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GAZETTE—Second rage: Poetry,
Ephemeris. Third and Sixth pages: Finan
cial, "Commercial, Mercantile and River
News, Imports, Markets. Seventh page
Beientifte Items, Feminine Amenities, Amuse
ment Directory.
GOLD closed Saturday in New York a
185 k.
THE Board of Directors of the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
have, it is rumored, in contemplation the
issue of a large scrip dividend.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE OF MAINE for Gov
enor is 131,782•, CHAMBERLIN'S (Rep.) ma
jority is 19,264. This will decide a score
or mere wagers made during the late cam
paign, and as a general thing we believe our
Republican friends are the winners.
Tar Union Pacific Railroad track will
reach its thousandth mile-post from Omaha,
in the valley of the Weber, ,before this
month closes. Salt Lake is to be reached
by the first of April, and the junction with
the other Pacific end effected by the first of
-
1r is highly probable that the old first
mortgage bonds of, the Rock Island Rail
road, to mature this year, will be paid by an
issue of stock, to be either distributed pro
vata among the present stockholders, or
- sold in open market, and the proceeds de
rived therefrom used to discharge the debt.
These bonds amount to;$1,400,000.
MAINE is likely to replace Mr. Monism'.
with Mr, Mama in the United States Se
nate. CARL SCHURZ is the most promising
rtndidate for the seat from Missouri. The
New York Republicans hesitate to plunge
into the schism between the friends of Gov.
FENTON and Mr. MORGAN, and are casting
• about for a new man to take the place of
the latter. In Indiana, Wisconsin and West
irginia, we are not yet able to report pro
gress. : • .
i • TEE CaFERENCE OF PARIS commenced
3ts business on. Saturday under an unflivor
'able situation of affairs. Turkey absolutely
refuses to recognize any action of the Con
ference which shall impair
, her own Boyer
eign rights over her Greek Provinces. Her
ultimatum, heretofore communicated to the
Greek govemme'nt, is ttr . ,:tie adhered to and
the Cobference Oladvised to - govern its de
liberations accoldingly. 7 On the other hand,
there is no expectation that the Greeks, sup
•ported.by the Jinni= influence, will assent
to an adjustment of disputes on that basis.
It is still believed, however, that the discus
sionspf• the Conference, conducted in the
interests of peace, will be so guided as to
:avoidm serious:termination.
THE irturrA worn!. of Pennsylvania is
a myth. - In fifty-three counties there is not
the vestige of a organimtion, and
outside of Philadelphia the orgardiations are
of very trifling importance. - Bat this myth
has, nevertheless cbst us 4134,89514 during
the Year, mostly paid to employes in the- 1
State Arsenal, the State Agency at Wash
ington', and in the'' officesof the Adjutant
General and the , state Historian. It is
probable that these expenses could not have
been avoided, nor will the adoption of the
Governor's recommendation cause them to
be materially enlarge& His suggestion,
:that the minimum number for company
organizations le reduced to a limit which
Will - still '-rebsbi an• effective nucleus for
future enlargement, and luyvi secure a basis
available in case of need, is a good one, and
:riterits Legislative cimsideration.
A. CITY ‘JotraNAL brings out General
31CCANDLESS SS a candidate for the Demo
cratic Gubernational nomination. The Post
adheres to General ems as its choice for
that honor. Roo,. ABA l'actucn will com
bine a large share of the Eastern strength
when the convention assembles. In view
of all their reverses, past and in the future,
we must cordially congratulate the opposi
tion upon their good fortune in possessing
candidates, such as we have named, all of
,
whom are personally most estimable men.
Corresponding political ideas would entitle
any one of them to the unhesitating con
ildence of, their fellow-citlzensi Especially
of our own neighbor, Gen. G. W. CABS, Is
it a pleasure to us to bear this testimony,
and tdexpress our surprise that his political
friends have mot known, long sinee, how to
turn his high personal character and great
public influence, to their partizan profli, by a
nomination which would dopore honor to
them than to himself.
On the 28th tilt., in the Select Council of
this City, Mr. Monnow presented an Ordi
nance, - which was passed, providing that
the Committee on City Printing be author
ized to advertise for proposals for the city
printing, and the same to be awarded to the
lowest and best bidders, provided that not
more than two English and one German pa
pers be contracted With.
In the Common Cohncil this Ordinance
signally failed, receiving only two votes.
What ,the intention of the mover was, we
shall notlundertake to say. But, the effect
of the Oidinance, if it had passed, would
have be to compel all proprietors of news
papers, ho are members of Councils, to re
sign oruse have their proposals fOr City
Printing set aside. While members, they
could not contract for the Printing, as con
lemplat9d by the proposed Ordinance. As
only proprietors of the GAZETTE and Dis
patch ate members of Councili, if sinister
intentions were entertained, it is not diffi
cult to se with what defign the Ordinance
JOSLAZ
was projec.ted.
