f I VAKMAN'S TfiAYELS. Glowin? Ten Pictures of Gibraltar and Its Surroundings. A HOSTAGE OP CIVILIZATION. The Place Fossessedlyan English-Speaking Christian Eace. I'EACE IS AITAREM" EVERT HAXD tcoi rifPovDECF. orTiirc dih-atcii. Gibkaltak, Jan. 2S. 1 believe that one of the prealest glories or intelligent Ameri canism lies in the fact that, as a people, we arc receptive of reasonable and just ideas, and are susceptible of conversion from here ditary prejudice and the mean and little spirit of hatred and eny toward another nation because of any superiority of policy or possession it may be great enough to pursue orenjov. This coniiction came to mo more ovcr whelraingly than eer before, as we steamed av.ay irorii the land of the Moors and took our way across the Strait towards the city and Bock of Gibraltar. Upon this Northern Pillar of Hc-enles the English ilap has floated for 1SS years. And I am pad of it, glad that Sir George IXooke, in the "War of Succession, was cunning and brave enough to tafco it; that iron-hearted Elliott in the Four Years Siege was sol dier enouch to hold it agiinst the combined cfiorts oi France and Spain; and that ail the powers or Latin and Mussclmau arms and diplomacv, with the cowardly machinations of Enclish traitors at hon.c, have neer availed to hand oer thi key of the whole Levant to Spanish or other possession or retrogressionfbecause: Ccinmon Guarantee of Respect. Just so long as England holds Gibraltar the trade ot the Mediterranean and the East js pcacefulh open not only to Eneland but to every nation of the earth with spirit enough toconrpote forit; and Xorth America, whose English-speaking and thinking peo ple now "twice outnumber tnose of the motherland, in common with Great Britain, in trade, in trax el, and in all those things tending toward the world's enlightenment and progress, will eujov through England's dogged "possession ol Gibraltar, a common guarantee ol security and respect. If, as I hat c done, yon will tramp through the provinces of France; wander afoot from Fmisterrc by Valladolid to Madrid and thence across the Spanish sierras to Barcelona and the sea; know Portugal fiom Lisbon to the Mediterranean jrates; idle among the peasants and shepherds of Italy from the Pyranecs to remotest Apuliau shores, tramp trom Si cilian Catania oer old .Etna to fair Paler mo; and then, in Algiers and Morocco, come close enough to the people to know the repulsive nature and life of the Arab and Moor: you will never hae to learn from an other source this true thing 'list, at heart and as a whole, the Latin races whether in Southern Europe or m South America, possess as deep and lasting a hereditary hatred of all who own and speak the English tongue, as fadclessly tires the Moslem heart in its fanatical dream of some time eerj where planting the Crescent above the Cross. ow tile rillar or Peace. Differ as grievously as Americans may with Englishmen regarding the justice or injustice ol this or that, on these large lines ol tremendous import we cannot but remain one and indissoluble. Looking out of the history of the centuries that were, and from among the possibilities of the centnries to come, the mightv Bock and its armament fades from sight as a mere stubbornly held possession and menace. Its nivthic name, the Pillar ot Hercules, merges into the Pil lar of Peace. And Gibraltar in the posses sion of the English speaking and Christian liing race will remain the hostage of Christian civilization for all time to come. All one's preconceived notions of Gibral tar fjll far short, I think, of conveying its true grandeur and impressiveness. From whatever direction you approach it from the westward ocr "the Atlantic from the Mediterranean on the cast, from Tangierin Alrica across the strait, or from the Spanish sierras to the north it has always the seem ing of a majestic mountain of stone rising sheer out ot the blue of the sea. As we ap proach it some straggling clouds which had formed among the peaks of the Spanish Mcrras, carried by northern winds, were stretched in thin folds across its upper heights. TheygaM the huge rock alter nate bars of ebony shadow and golden light, and, hutting its top altogether from sight, emphasized the impression of a mysterious altitude. A 3IatcliIss Panorama. Even when one has landed, the easiest affair of its kind in all Europe, as Gibraltar is a free port, this impression is not dis pelled The white cit, a pile of huddled terraces at the water's edge at the only spot ou all Gibraltar where habitations could be patched like nests of birds upon its ragged sides, is but a tbin line of human resort upon and above the