DRESS NOVELTIES. XIIR tlOLRIIO IS A I'MVKRSAfj UKKSS ACTOMl'ANI.MISNi'. Pretty Ilcslgn, With Kull Waist of While .Mottssellun itntl fr'renpfi Cnpnte St J Hill Shirt Wnlat. rnE flgtro or lioloro ii uni versal, nnd new ohnpon nro Dot wnutiiiR. Ouo of tlio pret ty tiosi 01 tuese novelties is uero pictured and described by May Man ton, in connection with a (till w.'ist of white monocline that in niraugml over satin. The bolero nmt sleeve nre car ried ont in an exquisite novelty good ol silk nml wool, the ground of which in n rich sonde of petunia intermingled with the merest suggestion of green nd gold in metnllio effect. The fnuoi ful girdle aud crashed collar are of BTYLBH VISITING TOILETTE. petunia-colored sntin, and the freo edges of the bolero and cufTs are out lined with a full quilling of em broidered mousseline. . With this stylish visiting toilette is worn a French capote of volvct having soft draped crown; at the back is a bunch of velvet flowers.while the front is ornamented by a bird of paradise and large rosettes. The waist is mounted upon a glove-fitted lining having the usual number of seams and double bust darts, and closing in the centre with hooks and oyes beneath the full vest, the oiosing of which is invisibly effected on the left side be neath the bolero, but can be made to close through the centre, if desired. The back of the waist fits smoothly cross the shoulders with the fulness at the waist line, where it is permitted to droop in soft blouse effect over the doep crushed girdle that encircles the waist, and is carried to the front, closing below the bust line and finish ing with chio upright bows and soft knot. The bolero, whioh is included in the shoalder and under arm seams, has the back uniquely rounded in pointed or fish-tailed effeot. The fronts are reversed above the vest, forming revers that are faoed with satin and outlined with the frilled mousseline. At the neck is a close standing band with a crushed collar that is prettily bowed at the centre back. Wide'laoe that is box-plaited completes the neok. The close-fitting sleeves have double mushroom pulls at the top with flaring cults of white satin draned in mousseline at the band. The mode, which promises to be popnlar, is adapted to a wide range of fabrics, affording brilliant oppor tunities for unique combinations of material And color. To make this waist for a lady io the medium size will require three yavds ol forty-four-inch wide material. BTTtilSH SHIRT WAIST. Fine dimity showing a ground of white with dainty figures in delf-blue was the material chosen for this stylish waist whioh represents one of the newest modes. The white linen collar is adjustable and can be removed to have laundered when neoessary, or when made to match the waist, can be permanently seeured. A handsome tosk evllar of ribbon is tied sader LAMES SHIRT WAIST. the collar, finishing with A stylish bow t the center-hack. A leather belt I closing with mctnl bnckle encircle! the waist. Five small box-plaits are Inid on eneb side of the box-plait in conter-Irout. Those spread, gradually allowing nn easy and graceful fullness over the bust which is confined ngnin nt the waist line, the lower edge ol the waist being concealed tinder the dross skirt. The back is arranged nt the top in box-plaits and joined to A yoke lining having a straight lower edge, the yoke of material being Inid and stitched down on the lower edge, thus giving n durable finish that will not lose its shape when laundered. Tbe sleeve, of modified dimensions, nrn fathered top nnd bottom, deep culls, that turn backward, finishing the wrist;. This stylish nnd becoming waist it a pronounced feature of the season's models and can be developed prettily in percale, dimity, cambric, lawu, gingham, etc., as the variety of theso gooda to chooae from is particularly attractive this season. To make this waist for a lady in the medium size will require three and one-fourth yards of thirtj-sixth-iuok wiao ninttnal. little ainM Arnos. A very attractive little apron is here shown made of nainsook and trimmed with embroidered edging And inser tion. The npper