Yesterday, a Sunday cotemporary bad an
article on - City Printing, from which we
take the following paragraphii.:
.
' At' the Controller's office, yesterday, we obtained
some ligurea bearing on this printing question. The
amount paid the four ofliciel papers during the year
was as follows, bat it should be borne in mind that
the ammmts with which the Commercial, Dispatch
and Gazette are credited, only Inc.nae warrants
drawn up to October. The Freedom's Friend is for
the full year: ,
Commercial $l. SW s g:
Gazette
Dispatch 1.951 95
- -edom's Friend. :. 117.79
---
Breeden
Total $7,72!.01
The compensation for advertising is fixed
by Ordinance. Consequently each of the .
official papers is entitled to the same pay,
if it dcies the same work. Only one of the
papers, it is stated, had drawn the full
amount for the year. The other three had
drawn in different proportions; that is, the
bills•so far presented and paid, do not cover
the same items in each instance. Hence,
he paper that had drawn least, so far, had
he more to draw hereafter.
If the. City Controller informed our
contemporary that the GAZETTE had drawn
$2,122.70 during the last year,; he simply
stated what is not true. The exact amount
paidlhis office was $1,88.95.
We learn, farthermore, that the amounts
received respectively by the Dispatch and
the Preedara's Friend are: set down for
more than the actual amounts. This shows
that the purpose was not so mach to inform
the public as to mislead it.
The rates paid for City Advertising, in
cluding the reports of the proceedings of
Councils, are Considerably less than those
paid for equal amounts of space by business
men; so that no extortion has been practic
ed upon the City. The Councils fix the
rates they will pay, and the charges are
made accordingly.
The aggregate amount paid f9r City Ad
vertising here, is greatly less than in any
other place of . corresponding size on the
continent. It amounts to far less for each
newspaper than is paid by single individuals
CITY PRINTING
in furtherance of private business.
,; Owing to Consolidation, and the conse
quent extension of water mains, the open
ing, grading and paving of additional
. S . treets l and other similar work, the amount
of \ advertising hits been increased, just as
expenses in most departments of thremuni
cipal government have been augmented.
Consolidation implied this. Government
for the larger territory and
, poPulation can
not be conducted at as low a cost as for the
smaller territory and population. But,then,
the assessments cover an increased amount
of property and inhabitants; so that ratably
to the work done, ana the interests promo
, ted, the cost is no greater than before.
It properly belongs-to Councils to decide
in how many papers the city advertise
ments shall be inserted, and what rate of
compensation shall be paid .for the service.
The proprietors of newspapers whiCh
published the City advertisements last year,
have nothing to conceal. If the outgoing
City Controller is anxious to enlighten the
people as to jobbery or the profuse expendi
ture . of public moneys, the GAZETTE is
ready to aid him in that enterprise ; and
wliether he has an anxiety in that direction
or not, we propose to go into the matter on
our own account.
THE ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC,
A matter which figures in the Congress
ional reports is "Thq Sue Muyfey dem,'is
well understood to involve principles of
radie,allraportanco, and its decision in be
half of the claimant will establish a class
of claims upin the Treasury, "depleting"
that attractive "grab-bag" by an amount
variously estimated at from twenty-fin to
one Jhundied millions of dollars. These!
are the claims of Southern citizens„ for the
use or destruction of private property
47 014 =gun during the „hostile occu-'
Fancy of the rebel territories. All olidms
of - this character have been uniformly
rejected by the Departnients, and the effort
now in progress is to oferride their
Protests by the force of positive entamentS.
Now, this partimdar- •Susan pay ,be a;
bright and shining light among the faithful
few-who, dining the rebellion, steadily. .
avowed their fidelity to the flag-. Or, she
may have been the bitterest of the rebels
who contributed so powerfully to fire the
Southern heart with an infernal enmity
against the "Yankees," and thereby pro
longed a contest which Southern statesmen
would have abandoned as a hopeless one at
least twelve months prior to' Lee's sur
render: The merits or demerits of this spe
cial case may not be safely taken into con
sideration, for, in either view, that case I
would be equally covered• by, the broad
principle, which, in the military occupation
of a hostile State, takes no legal account of
the rights of isolated individuals. Ignoring
this principle would open the widest door
for reclamations almost entirely without
justice, and practically without limit.
If the Sue Murfey claim be allowed by
Congress, it will be tantamount, to a sur
render of that branch of the government for
the next fifty days, to, the combined assault
of all the enemies, open or secret, of Gen.
