c '- - TO LEX Business Standi To Let. BFBOOM DeslrsMe itoreroom and eellsr. 8J lxth v., nnr Smlthfield St. Inquire C enhouee, SS ater Et. LET A fine tiro-proof room on first floor of lew Dispatch building. Diamond street, d admirably forofllce or storeroom: posses can be frlvea at once: one of tlie best loca In the cltrfor Insurance or banklne. real e or other such business. Apply to Holiness tger The Dispatch. LET Water at., near Sralthflcld, first floor, warehouse, now occupied br Chess, Coofc A S0XS7; and entire basement through to First 160 deep: one or three years lease: location desirable. Apply to Hunt A Clapp, Room S9, fthaT. LET Dwellings, stores and offices: upon re quest we will mll tou our rent list regularly April 1. free or charge: write your nam; dy and glre full residence address street and ber. Black A Bslrd. to Fourth av. LET Separate storerooms witn railroad track: all receiving. handUnp, shlpplne and erlnr facilities; also office room. Inquire of V.. Hoereler. storage. Pils and Twelfth it., ibnrg. Fa. 2 LET Space w Ith power Cor. Penn and Third ay.; three floors: 30.000 feet paee: abundant sr: good llRht: splendid location: eTery con ence. ApplTMc"1 Uros- 20 Fifth aT. LET lifslrable ftoreroonv Ulamand t. In new Dispatch bulldlns;: Itcht and heat fur ed. Apply to Business Office The Dispatch, mlt tifield and Diamond sts. , LET Butcher shop, lfB&Carson st.Southslde: also for sale all the fixtures and the good will of uslnes For further Information Inquire of lans, 1S23 Carson St.. Southslde. LET Large and verr desirable storeroom and lemtn'ed cellar, with dwelling If required St yile arenue ;all modern improvements. elly. Jr.. 161 Fifth avenue. LET A flrst-class storeroom, with or without dwelling, on Butler St.. Lanvreneeville: pos on given in"ueil lately. If required. beeM.P. 'ley & Son, L7 Fourth av. LET The three-storr building. 1 o. 2 Penn ct.. containing 14 rooms and storeroom; long e and low rent to desirable tenant. Geo. iston, G2 lourth av. LET Four-storv brick building. 1S3 Second st two doors trom tomithfield st : will lease lve vears. Apply at first floor office of Kauf- n siore. LET The three-story building with store room: situate cor. south Diamond aud Twelfth Bouthsidc, Pittsburg. Geo. Johnston, 62 rthav. I.ET Storeroom, No. 45 Diamond allev. in cluding second floor, 22x50, suitable for offices ght business. Inquire Gillespie & Co.,422 Wood et. LET In good town near city: flrt-dass store room, new; good opening for mn with enma tal and push. Address W. M., Dispatch ofllce, LET No. 56 Ross St.. between Third and Fourth a s. ; good location for boarding house nralshed rooisb. Geo. Johnston. 62 Fourth av. LFT Half of a desirable store, with show wlidiw, in one of the best bus ness locations he city. Address L. L Dispatch ofitce. LFT Storeroom and dwelling, corners. Six teenth aud fcarahsis.: rent reasonable. In- e of J. E. Roth. 13g Carson St.. city. t LET That desirable three-story business building, situate No, 501 Firth av. Geo. nsron, 02 Fourth av. i LET One large, well-lig'ited room, -with or without power CO and 61 becund av. LET Storeroom and dwelling No. 123 Forty third st. Apply to Cushlng & Fox. LET-Hair of storeroom. 102 Fifth. Donneli Trlsh, 129 t ifth av. Inquire ) LET Storeroom and cellar. 320 Liberty st. Rooms To Let. JRMWED rooms No. 12 Smlthfleld at., oppo site Monongahela House. AVDSOiTELT furnished front room with folding bed; board if desired. Inquire 315 ith Hlgnand avenue. E. E. A.RGE. elegant room Handsomely furnished, in public building: centrally located; furnl e for sale. Address I. E., Dispatch ofllce. KLAND Mcely lurnlshed front room for gent!einan;pleasant location, near park. 2313 -bes av. 'Oil Large, nicely furnished front room; every convenience five minutes walk from tomce: suitable for one or two gentlemen. No, eventh av. OOMS To small family five rooms and bath facing park near Federal St., Allegheny; t, 30. Address T. E., Dispatch office. 0031 Nicely furnished front room; also back one with gas and bath. No. 50 Chatham St., ive Court House. OOXIS Both gases; use of bath: convenient and desirable location. Inquire at 5 Mockton , Allegheny, Pa. OOMs Newly furnished rooms on second and third floor; first-class meals if desired. 570 thav. COND STORY front room, with connecting ballroom, on S. Hllandav., E. E.; fine loca u Address W. R., Dispatch office. 0 LET Third floor of 24 Sixth St.: 3 large rooms, both gases, water, etc. Inquire G.Ware, -lilh st. Wo "nteelv furnished front rooms, st., Allegheny. 83 Hemlock Offlces and DesK v nom To Let. FFICE Or desk roim on ground floor. No. SO hast Diamond, Allegheny, opposite Carnegie tiding; can be had after Mann 1. John Dyer. iFFICEs Two connecting rooms on first floor, ' suitable for physician's ofllce. 51 East Dla nd. Allegheny. 'O LET In Ferguson block, the finest fire proo office building In the cltv. located on Third .. Just below the new postoOce, hav'ng also mrth av. entrance: choice storerooms and offices, th all modern conveniences, high speed eleva rs, steam heat, electric light and Janitor's serf, s free, rent lower than others are getting In old d lnconvcrleut buildings; possession at onre; nt free until April 1 : send for illustrated book, ack . Balrd. No. So Fourth av. "O LET Dwellings, stores and offices: upon re quest we will mail you our rent list regularly til April L free of charge; write your name ilnlv and give full residence address street and imber. Black & Baird, So 1 ourth av. 'O LFT Offices on first and se ond floor of Hos tetter block. No. 79 Fourth av.: Immediate sseion: rent to commence April 1. Geo.Johns n, agent, C2 Fourth av. O LET Desk room; nicely furnished office; rent reasonable. Room 410, Penn building. Miscellaneous To Lets. '0 LET- Penn av.. near Rebecca st., 7 rooms and hath- om. ?30 per month. "olhns av , near sutlon st., 7 rooms and bath- om $32 50 per month I'Harast.. near Filth a v., 8 rooms and hath. ' per month. iond av.. near Wood st., lOrooms and bath, 50 r month wo" th station, 7 rooms, bath. Inside w. c, u, $3j per month. LIGGETT BROS., 71 Diamond St. 'O LET Dwellings, stores and offices: upon re quest e will mail you our rent list regularly itil April l (ree of charge; write your name ainly and givp run residence address street and nnber. Biacc Balrd. 9a Fourth av. 'O LET 15 acres pasture near Tenth ward, Alle 441 Grant st. y LET-Vacant lot. Wylie av.. near Fultoni long leas easy ttrms. Inquire Room M, St. icholas building. il) LET S-tabllng for six horses -md wagons. Apply to est. H. Wood, No. 203 Wood St.. tv. STEAJIEK3 AND EXCD3IOX3. Proirrammes now readv for Gaze's Seliet xcarsions to Europe. A select party sails -arch 9 and April 16 for Holy Land. $475 onthly excursion s to Italy, szsQ Best tick nnj; lacilitles. Choicest ocean berths by all nes at lowest nites. Send for "Tourist Ga tte." H. GAZE 4 SONS, 940 B'nav, X. T. -:st.1Slt.) Iel7 E9-w8a. . Per Cent City Mortgages. We can take care of a few more good ac lunts and net you 8 percent on city tnort-a.-c and city and county warrants with f iect safety. Our business is limited and inservative. and we take only such as we nn personally attend to. For particulars ldress THOilAS & COMPANY, re5-9S-su Tacoma, Wash. liBEeetri(al Construction & Maintenance Co, Electrical Engineers and Contractors, eneral Electrical Supplies always on hand. INCANDESCENT LAMPS, ALL VOLT AGES AT LOWEST PEICES. Electric Light and Bell Wiring. 