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TEB PITTSBUEG DISPATCH, TUESDAY. AUGUST 23. i89S
TEACHERS AS PUPILS.
Opening of the Forty-Second Insti
tute of Allegheny County.
700 PRETTY SCHOOL HARMS
Take a Feep Interest in the Proceedings of
the First Pay.
CLETER ADDRESS BY DON. A. S. DKAPEE
EVEN hundred of the
714 school teachers of Al
legheny county took pos
session of the High
School yesterday and for
lour mortal hours talked
"shop."
In other -words, the
'forty-second annual ses
sion of the Allegheny
County Teachers' Insti
tute was held, and at each
and every one of the fair and intellectual
"sehoolmarms" who were present is a
member of the Institute, and was convinced
that she had a perfeot right to participate
in the proceedings, the general effect was
alike interesting and unique. The teachers
of the county may possess intellectual
faults, but there is no discounting the fact
that, considered collectively, they are about
as fair and pleasing a group of knowledge
dispensers as can be found within the con
fines ot the State.
The convention was formally inaugurated
in the morning. It began in the conven
tional way. The Chairman, Prof. Samuel
Hamilton, of Braddock, who, by the way, it
also the County Superintendent of Schools,
called the meeting to order shortly after 9
o'clock.
Innngaratlnc a Nir System.
Prof. Hamilton said among other things
that he wanted the teachers ot Allegheny
county to try their hardest to make the
Teachers' Institute one of the finest in the
land. Mr. Hamilton gave a few of the de
tails of his scheme. His idea is to divide
the body into classes and eaoh class to be
Allegheny County Teachers at the Imhtutt.
instructed only on subjects which will in
terest them.
"When Mr. Hamilton sat down, an elo
quent prayer for the welfare of the schools,
the teachers and the young was made by
Bev. Dr. Boyle, of Braddock. After the
prayer had been offered the meeting ad
journed for enrollment. Prof. J. S. Keifer,
of Braddock, and Prof. W. C Shaw, of
"West Liberty, had charge of the enroll
ment It was almost 2 o'elock when the after
soon session was called together. Before
proceeding with the regular order, Chair
man Hamilton explained to everybody that
the County Teachers' Institute is held in
accordance with law for the purpose of giv
ing the teachers instructions in methods of
teaching and school management After
the industrious orchestra ha'd rendered an
appropriate set of classical music, the Hon.
A. S. Draper, of Cleveland, O., was intro
duced. Victim ofa Democratic Legislature.
Mr. Draper is a medium-sized, neatly
dressed man of 60 or thereabouts. He has
u griy beard, a shapely forehead and a soft
and well modulated vbioe. Yesterday the
subject of his talk was "The Bights and
Obligations of Teachers." Prof. Draper
prefaced his address by saying that he is a
.Republican and held the office of State
Superintendent of Instruction in New York
until Governor Hill's Democratic Legisla
ture had its turn in electing State Superin
tendents. "Nevertheless," continued Mr.
Draper, '1 have no hard feelings toward
David B. HilL Personally we are friends,
but I regret to say his politics are wrong."
Speaking to his subject, Mr. Draper said:
"The school system of America has pro
duced school la'ws. These laws are found in
the constitutions of some States, but more
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AN UNLUCKY SHOT.
FOUNDED
BY JOHN SAUNDERS.
CHAPTER I.
It had been an unusually dry summer.
The thirsty earth, parched through waiting
for the long delayed rain, had, as though
hopeless of absorbing sufficient nutriment
through her pores, opened and split into
deep ruts, ready like so many open mouths
to catch the sorely needed moisture.
Farmers were loud in their complaints,
papers wrote dismally relative to the ap
proaching crops, and prayers for rain had
been offered in most of the churches.
The cloudless sky which morning after
morning met the eager inquiry of the
farmers, and nightly gave promise of as fair
a day succeeding, strengthened the im
pression already prevalent, that under ex
isting circumstances their crops suffered
rather than gained by their being longer
standing.
A few, therefore, of the farmers in and
around the village of High Leighton, if
such scattered homesteads deserved the title
of village, had commenced cutting their
corn and were already busv harvesting.