GB.AJAT''S -administration, of the public
credit, of the National honor, and of the
PITTSBURGH GAZES ,MPNDAT, 11,, 1 8 89
Republican party. This assault has - 0100
the present moment, 13een well resisted—
thanks to the honesty and ability of a large
number of Senators and. Representatives
whom no bribes have yet bought, whom no
blandishments have yet seduced, and whom
no shameless jobs have yet betrayed into
any degree pf complicity in the scandalous
corruptions which are fast making the State
and National legislatures fit subjects for
public and private reproach throughout the
Union. To the President-elect, also, the
country is deeply indebted for the patriotic
frankness with which he has given his great
personal and official influence, to aid in
stemming a tide of venality and baseness
which threatens to submerge the Treasury,
and to obliterate the last hope of its ultimate
escape from a dishonorahle bankruptcy.
We look with an anxiety which we do not
care to disguise to the fifty days now separat-
Inglis from the 4th of March. We implore
our friends—the friends of Onstix, of the
public honor, of the good name not only of
Republicans, but of Americans—to stand
firm, in their opposition to each and all of
the almost endless catalogue of pending
plots in Congress to enrich Individuals at
the public expense. Let us have the yeas
and nays on every vote, that tlifi country
may know and mark the men.who are will
ing to betray their official trusts, and blacken
their, personal honor, fel. the emoluments
which no conscience but that of de.
pulters, swindlers and thieves could
ever enjoy.. The Republican press is
not All sold—nor • is it all for sale.
Hundreds, of =bought and unpurchasable
pens are already chafing under the natural
restraints, which have caused remonstrance
or denunciation to be so long foreborne.
The feather -weight which breaks that cam
el's back may fall at any moment, and then
we can cordially pledge to the plundering
swarms, in or out of office, at the Capitol,
Ml_ outbreak of the public scorn which will
find no palliation in past services, and will
accept no satisfaction, now or in the future,
except the lasting infamy of the criminals.
THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.
The New York Teacher is a monthly
magazine of nearly twenty - years standing,
devoted to Popular. Instruction and Liter
ature. The number for the present month
contains an elaborate article upon "Public
Edusation in the tnited States," in which
the idea is advanced that the democratic
education of the people—that is, the educa
tion of all in schools supported at the com
mon expense, and governed by general
laws—is necessarily godless, or 'at least
deistic, and, consequently subversive both
of piety towards GOD and morality towards
man. A. remedy for the evils attributed to
the prevailing system is propounded, which
consists in a ratable distribution of the
School Fund_of each particular district
among the various religious denominations,
each to make provision, in its own way, for
the instruction of its children and youth,
and such others as it may see proper to take
under its care.
Before considering the augments by which
this assault upon Popular Education is jus
tified, some general reflections may not be
altogether valuless. 1
This term "godless," as applied to purely
intellectual training, falls into the category
of what, in politics, is called clap-trap. By
it an appeal is made, not to reason, but to
passion and prejudice. Arithmetic, algebra,
geometry, and trigonometry are as "god
less," in the sense intended, as any other
departments of science whatever; but are
they so in reality! All truth is from GOD—
mathematical,truth as absolutely as moral.
And it is stark nonsense to allege that a
child cannot study arithmetic without detri
ment to its moral sentiments unless the men
tal processes are interlarded with homilies
based on the Commandments and Beati
tudes. As well say that no child can learn
the Commandments or the. Creed without
detriment to its intellectual faculties, unless
intermixed with fragments from the addi
tion or multiplication tables.
In each country and age what is "godless"
is determined by the special form of reli
gion prevailing therein. In San Francisco
the Chinese fall under popular condemna
tion; in London, the_MehOmetans; in Con
stantinople, the Christrans; and so on all
round the world. While, therefore, the
word "godless," in the sense referred to,
may be sufficiently definite for certain thee
logic uses, it is irrelevant and obtrusive'in
political discussions, and especially within
broader range of politics wherein airmen
are held .to he equal and free. , "
Moreover; f it is allowable in theologic
controversy to denounce every one as int
ploukaad inimoratiilie does not ihbscribe
to a particular formula of belief, it is , net
permissible elsewhere. They who have had
large experience know fhll well that some
of the worst of ,men are religious devotees;
that not a few of the most reckless stock
garablers in Wall street, upon whom all the
precepts of the .moral law rest lighter , than
a feather, would feet insulted if they were
calleillitiflels; while some' men who have
deep aud delicate scruples about consenting
to the averments of a popular creed, are car
eumspect in their lives much beyond the
ordinary degree.
Now, to the argument. The essayist
justifies his proposition for a denomina
tional division of school funds, by , the au
thority of M. GIIIZOT, the Protestant states
man and historian of France, from whom
he quotes these wordS:
"in order to make popular education
truly good and socially useful, it• must be
fundamentally religious. Ido not ' simply
mean by this that religious instruction
should hold its place in popular education
and that the practices of religion should
enter into it, for a nation is not religiously
educatedi by such petty and mechanical
devices; it is necessary that national edu
cation should be given and received in the
midst of a religious atmosphere, and that
religions impressions and religious observ
ances should penetrate into, all itsparts.
