f It Is Complimented for Its Eapid Ad vancement in Even- War. . A GITY OP CULTURE AND ACTIVITY. The Lea'ding Causes of Its Evident Improve ment Pointe'd Out EI7EK A HIGH TONE BI ITS JEW SPAPEES There are some things in uaidrc and art :bat one cannot quite understand except by contact, says a writer in the last issue of Harper's Weekly, rhich also contains a pic ture of the Penn Incline, drawn by F. H. Bcbell, and view of the city from Grand view avenue, drawn by Charles Graham. In its modern attributes, the city of Pitts burg seems to be one of these, continues the writer, for to people whose ideas of material evolution arc based on the conventional and the normal there is an elnsive element in its present state that cannot always be taken into account It is the difference be ta een the old and new in PitUburg that the occasional -visitor is at c loss to understand. One may expert changes in the newer part of the "West, where towns and cities some times effange with each phase of the moon or the real estate market, but in the East, ,..,,..., " . , - '. vh.ch has had its character iormed for 100 I years, a rtdical change is something altnon ; without parallel. Pittsburg's Eastern.! neighbors are hardlv 10 be blamed, there cre, for some shadowof reluctance ingrasp iug the full measure of her modem evolu tion. One mnst have been in contabt with both conditions to properly appreciate the v.uujge. It was iu the early hours ol a quiet Apfc. morning that I first saw the old Pittsburg. pas- sed from among the green hill j i ' s-lommr hanks, and mnd k landing -t -l,-t mT fnl ..! nrMr . th. .nni-ii kootiest, dingiest spot on the Xortli Ameri can continent. The landing place was on the Allegheny Citv levee, just opposite Pittsburg. The buildings up and down the river were black and dirty beyond all hope of cleanliness, the bridges were grimy with soot and smoke, the steamboats that went wheezing about as though choked with the smoke from their own furnace were painted, trom backstays to rudder oosts with the unlverral grime, and over all was a cloud of fcinoke that rolled and drifted and surged as thick as 3 black fog. Smoke was every where. Ko crpvice was small enough to keep it out, and no surface was smooth enough to refuse its layer of soot The streets the business blocks and even the private houses where anthinkably dirty and forbiuJiug- . . .. . !""". " -.-.-., Immense Improvement on Every Sleln. Years afterward I again stood on the river bank, and looked out across the city of Pittsbunr. It was the "Smoky City" no more. Xhere was smoke here and there, but it was mostly from the steamboats on the river and the locomotives in the railway yards. The chimneys of the foundries and mills no longer gave forth great volumes of black smoke. The snn was shining clear in full in the city streets, and all about irae the clean bright aspect of the average Cistern city. Forgetting the lapse of time, it seemed tb me that the mills were shut down and business closed; but I was assured bv a Pittburg friend that the quiet-looking city was doing more work, and incidentally making more money, than it ever had done before. The mill were running under high pressure, and the business streets were humming with trsffic Since my first visit main- new buildiccs had been erected in all parts of the city, and public improve had been made that were a credit t cements to the State. Everywhere about there was evi dence of improvement and change. Home Pittsburg and working Pittsburg are two very diflerent cities. The contrast lie er fails to surprise one when it is re vealed. The visitor to the city sees along the river front an endless succession of mills and factories, reddening the skies i ith" their furnace glares He lands in the liuMnc-s section a limited area of bottom land in tiie angle formed by the junction of the Jlononirahela and Allegheny rivers. It is a crowded, bustlinc place, noisy with the traffic which congests its rather narrow thoroughfares. Here arc the hotels and theater, and thi is the Pittsburg which the casual visitor sees. But if he should take an electric or cable car (the horse car is a thiig of the past) for a ride in the residence section, how soon is the scene transformed! Soon he enters an undulating country, where are to be een nothing but lawns, gar'lens, cottases, villas, groves, meadows and parks. For miles around the visitor sees i hat he will pronounce to be a beauti ful suburban landscape. Hut this is Pitts burg, just as much as the work-a-dav sec tion that is the Pittsburg of industrial re nown. These embowered cottages are as completely city residences as if they were on Fifth avenue. Thev have every usual c.ty convenience, ami in addition nave the incomparable facility of tael gas. Natural Gas lSroujIit About tlio Change. This brightening of Pittsburg's outward appearance and the quietening of her busi ness life was brought about bv natural gas. Like other important sources of its -s calth, lMttsbuig's beneficial acent in this respect came from the upper Allegheny river. Nat ural gas had been used by the oil region ton ns in the Allegheny "Valley for several years in a desultory sort of way, but when it Tas found that gas wells, in contradistinc tion to oil veils, would give a handsome re turn for the capital invested, a systematic effort was made to find them near the large centers of population. In course of time Oil City, Titusville and other valley towns of eoii'siderable population were not only lighted but also heated by natural gas, at prices usually satisfactory to the consumer. It was not long before the gas was found in larse quantities in