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MUCH STRAHGE NEWS
Came Out in the Papers of Examina
tion for the High School.
THE DEAD SEA IS A MABYEL,
Points of the Compass Changing and BiYers
Knit jliracalonslj.
A SAD COXUEXTART ON THE STSTEH
A rreat deal has been said for and against
the system of examination in the public
schools. That it does not always serve as a
true index of the pupil's knowledge cannot
he doubted. The worry incident to the
ordeal altars augmeniad by the solicitude
of the teachcri-certninly tends to confusion
of ideas. Besides the ability to cxnress
thought on paper is to a considerable extent
a natural eift. and thus the pupil who writes
easily will attain a higher percentage in his
examination aper than another who is a
better student, but does not write so welL
Thee who oppose the system of examina
tions at present in vogue have a good argu
ment in the examination last week for ad
mission to the High School. The pupils
averaged, say. 14 years of age. They have
had the full benefit of the best schools in
the county. It cannot be believed that
th'y know ns little as their 'written answers
would indicate. From the manuscripts
submitted it appears that several cities
have chanced their location, the points of
the compass have shitted about and the sun
has given up his preference for the torrid
lone and taken up his stand where he can
give the Arctic Circle the benefit of his
vortical rays.
Martllns Information About the Dead Sea,
The Dead Sea his alwaysbecn interesting,
but it must be for more so than has been
supposed, judging from the following items
called from the papers:
'The Dead Sea is noted as where the
Garden of Eden is supposed to have been."
"The Dead Sea is noted for the fact that
if heavy metals are placed in its waters they
wiil float."
"The Dead Sea is noted for the golden
apples which srow on its banks;" also, "for
the appels on its banks that appear rosy and
lucious, but crumble to ashes at the touch;"
"because von can't drown in it unless done
on purpose," and "for the buoyancy of the
df-ad persons which are drowned in it."
This remarkable body of water is likewise
famous "for its blind fish," and "for its
giants" and "for being the largest body of
'uufresh water."
"The Dead Sea." says another, "is noted
because islands often appear in it suddenly
and generally disappear again." Another
rays "the Dead Sea is noted for the deadli
nes of Its waters," and still another that it
is noted as being one of the oldest seas,"
(Geologists p!e.nc take notice.) "The
Dead Sea is noted," according to another,
"'ror its pearl fish." Other answers are:
"The Dead Sea is noted because no one can
orownd in :l" "The Dead fcea is noted for
b-ing the oniv sea that has not salt water;"
"The Dead bea is noted for its fish, they
have no eyes and are very great in number;"
"The Dead Sea is noted because it it so
salty that a human being or any animal or
fish could live in it"
Shifting Points of the Compass,
The points of the compass were next
wrcstleu with as follows: "When you stand
with your arms stretched out to the height
of your shoulder, Xorth is directly over
head and south directly under your feet;"
"When you face the sun, where your shadow
falls isn'orth;" "North is directly np; west is
to the left-" "North is that point on a com
pass to which the needle points when a per
son is traveling toward the North Star;"
The term west means where the sun sup
poses to set;" "By the term north we mean
nil that part of the earth that is north of
some chosen meridian; "We say such a place
is north when we mean it is at the topmost
part near by of that place."
Various other questions were answered as
follows: "The people of the torrid zone
fire fat and lazy;" "The people of the torrid
rone are not verv industrious, they are
principally natives;" "The heat in the
torrid zone is veiy hot, and the heat in the
frigid zone is very cold;" "The heat of the
torrid zone is hot on account of the equator
passing through it;" "The vegetation in the
lriciJ zone is principally barley and fish;"
"Turnip- are the principal products of the
arctic zjiic;" "The principal vegetables
raited in the arctic zone are mosses and
lichens;" "The Tiering Sea is noted be
cause if it were not for it Asia and America
wonjd hang together," "The Bering Sea is
noted for the hsh and animals which abound
in it, some of them hxviug very valuable
kkms."
New Feints on Great Salt Lallo.
The Great Salt Lake teems to be nearly
ts "noted" a place as the Dead Sea. "The
Cireat Salt Lake is noted," says one, "for
the fact tiiat it has so much salt in it that
you can almost walk on it." Other answers
Ere: "Salt Lake is noted for tte greatest
cilt !ac in the world; it is the source of
tno Mi:s-t,i rier;" "The Salt Lake is
noted Kir it-, many outlets;" "The Great
Salt Lake i noted for its Mormons."
:fccr questions are answered as follows:
"The deirees of latitude and longitude be
come smaller as they ascend the poles;"
"Two points on the "Arctic Circle having
the same longitude as two on the Tropic of
Capricorn are n-arer together, because the
xailct, get dinner as you approach the
jioles;" "Th- Lacks of Newfoundland are
noted for the iact that the water
rises right up over the bottom;"
'The manufactuied products of the Middle
States ate boots, shoes, gum erasers, steam
engines, ppper and other machinery, and
salt;" "The agricultural products of the
Middle States are cotton, rice, indigo, coffee,
spices, turnips, cabbages, eta : "The man
Uiarttired products of the Middle States are
carriages, unions, iron works, rolling mills,
foundries, moiassts, sugar and provisions."
Knliglnorment for Ecjptiaiis.
The Egyptiins might loam something of
their great river from the following: "The
Nile is one of the most striking fisical
features of Egypt, without this beneficent
stream the whole conntry would be a hot
and arid desert;" "The Nile is noted for
the directions in which it flows at different
times;" 'Tin- IJivcr Nile is noted for its
moisture;" The Nile is noted for its croco
diles" Here is another lot of amusing informa
tion: "The capital of Maryland is "Wash
ington;" "Oneot the chief commercial cities
is Boston, in the central part of Maryland,
on Chesnake Bay;" "Louiriana, in the
routhern part of New Orleans, is a great
cotton m?rkct;" "The Lal'latte river section
exports catt'.e products, such as hides, horns,
tallou and ez-i" "The valley of the Orinoco
and the Lal'latte have no vegetation, and
are, therefore, ued as cattle grazing;" "In
the valley of the Amazon the vegetation is
carried on to a great extent: the vegetation
is of three kluds vegetable, animal and
mineral," "The Orincca is called the Lianas
and is treeless;" "The rivers of South
AmeKcaoverflow theie bank, and when they
wroctdt hack, it leaves a fertilizing stuff which
gircs ii aoundjut vegetation;" "The charac
teritic of the c;ctation of the river valley
o. the Orinoco river is agriculture;" "The
principal highways lor commerce are rail
roads, harbors, telegraphs, coal mines and
iron mir.et;" "The principal kighxrajt lor
commerce are elevated railroads."
V hat Last Year's Pupils Said.
The following are a few of the answers to
questions at last year's examination: "The
sun's ravs are vertical 23J within the
North Poles and 'H beyond the South
I'ole." "China and Japan are the most
foptilons countries of Asia, because the
people there are always busy makintr some
thing:" "China and Japan are the most
populous countries of Asia on account of
their large exponations of tea;" "Phila
delphia is noted for its mint and its situa
tion for commerce and as a summer resort;"
"Lowell is a fine seaport and is the seat of
Yale College;" "China and "Japan are the
most populous because they have the largest
number of inhabitants;" "China and Japan
arc the most populous because the people
are mostlv Chinese and Japanese and China
and Japan are their native homes;" "Chi
cago raises a great deal of wheat." (In its
elevators, doubtless.)
