jr 10 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1891 EfFLUEJfCES OF ASIA. Ideas the Western World May Imbibe if Barriers Break Down. TEE BUDDHISM OF MES. BESAXT. Doctrines of Transmigration and Fatality JiakiiiK Inroads. FUTURE EFFECT OX WESTEEN MORALS It is a quarter of a century ago since the present writer observed, 'when commenting on some fresh triumph of the mail service, that the increase of communication between Europe end Aia might produce unexpected results. "We all think of it, as was pointed out Iit him in a recent number of the Lon don Spectator, as increasing the intellectual grip of Europe ou Asia, but it must also facilitate the reflex action of Asiatic ideas on Europe, They poured back on us in a flood during the r-uKade'; and why should they not pour spain, to aflect us once more, either, as Christianity did. by conversion, or, as Ma liorsiacdanism did, by recoil" The phopiiccy ha not hitherto been accomplished The dividing barrier between the thoughts of the East and the "West has proved tenacious, and though, to the surprise of mankind. Oriental art has made a capture of tr Ei'ropcun mind, so that Asiatic color ing aid Ar:ativd',coratioa have permanent ly affreted all Western eyes, the special thought! of the East have made little visi ble impression. THE BARRIER IS YIELDING. "We faucy, however, that the barrier is cracking. By far the most startling fact in the biography of Laurence Oliphant was the proof it afforded that "Western minds for Oliphant was not alone could accept and eci on a leading Asiatic idea, that if a man could utterly dominate self, and make the body a completely passive agent of the will, he would wrest from Heaven, or Fate, or the thiivcrsum, whichever it was, powers transcending those known from experience to be possessed by human beings. The possessor of those powers could con vert the world n ithout the slow methods of persuasion, perhaps enter into relation with beings betore whoe wisdom that ot men is ignorant foolishness. That was the govern ing hope which impelled Laurence Oliphant to his strange life, with its victory, as he thought, over the flesh; and it will, by and by, probably impel ranch stronger natures than hi. The prize is so enormous, so entirely transcending anv usual reard for effort, that the minds which can accept its possi bility will be strongly moved to tee at tempt, and will waste years in an experi ment which, though so often made, and sometimes made successfully for there are faquecrs and sunvasees sad Buddhist de votees iho have conquered the body has sever yei produced a spark of result in supernormal pow er. NE Elt DOMINATED BY AN IDEA. Fortunately, those who try it will be few, for the Western mind, unlike the Eastern, can never be quite dominated by an idea, and always applies ome test to it which, in the case of a theory like self-suppression, is Mire, sooner or later, to be iatal. We shall see, however, a few trials, wit ness the rise of seme strange sects,and prob obly sec a large diffuMon of that Eastern idea, the presence cf the all-pervading uni versal spirit in all things, good, evil and in different, which, it Mr. T. A. Symonds is a souiid critic is the governing "thought, in deed the sole thought, of Walt Whitman, end which his. critic alto believes to be of the essence of democracv. It will liquefy rjoratfc if it cornea, and drive back civiliza tion, so tar as civilization is dependent on a discipline of restraints; but come it will in places, with itb correlative, that all material things, bad, good, and indifferent, if placed in an intense light, are ecsennallv evil. You see both idas filling Russian litera ture even now, and the thought of the Slav, which diner- from all other thought in Europe :y instantly producing act, as thought does in children, has a great part yet to play in molding the West. BUDDHISM IN THE WIST. So has Budoist thought. All that stuff about Mahatmus is rubbish, unsupported by a irsce ui eviuence, a merely stupia ex preion of the desire of so many minds for guidance either incapable of error, or less capable than the guidance of ordinary beings; but the Mahatma notion is a mere excrescence on a creed which has a big thought embedded init. We were surprised to perceive that both the French Buddhist, ana the English as represented by Mrs. Besant, avowed a belief in the doctrine of transmigration, or, as the latter prefers to call it, of reincarnations. To most Englishmen, that idea, which in one way or another dominates the whole of non-Mussulman Asia, even that compara thely small bection of the Chinese which is capable of rising above pure secularism, lias a slightly comic effect, derived, we fancy, chiefly from an impression that to become an animal which could only be a result cf continuous degradation would be an absurdity. The doctrine, however, as really held in A-ia, has an astonishing charm for some subtle minds, and especially for those which are never content to await future solutions to the great perplexities of the world. It does explain the inexplicable, and reconcile men, not indeed to his destinyj but to his position in the world. INHERENT INJUSTICE EXPLAINED. The whole notion of an injustice inherent in the scheme of the universe, disappears at once, and all that endless problem why some, perhaps innocent, suffer, and some, perhaps guilty, enjoy. There is no injus tice if this life is but a link in a long chain of past as well future lives, and the million aire is being awarded for his past caieers, and the jiauper punished tor his. Suffering, under that theory, is but expia tion lor your own forgotten criniOb, and will be fully repaid by the cleanliness in which you will enter on the next stage, while en joyment is but roward,modcrated by its con comitant, the temptation to let the flesh win ag-un, and so recommence the round. JJcir is equality possible, or inequality un just, when grrile is a sign of the favor won from the all, and the Prince is reaping re T.ard, and the night soilman paying the