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THE PITTSBURG PRESSt SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 5, 1898. to th terrace of the house of commons FOR THE CHILDREN. STATE ASSOCIATION. II PYAWnPD Miss Vida Bowman, Philadelphia; an address.

Got. Daniel H. Hastings; "Mistaken Views of education," Dr. Lincoln Hul-ley, Lewlsburg; an address. State Superintendent Dr.

N. C. Schaeffer. Thursday, 8 a. m.

Prayer, Rev. C. H. Brandt. Bloomsburg; critique of methods of teaching reading now In vogue the Pollard synthetic method, Supt.

Samuel Hamilton. Braddock; the Farnham sentence method: the ward rational method, Supt. Wa nt Km Pantl' thm fnnrienbiirrf YILL QUIT. it la tfas Cos-: irt Ccrirj aa End. lest Known Dragojst St Lauh, tayvt genuine JOHAHN HofTs XZtlt Extract his been sold by me for almost forty years.

I therefore know therapeutic value thereof and consider recommend It as the very best tonic and Ask for the gcnulnt Jekeoe fieffs Melt Extract. Avoid subntitutM. 1 1 Tbe THE the and nutrient' fl to stop politics 1 HICKS BEACH HIS HOST LIKELY SUCCESSOR. AFFAIRS DISCUSSED. as, latarreatioa Saca-eated, Bat I Bo lit AH Li kelr The British sath Afrtcaa Company Has Ser-" oral Baa-llsa Chambers of torn- BMP ob Its Heels.

London. July 4. The discontent tn the rovernment ranks with Mr. Balfour's leadership baa grown apace since the abandonment of the education bill His management of the debate on the next rl ministerial measure, the land rat- i I MIL displayed so little tact and so lit -1 desire to be tactical as to cause the Louse to think that he is wearied tf the Cm of politics or of cares of leader ship, the Impression has become general he will soon relieve bis party by On and after July 15 no more subscription books will be given out for "Tiliut and going to the upper house. Is 1 wearied, his Intimates aver, of worries of ministerial life and tells i I em that he Is "sick of the whole thing and would give up office If the tlve party could find another leader who would keep the constituents togetner.

Balfour seems to be of the opinion that Mr. Chamberlain's leadership is lm possible or that it could only happen af mm i the risk Of breaking up the party, 'me unionists are not so absolutely dependent on Mr. Balfour's continuance in place for their safety. In the lobby and club dia- cussion of the situation there Is less an let estiresBabout the choice of his guocesso-'' bout his' finally consent ing to A has succeeded not only In con- the bulk of the conservatives m. jf that he has no strong heart for hlsVorlc but also that he thinks himself above caring about mastering its details.

His superior airs and impatience of criticism have led him into blunders which the speaker and his own colleagues have been obliged to correct, uuiume very limited circle of personal associates nvuiMittiina tA iitwrtrir nnlltlcal in- More than five hundred wheels have been given away by THE PRESS so far this season. If you want a bicycle without costing a cent night are laughed at, much as bis book nT.k nt liclUf HH Tiro- AT IK I To the Circulation Department of "the Press" and you will learn how easy it is to has as usual, where ladies are concerned been decided In their favor and they are free to meet their parliamentary friends ard tnke tea trtefe whenever tlit'V please. A few disgruntled member, mostly gentle men long past their prime, complained that the tireser.ee ci ih Ii es on the ter race was a nuisance, and that their laughter and chatter interfered with the work of the committees wnose rooms front upon the terrace. What makes mutters worse for the exclusive Is proposal that the newspaper men having tne entree to me tonny or ine nouw nun also have entree to the terrace. The old parliamentarians who look upon the house as a ciuo ana a journalist us someuim on a level with a turf tout are surprised and dLseusted.

Miss Emma Earned has refused an offer made to her by Maurice (Jrau to sing in the United Mates next season. ST. PETERSBURG WAS COLD. Little Atteatloa Paid to the Entry of the tsar. 6t Petersburg, July 4.

The emperor and empress made their entry into St. Peters burg to-day. The buildings along Aewskl prospect were gaily decorated with flags and flowers, but the crowds In the streets were not large and there was very little suggestion of a holiday. The mayor pre sented a resolution passed ay the corporation founding a children's hospital, and remitting: the arrears of rate payers in commemoration of the corona tion or tne emperor at aioscow. From the cathedral their majesties pro ceeded without a guard to the rortress, and thence to the railway station, where they took a train for tha Imnerial residence at Tsarskoe Belo.