portion consists of 1 body lining that is fitted by shoulder and under-arm seams, and the olosing is effected in the centre-back with CHILiD'h APRON. small buttons and button-holes. The neok. shaped in low rounding outline. has a full Bertha ruffle of the material falling deeply at the baok and front, and over the pretty puffed sleeves that are gathered arranged over one-seamed liniUKS. Tbe full straight skirt is decorated with embroidery and inner tion, and is gathered at the top and joined to the lower edge of the body lining. Among, the favorite fabrios for apron in this stylo Are oambrio, lawn, cross-barred muslin, dimity ana Swiss, with laoe or embroidery trimming. To make this apron for a girl of six years will require three and one-half yards of tbirty-six-inoh wide material. C08TCME8 HARMONIOUS. - It is notioeable that new "bats and bonnets offered to what is called " leotedtrade"snow few? iolentoontraU. A tasteful gown combines, perhaps, half a dozen shades of harmonizing brown, with a touch of blue to empha size the eyoi. And a bat to be worn with a b'aok or green frock is of vsrying green and a touoh of purplish pink to lend a healthy Hue to tne cuee .1. The latest estimate of the Hebrew population of the United States place It at ouu.uuu, 01 wuiou v,uu u urcu- itad to Mew York. It is claimed by Boston paper that there are only seventeen towns id tbe whole of Massachusetts without publio libraries. A TRISON STUDIO. riCACIIINO CUIMINAM1 TO DRAW AT BINU NINO. frying to Keep Prisoners Kmployefl PI lire the Law Abolishing Con vict Labor Went Into Kflcct Methods of Instruction. 1NQ SING'S art school is firmly established. It has pnssed the experimental stage, says tho New York World. There is no longer nny doubt of its snccess. Its object is not that of nny other school of art, being cbioHy to keep its con vict pupils out of iniscbiel. Warden U. V, Sage, one of the kindest disci plinarians in the Htnte prison service, invented tho school when the law abolishing convict labor went into ef feet. He is surprised as well as pleased at the progress the pupils have made. PINO HINO ART CLASS. imagino n great, lone, bare, gray room, its thick brick walls pieroed on three sidos by many narrow windows. That is the atelior in which theso hum ble followers of liiiphnel bend over their drawing boards. There are fifty fctuduntssu conree, striped suits. They J tun, I at thoir work, resting their drawing boards on ulgu tables on which brush tlbro used to bo worked. The atelier is a pleasant place, es pecially by contrast with tho rest of tho prison. Its walls have been nowly painted in a dark gray tono. There is plenty of light and fresh air. The art instructor is an architectural drnnghtsmnn of more than ordinary SKETCH MAPH BY A PII1SONKB. ability. He is serving a term of four years for a trifling misunderstanding with the law. He gave his first lesson on the morning of January 20. He has given two lessons a day since then, from 0 to 11 a. in., and from 1 to 8 p. ru. His first task was to teaoh his men bow to draw straight vertical linos. That sounds like child's play, of course, but let any one who thinks it is easy try to draw twonty straight lines three inches long side by side. If any of them are parallel he may congratulate himself. The Sing Sing art students began their work with enthusiasm that has not waned. They drew vertical lines all morning and horizontal lines all Afternoon. Lesson by lesson they have marched forward until now com plicated geometrioal figures havo no terror for them. Of course, their drawing is all free hand. Not one of tbeu has been allowed to nee a corn pan or T-square. They use penoils nnd light brown mnnila paper. The manner of teaching is somewhat different from that employed in other sohool of art. The pupils march lo the atelier in look step. One by one they fall oat of line as they arrive at their plaoes. Eaoh stand attentive over bis drawing board and watohes 1 FREE HAND DRAWINGS BY CONVICT tbe teaoher. Keeper O'Hare stands on a sort of high sentry bos with a club near bis band. This studio is for serious applica tion only. Not