125 FIFTH AVENUE, deI3-sn TeL 1774. Pittsburg, Pa. "WANTED BUSINESS MANAGER. Wo want a thorousb-zoinc business man, 5 to o rears of use, to assist in establishing brunch-bouse business in Minneapolis: one r Na.hville, Tenn.; a salaiy or $70 to $90 per tontli cuaranteed to the right man: a capl il ol $600 lequlred on pait of applicant; iust be a fair correspondent; full or busl ess; business will bear closest investhja (on. Call or address, irivina ago and occu pation, Booms 43, 46 and 47,Eisner building. less TTN1TARIAN PUBLICATIONS TREE J Address Miss Mary Lyman. 19 Oakland quare, 1'Utsburs. 112-42 AUCTIOS SAXES. SALE OF LAND BY THE UNITED STATES at Pittsburtr, Pa. Be it enacted by the Sonate and House ot Representatives of the United States of America In Congress as sembled, that the Secretary or War be, and hereby is, authorized and direoted to sell and convey to the purchaser or purchasers all the right, title and Interest of the United 8tates in and to all that certain parcel or ground, helonginz to the United States, sit uate in the city of Pittsburg Pennsylvania, at the northwest corner of Penn avenue and Garrison alley, in the Fourth ward or said cltv, fronting one hundred leet on west sldo of Penn avenue and extending northwardly along the west line of Garrison alley, pre serving the same width, to low-water line ot the Alleihenyriver,subJect,however,to such public easementsas exist thereon and there over. Depot Quartermaster's office, Wash, incton, D. a February 6, 1892. Under the provisions of the above quoted act of Con gress, anproved May SL 1890, and bv direc tion of the Secretary or War. I will ofTer for sale at public auotion at the Stock Exchange building, 115 Fourth avenue. 1n the city or Plttsbursr, Pa., on FRIDAY, the 11th day or March, 1S92. at 11 o'clock a. ., for cash, the property described in said act, together with fuch improvement thereon as belong to the United States subject to the condi tions set rorth in said act, and subject also to the terms and conditions named in the printed circular orthisdate, copies ofwhloh will be furnished on application to the un-dersismed-or to the Acting Assistant Quar termaster at Allegheny Arsenal, where also a plat of the ground can be seen. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids or to ac cept any bid or bids subject to the condi" Hon preoribed in the circular referred to A deposit of $15,000 on account of the pur chase will be required at the time of sale, and an adjournment of one honr will be taken to enable the highest bidder to com ply with this requirement, in default of which, at the expiration of the time speci fied, the) sale will be declared void, and the property will then and there be reoffcred i or sale. Payment or the remainder or the purchase money must be made upon deliv ery of duly executed deed or deeds for the property purchased, or the property may be resold, without further notice, at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The cost of all conveyancing will be borne by the purchaser. GEORGE H. WEEKS, Der nty Quartermaster General, U, S. A. JOHN D. BAILEY. Auctioneer, Boom No. 9, Ex chan 'e Building, Pittsburg, Pa. feS-27 ORPHANS' COURT SALE! -OF A VALU '.BLE FARM IN SHALER TOWNSHIP. The undersigned executors of the last will of William B. Miller, deceaed, bv order or the Orphans' Court or Allegheny county. Pa., made at No. L March term, 1SS9, in parti tion of the real estate or said decedent, ull offer at public sale, on the premises, ON Monday, March 21, A. D, 1892, One hundred and seventy-one acres and ninetv-eight DS-100 perches or land in Shaler township, Allegheny county, Pa. Bounded north bv pnrt or same tract owned by Mrs. Robert Miller, by Ash Tarm and by land or Loughry; east by land of HasMnger, and part or same tract owned bv Bailiff; south by township road and by land of John Tressel; west by land or Swords, or Hare and of Mrs. Robert Miller. About 125 acres cleared, one large frame barn and one log weather-boarded barn thereon erected. (The dwelling bouse has lately been de stroyed by flre.l This land is distant abont ten mile from Allegheny City; about one mile from the Butler plank void: about one and oue-tourth miles from DeHaven station on Pittsburg and Western Railway, and is convenient to schools chuiches, eto. It is nupposed to be in the gas region, as there are paying gas wells in the neighborhood, and is suscepti ble of division into smaller parcels. TERMS OF SALE One-third in hand on confirmation of sale, of which 10 per cent to be paid when property is knocked down. One-third with interest, from confirmation of sale in ont year thereafter, the other one third to remain charged on the premises, and the interest thereof to be paid annually to Mrs. Jane Miller, willow or William B. Miller, deceased, during hernatural lifetime, and at her death to be paid to the persons entitled thereto, but not to be payable be fore two years from confirmation of sale. Ihe deferred payments to be secured by bond and mortgage on the premises, with naiverofscl. fa. clause, and provision for insurance policy and attorney's commission. JOHN THOMPSON and THOS. M. MORROW, JAS. BEEDIN, Attorney, Executors. SS Diamond St. Pittsburg. Feb. 26, 1832. fe28-87 ORPHANS' COURT SALE : OF A i Valuable Business -Property . ALLEGHENY CITY. The underslgned,executors of the lastwlll of William D. Miller, deceased, in pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court of Alle gheny county, Pennsylvania, made at No. L March term, 1SS9, in partition, will offer at public sale, on the premises, NOS. 13 AND 15 OHIO ST,, Second ward, Allegheny, Pa., on SATURDAY, March 19, 1892, At 2 o'clock r. JL the undivided half nart of said lots of ground, with a two-stoi y brick. uuuaing tnereon,now usea as a livery staoie and for office!, storage rooms eto.,tbe whole having a front 01 40 feet on Ohio stand ex tending at said width northwardly 174 fe6tj the building having in front two ofllce rooms and bedroom below and three large storage rooms above, the balance of ground occupied by stable proper and shed. The piemisos are now open to inspection during business hours. This property has been for many years occupied for a livery and sale stable, and is one of the best known busi ness stands in Allegheny City. Terms of sale One-third in hand on .confirmation or sale, ot which 10 per cent to be paid when propel ty is knocked down; one-third, with interest, from confirmation or sale in one year thereafter; t..e other one-third to re main charged on the pi emises, and the In terest thereof to be paid annually to Mrs. Jane Miller, widow of William B. Miller, de ceased, during her natural lifetime, and at ber death to be paid to the persons entitled thereto, but not to be payable before two years from confirmation of sale. The de ferred pay ments to be secured by bond and mortgage on the premises, with waiver of sci fa clause, and provision for Insurance policy and attorney's commission. JOHN THOMPSON, THOMAS IL MORROW, ,. Executors. JAMES BEEDIN, Attorney, 6S Diamond 6t., Pittsburg. February 26, 1S&2. fe2SS6 A.XJCTIOSC SALE AT THE RESIDENCE. Fine furniture, carpets, music