wws grjpJBKpggpr '7 jsajw!, 3ffT. S4"V'V'J ' - . - ' ' ' '- V . THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21. 1893. 10 imMiirJMmJSlSIIW&Si&mm, extinguished, and maybe illuminated again. In the space of a few week be may allow 'death to Invade the world. He mar sit tpon his throne in a darkened sky, like a Van specter reigning over avast burial ground. He may then rise anew from his ashes and again support the life which had for the moment disappeared, and continue to maintain it for months, years and ages. ,trhit may yet be; and doubtless these things iave already been. Yes, the earth has already been wrapped in a shroud of snow and ice, and all species 'of living things have been thrown into a ailent trance. And at that time the world was already old. Its living population had already been many times transformed and j-enewed. The splendid and impenetrable iorces of arborescent ferns had given place to Bunny glades, full of light, perfume and birds of gorgeous plumage. The monstrous and ferocious saurians of the secondary geo logical epoch had made way for the superior tpecies of the tertiary epoch. Vigorous Lire In the Snnshlns. Already the pensive mammoth was lead ing his herds through the fields. The rhi noceros was already hunting in the woods. Already the gigantic stag was bounding like an ariow through the valleys and the ravines, the bear was sheltering his family in the caves, the apes were gamboling in the fruit-bearing trees, the horse was gal loping over the plains,.and the nests in the thickets by the brook were overflowing with life and song. Hut the temperature aroppea to suca a Jioint as not to leave a drop of water in the iquid state. A dark sky hung over the world. Nature stood still, like a man about to lamt and iall, and life went out. No longer did the birds sing, the plants blossom, the streams flow or the sun shine. This glacial epoch, visible traces of which are still found everywhere by geologists, extended over the entire globe. Prance, as (vet scarcely formed. Switzerland, Italy, the Various countries ot 'Europe, Asia and SHE MOST BRILLIANT VARIABLE STARS, alfrica, as m ell as those of the American Icontinent, still bear its impress. Was man .already in existence ? "Was he witness to Hhis great catastrophe? To protect him self and save his budding race did he find Borne sheltering volcano, some equatorial Isle, a refuge forgotten in the universal cat aclysm? Explanation of the Glacial Ep-ich. But the glacial epoch is inscribed in all Its letters in the great book of nature. Its explanation alone remains in the region of doubtful theory, and among the hypotheses imagined to explain it, that of likening our sun to other variable suns in the universe, land supposing the variation in heat to have .'been suff cient to give our planet over to "the ice which enveloped it, is by no means the least worthy of consideration. Analogous events are before us in the leavens. One of the most remarkable ex- cmples is that offered us by a star of the constellation of Argo, situated in the middle of a singular nebulosity. In 1837 this star "was of the first magnitude, ana until the year 1854 it surpassed in brightness ihe most beautiful stars in the heavens, yielding the palm only to Sirius, which, up "to 1843, It almost equalled. In 1856 this star began to wane, and, becoming inferior to all the stars of the first magnitude, took rank among those of the second. Continuing to diminish in 1S59 it stood among stars of the 'third magnitude, in 1SG2 with those of the 'ourtli, in ISfil with those of the fifth, in 1867 with those of the sixth, and in 1S70 it became Invisible to tbe Naked Eye. Beginning with the year 1871 this star .gradually passed through the various de 'grces of magnitude between the sixth and "seventh, and in 1SSS attained a minimum of T.65. Since that time it seems to be bright ening. Thus, during the time from 1856 to '1886, before our very eyes, this distant sun, whose parallax is inappreciable, whose dis tance is formidable, whose volume is pro digious this colossal focus of an unknown planetary system declined through seven degrees of brilliancy, till the time came when only one-sixth of its original light 'radiated from it. "What judgment can we found on such variations in regard to the habitability of a ylanetary system subjected to the irregu larities of such a sun? Should this system contain some inhabited world like our own, here we should have a glacial period brought about on its surface bv the gradual waning in power of its sun. Will this sun of Argo revive again? Will it regain its full power, and again shed from its increas ing sphere the rays of light and heat which reemed to have departed from it forever? "We may and must believe so, and this be lief is in part grounded on its movements and operations a they have been observed during the last 200 years. llit or j- of a Variable Star. Halley saw this star of the fourth magni tude in 1677; Lacaille, of the second, in .1751; Barchell, ot the lourth, in 1811; Bris jbane, of the second, in 1822; Burchell, of 'the first, in 1827; Johnson, of the second, Jin 1830; Herschel, of the first, in 1837. It Is, then, a sun w nich varies rapidly and in wide proportions, and "we may soon expect to see :t pass again through all the degrees , of brightness from which it has declined. To what caute may this enormous varia tion of light be due? May it be that the star removes from us with extreme rapidity, lend that it is approaching us again when Ve see its light augment? No. Because, en the one hand, there is no movement per ceptible (the movement would thus require "to take place precisely in the direction of .the visual ray, which is highly improbable, and which becomes even impossible when we consider the large number of variable tars that are known); and, on the other band, it would be necessary to admit that the star had withdrawn, between 1S5G and 1867, the whole distance required to reduce ' star of the first magnitude to one of the sixth, that is, to at least ten times the dis tance of the star of first magnitude, or of .6,000,000 times the radius of the earth's terbit which would Suppose an Extravagant Speed, p rate of speed which is, moreover, im possible to admit, inasmuch as the ray of light which takes 15 vears to reach us from the first distance would require 150 years to teach us from the second. The variation in light is not caused, therefore, by a variation in the distance of the star. Could it be produced by an eclipse? It rould be necessary in that case to admit that an opaqne globe as large as the star it telf passes directly between it and us and masks its light for a space of several years. iThe very nature of the celestial movements is opposed to this hypothesis. Jiav this surprising variation in licht. then, be due to the rotation of this distant un on its own axis, admitting one-half of it to be incandescent while the other half is covered with spots, encrusted, almost ob scured. It is scarcely probable that a star requires at least 30 years to accomplish a semi-revolution on its axis, and, moreover, the phenomenon does not appear to offer the regularity which would correspond with this hypothesis. The Only Plausible Explanation. The most natural explanation would be to stflmit that periods of superabundant bril liancy correspond to super-excitation in the luminous photosphere of these distant suns. "We have seen, in studying our own sun, that its light is die to clouds of solid or liquid particles burning in its comburant fctmosphere, as carbon, calcium or magne- -v vv ' ii Yl if vV $XV ,v'" It slum burn in our artificial flames. As SI. Faye has demonstrated precisely