A vear or two ago an article appeared in
the Century, by MarkTwain.containinga col
lection of ludicrous mistakes of the scholars
of some of the New England schools, and
many readers believed that it was much ex
aggerated, but the few specimens given
above show that sach a collection could
readilv be made. When a scholar has been
suitably wrought up by prolonged prepara
tion for an examination and by anxiety lest
he should not be a credit to his school, he is
capable of things truly astonishing.
A Good Record 111 Drawing.
For the first time in the history of the
nigh School examination there are no fail
ures in drawing, and but three pupils to be
re-examined. In fact, this is the only
branch in which 100 per cent was made,
four pupils making this standing. The re
sult in drawing is quite a relief to the
teachers, because for vears the drawing ex
amination has been a "bugbear to the assist
ant principals and principals at the time of
the preliminary examination, and the new
order of things is due to the supervisor of
drawing, Mrs. Van Waggoner, who has
made drawing uniform in the schools.
In the report of the High School exam
ination on Christmas morning Stella Schu
man, of the O'Hara School, was credited
with averaging 05 per cent, but 7" per cent
is what she averaged.
Death of a Prominent Teacher.
Those interested in education in this city
will be sorry to learn of the demise of Mrs.
Samuel A. Copper (nee Miss Lizzie Gard
ner, late of the Bloomfield School) at her
home in Koanoke, Ya. As a teacher she
was one of the few gifted with the genius
to lastinglv impress the force and
worth ol her character both as
a friend and 'guide on the theory
road to learning. Her reputation as a teacher
was not connnen to mis city aione, uui,
through the fine results attained and de
monstrated many times at the institutes
held here, became well known to many
abroad. Those best able to judge recognized
in her one of the foremost in her sphere.
The many pupils of the Bloomfield School
who attended in a body to see all that was
mortal of her for the last time, showed that
they sympathize with the family and mourn
the loss of a true friend. Among the
teachers generally it seems hard to realize
that she is no more, and a universal feeling
of regret prevail:.
The Itoll of Honor.
The following are the names of the pupils
who stand first in the highest grammar
rooms of the various ward schools:
Thad Stevens, Lizzie Foley; O'Hara,
Mamie Tussevj "Wickersham, Jessie
Sankey; Colfax, "Will "W. Kablc; Du
quesne, John ffeineraan; South, Lulu
Turburgh; Highland, Kleanor Keid;
Minersville, Harry Saling; Hancock,
Alice McAndrew; Lawrence, Lizzie Kenn
gott; Humboldt, Gertie Beineman; River
side, Jennie Hobbs; Forbes, Alice Tyler;
Moorhead, Stanley McCaskey; Homewood,
Lois "Whitmarsh; Lincoln, Emma Stocks;
Sterret, Charles Lipphart; Howard, Kose
Pickering; Bedford, Macgie Shade; Allen,
"Walter Eichleay; Mt Washington, Nellie
Bown; St. Clair," Nellie Berg; Morse, Bessie
Davis.
A Pretty Perforraanoo for Parents.
At the Grant school "Wednesday afternoon
au eiuuuraie euieruMuiueui, was jjruucreu in
the parents and friends of the school.
There were songs and speeches, the mimio
plays of "Cinderella," "BedBiding Hood,"
an umbrella drill with the regulated
Japanese costume, and "Autumn Songo"
by the pupils, the latter introducing the
stately minuet. All the pupils of the
lower rooms each received a picture book,
the gift of the directors.
lhursday' morning the Moorhead school
pupils gave in the school hall a musical
and literary entertainment, while gym
nastic drills was also made a feature on the
programme.
How the Holidays Will Pass,
Only a very small majority of the teach
ers will spend their mid-winter holidays
out of the city. Among them Miss Flor
ence Cook, of the Moorhead school, goes to
Washington, D. C; Miss M. A. Stevenson,
to Cincinnati; Mrs. V. B. Bennet, to War
ren; Miss Annie Lowry, to Beaver Falls;
Miss Houston, of the Birmingham, and Miss
McClure, of the Grant, will be found at
Wampum; Miss Wallace, of the Allen, will
visit her home in Ohio, and Miss Gallagher,
of the Grant, will go to Little Washington.
Gossip ot the School Rooms.
Pro. Jackmait, of the County Cook nor
mal School, was at the Central Board rooms
yesterday mornlnc. A few years ago he
was a member of the Pittsburg High School
faculty.
Next Wednesday the Wickersham Me
morial Committee meets in BarrisburR.
Only four members answeied the call for
the meeting on th 3 19th, and thouzh a quo
rum, these members adjourned till the 30th
inst.
At the'Central Board rooms are several
specimens of the industrial work of the
TJoyd school, executed by a 13-year-old pu
pil of the Forbes school. Hatchet handles,
cuttinc board, bootjack, penholder, etc., are
the objective results of this young artisan's
skill.
Tcor. IL W. Fisheb, of the Washington,
Twelfth ward schools, was most kindly re
membered by his corps of teachers last
Thurvia. From tho teachers of schools
Nos. 2 and 3 caine a handsome leather easy
chair and -n set of hnnd-painted cups anil
f-aucers, with a souvenir srold spoon from
the teachers of Xa 1 building.
Colonel Parker, of Quincy method fame
and head of the Cool: County Normal School
of Chicago, has admirers everywhere, and
critics, too. A few weeks ajro" a brilliant
lawver of Chicago visited the Normal School
and in his printed report was not at all flat
terms to tho "hie"' man of national fame.
Colonel Parker will answer the lawyer in
the pi ess of that city.
The scholars of the Braddock borough
and Braddock township public schsols car
ried out a charitable plan on a systematic
basis Christmas. Abont live wagon loads of
edible;, were collected in the township and
tw o In tho borough. The teachers formed
themselves Into committees, and on Christ
mas distributed tho food in plenty tojthe
Soor families In their respective localities,
esides this, about $27 in money was col
lected in the three ward schools in Brad
dock and some $. altogether In Braddock
township schools. The money offorlnjr was
specially raised and donated to the Soldiers'
Widows' and Daughters' Home at Hawkins.
A goodly supply of edibles also accom
panied it.
6AWTEIXE 8TJSPECTED OP SOTCIDS.
His Death Yesterday of Alleged Apoplexy to
lie Thoroughly Investigated.
Caxcop.d, N". H., Dec 2(5. Isaao Saw
telle, who murdered his brother Hiram,
died this morning in his cell at the State
Prison. The murderer was stricken with
apoplexy yesterday, and physicians labored
in vain to restore hi m to consciousness be
fore he died. He was under sentence of
death, and the execution was to have taken
pjace next week.
In response to a sentiment that has rap
idly become a fixed conviction in the minds
of many citizens ,f Concord, that the death
of Isaac B. Sawtelle, the murderer, resulted
from his taking poison, Mayor Ciapp this
auernuuu aunsi-u jrrison l'hvsician tJiartt
to make a careful inves,igation to ascertaia
whether the widely-circulated rumor has
any foundation in fact, and this Dr. Clapp
intends to do. County Solicitor Donovan
also has the matterunder advisement, and
will order such action to be taken as may
be necessary to clear up the startling reports.
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and cheapest bituminous coal in the market.
No breaking np or waste in this coal.
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AS OLD AS THE .RACE
Is the Doctrine of Karma and Rein
carnation of the Human Ego.
A YERT DESIRABLE BELIEF.
