore was sent for, and asked if he had anything further to sav. He answered that he had nothing more than he had already said. The board then adjourned until 9 o'clock Satur day morning. As there was nothing further to be heard from Keepers Price and Larimore, the only action for the board now to do is to decide what they will do in the case of the keepers. Allegheny Merchants Bite on Jtogng Checks. Several Allegheny business men would like very much to meet again one Frank Smith, who said he was from Cincinnati, and who, by dilligent use of his smooth, persuasive tongue succeeded in getting a number of bogus checks cashed. Smith's method was to enter a store and present a certified check of the First National Bank of Cincinnati and ask to have it cashed, thi amount was usually but S15 00. It is not known how many were caught, but those who have been notified by the First Na tional Bank of Allegheny "that the checks had been returned from Cincinnati are: Samuel Armstrong, Crake Manufacturing Company, A. Andriessen and Shatter Bros. Smith is about 26 years of age, smooth faced and well-dressed. They haven't seen him since. That parent of evil, habitual constipa tion the surest remedy is Dr. D. Jayne's Small Sugar-coated Sanative Pills. Non nauseating and painless. STABBED TO THE HEART And Knocked In the Head on Liberty Street Mr. Clarence W. Victor, who is a part ner of the great sacrifice clothing sale which opened its' doors to the public at 8 o'clocK this morning, wishes it distinctly under stood that this great sale of tailor-made clothing will take place in the building for merly occupied by the German National Bank, 610 Liberty street, corner Sixth ave nue, and as there will be no sale on Liberty street other than at the corner of Sixth ave nue, it will be well for the publio to bear this important information to memory. Every article at this sale will be sacrificed to turn the stock into money. Above all remember that high prices have been stabbed to the heart and exorbitant profits have been knocked in the head. It will be well to mention in connection with this article that no branch stores or sales exist on any street in the city of Pitts burg other than at Sixth avenue and Lib erty street, and as a word to the wise is suf ficient, see that you enter G46, corner of Sixth avenue. Kindly don't forget it and. you will have no occasian to regret reading this valuable information, because it is the greatest sacrifice clothing sale on record. OCTOBER 8, 1891 LEADS IN LEATHER: Pittsburg Produces One-Third of the Output of the World. TAMERIES AKE BEING ENLARGED.' Keciprocity Expected to Create a Big South American Trade. THE CHICAGO IIIDES ARE SENT IIERE An important local industry generally overlooked is the leather trade. It will be news to many to learn that the twin cities produce annually one-third of the total amount of oak-tanned harness leather of the United States, and that the reputation of the product stands higher than that made elsewhere. The industry today is in a flourishing condition, and the chief tan neries are being enlarged to overtake the increased demand. Eight, concerns are engaged in tanning oak harness leather, and one, A. Groet zinger & Sons, does an extensive business in sole leather. About 52,500,000 are in vested in the industry. According to the computation of James D. Callery about 668,200 sides of leather are annually made in the county. This is about one-third of the product of the country, which Mr. Callery estimates at 1,860,000 sides annually. Esti mating each side as value for ?5, this figur ing places the annual value of the product of these nine tanneries at 3,510,000. WHERE THE HIDES COME FROM. Of the .'55.700 sides of leather tanned every month, about 16,000 are supplied by the Herr's Island abattoir, 8,000 beasts being the average number slaughtered monthly. A further supply, not ascertainable, is pro cured from outside butchers. The bulk of the hides are procured in the West, Chicago being the shipping point. Here is pre sented the curious anomoly of beasts being slaughtered in Chicago and being shipped as dead meat to this city, while their hides arc also sent here in large quantities for conversion into leather. The question pre sents itself; if there is not much demand here for meat Killed in Chicago, and for hide3 for tanning purposes, why cannot Pittsburg and Allegheny raise and slaughter their own meat supply and 6o largely sup ply the tanneries at the same time. Under the reciprocity arrangemeats with Mexico and South American countries the leather trade of the country is expected to sustain a stimulus. The business shut out of France and Germany by the recently imposed tariff on imported leather will bo more than resumed nearer home. The quality of the Allegheny leather is favor ably known far from home; and under the improved commercial conditions it will not surprise the trade if their business is dou bled in a few years. A BIO MEXICAN TRADE EXPECTED. The Mexicans, especially, are accustomed