hore. "Wherever the eye rests is sea beneath, and rock above; not very precipitous on the city side, yet rising in escarped height on height, until one feels certain that inaccessible heights are shut from sight beyond. My own first impulse, as I believe must be that of all first visitors here, was to mount its utmost crag and study its topo graphy with mv own eyes, while feasting upon the matchless panorama thus al forded. In two hours' time, including the dignified delay required in the issuance of a permit by the military secretary, in Gun ner's lane, I stood alongside the signal tower, EI Hacuo, from which, it is said, with a powerful glass the Bav of Biscay can be seen, while the valley in which is built the capital of Morocco, the city of Fez, is plainiv discerned. Impregnable. Gibraltar upon which one now stands is the outjutting promontory of a long, narrow strip of land and rock, lorm ing a peninsula on the eastern shore of the Bay of Gibraltar.or Algeciras, as it is some times called. The latter is shaped like a horseshoe, open to the south, its western shore extremity terminating in Cabrita Point This bay is perhaps eight miles long Irom north to south, and five miles broad cast to west. X-p From Renralh the Waves. The peninsula terminating in the rock, slopes gradually down from the Spanish mountains to the Spanish lines, just north of the ruins of the old Spanish fortifications, and between this and the Hock is what ts known as Neutral Ground, a flat Sandy reach, a mile and a half in length. Upon this, close to the Bock, are the English race conrsc,the drill ground and the Hebrew and the garrison cemeteries. The narrow trip connecting Gibraltar with the main land has every appearance of having been beneath the wa es at no remote date, and the English hae rendered Gibraltar unas Failable by a land force through engineer ing contmances by which the entire strip could in an instant be blown to powder and covered bv the sea. At the southern end of this sand covered bed of mines the Bock rises almost perpen dicularly for over 1,400 feet Many fancy its contour resembles a lion couchant, with its head reared aloft to the north and to ward Spain. It is grand enough without the simile; breaking away in lessening crags to the south and again confronting Alrica with a lesser but none the less insurmount able wall of stone, about whose base the sea ceaselessly roars and lashes, flinging the spume and spray to tremendous heights atnnnr. 4lm on.o t Vnlvirni lnlnt ft 1 three miles from its landward face of rock to its seward front of stone. The average width of the huge monolith is three-fourths of a mile. 3 he Rock Girdled With Cannon. The Bock, practically sea-encircled, is completely girdled at its base with cannon. Cannon protrude from innumerable bas tions and outworks from base to peak. Cannon, hundreds of them, are behind port hole:, cut from the solid rock, in hewn chambers beneath the mountain, tier on tier, and miles in length. Cannon are upon ccrv crag and precipice upon its very peaks. It is a stupendous mountain of stone out of whose sides, at every angle, can be poured more awful destruction than ever issued from the very craters of iEtna" and Vesuvius. Barring the comparatively few cannon upon the heights, it js all peaceful enough in apnearance where you stand beside the signal station. Pretty foot and donkey paths wind to shaded roadways below. Over to the east the Kock falls sheer 1,400 feet to the Mediterranean. Away down there like a line of sea foam and driftwood cast upon a thread of shjngly shore be neath gray precipices, lies little Catalan, the loncsomcst and most picturesque fish ing -village in all Europe. It is said some Genoese fishermen were shipwrecked here, and fastened to the rocks like things of the sea, a thousand or so years ago. Sometimes great columns of stone, falling Irom a quarter of a mile above them, crash through -their white shells of .houses and erind a score of souls into the flinty shore. The thunders of siege have no ter rors for them. They cannot be dislodged. And they remain there the only things of life on Gibraltar's Mediterranean shore. f-afe Anchorage for a avy. Just opposite the "Northern Pinnacle," on the western shore, the Old Mole or breakwater" extends LlOO feet into the bay. Just one-hall the distance from this to Europa. Point the New Mole has been pushed into the sea nearly 1,000 feet. Here is safe anWiorage for the entire merchant and battle ships of Great-Britain. At any time several hundred craft ot all nations may be seen in the Bay of Gibraltar; while con verging or diverging toward and from the narrow strait dividing two