in regard to the variable stars, the solar phase, a star's period of brilliancy and activity com mences when the surface of the mass of in candescent cases has cooled sufficiently to allow of the precipitation of liquid or solid clouds, susceptible of emitting a bright light. The photosphere of a new sun is formed in this manner. Counting from a certain moment, the phenomena of the pho tosphere may take on an oscillatory char acter. The equilibrium of the gaseous mass is first disturbed by the dropping of scoriae which fall, and bv vapora which rise, pre cisely as the equilibrium of our atmosphere is troubled by the circulation of water in its three conditions of condensity. Different Phases or a Sun. Later on, when communication between the surface and the interior begins to be hindered by the encroachment of the scorio, eruptive phenomena are seen to take place, periodical cataclysms, whose result is the rapid, but transitory re crudescence of light. To each upheaval of the photosphere corresponds a sudden af flux of incundesceut gases, flowing from the interior of tbe mass. Still later these alterations are observed only fitfully, and at last they cease completely. Of all the stars which have changed in brilliancy the most memorable is that which, in the sixteenth century, in 1572, suddenly acquired such a light that it eclipsed nil its sisters in the firmament, and became visible at full mid-day. It was observed by Tycbo-Brahe. Humboldt pre served for us the following curious account of it by Tycho: One evening when, as usual, I was contem plating tlio celestial vault, whose aspect Is so familiar to me, I saw with unspeakable astonishment, near the zenith. In Cassiopea, a radiant star ot extraordinary magnitude. Struck with surprise, 1 hardlvknew whether I should believe my eyes. To convince my self that there had been no illusion, and to gather the Testimony of Other Persons. I bade the laborers who were at work In THEIR DATES AND THE MILKY WAY. my laboratory, to go outside, and I asked them, as well as all that passed by, if they, like me, saw the star, which had suddenly appeared. I learned afterward that In Ger many, wagoners and other common men had called the attention of astronomers to a great apparition In the sky, which gave fresh occasion for the usual jesting at the expense of men of science, as on the occasion of the comets whose coming had not been predicted. Tne new star had no tail; no nobula surrounded it: in all points it was like other stars of first magnitude. Its brilliance surpassed that of Sirius, Lyra and Jupiter. It could be compaied only to that or Venus when vhe is at tlio least dis tance possible from the earth. Persons en dowed with Rood sight could distinguish this star by day, even at noon, when the sky was clear. With the month of December, 1572, Its brightness began to wane; it was then equal to Jupiter. In January it became less brilliant than Jupiter. In February and March it became equal to the stars of the first magnitude. Iu April and Slav its brilliancy was equal to that of stars of the second magnitude. Its diminution from the fifth to the slvth magnitude took place from December, 1S73, to February, 137. The fol lowing month the new star disappeared, leavingno trace distinguishable to the naked eye, alter having shone 17 months. It Was the Star ofBetblehem, Few events in history have made so much" stir as the appearance of this mysterious messenger of the sky. It appeared on the 11th of November, 1572, a few months after the massacre of St Bartholomew. The general anxiety of the period, popular superstition, the fear of comets, the dread of the end of the world, for a long time pre dicted by astrologers, afforded an excellent background lor such an apparation. It was soon announced that the new star was the one which had led the wise men to Bethle hem, and that its coming portended the re turn of the God-man upon earth and the last judgment. After the star of 1572, the most celebrated is the one which appeared in October, 1G04, in Serpentarius, and which was observed by two illustrious astronomers Kepler and Galieo. As had happened in-the case of its Credecessor, its light grew weak by insensi le degrees; it lived 15 months and disap peared, leaving no trace. In 1670, another temporary star, shining in the head of Rey nard,presented the singular phenomenon of dying out and blazing forth again several times before vanishing completely. What the Spectroscope Shows. We have a knowledge of 26 such stars which within 2,000 years have presented a sudden exaltation of light, have been visi ble to the naked eye, often dazzling bright, and then have become again invisible to the naked eye. The two latest apparitions of this sort came to our notice in 1866 and 1876, and made it possible for spectrum analysis to determine that, as we have seen, a ver- ltaDie comousuon was going on in these stars, a conflagration due to a formidable expansion of incandescent hydrogen and to phenomena analogous to thoe which take place in the solar photosphere. It is a circumstance worthy of remark that these stars do not flame In any other quarter of the sky indifferently, but only within quite a limited region, chiefly in the neighbor hood of the milky way. Let a general explosion take place in one of these sunS, let it be suddenlv enveloped in protuberances of inflamed hydrogen, and let the dark network in which "we have seen floating the luminous granulations of the solar photosphere, disappear under the con densation of the shining faculae; or else let "a sun which is beginning to cool and to be covered with a solid crust to be torn apart by eruptions from the interior furnace," or again let the fall of an enormous meteor or collision with a celestial body crush in some newly-formed continent on the sur face of a sun, which is becoming encrusted; or, suppose two formidable metoric streams to run against each other in 'pace and vou have satisfactory explanation of our tem porary stars which have shone forth sud- denly with dazzling brightness, to relapse into their former state or to fall into anni hilation. Camille Flammariox. JL LIVELY FOTJB HOURS To-Morrow Morning From 8 to 13 A. Bie; S7 25 Hen's Suit Sale P. C. C. C. Here's a sale of men's suits that's full of ginger. It will last only four hours, from 8 to 12 to-morrow morning. (We close in the afternoon.) Your own selection of our $14,515 and 518 meu'ssuitsmadein sack and cutaway style, including the pincheoks, the hairlines, the plain black cords, elegant broad wale and narrow wale suits; Eight styles of fancy cassimere suits, fourteen (14) patterns of fancy worsteds and six elegant designs in broken plaids, besides crossbars, plain patterns, and herring bones. Four hours sale, remember, and no more. Be early and you can choose the best. P. C. C C., Clothiers, corner Grant and Diamond streets. Neuralgia Cored In Fifteen Minutes. Mr. J. S. Sturtevant, editor of the Wau paca (Wis.) Post, says: "Last night Cham berlain's Pain Balm cured my wife of neu ralgia of the face and tooth in 15 minutes' We would not be without it." 50-cent bottles for sale by druggists. ttssu No one shows better taste and good judg ment in his photographs than the well known photographer, B. L. H. Dabbs. Fubniture upholstered and repaired. Hatjgh St Keen an, 33 Water street. THE MUSIC WORLD. Patti.snd Her Concert Troupe Doini lor Pittsburg on March 5. THE AUDITORIUM TO BE HONORED. Josef Eofmann, the Youthful Prodigr, Begins Systematic Study. 