oue of the pupils may so much as whisper without losing hi place in tbe clans or suffering some other punishment. To be put out of the dais means sitting idle ia one's cell something overy convict dreads. The instructor stands nt an elevated blackboard. He draws a simple tri angle or square or more complex OEOMETOWALFimTX DnAWlf BI CONVICTS. figure. As he draws he explains what he is doing so every pupil may under stand. He repeats the instruction once or twice. Then he walks np and down along the tows of pupils. If any of them Uuds it difficult to understand he asks the teaoher, who promptly stops and explains everything to him. Some of the pupils have begun to decorate their drawing boards. One young follow who is serving two years and a unit for grand larceny uas drawn a lighthouse and an attractive bit of the shore. A merry burglar, twenty four years old, who is serving six years, has relieved the monotony of waiting for lessons by portraying a dndo, not forgetting tbe necessary cigarette and the monocle. A yonng Mew York burglar illuminates his drawings with a motto he has bor rowed from the American Volunteers "Look Up and Hope.' FUK THE JiKAR-SHillTED. New Working Spectacles That Will Improve the Vision. Isow working spectnoles for very near-sighted peoplo havo been recently invonted by the Herman army snr geon, Dr. Roth, in Herlin. It was known for a long time that people who sufler from slight cataraats in their eyes, or from dim sight, enn see bottor if a plate which is absolutely opaque nnd fitted with a very small opening in tbe centre is placed beloro tbe eye. Such an apparatus can be nsed only in a very limited way, however, for the field of vision through this small aperture is exceedingly small, and thereforo it lacks practical use. Dr. lioth's idea was to plaoo a diaphragm containing many apertures instead of one central one over the eye, thus giving it a much larger field of vision A further improvement on Dr. lioth's idea was recently perfeoted by Dr, Hbilborn, of Breslau, who constructed speotaoles fitted with such opaque dia' pbragms that may be used with or without this attachment, as oircnm Btanoed demand. A aieve-liko opaque plate ins over tho glass lenies, and is fastened by means of a little hook. which Also does service when tbe opaqne plate is to be fastened out of the way, a shown in the illustration By means of these opaque plates very near-signted people can do without the very strong concave glasses, the FOB VERY NBAB-SIflRTVD FBOPLB. use of whioh is rathor uncomfortable and even dangerous. ;. The apertures in the new Heilborn 'plaque are ar ranged in conoentrio ciroles, in order to ease as much as possible the move. ment of the eye. Tbe size of the apertures is gauged so that the field of vision shows no blanks, and on tbe other band no partial covering of the piotnre shown through them can take plaoe. Since the quantity of light en tering the eyes through tha siev plate is very mil oh smaller than that seen ordinarily, work with these speo taoles must be done with strong and, If possible, conoeutrated light. Eighty-ttve per oent. of tbe fpeopli who art lame are Affected tu the left side, . . PENNSYAVANIA LEGISLATURE. rah. 23. Tho Hosnck resolution er.lllnfl for nn Investigation ol thn nflh-n of lmry sml food commissioner pned the Senate to night In n slightly amended lorm. There wits no debate nnd not n dissenting voice to thn liiipilry. After thn resolution had been neopted Senator Knydi r had It reconsidered. lln then nmernioci it to miike I lis number of senators three Instead of two. nnd the num ber of members live in place of place. In tun iioush to-night n r-iort wns pre sented from thn rules committee providing for two sessions on Tuesdays. Wedneadavn nnd Thursdays nfter March 2. Sessions will lie hold ns usiliil Mon Jay nights nnd Friday mornings. The report wns unanimously adopted. Keh. 23. Ilcpresentntlvs Tllbrook. of Alle gheny, put In thn llrurn charter hills which arn designed to pro Tide new charters under which thn municipal governments of Pitts burg nnd Allegheny arn to be conducted if thn bills become