box, range, etc, THURSDAY, March 3, at 10 o'clock, at the residence, No. 622 Ward street, Oakland. Take Filth avenue andAtwood street cars to the door. Fine mahogany chamber suites with Ten nessee marble and French mirror, walnut fol ding bed.cost $150; elegant hair mattresses, fine bookcase, leather reading chair, leather top table, handsome ball rack, cost $125; fine music box and stand, walnut sideboaid and extension table, leather dining chairs, par lor furniture, chairs, rocker, taoles, cabinets, easels, pictures, curtains, rugs, etc.; elegant Brussels carpets on rooms, balls and stairs, pillows and bolsters, bedding, etc Fine steel kitchen range, cost $65; kitchen and laundry furniture. Sale positive House open alter 8 o'clock morning of sile. HENEY AUCTION CO., fe28-ie9-2rwrhsu Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE Two Carloads of HORSES! The undersigned will offerat public auction, at the stables or W. S. CHARTERS, Nos.S10and 312 Ohio St., Allegheny, Pa., on TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1893, Commencing 12i30 o'c'ock, Two carloads of A No. 1 horses, also a pacer 15-S hands high, by Sea foam family, biokcn, and a fine road horse, can show a 2:40 gait; never was tracked; comprising some good drivers, all-purpose, business and extra good draft horses. Guar' antee of two davs will be given with each horse, and all money, checks and notes will be held by Mr. Gregor Meyer, President of the Eeal Estate Loan and Trast Company's Bank, or Allegheny, until guarantee expires. CLtAVER, DUNKIN & CHARTERS. A. J. BONER, Auctioneer, from the Sale Stables at Buffalo, N. Y. I627-14S SS Head Closing Out Sain of 25 Head. Hambletonian Horses! Mostlv the get of Washington Hambletonian, 2:CSX WEDNESDAY, March 2, lSW. At&hlrland, Allegheny county. Fa., roar miles north of Oak dale, p., c. C. fet, L. R. R., and one mile from Imperial. Montour R. R., we will offer at publlo sale the following described property, to wit: Shlriand Uambletonlan. bay stallion. 3 years old; sired by Washington Hambletonian, 2:23J. Dam, Fanny, thoroughbred. Mated team, sorrels, white marks: 4 and 5 years old; splendid stvle and good actors. Sorrel mare, 3 yeas old, well broken and very handsome. Brown coach horse.4 years old; weight, L2M pounds. Sorrel gelding, 2 years bid. Bay gelding. 2 years old. Sorrel mare, 2 years old; very speedy. Two Percherons, 2 years old. Three head of j earllng colts. Three brood mares of good breeding, all In foul. Severn head rtf draft and general purpose horses. 75 wethers, 76 .ewes la', uliuu, at jeariuig lamos. Also veaicies ana im plements. MCFABL.AND BROS. JOHM E, McKELVT, Auctioneer. fe27-H. AUCTION BALE.. AT AUCTION. Fine furniture, carrots? Hardman upright pianoforte, etc., TUESDAY, March 1, at 10 o'clock, at the rooms or the Henry Auction Company, 24 and 28 Ninth st. The famish ment of a fine residence moved to the store, Hardman upright piano, 'almost new, cost $500; fine chamber lurotture, cabinet organ, hall rack, plush parlor suite, oak folding bed, walnut sideboard, tables, chairs, etc; also a large line of new suites in -oak and walnut, parlor suites upholstered in tap estry, plush and haircloth; wardrobe, side boards, cabinets, desks, tables, chairs and rockers, pictures and ornaments, Brussels and ingrain carpets for' rooms, halls and stairs, kitchen furniture, etc Sale positive., HENRY -AUCTION COMPANY, fe28-168 AUCTIONEERS. CHOICE PROPERTIES. ' SALE ' " A 12 Room Modern House. ALL KINDS OF FBUIT AND SHADE TREES. About an Acre of Ground. NEAR SCHENLEy'pABK. Terms to Suit. PRICE, $9,500. PETER SHIELDS, 5S3 GRANT ST. fe26-3-TTSU rra LET Good Business House on Wood St., Comer Diamond St Fine plate glass front, storeroom, base ment, nicely fitted up upper floors, largo and convenient building. Now ocenpied by SHUMAN BROS., And in flrst-class repair. BLACK & BAIRD, 65 FOURTH AVENUE. fr2S-171 FOR SALE. FINEST $10;000 HOUSE IIJ THE EAST END, Asphalt street, Queen Anne brick. 12 rooms, reception hall, dining 100m and bathroom; all finished in hard wood; open-work plumb ing; fine laundry; large pantry, with "-nerves and drawers; extra large porches; shade on fiont porch in the afternoon: don't buy until you have seen this lovely home. BLACK & BAIRD, No. 95 Fourth Ave. - fe26-8S-"WTSn 9 Acres, FORBES AVE., EAST END. ' A beautiful piece of property, snlta- , bIefor fine residence or snTfcaivyslonj'.j ',f only $4,350 per acre. A special bAK-- Black & Baird, No. 95 Fourth Ave." fe!8-S4"wrsu HIGHLAND AVENUE RESIDENCE BARGAIN. ' ' One of tbe most desirable locations in -the East End; reception hall, parlor; library, din ing room and kitchen, four bediooms and bath on second floor, and four finished rooms in attic; plate glass, hardwood man tels, basement laundry, cemented cellar, ele gant Iai ge porches, etc.etc In short, a per fect and most desirable home. Possession Api II L LIGGETT BROS., fe27 94 71 Diamond St. FOR SALE. :ACRE PROTERTY. 45ACRESINEASTEND, Near Homewood Station. JUST THE PLACE FOB SUBDIVISION. BIG MONEY IN IT. BLACK & BAIRD, No. 95 Fourth Ave. fe27-S7-2T,2S,mhl CITY LOTS. Fifty-five lots on 'Webster, Chauncey, Bed ford and Duff streets, online of Wylie ave nue cars, that we can offer at (700, $729. $760 and $800 on terms to suit purchasers. Don't run an ay out to the East End, suburban towns or new towns without any city ad vantages, to buy a lot when you can "buy better property for less money, with all city advantages, right at home MORRIS & AISBITX 78 DIAMOND STEEET. ,fe21-U5-Thsn PENN- AVENUE EAST ENDr Between " t R E. and Highland "Avenue. . 35 FT. FBONT FOB $i5oo. .; Bents for $1,024 per year. This must be, sold soon. - J. H. COLEMAN & CO., ' fe27-TT3u 6212 Penn avenue, E. E. BARGAIN ON OAKLAND Two story and mansard brick hOEglor eigut rooms, Datn, imn, ootu -i-ases,my.ie, noi anu com water, w. e. m ana out, witn stationary tubs, Iront and rear pKiles and modern finish, lot 33x120, with shaBtid fruit tiees. shrubberv. etc This is lmriw house, fine neighborhood and full view of Schenley Park. J. B. LABKIN ft CO., fe23-88 152 FiTth av. TNVESTMENT- $2p!ooo. " Six, all modern two and three-story hriok dwellings with space enough to build four more, fronting on two good streets; only a few squares from the Court House; good neighborhood; now rented to first-class ten ants lor S2.000 per year; lot 120x120. ?u J.C.BEILLY, fe25-72-Thssu 77 Diamond street. CHOICE PROPERTIES. WESTERN AVENUE , Hear Grant ar., a good two-story brlcK of ' ninerooms oomplete, with a Frontage o 46 feet 8 inches, At alow price, on account of ill health of owner, who has left the city. BAXTER. THOMPSON & CO.. fe2S-312-28u)hl,3 162 Fourth av. r FOR RENT. The large storeroom and four-story build ing formerly occupied by W. E. Schmertz & Co.. 43 Fifth avenue, extending back 240 feet to Virgin alley. Inquire of D, P. REIGHARD, fe28-lSS Central Bank, 47 Fifth avenue. RESORT HOTELS. Atlantic City. HOTEL WELLINGTON. Ocean End of Kentucky avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. M. A. & H. S. MILNOR. Circulars at Dispatch ofllce fe27 93 THE IRVINGTON, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. Filtered water used for all purpose. feM-55 UHAMHUK3 tt UUU1'E3. HOTEL HOFFMAN, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Near beach. Heated throughout wit