1 BUDGET OF GENERAL NEWS ITEMS In the musical drouth prevailing through this portion of the local season, the assur ance pf Patti's- coming here within a fort night seems like the shadow of a great rook in a thirsty land. This event, sure to be one of muchjsignif icance in the world of fashion, at least, will transpire on Saturday evening, March 5, at the Auditorium, Penn avenue, The magic name of Patti has moved the lessee of that rather barn-like structure to undertake some further im provements, such as putting in a complete steam heating system, refiting the stage and generally furbishing up the place into the best practicable semblance of a temple of music fit for La Diva Mr. G. E. KepDle, the enterprising local manager, states that the whole Patti con cert troupe will be here, to the number of 18 souls. These will, no doubt, include Guille, Del Puente, Novara and one or two other solo artists, together with the only Arditi, prince of Italian conductors, and a small orchestra. It will b'e a straight con cert, without the "operatic" absurdity that is otteu tacked on at the end. Of course Adelina Patti is not a great musical artist iu the fullest sense of the term. Artistic sincerity and breadth, as well as originality in the . creation of new roles, are qualities that she honors more in the breach than in the observance. Her claim to her world-wide fame lies in herself, not in her devotion to art. But it is equally 'true that in herself, as an example of a well-nigh perfect vocal organ allied to the purest method and a style ample for the class of music she essays, she has a claim superior to that ot any singer the present, or the last preceding generation can remember. And from all reports she seems to have preserved her voice losing, of course, none of her other attractions to a degree that seems marvelous. By singing only about one-half as often as other famous artists and taking the very best care of herself between times she has retained through a career of extraordi nary length her unimpaired power to de light the lovers of pure, Italian singing, and has at the same time unwontedly prolonged "and magnified the harvest of gold that al ways ripens so much faster as the artist's fame increases. Prudent Patti ! I'rizrs for American Composers. The offer of prizes to American born com posers and librettists under 35 years of age, made by the National Conservatory of Music of America, has already been noted in these columns. The prizes, it may be again stated, are as follows: For the bestsrrand orcomlo opera (opera comiqne). words and music, $1,000: for the best libietto for a grand or comic opera (opera comique),$500; forthe best symphony, $500; lor the best oratorio, J500: for the best suite or cantata. $200; for the best piano or violin concerto, $200. The conservatory has now completed the plan which promises so much for the de velopment of music in our country, by an nouncing the names of the several juries, to examine and pass upon the merits of the works submitted. It is a list that carries confidence with it: Grand Opera Dr. Antonin Dvorak, Mr. GooiiiO W. Chadwick, Mr. Arthur Kikish, Sipnor Eomualdo Sapio and Herr Anton SeidL , Opera Comlque Dr. Antonin Dvorak, Sig ner Paolo Gioiza, Mr. Bruno Ooar Klein, Mr. Adolph Xeuendorf and Mr. Frank Van der Stucken. Libietto Dr. Antonin Dvorak, Mr.Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Mr. Elwyn P. Barron, Mr. Engene Field, Mr. George P. Goodalo, Colonel Thomas Wcntworth Higglnson, Mr. S. Seck enuorff. Mr. Kdmuud C. Stedman, Mr. Benja min Edwaid Woolf and Mr. William Winter. Oratorio andCantataDr.Antonin Dvorak, Mr. Dudley Buck, Mr. William W. Gilchrist, Mr. Benjamin F. Lang and Mr. William L. Toinlins. Symphony, Suite and Cantata Dr.Antonl Dvorak, Mr. Asger Ilainerik. Mr. Rafae Joseffy, Mr. John K. l'aiue and Mr. Xaver Scharwenka. Mews About the Prodigies. London sent this scrap of musical news under the sea last night: The former yonthful prodigy, Josef Hofmann, is about to begin a finishing course of study under Moritz Moszkowski in Berlin. The course will last two years, and Hofmann will not play in public until it has been finished. Little Otto Hegner played at the Crystal Palace this afternoon with great success. Crotcliets and Quavers. The Glee Club and orchestra of the West em University of Pennsylvania gave a suc cessful concert la3t Friday evening at the Central Presbyterian Church. Me. Homer Moote will sing thfs morning at the Second Presbyterian Church, where Miss Adele Beahard.who acts as Mr. Moore's accompanist in lesson-giving and elsewheie, holds, the post of organist. Gbieo has arranged a second suite from his music to Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt," and it has been performed with marked success at Christlanla, opinions being expressed that it is quito equal to the first suite in attract iveness. Mrs. Emma Bikolek Wolfe, Mrs. Nettie McFadden Hunter, Miss Elizabeth Corey, Miss Ltllle a Schlelter, Mr. Henry Gerding and Mr. C. F. Harris took part In a charity concert given at the residence of Mr. E. J. Lloyd, Edgew ood, last Friday evening. The East End Musical Association, having effected a permanent organization a fort night ago, is now ready for work. Mr. E. Wagner is the president or the association. Director Breil expects to Begin reheaising Romberg's "Lay of the Bell" next Tuesday evening. It is hoped soon to organize an orchestral department. The new Wlrschlng organ of SS. Peter and Paul's Church, East End, will be inaugurated next Friday evening with a recital oy Mr. Clarence Eddy, organist, assisted by Mrs. Genevra Johnstone Bishop, soprano, both of Chicago, The instrument Is of three manuals, containing 40 speakins stops and a full complement of accessory legisters. The First United Presbyterian Church, of Allegheny, has brought itself Into the ad vance line of that denomination by pur chasing an organ. It is a Hook & Hastings Instrument of two manuals, and will doubt less pioven most valuable adjunct in the church services. The inaugural recital was civen last Thuisday evening by Mr. Thoo dor Salmon. Eves the long-established music festivals of W6rcester, Mass., have to meet a deficit occasionally. Last fall the expenses ex ceeded the receipts by over $1,500. However, the association has in its treasury accumu lated profits amounting to upward of $6,000 In addition to a donated sum of ad much more, ir Pittsburg's musical deficits could only be made up out of funds on hand now nice It would be! A tiahotorte and song recital by the students of the Duquesne Conservatory of Music was elven last Tuesday evening, under the direction of Messrs. Carl Better and Charles Davis Carter. The students who appeared on this occasion were the Misses Olive Beach, Olive McKlnle.v, Catherine McDonald, Sarah Boblnson, Bessie Black bnrn, Gertnde Cosgrave, and Messrs. J. A. Atwood, William Abercrombie ana Alfied Bosser. Washington's Birthday will wind up pleasantly for those who attend the concert to be given that evening at Carnegie Hall, Al legheny, for the benefit of the Union sick fund of the C. M. B. A. of Allegheny, Mill vale and Sharpsburg. The long and variel programme presents the names of Miss Rosa Weber, Mr. A M. Spencer, Miss Jeannetto Wheeler, Mr. John S. Vi-gel, Mr. J. D. Man gold, Mr. T. J. Fltzpatrick, Mr. Edwin Mor gan and others. ' Mr. Bevebioqk Webster will resume next Saturday afternoon his weekly classes In analysis of musical form.harmonlo contents and other matters pertaining to the scien tific side of the art. This year there will be a brief performance each week to vary and illustrate the discussions. As before, these meetings will be primarily for Mr. Webster's own pianoiorto pupils, though others may obtain the privilege of attending at a nomi nal cost. The educational value of this kind ol activity is exceedingly great. Eugene D1 Albert's