the neighborhood of Pittsburg, and companies were soon formed for the purpose of conveying it in pipes to the mills, business blocks and private nouses. Steam-users found that gas was a much better fuel than coal, and householder dis covered, what the oil-region people had known for years, that gas is the ideal fuel for domestic purposes. A peaceful revolu tion took place in Pittsburg. The great mills ceased to belch forth huge clouds of mioke, the merchant no longer looked upon soot as the chief enemy of the human race, sjid the careful housewife put gas burners into their coal stoves, and took couraee to clean house. Every one felt the beneficial change except the coal dealer. House holders brightened up the exteriors of their houses, new houses iere built that had not even been contemplated before, and many iniprot ements were projected that could not have been thought ot in the old attnos- p: here ot smote and soot People who had business in Pittsburg, but were unwilling to lie there, soon moved into the citv, and others who wanted both business and homes in Pittsburg had no excuse for remaining away." Only Six Cltirs Are Ahead of Her. The population increased at a remarkable rate. Hardly any boom city of the new West could show'such progress. What had . been 15C,3S9 in 18S0 became 238,473 in 1890. Tljese are the figures of the United States census. Here is a cain in population ol 82,084 in ten years. Most of that gain has been made within the past five years, or since the introduction of natural gas, which indicates in a measure what she might have been had soft-coal smoke never clouded her progress. It should be borne in mind,- moreover, that these figures do not include the suburban towns that are practically a part of Pittsburg. There are a number of places in Allegheny county that have a large manufacturing population, the bus! ness of winch centers in Pittsbunr. Araone Vliem may be mentioned McKeesport, Brad-il- Kharnsburs- and Etna. . F HpiyiSqto closely allied to, Pittsburg in every particular that it need not be considered as a suburban city at .all. The entire population of Allegheny eountv .1 ? K1 artf ntiiVhit nn innroocn nflO.1! O.Q7H a w,uw, ..w . ... ...... w.w j since the last census report Tne percent age of -increase is 55.07, a really remarkable showing. The population o"f Allegheny City is now 104,907, as against 77,b82 in 18S0. When the trade and industrial con ditions of Allegheny county; are considered it will be seen that the business transacted in the city of Pittsburg represents the in dustry of more than half a million ot peo ple. The reports and statistics of the Post office Department bear this out in a strik ingly conclusive manner. The figures show that'Pittsburg now ranks with Baltimore, San Francisco and "Washington in the mat ter of postal receipts, and that only six cities m the country are ahead of her. Knell imlUKtry Added to l'rosperlty. When Pittsburg discovered her natural wealth of coal and iron she set about manu facturing most of the iron things that the pack trains had brought over the mountains. Stoves and ploughs'naturally took, prece dence, as being most in demand in a frontier country, and stoves and ploughs still re main among the most important articles of manufacture in Allegheny eountv. Other articles of domestic and agricultural use w eie manufactured" as soon as there was a 'demand for them. The subsequent history of Pittsburg is easily told. The city sim ply grew with the growth of its tributary country. Pittsburg was from the first a city of resources. 2To matter what the de mand, or how urgently it was made. Pitts burg always contrived to meet it The in creased demand for coal and iron opened i neir mines, eacu pne one or wnicu aaaca to A'"surg s prosperity. Glass manufacture in all its various lines Rnd becalae oue of the prominent f;atures of the city's industrial activity, "When the'demand came for pine lumber, Pittsbnrc sent sawmills into the forests along the Allegheny and Jlonongahela. The mills sang merrily during the long win ter months, and with the first freshets of spring the huge rafts of pine boards came drifting in to anchorage at the Pittsburg leree- u?n lheJ 1Tere madenp into still t ,Ul liMVOf W& UVV "- J ta,(j Ohio to heeling, Cincinnati ana ueyona. tting season was a picturesque one ai "With the decline of rafting there came a new industry to Pittsburg. It was petro- lcum. The first oil that was found in the , ,. i -i-v.il...,. , rt i; Allegheny Valley went to Pittsburg in flat' boats, and later on millions of barrels of the raw product went there ou board of cars to be refined and sold. The Dispatch One or Uto Greatest Papers. One need not go to Pittsburg to get a fairly good idea of the people and their their ways of life, for.the newspapers very faithfully represent the tone and character of the public sentiment. As a general thing, a city is jndged more by its news papers than any other half-dozen things that might be named! As applied to Pitts burg the newspaper test is unusually ap propriate. It micht be supposed that in a decidedly Republican community like Alle gheny county, which has its ideas of the tariff pretty well fixed, there would be a first-class ltepublican paper like the.Com-mercial-Gaztttt, which should represent the party and its ideas, as well as to publish the news, but the existence here of one oM J the leading independent papers not only of Pennsylvania, out ot the United states, in dicates an intelligence and an independence in the people that is far beyond party sen timent and party action. As able and influential a paper as The 1 Dispatcit could