Objections of Heredity and Xo Eecollec
tion of Former Life.
EY0LUTI0X 18 THE UNIYIRSAL LAW.
rWRITTEir FOR TUB niSPATCH.''
The doctrine of reincarnation is appa
rently as old as the human race. Ancient
religions taught it; myth and fable illus
trate it; civilized peoples and uncivilized
believed in it; poets sung of it and philoso
phers speculated concerning it; Greek and
Boman. lived in .the faith of it; the wild
barbarians of the German forests scorned
death because of it; under various forms
Christianity found it the prevailing creed:
orthodox church fathers welcomed it as the
readiest explanation of life and sin; Chris
tian sects not so orthodox accepted it out
right; Hebrew rabbis concede direct evi
dence for it in the Old Testament, in tho
form of pre-existence, and Jesus Christ
Himself taught it, directly and by implica
tion; and, finally, two-thirds of the earth's
population believe in it to this day.
To suppose the idea exclusively Oriental
in origin and acceptance, is a mistake.
Though held intact through long ages of
conservative religious belief in India and
the far East, traces of it can be found in all
parts of the world, the conception being
confined to no particular race or nation. It
would seem, indeed, to have been a pre
vailing tenet of the world's primitive re
ligious creed, hence its universal diffusion.
Christendom alone, after its first few cen
turies of growth, appears to have discarded
the belief as unscripturah Prof. Francis
Brown, of Harvard University, in the
Princeton Review for May, 1881, shows, how
ever, the error of so regarding it, urging
its acceptance by tho Christian world at
large, as one necessary thereto and con
sonant with Christian belief.
Good Authorities for It,
The doctrine, itself, has an attractive as
pect to all who are intellectually and spirit
ually dissatisfied with the existing order of
things. Believing, as many devoutly do,
and as many more would gladly do did
fact and theory agree in the absolute
justice and mercy of an over-ruling provid
ence, reincarnation would seem to solve the
otherwise apparently hopeless and contra
dictory problem of "life. "If," says Isaao
Disreal, "we accent the belief of a future
recompense beyond this life for suffering
virtue, and retribution for successful crime,
there is no system so simple, and so little
repugnant to our understanding, as the doc
trine of rebirth.
Dr. Edward Beecher, also, some 30 years
ago, in "The Gonflict of Ages," demonstrated
that this doctrine alone could exonerate
God from the charge ot maliciousness. In
a later work, "The Concord of Ages," he
strengthens his position, answerinc all ob
jections from the standpoint of logic and
reason. Many other instances as well,
might be cited as illustrating the general
reasonableness and strength of the theory
advanced. To the curious, in this and
other respects, we recommend E. D.
"Walker's work on the. subject, wherein it
is handled in a masterly manner.
The most weighty argument advanced in
favor of reincarnation is, however, un
doubtedly that based on the fact that the
doctrine of continuity or immortality of the
sonl demands it, "That which was born in
time must end in time." The eternal only
exists eternally. Postivists and material
ists are therefore right when they assert
that if the soul originate'd with this life
only it must also end with it, ' Spark from
God, or radiation from the divine central
fire, the primal origin of the individual
spirit matters not; as life it must be at once
uncreate and indestructible.
The Doctrine of Evolution.
Science, however, demonstrates evolution
to be the universal law of life. And as life
is a unit the evolutionary process must
therefore extend to its spiritual or psychic
side. As a matter of fact, the statement re
versed is the true one; evolution exists on
the material plane because active on the
spiritual and psychic. In other words, life,
per se, is spiritual, matter being an evolu
tionary effect of life, and not life of matter.
Now, as a rule, the' higher the form to be
thus evolved the ioneer the process re
quired. "And if," argues Mr. Walker, "it
takes ages of time and millions of lives to
form one kind of animal out of another, the
gradual perfection of that crown of the
animal world, man, must demand an even
vaster arena for experimental action and
growth."
Originally designed to be the finite image
of the living God, man, in order to fulfil his
destiny, must necessarily gather into his
experience, and, as tho conscious sum
thereof, all that the universe at large has to
impart; and from being simply one of its
muU.tudinons units of microcosmic enerey,
become its perfected microcosm, epitqme,
head and crown ot all. To gait this
microcosmic development and experience
during the span of one earthly exist
ence is, of course, unthinkable. To be
logical, therefore, the believer in immortal
ity must also accept its necessary comple
ment, pre-existence, while the universal
law of evolution, would, furthermore, seem
to demonstrate the necessity of a long series
of repeated incarnations in the orderly de
velopment of a perfected human being.
"Were all other arguments futile, these two
would in themselves appearsufficiently con
clusive to attract the attention of the
thoughtful minded.
The Two Strongest Objections.
Among objections advanced against the
doctrine of reincarnation the most y, eighty
are, first, that we have no recollection of
ever having lived before; and, second, that
the fact of heredity confutes it But to
bein with, the fact that we do forget is no
argument Neither continuity of life nor
identity depend on memory. A man may,
for a time, even during the course of one
life, lose all memory of past events, and yet
remain thr me individual to all other in
tents and purposes. He simply enters upon
a fresh phase of soul experience, to
be in some instances, afterward dove
tailed, so to speak, with the suddenly
reacquired .memory of preceding events.
Moreover, we are blessed in that we do for
get. Life, as a whole, is too full ot sad
and bitter recollections for us to desire the
power of constant recall. So, from life to
life, we pass along the rhain of evolution
ary unioldment, individually ever the
same, but with the vail qf oblivion merci
lully thrown over each preceding past, so
that unhampered by sorrowful memories or
vain regrets, we may again begin anew
another brief cycle of earthly existence.
Some, indeed, there are, who seem able to
recall events that could have happened only
during s.omo other life span; but these are
the exception and not the rule; complete
recollection of past lives is said to be re
served lor a period of which, as yet, we can
but faintly conceive.
The Facts or Heredity.
The second claim, that heredity confuses
the theory of reincarnation, has from the
occult standpoint, no weight whatever.
Man, speaking generally, is a three-fold bc-i
ing, composed of soul, body and spirit The
soul principle is that derived from the
father, and makes unto itself a body
(material) from the mother; itself, there
fore, eventually assuming' perfect bodily
form within the latter, of which it is the
controlling Hie principle down to the min
utest particle. Within this soul body the
reincarnating spirit takes up its residence.
When ready to appear among earthly
scenes, the descending ego is naturally
drawn along the magnetic line of least re
prrrsBimQ dispatch,
sistance, "touches the springs of nature, so
to speak, and provokes the development of
a child within whose parentage, i. e., her
edity, it finds, by the power of selective
affinity, the exact conditions required lor
its renewed life.
"The differences always observable be
tween children and their parents, depsite
the law of heredity, are thus made explain
able; such differences originating in the re
incarnated spirit within, the latter by right
and mighf always dominating its environ
ment Heredity, therefore, so far from
confuting reincarnation, is itself a most im
portant factor in its final effectuation.
As We Sow so Shall We Reap.
Apart from being the enforced consequent
of trie evolutionary process, necessary to the
perfect development of a human .being, and
man, we are told, is not even physically
perfect reincarnation is also an effect; the
moving cause of which is Karma. KaTma
and reincarnation are in fact, doctrines in
separably interwined. Karma, briefly put,
is the sum total of spiritual, and hence,
physical, effects that nave sprung from
previous lives. "As ye sow, so ye reap."
is a law that holds good from one life to
nnother, as well as in the life that now is.
