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Special Tor Christmas.
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L pold watches at $12 and '14.
solid
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i. pins at S3, $4 and So.
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I? VEKY article Bold warranted" represented and
j at low prices to all.
LADIES' fine solid gold or 11 k-goldJUled watchei
atjl 13andl6.
TYIAMOXDS a speclaltv; Bne diamond rings,
XJ scarf pins and studs from 5 up.
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tains 626 page, bcautlfullv illustrated, is a
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CHOICE PROPERTIES.
FOR SALE.
AN HE3A3T
EEfflf IYIDB MICE
XXAB
Lang Ave,, East Etid
A two-story anaVrnansard Drtek-TesMenee, ,
15 rooms, center hall, rear porches, large
stable -with carrlagehouse, -with two finished
4wtlllnjrroom and-complete laundry.
Lot 171x500,
Corrrod-irltlj Iralt and ornamental trees,
Till he told Tar the remarkahly low prioaof
$3S,O00.
Thistsalovclj-honra for a. sulUij luau,
ted the location one ofthe test in the city
la the rcldst of the old homestead properties
cf oar
FIRST FAMILIES.
Sl&csmreEteaMoP. 3.B. aaA Duuuesn
Eao.
BLACK & BAIRD,
Ko. 95 Fonrtb. ATBma.
dclSTocvm
SIEdlJLZD'Z'SIIDIE
S12;BOO.
.EASY TERM&
Modern Brick House of 12 Rooms.
Euhstantlally trails handsomely finished
and complete In every rc-pect Must ho
told c.nlck, as owner Is leaving city. Lot IG)
sl.
LIGGETT BEOS,
delVS7-wxa 71 Diamond st
FOR SALE.
iimcTiiNs s
BEN VENUE, P. R. ft.
TwenUeth Wari
Cheap to quick buyer.
BLACK & BAIRD,
No, 95 Fourth Ave,
dcl943-wn
FOR SALE.
FSGDEBN DWELLING.ALLEGHENYl
Fins appearance, almost new, 8 rooms,
fcath, laundry, latest fixtures,
ONLY $11,000.
Ot cno of tho main avenues, nar the parks.
(17). W. A. HERKOX & bONS,
del5-47-15,20,S5 80 Fourth avenue.
$11,500 SHADYSIDE.
Hindscmo new Queen Anne style trick
dwelling, llrooms andreception hall; parlor,
dininerooxn, library and kitchen on first
Soon hardw cod mantel", tile hearths, laun
drv, cemented cellar, pood heater, etc.; lot
(0x140 feet; in very deMrah'e neighborhood,
one square from street car line.
M. T. IIirXXE & CO..
deSO 9 TT3U 9J Fourth avenue.
Stone Front Dwelling,
$5,500, Oakland.
On asphalt paved and sewered street,
close to Fifth avenue cable and Dnquene
electuc lines, containing efcrht rooms, hatli,
lnide r. c and shutters, both cases, porch,
etc All convenience Terms to suit. A
bargain. JL F. IIiri'LE & CO.,
dc20-87-TTsu 93 Fourth avenue.
rro LET
fetore. M6 TTood street; lmmediato ponies
rion: M-acre form near JIcKeenport: 2 offices
x-ltli largo vault. Apply EOOM 20. Bissell
Block. de20-l
8 Per Cent City Mortgages.
Wccan take care or a few more cood ac
counts and net yon S per cent on city raort
Rapcs and city 'and county warrants with
perfect safety. Our business Is limited and
conservative, and we take only such as we
can personally Attend to. For pETtieularB
address THOMAS & COMPANY,
deZO-131-RQ Xacomft, Wash,
NEW ADYKKTIBEMKNTS.
FOR SALE.
ESTSTL
536,000 SEVENTH AYE.,nesrnrth
field street, frame building. Ziot 31x110.
(g67)
$30,000 SIXTH AVE., near Bmlthfield
street, brick dwelling of bont 10 rooms.
1-ot SOillO feet to alley. (g 60)
532,000 SIXTH AVE., n Bmlthfield
street.three-story brick dwellinpof 6 rooms,
hall, etc. Lot 26i90. (g 68)
560,000 SIXTH AVE., near Bmlthfield,
two three-story bricks 40x110 to alley, (g 50)
562,000 SIXTH AVE., corner Cherry
alley, 2 brick housei. Lot 62x96. "Will
sell separate. (g 68)
520,000 FIFTH AVE, near Emithfield
street, three-story business house. Lot -Ox
110 to alley. (g 41)
512.500 SECOND AVE., three-story brick
building. Lot 21x160, through to First
avenue. (g 64)
530,000 "WATER ST., corner of Short,
three-story brick building suitable for lisht
manufacturing or business purposes. Lot
80x160, through to First avenue. (g 26)
535.000 DIAMOND ST., iibor Smith-
field, three-story brick buildingj good loca
tion lor attorney oHcei. Lot 20x03 to
alley. (g 10)
530,000 SailTHFiET.D ST., near First
avenue, three-story brick business house.
Lot 20x70 to alley. (g 62)
560,000 SMITHBTELD SZ,ntx Sixth
nvenue, brick building. Lot 24x60, (g 68)
525,000 EOSS ST., near Fifth Tenne, 3
dwellings. Lot 40x69. (g 3)
58,000 EOSS ST., near Fourth avenue, a
brick dwelling. Lot 20x48. Terms, one-
third cash. (g 2)
580,000 for all. EOSS ST. and THIRD
AVE, 2 three-story manufacturing build
ings; 2 three-story dwellincs and oil ware
house. "Whole rents for 53,000. This is a
good investment Lot 72x85. (g 29)
548,000 GRANT ST., near Fifth avenue,
4 two-story brick buildings of storeroom
and dwelling. Also, in rear, 4 one-story
brick dwellings. Lot 48 by about 115. (g 69)
516,000 GRANT ST., near Sixth avenue,
brick and frame building. Lot 20xS0. (g 70)
520,000 GRANT ST., near First avenue,
three-story brick business house, storeroom
and 14 dwelling rooms. Lot 20x60. Good
location for a hotel. (g 17)
515,000 P,ENN AVE, near Third street,
a three-story brick dwelling" of 12 rooms.
Lot 20x111 to alley. (g 9)
550,000 PENN AVE. and EIGHTH ST.,
three-story brick of 12 rooms. Lot 25x110.