penalty for the deeds of previous exis tence. There is not a particle of evidence for the hypothesis, which has against it, in a plnlos-ophic sense, the want of purpose in the total of existence; but it does explain the visible phenomena, and that in so modern a way that nothing would surprise n.s less than to see it adopted by great crouds who, in their passion of pity, accuse God of oppression because he suffers un earned pain to exist among mankind. Why should a child which has done nothing have epilepsy? THE GREATEST PROBLEM UNSOLVED. That is the perpetual half-formulated query ot modern philanthropy; aud Bi.ddhism, which leaves the greatest prob lem unsohed for instance, the use of the universe, which under its theory, is an ever revolting circle of inutilities spring from the All and reabsorbed into it docs resolve the problem which for a moment, vhen the Imagination of men has, as it were, become raw , presses sharply upon the excoriation. The theory rebuilds content with the uni-ver-c, and gels rid of puzzledom; and but for something in the average white mind w hich rejects it, because, w e fancy, it sug gests such inconceivable waste, a whofe universe gyrating like a dancing dervish to no end, it might become one of the preva lent creeds of Europe. It will have its career, too, if faith in a pcn-onal God dies out, for humanity will alwavs explore the whence and whither; and it the ultimate cause is either universal and eternal matter, or intangible and unde- signing spirit, the central thought of Buddhism is as good an explanation as man is likely to forge. There -will cornea time, too, when the great experiment of democracy has failed, as it probably will fail with unexpected .rapidity; wheu men will ask the reason of the failure, and many of them will find it in the contradiction between the idea of equality and the instinctive sense of justice which at leat assigns a superior reward to the good. Buddhism does do that. ASIATIC IDEAS Or MORALITY. "We wonder if the worst idea of Asia, that morality has no immutable basis, but is a fluctuating law dependent upon some inex plicable relation between the individual and the Creator, or the individual and the All, will ever come over here. The Indian holds that a line of conduct may be right for one man, or indeed imperative, but wrong for another, or indeed insufferable; that a world-wide law is unthinkable; and that each mail will be judged becauscof his obedience to some law external to himself, yet peculiar to his own personality. The King's obligation to the divine is not the peasant's; the ordinarv Brahmin must be monogamous, while the Koolin Brahmin may have UO wives; the trader may cheat where the carrier must keep contract; the usual Hindoo must si3re life, whije the Thug may take it and yet remain sinless. That opinion subverts the very foundations of morality and conduct; yet there arc subtle minds that hold it, and Europe once showed a curious tendencv in the same direction. Different moral laws were held to bind different classes a notion still surviving and active whenever the conduct of clergymen is called in question. "We have never been able to trace the genesis of that notion. which has been, as it were, intercalated into Hindooism. THK DOCTRINE OP IIELVLESSNESS. Nothing can be tolerable and yet outside that system. "We have little "fear of the idea in Europe, which recoils from it more cud more, tending always toward equality, at least iu fetters, be they for good or evil; but we have tome apprehension of the last Asiatic idea, which we shall mention as likely to be imported. This is the notion of man's irresponsibility for anything but his individual conduct, for the general system of things as it exists around him. That, says and thinks the Asiatic, is the work of superior powers, and no more to be modified than the procession of the seasons; and but" that human nature'Ts weak, he would no more resist it than a true Mussul man would effect an insurance on his ship. The submiss'veness of Asia to evils that could be remedied springs ultimately from that, and is, because of that, nearly in curable. The genuine Asiatic, uncorrupted by white teaching, considers that 'which is as the will of God, and leaves it to him to .alter. Why put a lightning conductor by the Moscjue? God, if he pleases, can take care ot his own; and if he does not please, ot what use to try and thwart his will? The Mussulman avowedly holds that theory, but there is not an Asiatic free of it, even the strong-willed Chinaman yielding to it almost, though not quite entirely. THE BELIEF NOT A PRESENT DANCER. The combative energy of the European, who when roused to consciousness will put up with nothing, and who has the stimulus of living npon a continent in which the Eowers of nature are comparatively feeble, as kept him from this soporific belief; but take away from him a little hope and the resistless strength of 'democracy may take some away, as it is doing from Americans or increase by a little his impression that preSsion ot all the more" rigid Calvinists uoa has no need ot human aid an mi- and Quakers and he would sink back, re luctantly but certainly, to the subruissive ness of Asia, amid which it is felt to be wrong even to lament the flood when supe rior forces made the waters swell. Wc shall not see it in our time, for the energy of the white races, whose reign is comparatively new, is still unexhausted, and they have the spirit of the Titans, who thought even Olympus might be stormed; but there are time's when ideas which soothe are readily received, and ideas which are readily received are terribly strong. The dream of the right of all men to everything they want, which is a mere thought unsupported by evidence, or rather, denied by the ever-present evidence that the earth yields food only in return for hu man sweat, and that every human being lives under sentence of capital punishment, is already shaking the very foundations of European society. Thought is stronger than armies, even when it is as baseless as the main thought of the Buddhist creed. A FAMINE NEARER HOME. Destitute Mexicans, Driven to Desperation, Murder a Speculator. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 22. W. T. Bobertson, the contractor for the construc tion of the Durango extension of the Mexi can International road, arrived here yester day. The destitution among the people of that section of Mexico, he says, is even worse than reported, the drought not hav ing yet been broken. The Government has removed temporarily the duty on corn on account of the famine, and large quantities are being shipped from the United States. The famished people, however, receive but little benefit in prices, as the corn falls in the hands of speculators, who put the price up. A few days ago a wealthy land owner liv ing near Torreon, named Baleras, received a big consignment of corn, the price of which he placed at ?4 per bushel. When the poor, starving cattle herders in the vicinity learned of his action, a mob of them got together, and proceeding to Bal eras' home, took him out and shot him to death. Every Friday The P.CO.C. devote to a sale for the poor people. To-day we give you one bargain in each department at about one-half regu lar prices." Bead this: Men's good overcoats made from heavy beavers, chinchillas and meltons, well made and linedjyou can buy one to-day for J4 95 Men's cassimere and cheviot suits, made up in sack ana cutaway style, neat patterns to select irom, only About 100 men's long overcoats at. 4 50 Sj 250 boys' suits (for boys aged 4 to 11) pleated or plain, at an even 1 00 A great line of men'spants, made irom stnpea cassimere, mixed cheviot and worsteds, s'.ripes, checks and plaids, 1 38 A genuine fur derby hat at only. 98 Onlv 48 cents for your choice irom 50 dozen men's random wool undershirts and drawers, only Boys' cape overcoats (sizes 4 to 14) al 48 ways sold at So, lor only 2 33 P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Cloth ing Company, corner Grant aad Diamond streets. Had Never Seen Kicycles. A couple of Pittsburg boys have just re turned from a bicycle trip through the mountains of Central Virginia. For two days they traveled througha country where the majority of the people have never seen a bicycle, and where about the only evidence of civilization to be found was a box of Marvin's Eagle Butter Crackers, which the proprietor of one of the back w oods hotels proudly displayed. "We have to drive 2-imilestothe railroad station to get 'em," he said, "butl'dgoafter 'em if the distance was 50 miles." That man couldn't locate Pittsburg on the map, but he knew a good thing when he saw it. If you don't believe it, try some of Marvin's Eagle Butter Crackers yourself, and see. Your grocer keeps them, cwfsu A Good Suggestion. If you have valuables keep them where they will be safe. The safe deposit vaults of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank, CO Fourth avenue, ofler you security, stron" vaults, penect ventilation, gooa light, spa cious coupon rooms, separate apartments for women. Boxes rented at ?3 and up ward. Mu-r More Cloak Bargains! Beal seal plush jackets, &7 50, $8 73, tO 75; real seal plush sacques,$i;i gj 510 50, ?19 75, 22 45 and un; cheapest ever offered, at Bosenbaum &. Co. 'f. y,'p OUTPUT FALLING OFF. The McDonald Production Drops a Tew Thousand Barrels. TWO FIFTH SAND WELLS COME IN. Interesting Developments Throughout tie Field Yesterday. THOSE SEA BOARD PIPE LINE RUMORS The total production of the McDonald oil field I ad declined yesterday to about 55,000 barrels. A few days ago it was making 00,000 barrels a day. A couple of good fifth sanders were reported yesterday, how ever, which may more than equal the amount which has fallen off from the old wells. The pipe lines were in good nape and an official stated that they were now able to take care of all the oil which would be produced for some time. The great trouble throughout the field is the lack of water which prevails everywhere. Water is almost as valuable as oil, and in some cases operators are compelled to lay liucs for a mile or more in order to get enough water to run their boil ers. One operator who has had a great deal of trouble on account of the scarcity of water said yesterday that he had been forced to pay 15 cents a rod for the right of way to lay a" water line across a farm. There are a few good water wells which are bringing their owners substantial incomes" one Pittsburg man is reported to be making ?18 a day off his water well and drinking water is also hard to obtain. There is very little of the water to be had which is palata ble. A restaurant keeper has been paying S4 a barrel for having the water used in cooking carried a mile, and unless they have relief soon business generally may have to be cuspended. The Fifth Sand Wells. The two wells which came in yesterday were Fertig & Conklin's venture on the Christy lot, below the railroad station. It is on top of the sand and flowing at the rate ot 45 or 50 barrels a day. This location is only 130 feet southwest of the Wheeling Gas Company's well, on the Cook lot, which took fire and burned while it was producing 125 barrels an hour. The Christy lot well is the farthest to the southwest in this part of the field. It may be drilled deeper into the sand some time to-day. The other well belongs to W. L. Mellon, and is located on the James Kecley farm, in the southwest end of the McCurdy pool, or four miles southeast of McDonald. It was reported yesterday afternoon to be doing about 110 barrels an hour. Shaffer & Co. 