stoam. Homelike J. W. CALLAW AY. JaJl-127-TTSSU THE WAVERLY, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Opens Feb. . Under new management. Oomfortibla steam heat, sub parlors and excellent table JaSl-128 HOTEL WTIVTSHIRE, Virginia avenue, near ocean. A new winter bouse. Large bay-window rooms, giving fine view of the ocean. Heated by steam and open grate Open all the year. fe23-DSU D. W. CHANDLER. Old Point Comfort. HYGEIA HOTEL, Old Point Comfort, Va. Deservedly world-fomed, llhis immense and unique caravansary is situated a few yards from Fort Monroe, and lies along a beautltul sandy beaob, washed by the waters of Ches apeake Bay and Hampton Roads. The won derful equable climate makes it an all-tho-year-round reort, unsurpassed in health and general attraction. It is the rendezvous lor prominent people irom all sections, and an atmosphere of comfort, luxury and re finement pervades the place. Dress parade, artillery praotice, guard mounts, etc.in the fort. Send for pamphlet. F. N. PIKE, Manager. del-4S-Trsu WANAMAKtfR'S schemes. POSTAL SAVINGS AND TFLEGR1PHS ' AND TELEPHONES. Details of His 'Deposit Scheme Special Bates for Transmitting News Pneu matic Mali Collections Insuring Regis tered Letters and Other Proposed Plans. rCOREESPONDENCE OF TUB DISPATCH. 1 Washington, Feb. 27. Postmaster Gen eral "Wanamaker has most at heart just now a scheme to invite the people to deposit their savings with the Government, using the postoffices as places of deposit He says: "The making of money is part of the genius of the American, but the saving of it is not so conspicuous." . There is a most eager demand for the adoption of the system in the United States, as is shown by the numerous letters and petitions addressed on the subject to the Department and to Congress. A plan sug gested is to issue at postoffices, certificates of deposit, bearing interest at the rate of halt-a-cent a day on $100, or a little less than 2 per cent per annum principal and interest payable to the depositor on demand at anv money.order office. Sums deposited I should not be less than $1, and any amount over 510 migm araw interest, always ixom the beginning of the month after the de posit was. made.- The Secretary , of the Treasury could receive the money, keeping account of deposits from each State separ ately, and put it in circulation by offering the funds obtained in each State as a loan to the national banks of the same State, ex acting a suitable rate of interest. The Postmaster General expresses confi dence that the telegraph and telephone will become important adjuncts to the Postoffice Department within a very few years. He says that there will be no difficulty in blend ing telegraphy with the present postal sys tem, using for service the force already under pay. This accomplished, telegrams could be sent between any two points for a cent a word, which would bring the luxnry of quick interchange of intelligence within reach of persons of moderate means. Special rates would be given to the newspaners and "the use of certain wires might be given to the press, associations at a merely nominal tariff during certain hours ot the night when their lines would otherwise be com paratively idle. ."Ten-cent telegraphic messages and 8 cent telephone messages, in connection with the postal service, are near possibilities," says Mr." Wanamaker. "Collection boxes In the towns could receive the messages, written on stamped cards like postal cards. From these receptacles they would be gathered at frequent intervals, conveyed to the central office and dispatched. In rural parts the most important benefits would be obtained by the adoption of this system. J5ews of "approaching frosts could be promptly spread by telephone over country -districts and fruit-growing regions, giving warnings which would save valuable crops and the day's market prices for cattle, grain and produce might be obtained by the farmers direct by inquiry from others than the buyer who drives np to the farm house in his buggy." " Another innovation contemplated by the Postopice, Department is the tubular post. Before very long it is -expected that all cities and large towns in the United States will have syitems of pneumatic tubes tor transmitting mail. This method has proved most successful in London, Paris and else where. Collections are 'made half-hourly, the metal carriers traveling at the rate of 50 miles an hour or more. The cost of a tubu lar message in Paris is 10 cents; in Vienna 6 cents. Jt is hoped to obtain authorization by Congress oi a system ot insuring registered letters, the Government guaranteeing the safety of their Contents and becoming re sponsible for the same in retnrn for a small additional fee. At the same time it is pro posed that the charge for a registry stamp ihall be reduced from 10 cents to 5 cents. lost Excursion to Washington via B. & O K.K. On Thursday, March 10, the a & O. B. K. will run the last of the series of excursions to Washington which have 'become so pop ular during the winter. This excursion will in no wise differ irom those which have preceeded, and which have given entire satisfaction to tbe hundreds who have en joyed them. There will be the same low rate and the same unexcelled train service of passenger coaches and Pullman parlor or sleeping cars heretofore provided. Washington i more attractive in March, if possible, than during any other month of the year. It is then that the first'signs of spring appear in the public squares and parks. Congress is in session. The public buildings, the artgalleries and the museums ore open to visitors free of charge. Tickets from Pittsburg, Wheeling and intermediate points to Martinsburg are valid to Baltimore, and as they are good for ten days ample time is afforded for side trips toMt. Vernon, Old Point Comfort, and other adjacent points. Tickets valid on all trains, whether limited, express or local, going and returning. Trains leave Pittsburg at 8:00 A. u. and 9:20 p. M. Pullman parlor car- on morning' train and Pullman sleeping car on 'evening train. Bound trip rate 9 00. Correspondingly low rates from other stations. THE MUSIC WORLD, An American Will Compose the Dedi- catory Ode for the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. THE WORDS 'BY A CHICAGO GIRL. Guarantee That the Nation Will Be' Adequately Eepresented Upon the Great Occasion. THE YISIT OP PATH TO PITTSBURG. J. Budget of General Kews Items of Interest to LoTtrs of the Art Dilute. Mr. George H. Wilson, the genial and efficient Secretary of the Bureau of Music for the Columbian Exposition, stopped off at Pittsburg a few hours last Thursday to discuss with the Mozart 'Club officers the plan for a great chorus to assist in the open ing ceremonies. The freshest bit of news brought by Mr. Wilson is that the Dedicatory Ode will be composed" for tbe occasion by Mr. George W. Chadwick, of Boston, and not by Mr. E. A. MacDowell, as has heretofore been widely stated. The composition of this ode, the words of which have been written by Miss Harriet Monroe, of Chicago, is the most important special commission that has yet been given to any American com poser, and it is particularly pleasant to record its acceptance by Mr. Chadwick, than whom no one more compe tent could have 4been chosen. His experi ence in