laws. Thny nrn n practical repetition of thn llullltt law, under which the city of Philadelphia is governed. A hill Introduced by Mr. Lnh. of North ampton, provides that thn salary ol the teachers In thn public schools of the state, wno nave sorvea lor ttiree years, shall be iw a month. Hcvnrnl bills were passed finally, among them thn followlngi "An net repealln an net nrovldlna for thn annexation of cities of the third class and bornuiih nnd townships or part or parts of townships to cities of thn second class, nuthorir.lnir and (I I reeling thn courts to order elections therefore snd imposiug duties on county commissioners Iti reference thereto.1' This was thn bill generally known as the "(Ireatnr Pittsburg bill." 1 he housn concurred In the senate amend ment to thn llosnclc resolution for nn Investi gation iuro the olDce of tho state dairy and looii commissioner. Hennle Mr ('rousn, of I'hllndolphln.offor- ed n resolution requesting our congressmen to vote (or thn bill Increasing thn salaries of postofllce clerks, which was adopted. Tho senate then took uo the second read ing calendar, passed among others thn fol lowing hills: Authorizing thn transfer' ot liiiior licenses In vacation) nmeuding thn notary publio net: reoiilring county o'.'lchils to furnish Information to state officials; pro hibiting pnrsons from falsely representing themselves as detectives. Feb. 24. A bill amending the linker bal lot law was Introduced by reiiucst in the house to-day by Oeorge Kunkel, ot Harris burg. The measure was prepared by a iudge In Central Pennsylvania and scut to I r. Kunkel to present. It amends thn bal lot so as to provide that If any political party has by Its rules provided for a registration of candidates (or nomination nnd nt thosatne time limited for registration or nt nny subse quent ttmo by reason of withdrawal or other cause there shall be no more candidates, thn person nr pnrsons so registered shall be deemed thn nominee or nominees with the same effect as if he or they had been nomi nated by a convention, primary meeting, caucus or board. Thn bill provides further thnt ono or morn or all ot the officers of the committee of such political party with which such registration shall bo made, or the officer with whom It is mmio, snail make a certuicate or sucn nomi nation In the same manner and with the same effect as If there had been a nomination by a lonveution, primary meeting, caucus or board. Among thn more Important bills Introduc ed In the senate to-diy were those ranking physicians debts collectable by law; allowing minority county commissioners the appoint ment or one clerk; requiring that two lessons H week he given III publio schools ns to the Humane treatment o( animals; Judiciary and county officers to fllo itemized accounts of expenses, and limiting thesamo to printing. circulation 01 literature, ami expenses lor meetings nnd conventions. The repeal ot the (lienter Pittsburg bills was reported fav orably tn thn senate. rub. 25 The Hennts passed finally the Dill amending nn act of April 14, 18;t:l, to provide for the better protection of female Insane patients in transit. President Pro Tern MoCnrroll appointed Henators C rltchffeld, ( oyle nnd Merrick as the Hennto members of a Joint committee to liivestignte the onice of tne dairy and 100a commissioner. By unanimous consent, Ken ntor Andrews reported as ootnmittae the Kauffmann bill, requiring the payment of In terest on mute deposits. Thn Nenate adjourned until Monday sight at n-.au o uiock. The first matter of Interest in thn House this morning was thn negative report of the Carothers anti-trust bilk It Is similar to the t ilnn measure. The urst bill reported out of the Appropriations Committee with nn affirmative recommendation was the mea sure appropriating f 4.471.30 to pay tha ex penses of thn Ileller-Lauhnnh senatorial contest of IhM. This bill was vetoed by Uovernor ilastlnns last session. Mr. l'itcairn Introduced a bill authorizing city controllers to appoint probate clerks. A resolution wns passed whlcn provides that when the House adjourns to-duy it bs lo meet at B:3U Monday