The men at Perrat's farm were giving
over work for the night, as their master
with his two sons entered the comfortable
kitchen parlor, where a substantial supper
was spread, and where Elizabeth Perrat,
wife and mother, sat with her work at the
open door awaiting the return of her men
lolk.
"Luke," she said, addressing the elder
son, who besides his father and stalwart
j oung brother of 16 looked strikingly deli
cate, "You've never been without your tea
nil this while? Father and Tom may go so
long without, but it is foolish for you. Why
didn't you come home, or I might have sent
some over for the three of you it you'd told
me yon weren't coming."
"All right, mother," he answered, "Rose
Arnott brought her father's tea down
to the field, and as there was a deal more
than he could manage, they made me have
some," wiping as he spoke the prespiration
from his face and neck, before he threw
himself wearily into an arm chair by the
tea table.
The men when they had finished polish
ing their scythes and had flung them in
their place lollowed Luke's example and
w ere soon enjoying a hearty meal.
"Did you say Arnott was in the field?
Surely he is too ill to be of any use,"
Elizabeth Perrat remarked to her husband.
"He's too ill to be anywhere but in his
commonly in their statutes; sometimes in
long usage and custom. There are two sides
to school administration the business and
professional. The business side relates to
the construction of buildings and the care
of property, and is administered by boards
of education and school directors. The pro
fessional side relates to Instruction, and is
administered by teachers. The laws relating
to teaching are largely unwritten, but result
from custom and usage."
Relation of Teacher to FnpIL
Mr. Draper then discussed the relations
ot teacher and pupil, treating of order, of
punctuality and regularity of attendance,
of the classification and promotion of pupils,
of the authority of teachers beyond school
grounds and after school hours, and ot the
suspension and dismissal of pupils. As to
the relation of teachers and parents, he took
the ground tnat teachers should become ac
quainted with the parents so that they
might understand the home circumstances
of the pupil, and thus be better prepared to
treat the children properly, but he insisted
that no legal relation exists between the
teacher and pupil. The parents cannot in
terfere with the management or operation
of the schools. The relation between tne
teacher and director is purely a business
one an agreement or contract between the
two and must be kept by both parties.
Selfishness of Teuotaer and Directors.
He scored teachers for breaking their con
tract in order to accept more advantageous
positions, and directors for dismissing
teachers through selfish or personal mo
tives. He asserted that teachers should be
self-respecting; should prepare themselves
fully for their work; should meet all the
demands upon them to the end that they
might be in a position to demand all that
belongs to so responsible a station.
Dr. A. E. Winship, the editor of the New
England Journal of Education, was expected
to read a paper on "What is Teaching,"
bnt he failed to materialize. The doctor
will not arrive until the middle of the ses
sion. Prof. Pnrsell will take his place to
day. Miss Mathilde Coffin, of Detroit, deliv
ered a short address on "Beading." The
session will continue until Friday.
CHURCH AGAINST THEATER.
They Can't Get on as Neighbors, So the
Opera House Be to Shot Tip hnp.
Chicago, Aug. 22. For some time the
congregation of the Englewood Baptist
Church and the management of the Chicago
Optra House, which stands next to the
sacred edifice, have been at open war over
the subject of Sunday night performances.
The church enlisted the police on its side,
and last night Lieutenant Burdick, with a
squad of men, marched upon the stage and
threatened the actors with arrest if they
proceeded with the play. Their work was
stopped and the audience dismissed.
As the people file! out of the theater the
congregation of the church, headed by the
pastor, greeted tHem with loud cheers of
triumph at their success. The proprietor
of the opera house says he will keep his
place open Sunday nights, and the end is
not yet
PEISOBEB8 NOT BADLY TREATED.
Result of an Examination Brqnested by
Knights ot Labor Official.
"Washington-, Aug. 22. Late last week
the Department of Justice,at the request ofa
prominent Knights of Labor official, instruct
ed Examiner Crossthwaite to make an in
vestigation of the charges that prisoners
taken during the time of the mining troubles
in the Couer d'Alene region in Idaho are
badly treated. To-day the Department re
ceived the following telegram from the Ex
aminer, dated at Wallace, Idaho:
I have carefully examined prisoners and
jailers here, given the pi Isoners opportunity
to make complaints, and find absolutely no
grounds for reports of Improper treatment
at this time. There Is an abundance of good
food and pure water. Considering the cir
cumstances, the treatment of the prisoners
is most liberal, and they are comfortable.