choral composition ("Lovely P.osa belle," for example, will be at once re membered in this community from the Al legheny Musical Association's performance) peculiarly fits him for the task at hand. He is young and energetio and his mnsio smacks of the soil more than that of almost anv other high class composer. One other special commission has been given to and accepted by Prof. John K. Paine, of Harvard. . It is for an opening -orchestral work in march form and, per haps, including a choral finale. In addition to these two "occasional" compositions, the dedicatory exercises, October 12, 1893, will include the singing of "The Heavens Are Telling" and the "Hallelujah Chorus" and the performance of the march and chorus from Beethoven's "Kuins of Athens," be sides some national songs. For this and subsequent programmes an orchestra of about 125 men will oe organized and drilled by Mr. Theodore Thomas, who is Musical Director in General for the Ex position. Mr. William L. Tomlins, conductor of the Chicago Apollo Club, is the Choral Director who is to supervise rehearsals and to conduct performances of orator ios and other important works by the chorus of 2,000 voices to be formed by the leading societies of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Dayton, Indianapolis, Cincin nati, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Des Moines, Louisville and Pitts burg. A meeting of representatives of these societies with the bureau is to be held at Chicago next Friday morning. Our Mozart Club, like the others, has been in vited to send one of its officers, at the ex pense of the bureau, to attend this' meeting and incidentally to hear a concert by the Thomas Orchestra and have.a good time generally. In the" flrst circnlar issued by Secretary Wilson to the choral societies "occurs this paragraph: "While it seenwan "unneces sary proclamation, the Bureau qf Mjusio of the Exposition, at this initial sfag'eijin .an undertaking which in its dttfjrjit'y :4n3 art istic worth "will have no parallel 3n the past,, begs to assure the cultivated in musio irr.this country that the highest standaid of taste and performance will be maintained in all,departments of musicr connected with the six'months of the exhibition period in 189&" A further guarantee that these predic tions will be fully realized exists in the standing and character ot the chairmen in charge of the various divisions of the Bureau of Music. These are: Director Theodore Thomas, General Chairman. Gen eral divisions: Orchestral Art, Mr. Theo dore Thomas, Chairman; Choral .Musio and Training, Mr. William L. Tomlins, Chair man; Songs of the People, Dr. George F. Boot, Chairman; Organ and Church Muic, Mr. Clarence Eddy, Chairman; Musical Art and Literature, Mr. W. S. B. Mathews, Chairman; Musical Criticism and History, Mr. George P. Upton, Chairman; Opera Houses and Mnsio Halls, Mr. Ferd W. Peck, Chairman. It does really seem as if, at least, the mu sical life of this great nation is going to be adequately represented upon an occasion that will have the ear.of the civilized world. The plans of Mr. Thomas and his energetic coadjutors are far grander and of much broader scope than is at all generally imag ined. Look out for their announcement. Visit of the Great Patti. Patti's evening a the Pittsburg Auditor ium has been changed from Saturday to Friday of this week an alteration that will please many persons expecting to come in from surrounding towns and anxious to get homo the same night Miss Fabbri, contralto, Guille, tenor, Del Puente, baritone, Novar. bass, and Arditi, with his orchestra, will support the prima donna through the trying ordeaL Each oi them will be heard in several solo and ensemble numbers, almost wholly of the elder Italian school to which Mrs. Patti's traditions adhere. La Diva herself will sing Eckert's "Echo Bong" in the first part of the programme. The second part will be made np of selec tions from Bossini's "Semiramide," surfg in costume. This will give Patti a chance to display another handsome sown and to sing the "Bel raggio" by herself and "Serbami ognor" with Miss Fabbri. The prices of seats and the demand for them, too, will doubtless be in keeping with the super-eminence of renown upon which.Mrs. Patti abides. And from all ac counts of her admirable state of preserva tion, the delight and enthusiasm of the audience here will be upon the same plan as in the other cities of the land. Viva Pattil Long may she wave! A Tin. Organ Programme. The fine, large Wirsching organ of SS. Peters and Pauls Bomaq Catholic Church, East End, was baptized last Friday even ing, in the presence of a large audience, and with this by no means watery pro gramme: X Sonata in B minor, op. 70 New Oscar Wet-man L Fantasie: IL Pastorale; III. Adagio and Fuge. 2. (a) C "Harvest Home," Spinney (b) I "Gavotte," i .Martini (c) ( "Christmas Chimes," Gado Hi. Clarence Eddy. 8. Song, "Salve Begins," ,. Dana Mrs. Genevra Johnstone Bishop. L Toccata and Fugue, in D minor. Bach 5. (a) Allegretto...'. Volkmann (b) Pilgrims' Chorus Wagner 6. Funeral March and Seraphic Song.... Guilmant 7. Theme, variations in finale Thlele Mr. Clarence Eddy. 8. Aria, "Hear ye.Israel" Fiom Elijah Mendelsohn Mrs. Genevra Johnstone Bishop. 9. Conceit Fantasie Lux On the-Prayer trom "DerFieischueW." 10. The Storm Fant.tsle Lemmons 11. Overture to ' Straaella" Flotow Transcribed by Baofc. ' Mr. Clarence Eddy. The Dnqaesne Conservatory Keclla'. One other programme of artistio grade was presented last week that of the second recital -at the Duqueme Conservatory of Music, on Thursday evening and is here recorded for future reference: Andante and variations for two pianos. Op.6 Schumann " Messrs. Better and Carter. a. "Afar Within the Forest"..,....! Vocal b. "The Night Stole Silent." 1 quartets e. "The Forest Glade aFriend So Op. 3. Dear" ; J Carter. Conservatory Quartet. "Only Once More' Molr Mr. Stephens. Toocata, Op. 5S., ; Haberbier Beicense. Op. 12 Jensen "The Two Laiks". Lesohetlzky Ml.qA fViSfrravfl. "If laws severe," from the "Jewess".Halevy ' Mr. Mays. "Songs of the Birds" .Bubensteln Misses Beach and Bttts. "In thishourofsortened splendor". ..Pinsutl Conservatory Quartet., "Sweet Annette". Baff Miss Beach. a. Adagio in F. Op. 24 t Weber b. "Little Bird?," In ,, .. , J'To Springtime" .... P-u Qleie o. Walthei's Prize Song (Die Melster- singer) Wasncr-Bendel d. Polonaise inCshnro minor. Op. 28. Chopin Mr. Better. "Snowflakes"....,, Cowen Miss Bttts. "Forever and a Day" Carter Conservatory Quartet. Theme and variations for two pianos. Op. 64 .Von Wilm Messrs. Better and Carter. . t The Mozart Club's Annual Becltal. For this week the most important local musical effort will be put forth on Tuesday evening at Old City Hall, in the Mozart Club's annual ballad concert. The choral works will be Ethel bert Nevin's charming lullaby, "Wynken, Bly'nken and Nod," repeated by request, with Mrs.EmmaBingler H. Wolfe's obligato, and Faning "Daybreak," repeated any how. The choral novelty-will be Mrs. BL O. Lippa's new anthem, "God Is My Helper, in which a solo quartet will assist. double quartet will sing Parry's, "Come. Fairies Trip It 6'er the Grass." A varied assortment of the simpler songs and ballads will be presented by Mrs. W. B. Wolfe, Miss Irene Sample, Miss'Ella