Religion , ls not a study or an exercise to be
i
restricted to a certain place and a certain
hour; it is a faith and a law, which ought
to ba felt_ everywhere, and which after
this manner alone can exercis all its bone
,ficialinfluences upon oar min a and lives. , '
We and Mr. PuizoT are no of opinion.
He might as well affirm that it is not "truly
good and socially useful" fora boy to learn
, .
- atiaae unless the hoirs of Work are com
menced and doted by formal prayer. It is
needful, both in the school and shop, that
the principles of sound morality should be
recognized and enforced, and we see no
good reason for insisting upon more.
If, however, be-would consent to be un
derstood as affirming that all , tra.. work is
religious, and, consequently, that an atmos
phere of genuine work is a religious atmos
phere, we should be nearer at agreement.
In the broader sense, this is acknowledged
to be correct; yet the narrower distinction
which resolves all doings into the distinctly
religious or the distinctly secular, is evi
dently What he intends.
The Family and the Church are the places
particularly appropriate for religiOns I. -
structil. By Gon's ordination, eve y
father i priest, and every mother prieste s,
in his and her own household. Wha. is
well done here, is seldom undone elsewhe e.
The Church stands as the public instrup or
in religion. It cannot ignore or depute i
function without loss and shame.
The Sunday School is now used as an
adjunct to the Family and Church. -So , ar
as it ga i lthers in outcast children, it doe: a
noble work. But whoever institutes a
thorouh examination will be apt to con.
i
elude t at so far as it is made to take the
plabe of family instruction, it is a failure
and a mistake.
Take a hundred Presbyterian families;
question the children upon the .Confession
of Faith, and the Smaller and Larger Cate
clams, and it will be found that there is a la
mentable falling off in the exactness and
range of instruction, as compared with pre
ceding generations. Sunday School in
struction has not in the particulars indicated,
proved a substitute for family training. Per
haps this effect is not so much owing to the
School as to the quiet development of the
age, almost equally manifest in all nations
and all - tlimea; which consists in turning
measurably away from the past, and stretch
ing out correspondingly to welcome the
future.
• It may' be urged, with plausibility and
power, that Sunday School instruction,
though less dogmatic than the old family
method, is more scriptural. And this cer
tainly deserves consideration. The Sunday
School,- connected with Protestant church.
es, has done much, and will do more, to
eradicate sectarian peculiartiles, and to blend
the whole mass into a general agreement,
on the basis of common sentiments and as
pirations rather than of identity of mental
conceptions and definitions. That this pro
cess has advantages, it would be folly to
deny. But are the leaders of sects prepared
to accept the logical results thereof?
But the Teacher does not rest its case ex
clusively upon the authority of M. GIIIZOT.
He summons to his aid what he claims to
be the practice . of France and other Euro
pean nations, in which the bulk .of the in
habitants are of a particular faith, and the
public schools are used to propagate the
popular religion, of allowing the minorities
to have ratable shares of the School Funds.
4 . there is a system of Public Education in
France, deserving of the name, we are 'not
aware of its existence. France allows Pro
testant churches their shares of public
moneys devoted to religious uses ; but the
democratic idea, destined soon to prevail
in most European countries, as it does
in
the United States, is to have no such moneys,
for one church. or many, but to leave the
support of churches to the voluntary exer
tions of the people.
The concessions now made in Europe in
dividing Church or School funds, disclose
the degrees to which popular opinion has
undermined the old exclusiveness, and indi
cate the inauguration of democratic ideas
in civil government, in church organiza
tions, and in educational systems. It may
take a quarter of a century to accomplish this.
The process may even be retarded by the
concessions - wrtmg from governments. But
the end is certain.
For those reasons we are opposed to a
division on the basis of denominational
differences of public moneys applicable to
purposes of puhlic instruction. If the
'democratic education of the people does not
comport with the genius of any church, and
cannot be made subsidiary to ends at which
it aims, such facts constitute no valid rea
son why a narrower system of instruction
should be devised and adopted. The sys
tem now in use in harmony with the
genius of republican government, with the
'rights of all the people, and with the best
hopes of *EI age, and cannot be abandoned.