first pianoforte recital of his coming American tour is now set positively for Monday evening, March 21. As stated last week, this opening recital will be given in Pittsburg, at Old City Hall. Mr. Joseph II. Gittlngs is the local manager. Reports of D'Albert's recent appearances in Eurore indicate that his genius has become still more mature and his title to rank as one of the very first of living pianists is more than ever assured. The Mozart Club's "Ballad Concert" is set hls year for March 1, at Old City Hall. The cuorai novelty will ue a new nntnem, -uou Is My Helper," by Mrs. Kate Occlestone Lippa. and tho chorus will repeat Kthelbert Neviu's lullaby, "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" (bv request), and Eaton Fanlng's "Daybreak." Tho lomalnfler of the pro gramme will be ofr the niiscellanepus make up customary in these less formal but very pleasant ballad concerts. Without making a'ny operatic pretensions, "Slnbad," as given at the Duquesne for the cunent fortnight, does in fact stand upon a musical plane as good as that of many of the so-called comic opera productions with which the public Is inflicted. Tbe music Is appropriate and good of its kind; its per Jormance by some of tho soloists, as also by thecliorusandorchestra.is.aH that could be asked. "Slnbad" Is all that it pretends to be; would that all musical shows were as muclil The Allegheny Musical Association an nounces its third concert of the season, to occur at Carnegie Hall, Allogbeny, March 8. Smart's cantata, "The Bride of Dunkerron" will be given, followed by a miscellaneous programme. Miss Harriet Worrall, soprano, or Cleveland; Mr. F. J. Bussman, tenon Mr. Homer Jloore,,bas:Mr. H. G. Archer, organ ist, and Mr. Leo Oehmlcr, violinist, will-attend to the solo work. The chorus will number about 100 voices, directed by Mr. W. Lafferty. Marie Temtest, one of the roost refined and musical artists on the light opera stage, will be at the Duquesne next week with what is claimed to bo the strongest com pany ever sent out by tho New York Casino. "Tho Tyrolean," one of the latest Casino successes, and 'INanon," which age cannot stale, will form the bill. "The Tyrolean" was given at tho Casino in an abridged form as a eultaiu raiser before "Cavalleria Rustlcana," but it will be heard here, they say, in its original, complete lorm, occupy ing the entire evening. The second of the series of four classical recitals to be 'given by the faculty and ad vanced students of the Duquesne Conserva tory of Music, will take place next Thurs day evening at the conservatory. A pro grummo of much interest has been piep.ucd lor the occasion, composing pianotoi te and vocal solos, vocal duos and quartets and compositions for two pianos. Messrs. Carl Better, Charles Davis Carter, Harry M. Mays, Morris Stephens, and Misses Sadie E. Ritts, Julia E. Beach aud Gertrude Cosgravo will appear. The Biblical cantata "Belshazzar" will hold the boards at the Alvin Theater for the 'entire first week In Slay. The production will be for the benefit or tho Allegheny Gen eral Hospital. A chorus of -i5 voices Is now bolug drilled by Mr. W. S. Weeden, and It Is expected to have a full orchestra, fine cos tumes and all tlio glittering accessories of the stage to help set off tho good old story. As tar as now determined the ca:-t will be as follows: Belshazzar, Mr. W. S. Weeden: Daniel, Mr. John A. Strouss: Zerubabel, Mr. Mollis Stephens; Cyrus, Mr. Alex. Ros: .-interna, Miss Francis King; Sulamith, Miss Edltn Harris. A Lospos cable of yesterday's date says: M. Massenet's opera "Werther" was given for the first time on Wednesday last at the Imperial Opera House in Vienna. The part of Verifier was sung by M. Vnndyk, while MUo. Renard sang the part of Lotte. The libretto adheres closely to Goethe's novel and has no other characters or incidents. All the children appear in it from Sophy, aged 15, to the baD, and appropriate music has been written for them. Massenet is busy on an important opera in five acts called "Thais," which he hopes will be per formed In Paris within a twelve-month from to-day. Antojt Seidl has been called back to bis old stand at the Metropolitan Opera House. New Tork. Arter a run of French and Italian operas Manager Grau findsas was anticipated, that both public and critics want Wagner, and he, therefore, wants Seidl. "The Flying Dutchman" and "The Master singers" are to be put on at once, and others will probably follow. What policy is to govern America's foremost opera house next season is still In doubt. What a pity that the financial support of such an Institu tion must come from people who regard the oflera as merely a fashionable pastime in stead of a serious nrt work. A shifting, un certain policy is fatal to anygenuino artis tic success, whether sought in tho modern German or the obsolete Italian school. The staff of tho Paris Opera numbers In all about 250 persons, not counting the mechan ics, scene shifters, and tho army ot super numeraries. There are 14 regular tenors, 8 baritones, 11 bassl, 12 soprani, and 6 con traltl, whose salaries aggregate about $200, 000 a vear, and a good chorus, which is paid $150,000 a year, and a large "corps de ballet," costing half us much more. The highest salary is paid to tbe celebrated baritone Lasalle, who receives $20,000 a year; Mme. Melba is paid $12,000 for eight months' sing lng.and the others teceive less sums.runiling down to about $800a year. With all tnese large expenses they are now trying the experi ment of giving popular representations at cheap prices, and the management is some what onrprised at the pecuniary results. Market people, laundresses, and other labor ing personsattend the Sunday performances, which are said to be excellent. TIMELY PJCKSONAL BIENTlOX. Mr. Levi De Wolf returned from the East yesteiday. Mr. E. E. McCllntock, Tyrone, Is tho guest Ol menus in .ur&uuocjt, Mr. Robert Cogan, of Copeland, Is conva lescent from a critical illness. Rev. Charles W. Smith, of Wllklnsburg, Is home from a trip to New York. Mrs. A. O. Laufman, of Wllklnsburg, left yesterday for a visit to California, iPa. Mr. Leo A. Katz, of Parker avenue. Brad dock, leturned from a visit to Clarion. Dr. W. Morgan, of Braddock, has returned from a visit to bis parents in Johnstown. Misses Mollie and Hessie Levy, of Fifth avenue, are visiting friends at Youngstown, O. Mr. T. G. Wogner, of Parker avenue. Brad dock, is seriously ill at his home with the grip. Mrs. C A. Sipe, Falrmount, W. Va., is visit ing at R. P. Graham's, Pine Creek station, w7p. E. R. Ex-Mavor J. M. Brash, of Brushton ave nue, Wilkinsburg, is lying at his home seriously 111. Mr. J. A. Patterson, of Penn avenue, Wll klnsburg, lelt last week for a business trip to New York. Mr. J. H. Curry and Mr. T. B. Tomb, or Wilkinsburg, are home from a trip to Wash ington and Baltimore. Mrs. M. S. Stewart, of Wood street, Wil kinsburg, leftlast week for a sojourn of sev eral months in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. K. Solomon, of Ridge avenue, Allegheny, have sone to Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester and New Yoik. J. William Maqy, the noted humorist, gave a descriptive humorous recital in Odeon Hall, Braddock, Wednesday evening. Miss Virgil Garber, of Bedford, Pa., hasje turned home alter a pleasant visit of sev eral months at the home of Mrs. J. M. Klner, Wilkinsburg. Mrs. Lulu Rockwood, who has been on an extended visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Louis, of Braddock, returned last week to her Western home. Misses Blanche Meade and Maude Taylor, of Du Bols. who have been attending the Pittsburg Female College, left on Thuisday to spend the vacation at home. Mrs. Mary Joyce, of Penn avenue, accom panied by her sister, left this morning on an extended trip to Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington and New York. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, of Park Plaoe, Wllkinsburgi were called to Neshaunock Falls last Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Atkinson's mother, Mrs. Stewart. Mrs. Theodore Davis and son, Theodore, Jr., of North Braddock, left Friday for an extended visit to Mrs. Davis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Shaw, of Connellsville. Mr. John McCain, Miss Anna McCain and Miss Mary McAwee, or Denver, CoL, have returned to their home after a weeks visit with Mi's. Agnes McCain, of No. 47 Franklin street, Allegheny. Mr. Ralph Samuels left on Saturday for New York. TUe pleasant duty devolved on Mr.Samuels of conveying home Miss Meyers, a yonng lady who has been visiting soma families in Pittsburg for the past few weeks. ISAIAH AN EDITOR The Old Prophet Waa an Ideal Man for a Newspaper Office. BUT HE WOULDN'T MAKE ONE PAT. Hit Editorial Utterances as a Preacher Were Not fopular. TH2 TJXI0N AND NON-UNIOff LABOR. rWEITTES rOS THE DISPATCH.! The prophets were the newspaper editors of the Hebrew nation. They played the part in that old day which is played to-day by the free press. John Stuart Mill says that they were even more powerful than the press. And that is true, because they were even more free. They never stopped to consider the opinions of a constituency. They never had to pay heed to the tastes of advertisers. All that they asked was attention. And even when attention was denied them, they still kept on declaring to unattending ears the dread messages of God. Isaiah would have made a great editor. He would have been in his element In the conduct of a daily paper in Jerusalem. In deed his sermons in that old city, like John Knox's sermons in Edinburgh, took the place of the daily press. He was himself the "organ" of the opposition. Isaiah would perhaps have failed of financial suc cess. It is more than doubtful if he could have made a paper "pay." All the capi talists, all the politicians would have been dead set against Isaiah's paper, beginning with the first issue. Yes, and all the par sons. The people would have been warned from all the pulpits against that pernicious and pestilant sheet, the daily paper of Isaiah. Isaiah an Ideal Editor. Yet Isaiah is the best editorial Ideal I can think of saving One who is the best ideal imaginable in any avocation. A man of bravery and brains, with a stout pen and a stout heart; a man who knew men, and was close to the spirit of the day in which hs lived, able to sympathize with all that was good in it, and to detect the bad; a man who looked at all things from the point of view of eternal principles, and was the open enemy ofthe devil, and was on the side of all things righteous. I believe that Isaiah, if he had that great work of his to do again to-day,, would not be seen in surplice and stole, nor even in genevan gown, preaching in the churches, but would be found in the midst of the tele graphs and the telephones and the type writers of a newspaner office. As it is, Isaiah's sermons are as fully oc cupied -with the events and the interests of Isaiah's day as any newspaper is with the doings and sayings ot the hour. It is no more possible to understand them without a knowledge of the times tnan it would be possible a centnry-from now to understand the editorials in this morning's paper. Ac cordingly, the first thing to do is to learn the condition of things in Isaiah's country when he wrote the editorials that is to say, preached the sermons, which we are to study to-day. The Two Jewish Kingdoms. Let us begin with a- lesson in geoiraphv. The two kingdoms of the Jews lav side by side of the Mediterranean sea. There had been a rebellion there and the Korth had separated from the South. That had made the division into two kingdoms. These two kingdoms were alike the two portions of this country which were opposed in the Civil "War. Israel was the North, with Samaria in the place of New York. Judah was the South, with Jerusalem in the place ofBichmond. The Southern Kingdom was aristocratic, but not strong .or especially .prosperous. The Northern Kingdom was progressive, commercial and particularly prosperous. Now these two kingdoms, most of the time at variance, were beset by enemies. They had the protecting sea on one side of them, and the protecting desert on the other side, so that their foes could attack them from only two directions, north and south. The great foe which threatened the two kingdoms irom the north was Assyria. A lesser foe from the same quarter was the Syrian kingdom 'of Damascus. The great foe which menaced the kingdom from the south was Egypt A lesser foe from that direction was Fhilistia. Complicated Foreign Relations. It is evident from this giauce at the sect- graphical situation'that the foreign policy ot the little kingdom of Judah in which Isaiah lived must have been full of complica tions. The politicians of that day did not discuss a protective tariff; they were more concerned about protective swords and bat tle axes. The question of reciprocity was a question of offensive and defensive alli ance. The little kingdom was always in danger, and when danger came the people fell at onoe into two parties. Some wanted to preserve national independence; they ur;ed reliance npon native resources and upon the help ot God. Others wanted to mike an alliance with one or the other of tbe two great powers, sometimes with Assy ria, and sometimes with Egypt. Isaiah was throughout opposed to ioreign entangle ments. Twenty-five centuries before Presi dent Monroe, Isaiah taught the "Monroe doctrine" of national neutrality. Isaiah had not been long occupied in his mission as a speaker for God, when this question of foreign policy came up. The northern kingdom, which was sometimes called "Israel," and sometimes 'Ephraim," from the name of its chief people, .was for once at peace with the Syrian Kingdom of Damascus. The two neighbors had become alarmed At the Growing Aggression of the great power of Assyria, The Assyr ians, 'the ".Romans of the East," were ex tending their" conquests. Every day they were getting nearer to Assyria and Ephraim. The two had accordingly made a defensive alliance. And now, in order to make tne alliance as strong as possible, they desired the help ot Judah. They wanted Judah to join them against Assyria. But Judah, perhaps persuaded by Isaiah, refused to enter into this combination. The allied forces then proceded to use with Judah the argument ot violence. They sent down an army to discuss the question. Human nature does not greatly change either with skies or with centuries. How familiar is this ancient history! Change the names and it belongs right here in Pittsburg. This is the labor question. Sy ria and Ephraim have formed a union ' against the great centralized power of As syria. Judah has declined to come into the union. And here the union men are get ting ready, all these long centuries ago, to fight the non-nnion men. Ttyat policy did not prove to be particu larly successtuL It is not likely that it will ever be particularly successful The question, as it comes up to-day, is an ex ceedingly difficult and complicated one. I would not be willing to maintain that be cause Isaiah was a non-union in the eighth centnry B. C, he would be a non-union man to-day. The Organization of Labor. It does seem best for all concerned that labor should be organized. And yet it does "seem equally clear that neither violence nor tyranny is likely to advance the cause of labor. Fighting