Semple, Miss Edith Harris, Mr. H. B. Brockett,.Jr., Mr. Ed Edstrom, Mr. John Horner, Mr. D. M. Bullock and Mr. S. S. Amberson. Upon the programmes is an announce ment of the scheme of the May concerts, which information is of enough .interest to be again placed before the reader. The an nouncement is substantially as follows: The next concert or tbe series of '91-82 will be with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the two performances with this celebrated body of Instrumentalists an nounced at the beginning of the season, a third has been arranged for. Tbe three con certs will be given on consecutive nights, May 12, 13 and 14, as fol lows: May 12 syphony concert; May 13 miscellaneous concert, including orchestra, soloists and chorus. May 14, ora torio concert (Elijah). Tbere will be with the orchestra D. Albeit, theworld-tenowned pianist, Mr. and Mis. George Henschel, ar tists of the highest excellence, and Signor Campanari, the renowned baritone. It is with a seeling of pride we announce these eoncorts, as they will certainly be of the highest order of excellence, arfd, as con templated, will have as much of variety as la possible in performances, where all the elements for first-class worlcare present. Crotchets and Quavers. Tse sixth organ recital at tbe Fourth Ave nue Baptist Church will be given next Fri day evening bv Miss Delia Crosby, of Cleve land, who will be assisted iby Mrs. Anna Mellor Shelb and Mr. John Q. Everson. Baksbt's cantata, "Bebekah," and a brief miscellaneous programme will be given next Friday evening at St. Mark's Memorial Church, Ea'st End, bv Organist Frederick Lane and bis choir. The solo parts will be sustained by Miss Marguerite Wilson, Miss Florence McLain.'Dr. P. J. Eaton and Mr. Simpson. Mr. Lane and his singers seem to be a progressive band. The latest concert of .American composi tions, given in Berlin utider the direction of F. X. Arens, Included orchestral works by E. A. MacDowell, John K. Paine, G. W. ChadwicK and Otis B. Boise, and songs by Beglnald de Koven, Ethelbert Nevln and Wilson G. Smith. The .American colony turned one en masse and the Berlin critics said some very pleasant things about tbe works performed. TscaArsowsrr is said to have thrown the score of his new symphonio poem, 'jThe Wojowode," into the fire afteVus flrst per formance In Moscow- Afterwatd he re gretted the act oommitted in a moment of 1 feverish excitement, and went to a hospital ior nervous aiseases ior treatment, ae also threw into the fire the overture and several fragments of the musio to a ballet entitled "Casse-Nolsette," but this was saved by tho timely intervention of a friend. A oood Verdi anecdote Is going the rounds of the Italian newspapers. The other day General Tournon, on his way to Bavenna, 'began a conversation with an old man who sat opposite him in a railway car. Musical topics were touched upon, and the General expressed great aversion to German music, while the other man declared that Ger many had surpassed Italy in musio. The General became more and mora excited in maintaining his opinion, and finally he exclaimed: "Ton may say what ever you please, buf I, for my part, care ;more for a single act of 'Rlgoletto' than for all the German operas put together." Where upon the other man bowed and said: "I thank you for youryery kind appreciation, for I am Verdi, but I adhere firmly to ray opinion." And in Verdi's later works, his actions speak yet louder than his words. 'Mbs. H. H. A BiACH'(aged ,23), of Boston, has written a mass, which was produced at the last concert of the Handel and Haydn Society. Philip Hale writes of it as follows In the Boston Journal.' "It shows knowledge, skill, and, above all, application, patience and Industry. She has not followed closely an illustrious predecessor: she has had fixed Ideas of her own. and she has not hesitated to carry them out. Her treatment of the text is modern. She has treated it subject ively and objectively, hence we find mysti cism that is intended to suggest to the bearer a mood, and we also find direct dram atic appeals. There is the natural exaggera tion ot youth. The mysticism at times ap proaches obscurity, the dramatio appeals are occasionally unduly emphasized. Nor is Mrs. Beach alwaysi successful when she is most ambitious. The comparative simplic ity of the 'Eyrie' and the 'Sanctus,' the. un affected solemnity of tbe 'Et in Spiritum Sanctum,' the peaceful close of the work these are more effective than certain pas sages where the composer apparently attained every nerve." t . A. Monument for Sherman. SPBnrGFiEM, Iiiifc, Feb.,2T. A com mittee appointed by the Illinois Com mandery, Loyal Legion, will solicit sub scriptions for the purpose of erecting a memorial to General Sherman a monu ment or statue to be placed in Washing ton. A Marriajo in a Prison Cell. Shoax's, Djd.', Feb. 27. William Fitch, convicted of robbing the railway office here, was visited at the jail last night by Miss Kearns, his sweetheart, A marriage license was secured, and a priest married the couple, who stood at the door of Fitch's cell. STILL GOING OK. Our Great 87 S3 Men's Salt Sale Greater Than Ever-P. C. C. C., Clothiers. Bead this list of the many elegant styles of men's suits we sell at $7 25. They are made in sack or cutaway style and bound or plain. This assortment represents and includes $14, ?1S and $16 garments and we have added all the $18 and $20 suits from broken lots at $7 25 each. See yiem Mon day. P. C. C. C. Stylish plaid suits $7 25 Neat striped suits........ 7 25 Elegant broken checks..: 7 25 Men's cross-bar patterns 7 25 Dressy narrow and wide wales 7 25 Plain black cords..... 7 25 Fine hair-lines....... 7 25 Fashionable fancy mixtures 7 25 Herring-bone patterns 7 25 Stylish pin heads and pin checks 7 25 Take your choice and make your own selection. P. O. C 0. Clothiers, corner Grant and Diamond streets. Neuralgia Cared in Fifteen Minutes. Mr. J. S. Sturtevant, editor of the Wau paca (Wis.) Post, says: "Last night Cham berlain's Pain Balm cured my wlie ot neu ralgia of the face and tooth in 15 minutes We wold not be without it" 50-cent bottles for sale by druggists. xrssu I PARIS OF THE SOUTH. Montevideo Is a Cosmopolitan City Fully Up to Modern Notions. IT'S EICH, GAY AND LUXURIOUS. Tie Etjle of the Architecture Is TJanallj an Inder of Wealth. E7ENING SCENES ON TBE 8TE1BTS rcoBBisroirDivci or tub dispatch.; Montevideo, TJbtjgtav, Jan. 25. Let us devote this beautiful morning to seeing the sights of Montevideo and, by the way, let us first learn to pronounce its name correctly. In the schools of Tankeedom we were taught to say Mon-te-ve-di-o, with the accent on the third syllable; but here on the spot, where people certainly ought to know how it should be called, it is Mon-tay-vay-dee-oh, accenting the -fourth syl lable and remembering that the letter which we call "e" is rendered ''a" in the Spanish language, and "i" is pronounced "e." It is midsummer now on tbii side of the equator, you know, and these January days are the most delightful of the year, abso lutely perfect in point of weather, the heat tempered by ocean breezes, and dry, pure winds blowing down the great La Plata from uninhabited pampas above. Tbe happy ricos sit all day on their balconies, strum ming guitars, smoking cigarettes