A Vessel to Be Ordered to Liberia.
"Washington; Aug. 22. The Secretary
of State has requested the Navy Depart
ment to send a naval Teasel to Liberia some
time during October. The request has no
significance beyond an observance of the
usual custom of this Gorernment of sending
an American ship to Liberia twice a year
for the purpose of establishing a precedent
for other nations and as a mark ot recogni
tion by the United States of the Liberian
Government The request will be complied
with and some vessel now near that country
will be ordered to fulfill this courtesy.
Two IJves Sacrificed to a Mastodon.
CaeIi Junction, Ma, Aug. 22. The
American mastodon now being exhumed at
this place has cost two lives already. Buck
Lawrence descended into the shaft out ot
cariosity in the absence of the regular
miners and was overcome bv bad air. T.
W. Morrow went down to his assistance,
but finding the air too bad attempted to
climb out, only to fall back iust as his
hands touched the landing board.
ON FACT.
bed," he answered. "But Rose says it
amuses him and takes his thoughts off him
self "Well, you see," Tom ohimed in, "when
it's so near, only just at the back of their
cottage, I don't see as it can hurt. The air
will do him good."
"Think he'll be able to work again,
father?" queried Luke.
"Yes," Perrat answered. "He's like
enough to be cured in a few weeks if he
ain't foolhardy, or used his lees too soon.
But what's to keep them meantime, I should
like to know. They sold some of their
furniture to pay eight weeks rent last Fri
day." "I'd like to send him a pitcher of strong
soup I've made, only all hands seem busv."
said his wife. , J
"I'll take it, mother," Tom said, quietly;
"I was coing round this eveninsr."
"Oh, ay! you're always going; but I'll put
it ready for you."
"When he was about to start she banded
to him a basket in which she had securely
packed the soup.
Waiting till she had rejoined the others
in the inner room, Tom took down a gun
from the walL "I may have the luck to
spot a rabbit or two. I did'nt see the jrood,
or I could have told them as how the Ar
notts are nearly starving, let alone the
rent," he mused.
Striding along with the gun on his shoul
der, the basket on his arm, and his bright
young face raised on the look-out for some
venturesome rabbit, he soon crossed the
orchard, paddock, and one or two long fields
belonging to their farm, when to his right
he saw something move. In an instant he
was rcadv, gun in hand.
The long eras near a clump ot bushes bv
the roadside parted, a brown something
showed, itself in the road, a rapid report
followed, and the something fell.
When Tom Perrat went'to pick up his
prey he stood aghast. He had shot a
pheasant He looked about him eagerly In
all directions, but seeing no observer he de
termined to make the best of the matter,
and taking out the jug of soup from the
basket he substituted the pheasant carry
ing the jug in his hand.
The Arnotts, husbind and wife, greeted
him warmly. Rose had gone jap to the vil
lage shop to buy a loaf of bread, they said,
but would be back directly.
"Mother sent a little soup. She thinks
you might fancy some," Tom said, turning
to Arnott, who was resting on chairs, "and
I thought I'd managed to shoot a rabbit for
BLAKELEY WAS BEER TO FALL.
New Evidence Clears Dp the Mystery About
His Death.
John Connors, of No. 4 Stevenson street,
yesterday returned home and told, under
oath before Aoting Coroner Gripp, what he
knows of the death of Jacob Blakeley. The
police accept his evidence and that of his
wife as conclusive that Blaktley's death
was the result of a fall, despite the murder
verdict1 of the Coroner's iurv. Mr. Conners
was not in the city when the inquest was
held.
' On last Thursday evening Mr. Connors
and wife were sitting on their door step,
according to their sworn statement, when
when Blakeley staggered by on the oppo
site side of the street apparently drunk.
He went to Fifth avenue and returned five
minutes later, and as he passed along di
rectly opposite the corner house staggered
and tell, his head striking the curb stone.
which at that point rises 18 inches above
the gutter. No person was with or near him
when he fell or before. Connors ran across
the street, examined Blakeley, found he
was not cnt and was still with him when
Robert Scott and another man came along.