(g31)
PENN AYE, near Ninth street., one-
-etorv frame building, and 3 three-story
brick dwellings. Lot 37x110 feet (gS3)
575,000 for all. PENN AVEL, near
Ninth street, brick building of store and 9
dwelling rooms. Also, 2 brick dwellings of
.7 rooms cash. Lot 66 feet front (g 35)
PENN AVE., near Ninth trt, corner
property, 2 brick dwellings of 10 and 12
rooms each. "Lot 43x100. (g32)
550,000 LIBERTY and TWELFTH STS
a three-story brick building. Lot 96x100.
(see)
512,000 LTBERTX AYR, Bear Four
teenth street, 20 houses, frame (table, 2
offices. Lot 30x100 to alley. (g 11)
525,000 LIBERTY AVE, near Tenth
street, three-story brick business house.
Lot 19 by about 100. (g 67)
532,000 SEVENTH ST., near Penn
avenue, lot 40x60. Fine business site, (g 37)
575,000 SEVENTH ST., near Penn
avenue, lot 71 feet front by 100 deep and
100 in rear. (g 36)
560,000 EIGHTH ST., between Penn
avenue and Dnquesne way, a large church
building. Lot 80xS5. (g 1)
520,000 EIGHTH ST., riearPenn avenue,
three-story brick dwelling of 16 rooms.
Lot 20sS5, with privilege of side alley.
This is a. cood investment (g 23)
522,000 NINTH ST., near Penn avenue,
four-story brick dwelling and large store
Toom with plate-glass window; fiat of 4
rooms and w. a on second floor; flat of 5
rooms and w. c on third floor; flat of 5
rooms and w. c on fourth floor; both gases
throughout. (g 24)
516,000 NINTH ST., near Peon, avenue,
three-story brick dwelling of 10 rooms.
Lot 20x100. (g 25)
54,000 FAYETTE SrVntar-Hlnth street,
two-story brick dwelling of 4 rooms: out
buildings. Lot 16x55. (g 15)
$7,008 STRA"WBEREY AIjIiCT. near
Cherry, double brick dwelling of 6 'rooms
on each side. Lot x4U. (g 44)
57,000 CHERRY ALLEY, near Seventh
venue, brick dwelling of 4 roomsumd base
ment kitchen. Lot 20x69. (g 43)
513,000 CHERRY ALLExVtarSeventh
vcnue, 2 brick dwellings of 8 rooms each.
Lot 36x63. (g 61)
524,000 VTEGTN ALLEY,eorner Cherry,
5 brick dwellings of about 6 rooms each.
Lot24H10. (g56)
520,000 CHEERY ALLEY, near Sixth
nrcnue, 4 brick dwellings of 8 rooms each.
Lot 00 by about 54. (g 65)
522,000 VIRGIN ALLEY; near-Smith-eld
ctrcet, brick dwelling of S rooms.
Also, in rear, brick dwelling of Grooms,
Lot 22x110 feet (g49)
518,000 CHERRY ALLEY, eorner-etraw-berry,
four-story brick building, suitable
for manufacturing purposes. Lot 40x63.
(g39) ,
58,000 CHERRY ALLEY, -corner. Straw
berry, brick house of 4 rooms. Also, in
rear, frame house of 4 rooms. Lot 40x34,
(g42)
52,500 each. VIRGIN ALLEY, in court,
4 brick dwellings of 2 rooms and basement
Lots 15x16 each. (g 48)
596,000 VIRGIN ALLEY, near Cherry
alley, 12 two-story brick dwellings of 4
rooms and cellar each. Lot 96x110 feet to
Porter alley. (g 40)
57,000 MONTOUR "WAY, near Seventh
avenue, brick dwelling of 4 rooms. Also,
in rear, brick of 2 rooms. Lot 20x55. (g 45)
BUCK & BAIRD,
95 FOURTH AVE.
dtlC7-5"rsu
DOWN-TOWN
1
CHOICE PROPERTIES.
-pOESALB-
LIBERTY STREET,
NEAQ
ELEVENTH STREET.
Large 4-s tory business nouse nowrontin:
Cor
$4,880 "per year.
Prioe In fee, $00,000, or, subject to tttOO
ground rent, W2,000. Lot 40x100. (G71)
BLACK & BAIRD,
95 Fourth aventre,
deTT-JS-Thsta
IT MUST GO BEFORE Jill. 1, 1892.
A coiy frame dwelling. Queen Anne style,
or five rooms and good attic; ccmonted cel
lar, hill,vestlbule, bathroom. Inside shutters,
hot and cold water, range, panfry, nice side
board, nicely papered and everything In
best of order, will sell with or without
furniture as purchaser desires. The owner
is leaving the city.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSIO-f.
Ziot 20x100 feet to an alley, on a good street,
near Ben Venue station, and one square from
Llbertv f venuo. Do yon want a comfortable
home forasmall family? Then SEE THIS.
D. EEHEN fe SOX,
delMO-Tussu 4112 Fenn Avenue.
WINTER RESORTS.
HYGE1A HOTEL,
Old Polct Comfort, Va.
Deservedly world-famed, this immense and
unique caravansary Is situated a few yard
from Fort Monroe, andlics along a beautiful
sanay beach, wahed by the waters of Ches
apeake Bay and Hampton Roads. The won
derful equable climate makes it an all-1 he-year-round
resort, unsurpassed in health
and general attraction. It is the rendezvous
lor prominent people from all sections, and
nn atmosphere of comfort, luxury and re
finement pervades the place.
Dress parade, artillery practice, guard
mounts, etc.in the fort. Send for pamphlet.
F. N. PIKE, Manager.
del-43-TTsu
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T. FLETCHER GRUBBY
TVITHTIIE
OIL WELL SUPPLY CO.,
2TOS. 91 AND 93 WATER STREJSH
PITTSBURG, PA
Estimates furnished on the celebrated
Mogul & Innis oil well engines.
O. W. S. Co.'8 Red Dome steel hollers,
O. W. S. Co.'s tapered joint casingand tub
In tr.
O. W. S. Co.'s drilling and fishing tools.
Tho Philadelphia & New York Cordage,
snd everything necessary in an oil well out
fit The patronage of new companies being
formed earnestly solicited. Drop a postal
card and I will call on you. Telephone 127L
se20-l9-&su
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For Ynung Men and Bora.
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(Graduate ,of Exeter and Harvard). MEDIA,
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dell
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CUKRT Normal School, The Best.
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CURRY School of Shorthand, Tlia Best
CURRY Conservatory or Musts, The Best
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CURRY Faculty and Discipline, The BelY.