continents are ever in view stately processions of the trade argosies of the world; some under sails white as seaulls" w iocs, and some trailing behind their huge funnels what from your dizzy height seem like delicately-penciled fronds of shadow upon the radiant water's blue. Down there between the two moles you can see the flat rooTs of the city crouching beneath the crags. At its northern end, just abreast of the Old Mole, and well up the mountainside, which on the west is less precipitous than elsewhere, stands a kuee Moorish tower, just 1,250 years old, built , by the first Moorish iniaders, and the most ancient perfectly preserved relic ot Moslem rule in Spain. It is almost entire in its massive strength, though honeycombed by innumerable cannon balls; while its great tower of homage is now a powder magazine, while modern barracks and officers' quarters with pleasant gardens fill the area within its ancient walls. A i'ictnresquo Harbor Scene. To the south, Africa seems but a step scross a glenming pool. To the east there is only the asi Mediterranean, dotted with many strange and curious craft. To the west, the sight ranges oer a beautiful and picturesqe harbor scene, with every man ner of ship that floats, from the leviathan man-of-war to the lateen sailed felluoa, including a half-dorcn Ameri can schooner', and barks with their shapely hulls and slender spars, and rests beyond the waters of the bay upon the circling Spanish shore. All this is what one can see at El Haclio npon the heights ot Gibraltar; but what wraiths of history mythic and real, crowd from the past upon the wondrous scene! If Gibraltar were not a unique and the most gigantic fortress in the world, it would still be a spot ol rarest interest and charm to the traeler. The scenic beauties from any portion of the embattled mountains are not surpassed in the whole 2,000 miles' reach of the Mediterranean. Two continents and three kingdoms are here within cannon shot of wherever jou may stand. Thelrides and drives intothe most luxuriant and fruitful portion of Southern Spain, all with in a day's journey, bring within observation and eniovment e erv feature of hich or low- Spanisli life which could be studied in a journey irom x rauce to irorvugai. The City and Its lolk. And of the city? It has 20,000 souls ex clusive of the 5,000 or C,000 officers and men of the garrison. Terrace on ferrace it threads along the water's edge. It is a mass of archways, stairs, subterranean thorough fares, spiral passages, viaducts, vaulting footways, narrow vistas broken by quaint est corners, angles, balconies and roofs, and altogether the strangest, most curious and winsome jumble of human habitations and thoroughfares men eerbnilt to shelter men and trade. Then of the folk of Gibraltar; were you to get together from all Spanish cities their most characteristic lowly: bring from Genoa and Naples their most picturesque fisher men, hunt Tangier and Fez for weirdest Berber, Kahbayle, Moor and Hebrew; and dragnet the entire Mediterranean shoals for waterside folk that looked the fisher, smuggler and pirate in one; and thread among all these the scarlet and blue of thousands of the soldiery and artillerymen of the great fortress, you would still have a no mire varied, changeful, weird and color ful scene than at any hour of any day your eyes may behold, from the Almcda garden below the Moorish Tower, down through the "Waterport street, in this Moorish-built, Spanish-finished and English-held olden fortress town. Edgak L. "Wahemai.-. Get rid of one cold before you contract' another on top of it, or you may securely establish the seeds of a serious lung com plaint before you are conscious ol danger. Better prudently resort to Dr. D. Jayne Expectorant, an eflective cure for coughs and colds, and helpful also for its healing influence on the lungs and bronchial tubes. . A KODSING SUIT SE To-Day at' the 1. C. C. C. Clothiers In Our Basement Bargain Department. How do we do it? It makes no difference. Let our jealous rivals read this price list and wonder if they are "in it" with "ue a few prices that will make competitors squeal and bring us the greatest Saturday's trade ever done in Pittsburg P. C C. C The following men's suits will be sold to day in our basement bargain department. Here is the price list: Lot 7,72G, 120 men's cassimere suits at 53 45 Lot 7,290, 85 men's cheviot suits at.... 3 (35 Lot 5.34G, 98 men's worsted suits at. . . 3 70 Lot 5,177, 90 men's cassimere suits at. . 