The czar and czarina will return to St. Petersburg on July 7. The reirt that the czar is suffering from Jaundice Is untrue. GLASS WORKERS' FIGHT. ALL READY FOR THE RATIONAL CONVENTION ON MONDAY.

NO SIGNS OF PEACE IN SIGHT. Only Tvro Firms Decline the Tla Plate Scale Both of. Them Accused of Breaking- Agreements Call for Greea Glass Goods Mannfae-tarers' Meeting. During the early part of this week Interest in labor circles will be focused on the rehearsal of the window glass workers' bitter factional differences In the national convention in this city. The convention was called with the primary object of healing all breaches, but from present Indications this end will hardly be reached.

If anything, dividing lines between the factions will be accentuated. There are no signs of peace. The anti-Burns people have prepared a list of expenses incurred during the administration of the present executive staff. This list will be pushed against Burns for all there is in It, The figures show that his administration has cost the associa tion over J.VJ.tKXi, in not only unusual, but unneceBsary expenses. The cost or the and wh en thus fur has been absolutely without results will run above The charges made by Burns' friends as members of the finance committee In the interest of reform are an follows: John St.

Peter. George Ambrose, SClO; John Keely, The lawyers' fees hi the recent litigation of the order will reach fS.lMHl. The travel ing expenses of the Burna council exceed The last convention cost about 115,000, and the present one will cost as much more. And yet. with all this expen diture, there is nothing to show in the way of progress toward peace.

Anotner important matter Derore tne convention is the request of James chambers for an additional loan cf for which he promises to build an additional tank, and keep In in continuous operation Irrespective of manufacturers' agree ments. Burns is bitterly opposed to the loan, but I rum present indications it will be granted. From late reports received by the Amal gamated association yesterday, it Is ap parent that the much-talked-of light in the tin plate industry win resoive itsoir into local controversies between the manbge- nient and the men at the Iorth Anderson ard Elwood (lnd.) plants. At the former works the men hve been discharged. At the latter no aggressive action has yet henn taken, but the men nave been told that they must concede a reduction.

It Is not probable that either tinn Is receiving any assistance from the general body of manufacturers. Both are accused bv members of the manufacturers' a.so elation with breaking the "gentlemen's agreement on prices. 1 he Amalgamated assoe atlon oincia Bay tne men ex notn plants are good union men, and mat tne manufacturers will gat the warmest fight tlwt the gas belt has yet witnessed. The customary summer vacation Is now on In the iXist Liverpool pottery worns, und onemtlons have been ircnerally sus pended. The season, considering the fight home manulBcturera have had ag.tlnst for eign importations, has been fairly prosperous.

A call for the meeting of the green glass manufacturers' association has been sent out for July 21. The will be held In the Monongahela house. Changes in the wane list, rules for working and apprenticeship apportionment be considered, ns well as a plan upon which the niaiiufacturors could co-operate with each other in enforcing their demands. It Is believed that the western" manufacturers will make a separate stand for the scale changes. The report that the mmes along the Chanters branch are all at work tinder thu district price is hout foundation.

An investluation reveala the fact that only two. Cook's and the Knterprlse, are at work at the BO-cent rate. At all other pits the 70-cert rate has been puid without any Indications of a break. Secretary Warner says the report of the Chartiers break, togrther with many other misleading ones likely to work an injury to the mine-workers' organization, Iinve been promulgated by a little clique of operators, of whom have something to gain ky any iimage done the union. Warner says it Is this clique that gave circulation to the rumor that fne officials were favoring eome operators at expense of others.

According to the latest reports, compiled by Tin and Terne, there ere H(J black plate plants in operation or reudy to operate, with lOti black ptate plants completed. Most of these plants have the equipment to coat some or all of their black plate; three of them have additional black plate mills to the number of four process of erection, while there ore four black late plunts, with 12 mills, In course of construe tlon. This makes a total of 40 black plate plants, with 1S2 mills built or building. The black plate plants ore nearly ell run nlng to theJr full capacity. In the 84 coating plants, hardly half the capacity ie en-gmped.

owing to the high" price of their raw material, black plate. Bike Company Collapses. Cincinnati, July To-night's Times-Star extra says: "The 230,000 cap-italed bicycle company ready to Incorporate has gone to pieces. It was the understanding among the members that the best bicycle could be manufactured for Jli. This was what several papers said.

The leading stockholder took a notion to Investigate. He secured some information and withdrew his stock, hence the col-1 lapse. Li as be by oi to 10 J. T. tne C.