have no place in Pittsburg were there no independent sentiment in Allegheny county to support it An inde pendent paper to a large extent creates its own constituency, but it must first have a foundation of intelligence and broad-mindedness to work upon. The remarkable success of Tiie Dispatch, its recognized ability and influence, and its high place among American newspapers add undoubted proof to the growing belief that the greatest papers ot the country are those that have the most independence of character, broad mindedness and liberality in other direc tions, however, and be sure of finding it Millions Fut Into New Buildings. Of late years the city has been more than usually fortunate in matters of architecture, as well in the erection ot private houses as in the building of business blocks. In the construction ot her new City Hall she showed rare good taste and excellent judg ment in securing what is probably the best example of the work of the late H. H. Rich ardson. This is a distinction that Ken York or Boston would be justly proud of It is to be expected that judgment as good as this will be shown in the erection ot the library and art gallery which Mr. Andrew Carnegie has made possible bv the generous offer of $1,000,000 for that purpose. The new building will stand at the entrance to the new 400-acre park that was given to the city a short time aga The advancement of the city in a material way is clearly shown by the permits taken out at the Building Inspector's office, which average several millions ot dollars yearly, which is an excellent record for a city of this size. The' suburban growth has also been rapid of lae years, owing to the im proved facilities for rapid transit. The building outlook is said to be very bright, w Inch may be taken as an indication of the prosperous condition of other branches of business. Taking into consideration all of Pittsburg's present circumstances, the im- I partial observer must acknowledge that the city uat guou i casuu iuue sausueu ivuu uer condition and hopeful for the future. EEC1PKOCITT, by "William E. Cnrtlj, or Pan-Ajnerlcan fame, In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. "On! it was pitiful!" Bad case of croup and no Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup in the house. The Great Rush at Klebcr BroA. Persons can hae no idea of the popu larity of theKleber Bros., and the. immense business they arc doing in the sale of pianos and organs, unless they drop in at their warerooms, 500 Wood street And little's the wonder, for the Messrs. Kleberhave the monopoly of the grandest pianos made in America. Just look and listen to the glori ous Steinway and Conover pianos, and the popular Gabler and Opera pianos, and you will admit that nothing else will compare with them. They also sell the beautiful piano-organs of full seven octaves extent, and upon which all piano music can be played. It looks as fine as- the finest grand piano. The wonderful church organs of the Vocalion make are also sold at Klebers. Besides, the 3Iessrs- Kleber sell at honest, reasonable prices. They take the -sniallest profits of any dealer, and they give the longest warranty and sell on the easiest monthly payments. Klebers' store is the most popular place to buy at, and people have implicit faith in their honest dealings and their superior judgment Our Better Halves Say They could not keep house without Cham berlain's Cough Bemedy, especially for the children. In a case a lev? weeks since at the heme of a neighbor the attending physi cian had given up a case of what he called drops)'. Mother happening in, told the parents that in her mind it was a case of lung fever? and advised the use of this cough syrup, which they did. Besult, the child is w ell and the parents happy. Chamberlain's medicines- are used in more than half the homes in Leeds. Sims Bros.,. Xeeds, la. This remedy is not intended for lung lever, but for colds, la grippe, croup and whoop ing cough. It will loosen a cold, relieve the lungs and prevent the cold from result ing in lung fever. 50-cent and $1 bottles for sale by druggists. ttssu - Spring Gowns. Dressy cloth gowns just what you want for bright spring days. Paecexs & Jones, tts 29 Fifth avenue Oub ladies' (new) spring style military coats just received. , 521 Wood Steeet, Gaeson & Wood. d BlSQCE OF Beev herbs and aromatics "" and smile at tne lacs ot jtiarcn. - - - WAKEMAFS TRAVELS. Delightful Tonr Anions the Pict uresque Balearic Islands. SCENES IN MAJORCA'S CAPITAL. The Grave, Sweat "Water Carriers of a Mncli Persecnted Kace. FINE TALM-STUDDED LAND OF PLENTY fCOnMTSrONPKITCE OP TIIE PISPATCII.1 Palma, Majorca, Feb. 10. Tho three principal islands of the Baleario group are, in size and importance respectively, Ma jorca, Manorca and Iviza. The first is but 60 miles from east to west and 50 miles. from north to south. Cabrera and other lesser islets belonts to the group, but ,these are trifling in size, almost uninhabited and of little general interest The population of the islands now exceeds 300,000 souls. Ma jorca is by far the most beautiful of all tho islands, and as one at once falls in love with her, her capital city, Palraa, and all her sunny-hearted folk, few who first land in Talma's sunlit bay will care to seek ad venture here beyond Majorca's glowing shores. One of ray first enthrallments here was by the water-carriers of Palina. They are not so naive as those of the Azores, so bold as ihose of Italian cities, so voluptuous as those of Lisbon, ndr so languorous-eve d and petite as those of Grenada and Seville. But I could not help thinking that here an artist would find