The karmio seed that we havesownin a
previous life, therefore determines in a
fundamental and general way, our condition
in the present As we are, we are the re
sult of what we were; and that which we
will bCj will be as surely determined by
that which we now are. Karma, in fact, is
simply the inexorable 13W of ciuse and
effect, operating on the spiritual and psychic
plane.
Karmic effects may be either good, bad or
indifferent So long as a man sows karma
of any sort, however, so long will he be
drawn back r.gain to earthly fields. By
earthly karma is meant all that pertains to
material gratifications and self. The man
who frees himself from all material desires
and selfish qualities of heart and mind, be
comes karmaless.
Period of Heavenly Happiness.
But karma also reacts in another way.
Betw'een each reincarnation, there is, we are
told, more or less lengthy periods of
heavenly happiness fruit ot the higher,
purer and more spiritual karma we have
previously sown, and which on earth, be
cause of the universal discord and perver
sion of moral law, could not meet with its
due and eommens'urate reward. The supple
mental statement is that it is on earth that
we chiefly atone for our evil deeds. A
period of separation, more or less painful
and prolonged, is indeed gone through with,
in the ego's passage to a higher state, a
period which may, in a sense, answer to the
orthodox ideas of hades or purgatory. But
it is, as has been said, here on the material
plane that we really suffer for the evil
karma sown. The chance to amend is given
from life to life, the ego ever being on the
rise or fall, according as it makes nse of the
opportunities offered the one way or the
other.
Man, therefore, is virtually the arbitrator
of his own fate and tho maker of his own
destiny. Between times, that is to say,
during the period of devachanic happiness,
the baser principles of the soul, are, in the
generality of cases, removed beyond the cir
cumference of his conscious life, and it is
only when the higher karmic effects are ex
hausted, that they begin to reassert them
selves, drawing the ego
Hack Once More to Karthly Life.
The fact that it does so, is simply the
workinz effect of an adequate cause; for it
is here only, upon the material and their
corresponding plane, that they can be ulti
mately gratified, or openly met with and
victoriously overcome. In the latter case,
the man becomes as has been already stated,
karmaless, and therefore freed from the fur
ther necessity of returning to earth.
Thenceforth he enters upon a higher
evolutionary . process which may
be called superhuman, involving
godlike activities ot mind and power. In
such case, too, standing upon the threshold
of this "the mystic parting of the ways,"
he will, it is said, have power at last, to
read backward through all his previous
lives, and to trace his steps upward from
age to age unto the final goal. For al
though memory fails and we forget, the
spirit within keeps eternal record of all,
and the book of life thus inscribed, unrolls
obedient to the touch of the acquired
knowledge and skill.
A word more; the doctrine of reincarna
tion as herein presented, shonld not be con
founded with the transmigration of the
human ego into and through the bodies of
animals. "Whatever may have been its ante-,
human condition, the soul of man having
once attained its human estate, can only be
retrograded to tin animal plane by the ab
solute extinction of its essential human
qualities. And this, we are told, is an
event ot most infrequent oceurrence.
Maek F. Geistvoldi.
FOOLED THE 3ECEETABT.
A Pleasant Story of Sir. Foster! Daughter
In Dligolie,
San Francisco Post.
Miss Annie Poster, daughter of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, likes a good horse
and the theater. She is of medium height,
has light brown hair and grayish brown
eyes. She has the breezy cordiality of man
ner that is considered a "Western trait
"When Secretary Poster and Secretary Busk
were in Congress together they lived in the
same house. Their families, each includ
ing two girls, were very intimate, and many
a joke those four girls enjoyed at the ex
pense of their staid and dignified fathers.
Secretary Foster fells how one night he
was working in his office down stairs, when
Mrs. Foster rapped at the door and said a
sister wanted to see him. He said "all
right," a'nd in a moment Mrs. Foster and
Mrs. Busk ushered in a nun. She told a
pitiful tale that opened his pocketbook to
the extent of a 10 bill. As soon as she had
departed peals of laughter came from the
other side of the office door, and when he
stepped out to find the cause of snch merri
ment there were the four girls, Miss Anna
still in disguise rehearsing her interview
with her father, while the others discussed
the uses that that bill, given in sweet char
ity's name, might be put to.
A MECHANICAL DETECTIVE.
The Clever Device Adopted by a Jeweler of
New York City.
If ew Tork Tribune. 3
An uptown jeweler has a clever mechan
ical detective for preventing articles of
jewelry from being stolen from the trays
while they are in the cases, or when a sales
man is showing the articles in a tray to a
customer. Electricity is the agenoy used.
In the bottom of the showcase are a number
of copper strips connected with electric
batteries and an alarm belh On the bottom
of the trays are copper strips corresponding
with those in the bottom of the showcase.
Vuoli orfIMn of lpwclrr in th tmve la
tteld in a small spring clip, and the article
holds me iwo pomts ui uie cup iroin coining
in contact when the piece of jewely is in the
clip. As soon as it is removed, however,
the two points coming in contact form a
circuit and an alarm bell rings. If the tray
is taken out of the case and one of the arti
cles is removed, the bell rings immediately
when the tray is returned to its place. The
salesmen have little wooden pins which
they st'ck in between the two points of the
clip to prevent the alarm-bell from ringing
when they wish to remove a piece ot jew
elry. Kleptomania is not rampant in this
store.
A DIVIDED STJPEEME COTJET,
The Majority Favor the Gubernatorial
Claims of Morris as Against BuIIcely.
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 26. It was
giveu out here to-day by counselengaged in
the cose'that the Supreme Court is divided
in the Morris versus Bulkely quo warranto
suit; that Judges Seymour, Fenn and Car
penter are of the opinion that the law and
equity of the case is in favor of Judge Mor
ris, while Chief Justice Andrews and Jude
Torrance are of the opinion thpt the court
has no jurisdiction. Judge Seymour is
writins the majority opinion and Chief
Justice Andrews the minority. ' -
Sunday, December 27,
TRADE OF THE WEEK.
Nothing but Good to Be Said of the
Situation and Prospect.
EAST END REALTY CHANGES HANDS
Oakland Property for Kent or
Now.
Sale Just
AIT IMPORTANT BUILDING PROJECT
Business during the week (five days) was
of a holiday character. The volume was
large in, the aggregate, but there were no
new features or influences. Money was
easy. Sales of stocks aggregated 2,300 shares,
of which Luster, Philadelphia Gas and Al
legheny Valley Bailroad furnished 1,66G.
The feature was a decline in Luster to the
lowest point in its history. Snpport was
found, however, and nearly all the lois was,
regained. The drooping tendency of the
market at the finish on Thursday was due to
holiday influences. The sentiment of the
street yesterday was strong and confident
East End Kenidcncn Sold.
During the week M. F. Hippie & Co.
fold a residence property for H. S. A.
Stewart, corner of Negley avenue and Hays
street, consisting of a 15-room house and
lot, 70xlB0, to Mr. N. Brace, of Braco
Bros., for $19,000. The purchaser will
occupy the place as a residence.
Heart of the Valley.
"What is known as the "Huh" of East
Liberty is bounded by Highland avenue,
Station street and the railroad. It i3 the
heart of the Liberty valley. There is very'
little property for sale in this quarter,
although values are not at a fancy pitch
considering its business importance. The
latest reported" sale, that of the Harrison
property on Penn avenue, was at the rate
of about ?900 a foot Property in the im
mediate vicinity is held around Sl-,000. Tho
Liberty National Bank would like to ac
quire the "Wilson block, 'corner of Penn
and Frankstown avenues, but there is no'
likelihood of snch a deal taking place.