Call or send for catalogue. U. M. HOWE,
President oc2i-51
GDNTRGTOHS,00!LDEeSJlRDiPESTOeS,
We Have For Salt
TOO PEET FROIft
"Within 100 feet of
Shady Ave. and MarchandlSli
Call and seo'as.
J. H. COLEMAN & CO.,
6212 Penn Ave., B. E.
deWVrrsn,
BARGAIN.
Botrnet street, Oakland, lot X&Sxm
on a paved and sewered street Prise
41,600 to a quick purchaser.
LIGGETT BROS.,
71 DIAMOND ST. deK-39
TO INVESTORS.
I have for sale $34,000 at S7K, total Issue
fl per cent SO years water bonds, guaranteed
by a city. A first-class investment
WILLIAM A. HUDSON,
Attorney at Iaw, Boom S, No. 100 Diamond
at, Pittsburg, Pa. no29-Thsn '
THB
OBION TOIIHSFEB IID TRUST EOMPM,
If os. 121 and 133 Fourth At.
The company Is chartered to act as exeen
tors, administrators, trustees, guardians,
assignees, etc.
Also acts as surety for trustees, admin
istrators, guardians, etc, upon indemnity
being given.
delS-TTsn
THE LATEST SOUVENIR IDEA.
JTIve-Dollar Gold Pleoes Hade Into Buttons
to BecaU a Trip Abroad.
HewTori Times.
A young woman of refined appearance
and stylish attire walked into an uptown
jewelry establishment the other day, and,
placing 25 five-dollar gold pieces on the vel
vet mat which a polite clerk laid before her
on the glass counter, said: "X want these
coins made into souvenir buttons." She
then unfolded a slip of paper, on which the
names of 25 places and objects of interest in
Europe were written. She explained that
a very dear friend her school chum in fact
was to be married, and she intended to
present her a handsome morning robe with
each button a reminder of a pleasant sum
mer which they spent together abroad.
The popular craze for souvenirs which
now prevails among persons who havo
money to spend is spreading in various di
rections. Formerly the silver spoon held
undisputed sway, but now there are souve
nir bracelets, souvenir napkin rings, sou
venir buttons and souvenir fans.
Unlawful to Pnnch Coins.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.!
The stringing of small coins to form ban
gles or bracelets has been decided to be a
fraudulent mutilation of lawful money, and
even the piercing of a coin for use as a
watch chain pendant is held to be an of
fense. But it is not very likely that Govern
ment officers will go around arresting all
ladies found wearing ornaments with
pierced coins In them, for even if there
were no other risk, there would be great
danger of arresting some one who was wear
ing a string of foreign coins closely resem.
bling ours at first glance. But the law is so
inconvenient and unreasonable that it will
more than likely be repealed.
For the Smoke Inspector
CMeafO Tribune.
"How do you lik the elty?" Inquires the
Southside man, who was giving his. friend
from the East a drive through the business
center.
"It fills bt ere exactly." replied his
friend, winking (Violently la th effort to
Hi no. ex anewar
TOT EEETSBUBG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20,
THE MUSIC WORID.
Preparations for the Meetin of the
-Teachers' Association.
HAZEL'S MESSIAH IfEIT WEEK.
The Mozart Club With the Boston-flym-pfcony
Orchestra Next May.
T71LTEE DA3IR0S0H ANIHIB PL1TEES
As the time draws near for the third an
nual meeting of the Pennsylvania State
3Iusic Teachers' Association, to be held at
Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, December 29,
SO and 31, interest 'in the event grows
apace.
The officers in charge of the myriad de
tails that have to be arranged for such an
occasion have their work well in hand.
They havo secured the active participation,
as essayists, players or singers, of a remark
ably representative list of musical leaders
from all parts ofthe State. There Is 'pros
pect of a gathering of the musical clans
such ns will worthily represent the whole
Keystone State.
"WTiile the title of the association seem
ingly limitsit to 'musioteachers,"it wasnot
in fact organized upon that exclusive basis.
The constitution says: "An active mem
ber is one who is" actively employed in
music teaching in any of its branches, or
who is a professional artist or journalist,
church choir singer or leader, performer in
an orchestra, military or brass band, com
poser of music or writer upon musical art
or a musical critic, who shall subscribe to
the constitution and prepay the required
fee of Si. These shall lave all the. privil
eges of the association, including lectures,
recitals, concerts, participation in debating
and the right to vote."
This includes on the same footing, as active
members, practically all persons having
any active share in the musical life of the
State, who may apply and pay $1 apiece.
It is not the afiair of the teachers only; all
activelv engaged musical people are inter
ested alike. That is as it should be in an
organization with this object: "Promotion
of the true culture of musio by inter
change of ideas, advancement of the inter
ests of the musical profession and the
furtherance of professional fraternity
among musio teachers and musicians."
Why not follow the national association's
example and change the title to "Pennsyl
vania Society for the Promotion of Musical
Art?"
Permanent Local Organization.
President Carter called a meeting of local
music teachers and others interested for last
Thursday evening at the Acidamy of
Science and Art.for the purpose of furthering
the general success of the coming meeting.
Much interest was shown in this particular
mode of making propaganda for the associa
tion, and n similar meeting has been called
for to-morrow evening in Philadelphia,
whence a large delation may bo looked for.
Oar big sister city has already organized a
permanent local association and it is to be
hoped that the same thing may soon be
accomplished here.
For this branch of the work the second
annual report gives a most enthusiastio
commendation, as follows: "County or
local music teachers' associations should be
organized bv the music teachers of all the
counties in Pennsylvania, as auxiliaries to
the P. S. M. T. A., with the object of fur
thering the interests of the State associa
tion as well as affording tho members in an
immediate vicinity opportunity to confer in
frequent meetings npon questions per
taining to methods of teaching.
Through their efforts in awakening local
musical interests, by arranging musi
calcs, recitals and concerts, great good
would result, and musio become mora and
more disseminated, refining and elevating
all classes witli an ultimate raising of the
moral standard of the communities. The
love of music once acquired will supercede
the baser tastes and tendencies, which, fall
ing into infrequent indulgences on account
of the increasing musical pursuits, will ul
timately entirely disappear. And what a
harvest such a musical era would be to the
music teacher! Is it not then of the great
est material importance from a business
point of view, that no time should be lost
in getting these associations under way
and in active operation, thereby giv
ing a convincing reply to the
olt repeated question: 'What good is the
association to me? By all means get to
gether, organize, read essays, discuss musi
cal subjects, play and sing in musicales and
entertainments, spread musical information
in all directions, and create a musical at
mosphere. Then will be secured hosts of
members for local, State and national asso
ciations, and their permanency established.