evening. Newsy (lleanlnci. Paris bos 220 eleMrlo elevators. The nntl-thnatrehnt movement has reached New Haven, Conn. At the nolnt where the Mississippi Bivm flows out of Luke Itasca It Is only ten (eet wide and eighteen Inches detp. The street railway ccmpanles ot Massachu setts carried over 02,000,000 mora paiseagen during 1896 than In any previous year. When a South Dakota rancher s family were sitting around a table la their tod covered cabin, the centre support f the rool save wnv and theturl fell In. burying them all and smothering to death tbe mother and one child. The rancher dug bis way out, but could not reach his wife in time. Kangaroo farming Is to b an established Industry In Australia. Within the lost twenty yean 129 new pear ages In Great Britain have been created, while flftv.lour have become extinct. Near ly ball tha peers and baronets have Inherited or received their titles within the last ten years. It Is resorted in the Houtu thnt an Eastern capitalist has purchased the Stonewall lurnaee in cnerosee uouuiy. Ainunuin,suvni nniH of the Confederate warriors oust canuon during the war, and will develop the or mines mere. Four hundred and forty-nine sheep and one horse were saved from tbe British steam- r Anuloman. which wo wrecked on the Hkerrles, wane on a voyage (com potion iui Liverpool. One of tha slirns of an early spring in the northwest is reoorded by the park keeper ol Portland, Oregon, who says that tbu deer an saeaiing tneir sutlers. The North Dakota Legislature bos added an amendment to the State's Insurance code) taxing Insurance oompnnies five net sent, on gross earning lor low ana s per ceui, tnerearter. By tha law eomtng Into foro this year in Sweden, a dwelliug-house must not bnv more than 0v.. stories. Anattbi oontaiuiug a stove is reokoued a story. Thn height of tne building must not exceed tbe width of tbe street by more than nve feet. Charles Wlllsrd. of Battle Creek, Mich., bos recently died and left by bis will 40,1)0 1) to tbe publio sobools of the town.au equal sum (or a building lor the Young Men's UhrUttnn Association, and tlO.JOO more lor the Baptlet C jlleire of K'Hatnasoo. Miob. a iiuuuris son, who Is a lleutenuut m the BiiUbh army, broke bis lea while play luu lucloull at cuitrah be broke his ooilar uuue while rxercuilug bis bone at Dublin; una now the youug uiuu bos lust uu eye while pluyiug polo. A philosopher of tba nam of Vaughsn bos Introduced Into the Texas House ot Beprttseulatlve a bill prohibiting tbe u of Human uuiuurals (or any purpose whatever, aud making lu violation ol such prohibition a misdemeanor. INDUSTRIAL NEWS. fk B. 0. Rseslvsrs Will Bslsy 800 Mils and Pay Csshfor It. It Is announced that the receivers of the Baltimore A Ohio Itullrond Company have determined to lay 800 miles of new track during the current year and have awarded ontracts for fA,O09 tons of new steel Thn contract for tha rails has been placed with thn Carnegie Company of Pitts burg nnd the terms secured nre said to hnv been tho most favorable mndo in a long time, being nt the rate of ? 20 per t n, a figure that will result In a saving of at least 400,000 ns sompared with thn prlcn of steel rails less lhau three months ago. It Is also understood that the receivers will not Issue CTtlllcntes to pny for theso rails, but will take thn money out of thn earnings of the road.and that tiny havo about twelve months witnlu which can pay for them. Priest Will Advsna. I A Itoirers of f-lnVHlnml fl n mnmh Of the recently-formed Incandescent lamp combination, nnd who is on a visit to New iors, said tliHt the organisation was only promoted to save thn manufacture Irora bankruptcy. Mr. llogers admitted that vuIIm would probably rise In price on account of the combination, but he declared that the price they bring to-day, 20 to 22 cents was below the cost of Ilia production. Mr. llogers vigorously denied that n trust, in the jeueruiiy accepted sense, had been formed. Industries of Connslltvills. The Frick company, of Wnvnenboro. has deeded to Oeorge 1. Humbert, of the Con uelisvllle Hheet Iron and Tin Plate company, oi luiineiisviiin, rn., thn ground upon wiiicn thn mill stands and all the I rick companyls Interest in the mill itself. Thn stockholders of thn Hlnymiiknr-llarry company, a new plant located nt Houth OoiiuellKVllle, have elected the following directum 8. 