3 80 Lot 5,415, 110 men's cheviot suits at... 3 90 Lot 5,2fi8, 155 men's Harris cassimere suitsat 4 20 Lot 4,571, 140 men's cassimere suits at. 4 65 Cut this out for comparison. You will find each lot and price as advertised. P. C. C. C, Clothiers, cor. Grant and Diamond streets. Children's Underwear 25c, Formerly 50o and 75c Vests, pantalettes and drawers, iiizes 16 to 32. Best bargains yet ofiered. ' A. G- CAMrnEL.L4StTS,25and27Fifthav. The People's Preference. "The people of this vicinity insist on hay ing Chambcrltin's Cough Kemedy and do not want any other," says John V. Bishop, of Portland, Mills, Ind. The reason is be cause they have found it superior to any other, especially for the grip and the cough which so often follows an attack of the grip. 50-cent bottles for sale by druggists. TTSSU A Thoughtful Perion Consults his best interests by having a box of Krausc's Headache Capsules at hand; taken as directed will prevent or stop any kind of a headache, no matter what the cause, in fact, if your skull was cracked it would prevent pain. The frequency of the attacks will diminish.andby tacing the cap sules at the approach of a headache you will net er have another. For sale by all aluggists. wfssu 20 Per Cent Reduction. We wish to close out one of our plated spoon patterns, and having quite a quan tity, will, for the next 30 days, make a dis count of 20 per cent. These are lresh, new goods, and persons wishing to buy for the spring can save money now by Buying at once at Hakdy & Haves', 529 Smithfield street, Three doorsfrom City Hall. -THEfv SLICES OF SCIENCE. .Mechanisms That Are Kovel as Well as Extremely Useiul. . UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC WIRES Will Bo Tried Eoon for Iropelling Cars on Street 1'ailrcads. NEW INDUSTRIAL NOTES OF INTEREST An unusual amount of interest has been attracted by the new motor soon to be operated in Chicago, because it will be the practical, test of a new principle. If the result embodies all that the Love Electric Traction Company claims lor it the. systems of electric street railways now in use will be completely revolutionized. Careful preparations have been made by the railway company to give the new line as severe a test as possible, and if it proves successful it is more than likely that elec tricity will supplant horses on the outlying Knes. The new system is practically the over head trolley system newly applied. It takes the overhead wire, which has proved a practical success, and transfers it from a point above the ground to a conduit below the surface and underneath the track. It cm ploys a complete metallic circuit, by which the current, after being used, passes back again over its own wire instead of being discharged through the rail, as is the case in overhead systems. The new system is thus said to be made absolutely safe. The line conductors are of heavy copper wire, nine-sixteenths of an inch thick. They are suspended beneath the track by means of movable insulators. Attached to the car is an ingenious trolley device through which the trolley passes into the motor, thence to the lighting and heating apparatus, and finally back to the return conductor. The tiolley is likewise capable of motion in any direction. The current is brought up from the cop per conductors beneath by means of a slot rail which is not unlike the slot used in cable sjstems. It is so constructed that it forms a perfect steel roof" over the conduc tors and protects them fijom all kinds of weathtr. The slot rail has not a nut or screw in it, but is held in its place by a clamp, with ample space for lateral move ment This device overcomes the contrac tion and expansion so common in cable rail ways, for the width of the slot can be ad justed at any point in its length by means of a lever. In mechanical construction the road con forms almost exactly with cable construc tion except that the yoke is 20 inches in stead of 45 inches deep. This improvement obviates the moving of sewer, gas and water mains along the lines where the road might be extended. To remove the danger of the conduit filling with water manholes are placed at distances of 25 yokes apart, which drain the water through trapsinto the sewer. The power for running the electrical ap paratus is obtained at the power house, where a 150 horse power generator is now being set up. A uniform voltage of 500 will be used for running the system, the same as is required for the old overhead trolley system. One of the main advantages of the new system is that any electric motor to whioh can be attached the apparatus for taking the electric current from beneath can be utilized. The one now contemplated by the company will conform with the accompany ing cut Its advantages over other motors are said to be that the rnotormau's plat form is elevated 