The cause of the divine art will ascend
higher and higher as the power of these as
sociations increases, until musio becomes
omnipresent, giving a Utopian foretaste
upon earth of heavenly existence."
.
The Chrlstmastlde Messiah.
Itis pleasant to note the increased inter
est awakened each- year by the Mozart Club's
announcement of its Christmastide "Mes
siah" concert. Handel's masterpiece, the
greatest of oratorios, is so peculiarly appro
priate to this season that tlfb custom has
long prevailed in scores of English-speaking
cities of going just as regularly to hear
the "Messiah" as to Christmas dinner. It
is a most commendable custom and one that
largely enhances the distinction which a
true oratories by virtue of its subject mat
ter, has the right to claim.
The performance on Monday of next
week bids fair to excell any previous hear
ing of the great work here. The Mozart
Club's chorus of 185 voices was never in
better shape, nor has it ever been able to
command so good a local orchestra as the
35 or more players now at its disposal.
Familiarity with the score on the part of
both singers and players is a most promis
ing element in the present conditions. The
soloists, as already announced, are Miss
Hortcnse Pierse, Miss Adelaide Forseman,
Mr. Frederick W. Jamison and Mr. Ivaa
Morawski, all artists of national reputation.
Tho Mozart Club' BIny Festival.
The third concert of the Mozart Club's
regular beries will be the annual "Ballad
Concert," set for March 14. The season
will clcTse in May with three concerts, on
successive evenings, to be given with the
aid of the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Associate members, whos 10 subscription
entitles them to two tickets for each of five
concerts, will be allowed to choose which
two of the May concerts they will take to
make up their quota. And, by the way,
this is a good time to remember how verv
convenient the associate members have
found it, on the former visits of the Boston
orchestra, to have the first choice of scats
for these crowded and fashionable concerts.
A symphony concert by Mr. Kikisch's
peerless orchestra, with no less famous a
soloist than Eugen D'Albert, the pianist,
will take up the evening ot May 12. Tho
second programme will be miscellaneous;
the orchestra, D'Albert and Campanari,
the widely-known baritone, will take part,
and the Jlozart Club will sing a short can
tata. Gade's "Zion" is thought of for this
programme.
The third evening will be devoted to a
complete choral work of oratorio grade. Dr.
Antonin Dvorak's new Bequiem, lately
produced at the Birmingham festival, is
under consideration; it would be an
admirable choice in view of Dr.
Dvorak's coming to -locate in
America this season and in view
of the entire novelty of the work and the
enthusiastic reception accorded it on its
first hearing.' Mr. and Mrs. George Hen
sohel, well-remembered here, will be two of
the solo quartet, and others of like repute
will be secured. Mr. Hensohel's fame In
the part of Elitik makes it possible that
XttdelMofca' greet, nX eA keeid eeetorlo
may be" chosen Instead of the Dvorak nov
elty. These May concerts by the Mozart Club,
while not announced as such, will form in
fact a musical festival of the highest quality
and make a fine climax to the season of
1891-92,
"Walter Damrosch's Orchestra.
Close upon the heels of the "Messiah."
concert and the Association meeting come
the two important concerts of the Allegheny
Musical Association, at Cyclorama Half,
Allegheny," January 6 and 6, when the
Bvmphony Orchestra of New Torkr, with Mr.
Walter Damrosoh at tho stand, will he heard
hero for the first time.
This orchestra, it sooms proper to explain
again. Is not a new organization nor was it
founded by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. It Is
better than that The New York
Symphony Society looks hack over
a decade, or more, of honora
hle history since its establishment
hy Dn-Lcopold Damroch, one of tho best
conductors that ever located In America,
who about the same timo formed tho
Oratorio Societv or New York. At his death
In 1884 his son, Walter, succeeded to the con-,
ductorship of both orchestra and chorus,"
which post he still retains.
Yonng Mr. Daiurosch (he will he SO next
month) combines, with his undoubted musi
cal talents, much personal tact and many
social graces, through which he has been
fortunate enough to win the special favor of
Mr. Carnegie, and also the hand of Secretarv
James O. Slaine's daughter. Thus It
came about that Mr. Carnegie, after
building the superb new Musio Hall
primarily as a home forthe Oratorio Society,
found no difficulty in persuading the Van
derbllts. Mills, llockafeller, Havemeyer and
others to join with himJnan annual guar
antee fnnd of $50,000 for three veara in order
to place the Symphony Orchestra on n better
basis. This has enabled Mr. Damrosch to
engage his men by the season Instead of hy
the concert, and thus command more fre
quent rehearsals and more exclusive control
a number of new men (among thorn such
nrtisti as Adolph Brodskv, the renowned
Leipzig, violinist, and Anton Ileklrinp. the
violoncellist, lately ofthe Uoston Symphony
Orchestra) hnve been engaged and every
facility provided that money can buy.
Thus equipped, the orchestra starts on its
new epoch In New York and its first tours
through the country. A roll of 65 players is
promised for tho tour; at home one or two
score additional men are at times employed.
While these 65 men will not, as stntod in
come local papers, constitute the "largest
orchestra ever brought to Pittsburg;" and
while Mr. Damrosch's unquestioned abilities
need time to mature before reaching the
standard of at least thren other conductors
known 'In Pittsburg, it Is, nevertheless, tho
fact that both oichestra and leader occupy
a position in the musical world that entitles
them to a hearty welcome hither and makes
their assistance highly honorable to the en
terprising young choral society of our sister
city.
Tho programme of the first evening. Tues
day, will he very miscellaneous. Tor full
orchestra there will he Tsehaikowsky's
Theme and Variations; the Allegretto from
Beethoven's Seventh Svmphony; Gold
mark's "Soring" overture. "Wagner's "Tahn-
haeuser" overture and "Bide of the Val
kyrie"." For string orchestra two morceaux
bv Bergmein and Grlez nra programmed;
Miss Ida Klein, the only soloist, is down for
two numbers. The second evening opens
with Benedict's "Legend of St. Cecilia," a
choral cantata, sung hy the local chorus,
with Miss Ida Klein, Miss Marv Binkerd,
Mr. W. J. Lavin and Mr. Homer
Moore and the orchestra. Mr. Dnmrocsh
and his men will fill ont the Test of the
evening with Weber's "Frcischnetz" over
ture, Liszt's "Les Preludes" and Haydn's
Austrian hymn variations, the latter played
hy string orchestra. Mr. Damrosoh ought
to be told that Pittsburg has heard several
of his selections o. g. both the Wagnor
pieces, the Liszt poem and the Weber over
ture so often that others would be much
more appropriate.