's well on the Smith lot, just northeast of the livery stable in the borough of McDonald, was drilled in the fifth sand yesterday afternoon,and although it is showing some oil it has not made any remarkable flows. Lig gett, Haymaker & Co.'s well on the Toward lot, which was good for 300 barrels a day in the Gordon sand, was doing 25 or 30 barrels an hour from the fifth sand yester day, and the owners were preparing to drill it deeper. It is only a short distance in the sand so far. This well is located about 1,000 feet north of the W. P. Bend well, at the Laurel Hill coal mines. It is just within the limits of the borough. The report that the Drnart lot well of George S. Martin & Co. was no good in the huh sand created something ot a surprise yesterdav. It is located only 500 or GOO feet southwest of Hays & Gartland's big No. 5 on the Miller farm. There were very few who did not believe it would be a fair well in the fifth sand. If it should prove to be an utter failure it will stand as an other proof of the spotted and unreliable nature of the rock running through the town of McDonald. The Druart well is almost on a line between the Miller No. 5 and the Boyal Gas Company's No. 3 Sautcrs and the Short lot well of Leoomte & Vallilee. Both of these were big wells, and they are not over 1,000 feet almost southwest of the Druart. Agitated and Increased. The Devonian Oil Company agitated its No. 1 on the Elliott farm yesterday, located on the western edge of developments back of McDonald. They brought its produc tion up from 80 to 250 barrels an hour. This well is looked upon as one of the most promising in the field, as they get oil in the top of the fifth sand and every time it has been hit it instantly jumps its production to a high figure. Their No. 2, on the same farm, is down 1,700 feet, and should be in the Gor don Dy juonaay. xneir iayaii jno. 4 may be finished up the latter part of next week. There has been little change in their Nos. 2 and 3 Fayalh Forst & Greenlee were only 10 or 12 feet above the fifth sand yesterday afternoon in their No. 4 on the Mevey farm. No. 3, on the Mevey, which is located only a couple of hundred feet from No. 4, should be in the pay some time to-night or to-morrow. Their No. 2, on the same farm, is not far behind No. 3 and should reach the last sand by Monday afternoon. No. 1, on the Mevey, w"ls agitated yesterday afternoon, and its pro duction was increased from 225 to 300 bar rels 3n hour. This w ell, although not a month old, has produced something like 150,000 barrels, and may yet produced as much more. Nearing the Fifth. Guffey, Murphy & Co. expect to reach the fifth sand to-day in their No. 1, on the Morgan farm. The'ir Ne. 1, on the Wallace farm, half a mile southwest of the Baldwin, is almost to the filth sand. No. 1, on the Hopper, is nearly finished, and their No. 2, on the Sturgeon heirs' farm, may get the fifth to-morrow or Mondav. Guckert & Steele's No. 2, on the Miller farm, is through the Gordon and will be com pleted before many days. The Herron No. 2 of Guffey, Murphy, Jennings & Co., which has been shut down on top of the fifth sand for several days, may be drilled into to-day. Their No. Ion th'e Matthews heirs' property is in the Big Injun sand. Their No. 3 on the Bell farm should be in the Gordon sand to-morrow. George Davis & Co.'swellou the Stevens lot in the northeastern part of the borough of McDonald was reported last night to be showing for a 125-barrel well in the Gordon sand. The Boyal Gas Company's No. 4, on the Sautcr's farm, was reported last night to be showing rather light in the fifth sand. One of the owners, however, stated that it was delayed bya fishing job and was not deep enough in the sand to denote the capacity of the well. The Mary Bobb well, belonging to the same company, was re ported to nave laiien ou to about 70 barrels an hour. A n Unfonndod Rumor. There was a report la st night that tho Slaughterhouse well of Hatry & Fisher, back of Oakdale, was making 110 barrels an hour from the fifth sand. This report was incorrect, as the well is only drilling in the Gordon sand, and has 100 feet of oil in the hole. The Forest Oil Company's No. 2, on the Herron farm, which tras shot" with 100 quarts of glycerine will not make more than a 75 or 80 barrel well. The Etta Glenn No. 1, and E. W. Glenn No. 1, belonging to the same company, are in the Gordon and flow ing nicely. They have bren shut down to move the boilers and make connections. Their Shaffer No. 1 will get the fifth sand probably to-day. In the McCurdy Pool. In the lower end of the McCurdy field Hoffman & Co.s No. 2, on the Moore" farm, was drilling in the fifth sand last night. Freed & Millispn's No. 1, on the Shaffer farm, located 1,000 feet from the Forest Oil Company's Wright farm well, is drilling on top of the fifth sand. Gardiner & Co.'s No. 2 Mertz should reach the fifth sand this afternoon. .thead ol SloOonuIiI. The Wheeling Gas Company is drilling at 1,500 feet on the W. B. Morehead farm, three-quarters of a mile southwest of the Bend well. This company has over 2,000 acres under Jease, which in part comprises 000 acres of the Bobbins land, the J. t Gladden, the Scott and the three George farms. A Bis Bonus Paid. Allen McConnell has sold to Howard Thompson, Captain Peter Grace, Bob Eoy and W. L. Curtis a three-quarter interest in the Miller, Allen and Brown farms for 5110 an acre and an eighth royalty. This prop erty is located southwest half a mile from the W. KJlendwelL The Combination Broken. It is reported that the combination of drilling tool manufacturers has been broken up on account of a number of firms cutting prices. Some of them, it is said, have been selling below cost, and startling develop ments in this branch of business are looked' for within a few weeks. Itntler County Wells. Zelienople Golden & Connors com pleted a well on the Schriever farm yester day which is making ten barrels an hour. It "is located about 400 feet north of Steel & Co.'s well on the Staufferfarm. Guckert & Steel's No. 2 on the Stauffer is 800 feet deep. Their No. 1 on the same farm is doing 100 barrels a day, and the Eicholtz No. 1, which is a month old, is doing 100 barrels also. That Seaboard Pipe Line. The old rumors relative to the construc tion of a seaboard pipe line in opposition to the Standard Oil Company have been re vived recently. They have been published in some of the Pittsburg papers and tele graphed abroad. The latest story goes that Andrew Carnegie and W. L. Mellon are building the line. The capitaliza tion is given as 81,000,000 and the capacity as 40,000 barrels of oil a dav. " The Pittsbnrg representatives ot .Mr. Carnegie were seen yesterday anu denied the report in every particular. Mr. Mellon is in Philadelphia and his repre sentatives would not discuss the matter. An experienced pipe line man said that a seaboard line could not be built for less than 51,800,000. Gnuges of the Wells. The gauges of the wells per hour yester dav was as follows: Mathews, 323; Bell No. 1, 100; No. 2, 190; Herron, 185; Baldwin, 150; Elliott No. 1, 100; No. 3, 150; Sam Sturgeon, 140; Forst & Greenlee, No. 1 Mevev, 275; Miller, Nos. 3 and 5, 150; Miller, No. 1, 100; No. 1 Elliott, Devonian Oil Company, 200; Fayall, No. 3, C5; M. Bobb, 70; Sturgeon heirs, 25; Gamble. 