16 inches above the regular surface of the car, which not only gives him the opportunity of exercising greater vigilance while running, but also serves to keep the motor up out of the slush of the streets. It is also provided with four trac tion wheels, and it is claimed that five or six loaded trailers can be drawn with ease. Successful tests have lately been made with a new attachment for carding engines, an arrangement designed for the stopping of the machine. The shaft in the upper cal ender roller is in this instance prolonged a little beyond i bearings, and at its end is affixed a worm gear into a worm wheel, which is mounted on a stud attached to a bracket on the frame. The wheel has a pin affixed to its surface, which engages with a lever acting npon one end of another lever, the other end of this latter lever being bent so as to pass under a catch on one side of the doffer lever, which lever is supported in working position by the catch. The effect of this mechanirm is that if the sliver is passed through calender rolls at a proper thickness the worm on the upper calender shaft is held out of contact with the worm "wheel. If the sliver is too thin or is entirely absent, .the worm lolds into a gear and rotates the worm wheel, and thus removes the levers about their .centers, releases the catch attached to the d offer lever, and stops the engines. In the fire alarm device illustrated in the accompanying cut the expansive power of the air is employed in connection with an electric bell, the use of intermediate ma chinery being unnecessary. A bulb con taining air has over its outlet an india rub ber diaphragm. ' On this rests aflat metallic An Air-Electrie Fire Alarm.. bar hinged at one end and free to move at the other. "When the air in the bulb ex pands by the heating of the surrounding at mosphere, caused by a fire, the diaphragm pushes the bar upward,- thus closing the electric circuit and ringing the bell. It appears that very satisfactory results have been reached in experiments made with M. Caillette'i apparatus for producing a temperature of from 90 to 110 F. be low zero, by "the expansion of carbonic acid. The apparatus consists of two concentric - 1 1 rzz ! ' . II ' ""J t i 'iiB' 'i '' sfir-r-KvoijiiijESy IITSBUBQ - DISPATCH vessels with a small annular space between them, a spiral coil beiug placed inside the inner vessel, and this is put in communica tion with a closed vessel containing lique fied carbonic acid gas. At its lower ed the qpil is connected with the annular space, and at its upper a stop-cock is fitted. When used, the inner vessel is filled with alcohol, the stop-cock on the carbonic acid vessel is fully opened, and the cock on the spiral partially opened, when the liquid passes slowly into-the coil and takes the form of snow." From the coil it passes into the an nular chamber, in tvhich are placed pieces of sponge soaked in alcohol, which arrest all the acid that has not become gaseons, while the gas itself passes out of the ap paratus through a bent tube. With about five and one-fourth pints of alcohol in the inner vessel, and consuming lour and one half to five and'one-half pounds of liquid carbonic acid, a temperature of 95 F. can be obtained in a levy minutes. A writer in a mechanical journal states that, in the frequent dilemma of the spiral spring of an instrument getting broken, it is much more satisfactory to make one than to send the instrument away fcr attention. In making them, the best of spring steel wire is to be used, selecting a smooth iron rod the size of the spring to be made, care fully drawing the temper from the metal and fastening the rod and one end of the wire in a bench vise; the wire is now to be wound evenly and closely around the rod until the length of wire required for the spring is obtained, when the rod is to be removed from the vise, and, fastening one end ol the spring to the rod and taking hold of the other end, the spring is to be drawn alons the rod uutil the spirals are the cor rect distance apart To give the amount of spring wanted, it is to be lastcneu nrimy to the rod. The spring and lod are mado redhot, and both quickly plunged into cold water. After drying,, rubbed all over care fully with oil, and moted about in the flame of a lamp until the oil takes fire, Ihe spring is thus insuied the proper temper. This process is said to be much preferable ' direct rrom to uiu iu:ih.iii ui buuii ajiiii3 tempeied wire. This new apparatus, the invention ofMiss Annie M. Gregory, L. L. X, is a combina tion of the terrestrial and celestial globes which cannot fail to be useful in schools and colleges. The merit of the device