The Coming Eisteddfod.
The following note of the coming Eistedd
fod is from a reliable source:
As Christmas Day approaches the Interest
In the Eisteddfod, to be held under the au
spices of St.' David's Society at Old City Hall,
Increases, and the prospects are that It will
be one of the most successful festivals ever
held in the city. The minor details are
nbont completed, and tho list appeiided he
low Is proof conclusive that the Eisteddfod
will not lack in this, one of the most essen
tial features necessary to a successful and
profitable festival.
Tho number of competitors' on the differ
ent selections being so numerous, prelimi
nary examinations will he hold on Christ
mas morning at 10 o'clock, on every member
excepting the choruses, which all competi
tors are obliged to attend, otherwise they
forfeit the right to appear in the final
competition on the stage. The above exam
inations will take place promptly at thehour
designated at the following places: Recita
tions, speeches and sight Teading, Old City
nail; soprano and alto solos, St. David's
rooms, 99 Fourth avenue; duets, tenor and
barytone solos and Teading music at sight,
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. Mr. James
P. McCollum will assist the regularly ap-
Solnted adjudicator in the musical prelim
mry examinations.
There are 11 comnetitors on tho soprano
solo, 12 on the alto solo, 12 on tho tenor solo,
0 on tho duct. 6 on reading muMo at sight,
15 on tho English and 13 on the Welsh recita
tions, 5 on the Welsh speech and 11 on sight
reading. Of course tho chief choral compe
tition will he the main attraction, in which
seven choirs aro entered, viz.: Homestead,
McKeesport, Mansfield, Allegheny, Soho,
Southside and Fifth Avenue Choral Union.
Another spirited contest will be the one on
tho male ohorus, "The Pilgrim's Chorus," in
which the Homestead, Soho and city male
pirties will participate. Quito a rivalry ex
ists among thee pirties, and they will sing
with a vim that will gladden the hearts of
their many admirers.
The afternoon se?sIon will commence
promptly at 1 o'clock, John L. Liwis presid
ing, and Hon. Miles S. Humphreys conduct
ing. The evening session will convene at 7
o'clock, T. C Jenkins, Esq., presiding.
Victoria's Interest In the Art.
The following came last night hy cable
from London: Considerable favorable com
ment has been occasioned in musical circles
owing to the fact that the Qneen is display
ing renewed interest in musical matters. In
addition to concerts, the Queen has com
manded that SDecIal recitals by all tho new
lights in the musical world shall bo givon at
Win dsoruponhorre turn from Osborne house
after the Chilstmas holidays. A number
of these special performances have already
been given. On Thursday Count Gaston de
Merlndol, hv Her Majesty's command,
played a number of selections on the piano
at Windsor. Miss Marianne Eissler, a
promising young violinist who is starting a
series of qnartot concerts in London, played
before tho Queen during the week just pist.
Her sister, who is a harpist, accompanied
her, and Her Majesty expressed herself as
very much pleased with their performance.
It is pretty certain that Peter Cornelius
famous opera, "The Barber of Bagdad," will
receive the stamp of royal approval. Hein
rich Lutter, one of the Abbo Liszt's latest
pupils, has played with success before a
select gathering of musicians and critics in
London. Madame Patti, SIgnor Nicolini and
Signor Arditi will sail for New York on the
Inman Bteamer, City of Paris, which leave
Livorpool December 23. Mme. Patti h.is half
consented to make a tour of tho United
States during tho World's Fair season.
Pans is to be treated to "Cavalleria Eus
ticana," which will be pioduced in that city
under tho personal supervision of Mascagni,
Its composer. Mascarnl has just finished
his third serious opera. It is entitled "Les
Rantzan," and Is founded on a French play.
It will be produced at Leghorn during the
summer fetes with which the new monu
ment of King Victor Emmanuel will he in
augurated. Macagnl will come to England
in the spring and start the composition of
his fourth opera, the libretto of which will
be based on Haines' "Badcliffe."
Thfl Purl Rnsn. Pomnnnv In mnHnf, nmrniK.
ations tu produce an English version of
"Cavalleria Rusticana." Mr. Arthur Sulli
van, the composer, is on the sick list,bnt is
able to work slowly on the songs of Tenny
son's "Maid Marion."
Ton throat diseases and omjrhs ns Brown's
Bronchial Troches. Like all really good things,
tlitr are Imitated. Ik genuine are (old only In
boxes.
CHRISTMAS COSHNGI
Kefer to the Following for Assortment of
GiftJl
Easels,"
Euchretablet,
Easy chairs,
Fancy chairs,
Gold'divans,
Gold chairs,
Hat racks,
Hall glasses,
Hall chests,
Hanging cabinets,
Mantel cabinets,
Music cabinets,
Music portfolios,
Book cases,
Blacking cases,
Butler's trays,
China closets,
Curtain cases,
Card. tables,
Cheffonien,
Chevals,
Cabinets,
Chain",
Dressing tables,
Dining tables,
Divans,
Desks, Bookers.
Reed chairs,
JBor further particulars call at ware
rooms. Respectfully,
r. u BcnoxzrxrrKos soar,
m in m neny
189L
BATHING IN JAPAN.
Far in Advance of America From a
Standpoint of Cleanliness.
LIKE THEIE WATER TERI HOT.
Communism in tho Tub That the Foreigner
Can Hardly Condone.
PHISICAL EFFECTS OF TUB CUSTOM
rWRITTET FOB TOE DISPXTC7T.1
The Japanese, being a nation of agnostics,
could hardly be expected to sympathize
with the old Hebrew doctrine which places
cleanliness next to godliness. Yet they
make cleanliness tho first of all virtues, and
the daily bath the first of all duties. While
New York has h.ad to wait until the year
1S91 before a project was started for supply
ing the great unwashed wifh baths at a
reasonable rate, the metropolis of Japan
has offered such opportunities s far back
as the records go. Tokio has to-day about
800 public baths, in which 300,000 persons,
or almost a third of the population, bathe
every day, at a cost of 1 cent for each hot
bath; and besides this, every family, except
some of the very poorest, has its private
bathroom in the house, or at least a tub and
plenty of hot water.