2 Ing a PROGRAM FOR THE AINCAL MEET- ING AT BLOOMSBCRG. FYPFRT MANY TO BE THERE. ArCls I mHIH I I Db I ntnti Incidents of the Last MeeitasT 1 pittsbars; Recalled Washlaartoa Seminary Trustees Arranging; to Erect a Hew Bolldlaaj Sketch of R. 8. Orr, of Allegheny.

The State Teachers association will hold Its annual meeting at Bloomsburg, July 14-18. inclusive. The attendance will lorr. as it always is. but will not be what was expected, owing to the meet Ins of the National Educational convex tlon, now In session at Buffalo.

The State Teachers' association has had an Import ant Influence upon school legislation in this slate In the past, as the superintend' ent of public Instruction gives special attention to Its recommendations. The association has been for many years a sort of a third house, as far as school bills were concerned. Lately, however1, the city politicians in the legislature have got on to the fact that they can wield powerful club over the country members by threat ening a charge in school appropriations and consequently the recommendations of the state association and the department go for nit. There has not been a meeting of the state association In this city for a long time and many people wonder why mcKey, Loiran. Andrews.

Fisher. Hamilton. Mor row and other local educators do not bring the convention to this city, The last meeting here was away back in the seventies, but it was a big meeting and one of unusual Interest This meeting caused more talk than us ual, not only among the speakers named on the program, but among the members and the public generally. The subject that alcKea up tne biggest row was a paper read by Dr. Ell Allen Wood, then a school THE LATE ANDREW.

BURTT. director In one of the South Side wards. He took radical grounds in favor of the Darwinian theory or the descent of man and some of the distinguished members or the association, who represented col leges more or less tied down to doctrines opposed to those advanced by Dr. Wood, literally Jumped on Wood's paper with both feet. Dr.

George P. Hays, then president of Washington and Jefferson col lege and at the height of his fame as a popular lecturer, was president of the meeting. He tried to smooth things over aim not neve a wrangle on tne subject. upon which everybody seemed to be at sea. But Andrew Burtt got the floor, Many Plttsburgers remember Mr.

Burtt and now earnest he was in aritument. even where he and his friends knew he would render himself unpopular th the masses, He was not prepossessing In personal appearance but his honest convictions, so plainly but eloquently expressed, charmed the audience, lie did not go to extremes la advocating the Darwinian theory, but he wanted logical araument to refute it and would not be satisfied with anything short of It. He was pointed out during tne following sessions oi tne convention the man who had the nerve to stand up nis convictions. The opinion of Dr. Hays was In great demand, but he skillfully avoided all the cans ror mm, as ne was the chair.

wis views to-day mlKht not Interest anv. body, but at that time they would have carried great weight. A reporter at the time styiea mm the "artful The sessions of the coming meeting will hold in the auditorium of the normal school building at Bloomsburtr. The mn slo will be a specially Interesting feature. me icnowing is tne program Tuesday, 10 tn.

Devotional exercises, Ilev. I. M. Patterson, Bloomsburg. Addresses of welcome, John O.

Freeae, Bloonisburg: J. C. Brown, Bloomsburg. Responses, Hon. Henry jiouck, fiarnsourg; u.

is. Keber. fillpnery Rock, Pa. Music. Psychology ivumner rracucauy Applied, rror.

wm. Noetllng minutes). Syllables to be furnished In advance to those appointed take part In the discussion. Discussion minutes each Dr. A.

T. Smith, West CheBter, Pa: Superintendent W. N. Ehr- hart. Jlahanoy City: Prof.

H. H. Suavd. Mlnersvllle, Pa, members of the associa tion; fror. jsoetllng.

Keport of Bur rowes memorial committee. 2 p. m. Music. Report of legislative committee.

i ne county institute, ur. L. Waller, Indiana (80 minutes). -Syllabus to be furnished in advance to those appointed to take part in the discussion, Discussion 10 minutes each Superin tendent t. a.

narrison, wimesDarre. superintendent n. r. wrooKs, AicKees-port; Dr. M.

O. Brumbaugh, Huntingdon; members of the association; Dr. Waller. Music. Public school vocal music, Prof.

L. Gibson. Ebensburg. 8 p. m.

Vocal solo, Mrs. Annie Miller MeiicK, nioomsburg. inaugural address, Superintendent A. G. C.

Smith, Media. A reception, tendered to members of the association by citizens of Bloomsburg in normal scnooi gymnasium. Wednesday. It a. m.

Prayer. Rev. D. N. Klrkby, Bloomsburg.

Report of auditing committee, j-nysicai training, miss Slav Ermentrout. Reading. Relation of the Normal Schools to the Common School System, Dr. G. M.