hundreds of perfect models for a Eachel at the WelL , Tall, lithe, slender but shapely maidens are these, and their dress, carriage, features and ways constantly increase one's admiration and interest. Had they been simply animal in their saucy beauty, one studyof one group at one lountain wouia n&ve aaswereu evcu semi inental traveler. From One Fountain to Another. But for days I fouud myself, against all apparent reason, drawn to this fountain and that, and making all manner of mental excuse for what my own judgment scourged me with as an accusation of impropriety. Attempt as I might to study all other lowly, become interested in the majestic cathedral, or essay tramps into the interior, back I came to the fountains to Contemplate these fair maidens and endeavor to unravel the strange spell they had cast upon me. In the first place, I never saw but one woman whose unrivaled art gave her the perfect carriage these women unconsciously own as nature's heritage. That woman was Sara Bernhardt Added to this was a conscious dignity and a -pot coyish, but superb and stately, modesty, which lent positive radi ance to every movement, gesture or look. Their attire added a rare charm to all else. Their tiny feet were encased in dainty slip pers. A skirt ot loosely woven dark stuff fell in close, and graceful folds about their long and shapely limbs. Over this lay a short napkin-like apron, spotlessly white. A dark bodice low at the neck displayed ex quisite shoulders, and its sleeves stopping at the elbow where an edging of white was seen, showed the lower half of beautiful molded arms. The head is bare, covered by a wealth of hair coiled low and heavily in the neck, giving in the sunlight the blue black luster ot the grape. The forehead is strangely wide for the Latin type; and the eyebrows which almost meet, have the low wide arch. The eves are large, luminous, melting, sad; and never were seen eyelashes of such length and blackness on other women. The nose is finely chiseled and the nostrils arc thin and have a per ceptible tremor. An oval chin, dazzling teetb, a mouth that suggests the hot blood of the South, chastened by endless re pression, with lips of crimson, complete a face of Madonna like depth and feeling. This face looks out of a filmy white ker chief drawn close beneath the chin, with points fastened with a rose or a trifle of jewelry to the hair at either side of the head; while its longest point covers the neck and breast to the girdled waist below. Groupings Like a blaster's. In processions of a dozen to a score wend ing their way to and from, or when loiter ing beside, the fountains, they form group ings against the quaint old walls beneath the lonely palms, fit for Tadema's master hand. Their burdens are never carried upon their heads. The bottom of the empty or filled ewer always rests upon the right hip, the handle against the carrier's breast, and her half bared white arm is flung carelessly around the vessel just below its mouth. All inquiries regarding these beautiful water carriers of Palma brought from the native population a shrug of the shoulder with a contemptnous smile and the sneer ing words, "La Chueta!" That meant "A little long-eared Owl." I could not understand why these radiant maidens could have so offensive a name. I followed some of them about the city and then to their homes. It brought me to a a strange quarter where a strange people with kindly yet sad and mileless faces wrought in. all labor with that patience and diligence which characterize but one race-of men. In Palma and throughout the fair Ba learic Isles studies of the deepest interest are among the peoplo themselves; and then among the lowliest of these. The ciy has few great lions for sightseers who -are already familiar with the southern cities of Europe. If one has friends, or can secure them, it is true that there are no more beau tiful and exquisite examples of the Moresque-Spanish interiors than can be found in I'aima s nomes. maecu j. nave never seen in art, as representative of the patio or court of the Italian, Spanish or Moslem home, anything equalling the beauty of these open courts. The stone work, while never on so grand a scale, rivals in delicacy of texture, and richness of ornamentation anything to be fouud within the walls ot the Alliambra. "Winsome Bits of Scenery. The scenery of the bay, though not so noble as that of Naples, is far more win some and enchanting. Then there is the nncient fortress, the Castle of Bpllver, ris ing from one of the heights of the circling shore. It is 600 years old, and its duncreons. patio and Gothic arched galleries are among the most interesting medieval architecture in Europe. Palma's Cathedral, one of the most majestic in the Xatin countries, was built more than 700 years ago, while the Lonja, built as an Exchange, in the ratifica tion of a convention between the Balearic Islands and the Kepublic of Pisa, with its massive roof supported by but four slender fluted shafts, its floor of polished black mar ble, and its wonderfully carved open work galleries, is as unique and impressive rt structure as the traveler can discover among the storied haunts of the two penin sulas. In pretty and comfortable diligences, upon the backs of mules or doqkeys, or better still, upon your own stout legs, the remotest portions of the island are reached, over roads that will rival England's, in scarcely more than a single day's journey. If you are simply a sight-seer, there is much to do and tee within the little sea girt spot The vineyards of Binisalem and Felantix are as interesting as those about Oporto in Spain. The orange groves