"We are so accustomed to regarding
Oriental races as barbarous or semi-civilized
that it is a wholesome check to our vanity
to dwell occasionally on those things in
which we are the barbarians and the
Asiatics civilized. Everybody knows that
the English pay more attention to personal
cleanliness than any other European nation
and America is perhaps even ahead of Eng
land in this respect.
"R hat Physical Examinations Show.
Yet Dr. J. V. Shoemaker, professor of
diseases of the skin in the Medico-Chirurgi-cal
College, of Philadelphia, remarks, in his
recent valuable work on heredity, health
and personal beauty, that no one who is
called upon to make physical exanfination
of applicants for enlistment in the military
service, and many others rendered neces
sary by accident or sudden illness, "can con
scientiously say that more than a fraction
ofthe cases so presenting themselves evince
due regard for the social and hygienic de
mands of extreme nicety of person. He
knows that examinations for enlistment are.
generally followed by grateful ventilations
ot the rooms where they have been held.
It is especially in the country that the
bath is neglected, and Prof. Shoemaker re
members in his experience but one veritable
farmhouse where bathing facilities existed.
To which must be, added that American
hotels, except in the largest cities, are as a
rule, shamefully deficient in such facilities,
and those that have them charge almost
prohibitive prices for their use. How much
better they order those things on the other
side of the Pacific!
Onb Hot Eath Every Day.
In Japan if yon stop at the humblest vil
lage inn for lunch a basin of water is
brought to wash the feet in; and if you stay
for the night, hardly has a room bee
assigned to yon when a smilinz young at"
tendant appears to conduct you to the bath,
for the use ot which no charge is made.
Nothing surprises them more than a for
eigner who refuses to take at least one hot
bath a day. 'Ihcy themselves are more
likely to take two or three; and the conse
quence is that the Japanese are the clean
est people in the world.
Yon may be hemmed in by the densest
crowd in Tokio on a sultry summer day, or
stand among busy workmen whose scant
clothing is as wet as if they had just
emerged from a river, and never will your
nostrils be offended by that disagreeable
summer odor of humanity mhich would be
so noticeable in other countries under simi
lar circumstances; and this suggests the im
portant query whether American negroes
might not, by adopting Japanese habits, be
able gradually to overcome the general ob
jection to their presence in cars, restaurants
and hotels, both as guests and waiters.
There is a great deal of social philosophy in
this query, however much some over
squeamish persons may dislike to discuss
such a subject.
Original With the Japanese.
Accordine to Prof. Chamberlain, of the
University of Tokio, "cleanliness is one of
the few original items ot Japanese civiliza
tion. Almost all other things Japanese
have their root in China, but" not tubs."
The Chinese wear clean clothes, but they do
not ' wash their bodies daily like the
Japanese; nor can the latter have adopted
this custom from the aboriginal inhabitants
of their islands, for these the Ainos
never bathe at alL
The question obtrudes Itself, what led to
this universal devotion to the tub in Japan?
Was 'it a natural love for cleanliness a
superior instinct which the Japanese share
with birds and cats and most other animals,
as compared with pigs and the foul crowds
in the slnms of our great cities? Certainly
the Japanese have cleaner streets than we
have, and their floor mats are cleaner than
our carpets, because no one ever walks on
them without first taking off his shoes. On
the other hand they have no sheets between
their wadded quilts, nor do they wear linen,
or regularly change their clothes and send
them to the laundry; and this has led some
Christian writers, who do not like to see a
heathen nation ahead of us in any respect,
to declare Japanese cleanliness
A Mere Illusion and Sham.
Miss Bird, for example asserts, that bath
ing is "not for purification, but lor the en
joyment of a sensuous luxury." Suppose
we grant this, what difference does it make,
so long as the result is to make the Japan
ese the cleanest people in the world? The
nose, which is tho best barometer lor Judg
ing different degrees of cleanliness, tells us
that this is true, and proves, to ns that a man
who washes his body once a day and changes
his clothes once a year is cleaner
than a man who changes his linen weekly
but bathes only once a year. Besides, it
must be remembered that the Japanese poor
wear hardly any clothing in summer, "while
our slum folks are covered with rags which
are unwashed and loathsome as their bodies.
No doubt Miss Bird isright in claiming
that the Japanese passion for hot baths is
based on the sensuous enjoyment they
afford. Not entirely, however. The aspect
of their streets and houses shows that they
value cleanliness for its own sake, and be
sides this, they have a use for the bath
which maybe considered unique. Their
houses affording but little protection against
chilling winds, and having no fireplaces,
the hot bath is frequently used as a last re
sort for getting warm. Prof. Chamberlain
relates that one day some of the inhabitants
of a certain village famed for its hot springs
excused themselves to him for their dirti
ness during the busy summer months,
"Por," said they, "we have only time to
bathe twice a day." "How often, then do
yon bathe in winter." "Oh, about four or
five times daily. The children get into the
bath whenever they feel cold."
Take Them Very Hot.
To sum up, the Japanese bathe for sensuous
pleasure and for warmth, and they get not
only the two things, but several others
equally desirable, clean bodies, health, a
soft skin and a clear complexion. Farsan's
guide book attributes the premature aging
of Japanese women in part to their too
frequent indulgence in the hot bath; but Dr.
Baelz, the greatest authority on Japanese
physique, declares that these baths have
many advantages, but not a single disad
vantage so far as he could ascertain. It is
commonly supposed that hot baths unbrace
the nerves and invite colds, but this is true
only of warm and not of hot baths, such as
the Japanese indulge rn, at a temperature of
aiu to u.o, wnicn in some cases is iu-
creased to i-u anu occasionally eveuioxou-f
Fahrenheit
Foreigners cannot endure suoh tempera
tures, but the natives revel in them, and the
effect on them it so bracing end ttrengthen-
isg thai thtr oan, and often do, emerge'
from the tnb and walk some distance in the
coldest winter weather without a stitch of
clothing gn and without catching a cold.
When foreign physicians were first im
ported and looked up to in Japan, about 20
years ago, they actually succeeded, in their
ignorance, in making the Government pass
a law forbidding a higher temperature than
blood heat; but the mistake was soon dis
covered and the law repealed. To-day those
of th,e foreign residents who are wisest have
given up their cold baths, and try to ap
proximate the Japanese temperature as
closely as possible.
Like the Turkish Bath.