con sists in surrounding the terrestrial globe with a celestial globe of glass, marked with the principal stars, the signs of the zodiac, the ecliptic, celestial equator and the tropics. The earth is rotated. by means of a handle, h, projecting through this crystal shell, and in all its phases is visible to the eye. The earth is a three-inch globe, the heavens a 12-inch globe. A cylindrical beam of licrht reflected from a hand lantern represents the sun, and by its rays falling on the earth gives a perfect Illustration ot the day and night throughout the year. Swedish papers describe a novel kind of construction, termed a locomotive steam boat, built at Kristanstud, for the naviga tion of a chain of small lakes, separated by falls, the boat beiug fitted for this purpose "with wheels fitting a track, and power may be applied to either the propeller or the driving wheels of the locomotive part of the track; the latter is three feet six inches gauge, with grades of 1 in 33, and haying curves of a radius of 100 meters. A Divorce In HIsh Life. It is sure to create a sensation, but when the good wife divorces herself from her old flour and weds 'Camellia" the Queen of Flour, her husband is perfectly satisfied, for he knows It means a change for better bread as it is the whitest, richest, most regular flour made. Ask your grocer for it. Fleishman & Co, Are going to close out their entire stock. of ladies' and misses' c coats bv the 1st of March. To do this they have reduced $8 medium weight cloth jackets to J10 cloth jackets to ?5. $8 New"markets to 51 50. $10 misses' Newmarkets to 250. f 25 cloth capes to 1 10. $15 cloth capes to $7 50 510 Astrachan capes to $5. 518 Astrachan capes to 58, 518 French seal to 58 50. $2 50. The Last of the Seaion. The success of the tours in the "Washing ton Pennsylvania Railroad series have been eminently successful. The tours aflord a de lightful opportunity of visiting the national capital in its most attractive season, while both Houses of Congress are in session and all the departments open to visitors; two tours remain, February 11 and 25, 1892. Excursion tickets will be good for ten days, from date of sale, admitting of a stop over in Baltimore in either direction within limit, and tourists will travel in a special train of parlor cars and day coaches. K-ito. Train Leaves. Pittsburg $9 00 9 00 a.m. East Liberty 8 93 9.10 " Ilraddock 8 80 925 " Iiwln 7 90 945 " Washington Anivo .... S15r. jr Thirtjyninutes for dinner at Altoona. The tickets will be good for use on any regular train of the dates above named ex cept limited express trains. The return coupons will be valid for passage on any regular train within the return limit except the Pennsylvania limited. Miss Dorothy Bisnor will give a lec ture on the Del Sarte system in the Alle gheny High School Hall, "Wednesday, Feb ruary 17, at 4:30 i ai. All are invited. Ad mission free. Miss Bishop's class work will begin February 18. For circulars ad dress M. C. Davis, Second ward, Perrys ville avenue, Allegheny, Pa. tts KEAL' ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, LI3L 401Sm!thfleld Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue. Capital, 5100,000. Surplus, 575,000. Deposits of 51 and upward received and interest allowed at 4 peF cent tts It does not pay to let a cough con tinue. Stop yours now with Piso's Cure for Consumption. 25 cents. All druggists. a us Ills Fame is "Widespread. Kennedy's restaurant at No. 2 Sixth street is popular among shoppers and ladies generally who wish to get a nice lunch while downtown. Kennedy's fame as a caterer is widespread, and there aro no weddings of note or social gatherings that he is not called upon to serve. His name adds so much to affairs "of this kind that it is the proper thing to secure his services. TTSSU Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for ohil Oren teething pioctuces natural, quiet sleep. 25c. Globe Wtthin Globe. ATIJRDVIiKRIV'fiFlSDaW FIGURED IN THE WAR. Tho Old Provoit Marshal's Oflica and its Occupants Recalled. "I'ze a 'Hallen' and forgot my noommer." The- sketch herewith shows a building which, in its time, was a notable structure in this city. Known as "Breed's building," No. 98 Fourth street (now avenue), it was erected about 1846. It was for years leased and occupied as a municipal building by the city, and contained the lockup, Mayor's office and other offices of city government. Next it was used as a law building in its first story floor, with apartments for room ers in its second and third stories. In the 27ie Old Irovost JfarshaVs Office. year 1803 it was leased by the United States Government for a