of that most transcendent of all Majorcan val leys, the Solier, are wondrously beautiful, and their odors arc sometimes watted over the entire island. The gardens of El Beal at La Grange rival those of the Cinque Cento at Seville. Along the north coast is found some of the grandest scenery of the Mediterranean; and as I stood by the de serted atalyas, or watch-towers of old, from which were flashed the signals of the ap proach of Berber pirates or Christian cru sades, the majestio round towers of the Irish coast seemed to reappear in all their mys ticism and utter loneliness. A Grand and Wonderful Roadway. The alquerias, or country mansions near Alhftnn. And At Tttlllnln. And "Rsnnrlnft trit.li their splendid avenues, gardens and rich 1 lir- tJiV- Ji, - -.. ,z -"'. ' mS ,Tk J-stuZ & rTnV' 't-drnrmcllfmemr srfsmamK:jWiJr jitSMvTit ia s -iffiate vaSfe-,. -s? 'Xjrl-itjiJJ& $. 2-g2 tfkmr-i 1 vestiges ot Moorish architectural remains, are Jar more interesting than similar estab lishments I have at any time come upon in Spain. The wonderful roadway from Palma to Solier is grander than any roadway in Italy, and half the distance winds along and upon masses of mountainside masonry of tremendous thickness and height Over near the eastern shore is Menacor, the second largest city of the island. A little distance to the northeast is Arta, and here entered by a natural archway 140 feet high are doubtless the most wonderful grottoes of the world; and at Alcudia is one of the most famous fisheries of the Mediterranean. But if none of these are seen a visit to Valdemusa and its once famous monastery is worth a special trip to the Island. With as magnificent surroundings as those ot "Val lombrosa in Italy, a mountain chasm is bridged by the ancient pile in' so extraor dinary and picturesque a way as to seem at a distance like a gray old, cloud-kissed nest that has for ages defied decay and the bat tling of the serial tempests there. But the gray Of real decay is upon all things at VaT demusa; in the gray old church and endless cells and cloisters; in the gray old houses that nestle along the mountain side beneath it; and in the gray old folk- thatliaunt the spot like wraiths of those who once were there. An indescribable iadness lingers about this splendid Majorcan idle of monk ish times and days. The rich 'of Palma come here in summer and live a gay mock conventual life. George Sand half a cen tury ago passed the most dolorous winter of her life within these walls. With her was Chopin. Perhaps in tese very cloisters was born the wiid and inexpressible melan choly of the melodic creations of the mas ter's later life. Pleasant FolU or tho Iilind. But best of all in Majorca you will love the pleasant folk of the island and the sunny setting in which you will everywhere find them. The three classes in Majorcan provincial life are the titled landholders, the farmers who rent their land from the nobility, and the common peasant laborers who toil in the fields, forests and vine yards. The houses of the nobility are very fine and beautiful, and a large number of servants are retained. Many of the middle class farmers each control from 500 to 2,000 acres ot land. Such as these possess farm steadings spread over acres of ground, all surrounded by vine covered walls, and all possessing first the quaint court into which all the living rooms of the family enter, and behind this, the greater court, from which all the outbuildings and granaries are reached. The structural semblance to the ancient Moorish form of habitation is preserved even among the cabins ot the peasantry. However humble the household, 'all its members and belongings, even to the don keys, goats and fowls are found within or radiating from this sunny open court. To a stranger's eye the high, apertureless outer walls would present a cheerless aspect, were they not covered with vines and blossoms, and if the pleasant and often picturesque interiors were not meanwhile in thought and mind. These cabins are seldom isolated. Two or three, and often a half dozen will nestle tbgether in pleasant irregularitv,and, with gnarled and ancient olive trees.clnmps of figtrecs, tcopses of almond, and tiny groves bf orange w ith which they are all surrounded, form the most harming coun tryside pictures of any Southern' land. Most Primitive Agriculture. In my trampings about the islands I se cured entrance to many peasants' and farm ers' homes. From this I found that all methods of agriculture and homeside labor were of the most primitive sort, and that there were no idle folk in Majorca. Out door labor of some kind is continuous the year round. All the women spin, knit or weave, and I have never entered a peas ant's cabin where mothers and daughters were not in some such manner em ployed. Hospitality is charming, naive and whole-hearted. The platj! of figs, basin ot almonds or basket of oranges, with the wholesome wines of the country, are ever ready for the friend or stranger's coming. I thought I had partaken ot that drink of the gods,, horchata, in Cuba. It is simply the pulverized kernels of the almonds to which water and sugar is added. Here where the almond grows in the great est perfection evervhonsewife preserves huge jars of -the finest nuts for horchata. The old moriar and pestle are here for their grinding. The shells and brown husks are removed, and quarts of the snowy powder are literally "leached," the cieamy liquid filtering slowly through. Then senora or senorita adds a spice of flavor, tamarind or pomegranate, or perhaps a dash of wine, with her own fairhand. It is food and drink. And it is no wonder that in Majorca