between brothers is, to say the best of it, an exceedingly unprom ising method of promoting brotherliness. Nor is the tyranny of labor any kinder, any easier to bear, than tbe tyranny of capital. At any rate, in the endeavor of Syria and Ephraim to get up a general Btrike against tbe aggression of Assyria, Judah stayed out. They preferred to be non-ivnion. The result of this refusal was such as often attends it even to-day, after all these ages of education. We A o not seem to grow as wise as we might, as we grow old. A man who is 2,500 years older than another man ought to have more tense in proportion. Yet it was but a few weeks 'ago in Alle gheny that men who are fully much older than these people of Palestine "did just what Syria and Ephraim did. The men who were determined not to have peace set npon the men who were contented to accept the former conditions and stoned them. Syria and Ephraim made up an army and "marched down on Judah. Judah Confrontlnc tbe War. Immediately all was confusion. The King of Judah was Ahaz, a man of weak will and no judgment At once there arose those two parties of which I spoce. One caiu, xjei us get tne neip oi Assyria. -io this party the King belonged. The other said, No.'let us stand still. We have the right of it God will surely bring the right into victory. Let us trust "God. The leader of this party was Isaiah. It was under these circumstances that Isaiah had his famous interview with Ahaz. The interview took place just outside the city walls, "at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers' field. Ahaz had gone there, probably, to make preparations for a supply of water in the city in case of a seige. Isaiah, tiking his son with him, went to meet the King. It is a great thing to have somebody brave enough to go and meet the King. "We think sometimes that we have no King in this country. But that is a great mistake. We have a King as autocratic as the Czar of all theRussias. The name ot our King is Public Opinion. It is a great thing to have some body strong enough, and brave enough, and above all, wise enough, "to go and meet publio opinion. Public opinion is still too much inclined, like Ahaz, to look with favor on foreign alliance, on alliance with the devil. The Danger of a Friendship. The prophet's messase to the Kins was that the alliance between Syria and Ephraim could have but a temporary suc cess. Their kings were but smoking fire brands, soon to be extinguished. The day would come when they would be no more a people. It was not worth while to be afraid of Syria and Ephraim. But that great power in the East, whose favor Ahaz was planning to invite, was a power indeed to be in fear of. The friendship of Assyria was more to be dreaded than all the en mities of the allied powers. Ahaz listens but says nothing. He has already made up his miud to call upon As syria, It is ill arguing with people who uaic mreauy maue tneir decision, isaian urges him to ask a sign from God, to judge in this matter by the measure of the will of God. The King, withsa show of reverence, refuses. He does not dare to ask the judg ment of God. He fears that it will go against his preconceived resolution. How true that is to human nature! Who is there that h.is never hesitated to reason his difficulty out, to measure it by the actual right and wrong of the case? Every day in the shop and on the street men walk about with eyes shut lest they mav chance to sec; making alliances with the devil, but looking another way, and so persuading themselves that there is no devil at the other side of the bargain, at all. How many people resolutely abstain from think ing, lest they should make Some Uncomfortable Discovery about the honesty of their transactions. Ahazwith a derby hat instead -of a gold crown on his head, lives here in Pittsbutg. Then Isaiah speaks out with all plainness. This great Assyrian power which Ahaz pro poses to invoke will be the ruin of tbe country, And so he goes away; and the King, too, goes his way,as men go after the strong appeal of a sermon, trying to forget all about it And Ahaz cal"f d in Assyria. And the Assyrian fell upon the rear of the two kiqgs, and the allied armies had to be re called. The war was over. And then what happened? AVhy, the land was more peace ful and prosperous I Yes; for a time. The prophet seemed contradicted and dis credited. But wait There are two kinds of success, the temporary and the per manent And only permanent success is worth anything. This success of Ahaz, which he had won by disregard of the wishes of the most High God, was only that sort of success which means but failure. Like all such avoidances of right, like all such re fusals of the will of God, the policy of Ahaz ended in disaster. Isaiah's word came true. George Hodges. ONE WAY TO GET B00K8. Plan Proposed by the Teacher to Get a Library A Talk on Exercise Pay-Day Postponed Odds and .Ends of the Echools. Good as the Pittsburg Teachers' Library Is those in charge wish to make it mnch better. They have a unique 'plan to obtain a com plete library. Two large cases are to be placed In the llbraryi and the leading pub lishing bouses of the country will be asked to stock them with standard publications. The advertisement given these publishing houses by a display of tbeSr works in the library, will, it is presumed, repay them lor the donation of the sample books. Next Friday at 9 A. M. the committee ap pointed by the Central Board of Education to consider means to change the present plan for admission to High School will meet at the Central Board rooms to take the In itial step In the project. It Is the Intention of the committee to request the principals to discuss the subject Their report will bo referred to the committee. To-morrow, Washington's Birthday, Is recognized as a legal holiday by the schools. The memory of the Father of His Country does not appear to be very green In the hearts of some of the sch6ol executive heads for they neglected to tell their pupils that to-moriow is a holiday. At the Grant school Friday exercises were held in the hall com memorative of Georgo Washington. A very elaborate programme was enacted at the Irwin avenue school, Allegheny. The large schools of tho Northsida will observe the day. Miss Elizabeth Wright, teacherof physical culture at the Steriet, gives a talk at Smith's Hall, corner of South Hiland and Center avenue, Wednesday at 4 r. M. on "Exercise, the Necessity for a Rational System and the Danger of Indiscriminate Exercise." Miss Wilgnt is giving a series of talks which are proving very popular, and this one scneduled for next week has been announced for Thursday, but changed to Wednesday, us Mrs. Jenness Miller lectures Thursday. Next Friday ought to be pay day for the teachers, but it happens that there Is no money to make tbe teachers happy that day, and they must wait until the appropriation is passed by Councils, which will not be be foie the middle of March. Last year on a similar occasion uity treasurer xionniston advanced enough cash to meet the obliga tion. On the second Saturday In March Mrs. Yan Waggon e'r will meet the principals at the Central Board rooms to begin the first scries of lessons in drawing. Miss Ella McCutcheon conducts the exam ination in grammar and music for perma nent certificates. Prof. J. It Bane, on the following Saturday, closes with arithmetic Mr. William Holmes, who declined re electiun as a'member of tbe School Board of the. Fourteenth ward, is one of the best known people In educational circles. For over 20 years he has been a local school director and since 1877 represented his dis trict in tbe Central Board of Education, and has just been leturned