and suck ling mate through silver tubes; while los pobres (the poor) equally careless of to morrow if only there be "bite and sup" to day loll in the sunshine, more thoroughly contented than any king in his gilded palace; and in the balmy evenings all the local world, aristocrats and plebions together, hie L themselves to the plaza, to enjoy music and moonlight to the top of their bent. Its Architecture Freakish. Let us begin our tour with that central point, the Plaza de la Constitucion, which after the manner of Spanish-Americans was laid out before the town was fairly planned, and became the nucleus, around which everything grew. For mauy years it was known as the Plaza de la Matriz, until (in 1830) the constitution of the new-born Republic was formally proclaimed in that square; after which event it was solemnly rechriatened. One side of it is occupied by the great Cathedral de la Matriz, with its huge dome covered with blue, green and yellow tiles, and its two toll towers, in one of which is a fine clock that strikes the hours, halves and quarters, and is illumi nated at night. Modern" Montevideo is much given to stucco, stunning facades and general freak ishness of architecture; in contrast with which this plain old-fashiohed pile grim, gray and massive, with its air of indestruct ibility appears doubly impresiive. It was dedicated as long ago as 1800, but time and wars have made little impression npon it. Inside we find the usual tawdryness that distinguishes other South American sanc tuaries, the smell of candle smoke and long imprisoned incense, a tomb-lite atmosphere that receives no ventilation except from the carefully screened main entrance. Inconsistency of Church Images. Why is it, I wonder, that in these south ern churches the Virgin Mother seems to receive so much more adoration than is bestowed upon either the Father or the Son? In this cathedral, as in many others, we can find but one or two representations of Jesus, hidden away in darkened corners, while saints in gorgeous vestments abound and there are at least a dozen images of the blessed Mary Marie Angustos ''Mary of Anguish;" Marie Mercedes ."'Mary of Merciy;" Marie Carmen "Mary of Blood;" "MaricCoacepcion Purissima" "Marv of the lihmaculate-, Conception;" Marie Transitu "Mary' ascending to Heaven;" ,and no -end of Others. As in many1 South American sanctuaries, there is a negro here among the saints t. Baltazer; and Saint Augustine, too, a countryman of Othello, the Moor, you remember, is paint ed black as ebony. About the only innovation in this Monte video cathedral is a striking and beautiful statue, near the door, representing some long, dead Archbishop, clad in tall canoni cals, kneeling with head upraised in prayer. On another side of the Plaza de la Con stitucion is the Cabildo, where Congress holds its session, as indicated by the label across its iront "Kepresentacion JNa cionaL" On another side is the celebrated Uruguay Club house, with its magnificent facade of white marble, one of the. Most Luxuriously Appointed Placet of its kind on the continent. Nearly op posite to it is the English Club house an institution dear to the hearts of exiled Britons, though plainly housed and con ducted with on eye to the solid comfort of the members and their guests rather than to ostentatious display. In the middle of the Plaza is a superb white marble foun tain, with many basins and much carving, iss base inscribed with patriotic sentiments and dates commemorating the political his tory of the country. From this central point paths radiate like the spokes in a wheel, each path flanked with Egyptian thozn or acacia trees, covered with blossoms in their season, but so pruned and tended that one pities their crippled condition. To the right of the fountain is a pretty little kiosque, where a fine military band plays every Sunday morning after mass. and on most evenings of the week. Stone benches , outline the paths, set under the thorn trees; and the rest of the plaza is strewn with smooth reddish gravel, upon which small tables are scattered about, where ices, wines, lemonadesXetc., are served. On summer 'evenings all upper class Montevideo may be seen here, out on dress parade as it were, in their choicest jewels and finest toilets (mostly imported), ghowing all the latest quirks and freaks of fickle iashion. The Beauty Show In the Erenlnss. It is the "beapty show" f the section, patronized by all the ladies, old and young, and therefore, as a matter of course, dili gently attended by all the men. The senor itas, guarded by their mothers and duennas, slowly promenade up and down the paths or rather they toddle, with more or less giace, on their extremely high heeled shoes the marketable females with downcast eyes and coquettish mien, their chaperonea marching with bold front, like soldiers, glaring severely at the donble row of ogling men whose attention they have come out on purpose to attract; while the latter, un abashed, stare into the faces ot the girls with audible comments on their beauty and style, after the accepted fashion of Spanish America. Here and there in the crowd one sees an Indian face, but the native type is more rare than tbe negro, and dashing Mnlattoes and negresses are common the latter generally extravagantly dressed in the extreme of style, almost invariably wearing white or pale blue, those most unsuitable colors which the race everywhere seem to affect. A Perfect Babel of Tongues. Sit awhile on one of the benches and listen to the buzz of conversation as the brilliant throng files by and yon will hear as much French, Italian, English and Ger man spoken as Spanish, tor Montevideo is a cosmopolitan town and fully one-third 'of its population are foreigners, and you will readily comprehend that the social life of the aristocracy is very gay; that a high de gree of education is the rule; that money is plenty easily gained and freely expended in short, that society here is fully up to that oi any European city of equal size. Just outside tbe plaza groups of hackney coaches stand, waiting tor customers who seldom come. We will have none of them, lor in Montevideo it is eminently the fashion to ride in tram cars. Street rail ways gridiron the city in every direction, and in their clean though crowded coaches one can study Uruguay life and character to much better advantage than when shut np br one's self in a private carriage. Thera are 55 miles of tramway in Montevideo, and everybody patronizes them. Tbe tariff is Irom 2 to 7 cents, according to the length of your trip; and the spick and span new cars (all made in KewTork) are certainly safer and pleasanter than the jolting, double tpringed, bug-infested hacks. Mnslc ofthe Drivers' Cowhorns. There is but one drawback to the tram cars, viz:, that their folly drivers,- one and. all, carry cow's hornsand toot to one another continually, executing shrill, prolonged trills with might and main, and out ot pure facetionsness making a din that is almost deafening. It does not take long in our peregrinations to discover that Uruguay' capital is a city of stucco and tiles and gor geous coloring, of fine shops and handsome nouses, of magnificence, wealthy and luxury, of noise and clattering hoofs though no body bustles and hurries in the North of cheerful faces