the en tire peasantry live sumptuously on daily wages averaging less than 20 cents for men and 15 cents for women, the year through; when every manner of nature's most royal food is at every door for the taking, and in such bountcousness that where it ripens it is valueless au9 without price. Want and Crime Unknown. Somehow there grows upon one the win some notion tnat you have Known all these lowly folk before; that you have seen their festas and known their songs in the sunny vales of Cuba, over in the glow ing valley of Guines; that you have come upon their brightness and cleanliness among the Alps ot Switzerland; that their generosity and hospitality were met in Connemara and Donegal; that their thrift and frugality have their congener among the Pennsylvania Dutch; and that their love of home and simple village ways carry you to the pleasant mountain vales among the shining English lakes. Surely they are an idyllic people -in au idyllic land. Want is unknown; crime is unheard of. There are no politics in Majorca and but one re ligion. All this in time may change. But as I know it and you can know it, now, little Majorca, fashioned in matchless beauty beneath a smiling sun, is the one land of plenty and content. Edoar L. Wakesian. FOR throat diseases, coughs, colds, etc., effect ual rcllcr isrouudln the use of ''Brown's Bron chial Trsches." Price SS cents. Sold only la boxes. . rrssa A Case for Suspicion. People are always suspicious of anything that is offered for nothing or at a price that they know is less than it is worth. It isn't business. Flour like any other staple ar ticle has its price, so do not be deceived into buying, what might prove very dear, simply because you can save 5 cents. Camellia flour is the cheapest flour,y even though it does cost a few cents more, because the quality of the flour is superior and the amount of bread it will make is greater than any other. Hardly a Bouse. There is hardly a house in this sec tion of the country that is not supplied with a piano or organ from us. This would not be were the instruments sold by us not first class and reliable. Another "reason, our experience; been in the business since 1831. Consider these facts well when you start out to buy your piano or organ for the family circle. Cash or easy monthly" payments. Meixor & Hoene, "Palace of Music," 77 Fifth avenue. Kenraljria CurepT in Fifteen Minutes. Mr. J. S. Sturtcvant, editor of the Wau- Eaca (Wis.) Post, says: "Last night Cham erlain's Pain Balm cured my wile of neu ralgia of the face and tooth in 15 minutes' We would not be without it" 50-cent bottles for sale by, druggists, Tissu Holmes' Best Monongahela Pure Eye Whisky was first introduced in this market in 1858. It has held its own as one of tho leaders ever since. Always uniform in quality and purity. its Big Vslnes in Towels, m Pure linen Huckabadk towels at $1, (1 20, 51 50 and f 1 75 per dozen, worth much more. Jos. Hoktto & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Pstl and Wator Colors. A npwand choice collection of pastel and 3vatercolors now. on exhibition at Oilles- nin'a Arf. rcaI1ri l1))) Wnnd r . r.w - U-M.M.9, ...j ,, wvw &M. . - s.. .., r .-"f. . 1.1 -k&-s;siR. s ii?flst..'..M . .- ir lx? -;.-a . . i , .. t . . . ... -- 5i - . GRISLY AND GHOSHX Grewsomo and Grotesque Stories About Startling Sights. QUEER TALES OP APPARITIONS. A Horrible Fcene That Met a Traveler on a D3rk, Dismal Uight, EXPERIMENTS ON A CLAIKY0IAKT LADY Mr. Stead's second regiment of spooks ("More Ghost Stories," Review of Jievieics), is, on the whole( even better than his first, says the Pall Mall Budget. We have dreams and dreamers, prophecies and second-sight, spiritual vagaries and good honest ghosts, haunted houses in London and out of it in variety sufficient for a house-agent's cata logue, clairvoyants to whom Sam Weller's double-magnifying gas microscope for the penetration of deal doors and brick walls would be quite a superfluity, and as for "doubles" and "thought bodies" why, one lady had such an energetic second self that she was under the constant necessity of proving alibis. Headers may not be surprised to find that one "of the most interesting stories is more or less autobiographical. Mr. Stead is tell ing about some experiments with a "clair voyant lady:" "Sow," said I, "take another test. Tell me if you sec anything with this." Then I took from my purse the shilling which I- most prize of all the pieces of money in my possession. I said nothing to her about it beyond saying that 1 i. bad carried it In my pocKet lor several years and that there was. a story connected with it which I wished her to telL The Story or a Shlllinc. She held the shilling in her hand for some time, and then said: "This carries me back to a time of confusion and much anxiety, with a feeling that everything de pended upon ajsuccessful result. This shil ling brings to me a vision of a very low woman, ignorant and drunken, with whom you had much better have nothing to do. She has passed over. There is a great deal of fever about; I feel great pains as if I had rheumatic fever in my ankles and my joints, but especially in my ankles and my throat I suffer horribly in my throat, It is an awful pain; and now I feel a coarse, dirty hand pass over my brow as distinctly as if you had laid your hand there. It must be her hand. I feel the loss of a child. This woman is brought me by another. She is about 32 years, about five feet high, with dark brown hair, gray eyes, small, nicely-formed nose, large mouth." "Can you tell me her name?" I asked. "Not certainly, but I think it seems most like Anne. Is that right?" "I