Provost Marshal's office, and so continued during the late "War of the Rebellion. Some few years after the war it was torn down, and the present "English block" of buildings erected on its site and adjoining premises. As to the United Slates draft, or con scription, the following is to be understood. In the latest edition of "Webster con scription is defined, tiz. First An euiolling, or registoiing. Tho conscription of men of war Burnett Second A compuisory enrollment of in dividualsof a cei tain ago, held liable to bo diaftedormilitaiy or naval service. Our subject owed its existence to the act of Congress, of March 3, 1803, commonly called the "conscription act," for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and can be found in volume 12, United States Stat utes at Large, page 731. Ofiicers of tho Conscription, or Draft. The officers of the conscription, viz., the Board of Enrollment, to be composed of the Provost Marshal as president and two other persons to be appointed by the President of the United States, one of whom shall be a licensed and practicing physician and surgeon, are set forth in the "conscription act" above referred to as well as the duties of above board, matters concerning substi tutes, payment of 5300 for exemption or pro- Keduced from $21. for this large BEDHOOM SUIT. Also, f 21 Suits reduced from $24 to $15. XI Suits reduced Horn $43 to $26. lSbuits leduced fiom $35 to $00. 12 Suits reduced from $275 to $200. COUCH. Elegantly Uphol stered. BED LOUNGES. $8.85, $12, $15, $17. Thoy'ro comfort able bargains. Mattresses, Springs and Comforts Are no side issue with us; hut the pi ices aro far below all competition. $11.50 This HANDSOME SIDEBOARD. JHL KARPETS,LADIES'WRAPS. r& oftt fHSTH WE HAVE 40 OR 50 PATTERNS OF , - . 1 'fPi 1 iHfRlSl MM H?i:-5h. ;oi?figB "f ? S7 wTiVsrvHt-'ra $10.9S Will buy this T V 'HRs&kS' (regular $17) v V MffS.aBr TAPESTRY-COV- MliT EKED , B 1 In k y OAK FKAMES, M W RRI III l.yvqtil V. 7T MM For TERMS: KS!hdPtr 635-637 iy.,-3"'-' coring same and details of the conscription,' or draft. ' Subsequent to the foregoing act, the party drafted, or conscripted, by other acts of Congress, could not be relieved from the operation of the draft by the 5300 exemption payment, but, had, it pronounced fit for service in the army by the surgeon of the board, after due physical examination tin der the rules and regulations of the board, to go as a soldier or furnish a substitute ac ceptable to the board. The act of Congress was judicially con strued in an opinion of Judge McCandless, of the United States District Court, in the case of the United States versus Will. This' opinion was delivered at "Williamsport, Pa., and is reported in volume 2 Pittsburg Be-' ports, page 467. The Provost Marshal's Ofllco. The officials were, viz.: J. Heron Foster, then publisher of The Dispatch, Captain and Provost Marshal; Robert B. Simpson, M. D., Examining Surgeon; "William Camp bell, Commissioner. Subsequently J. Heron Foster became Colonel J. Heron Foster by promotion from the AVar Department, Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of "War. George "W. Murphy and Captain Charles "W. McHenry were Deputy Provost Marshals under Colonel Foster. All the persons and officials above named are now deceased. "When the drafting wheel was filled with the names of those from whom the con scription was to be made and afterward put into operation' those drafted were duly notified in -writing by a paper containing their names, and their number, etc., duly served upon them. "When applying for examination or hear ing to be exempted from the draft on the blank used for the purpose, the number of the applicant on this blank was demanded and received "by the Provost Marshal and other officers of the board. Some of the incidents of these hearings and examinations were of a sad nature in the cas"e of those drafted and pronounced fit for service who had families dependent upon them for support This conscription was severe upon those who were unable to get substitutes for want ot means, or other wise, and consequently had compulsorily to go out as soldiers. However, there were occasions when Applications for Exomption from the dratt were of a humorous charac ter. Some of these exemption applicants satisfied tho. board and were dis charged. On the contrary, others did not satisfy, whether they were aliens, or "Haliens," as alleged, or had their number, or'had forgotten their num ber, or otherwise. Those draft exemption applicants physically incompetent from excessive obesitjr, or other causes coming under the exemption provisions of the rules and regulations of the board, were as promptly disposed of as circumstances al lowed, and speedily discharged. On the other hand, th6se conscripts pronounced by the drafting board to be competent for military service, and who failed to furnisha substitute were soon clothed and mustered as soldiers in the various camps or places proided for the purpose, until, properly drilled, they could be sent to the tented field capable to discharge their duties as soldiers. Further, to realize what is expressed by Campbell: The combat deepens: On, ye brave. Who rush to glory or the grave! Pittsburg, FcDruary 11. Fritz. DEPARTMENT STORES "Which have from 20 lof the cheap trash: .gf B-R-U-S-S-E-L-S K-A-R-P-E-T-S-! 