The effect of a genuine hot bath, a la
Nippon, is to make one feci like a doomed
lobster after jumping into the tank, and to
look like one after climbing out again. The
natives rarely remain immersed more than
five minutes, and foreigners who follow
their example find the consequences similar
to those of a Turkish bath. A profuse per
spiration covers the body, and the whole
system seems renovated. If friction is de
sired, it is supplied by the young man who
heats the water for a trifling fee, or else one
ofthe blind "shampooers"may be called in,
who are experts in massage, and whose
doleful whistles are constantly heard as
they perambulate the streets, waiting for an
invitation to come in.
In soma of the semi-foreign hotels in
Tokio, Kioto, Nlkko, etc., oblong metal
baths similar to our own, have been intro
duced, but the Japanese themselves use
square wooden tanks, sometimes large
enough to admit several persons at a time.
The water can be heated in a short time by
means of a copper tnbe which lines one cor
ner of the tub, and has a grating for char
coal at the bottom. Por economical reasons
the Japanese never have bathtubs to lie in,
but usually make them only wide enough to
sit or kneel in, which requires less water
and therefore less coat
Communism In the Tab.
So far all seems well; but there is one
thing about Japanese baths which is apt to
stagger foreign visitors the use of the same
water by a number of persons. When the
family bath is ready, the father, mother,
children and servants all enter it in the
order here given. This may not seem so
very dreadtul, but it is otherwise in a
crowded inn where a score or two of .guests,
entire strangers to each other, are expected
to use the same water, and to economize
fuel. This may be better than no bath at
all, and as the natives wash themselves all
over before entering; the tub, the objections
may seem largely imaginary; but we can
not overcome our predilection for a fresh
tub for each individual, and communism
in bathing does not seem an inviting form
of hygienic diversion.
We have similar forms of aqueous com
munism at Baden-Baden, the hot baths in
Switzerland, and the first tank in our Turk
ish baths; but there, at ' least, the water
flows incessantly, while in Japanese inns I
found sometimes that the lazy servant had
even retained the previous day's water,
filled with hairs and shreds of skin. For
tunately the fastidiousness of foreigners is
taken into consideration, and they are
usually invited to the bath first When
ever I arrived late at an inn I refused to
bathe atall, at the risk of being considered
a barbarian.
A complaint about tho condition ofthe
water might perhaps have been met with
the answer given by an American boarding
house keeper to a guest who objected to the
towel: "Young man, that towel was used
by 24 persons before yon and no one com
plained about it."
Henet T. Fares.
B2CO for Bread.
We will give S50 to the first person tell
ing ns before January 15, 1892, where the
word "Bread" is first found in the'Bible;
to the second, 525; to the next five, $10
each; to the next ten, $5 each; to the next
75, $1 each. Answers must be accompanied
by 25 cents (postal note or silver), for three
months' subscription to the Home Journal.
Home Journal, Ellwood City, Pa.
Horse! Horses! Mules! Moles!
I will sell at Iron City Sale Stables, rear
623 and 625 Penn avenue, the next four
days, two matched teams, suitable for car
riage; 15 head of extra draught horses, sov
eral general purposes horses, ten head of
good pit mules. Parties needing stock will
save money by purchasing early. The pub
lic is cordially invited to call and examine!
stocs before purchasing elsewhere.
Make Hat
ladles' Gold-FIIlea Watches
With, good movement, $10, at Kingibachan
Bros.' special sale, 516 Wood street.
Ask Tour Dealer
For "Holmes' Best" 1875 Monongalrelatp'uTe
rye whisky. It has been analyzed and
found pure, and has stood the test of- over.
30 years.
TheWm. H. Holmes Co., Distillers,
153 First avenue and 120 Water street
Ladles' Solid 14-lc Gold
Filled watches, hunting, stem-winders, ele
gantly engraved, accompanied with a 20
years' guarantee by the manufacturer and
indorsed bv ns. and with a eood Elcrin
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The Most Complete
Assortment of fine port, sherry, Burgundy,
Maderia, claret and Khine wines, apple,
peach and grape brandies, Scotch and Irish
whiskT,9amaica, St Croix and imported
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Tub Wm. H. Homees Ca
Be&vertvaeb of every imaginable de
sign, such as tea sets in three, four and five
pieces, silver waiters, cake, berry and fruit
baskets, butter dishes, Eoup tureens, baking
dishes, etc., reduced 25 per cent during
special sale at Kingsbacher Bros., 516
Wood street
To eee a thing Is the best way te tell
Whether yon will like it Come and exam
ine our holiday display. K. Smtt,
Bmlthfield and Liberty, and 311 Smithfield,
itreet
XMaxnond Blnjrs,
Mounted single or with combination atones,
hundreds of styles to select from, 60 per
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can be. bought lor elsewhere, at limgs
bacher Bros.' special diamond cole, 516
Wood street
A PIANO FOB TOR
For Yonr Home.
For your wife, daughter or sister. No
better gift We have them. All kinds, all
styles, all woods, all pricei Hardman,
Krakauer, Vose pianos. Perhaps you can
not afford a piano and would like an organ.
Suit you there, too. Cash or easy payments,
as yon wish. Come and see us.
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Talace of Music," 77 Filth avenae.
Open every evening.
Gentlemen's 14-k Solid Gold
Hunting stem-winding watches? over
100
design's to select from, with 15 jewels. Elcin
or Waltham movement, from $35 up, ac
cording to the weight of the case at Kings
bacher Bros.' great special sale, 516 Wood
street
Howard, FJjrln and TValtham Watches
Fob presents, very low in price, ladies and
gents' sizes. Diamonds 20 per cent less
than regular, jewelry, etc.
Jas. McKee. Jeweler.
41ft
Smithfield street. "The Bi- Clock."
Jbelow Diamond street Open every even-
j Gentlemen's Gold
Filled watches, open faced, warranted for
years, with Elgin or Waltham movement,
only $11 at the great special sale.
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11
STANFOKD'S TRAINER
Submits for the First Time to an In
terview About Horses.
HIS PETS AT PEOSPECT HILL.
The
Franlclln Fanciers Have Material ta
Produce a World-Beater.
HE SITS SMOL UiS A GEEAT FTJTDE1
After 14 years of work at Senator Leland
Stanford's ranch in California, Charles Mar
vin, the celebrated trainer of trotting horses,
has started in a new field, and is now lo
cated at Prospeet Hill Stock Farm, the
breeding establishment of Miller & Sibley,
the oil operators of Franklin, Pa.
He came East last week with Snnol, the
new queen of the turf, and after placing her
safely in the hands of Robert Bonner ia
New York, he started for his new home.