Among improvements talked of in this
locality are a hotel and an opera house.
A Iinwyer Invests.
Five acres in the Eighteenth ward, hav
ing a frontage of about 600 feet on Stanton
avenue, belonging to Negley Seeley,
changed ownership yesterday, the purchaser
being a well-known member of the bar.
The consideration was 512,000, or 52,400 an
acre. It will be subdivided and put on the
market in the spring. This property is
close to the 10-acre tract recently purchased
by Mr. Joseph Loughrey. The fact that
backward districts are attracting the atten
tion of investors is an assurance that they1
have confidence in the continued develop
ment of the city.
A Good Story Spoiled.
Among reports in circulation yesterday
was one to the effect that "W. F. Casey had
leased several hundred feet of Schenley
property extending from his row on Fifth
avonue to the Bellefield schoolhouse, and
would erect 30 or 40 houses thereon.
Colonel. "W. A. Herron, Mrs. Schenley's
agent, was seen and said that Mrs. Schenley
had not leased any of her Oakland property
fronting on Fifth avenue to Mr. Casey or
anyone else othor than that which was
leased three or four years ago, nor is any of
it for rent or sale at the present time.
Buildings for the Week.
Twenty permits were taken out last week
for the same number of new buildings and
improvements, aggregating 5117,100. The
largest was for Captain Yandergrift's eight
story office building, corner of "Wood" and
Water streets, which, as estimated, will cost
595,000. The previous week 18 permits
were issued for 21 improvements, aggregat
ing 533,505.
Greenfield Avenue Development,
There is a strong probability of some im
portanttransactions in realty on or near
Greenfield avenue early in the new year,
but negotiations are not far enough ad
vanced to justify publication. It is no
breach of confidence, however, to say that
one of the schemes referred to involves be
tween 50 and CO houses. This fine location
has been brought into prominence by the
construction of the Second avenue branch
line, cars on which are expected to be in
operation within two or three weeks.
Dnslnes, News and Gossip.
Mr. D. C. Kuhn is putting a stone front In
his building on Penn avenue, near Collins.
Mrs. Gusky's stone house on Fifth avenno
will be finished by Arrll 1. It Is said the
woodwork alone will C03t upward of-$50,000.
John D. Bailey yesterday sold "on account
of whom It may concern" 8,080 shares of
East End Electric Light Company stock at
prices ranging from $9 to $15. As there was
only ono broker among the bidders, A..T.
Lawrence, all the rest being hankers. It 13
supposed the stock was held by them as col
lateral and that they bid it in as a measure
of self-protection. After the iale It was re-
Sorted that it was the property of Mr. AT.
owand.
J. H. Coleman & Co. report a cood inquiry
for acreage In all parts of tho East Liberty
district, with several deals as good as
cloed. -
The Dnqnesne Traction Company is aban
doning Howe and Walnut streets and mak
ing connection with the Atwood street
branch of the Fifth avenue line, bv which
cars will be run direct by way of Boquat
street.
W. N. Saner has sold a houso and lot on
Terry street, Third ward, Allegheny, to
Ilenry Allrecht for $8,000.
To-morrow stockholders of the Monon
gahela Water Company will vote on the
proposed issue of bonds of tho company to
theamount of $100,000 to be used in cancel
ins matured bonds.
Chardon, O., is to have a nntional bank
with a capital of $5O,CO0. A D. Downing will
oe me presiuenc.
Movements in Realty.
Black & Baird sold three lots In the Ophe
lia street plan, Fourteenth ward. They re
port an active inquiry there.
James W. Drape & Co. sola over six acres
at Avon more for a manufacturing site at a
special flsure.
John K. Ewing & Co. sold for Charles
Hunter to Mrs. Martha A. Ingram, a two
story frame house of six rooms, with lot23x
60 to a 20-foot alley, being the proDcrty No.
S3 Ashton street, near California avenue,
Sixth ward, Allegheny, for $3,300 cash.
Black &Baird sold for M. Jacob, E?q., a.
new brick dwelling on the south side of
Forbes street, near Cral, with lot 5 leet
front, for $8,000.
J. B. Lai kin & Co. report the following ad
ditional lots sold for the Blair Land Com
pany, Blair station: W. IC Irwin, Hope
Chuich, Pa., lot 215, for $105: John A. Cnrt
wrhiht, Brownsville, Pa., lot lOi, tor $393:
Andrew McGinnoss, Southside, lot 37i, for
$500: Ferdinand Fleckin, Southside, lot 369,
ror $530.
Baxter, Thompson & (Jo. sold lot Xo. 24,
Rnch plan place, Thirteenth ward, fronting
22 feet on Kirkpatrick street and extending
backl20 feet to a 20-foot alley, !or$300:atwo
'storyfrajnehouseisin course of erection on
theiot. They also sold lot No. 542; Butlerplan,
Eiihteenth ward, 20xlCO, on View street, for
$:oo.
Liggett Bro. sold four acres near Brad
dock for a large manufacturing plant lor
$11,000.
Tho Burrell Improvement Company jo
port tun following salo of loti at Kensing
ton: Ilenrv B. Busk, Pittsburg, lot 115,
block 5, for $632 00: William H. Whitzell,
Tarentnm, Pa., lot 53, block 8, for $KS0; Kob
ert X. Block and John A. Painter. B.ildwin
P. L., Mercer county, Pa., lot 141, block 6, for
$575; James Goldmnn, PittburfT, lot 45, block
3, for $6S0; John Wainer, Horatio, Jefferson
county, Pa., 10 leet-north oriot 78 and 10 feet
south or lot No. 79, block 8, for $3i5 S4: An
drew Wainer, Hoiatio, Jeffeivon county.
Pa., 20 'eet north Mdo of lot No. 79, block 8,
lor $325 84; Ruben J. Davis. Kittannlnir, Pa.,
south half lot 19, block 8. for-$350 63; Mrs.
Marv M. ISowland, McKeesnort, Pa., north
halflot 12, block 9, for S371 SS: John Pasko
vitch and Andrew PaskcvUcb, Southside,
Pittsbure, south hair lot 17, block 8- for
$35U 03: Henry Drown, Eittsbursr, lot 22, block
3, tor $725; Ml 8. K. 31. l. Spreen, Pittsburg,
lot 39. block 7, for $701 23,
A Z. Byera & Co. fold for William A
Black. Esq.. to Mrs. Kate MoAlcer lot So. 63
In hi plan, Tenth ward,. Allegheny Cy, oa I
189L
line of the Perrvsville electric road, front
ing 20 feet on Virginia avenue, extending
through 230 feet to Sheridan avenuerfor $550.
BETTES AND BETTER,
r
Tho Bank Statement Shows a Big; Gain Over
lst Year.
Although tho past week consisted of but
five working days, the volume of business
was largo enough to demonstrate that the
upward movement which set in two months
aso has not spent its force, bnt continues to
gain strength. Bank clearinRS wera up
wards of $2,000,000 in excess of the cor
responding week last year.