Blakeley was conscious and said he was
hurt Scott took him home.
This covers the only point npt covered in
the evidence before the Coroner, and it is
probable will be accepted by the Coroner as
conclusive.
Trillium McCann Released From Jail.
William McCann, charged with attempted
burglary In breaking into a grocery store
on Boberts street, was released from jail on
52,000 bail yesterday by Judge McClung.
His father, Michael McCann, became his
bondsman.
A 8ult Acatnst the City.
Messrs. Egan & McQaade yesterday en
tered suit against the city of Pittsburg to
recover (3,285 39, a balance claimed to be
due on work on the sewer on Lowry street
from Second avenue to the Monongahela
river.
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SIVCIT'S,
you, when it turned out to be this thing,"
dragging the pheasant from his basket.
If Tom had experienced uncomfortable
sensations regarding the slnughter of the
bird, sacred to sportsmen, Defore coming to
the Arnotts, they were anything but les
sened when William Arnott whistled pre
tentiously and his wife flung up her hands
in dismay as they saw the bird.
When, however, they were assured that
the deed had been witnessed by.'no one, they
forbore adding to his apprehensions, and
bidding him observe absolute silence on the
subject, comforted him by saying it should
be plucked and the feathers" destroyed at
once; the bird they intended to sup on.
Tnm Btrinll v nhavarl ttiisii. InlilnAtirtnai om
P to being silent about shooting the bint,
tnereiore tne event which happened on the
following day completely overpowered his
people with surprise and consternation.
It was noon, wanting but a short time to
the laborers' mid-day meal, and master and
men were working right merrily.
Ihe hot sun shed its burning rays, but
the scythes moved in unison apparently as
steadily as they had done when the reapers
started in the early morning.
Luke Perrat and the invalided Arnott
alone rested; lying in the shade of some
wheat sheaves. A iew children minding
babies were singing together one of their
school songs. Their childish voices rang
sweetly o'er the harvest field.
Before the brlshtsun over the hills.
In the corn fields poor Marv is seen,
Impaitient her little bine apion to fill
With a few scattered ears she can glean.
Suddenly Arnott laid a heavy hand on
Luke's arm, saying excitedly,
"Look! Yonder comes a policeman. Go,
speak to him, and stop him from coming
among the men. I will send your brother
to tou. Quickl I can't explain now," he
added in answer to the young man's puzzled
inquiry. "Go."
Luke Perrat went to the policeman, and
while talking to him led him to where they
would be unobserved, and where his father
and Tom quickly joined them.
Tom -there received a summons from the
policeman to appear before the magistrates
in the county town on Friday next, for the
unlicensed shooting of a pheasant on the
turnpike roaa. xt was an out through the
ofheiousness of the official, who, newly ap
pointed to the village, had seen the deed
committed, and hoping to commend himself
to the higher powers, summoned him on
the charge of poaching. -
The Perrats, who, from father to son had
borne an unblemished name, and been re
spected alike by those above and beneath
them, were told that their son Tom would
in all probability sufier imprisonment un
der the rigid laws to guard the sacredtaess
of sport, and avenge unauthorized intru
sion on its domain.
Indignant as they were, yet their sorrow
and sympathy with their son's tronble far
out-weighed their anger. They were de
termined, however, to explain matters at
headquarters and settle all, if possible, by
offering to pay a heavy fine.
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Tided oar breakfast tables wltli a delicately flavored
beverage which mar save us many heaw doctors'
bills. Ills bjr the Judicious use of such articles of
diet that a constitution may be gradually built up
until strong enough to resist every tendency to dis
ease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are. floating
around us ready to attack wherever there Is a weak
point. We may escape many a latal shaft by keep
ing ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a
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As for Tnm, ip the heat of his youthful
horror at the prospect of imprisonment and
the disgrace it would bfing on his family,
he resolved to tske flight.
When the family were sleeping he took
from his desk his small store of money,
added to it a few pounds of bis father's,
made a bundle of his clothes, and leaving a
letter to explain and ask pardon for all,
promising to repay the money he had just
, taken, he stole noiselessly out of the house"
and made bis escape.