400 yards good Brussels, COc; have been 80c. 720 yards fine Brussels, 70c; have been $1.00. 400 yards Axminster, 1.50; have been $2.25. THEY'EE BAKGAINS, AND YOU" WANT THE5L "We want the room. LADIES' ITS Do you want a CLOTH JACKETS. Fur-Trimmed now $17, were $26. Fur-Trimmed now $24, were $37. Also a lot of Roll Collar Cloth TERMS KASH OR KREDIT. PARLOR FURNITURE. "We invite you to look at a stock of PARLOR AND That is unsurpassed for beautiful form, color and construction. The prices tell a wonderful story, as it shows effects in medium-priced goo'ls that look worth double the prices asked. For this week, also, we have cut the prices, to . FREE DELIVER LIBRARY FURNITURE NO-PROFIT PRICES SMITHFIELD ..7 WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. Great Sews for the Children. At last tho euro of St Vitus' Dance, Epi lepsy and other fits has been dtscdvered. Tho little ones need no lonser suffer from these terrible "nervous dUeases. Tho remedy is the great nerve cure, Dr. Greene's Xcrvura, and tho enormous demand for this medicine In all nervous diseases of children lias firmly established it as the great chil dren's remedy. It Is purely vegetable and perfectly harmless. Drugcists, $1 00. 'It affords me greatest pleasure to state that my daughter, who was a sufferer from St Vitus' Dance, and who was treated lor samo by prominent physicians In Brooklyn without result, -was comnlctely enred by usln two bottles of Dr. Greene's Nervura. PROF. J. M. ELWOOD, 43 Cornelia street, Brooklyn, X. Y." FELL IN A FIT. "My boy was very nervous and had four or flvo fits every day. Afterusins; Dr. Greene's tmedicico three weoVs fie began to Qtt well, and has had no fits since. Ten doctors gave him np'as incnrablo. Tno doctors and my ueichbors can hardly belieie tlieir eyes when they see my boy all stronc and well. MRS. EMMA SWEENEY, 1.1 Callaid 8trect,JFal!Jtiver, Mass." JGr-Dr. Greeno, the .successful .sn.c.cialist, in curing all forms of Ciaj:u:fciroa!c dlseises, 35 VT. FouxEnaans,taotiiSj5Itntcrfc can be consulted free, pcreonallyfor jDy let ter. Gall or writo him about the .case, or send for symptom blank to till out, and a lotter fully explaining the disease, giving udyice, etc., will bo returned free. 1 fXAlOG.pQS. mmmtRm JOHN C flJHAYNQab, :$& Ma S3. Boston DESKS. OUTFITTERS. Office Specialty Co., itOThirdnT. JeiS-rra MMnHR I hWL Estate INGRAIN KARPETS 5 to 30 yards in the piecel ItEJLNAXT PK1CES. They'll all go at PRICES-FOR-i-LEAN-PURSE! liirpets fine enough for any room in your house at the price 20 Kcmnants at 60c, have been 85c. 15 Itemnants at 40c, have been 70c 8 Itemnants at 25c, have been 45c. Ai JACKETS. Winter Coat or Jacket at two-thirds of former prices? Plush Jackets now $8.90, were $16. Plush Cpats now $15, were $28. Jackets and Newmarkets at y$ to y. off. Is il M M $26. Y. OPEN SA TURDAY ST. XEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 3 STRETCH ON YOUR The first week in Febru ary is always devoted to , special sale of Pants. Wea therefore, place on sale this week 130 styles of fine Trousers at the low price of $3. Every style warranted worth $4, and, best of all, you CMTSIPPEM. Try . our Home-Made $3 Pants this week. Clothfers, Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, 954 and 956 Liberty St fe9-9S-TTS HH1II. A Boiling Bargain for CONTENTS. 1 Wash Itoilcr, 1 Cou"t.o Holler, 1 P.ititepan, a I'io 1'lntes, 1 Cook. Tail, 1 1'ot Coi er, I I'epperlloj:, 1 Mumcs Grater, 1 Cake Cutter, 1 Steamer, 1 Tin Cnp, 1 Dipper, 1 hnoon. 1 Meat Fork, 3 !rr:ui Pans, 1 Cake Pan. 1 Cookie Pans, 1 Cake Turner. TOiLET SETS, Wo have only 22 of theso regular $s .7J Toil et Seta. Hut licre tlioy RO. 12 PIECES FINELY DECflfiATED, All Dishes anrt. Toilet Sou at CLOSE-OUT PRICES. A RED-HOT SUBJECT, 635-637 felS-21-wa lucjfnmucj) $1.89 $9.50 yLji For thl Large COOK QC SOtTART STOVE. O BUCKtT. 7C "Handsome O C i?'l CUSP1DOKS. TIN CIF3. EVENINGS. HHHiliinHHHMilft
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