Bnt this is not alL Not only was the vol
ume of business greater than last year, but
conditions and influences were more hope
ful and assuring. There were no signs of
approaching 'disaster. Money wa easy and
enterprise aggressive. There were no de
velopments to excite apprehension. The
result of the week's operations was regarded
with satisfaction. The Clearing House state
ment follows:
Saturday's exchanges $ 2,34-817 St
Saturday's lwlances )t.3W 85
Week's exchanRes 12,ew,ca 11
Week's tatances 1,9:8.509 20
Previous week's exchanges 13. (9-. 403 18
Week's exchanges, 1300 lc.502,074ra
The New York bank statement showed a
Fmall increase in the reserve and a
large gain in deposits. It was favor
able. Chansex from the .previous week
were those: Reserve, increase, $318,525; loans,
increase. $6,415,200: specie, increase, $1952,
200; legal tnnlor. increase, $558,400: deposits,
increase, $S,7CS 300; circulation, increase, $13,
100: amount above legal requiiement, $19,
470,615. Tlanlc Clearing.
New York Bank clearings,$I67,500,045; bal
ance'. $fi.037,168. For the week Clearings,
$641,610,991: balances, $64,487,711.
Bosrox Bank clearings, $17,306,636: bal
ances $1,936,532. For the week Clearings,
$79,22,502; balances. $10,008,318. For tho same
time last week Clearings, $68, 393,155; bal
ances, $7,759,547. Money. 3iSt percent. Ex
change on New York, 12K- discount.
Philadelphia Bamc clearings, $12,166,684;
balances, $1,412,379. Clearings for tho weee
ending to-day, $59,001,063; balances, $8,533,229.
Monev 4 per cent.
Baltimore Bank clearings, $2,293,530; bal
ances, $397,903; rate 6 per cent.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Receipts, Shipments and Prices at East
Liberty and All Other Stock Tnrds.
Office: of PiTrsEtrRo Dispatch, )
Saturday; Dec. 26.
Cattle Receipts, 777 head; shipments, 674
head; market, nothing doing; all through,
consignments; 1 car cattle shipped to New
York to-day.
Hogs Receipts, 2,250 head; shipments,
1,800 head; market slow; Fhiladelphias. $3 95
4 00: best Yorkers and mixed, $3 S03 90;
common to fair Yorkers, $3 653 75; no hogs
shipped to New York to-daj'.
Sheep Receipts, 400 head: shipments, 400
head; market, nothing doing; nothing on
sale.
LATE NEWS IN BRIER
Tho London fog is clearing,
Canada has celebrated its first (rreen
Christinas in 25 years.
Samuel Parker, of Altoona, was -Hied
by a locomotive yesterday.
St. Joseph, Mo., is to have a "National
Chloride of Gold Institute."
Ninetv per cent eff the yellow fever pa
tients in the Rio Janeiro hospftal are dying.
Fights between Brazilian troops and Rio
Grande de Sul insurgents hare been re
ported. A committee of the German Commercial
Diet has declared in favor of the holding of
an international exhibition in Berlin.
The 25 public schools or Salt Lake City
have each been presentod with an Ameri
can nag by the Patriotic Sons of America.
Two hundred Italians In the lazaretto at
Flore Island, Uruguay, attacked tho officers
Friday, and it was only after hard fighting
that they were subdued.
Mrs. Flora L. Dve. of S&lamanca. N. Y..
one of the fair members of the colony at
Sioux Falls, S. D., secured a Christmas pres
ent in the form of a divorce.
Panl C. Coffin, dealer in hardware and
railroad supplies at 193 Chnmbers street,
New York, assigned yesterday to William
J. LlviDgstoh. without preferences.
An execution for $42,945 has: been issued
by the Farmers' National bank nzainst tho
Kevstonn standard Watch Company of Lan
caster. The company is now in the hands of
an assignee.
Chicazo commercial travelers will build
a magnificent club house, in which they will
entertain visiting brethren durinir the
"World's Fair. An international association
isprojected.
Colonel William Pearsall. a Tjrospcrons
farmer near Goldsboro, N. C, his wife and
two childien were burned to death with
their home. It is suspected the family were
mnrdered and the house fired.
The miners at Northumberland. Eng
land, have i ejected, by a vote or 8,720 to
2.8S9, the proposition to advocate tho passage
of a measure providing" for a legal day's
work of eight hours for hoys.
Fred, son of Editor Moorhead, of the
Indiana (Pa.) Progress, was accidentally
killed on a hunting expedition near Bay
City, Mich. Fred was the husband of a
nieco of the late Governor Geary.
The world failed to come to an end on
Christmas Day, as Mrs. C. F. Johnson, of
Kansas City, said it would. In response to
an inquiry sent to her room she wrote:
"Watch and pray; the Lord has willed."
Agustus Enkenberg, aged 60 years, was
teasing a half-witted youth named Dick
Friday evening. Dick pulled a long bladed
knife and plunged it into Enkenberg's ab
domen. The wound may prove fatal. Offi
cers are in pursuit.
Daring a drunken Christmas riot be
tween Hungarians and Italian railroad
laborers near Steubenville one man was per
haps mortally wounded, his face being rid
dled with buckshot. Officers tailed to find
tho shooter who was shielded by his com
rade. The court martial which is trying Major
Charles B. ThiockmortoTi in New York, for
conduct unbecoming an officer, in issuing
fraudulent vouchers and checks, after a
short session yesterday adjourned until
Tuesday, on account of tho illness of de
fendant's counsel.
Two freisht trains of the Dulntn, South
Shore and Atlantic Railroad collided near
Humboldt, Mich. John Hnrlocher, brake
man, and Emil Uanopen, fiieman of the
eastbound freight, were killed, and John
Beany, engineer, was seriously injured.
Conductor Jones, of the westbound freight
was slightly Injured.
Tho body of Albert Kennedy, engineer
at the Chicago mine of the Brazil Block
Coal Company, was found on the Indlanap
oils and St. Louis Railroad track near Car
bon, Ind., Friday, mangled almost beyond
recojtniticn. It is thought that he was mnr
dered and robbed, and his body laid on the
railroad track to hide the crime.
Ycsterdav morning at Cincinnati, Robert
Moore, asted 21 years, son of a wealthy con
ti actor, entered a hardware store and pur
chased a revolvor. He requested th e clerk to
load it, which was done, and returned to the
purchaser. Tho visitor then deliberately
pointed it toward the ri.ht temple and.
pulled the trigger. He fell dead at the feet
of the horrified clerk. No cause has been
assigned for the act.
Mrs. Annie Kelly, a widow, aged 43years,
was burned to death in Albany, N. Yl, yes
terday morning, in her grocery store. A
kerosene lamp that '.ras standing on a barrel
In the store exploded, and, egress being cut
off by the flames, she was suffocated and
burned to death before assistance could ar
rive. Tho woman weighed. 2S0 pounds, and
It is supposed that she could not get tho bars
removed from the door in time to escape.
A Necessary Improbability.
Frank Leslie's Weekly.
Lxdy (at the theater who has been bob
bing around in her seat) Shall I take offmy
hat?
Gimsey Ho, ma'am; not necessary. I am
a professional contortionist.
A Life Lesson.
Doll's Dressma'jcr.l
There! little girl, don't cry!
They havo broken your doll, I knowj
And your tea set, blue,
And your play-house, too,
. Are things of lonjr ago;
But childish troubles will soon pan byj
There! little girl, don't cry!