lor a term of three years. Dr. McKelvey, President of tho Cen tral Board, Is the only one who ranks him In years as a member of the board. Mr R H. Laximoke, of J. a Finn Finishing and Decorating Company, of Philadelphia, will be at the Hotel Ander son on next Tuesday and Wednesday, to consult with any parties on the subject of house decorating and furnishing. Samples will be shown of fine wall papers and fabrics. GOING TO llOVEt Then itead Monday's Dispatch For special lists of houses for rent and for sale. , I Mondays and Thursdays are the days for special advertisements in The Dispatch of houses and stores, offices and business prop erties for rent. OF The Many Distressing Symptoms Which Accompany Thi3 Affection. Mrs. Zollinger's Wonderful Cnre The Healthy Stomach Secretes Nearly Two Gallons Gastrlo Juice Every Twentr Four Hours to Digest the Food. Dyspepsia, a name given to nearly all stomach and bowel troubles by old-time physicians ,1s really nothing more nor less than a catarrhal condition of these parts. Dyspepsia means bad digestion, nothing else, and, like charity, often covers a multi tude of sins on the part of a physician who, Ignorant-of a patient's true condition, calls" It dyspepsia, and thus the patient is satis fied. Physiology teaches that the numerous glands of the stomach throw-out during tbe 24 hours, H pints of gastric Juice, almost two gallons, with which to digest th8 lood we eat. In chronic catacrh of the stomach, the mucus lining of which la continuous with that of the nose and throat, the secreting glands become diseased and depraved and do not fulfill their proper functions, hence tho food lies heavy in tbe stomach and ferments Instead of being digested. Foul gases arise therefrom which distend the stomach, causing weight, tightness, flatu lence, bloating and discomfort. The heart and lungs are encroached upon by the diaphragm, which Impedes their natural action, hence we have fluttering or palpita tion, and In conseqnence of disturbed circu lation and respiration, coldness of extremi ties, depression of spirits, (nervousness), feeblo pulse, dizziness, shortness of breath, hot and cold flashes, etc., etc. To the physician who understands his anatomy and physiology and correctly ap plies his pathologv, thece symptoms are as easily read as his A B Cs, and he would not, as in the case of Mrs. Zollinger, whose state ment appears below, mistake a cae of stomach tiouble.no matter how aggravated, for heart disease. MRS. ZOLLINGER'S NOTABLE STATE MENT. She Was Treated for Almost Evfry Con ceivable Digrase bat the Right One Until She Consulted Drs.opeand, Hall and Byers. Mrs. Zollinger, the wife of Mr. Lewis Zoll inger, the well-known brick manufacturer, resides at Brushton, East End, and has passed through a remarkable experience during the past few years. "I had been troubled with wlat the doc tors termed a complication of diseases for a long time,"' says Mrs. Zollinger, "during which I have been treated for almost every conceivable disease. Of late my heart gave me so much trouble I was treated for heart disease. I suffered severely from palpita tion of the heart, pain over the eyes, dizzi ness, shortness ofbreath and a smothering sensation. These symptoms were always worse at night after retiring. In addition Mrs. Lewis Zollinger, Brushton, East End. to these distresine symptoms I had a bad form of stomach trouble which tbe doctors called dyspepsia. Iliad a strong deslrofof food, but eacb meal caused me so much dis tress and bloating of the stomach that I was unable to eat the necessary amount of food to sustain life. I was tired all the time: my daily duties were a drag.and the least bodily exertion completely exhausted me. Life itself was a burden, and I looked to the fnture with gloom and despondency. I bad consulted a number of doctors and had taken nearly every remedy announced to cure persons suflerlng from diseases, tho symptoms of which lesembled mine. All, however, was of no avail, and the more medicine I took tho moro aggravated my symptoms. Of course, the reason for this Tins my diease was not properly under stood bv those whom I bad consulted, and they failed to prescribe for me the right medicine. When I came to Drs. Copeland, Hall and Bvers I was suffering so from one of my smothering spells with my heart that the lady who accompanied me had to sup port me, and their bell boy, although accus tomed to seeing some pretty sick people, made the remark that the doctor bad taken a patient who was going to die with con sumption. The doctors described mysymp toms more accurately than I could myselff told me that my symptoms arose not from consumption, or heart disease, or dyspepsia, but from a catarrhal inflammation of the stomach and bowels,, which affected the heart and lungs, caused the shortness of breath and smotheringsensatlon In the chest and the dyspeptic symptoms of which I com pHlned. Their diagndsis of my case being mors careful anathorough than thatofanyphvsi- clan I had before consulted, I decided to place myself under treatment, and I am now very glad I did. From the first I lelt myself gaining in strength and health. The short ness of breath, the smothering sensation, the heart palpitation, the distress In the stomach, the headache, the languid, tired feeling and the exhaustion, of which I then complained and from which I suffered for so long, disappeared, and to-day I feel like another person, strong and hopeful as I ever have felt 5 PER MONTH. Catarrh and Kindred Diseases Treated at Tills Rate Until April 10. For considerations frequently stated, and In order by practical tests to give the public abundant opportunity to test the superiority of their methods, Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers extended their rate or $3 a month for medicine and treatment through the winter and early spring months. All patients ap plying for treatment before April 10 will be treatea lor 90 u uiuubu uiiu. un uieuiumes furnished free, each month's treatment, in cluding medicine, to cost $5 UNTIL CUKED. Symptoms of Gastric and Intestinal Ca tarrh- ' Last week Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers published the symptoms of catarrh 'as.lt often, affects the entire system. This week they present tne symptoms which are prin cipally confined to tbe local affection com monly known as dyspepsia or catarrh of the stomach and bowels. These symptoms not only vary in different individnals, but in the same individual at different times; the most constant If an abnormal appetite; it may be lost, Increased or perverted. There is weight, dull pain and a sense of burning in the pit of stomach after taking food, ac companied by flatulence, heart burn, gns tralgla, constipation or diarrhoea, a anil headache, languor, depression of spirits and irritability of temper. Indiscretion In eat ing and drinking, and exercise or exposure In dyspeptics are apt to occasion sick headache. It Is frequently accom panied by bitter taste In the mouth, bilious vomiting and sluggish bow els; this Is called bilious attack. Thero Is frequent regurgitation of a thin, watery sa line fluid, preceded by epigastrio pains. Sometimes there is pain at the heart, ac companied by palpitation and shortness of breath.