A friend of Tom's had left the village to
go out to America, where he had work
promised him by some relatives. He had
often asked Tom to join him. He wss then
at Southampton waiting for the ship to
sail. Tom would join him there and seek
his fortune in the New World.
Instead, however, of taking the direct
road, he turned aside to the Arnott'a cot
tage. All was in darkness. Picking up some
earth he threw it against the attlo window.
In a few moments a head appeared, which
by the light ot the harvest moon he at once
recognized as belonging-to Rose.
"I will come down at once," she said,
"wait a moment."
"Oh, Tom," she cried as she Joined him
and held out her hand, "what will you do?
what will you do?"
When Tom had told her his plans, he no
ticed that she was fully dressed, and broke
off suddenly to ask how it was.
"I could not sleep; I felt somehow you
would come; And must yon really go away
over the sea or be put imprison?" She be
gan to cry, adding brokenly, "It was all for
us, toot Oh, Toml Tom!"
Tom's large brown eyes were clouded,
and his voice husky, as he saM, taking her
hand and gently strokiug it "Don't take
on so, Rose don't! I'll come back again,
God willing, when the -fools, polloemen,
and magistrates have forgotten all about it
and I'll write to you, and 'when you know
where I am you'll write too, won't you?"
"Yes, yes!" she sobbed out.
"I must be going, Rose. I must indeed!
lioodDy, yoa snow how lond 1 am or you,
don't you"? Saygoodby,to ypurfather'and
mother, and Rose, promise me you won't
walk out with any other fellow", pill you?"
His voice was very tbiok now. . .
"I won't Tom, I promise you. Oh, I
couldn't!" ,
"Will you give me a kiss, Ross?" he
asked, ''to take with me and think of when
I'm lonely?"
"Oh, Tom," and she threw her arms
round his neok. He kissed her wet face
and bade God bless her, then took her to
the cottage door, and waiting till he had
heard the bolt drasvn within, walked rap
idly away.
CHAPTER IL
Three yean had passed away since Tom's
flight, and during those jyears the Peratts
had not been so prosperous as of yore.
Their elder son, Luke, instead of regain
ing strength, as the doctors prophesied, had
E0MUN0S0N
GREAT AUGUST TRADE SALE
Furniture and t Carpets
This sale has proved the greatest, the most astonishing, the most sweeping in price Special
Trade Sale ever attempted in Pittsburg or anywhere else. We quote Prices That Take no
Account of Costs and Values. .There's no old, unsalable goods. They're all new and come
piling in on us every day from all the best factories in the country. This is our Annual Great
Bargain-Making and your Bargain-Getting Month. Every wideawake buyer should yes, will-
jump at such a chance as this.
BEDROOM SUITES.
120
OF THESE SUITS AT $18.25.
REDUCED FROM $29.
loo Suites cut from 30 to $22.
70 Suites cut from $37 to 28.
120 Suites cut from 45 to 35.
50 Suites cut from $65 to $50.
45 Suites cut from 120 to 85.
35 Suites cut Irom $175 to $125.
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It is almost like a cool, shady forest to go thro' our Carpet rooms
these sizzling hot days. There's nothing warm here excepling the Pat
terns, Qualities and Prices. Do you realize the Carpet Price-Range
here? 20c to 2.50.
The lower grades start at 20c, 30c, 35c, 40c.
5 Special lines of Wool Extra Super Ingrains at 58c. They're the
85c kind, but they're yours for 58c.
How do we do it ? Well, that's a secret.
Several lots of fine Brussels 50c, 60c and 65c. You'd guess one
third to one-half more.
Finer and richer grades in Body Brussels, Velvets, Moquettes, "Wil
tons and Axminsters
95c, $1, $1.25, $150, $1.67, $1.75!
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succumbed during the last month to an in
ternal disease, due, it was supposed, to some
accidental injury.
The parents, who haa never recovered
from their grief at Tom's flight, were deep
ly stricken by the death of Luke.
Bereaved of his two sons, their father de
clared he had nothing left to work tor;
there was enough for his wife and himself. ,
ttti .1 i tj u- :l 1 1 o
T uy, men, ouuuiu tic tun ami oiavct
So in a few months after their son's death
he ceased his constant work end super
vision, and the farm suffered in conse
quence. His wife, unremitting in her care of him,
endeavored to conceal her own sorrow in
order to minister to his.