There! little girl, don't cryl
They havo broken your slate, I know)
And tho glad, wild ways
Of your school girl days
Aro tliinjrs oMrfnz ago;
But life andlove will soon comebyj
Theio! little girl, don't cryl
There! littlo frirl, don't oryl
They have broken your heart, I knowi
And the rainbow gleams
Of your youthful dreams
Aro.things of long ago;
But heavou holds all for whioh you clgb'
Tnerei iitue giri, aon-c cryi
ija w-
THE GAS IS LACKING.
Late Wells at McDonald Show Plenty
of Oil bnt do Not Flow.
EEED WILDCAT SHOWING STRONG.
One Xe-w Well Was Flowing From tha
Gordon Sand Yesterday.
SPRAT FE0H DKIPPING
BAND
uses
The production of the McDonald oil field
was given ont yesterday morning, for the 21
hours previous to that time, as 45,000 bar
rels. This is the same as the day before,
althongh no new wells have been developed.
The pumps have been kept running con
tinually, and the stock of oil in the field
was reduced from 101,000 to 03,000 barrels.
The days of gnshcrs are over, and unless
there is.an accident to the pipe lines it is
notprobdble that the stocks will ever in
crease much beyond the present figures.
A change which has become very notice
able recently is the lack of gas in the late
wells near McDonald borough. Several
wells havepunctured the Gordon within the
last few days but they were deficient in gas.
There was plenty of oil, but not the power
to throw it out- The majority of these
wells are located within a short' distance of
others which came in weeks ago andhave
produced thousands of barrels.
The general opinion seems to be that the
manjr holes which have punctured the sands
in this locality have drawn off the greater
part of the gas, and that hereafter,
a well which is to pay out must be
pumped. The oil is dead so far as gas is
concerned. This is the case particularly at
Koerner, "Westhead & Co.'s Iso. 1 Kennett
and Ho. 1 on the Matthews lot. Both of
these are filled "up from the Gordon, but
both have failed to flow. Neither is very
deep in the sand, hut they mav improve
with drilling.
There was only one well reached the Gor
don sand yesterday that made agood showing.
It belongs to Greenlee & Forst, and is lo
cated on' the Scholaret lot, at the railroad
trestle, between JToblestown and AVillow
Grove station. As soon as the bit broke
through the shell into the sand the hole
filled up, and in a short time the well made
a 20-barrel flow. Drilling was stopped until
tankage could be put up.
Keed "Well Showing Good.
The center of attraction in the southwest
field was the well of A J. Mercer & Co., on
the Sam and George Keed farm, three miles
southwest of McDonald. It is on a 22 line
with the fifth sanders, and lines up at 43 de
grees with the Gordon wells. Thursday
afternoon the fifth sand was struck, when
the well filled up with oil sev
eral hundred feet. Drilling was then
stopped, but yesterday it was drilled a
couple of feet into the sand. It then began
to flow, and kept flowing at intervals of 15
or 20 minutes. The only tank at the well
was a 250-barreler. This was soon full of
oil, and last evening the oil was going on
the ground. Orders for more tankage were im
mediately sent to McDonald, and the South
west Pennsylvania Pipe Line Company was
asked to lay a line to the well. The " sand
will not be penetrated any deeper until
there are better provisions for taking care
of the oil. This well is showing better
than any of the southwest wildcats,
and was considered last evening
by parties who had seen it as
promising better than any of the
wells which have been completed for some
time. If good it will caue a large block of
territory to be dnveloDed.
The Venture Oil Company's well on the
Frank Woods farm, half a mile south of the
Rend well, is full of oil from the strav above
the Gordon sand. It is the only well south
of the railroad which has had a showing in
the stray. Some of the welU on and around
the Sturgeson and Mevey larms made 65 and
70 barrels a day from this formation. Tom
linson & Co. are down about 1.300 feet on the
Dr. Miller farm, south of the Woods.
The Venture Oil Company has a well drill
ing on the Sam Jones farm, a mile and a
half southwest of Midway, which has at
tracted bnt little attention so far, as few
were aware that it was being put down. It
is through tho Gordon sand, in which a
strong vein of salt water was found, com
pletely tilling the hole and causing opera
tions to be suspended. The salt water will
be cased off next week. Greenlee & Forest's
Gladden farm well has not been improved.
Their Wade No. 1 is in the 30-foot, and
should get the fifth next Tuesday.
Two Light Gordon Sanders.
Gibbony and the Northfield Oil Company's
No. L on tho Sauters four acres. Just north
east of McDonnld borough, is 20 feet in the
Gordon sand and standing full of oil. It is
devoid of gas. No. 2, same property, tapped
the Gordon yesterday and is showing np (or
a better well than No. 1. Both will
bo drilled to tho fifth sand. Guckert .t
Steele's No. 8, on tho Mevey farm, is
dne next week, also their well on the
Thompson property, and tho one on their
Willow Grove lease. They are starting a
rig for No. 11 Mevey. Thev are also starting
rigs for their Nos. 2 and 3 on their Willow
Grove lease. Galay Bros.' No. 1 on the
Walker farm was expected to get the 100
foot last night. No. 2 will be cased with 6J
Casing Tuesday.
Greenlee Forst have a newrigup for their
No. 10 Mevey. The first rig was burned
when the well was 1,900 feet deep. The
tools which dropped in the hole when the
rig burned weie gotten out yesterday.
Giiffey & Quean's So. 2 Wctraore, is down
1,50a leet, and No. 3, 1,000. Their No 1, Mark
Koff, is down 900 feet, and they are spud
ding in No. 1 on the Mrs. Bell farm. A.
C. Phillips & Co., are fishing In
the bottom of the Gordon sand on
the Coliius property back of Oakdale.
Shaffer, Mechlin & Co. expect to be in the
fifth to-morrow on tho McKee pronerty hal f
a mile east of Oakdale. Guffey, Murphy
Galey have a rig completed on the Sturgeon
farm 400 feet west of Willow Grovo station.
Learn & Burson are down 800 feet on the Mc
Kinney lot at Willow Grove.
Ganges or the Wells.
The hourly gauges for the larger wells
yesterday were as lollows:
Mathews No. 1, Guffey, Jennings & Co., 50:
Mathews No. 3, Guffey, Jennings & Co., 70;
Herron No. L Guffey. Jennings 4 Co., 20;
fo 95- Bell No. 2. Guffev. Jennings & Co.. 20:
Elliot No. 3, Guffey, Gailey & Murphy, 20;
Wallace Nos. 1 and 2, Oakdalo Oil Co., 100;
Jiorgan heirs' No. 2, Oakdalo Oil Co., CO;
Morgan heirs' No. 3. Oakdalo Oil Co., 2S1
3Iorgan heirs' No. 4, Oakdale Oil Co., 60;
Sturgeon Nos. 1 and 2, Guffey, Murphy &
Galley, S5; Mevev No. 1, Greenlee & Forst, 35;
Mevey No. 4, "Greenlee & Forst, 30; Kelso
No. 2, Patterson & Jones, 50; Kelso No. 3,
Fattorson & Jones, 20; Herron No. 4, Forest
Oil Co.,60; Etta Glenn No. 1. Forest Oil Co.,
25; J. M. Glenn, No. 1, Forest Oil Co., 35:
Gamble No. L Greenlee & Forst. 30: Boyce
Nos. 1 and 2. Devonian Oil Co., SO; M. Robb
No.
lb. ROyal Gas Co., 35; ElIiott'No.' 1, Devon
Oil Co., 25; Shaffer No. 11, Forest OH
lan
Cn.. 40
Estimated dally production based on the
foregoing and smaller wells not reported,
45,000 barrols; stock in the field, 9?,000 bar
rels. SICK HEADACHECarter,s LmIe LlTtr rm
SICK HEADACHECarter,g Lmie LlTer piUj
SICK HEADACHECarJer.sLltUe Liver nils.