do not know," I replied. And then I told her the storyof that shilling. Six years ago when I was standing" for my trial at the Old Bailey, a poor outcast girl who n as dying of disease in a hospital asked that the only shilling which she possessed in the world might oe given to the fund that was being raised for our defense. It was handed to me when I came out of jail with written on its paper cover, "Dying girl in hospital gives her last shilling. I have carried it about with me ever since, never allowing it to pass out of my possession for a single day. Beyond thai I know nothing. The symp toms which Mrs. Davies described were very like those which such poor creatures sutler in their closing hours, and it is too probable that the donor was a low drunken woman; nevertheless, I think I envied Mrs. Davies the touch of her hand upon 'her broV, lor, low and drunken as she was, I would prize that touch more than permis sion to kiss the hand of a queen. A KomarkaMo and Startling Sight. And now for a good old-fashioned specter of a most unpleasant kind. We plnnge in to the story: When I had walked about a hundred yards away from my friends I saw on the bank of the canal (which runs parallel with the road for six or seven miles) what I thought at the moment was an old beggar. The spot was a very lonely one. The near est house was a good quarter of a mile away. The night was as silent as death. Not a single sound broke upon the silence from any quarter I couldn't help asking myself where this old man had come from to such a place. I had not seen him in goingdown the road. I then turned round quite unconcernedly to have another look at him, and had no sooner done so than I saw withinhalf a yard of me one of the most remarkable and start ling sights I hope it will ever be my lot to see. 'Almost on a level with my own face-I 6aw that of an old man, over every feature of which the puttv-colored skimfas drawn tightly, except the forehead, which was lined with deep wrinkles. The lips were extremely thin, and appeared perfectly bloodless! The toothless mouth stood half open. The cheeks were hollow and sunken like those of a corpse, and the eyes, which seemed far back in the middle of the head, were unnaturally luminous and piercing. Bands of Calico Over Its Bead. 4 This terrible object was wrapped in two bands of old yellow calico, one of which was drawn under the chin and over the cheeks and tied at the top of the head; the other was drawn round the top of the wrinkled forehead, and fastened at the back of the head. So deep and indelible an impression it made on mv mind that were I an artist I could paint that face to-day, and reproduce the original (excepting, perhaps, the lu minous eyes) as accurately as if it were photographed. What I have thus tried to describe in many words I saw at a glance. Acting on the impulse of the moment I turned my face again toward the village, and ran away from the horrible vision with all my might for about 60 yards. I then stopped and turned round to see how far I had distanced it, and, J to my unspeakable norror, there it was still face to face with me as if I had not moved an inch. I grasped my umbrella and raised it to strike him, and'you can imagine my feelings when I could see nothing between the face and the ground except an irregular column of intense darkness, through which my umbrella went as a stick goes through water. I am sorry to confess that I again took to my heels with increasing speed. Hay ing gone a few yards down a branch road, I determined to speak with my strange pur suer, whatever he was, and I boldly turned round to face him for the third time, intend ing to ask him what he wanted, etc. The Ghost of a Strange Character. He had not followed me after I left the main roaci, but I could see the horribly fascinating face quite as plain as when it was close by. It stood for jtwo or three minute's looking intently at mo from the center of the main road. I then realized fully it was not a human being in flesh an(i blood; and with every vestige of fear gone, SPRING TRADE SO ARE POPULAR PRICE It won't cost you anything for us to put you in the way of saying ONE FOURTH to ONETHIRD ON YOUR CLOTHING. Have you seen the $10 BLACK THIBET SPRING OVERCOAT and 'the $20 SILK-LINED KERSEY, ready LOOK AT TIE HIKED & BROWN DISPLAY. UOTEL ANDEI130N BLOCK. X quickly walked toward it to put my ques tions. But I was disappointed, for no sooner I made toward it than it moved quickly-in the direction of the village. I saw it moving along, keeping the same dis tance from the ground, until it reached the churchyard wall; it then crossed the wall, and disappeared near where the yew tree stood inside. The moment it disappeared I became un conscious. When I came to myself, two hours later, I was lying in the middle of the road cold and ill. The strangest part of my story yet remains to be told. My host .after questioning me Closely in regard to the features of the face, the place I had first seen it, and the spot where it disappeared, told me that 15 years before that time an old recluse, auswering In every detail to my description (calicoes, bands and all),, lived in a house whose ruins still stand close by where I first saw it, that he was-buried in thespot where I saw the face disappearing, and that he was a very strange character al together. EEPENTED A SPITZ MAE3IAGE. Tits Old I.ove Proves Too Strong for Him and no Commits Snlclde. Excelsior Springs, Mo., Feb. 26. The suicide here Tuesday., of a popular young man named Fred Grace, has develop :d a sensation. "Recently, in a fit of pique, after a quarrel with his sweetheart, Annie Cravins, Grace