Marvin arrived in Franklin last Saturday,
but he had a slight touch of pneumonia, and
did not make his appearance in the 'streets
until Friday. A reprcseniative of Thb
Dispatch found the usually quiet village
all excitement yesterday over the presence
of Marvin. His name was on everybodya
tongue. The wonders he will accomplish ia
that town are all but carried out His sal
ary there also creates no end of comment,
and it is fixed all the way from 53,000 to
$ 15,000 annually. People who don't know
a racehorse from a camel trudge through the
mud to the stock farm for the sole purpose
of meeting him.
A Plctnrf sqne Place for a Farm.
The Dispatch representative accompa
nied Mr. Sibley and Mr. Marvin to the
farm. It is a magnificently appointed place
located in a valley between mountains,
and Marvin never saw a more picturesque
place on the sunny slope not excepting far
famed Menlo Park. It is known as ths
"Palo Alto of the East," and well it may
be, for it resembles the Palo Alto ranch as
near as it possibly can, the animals consist
largely ofthe production of Electioneer and
his sons.
Strangely enough the most marked pecu
liarity of the great driver made itself evi
dent the very moment he parsed into the
large barn, for his eye immediately rested
npon the feet of an unevenly balanced son
of St BeL He promptly called the farm
blacksmith, and in his squeaky voice saidt
"Tom, get your rasp and cut down that hoof.
Don't yon see the horse don't stand right"
Then for 15 minutes he stood directly
over the blacksmith, Eobert Bonner style,
and directed the work. At its completion
the barefooted colt moved off, naturally,
and a pleasant smile appeared on Marvin's
face. The trait is one Marvin developed
during his long association with Senator
Stanford, and forms part of his mo3t ardu
ous work in developing younsters.
How tho Great Trainer looks.
Marvin does not Icok a day older than
when he made his celebrated campaign in
1876, and those who saw him win his race
from Goldsmith Maid with Smuggler at
Cleveland that year, end who also saw his
ignominious defeat in Buffalo the following
week, when Smuggler won two heats and
then lost to the Maid through bad behavior
would recognize him instantly. That limp
in his walk is still with him, as is the sharp,
shrill voice. He was once in the cavalry
service for Uncle Sam.
Marvin was at Palo Alto le;s than two
years when he brought out Fred Crocker
and lowered the 2-year-old record to 2H5yi.
Fred Crocker was the forerunner of the fa
mous trotters from Palo Alto that from
time to time have startled the world with
theibrilliancy of their achievements. When
he left Polo Alto that farm held the year
ling, 2 and 3, -4 and 5-year-old records, the
stallion record and tberecord of all records,
that of Sunol, 2.0S Why Marvin left
Palo Alto is a mystery, and probably will
so remain so far as he is concerned, for he is
verv reticent on the subject, but it is gen
erally believed that he left through a mis
understanding with Ariel Lathrop, Senator
Stanford's brother-in-law. But" Marvin's
face Friday bore evidence of being satisfied
with Prospect Hill, and he is as happy over
bis place as can be imagined.
Pleased With His Material.
He spent a cood portion of Friday look
ing over the colts at the farm that will be
good timber for training, and he found
many that pleased him. According to Mr.
Sibley, it will be a year before Marvin's
presence at the farm will be felt on the race
track. His plans will be to take all the
youngsters on the farm sired by the dead
St. Bel and develop them. His stable will
be made up this week and will consist of
10 yearlings, 10 2-year-olds and 10 3-year-olds;
also several aged horses, the get of
Electioneer. Great faith is placed in the
future of the youngsters. Marvin says
their sire, St. Bel, was the most perfected
goited horse he ever saw, and one of tha
fastest His get resembles him closely in.
conformation and gait and he said, with a
twinkle in his eve, as he glanced over them:
"I guess I can nd a phenomenal here ones
in a while."
The yearlings that show most promise are
one by St Bel out of Alicia Wilkes, ona
out of'a daughter of Lord Enssell, brother
of Maud S, and one out ot Jlinona, by
Mambrino King. The last named is said to
be very fast, and Marvin likes him, though
his favorite on the farm is the yearling filly
Antella, by Ansel, 2 .20, son of Electioneer
and Annette by Lexington, dam Garaphilisj
by General Benton, sire of the dam of SunoL
He also likes the yearling colt Temptation,
a full brother to Tempter, a 2-year-old, St
Bel that was sold last week tor $12,000.
"The material here," said he, "is fuUy as
good as that at Palo Alto, and why shouldn't
a phenomenal horse spring out once in a
while? In fact the brood mares are higher
bred than were Senator Stanford's when I
started out with Fred Crocker. They are a
hard lot to beat and I am perfectly satisfied.
The young horses are high-class with a
world of natural speed, without excessive)
action, have great power, and there is no
reason why Prospect Hill Farm cannot pro
duce trotters n3 fast as any in California."
Opinion of Sunol and Palo Alto.
Regarding Snnol, he was all praise for tha
new queen. "I shall have her again in tha
spring, Mr. Bonner says, and if nothing;
happens she will break her record on tha
regulation track. Those stories about her
having broken down ore all nonsense. Sha
W03 a trifle lame, but she has fully recov
ered, and acted admirably when Mr. Bonner
and I drove her through Central Park. Tha
reasons for thinking she will break her
record is that she trotted the kite in 2.08
with less effort than any mile I ever drova
her in 2:12. I believe she trotted in 2:08
that day, for my watch caught every quar
ter in 32 seconds, but the judges made it
2.08), and presumably lost the quarter.by
the dropping ofthe flag,"
Speaking of Palo Alto, Mr. Marvin said
he is the greatest horse he ever drove and
fully believes he could havo beaten any
field of horses living.
"This talk about the Electioneers beinj
qnitters is all wrong," continued Mr. Mar
vin. "The Electioneers are strong, evenly
balanced and from every standpoint ought
to be the greatest family of trotters on
earth. Palo Alto is the gamest horse that
wore a bridle, and I don't want, a gamer
horse than wasManzatta, themarelbrought
East in 1886 as a 4-year-old. She started in.
13 races, winning U. She beat the great
Patron at St Louis, took a record of 2:16 in
the third heat and trotted a seven-heat race
with Belle Hamlin at Cleveland.
"About developed sires and dams, I pre
fer them to the undeveloped horse, for nine
tenths ofthe undeveloped horses were never
given records because they did not have tha
speed or were faulty gaited. Of course
constant hammering would sap the vitality
of any horse, but you take a good-gaited
mare that has shown her ability by her
record, will produce trotters with more reg
nlaritv than her sister, who is a naddler or
ij stiff-legged,"
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