No thoughtful man would esteem it wise or,
just in California, to give the followers of
Confuelus their ratable proportion of the
school, fund. All-arguments to that end,
drawn from the rights of conscience,
or from their natural solicitude, to
maintain their children in the an
cient faith, .would be deemed um's
clasive 'Tztot - inipatent. , , It mould be'
held, tkat . as piey,.voluntarily hither
*Aside,. they Must take s their chantes under
bur political I.l4tlititloll% with the lull ex
, pectation - that instead of a falling away from
republican ideas, there will be a - steady in
, crease of republican tendencies. This pop-,
ularizing movement, however much it may
be deplored by those who are not in unison
L with it, is the grandest movement ofithe age,
• and though temporarily impeded, here and
• •there, is destined, to prevail un,iveraally.,
OUR COMMON . SCHOOLS
The conditioU of the School system o
the Commonwealth is set forth in very full,
details in the Annual Report of Superin
tendent Wroxit4assfif. We regret, that our
limited space do l es not permit us to' copy this
valuable document in full. His compare:
tive statements show that the number of
schools has increased 231 during the year,
the number of teachers 248, the number of
pupils 11,126, the average attendanee 27,234,
the cost of tuition $144,193.73, of fuel and
contingencies $63,577.88; for School build
lags $728,359.87, and that the total of ex.
penditures for all purposes has increased
$1,089,787.7 9 during the year. The State
appropriations of last year were an increase
of $500,000, and for the , present year $600,-
000 are asked by the Superintendent, who
- _
,
estirriates - the total of State and local ex
penditures for school purposes at over
$6,000,000 per annum. Of the 16,77 r teach
ers:employed, 3,297 have attended Normal
Schools.
. He recognizes the expediency of dispens:
ing with an uniformity of text-books
throughout the State. But eight cities and
boroughs of the State, including Pittsburgh
and excluding Allegheny, have elected Su
perintendents. Mr; WICKERSHAM urges an
increase in the salaries , allowed to County
Superintendents, and that a census should
be taken of all the children Detween the ages
of six and twenty-one years. His report
•
concludes thus :
"We are making progress in our school
affairs; facts show it, figures prove It; but
how slow the great car moves ! School of
ficers neglect ther duties;' clergymen often
pass by en the other side and let the school
suffer; the press speaks out seldom and
tamely; statesmen seem almost blind to an
interest more important m this country
than any other; parents even think more
of getting money than knowledge for their
children; communities go forward heavily,
clumsily, without heart; but still the world
moves, and schools move with it; move tt,
rather, for the mightiest of all power to
day is the power of e usation. The radical
idea that underlies a mmon school system
like ours is the elevati nof the whole people.'
Its work Is necessaril slow, for like the fa
bled Atlas, it bears t e whole earth upon its
shoulders. Patience, then, friends of pop
ular education, the st uggle May be long;
courage, the victory ill be sure, for we
fight for universal light and universal
liberty."
THE I4TESTI3I.ihT _
I s
fore Congress, is set forth in the 'annexed
statement of a bill ending in the Rouse
Committee on Pacift Railroads :
The Committee ill shortly consider a
bill, which will be s omitted , for the con
struction of a road o the thirty - fifth line
of latitude. It is p bable it will be pro
posed to give a subsi yin the shape of guar
anteeing the inter ton the company's
bonds for fi ft y years and '
requiring a first,
lien or mortgage of ecurity, for which the
company will also be required to pay into
the public Treasury three per cent. of its
gross earnings for a term of years, gay flf
ty, and one per cent. thereafter for all time.
Such a bill as this may get through the
Committee, and perhapsthrough Congress.
It is a modificationbf what was originally
proposed, and has thus been materially
changed so as to meet less opposition from
Gen. Grant and his official friends. •
The friends of the Pacific road are besieg
ing Gen. Grant to withdraw his objections
to these schemes,
and it is thotight that such
as the above will meet with no opposition
from him. (Gammon !)
A WASHMOTON telegram, of Saturday
says:
The Ways and Means Committeb are con
sidering a number of amendments to the
Moorhead tariff bill, which they will sub ,
mit to the House when the bill, conies up
iu Committee of the Whole; It is quite
probable that the bill will be materially
changed before it finally passes.
THE report of the Taunton (Mass.) Insane
Asylum says, in the treatment of persons
addicted to the excessive use of opium or al
coholic stimulants, the immediate and total
discontinuance of the use
of the narcotic or
stimulant is found to be the safest course of
treatment, and that which gives the most
satisfactory result in all cases. This is con
trary to the opinion of those who advise a
gradual diminution of the quantity from
the fear of the effects of long established
habits. Intemperance stands at the head
of the causes of insanity in this institution.
AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS AND
URINARY ORGANS
Diseases of this nature are found to exist in per
sons of all ages. Children, and even infants, are
subject to unnatural secretions of the Kidneys, and
pain in voiding the urine, as well as adults. Espe
cially is this the case with aged and infirm prisons,
and those whose habits are sedentary. Nor is this a
matter of surprise when we take into consideration
the delicate nature of the kidneys, and the import
ant functions they have to perform. All the super
fluous, unhealthy and poisonous waste of the system
must pass through the kidneys, thence into the
bladder, and passes off with the urin' ; consequently
any obstruction lit-tbe kidneys, that wit, prevent
thews poisonous particles from being thrown off,
will be followed by disease of the o gene themselves
and more or less derangement of the wnole system.