-maklng the patient think he has the heart disease. Accompanying some cases there Is dizziness, ringing In the ears, spots before the eyes, and other sensations which together are called "stomnchio vertigo." These patients hear a buzzing sound and feel as if a vapor were enveloping them; they grow pale, and grasp lor support throngn fear of lalllug. When In any case "indigestion" has lasted a long time chronic gastrlo catarrh will always be developed: evidences of malnutrition snow themselves by anosmia, premature old age, corrugations of the nails, decay of tbe teeth, etc Again there Is a short, dry cough and occasional paroxysms of an asthmatic character. The skin becomes sallow, dry and rough, and various eruptions appear. In the treatment of dyspepsia or gastrlo catarrh, as in all other catarrhal diseases, Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers' method la sunerlor to all others. Thev readily cUs- l tlngulsh.betweea the various forms of Its appearance, and direct their treatment to tho removal of tbe cause. Intelligent Patients Able to Diagnose Their Own Allmnt. Many patients have called at the office of Drs. Copeland. Hall and Byers during the past lew weeks and expressed themselves as follows: "Doctor," says one, I have been reading yonr special articles giving the many dis tressing symptom which accompanv catarrh In its different forms, aud forthe' first time realized that all my sufferings came irom that direct cause. I had been treated lor"a long timo for mr ear trouble, together with genial debllltv, by mv physician without aJ- benefit, and now I am satisfied from the explanation you giv that it is due to catarrh, and 1 want to pal myself under your treatment, for lam satis fied you understand your specialty thor oughly." Anotner patient says: "I have been troubled with a chronio cough for months, which my pllysiclans called bronchitis, and I have swallowed expectorants and cough syrups by the gallon withont any relief. I am now satisfied that this all comes from catarrh of the system, and that yonr method of treatment as explained tome by one of your patients Is the proper oue for my case." Still another states: "I read a few weeks ago or tho remarkable enra orMr. O'Donnell of a bad case of stomach trouble, and could not understand how catarrh could affect the stomach nntil I read yonr article. Now 1 know what is the matter with my stomach, and why nil the medicine I have swallowed hasbroughtno relief. I want to put myself under your treatment at once." MR. D. F. BAKNE5. the prominent ctocot or New ctlr, Pj., endorses Drs. Copeland. Hall and Byers method of treatment. New Castle, Pa., Feb. 11, 1S9X Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers: Dear Sies I have had catarrh ever since 1361; at that time I was in the South. I have been hawklno- nd STiIttiny evurslnefl nnri k feel so miserable I am cross and ill-natured an tne time. I notice that is leaving me. 1 commenced your home treatment January 5, the 5th of February I weighed seven pounds heavier; my appetite Is more regn lar, and my sleep better. My head Is also betterandthe hawking and spitting Is not so bad. I am better in every way. From ISfil to 1802 Is over 30 years- I think If you can help me so much In one month you can certainly cure me, and If a case of snch long standing as mine can be cured I do not see why anybody cannot be. I think yonr treatment lias done all that any medi cine could do. Yours truly, WASHINGTON'S BIETHDAT HOURS. Drs. Copeland, Ilall and Byers Will Keep Their Offices Open from 9 to 11A.M., 3 to 5 P. 31., and 7 to 9 P. 31., as Usual on Washington's Birthday. To accommodate many patients who will tike advantage of the low rates to visit the city on February 22, and others employed during working days, Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers will keep their offices open for old and new patients on Washington's Birth day from 9 to 11 A. it., 2 to 5 r. 31. and 7 to 9 T. it, as usual. LIFE WORTH IXVINO. So States Mr. Ered Ljons After a Coorsa of Treatment by Drs. Copeland, Hall and Bjers Pain In the Chest. Nausea, Sleep lessness and Other Ills That Accompany Neglected Catarrh. "I am very glad to make a publio state ment of my case," said Mr. Fred Lvons, of Ridgo street, an employe or the Westing house Machine Company. "Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers," be continued, "have ac complished so much for me that I consider It proper that I should let others know abnat It. "My trouble had been coming onfor a long time, and I don't know when it commenced, but It gradually grew worse until my whole system was affected by it My bead and nose were stopped up. I suffered severe neuralgic pains through my head that near ly drove me wild. My nose was always closed up so that I could not breathe only 3-(AJUjt JrOj through my mouth. I had a constant dis charge from behind the palate Into my throat, causing me to hawk and spit and my throat to be parched and sore. I bad pains In my chest sharp, shooting pains like tho stab of a knife. I would have pains In my back and under my shoulder blades. My stomach became involved. I would have distressing pains after eating, followed by a bloating and belching of wind. My appetite was very poor and my sleep was much, dis turbed; after tossing about all night 1 would fet rip In the morning feeling worse than I Id the nisjht before. Mv whole system was run down and I was beginning to be serious ly alarmed. "I had read and heard of the success of Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers, and decided to place myself under their treatment. I did so and will always bless the day that I did. I feel like a new man. The catarrhal symptoms are fast disappearing and I feel that life Is worth living. I cheerfully recom mend Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers to tbe public as skillful, painstaking specialists." Contractor McVaj's Letter. Feaxkxis, Pa., Feb. 1, 1S3J. Deab Sras I desire to give you a history of my case. I have suffered from catarrh; for a number of years, j nst how many I don's know, but for tbe last five years I have been troubled a great deal. I have tried other doctors and got no relief. 1 had become a nuisance to myself a3 well as to my family. I used to go around coughing, hawking, and spitting until they would beg me to leave the house. At last I determined to do something. I saw Mayor K. W. Dunn's letter In tho paper and called on him. He snoke so highly of your method of treatment that I concluded to try a course. This was two months ago. I have used your treatment according to directions, and am a great deal better, and am satisfied yon will cure me. I am fully satisfied your treatment Is tbe right klna for chronic catarrh, and can freely, recom mend Its use to any person suffering with that terrible disease. I remain, yours truly, J-J. Expressions From Other Fatlants. MR. "WILLIAM DAVIS, 1235 Liberty St. an employe of Zog & Co.' Iron Works, Thirteenth st., says: "My friends and I de cided that 1 had consamptlon. If it had not been for the treatment received from Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers I candidly be lieve I wonld have been in my grave. I have gained 35 pounds in weight." MR. CORNi.tlCS BUCKLEX", 24f Orer hlll st, emplore or Pa. R. R. Co.: "Drs. Copeland, Hall and Bvers havo done for me what others failed to do, restored me to good health, and I am very grateful to them." Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers treat suc cessfully all curable cases at 68 Sixth avenue, Pittsburg. Pa. Office hours. 9 to 11 A. at, 3 to S T. x. and 7 to 9 r. x. Sundays 10 a. K. to. 3C Specialties Catarrh and all diseases of tha eye, ear, throat and lungs: dyspepsia cured; nervous diseases cured: skin diseases cured. Many cases treated successfully by mall. Send 2-cent stamp for question blank. Address all mail to DUS. COPELAND, HALL BTERi. 66 Sixth avenue, Pittsburg. Pa. $5 A MONTH CATARRH AND KINDRED DISEASES TREATED AT THE UNIFORM RATE OF $5 A MONTH UNTIL APRIL.M. MEDt CINES FUBNISHE D FREE. Ie21 oWtf'fawy f 1 1
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