to make their own saddlerv and trappings and the trade with the neighboring country is reported as increasing daily, xne oaK tnnned leather made here is conceded to be superior to the hemlock tanned material made at Detroit. The oak bark is obtained principally in West Virginia. A. Groetzinger & Sons do a large busi ness in sole leather, tanning about 150 hides a day. This firm has lately spent a big sum of money in extending its capacity, as has also J. Groetzinger & Co. James Callery & Co. are also effecting improvements and are reported as being at the head of the business. M. Lappe & Sons, Oak Leather Company and J. C.Lappe & Sons' Tanning Company are well equipped. One concern turns out leather belting. A What a Suunyside Man Obtained at the Elcctropathic Institute, at 507 Peiin Avenue. "I had as sovoro an attack of sclatlo rheumatism as ever anyone bad. I was taken down about June land suffered tor tures," says Mr. David W.Spenser, of Sunny side, Westmoreland county, Fa. Mr. Spenser's occupation Is that of a weigher in a coal mine, and he is a well-known man of that place and aged about 40 years. "The home doctors told me what was the matter with me, but they could do me no good. I suffered tortuies; could not turn myself in bed, and would scream with pain if I attempted to move I heard of the skill of Dr. Davis nnd the otner physicians in charge of the Elcctropathic Institute, of 607 Fenn avenue, and as soon as I could pos sibly bo moved was taken there for treat ment. "The effect was truly wonderful. I was under treatment but a short time, but I am entirely cured. I feal $10,000 worth better than I did before they took my case. I have not a single twinge, and my health was never better In my life." Who Thoj-Are. Lewis G. Davis, M. D., is at the head of the staff of nhyslclans and surgeons of the Elcc tropathic Institute of 607 1'enn avenue, Pittsbunr. Dr. Davis graduated first at Jef ferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1879. After two years of private practice he took the post-gradnate course ot Bellevue Hosniral Medical Collesre of New Tori: spiral Jie : City. jjraduatinp in 18S2. In addition to those dls tinctions. Dr. Davis has special course diplo mas In physical diagnosis under Prof. Jane way; in chemistry under Prof. Doremus, fn skin diseases under Prof. Shoemaker, and in sunrical anatomy nnder Prof. Keen. His staff of able associates havo no less honor able credentials of their training, experi ence, skill and knowledge needed to prac tice medicine safely and successfully. Six Dollars a Month. In order to more extensively intro duce our method of scientiflo electii cal and medical treatment for disease, the Electropathio Institute, of 507 Pekn Ave nue, will treat all patients appljing during THE NEXT 36 DATS FOH THE SUM OF SIX DOLLARS PEU MONTH. This amount to inolude all medicines and the proper ap- filioation of electrical treatment. This offer lolds good until October 22, and applies to old patients as well as newcomcis within that time. Superfluous Hairs. One of our specialties is the removal of superfluous hairs and blemishes by the use ofcleutiicitv. The operations nro painless and effectually eradicate hairs, moles.warts, etc. Ettnic Institute, 507 PENN AVE., PITTSBURG, PA. IDON'T MISTAKE THE NUMBER). The physicians in chargo of this Institute are rkqistuied and qoalhted physicians. They receive and successfully treat all patients Buffering from chronic ailments: MtHVOUS DISEASES, BLOOD DISEASES, BlIiUMA- tism, paralysis, neuralgia, scrofula and CATAP.nH and all diseases of the Eyeand Ear. Operations in electrical surgery performed by the consulting physicians of the Institute. lfrmikt'iinen Cured. Opluin Habit Cnrntl. Consultation and diagnosis free. Ladies will find a trainediemaleusglstant in charge of their special department. Office hours: a a. n. to is 2i J to 6 t. it, 7 to 8:30 r. it. Sun day: 10 a. u. to 1 r. v. 007-wssa David W. Speruer, Sunnyside, Pa. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS -nw CLOAK DEPARTMENT! STYLISH Reefer Jackets, In all the newest cloths, trimmed with Hare, Astrakhan, French Seal, Muffloon, Krimmer and Mink Furs, FROM $6 TO $50. Hundreds of Styles of CAPES and CHILDREN'S JACKETS and GRETCHENS to Select from at Very Low Prices. A Call will Convince you ' that you can save from 10 to 30 Per Cent by Purchasing From Us. FLEISHMAN & CO., 504, 506 AND 508 oc8-Tbs WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! -rnSTTIL FRIDAY HORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK, -WHEN Genuine Bftit m ii -COMMENCES AT- m m LIBERTY STB, HEAD OF WOOD STREET. MEN'S, B Iff CLOTHING Will and must be sold REGARDLESS OF COST. . Groods at Half Price! ZEfclEIMIIlIilMIIBIEIR, FRIDAY MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK; 719 AND 721 LIBERTY St OC8 otxr - ASTRAKHAN FUR CAPES At $7.24. Cannot be Duplicated in the city at the Price. MARKET STREET. THE- Clotmnff CHILDREN'S -. Vy X? ysgjk& ''', .
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