Among the simptoms of each derangeinent are the
foliovring: Deep seated pain In the small of the
back, sometimes e:tendirlt arouni the loins in the
abdomen, or a dull heavy, numbing pain, extend
, big from the back down the lower extremity of the
Mira. abdomen to the tuner part of the thih; reat
diffieuityis cave, ienced in voiding the urine,fegver
ish skin, headache. nervous and general debility,
de., de.'
In the removal and cure of such diseases, no rem
edy has yet been direovered that equals Dd. SAN-
CiENT'n DIURETIC on BACI2ACHE PILLS.
They have been used extensively for upwards of
forty years, and have glven perfect satisfaction in
everyused' and are highly recommenied by all who
nave them. for sate b 7 all Druggists.
EXUBERANT HEALTH.
Is a blessing vouchsafed to few. Even those who
have been favored by nature with strong constitu
tions and vigorous frames are apt to neglect the pre
centlona necessary to presetve these precious en
dowments. Indeed, as a rule, the more healthy and
robust a man is. the more liberties he is inclined to
take with his own physique. It is some consolation
to the naturally weak and feeble to know that they
can be so bavlgorated and built up, by a proper Use
of the means which science has placed at their dis
posal. as to have amuch better chants of long life
and exemptions from disease -and pain, thee. the
most, sthletle af. . their fellows who. are foolish
enough to suppose themselves• invuinerable, and
actaccordingly.
It is not too much to say ikat mere toms half the
people of Abe civilised world nest an olcartosai
'Mats to enable them to support the strain upon
their bodies and minds, which the fast life of this
restless age occasions. In fact, spurs, soltstssitee,
wassailing touts is the grand discrete= of• the
busymilllons. and they have the ante a SOS
TIETTgit•S BITTZIIB.. It is a STAIIINAL :111iDi••
=XL t.., It imparts permanent stress tttl to Weak
systems and invigorates delicate constitutions, Its
repatatiou and its sales have steadily increased.
Competitive preps.ret ions have been introduced ad
Mims. and, safer as the public is concerned,. ad'
easstest, is the hope of rivaling lit but they have
all either perished la the attempt, or bees letter
in the rear. -It has been the GER4T XIDIOAL WIC
czas or ens rassiwr OMITS - ST and it is quite
certain that no proprietary medicine in this eonntry
is as widely known, or as generally used.
Ten lightning Dresses. running Incestantly (Sun
days excepted. the whole year through, barely
supply the demand for the ll,ustrated- Acmenac,
which the nature and uses of the, preparationv are
set forth, the circulation now being over dve Leti
tia= a year. • . . • . , •
TILE:, GREATEST OF ALL , COUGH
!MEDICINES.
At this time of the year, when the streets and
pavementi are covered with snow and slush, it is
no wonder that the natural pores and conducts of
the body become obstructed, and whole communi
ties become affected with coughs and pulmonary
and throat allMents. One of the very best cures for
all these diseases will be found In DR. KEYSER'S
PECTORAL, SYRUP, which at once sets free the
imprisoned matter, removes tie obstrucUon, and
allays the irritability of the nervous system Ln•Site.h
a way as to do no injury to health, or interfere with
one's usual avocations. What a Messing it must be
to have so potent a remedy in the house as DR...
KEYSER:it PECTORAL SYRUP, which, for over ,
twenty years, has gained on the affections and re
stored the health of thousands of our people. , To
get the best of what is' going is a - good rale in any
thing ; but it is especially true witti regard to medi
cine, and there is no cough medicine. that we know
of, of equal potency, both as a oure and preventive
than DR. ItEYBER'S PECTORAL BYLCUP.
Bold at the great Medicine. ktore, No. 140 Wood.
street. WILL REMOVE AFTER JANUARY let
to 167 LIBERTY BTEEET, two doors below' Saint
Clair.
DR. *RYSER'S RESIDENT OPTICE for LUNG
EXAMINATIONS AND THE TREATMENT Olf
t
OBSTIN TE - 011RONIO DISEASES, 120 PENN'
STRza , PITTSBURGH, PA. Ocoee hours Irma
9A. u. NTIL 4P. It.
Pecem . 18. 18611, - ' '
We take a .great deal of pleasure in re-
printing the very explicit statements of the-
Philadelphia Inquirer, as follows:
General Grant, hitherto regarded gener
ally as a man of impenetrable reserve, re.
ticence and silence almost absolute, hag,
during his yisit to Philadelphia, so far turn.
ed himself inside out that those who bare
seen most of, him have got a clear impree..
sion that he is altogether the very most
unreserved public man whom they have
ever met anywhere. His reported opposi.
tion to any further subsidies to Pacific rail.
roads, and the like, national grants to corpo.
rate enterprises, is abundantly confirmed by
his frequent declarations while here in the
hearing of all who happened to be present.