11. Hlay tnnker, president) J. F. Harry, Mrst vice president und treasurer: Joseph Hoisson, sec :ond vice president) II. L. Hurts, secretnryi I'. H. Newniyer, U. L Humbert nod W. A. bavldsou, directors. Mtnsrs Destitnts. Much suffering and destitution continue among the miners at lloytdule, Pa. About i u miners ana tneir families live tnero. ami they have been out of work f.rtwo mouths. 1 he mines were shut down to make Improve ments, nnd It will let two months before they srn completed. The miners nr now If. a deplorable conditio' und are daily getting worse, Work for 81,000 Men. Notices w-ro pntcd In thn Johnson works at Johnstown, Pa., announcing that the witch works, which have been closed down s nee Hat unlay, Kebruliry IX will resume operations next Wednesday morning, and tne men liuve been ordered to report for duty nt that time. Over 1,000 men will be affected. Thn record (or the output of a llessemer plant was broken Dy the Cumbria Iron company, i'hen llitt beats were made, averaging i'i tons of llnished product to the heat. The previous record was 1D4 heats. T he Industries of Voungstown hnve been Working (nlrly well the past week, and tba tendency is In the line of steady Improve ment. William Todd ft Co., In addition to other orders, hnve booked orders (or two rolling mill engines (or Pittsburg firms, a blowing engine to be sent to Maxidata, nnd two reversing engines (or a Bout hern con cern. The Ohio Hteel company has had a Iteudy run lor IB weeks, and has order Ooukvd fur .Muroh delivery. Successful surgery without either knife or probe seems Impossible, but it has been ac piished. A piece of steel deeply Imbedded in the eye of a Philadelphia patient was Wealed by means of tbe X ray and removed by applying- u magnet lu Just the ri(,ht spot. The long-talknd-of agreement between the Athletin Committees of Harvard and Val Colleges was signed. It provide for athintlo contests between the colleges from March 1, 1, law. to Maron l, iwj. MAHKKTH, PITTSBURO. Grain, Flour and Feed. WHEAT No. 1 red SO ( 8 No red "4 n5 COIIN No. 2 yellow, ear 27 2 No. 1 yellow, shelled m zi Mixed ear 24 25 OATH No. 1 white 2.S 24 Nn. 2 white 22 29 RYE Mo. 1 44 45 No. 2 western 42 411 SI.OUB Winter patents 4 811 4 0 l-uucy straight winter isi iu Itye flour.. 2 'JO 8 00 HAY No. 1 timothy 1150 1175 Mixed clover, do. 1 u ou iu uo Hay. from wagons 14 00 15 00 FEED No. 1 White Md., ton.. 12 50 18 00 Brown middlings lu uu 11 ua Bran, bulk 10 50 10 ',0 BTHAW Wheat t0 7 fO Oat 6 50 B 70 Dairy Products. BUTTER Elgin Creamery.. ..t 22ty 23 r ancy creamery lu m Fancy country roll 14 15 CHEEHE Ohio, new 11 Mow torn, new 11 IA Fruits and Vegetable APTLES Bbl 1 00 1 50 BKANS Hand-picked. V bit... !H Its POTATOES la car, bu 28 80 CAHUAUE Homegrown, but. i ui i mi ONIONH Yellow, bu 1 00 1 10 Poultry, Etc. CHICKENS. pair 50 60 TUHKEYH, Y lb 10 11 EOOM l'a.and Ohio, fresh.... 18 17 Miscellaneous. SEEDS Clover, 00 lbs 8 60 5 60 1 85 1 50 1 65 1 H5 60 70 3 00 8 50 2 8 Timothy, prime Blue (Iras MAI'I.EHYUCr C'IDKll Oouutry. sweet, bbl,T. TALLOW CINCINNATI. FLOUR 8 75 4 85 WHEAT No. 2 red. BYE No. 2.... COIIN Mixed OATS EGOS 18 10 15 BU'l'lEU Ohio creamery. PHILADELPHIA. FLOUR S 25 75 WHEAT No. iirea 87 COKN No. 2 mixed 28 OATH No. 2 white 24 BU'l'TElt Creamery, extra 21 EtiGH Pa. firsts 15 NEW YORK. FLOUR Patents WHEAT No. 2 red COHN No. 2 S 50 4 75 8i .. 28 21 20 21 10 OATH W hite Western..., B L"l TEll Creamery .... EUGH State ol Beun. . . . LIVE STOCK. CINTUiL STOCK YAUDS, BAST X.IBKUTT, A. CATTLE. Prim, 1.800 to 1,400 lbs.. 9 4 50 4 70 Good, 1,200 to 1,300 ttis 4 80 4 50 Tidy, 1,000 to 1,150 lbs 4 IS 4 25 Fair lignt steers, vOO to 1000 lbs, 8 60 4 00 Common, 700 to 800 lbs 8 00 8 40 oa. Medium . Heavy UoUgbs and stags. Good, 85 to 90 lb. Fslr. 70 to 80 lb. . f !rtmmnn . 8 80 . 8 50 . 2 20 . 3 80 . 8 40 . 2 75 1 Lamb 0 88 38 23 18 11 18 8 88 8 60 8 10 4 00 8 70 8 2 2