D. Eckels. Shlnnena- burg. Discussion 10 minutes each Super intendent J. M.

toughlln, Wllkegburre; David F. Fortney, president School Board. Bellefonte. Dr. A.

J. Davla. Clarion; Superintendent L. E. McGlnnes, ffneeuon, rroi, o.

jt. lanaon, Mar-rlsbunt: Superintendent W. P. Eckels. Smethport, members of the associa tion.

p. m. Music. Business session Select. place of next meeting, nomination of nrncprK.

HAunti rnnie ciinrerema- grammar and high schools, president, Pror. f. wcriy, wazieton; "i ne nigh school teacher," Dr. J. P.

McCaskey, Lancaster: discussion, "Grammar and 'high school Prof. W. H. Detwiler, Blooms- bury. Discussion.

II. Primary schools, president. Miss Margaret McCloskey, Iock Haven. "Qualities of the soil," Miss Josephine Hazletine, Wilkesbarre; discus sion. "Nature siuuies in me Drimarv schools," Miss Ida S.

MnrMullan, Bethle hem: scuyrion. in. miral ungraded schools, president, Elizabeth I.loyd, New Hope: "Classification, co-ordination of studies" (program). Prof. J.

M. Berkev, jonnstown; discussion, venicaj writing; dlscu ion. Music, orchestra. Vocal solo, Truth. a In In is a to THE CIVIC CLl'B DETERMINED TO MAKE THEM HAPPT.

GIVE THEM PLAY GROUNDS. Kew Plaae to Brifhtea the Lives of the Chlldrea of the Tenements. The Groaads of the Forbes Street School to Be Ooea Each Day. Other Groaads to Bo Seeared. What can be done, for the children of the poor during the scorching summer months What amusement have theyt Where shall they play? Can they be taken out of tbe hot streets? These are the questions that the educa tional department of the Civic club Is now agitating.

The wealthy and well-to- do families are already eft to the mountains and seashore. The children are revelling in tbe open air, playing on the green grasses, wading In the cool creeks, building castles in the sand, bathing In the salt water and sleeping soundly through the long cool nights. In the fall they will come home with tanned faces and bodies healthy and sound from constant exercise In the pure, fresh air. The children of the same class who stay In the city have great lawns to play on If they live in the East End, and parks If they, are Alleghenians. They nave bicycles to ride and nurses and parents to take them into the country for picnics ana outings.

But think of the little children in the tenement houses those who live at the crowded point; on Second avenue, among the mills and furnaces; on the barren hill side of Bono; in the closely built up district about lower Fifth avenue; in the Italian quarter on Virgin alley, where mey swarm too tniCKiy to De counted. Where are they to play? How are they to keep strong and well so as to fight the dirt and heat and disease? The fresh air societies plan to take the children out Into the country is, of course, the first solution of the problem occur to one. But It can do so little. Such a pitiable proportion of the great mass of children can be handled and they are in the country only a week or 10 days at the most. And in the meanwhile the thousands in the city are driven by their busy mothers out from the hot, stuffy l.itchen or living-room Into the glaring heat of the unshaded street, to find tne mischief always lurking for idle hands anu minus; io learn evil tnougnts and wavs from older children and idle men, and to undo all that good teaching has accomplished in the long winter months ox scnooi.

That something can be done to Improve, or, at least, brighten, the unhannv con dition of the little children of the poorer ciasBee hub oeen proven Dy tne Civic club of Philadelphia the city where municipal and educational affairs are considered proper subjects for the study for the edu. cated and wealthy classes who have the brains and time necessary to devote to tnem. Permission was obtained from the boards of several of the publio schools to use the school grounds during the summer montns as playgrounds for the children of the neighborhood. The following letter from one of the members of the committee on playgrounds of the civic ciuo or rnuadeipnia gives an idea or tha work accomplished and of the methods employed: "The opening of the public school yards (of Philadelphia) as playgrounds during the summer was started In the Civic club two years ago Dy Mrs. Lundy, who had studied with great Interest the working of the same plan in Boston.

"We were confronted In Philadelphia with two difficulties, i. want of money to start the playgrounds, and the very poor playground attached to many of the "Our first ftten was tn HAnnr ihm mission of the board of education for the use oi tne iew available yards, as an experiment. This, after much effort on our part, was obtained rather doubtingly from the board through thn untiring forts of the chairman of the committee on scnooi property wno co-operated most energetically with lis. We then turned to look for the money and succeeded at last in getting a start from councils to the board of education for this nnrnnna The money was needed to pay the salar les of regular trained klndergartners, the ami inac couia De nad, to superintend the children while at the also to purchase toys which were lent wj mem ana io put in some sand piles, 'Last summer four such play grounds were opened and kent onen throne-h th summer with the most satisfactory results. The Janitors attached to each school paiu exira io oe always on nand dur iuk iiitt nours wnen ine varan wr nnn Mr.