wooed and married a Miss Hill. Soon after he met Miss Cravins, all his old love returned and he begged her to marry him. She consented and they started for Kansas City. On the wajr Grace told her the truth, and then said he intended to kill her and commit suicide. Her pleadings weakened him, and he allowed her to return home, following the next day. He again became desperate and shot himself! The shock is expected to result fatally to his wife. SOUND FOE THE PROMISED LAND. An Exodus of Tennessee Vegroes to Olcla V horns to Occur Next Fall. i NASnviLLE, Feb. 2a There is a move ment now on foot among the negroes of this city to start a migration to Oklahoma next fall. A negro who has great influence among his people is agitating the question, and is "procuring the namea of those who want to go. About 1,000 names are already upon the list. Indications are that many 'more will be added. The .negro element of this city is becoming very much worked up on this exodus to the "promised land, choose to regard it thev JUDGE EOTHIN WANTS A BEST. Darlns the Trial of Bis Enemies Ho Goes to Civilization for Keposo. Topeka, Feb. 26. Judge Theodore Bot kin arrived here late last night from his home in Arkalon. The trial of the six men under arrest for attempting to mu rder him will commence next Monday at Springfield, but Judge Botkin will not preside at the trials. He has been holding court at Springfield, but adjourned Wednesday until Monday next, and announced that he would not be present, and a judge pro tern, must be elected at that time. He says he came up to Topeka to get away from the excitement of frontier life and get a few days' repose. MUSIC, sport, Grand,Armv, secret ocir tirg, ntc, recnlre special attention in THB DISPATCH to-morrow. Both the method 'and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts fently yet promptly on the Kidneys, liver and Bowek, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the tasto and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and SI bottles by all leadinp; drug gists. Any reliable druggist "who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. " CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL IQVISVIUE, KY. HEW Y08K. r. THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIGHT ANO NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER. My doctor says it acts (jently on the stomach, liver aad kidneys, and lsa pleasant laxative. This drink is made from herbs, end Is prepared for use as easily as tea. It Is called ?er All drnzglrts sell It at 50c and $1.00 per package Bay ono today. Lane's Family Medicine mon the bowrli each day. In order to be healthy, thtl Is necessary. de2342-TWTh3 ERE I ;'! SUITS HADE TO MEASURE, $25.00 TO -$40.00. - made? 39 SIXTH STREET. StfdJFmQS Sfe AT NEW GOODS NEW ADVEISTISEMENTS. ALWAYS AS ADVERTISED! That's why Laird's Special Bargain Sales are so largely attended by the best people. In ONE of Laird's Special Reduction Sales more Teally first-class fine shoes are sold than are disposed of during the entire year in other stores! Every pair is warranted with privilege to exchange or money refunded. Laird'sSpeciaJShoeSale ABSOLUTE VALUE. POSITIVE REDUCTIONS, NEARLY HALF PRICE. THOUSANDS DALLY PITTED. Men's Finest Patent Leather Shoes Reduced from $5 and 60 to Men's Finest Cordovan Custom Shoes Boduced from $6 and $7 to Mens' Finest Ga!f Custom Shoes Reduced from $5 and 87 to Men's Genuine Kangaroo Shoes Heducod from 85 and 86 to Men's English Grain Shoes Reduced from 85 and 8S to Men's Puritan Calf Shoes Reduced from 84 and 85 to I PRICES GREATLY REDUCED. IMMENSE ASSORTMENT, ALL SIZES. M EDI UMGRADE SHOES FOR FULL DRESS AND STREET Or any mechanical use, at GENTS' FINE CALF SHOES Reduced from 3, $3.50 GENTS' FINE DRESS SHOES Reduced from $2.50 and LADIES' FINE SHOES AT ABOUT HALF PRICE. EVERY STYLE. EVERY SIZE. EVERY WIDTH. LADIES' ELEGANT FRENCH D0NG0LA, patent vamps or patent tips, cloth tops or kid tops, Common Sense, Opera, Picadilla or New York last, regular $4, $$ and $6, reduced to $2.90 and $3.90 FINEST D0NG0LA, STRAIGHT GOAT AND PEBBLE GOAT, every style, every size and every width, at $1.39, $1.48, $1.69 and $1.98, Reduced From $1.50 to 75c Per Pair, With Heels or Spring Heels. OVER. 1,500 PAIRS OF BOYS' & GIRLS' SHOES 50c to 75c Less than Ever Before. SLIPPERS I SLIPPERS I . For Men, for Ladies, for oys, for Girls, SELLING- AT BARGAIN PRICES. W . Mammoth Bargain'Shoe Sale, 433 AND 435 WOOD ST. BARGAINS BOTH STORES Prompt Attention to Mail Orders. GENTLEMEN'S FilSlG GOODS. Night Shirts, nicely trimmed with Flannelette Shirts, Unlaundered Shirts, Suspenders, Colored Border Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, Tecks, Piiffs and Four Kid Gloves, "Fownes" make, Gray Merino Underwear,. Boys' Suspenders, rLooniHimyujMtni P. S. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. We will mail free of charge to any address Catalogues and Price Lists of Baby Car riages, Patent Medicines, Housefurnishing Goods, Books and Stationery, Corsets, etc. WE MUST HAVE CASH! And to get it we will offer for this week only a 50 pwt. 14 karat solid Gold Watch with a full jeweled Nickel, Elgin, Waliham or Hampden movement at $42, formerly sold for $65. These watches are warranted as represented or money refunded. Q KA I T' Q Sole Agent for ChemicalDiamonds, OIVll I O, Cor..LibertyAaiiu Smithfield mi .311 Smithfield St $2.90 & $3.90 $2.90 & $3.90 $2.90 & $3.90 $2.90 & $3.90 $2.90 & $3.90 $2.90 & $2.50 I WEAR, .$1.18, $1.24 and $1.39 and $4 to $2.48 and $2.18 S3 to .,. $1.98 and $1.59 LA 406-408-410 MARKET ST. 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