40; Charlier, 20; Bowman & Co.,"90. Yesterday's Market Features. , There appeared to bo no orders, and the market was weak accordingly. McDonald was, as usual, the bearish factor. There was a sale of 5,000 barrels cash at 5Sc. Novem ber opened at 59e; highest, COJc: lowest, Bnc; close, 59c. Rellned at New l'ork was ma'iked down to G2.'i0.40c, but was un changed elsewhcie. Daily average runs, 103. 411 barrels; daily average shipments, 86,503 barrels. Oil Crrv, Oct. 22 National Transit certifi cates opened at5'JJc; highest, COic: lowest, 69c; closed, fcOe: wiles 31,100 barrels; clear ances, 43,000 barrels: shipments, 85,376 bar rels; runs. 139 742 barrels. Bradford, Oct. 22 National Transit cer tificates opened at 00c: closed at S9c; high est, COc; lowest, B9c; clearances, 326,000 barrels. Clevelattd, Oct. 22. Petroleum quiet: snow white, 110. 6Jc; 74 gasoline, 7c; 86 gaso line, 10c: G3 naphtha, CC New York. Oct. 21 Petroleum opened Arm and after dee inlng ia advanced e and then reacted c and closed steady. No vember option Opening, iEP,ip highest. 60c: lowest. 59c; closing, D9c. Total sales, 67,0C0 barrels. CATS TEAINED TO BETBD3VE. A "Well-Known Citizen of Indianapolis Utilizing Them as Setters. Indianapolis, Oct. 22. Charles Wal cott, a well-known business gentleman of this city, and a splendid rifle shot, h3s two cats which retrieve small game better than the best trained dog. One is a tiger-striped, half Maltese cat, and the other is a cat of black, white and gray. Mr. Walcott also has a thoroughly trained retriever, and the cats and dogs are inseparable companions. Whenever Mr. Walcott makes his appear ance with his rifle the cats set up a series of yowls, and when the Title is sighted, for In stance at a sparrow the cats will crouch in eager expectation, lashing their sides with their tails and carefully watching every movement of the fated bird. If the bird lodges among the branches in its fall, like a flash the cats spring lip the tree, and they will take great risks in reaching the limbs to which it clings. Mr. Walcott is very fond of household pets. The first named cat came to him a stranger, and by that name she is known. The mother cat was accidentally taught to retrieve. While Mr. Walcott was in fee ble health and confined to his premises he amused himself by shooting sparrows, which were given to Stranger to eat, and this way she came to follow him whenever she saw the gun. She will follow a wound ed bird from tree to tree, and from house to house, sometimes for blocks away, and she seldom fails in retrieving it. The other cat is one of her progeny, and he caught the retrieving contagion from her. Both are excellent hunters. Mr. Walcott is firmly of the belief that if cats are properly trained they will make better re trievers than the finest dogs. AN ENGINESB'S EBR0B. It Results in a Terrific Boiler Explosion and the 1.05s of Sis Lives. Matville, N. D., Oct. 22. A terrible thrashing machine accident occurred here on a division of the Grandin farm. The boiler of the thrashing machine broke and six men were killed. Their names were M. N. Ersbergcr, Hals Baarstad, Al March, A. W. Blowers, Will iam Clark and one unknown man. The ex plosion was due to cold water being forred into a heated boiler when the water was low. Rachel Johnston's Brother Huntinjr Her. The Department of Charities yesterday received a request from T. H. Johnston, of Charleston, W. Va., for information of a sister whom he has not seen for 23 years. The records show that Bachel Amanda Johnston, aged 6 years, had been at the farm from April 3, 1868, until August 7. 1869, when she was adopted by a Mrs. Clark, of Wilkinsburg. That is all the in formation that could be furnished by the department. A Wrecked Freight Train Horned. Milan, Tenn., Oct. 21. Two freight trains running at full speed ran into each other at Bardwell Hill, Tenn., on the Illi nois Central Bailroad, yesterday. A car of oil exploded, setting fire to the train. Three cars of merchandise were destroyed, the two engines demolished, tho track on both sides of the wreck wus burned for 500 feet, and the wood for a rhile. The loss is esti mated at 200,000. One of the engineers was badly hurt. Jfot Enough Kaln for the Money. Houston, Tex., Oct, 22. One of the ranchmen who put up his money to induce the rainmakers to experiment in Southwest Texas says that after three days and nights of continual bombarding only a small shower of a few moments fell, which was followed by a cold norther and clear sky. The test wasmade on the explosive theorv, with dynamite, cotton and combustible balloons. A Montana Post office Robbed. Fergus Falls, Minn., Oct. 22. Infor mation was received here this morning that the postoffice at Crookston was broken into and robbed at 3 o'clock this morning. Stamps, registered letters and money orders to the amount of $3,500 and S100 in cash was taken, itro men are suspected of the crime. k A Good Suggestion. If-you have valuables keep them where they will be safe. The safe deposit vaults of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank, CG, Fourth avenue, ofler you securitv, strong vanlts, perfect ventilation, good light, spa cious coupon rooms, separate apartments for women. Boxes