and good clothes and con-, tented people, who have no acquaintance with the wolf called poverty that prowls about the doors of many of their cousins on the other side ofthe continent. . Owing to its situation on a granite prom ontory, almost surrounded by water, Monte video is admirably drained, well ventilated and constantly washed clear, by the rains' that fall about 75 days out of the 365. The .buildings are all flat-roofedj of two or at most three stories, the materials that enter into their composition being mostly brick and stucco, tiles, marble, iron and very little timber. The Homes of Montevideo. The general plan of the private houses is the Andalusian vestibule, with floor of marble and dadoes of alabaster or blue and white Talaera . tiles; double front door of massive iron or carved wood, always wide open by day, disclosing a tall inner gate of open-wrought iron or steel, through which one can plainly see the flowery patio, em bellished with palms and statuary and fra grant shrubs growing in boxes, and often a second and even a third patio beyond, mak ing a charming vista. The frail looking gate with its lace-like pattern, though it affords no obstruction to the view, is firmly fastened inside, and to gain admission one must ring a bell, similar to those on our doors at home, which sum- l mons the servant to unlock it. The facades of the better honses are adorned with much marble and stucco, and before every window are iron bars gilded, perhaps, and highly ornamented, but nevertheless as secure as those pf a common jail. .In Montevideo it seems that the wealthier a man is, the more does his casa run to fanciful embellishment in the way of tiling and stucco, the more elaborately lace-like is his ironwork, the thicker the gilding upon his gate and win dow bars, tbe softer the tints of rose and purple and blue and yellow upon his onter walls. Paving Made of Sheep Hones. Many of the tenement houses have their vestibules and patios paved with the knuckle bones of sheep, arranged like mosaic-work in fantastic designs; and it is a stale old joke to tell astonished strangers that those are human bones, of people who were killed in the hundred years' war. At any rate the effect is gruesome in the ex treme, and in walking upon them one feels as if entering a charnel house. The city is lighted by gas brackets at tached to the walls of the houses, and also by electricity in many of the shops and streets, furnished by two enormous estab lishments. Tbe Calfe. Eighteenth de Julio jtreet, is pronounced Dy- many travelers to -be the finest street in South America. In the evenings it is most animated, 26 metres wide, with shops filled with rich Parisian goods. The Plaza Independencia is hardly second in interest to that oi de la Consti tucion. It is an imposing parallelogram, 221 meters long by 232 wide, crossed by a broad, paved path, lined with benches. It is being surrounded by lofty colonnades in the Doric style such as we have seen in Lims, Arequipa, Santiago and the City of? Mexico sections of which are-already com plete'd. On one side oi ' the plaza is the Government building in local parlance called a "Palacio," though it bears no sort of resemblance to a palace, being an exceed ingly plaie affair. Doesn't Ban a large Army. By the way, Uruguay's standing army, does not exceed 5,000 men, and they are mostlv concentrated at the capital. The President's bodyguard,abattalion 400 strong, sport picturesque toggery of leopard skin, topped by a scarlet fez, each fez with a black tassel bobbing over the wearer's ebonv nose. The common soldiers wear baggy red trous ers fastened around the anhle a sort of zouave costume. The policemen of Montevideo, as in other Spanish-American cities, are detailed from the army, and the army'is mostly recruited from the prisons. Thus' it often happens that your nightly safety depends upon an ex-criminal stationed outside the window. The police are armed with sabers instead of clubs, and they know how to use them upon offenders who resist arrest. A few years ago murders and highway robbery were of daily and nightly occurrence, in city and country, till President Santos came to the fore and made an agreeable change by hanging every murderer and highwayman. Fajtnib B. Waed. BITS OFPEBSONAI.IUTEIXIGENat Dr. W. E. Carothers, of -Braddock, is horns from a pleasant visit to Philadelphia. Mr. John TV- Beatty, of Wilkinsburg; Is visiting in Sew York and Philadelphia. Miss Minnie Sharon, of Korth avenue, ill for several weeks post, is now recovering. Hisses Louise and Mamie Dippold, of Sewickley, left Thursday for New Orleans. Mr. James D. Simons, of Jlraddoclr, spent the week seeing the sights of Washington, D. C. EevjTJr. Thomas N. .Boyle, of Braddook M. JC. fchurcb, is on a pleasure tour in tho East. ' , Miss Lulu Mainbart. of Johnstown, is visit- lng her sister, Mrs. G. K Fulton, of Brad docJc Mrs. Smith, wife of Bev. Charles W. Smith, of Wilkinsburg, is recovering from a severs Illness. . Louis F. Holtzxnan, Esq., of Braddock, has been visiting in Philadelphia and other points the past week. Mr. Walter Logan, of Kansas City, Ma, is the truest of his cousin, Mr. Eddie JFrye, of Shadv avenue. East End, Miss Camille Hawthorne, of Korth Brad dock, has returned to Indiana tate Normal School after a week's visit. Mrs. E. H. Sutmeyer, of Stanton avenue. East End, who has been visiting friends in Washington, D. C, is home. Mr. William N. Burt, or Edgewoodville, left last week for a visit to Washington, D. C. He will return next Tuesday. Mrs. T. D. Casey and Miss May Casey, of Sheffield street, will leave on Monday for New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras. Mrs. F. M. Gordon, of Center street, Wil kinsburg, has gone to visit friends in the Ease Sne will remain several months. Mrs. W. B. Collins, or New Florence, Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram. Bangbman, or Second street, Braddock. Mr. and Mrs. John South, of Wall", left lor a tour through Southern States. They re main in Florida two months, returning In May. Mr. Samuel WIelar returned home last week from a visit of three weeks' duration to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiolar, of New York. , Miss Julia Treacy, of Diamond Street, left during tbe past week for New Bethlehem, Pa., to attend tbe wedding of her cousin, Miss Katie Ferry, Mr. Harrv Stewart, son of Colonel E. E. Stewnrt, of Korth Braddock, has returned to the Polytechnic College, Center county, after a visit home. Dr. T. K. White and Mr. W. E. Hamnett, or Wilkinsburg, left Wednesday last for a two months' trip through the principal Southern and Western cities. Mrr Albert Gondstlker, who has been the guest of his sister, Mrs. Charles Italia, of Braddock:, and other Pennsylvania relatives for the past year, left for his home in Pari last week; Mr. H. H. StontTer and his daughter, Mrs. F. C. Neely, of 'Harrlsburg, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Stoutrer, Bural avenue, East End, during the past weesr, returned home Friday. , Miss Annie Cunningham, ot the general passenger department of the Pennsylvania lines, will spend Sunday in New York visit- lng- ner sister, miss Jiane. wno is in tnat city studying a coarse In singing under Blalp. 3
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