He has even gone so &r as to say that he
returns to Washington now for the express
purpose of exerting his personal influence
with Congress against all appropriations of
public money which can by any means be
avoided,
THE phrase "not worth a continental
dam" originated in the fact that counterfeit
notes of Continental currency were marked
dam., which was a mere abbreviation of the
Latin • g:ird damnalus, condemned. So says
Grant ' kite.
NOTICES--”To .Let s "Fpr date,
"Wants," "round." "Boarding." do.. not ea
seeding FOUR LINES sash loin be inserted in these
embalms ones for TWENTY-FIVE 08)1271; sash
additionat Mee IFS CENTS.
W nnevenow
ANTED—HELP -At Emplo.
ment Office, No. St. Clair Street, BOY: 8
Employ
went
and MEN, for different kinds of employ
ment. Persons wanting WTI of all kinds can be
supplied on abort notice.
ect be
-subsid
NITANTEDA-A Licensed, Practi
cal Engineer desires a situation either on
land orwiter. Is of steady habits. Address for one
WeeX, M. D., Birmingham P.
WANTED—SITUATION—FIy one
who can adapt himself to circumstinces. He
Is a ready writer, and quick and accurate In figures.
Address EARNEST, Gazette office. . •
WANTED—BOARDERS—PIeas
ant room, with board, suitable for gentleman..
and - wife, or two young gentlemen 20,88 yoURTH
bTREET. Also, a few' day.,er dinner boarders can
be accommodated. Reference required.
ANTED AGENTS—SSO. to
$2OO PER MONTH—To sell a New Book
pertaining to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts,
by GEORGE E. WARING. F. 14., the distinguished
Author and Agricultural Engineer of the New York
Central Park, /Le. Nothing like It: SOO Engra
vings. Sella at sight to Farmers, Mechanics and
workingmen - of all classes. Send for Circulars. A.
L. TALCUTT/1 CO., 58 Market street, Pittsburgh;
Penna. del-aWF
•
WANI 4 ED-TO TAKE ;ANOTH
ER STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—
The Medical Society of Allegheny, County met last
week and die cussed questions of great importance,
the object of which stems to be to Improve the stan
dard of "Education among Druggists," to secure
tne "use of pure drugs." &c., &c. This Is all very
well as far as it goes. Why not go a' , step farther,
and compel every member of the Society to add to
each prescription — "No cure no pays our motto;
use this medicine according to directions, and, if It
does not render entire satisf , ction. call and have
your money refunded, &c., Ste. Cponihis plan Dr.
A.SBALTGH'S ••WOIS DER or THE' WI GILD" Is
sold. And its success and sale challenge that of any
other remedy In the hitory of medicine. Adverti
sed but little, yet 100 gross orders are received.- A
single bottle hes been known to cure a case of rheu
ma- ism of 7 years standing. Thus one bottle intro
duced lote a sict fond], Is a better advertisem
than columns .In newspapers. I am se ling-the
"WORDY'. n'• on the ,PACRAGE SYsTEM. which
requires no one to pay untq be knows be has bean
benefited. For sale by all dealers. For partienlars
call at No. 1034 St. Clair ereet. J. C. TILTON.
y. S—A gents wanted at $6O per month and large
commission. . ins
When and How to ; Talk
WANTED---HELP
WANTED-SITUATIONS
WANTED--BOARDERS,
WANTED-AGENTS.
WANTS.
WANTED - 4 -TO BENT—Any per
son baring a comfortable house - of • four or
tire rooms, In a nesirable location li:rather city or
suburbs, can hear of a good tenant by addressing'
J. R. S.. GAZETTE OFFICE •
WANTED= ROOMS
OR A SMALL HOUSE. in
a pleasant location, by aman and wile; ino children.
Goed reference. Address C., GAZETTE OFFICE.
LOST.
•
at4OST.—A Diamond ross Breast
PIN. - The tinder will be reided bs leaving it
r. hlehlEAL'S ()Mee.
TO LET.
TO -LET.-House on Manhattan
Street, Allegheny. of Ice rooms, hall And at-
t Rent low. Immediate possession will beglyen.
Ingaire _JOIINSTON it JOHNSTON, Attorneys.
No. 81 Diamond street. Pittsba.gh. ' tjait
TO -LET.-Dwelling-LET.-Dwelling House; No.
94 Wylie street. containing LS rooms.
b RE ROOM, No. 96 Wylie street. corner of
Federal Street. Apply to 'A. M. BROWN, 96
Wylie street. and 114 Fourth Avenue.