rented at 55 and up ward. MWP AN EXILE'S ESCAPE. The Pitiful Story Told by a Enssian Who Is Now in Canada. CUTTING ODT A TATTOOED MARK. Terrible Sufferings of Political Prisoners in the Mines. I10W A NEWSPAPER WAS JESSED Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 22. A Vancouver, B. C, dispatch says that one of 'the passen gers by the Empress of India from Hong kong to that port had a tale of terrible suf fering to relate, such indeed as few in Can ada have ever experienced. Scarcely yet has he recovered from the effects of his long period of misery and privation. Shortly after the Empress of India had reached there it was learned that a stow away who was an escaped exile from Sibe rian prisons had been found soon after the vessel put to sea. This man, Demetrius Konoplitsky by name, was seen soon after ward. He could speak a little, English, but not sufficient to make himself clearly under stood. One would expect to meet a man who, though perhaps now in adverse cir cumstances, w ould have the bearing of one who formerly had been a leader among men, but, instead, this poor man's spirit seemed completely broken. His face was almost colorless, his eyes were sunk, and his voice was weak and listless. He was a mere shadow of what ho had been. He was of fair complexion, of medium height, with light moustache, and apparently about 50 years of age. SUPPRESSING A NEWSPAPER. Among those aboard the ship was J. Han sop Taylor, the storekeeper, who before joining the ship had been a reporter on the Belfast Teleqraph. Mr. Taylor during the voyage, through Mr. Smith, one of the quartermasters, who speaks French and German, quite fluently, learned many de tails of the exile's h'istory- Konoplitsky had said that he was born in 1834 in Kozan. He had been a printer, afterward a soldier, and had then gone into a lawyer's office. This lawyer established a democratic news paper, the name of which when translated means "The will of the people," and Konop litskv was one of the cnmnoRitnrs- This publication could scarcely be called Nihil istic, although it was most democratic in its views. Itssuppression was at last ordered by the Russian Government, and one day every body connected with it, 79 in all, "were ar rested and held for trial. The editor, two reporters, and the foreman of the compos itors Were executed. The others were obliged to walk to Moscow, a journey often days, w-here their trial was held. Some of the prisoners were sentenced to exile for life, hut the majority for 15 years. condemned to the mines. For two years they lingered in Russian prisons. Then they were taken by steamer up the "Volga to Perm, and from" there to Teemen by train. From there they went to Tobolsk, and from there a party of some GOO exiles, men and women, were marched overland across the wilds of Siberia to Krasnoyarsk, a place about 150 miles from the month of the Yenesei. Here Konoplit sky was condemned to work in the gold mines. Six years of untold suffering fol lowed. Fourteen of the men were shackled together, working far below ground in al most total darkness. They all slept In a room about 6 feet by 9 on bare planks, with one a little higher for a pillow. They be gan work at 7 A. m. in the winter time", and finished at 7 p.m., and in summer time they worked from 4 A. M. to 7 p. jl, with only one hour's" intermission, from 1 to 2 o'clock. They cot but One meal a day, and that consisted of black bread and water, and on Sundays fhey were allowed a small portion of canned beef. About as many Cossack3 as convicts stood guard at the mouth of the pit to absolutely bar all possible means of escape. Any complaints were punished most rigorously, and on one occasion Ko noplitskv was stripped, with the exception of a belt around his waist, and shackled to a rock and left exposed to the cruel Siberian climate -for 24 hours, simply for stating to the overseer that he was not quite com fortable. the desperate escape. At last the hour to escape arrived. Fourteen of them were working in the one shift all shackled together. With a stone Konoplitsky managed to remove the anklets. The same opportunity of escape was offered to the others, but he only, so far as he knows, availed himself of it. To Vladivos tock, the eastern seaport of Siberia, was a long journey, but he undertook it, and, after weeks of suffering, reached it in Au gust. One of the other prisoners had man aged to keep his passport by him during all these years, and he had given it to Kono plitsky to aid him, if possible, on the way to liberty. At Vladivostock it had to be shown to a Russian official. Upon the pass port the description of the rightful owner was given. The refugee almost corre sponded with the description given, but Konoplitsky had a tattoo mark of Christ beariug the cross upon his forearm, while the passport particularly pointed out that there were no ta' too marks upon the per son to wnom tne passport naa Deen given. The case was a desperate one and required a desperate remedy. With an ordinary claspknife Konoplitsky cut the piece of flesh from the arm. The scar is not yet healed. At Vladivostock he worked a pass age on the Tagasakimaru, a Japanese steam er, to Nagasaki, a trip of seven days. For four days he remained in Nagasaki. To Yokohama was a fourdays' trip in the Kobe Maru. In Yokohama he remained 1C days, but the greater part of that time was spent in the hospital. When the Empress of In dia left for Vancouver he got on board and hid in a life-boat and did not make himself known until after the ship was out of sight of land. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. The crip is epidemic In parts of Prance. Fourthousand cases of tho grip exist in Lemberg, a town In Gallcia. The new play, "Pamela's Prodigy," was a complete fiasco in London. Tho Kentneky Bankers' Association was organized at Louisville "Wtdnesday. Many missionaries are falling victims to a cholera epidemic at Amoy, China. The talk of a B. & O. extension to and be yond the Mississippi lias been resigned. Wholesale druggists in session at Lonis ville, are discussing the substitute evil. Ex-Senator Ingalls was taken suddenly ill, ui. Liiu iiumu vi 1113 luitmr, Xj. j.. Xllgails, at Haverhill, Mass. Governor Northcn, of Georgia, has vetoed the school bill, involving an appro priation of $1,200,000. Itns'ia is withdrawing hor troops from I$eparabia on account 01 wretched accom- dationu and typhus. Prince Bismarck will mako a speech in the Kcichstag defendiug his policy, accord ing to the Paris Figaro. Giave fears are entertained for the Guion Atlantic liner Wisconsin, which is oveidue at Queenstown. Tho American Tin Plato Comnany, of Anderson, Ind.. ha concluded contracts for the erection of buildings. Italians captured tho Marquis dt Grimaldi several days ago, since which time he lias not been henrd from. Tiio North German Lloyd Steamship Com- fiany will open an experimental steamship ine from New York to Genoa. A. L. Snowden, tho new United States Minister, to Servia, Greece and Knumania, presented his credentials atBelgmde yester day. Two unknown Itussians, lately arrived, were found dead In bed, asphyxiated by gas, at No. 02 KIdridge street, New York City, eaily yesterdaymorning. Isaac William Love, 43 years old, an in-ano broker at the Bloomingdale Asvlum, I Now Yoik, plunged Into a bath tub of boil ing water ana received iatal injuries. The schooner Albert Woodberry, of Beverly, Mass., that sailed the latter nart of August for the Cape Shore cod fisheries, has notioturned. and is believed to have been lost, with Iier 10 men, In the gale ot Septem ber fland 7. The trustees of Ellzahethtown, Kv., have sued the Chesapeake and Sonthern Railroad Companv and tho Xowport News and Missis sippi Railroad Cpmpany for$200,000 damaces bv tile removal of the companies shons froin that town. Smallpox has made its appearance in the Italian nuarter of Trenton, N.J., and tlie Health Officer fears it will become eni demic. It is now known there are se"en cases, and it is feared many Italians have been exposed to infection. It is now believed that the sudden death Wednesday night, in Chicago, of Captain Adolplms Alvarez.thc discoverer of a sewago disinfectant which ha was endeavorlne to introduce there, was not a case of either murder or suicide, but that it resulted from heart disease. The manner of the new Russian loan gives all the advantage to small applicants. Subscribers applying for from one to four nonds will receive ono bond; those applying for from five to nine bonds will receive two bonds, and so on, while the largest appli cants will receive only 7Jpcr cent of the number applied for. Fcur months ago Martha Rowley, of Os wald, la., was stricken with paralvsN, which rendeied her life burdensome. Medical aid proved unavailing, and she was obliged to travel with a crutch. While out walkinsc Wednesday she heard a whip crack behind her. and, badly frightened, threw away the crutch and ran home screaming. The monument recently erected by the States of Maine, Vormont." Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Connecticut. New Yorlr. New- Jersey, Dela ai e.Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michi gan and Minnesota, at the 'highwater mark of the rebellion," at Gettvsburg, was to havo been dedicated on Iliel9th of November, but the event has been postponed until next summer. OEDEE OF ANNUAL FBIEHDS. Members Will Not Keallze Fire Per Cent on Money Invested. The members of the defunct Order of Annual Friends in this vicinity have re ceived a circular from the committee who have been investigating the affairs of the order. They report that from a personal examination of the books that the interests of the order were not properly cared for by the past Supreme officers. The present offi cers have made an honorable effort to save the order from ruin, but.if the present as signment is permitted to stand, the mem bers will not realize o per cent ot the sum actually paid in. If representatives of the various lodges can be brought together at once to formulate a plan ,it is thought the members can be protected and the order saved from financial ruin. The committee issued a call for a meeting, to be held in Boston ou Wednesday, October 28, and ask for a delegate from "each lodge to assist in the work. The call is signed by the five members of the committee repre senting nine lodges. It's the best selling thing on onr shelves is what druggists say of Salvation Oil. 25c. Don't be so cross ! It's the small stones in your path that will trip you, or be the cause of a broken limb or a sprained ankle. The large ones you avoid by giving them a wide berth. This applies to everybody. A sick headache to-day; sleeplessness last night; a little nervous some other day; sour stomach or a slight touch of dyspepsia; may be, from too rich a meal, etc., etc., small stones in your path. May go pleasantly at first, but they are bound, if allowed to continue, to work serious harm. Remove the cause to-day. Don't destroy the peace and happiness of your household by your crabbed tem per, resulting from dyspepsia. It is not necessary to become a vegetarian and observe strict rules of diet, to be cured. Dyspepsia is caused when too much starchy food is taken into the system; then the healthy functions are arrested, fermentations occur, ac companied by more or les physical and mental depressions, due to the local irritation and the absorption of noxious materials. All this trouble fades away, like night before day, by using the genuine Johann HofTs Malt Extract. Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole Agents, 6 Barclay Street, New York. Look out for counterfeits. The "genuine" must have the signature of "Johann Hoff" on the neck of every bottle. STEAMERS AND .EXCURSIONS'. inTE"sTARLlxi& For Queenstown and Liverpool. Royal and United States JIail steamers. Britannic, Oct. 28. lOamlliritannScNor. 25,S:30am Majestic. Nov. 4. 7 a m I'MaJcstlc. Dec. 2. 