Jn these endeavors she was aided and
strengthened by Rose Arnott, who in prn-
fiortion as she found Tom's parents despond
ng or failing, cheered and assisted them.
William Arnott, her father, after his
weary illness, which had been caused by a
fall from a scaffolding, had completely re
covered his health, returned his duties as
a builder, and had lately been promoted to
the post of foreman.
Rose, in her ripening womanhood, fresh
as the wild flowers among which she lived,
with her shy, pretty manners and sweetness
of temper had attraeted some ot the village
swains. She encouraged none, so by degrees
they left off worrying her, one after the
other declaring among themselves that
she thought still of her boy-friend Tom
him as had gone to America and who, like
enough, after all, she might never see again.
Rose and Tom's parents had duly re
ceived letters from Tom three or four times
a year. At first the. reports were far from
promising, though written in as hopeful a
strain as possible. Then the nes came
that be had obtained regular and suitable
work, which, thongh poorly paid, promised
welf for the future.
At the close of the second year of absence
he returned the money he had taken from
his father; and later still a fetr useful pres
ents arrived lrom him. He always declared
in answer to suggestions as to his return
home that he dared not venture. He was
haunted by the fear that should he do so
the dead bird would appear in the shape of
a policeman's summons to avenge its "foul
and most unnatural murder!"
As' time went on, and Rose noted the
growing despondency of Tom's parents, a
thought for their ultimate relief struok her,
which she determined to carry into execu
tion. Privately she had made inquiries as to
the dangers that might attend Tom's re-appearance,
after the, lapse of more than three
years.
Without exception she had been assured
that, th ugh it u just possible the sum
mons for this old oflence might b'e renewed,
such proceedings would, to say the least, be
most unlikely and, under the circumstances,
unjustifiable. The lapse ot time, and re
spectability of the family, and the youth's
good character at the time would all help to
excuse the offense.
HEW ADTEKTTSEMKXTS.
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OF-
PARLOR
SUITES,
The prices start at 32.50 for a
pretty 6-piece Suite consisting of
Sofa, Divan, Rocker, Arm Chair
and 2 Small Chairs. The next is a
Tapestry Suite at 30. Then $40,
I50, 55, $60 in either Plushes or
Tapestries. Each one a distinct new
design.
Then on up to the finer Satin
Damasks, Brocatelles, Wilton Rugs,
etc., at 90, gioo, $125, $150.
Each one a gem And worth many
$ $ $ more than we now ask for
them.
nets,
Taking the information she had gained to
his parents, she urged his father to make
still further inquiries where the girl could
hardly do so. Perrat, animated by the new
hope, gladly undertook the duty, and
Rose's assurances were corroborated.
The danger to their son thus seemed in
finitesimal, while his reunion to his family
would he to his parents as new life.
Tom, encouraged and strengthened by
these representations from home, deter
mined to return, and sailed for England,
after having been absent three years and
seven months.
Expectant of the wanderer's arrival, the
old farmhouse had assumed once more its
cheerful aspect; while his parents day by
day strained their eyes to watch anxiously
every figure which appeared in the distance
along the turnpike road.
The Arnotts, also, both husband and wife,
looked forward hopefullv to the return of
their young friend, while Rose, it seemed,
could only contain herself and her bappi
ness bv bursting into glad snatches of song,
full and blithesome as untamed forest birds.
She worked, tidied and adorned, both at
the cottage and the farm, till, as the parents
at both homesteads said, "there was nothing
more to do."
Yet on the morning of 'the fourth day, on
which it had been thought that Tom might
arrive, she remembered the flowers would
need replacing by fresh ones, and she rose
early to seek heriavorltes.
The dew was still wet on the meadow
grais in the early May morning, as with
nink skirts tucked up above her shapely
little ankles she ruthlessly robbed hedge,
bush and tree of their flowers and blossoms
to cram into the basket on her arm.
Her large coarse straw hat Jiad .fallen
from her head and hung at the back, held
bv Its ribbons. Her bright brown hair
glinted and waved in its neat braids as the
sun's rays fell on it, and on her upturned,
happy face, with its sweet, gray eyes and
warm complexion, glowing with youthful
health.