SICK HEADACHECarter,s l, , LIr ruJj
5e-t0-MWFSU
ODK'S GDHOIl , HQflT
COMPOUND.
A recent discovery hy an old
physician. Snccessfollv ned
monthlvbyflioiteaiirtsonadirs.
Is the only prlectly safe and
reliable meillclne discovered,
fieware -f unprincipled lms
jrtsts who offer inferior mefii
chies In Dlato of this. Ask for
Cook's .i .u.v Rot Compouxd. take no substi
tute, or Inclose il and 0 cents in postage in letter,
and we will send, sealed, by return mall. Full
sealed particulars in plain envelope, to ladies only,
2staraps. Address POND T.1LY COMPANY.
No. 3 Fisher Block. De rjlt. llich.
Sold In Pittsburg by Jos. Flimiso & so.v. 412
Market street. dc!7-Sl
DEAF!
NESS 4. HMD R0ISK ESKEDbr
l'eck'a INVISIBLE TIJMUR EAR
CUSH10HS. WWsperslieard. Com-
f ortabla and Mlf adjustlne. Succfnnber all Rem
tarlc. Writ for Illustrated Book o.
lea ran. ooia Djr.jiiovAA. wu,oBa'",f-r""
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M fSI
NEW ADTEKTISEMENT3.
"WORTH A GTJinEA A BUZ."
Wl create im
If the jam of logs increases, there is bound
to be a disastrous break up. If the system is
allowed to remain clogged, and there is no
healthy action of the liver there -will he a h-r V
up, fever and possibly death. Keep the nato- j
- - "-,. J J.... Ul UK UUU1FVIIU1 VIU1
s
Sand there will be r.o TVesk
Stomach, no lmpnlrcd
ll!rallnn Mnfif lr,T...
ache, nod no Torpid Liver.
Of all drtiffgists. Price 25 cents a box.
New York Depot. 365 Canal St. u,
WE OFFER, SUBJECT TO SALE,
ALIi OB ANT PART OS
$100,000
6 Per Cent Guaranteed Stock
Of Pennsylvania.
This stock nas paid 43 consecutive semi
annual dividends.
Full particulars will he found In Poor
Manual or the Financial Chronicle Supple
ment.
Price and special circular on application.
A. J, LAWRENCE & CO.,
8 FOURTH AVE. PITTSBURG.
T del3-lS5-sn
a
OH. WTXI. SUPPIXESL
T. FLETCHER GRUBBY
ATITHTHE
OIL WELL SUPPLY CO.,
NOS. 91 AND 92 VTATER STREET.
PITTSBURG, PA.
Estimates furnished on the celebrata
Mogul & Innls oil well engines.
O. W. S. Co.'s Red Dome bteel boilers.
O. W. S. Co.'s tapered joint casingand tab
in?. O.TV. S. Co.'s drilling and fishing tools.
The Philadelphia & New Tork Cordage,
and everything necessary in an oil well out
fit. The patronage of new companies beini
lormed earnestly solicited. Drop a postal
card and I will call on yon. Telephone 1271.
se20-189-sau
OIL WELL SUPPLY CO.,
91 and 92 Water Street,
PITTSBUEO, PA.
BEOKEES FINAN CI AU
Whitney & Stephenson;
57 Fourth Avenue.
ap3(U9
JohnM. Oakley & Co,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Btocis, Bonds, Grain, Petroleum.
Private wire to New Tork and Chicago
ii SIXTH ST., Pittsburg.
MEDICAL.
DOCTOR
814 PENN AVIiMIJS, PrTXSUUEG. PJ.
As old residents know and baci files ol
fittsburg papers prove, is the oldest estab
lished and most prominent physician in tha
city, devotingspecial attention to allchronta
8&zr.N0 FEE UNTIL CURED
sponsible Kir;prp and mental dis.
persons. I tCll V UUOcaes, physical de
cay, nervous debility, lack of energy, ambi
tion and hope, impaired memory, disordered
sight, self distrust, bashtulness, dizziness,
sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, Impover
ished blood, failing powers,, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption,
unfitting the person forbusines3, society and
marriage, permanently, safely and privately
S-ttiBLOOD AND SKlNftrSS
eruptions, blotches, falling hair, bones, cams,
glandular swellings, ulcerations of tha
tongue, moutn, tnrcut, mcera, uiu sores, are
cured for life, and blood poisons thoroughly
eradicated from 1 1 DIM A DV kidney ancl
too system. U HI IM All I bladder de
rangements, weak back, gravel, catarrhal
dicharges, inflammation and other painful
symptoms receive searching treatment
prompt relief and real cures.
Dr. TVhittier's Iifo-Iong, extensive expert
ence insures scientific and reliable treatment
on common sense principles. Consultation
free. Patients at a distance as carofully;
treated as ir here. Ofllce hours, 9 x. it. toJ(
y. if. Sunday, 10 a. m. to 1 r. jr. only. DK
WHIXXIEK. 811 Penn avenue, Pittsburg, PaJ
VIGOR OF MEM
Easily, Qolckly, Permanently EESTOREXfc
WEAKNESS. NERVOUSNESS. DEISILITT.
nrt all the train of evils, the results of overwork,
tlckncss. worrr. etc. t till strength. doTelopmeat
and tone jruarantecdin allccs. simple, natural
methods. Immediate improremtnt seen. I'ailur
Impossible. 2.C01 references. Boot, explanation
anil proofs mailed (seilcJ) free. Address
ffy-rv. aiEUICAi CO., BDl'i'AI.O, N. T.
leio-il
TVnhnTB a noItlvo care f or tbo ejects of self-obusw
lo-rer Impotenty &c. to crra t is onrfalth In our peclflj
it, "i Jd rao full mm.1 It's iiij.il Irlno and mus
- C. JI. Co., at3 u.-"lwaj, Sow York.
lmvl-21-3U
SZex!n? fsoa
the effects ol
Touthtul eirozf
early dccv. wasting weakness, lost manaooo. etc
1 will send a valuable treattse CcalHl) c-atahHn
full particulars for home cure, Jjltt orcnarga,
A splendid medical wort, should te read by e-rury
m-m who 1 n'rvrei and debilitated. Address,
l?ro. 5 C. t'OIVJjEH, X3oodu, Conn
-x-tl-uuUWjw
Annnif rBUTK?l.5ILLlnH FHtC.
MS TREATMENT
, wiin rr,uiwii. l.lc.-ikiwm i
Tor all CHRONIC. ORGANIC aaj
N5RV0HS DISEA3E3 in both efxes.
liar no Bft till Ton read tMj, beox. AdOraea
THE I'EfiU CHEMICAL CO., HRWAIHEE,U!3
Bff"S
Stiflcrlng from Xat
flUlM I'lwK.Jmm Do.
'iMEUBa LllilT.lK. Alnnhoo.
. .r
Etc. Wc will send yon a valuable book (sealed) free
of charjrc.contalnlnir full partlcntirsfora speedy and.
nprmanent cure. Aouresai nAa Ma,1 u
1KV.CO
I0OUveUMt,Bt.LrulI,llo -
BEEG
PSLL
Sharon Eailroaa Co..
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