5:30am Germanic. Nov. 11.10 amlGermanle, Dec. 9.11:30 am Teutonic. Nov. IS, 7 a uii'Ttutonlr, Dec.lS. 5:30 am From White Star dock, foot or Weat Tenth stieet. Second cabin on these steamers. Saloon rates. $50 and upward. Second cnbin $35anu $10. Excursion tickets on favorable terms. Steerage, fro;n or to old country, $20. White Star drafts payable on demand in all the prin;ipal banks throughout Great Britain. Apply to JOHN J. McCORMICK.EJO and 411 Smithfeld St.. Pittsburg, or H.MA1T- LAND KERSEY, General Agent, 23 Broad-was-, New York. oc15-d ALLAN LINE KOYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS. Glasgow to Philadelphia, VIA DEIUtr ami ALW.YY. The most direct route from Scotland and North and Middle of Ire land. ACCOMMODATIONS UNSURPASSED. Intermediate, S30. Steerafte, 91). eTTc ) SERVICE OF 5''c- f AJULAXIvIXB LINE ) STEAMSHIPS. .Ns.ffTOEK.lSI) GLASGOW. ia Londonderry, evcrr Fortuight. 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SEMPLE. 110 Federal St., Allcghenv. apS-ll-MWr GRAY or FADED UU3 RISTORtD 1u youthful color and beautj bj DR. HITS1 Him HtalTH. He- moves dandruff and scalp humors, hoes not rtaln skin or Ilnen. Ht. Mfert, mo.t cleanlT dmwinff. nrnpefeta 80c. ,yvf t.in"MviT.K . T,rtSi:,. . n.ia. imotW bO-UDy jus. ii-usailNG & SONS, and dca gist", jny252-w . GHE POUND hmio-ml I A A GAIN OF A POUND A DAY IN THE CASE OF A MAN WHO HAS BECOME "ALL RUN DOWN," AND HAS BEGUN TO TAKE THAT REMARKABLE FLESH PRODUCER, TT'S mm OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH Hypophosphites of Lime &Soda IS NOTHING UNUSUAL. THIS FEAT has been performed over and over again. Palatable as milk. En dorsed by Physicians. Sold by all i URUGGISTS. AVOID SUBSTITUTIONS AND IMITATIONS. OH WELL SUPPTJZ3. M. V. TAYLOR, OIL, WT3TX, sxxeeitje:s. The Celebrated ALLISON TUBING AND CASING ALWAYS IN STOCK. .ROOMS 33 and 36 Fidelity buildinsr. Phone 797. Jy25.1-D k Forge and Machine Shop And Manufacturers of OILand ARTESIAN WELLDRILLING AND FISHING TOOLS, Cor.Twenty-First St. and A.V.B.R. Telephone No. 1223. JPITTSBJLTieG, IA. jal-3-n STANDARD OIL CO., PITTSBURG, PA. BRANCH OFFICES: Standard Oil Co., Wheeling, VT. T, Standard Oil Co., Cumberland, ML, Standard Oil Co., Altoona, Pa.; Capital City Oil Co., Harnsbnrff, Fa. We manufacture for home trade the lines grades of lubricating and illuminating oils. Our facilities are such that our statement that we furnish all oils standard tor quality everywhere cannot be disputed. OUR KEFIXED OIL LIST: Water White, 150. Prime White, 130. Standard White, 110. Ohio Legal Te3t. Ohio Water White Legal Test Carnadine (red), 150 Test. OUte, 150 Test. OUR JTAPTIIA LIST: Deodorized Kaptha for varnish makers . painters and printers. Gas Kapthas for gas companies. Deodorized Stove Fluid for vapor stove burners. Fluid, 71 gravity, for street lamps, burn ers and torches. Gasoline, SG, S3 and 90 gravity for gas ina. chines. OUE LUBRICATING OIL LIST Includes the finest brands of Cylinder, Engine, and SIncbinery Oils. Spindle, Dynamo, 300 Mineral Seal, Neutral Oils, itinera' Oils, Wool Stocks. Farafllne Oil, Parafflne "W ax. Summer and Cold Test Black Oils. Signal and Car Oils. Mica Axle Grease, Railroad and Mill Grease and Arctic Cup Grease. Where It 13 moie convenient, yon may order from our Branch Offices, from which points deliveries will be made. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, Cor. Duqtiesne Way and Eighth Street myl9-D PITTSBURG, PJU, CIIIZMCAX. DOCTO ITTi 814 PEUN AVENUE, PITTSBURG. FA. As old residents know and back flies ot Pittsburg papers prove, is the- oldest estab lished and most prominent physician in tha city, dovoting special attention to all chronic Ssesre-N0 FEF. UNTIL CURED sponsible Mr Df) I !Q and mental dis persong. 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Patient at a distance as carefully treated as if here. Office hours, 9 A. M.M8 p. h. Sunday, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. only. DR. WHITXIEB, U Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. iaS49-Bairk WEAK MEN l" --"M .-.J.. -.- IS CALLED TO THE eiUAT E3TQLISH niJIZDT, TUOX MAfflC TXAM H1C Gray's Specific Medicine IrlV.OUSUFEER ff ; vous IH'bilm. eakness oiaoar BooKTiniii jmriTizxiand Mind. Spermatorrhea, and Impotencr, and all diseases that arise from over indulgence and self-abuse, as Loss of Memory and Power. Dimness or Vision. Premature Old Age. and many other diseases that lead to Insanity or Consumption and an early grave, write for our pamphlet. . Address GRAT MEDICINE CO., Buffalo. N. T. The Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists atft per package, or si v packages for $5, or sent by mall onrecelptofmoney.ilir nt I ARflNTFF. and witli every $ ".TV? " -? '--''---'-t-.a nnlaT tiii m innnuv rtfliniltf1. O0n account of counterfeits we have aaoptea the Yellow Wrapper, the only genuine. Sold la Pittsburg bvS. S. HOLLAND, cor. smithlleld and Liberty its. Jeas-91-Mwreoso DOCTORS LAKE SPECIALISTS in all cases r ulruig scientillc and confl. en tUt treatment. Dr. S. K. Lake, M. R. a P. S., is the old est and most experienced spe cialist in tho city. Consulta tion free and strictly confi dential. Office hours 2 to i and 7 to 8 r. M.; Sundays, 2 to 4 p. M. Consult them person ally, or write. Doctors t.aitx, cor. Penn ay. aad 4th st, Pittsburg, Pa. jti-n-otrit VIGOR OF 1TOJ Easily, QnlcWy, Permanently HESTOHED, . wnKlS. NERVOUSNESS. DEBILITY. and .UI the train of ctIIs, the results of overwork, sickness, worry, etc. ull strength, development, aud tone guaranteed in all cases. Simple, natural methods. Immediate Improvement seen. Follara Impossible. 2,0tt' references. Book, explanation and proofs mailed (sealed) Tree. Address iilOE 31KDICAL CO., UCI'I'ALO.N. Y. ielO-tl Battering tea the effects ot vonthfol errrm early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, eta, I will send a valuable treatise (sealed) ctalatBg fall particulars for home care, FREE ot charge. A splendid medical work: should be read by even man who Li n'rvoui and debilitated. Adores! IT" . w , ,wvuuu. VUOA ER Jg J JbsJ dWl-Dauvvrlc
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