A prodigal, as he called himself, who
had arrived at the town near br late on the
previous night, and who had started by
daylight in order to reach his ultimate
destination in good time, had in his keen
look-out seen the figur, and drawn near to
observe.
From the position chosen by him be had
a good view of her face, raised in contem
plation as to w hlch branch of a blossoming
apple tree she should aim at.
, 7b be concluded to-morrow.'
Goort Cooklns
Is one of the chief blessings of every home.
To always insure good custards, puddings,
sauces, etc, nse Gail Borden "Eagle"
Brand Condensed Milk. Directions on the
label. Sold bv your grocer and druggist
Vaoitlon Is Ovr.
. Your clothing will need prossm? or clean
JnK perhaps- Try Welter, MS Smltbfleld
street, 100 Federal street. Allegheny.
Telephones an ana maj.
PERK
SIDEBOARDS.
1 FEW GO AT 510.
THEY'RE WDBTH SIB.
Another lot in
Solid Oak at J?i8.
The next $25.
More at 35, 37,
$40 and 45.
Any price you may
want to buy.
BUT DON'T FORGET
m
That the 45 board is worth $63.
You save $18.
FINER GOODS
Go at 75 to Jioo. They're the
artist's perfection.
TABLES.
500 Oak Parlor Tables gc at 75c.
210 Fine Parlor Tables go at 1.85
120 Fine Parlor Tables go at 3.25.
150 Fine Parlor Tables go at 6.50.
350 Large Extension Tables 2.90.
175 Good Extension Tables $ 6.
irs.
First We have about 200 odd
lots of Chairs 1, 2, 3, 4 'and 5 of a
kind. They go at your price not
ours.
Second A pile of 50 doz. 600
Chairs made to sell at $1.50, but a
"cart wheel" (1) will buy them.
They're Solid Antique Diners. Pretty,
inviting and comfortable.
an20-35-Tns
THE MONETARY MUDDLE.
Franca Feels Sore Over Uncle Sam's Action
The English Delegates Will Act an
Ohl Instructions Fails May Not Be the
BJeetlne Placr.
WASHTKGTOK, Aug. 22, Special The
dispatches from London in regard to the
coming monetary conference say the in
structions given to the British delegates
are exactly similar to those given
their delegates to the Paris conference
in 1881. It is understood at the
Treasury Department that besides repre
senting "the scope of the British views on
this subject, Great Britain is bound by the
rules of comity to repeat these instructions,
because the Paris conference of 1881 has
never ben dissolved." It adjourned in
August, 1881, to meet on April 12 of the
following year.
The-iFrench delegates to that conference
have already raised the quesion whether
the United States, after accepting the invi
tation to the Paris conference ot 1881, has
acted in good part by asking the European
nations to .again assemble in a monetary
conference composed of delegates from the
same countries which took part in the
Paris conference of 1881. Tne claim is
made that if the United States
was actuated by any other motive
than a political one it would have
asked the French Government to request
nations to again send delegates to Paris and
resume the bi-metallic discussion as agreed
when the conference adjourned in August,
1881. The failure to do this is
made the ground of severe criticism in
letters printed in the Paris newspapers,
ponies of which have been received in
Washington. For this reason it is now be
lieved that Paris will be selected as th
place for holding the next conference.
Other communications printed in Con
tinental newspapers ridicule the idea of the
United States in expecting Europeans to
help her out of her financial embarrass
ment. It was not surprising to the
Treasury office to-day that the Lon
don cable set forth that in official
circles in London the question was
asked whether the instructions under which
the English delegates would go were such
as were likelv to lead to such practical re
sults as will induce the United States Gov
ernment to proceed with the conference.
This was -precisely the view expressed here
early in the week when it was definitely
known that Gladstone was to be at the head
ot the ministry.
One Dollar
Will open a bank account at the People's
Savings Bank, 81 Fourth avenue. 9tart now
to nave your money for the World's Fair and
old ae. tts
IJcoise fs a powerful disinfectant, and
kills roaches, bedbugs and other insects the
instant it touches them. 23 cents.
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