TO LET.—WAREHOUSE.— The
large Four Story WAREHOUSE. 38 Smithfield
street, thees occupied by Ream. T. 8.. Voung
Co. la furniture business. Inquire of SIMON
JOHNSTON, corner of umittilleid street and Fourth
avenue;
•
"VOR UENT.-110USE.—A large
L BUICK DOUBLE HOUttE, containing large •!',
Double Parlors, Library, Dining Boom, Kitchen
and Wash House on lower floor, and B bed. rooms '
and bath room on second floor. Also finished attic,
good•cellar with bake-oven in it; together with large •"
yard panted with shrubbery and fruit trees. riot
and cold water and gas through tbe house. The
house is in good order, finely papered ana painted
throughout. Marble mantleplect ain parlors, libra
ry and dint cg room.• Possession given at once. j.. 0
cation In Elevehth (old Bev, nth) ward. For tertos,
itc.,ziddress. D. Z., care Box W. Gazette Office.
TO LET—Two most Convenient
HOUSES—One with eight rooms and the other
eleven, on Eigsth Stre.t n.-ar Penn, opposite Christ
Church. Inquire at 277 Penn street.
ryO LET.--TWO HANDSOMELY
furnished rooms. with gas and dreoihe on first
oor, and one front up stairs. Inquire at 199 Third
avenue:
FOR SALE
Fitß SALE.—Engine and Boiler
d Emote StAO. all In stood running. order.
jell H. MOTE% 543 Peun street.
yoan0111: GALE CHEAP .- Two lets ..
, , on Manhattan street, Allegheny, with stone :
. dationt already built. ' Also several bousea f or :.
sal« on reasonable 'tams. Inquire of JOHNSTON
• 1 ,y 088211•08, Attorneys, No. 81 Dlantorui street, '
Pittsburgh. t . . • - jail
011 MLLE—DESIRABLE FARM,
F
Contatising 181 acres, located, in Allegheny
county, AB , miles from the c . ty, fronts on West
Pennsylvania Baliroad. and the ouildings are with- tl
In ten minutes walkof Natrona and Karnes stations;
31 acres of timber. 90 acres in grass. The whole ;
ism can be worked by machinery; good brick house
of 8 rooms and splendid cellar: large frame barn
and all necessary outbuildings; 300 choice , graf ted
fruit trees of all varieties, good soil and well we.
tered; would man a splendid dairy farm.. Eitel
thing In drat:claim order, and needs only to be seen f.
to be appreciated; will be Bold low as the owner is
determined toiorionth. Terms salty. Apply to, or
No
CRoPT PH iLfaes; Real Estate Agents,
No. 139 FOURTII-AVENITE.
- 0011 SALE—A Grain Business
.11; STAND, locati&on the line of the Pitts., 0. &
St. L. R. W., to best grain district in Ohio. eon
slating of sty, o story frame warehouse, 30 by 00,
convenient to Railroad. with side track sunning in
to it to accommodate the loading and shipment of - 5
drain; lot 30 by 100 feet. This to a rare chance for
s party to E ngage in a paying husitipsi as ibis stand
controls the tir.in trade for 80 mi ea ar u nd. There
are other advantages connected with Th,..tsndwhtch 4'
wilt be explained on application. .3111.1,fact.Pry rea
sons given for Pelling,i Apply to or address OttUPT
& PHILLIPS, No. 1311 Fourtti avenue. • i..
FOR SALE-11111411L1ESIS LEASE-
ROLD=Raving a front cf 46 feet on Washing
ton street, just above the Grain Elevator, by 119
feet deep along Hill alley. on which is erected 3
'three story brick business houses, now renting tor
.01.1000 per year. Lease has 18 years to run.. Ground
nt low. Sold separate or togrther. Price low and I
terms easy. Apply to or address CROFT a )
LIPS, Heal Estate Agents, 139 YOU) th avenue. - i
FOR SALEBIITSINESS STAND-
A well known and prospergui wholesale bust- I
neat stand. with stock and fixtures, is offered fig 1
sale. Fetid actory reasons axe given for the Mane- t
ity at VI WOOD STREET
al. AP
'FOR SALE—That line two story r,
1.2 , brick warehouse, 24 by 04 feet. situated on i
OHIO STREET, Allegheny city. No. 95, now-occu
pied as a Ylour and Grain Warehouse. Also, that
two story brick d wellieg house, SO by 04 feet, ad
flrchthe above containing sts minas For
er
Particulars enquire on tbe premises of X.
STEEL & SON.
VOR SALE-- FARM. -200 acres
A: of good Land, situated in Penn Tp., West
moreland county, two miles from Irwin Station, on
the retina. It. It. Improvements. hewed log Pollee
In good repair, balk bars and otder • outbuildings.
Terms moderate. Enquire of W. WILSON. Lori
mere Btatlon. or B. A. 1101%. Pena 13tatloo,