Kavanagh had a few men sworn In as special officers and powers of the law to make arrests If It should be necessary, and the police were asked tn ow occasionally In the neighborhood. The Hinuerganens were always there to train the children In certain slmnln and games and supervise them at play. The report of Mr. Kavanagh, the chair, jnan of the committee on property, who had helped us so generously, was most gratifying. No damage to property, very little disorder, and only one arrest The vi.tj.

srounos were wen attended by the children, who were delighted with the sand heaps, and with the tnvn- nnH even man of the toys are left over to go on with thin en r. 'ine success was so sreat tht tM nm. mer eight of these varda are tA ho and almost all of them are In the crowded part of the city, where there Is most need of them. We have obtained a grant ui fi.uuu irora councils ior tms purpose, which is put Into the hands of the board pi euucauon, wno nave done all the admin istrauve part or tha work. The board assigned the teachers and paid the sal- H' ine iovb ann snnarnrna onroi.tn sand-beds, buckets and shovels, 6kinplnc ropes, grace hoops, balls and numbers of uotii uhks.

men tne Kindergartens drilled the children with marching and singing, which they seemed to enjoy very much. There were also summer kindergartens kept open for the little children, and these had an average attendance of 120 children a day. "I do not think the plan would have been successful without the trained klndergart- mc jmmura io prevent disorder. i no yarus were not large, but still thev were a reruge rrom the street rn r.t iiieoH yams was entirely unshaded, and there a large awning was used. "We hope to make thta nmmc ground work a part of the regular pro.

gram of the board nf Munniinn i. shall not depend for its continuance on the a iew inuiviauais. several adles wno were nean iuwii uuiuiK ine Buinnmr. vmii in twice a month to visit them. nt fhi.

port of the work, as they saw it, was most several residents of Kennlnp-inn uisLnui oi rniiaoe pn a. came over to visit the varrfs lo.t and were so pleased with what they saw ed in their district, and this we hope to da I uioj oont tu iiavc suiiie varus ODPH this summer. Since the first annroach nf tna hn er, the educational department of the Civic club, of Pittsburg, has been making strenuous efforts to carry out similar plans here, i he directors of a number of wtois in ine crowuea warns or tne cities have been consulted. In the Sixth ward the scheme met with the hearty approval of the board, and the use of tha la ror a grounds surrounding the Forbes street Bi-uvni, me turner or oroes and Bte-vensoh streets, has been freely granted to the club. Not only have th been offered, but the use has also been given them of a large basement room in tne scnooi ror a playroom on rainy days The members of the Sixth ward ooara are intelligent, broad-minded and public-spirited men, able to appreciate the charitable purposes of the club, and will ing to ao an in tneir power to aid the members In their undertaking.

The club will engage a kindergarten teacher to be at the school between rer. tain hours daily. She will watch over the children, direct their games and see that they do no damage to the grounds and Duuoing, or nam eacn otner. Innocent and profitable amusement of an Kinos win oe provided ror tne children Sand piles will be placed in the vard and tiny shovels and buckets will delight the smaller ones. Some expense must, of course, be Incurred.

The salary of the teacher and that cf the school janitor will be the onlv large items, although some little money muit oe expended ior toys. It Is hoped that these expenses can be met by subscriptions from charitable citl-lens of Pittsburg and Allegheny, who will be glad to help the Civic club in its effort! to brighten to some extent the lives of the little children. All such subscriptions can be sent to Mr. James R. Mellon, the treasurer of the Civic club, 514 Smithneld street, the desired use of the money being specified.

Although Mr. Mellon la out of the city, his secretary is at all times ready to attend to such matters. Donations of toys, games and hooks are also urgently requested, and such may be sent to the Locust street entrance of' the school, notice of the time of their delivery having been sent beforehand to the Jaui- 0 Phonic method. Elizabeth Fundenburg, reneral dlanusslon of these and other methods by members of the associa tion. 2 p.

m. Music. Child study, Pror. T. b.

Londen. OreenvIHe: discussion by mem bers: wavs and means of Improving teach- ers now in office. Dr. R. K.

Buerhle, Lancaster: discussion. 10 minutes each. BuDt J. George Becht Muncy, Supt. W.

A. Beer, Callensburg, Prof. L. B. Smlmmell, editor School Gazette, JiarrlsDurg.

WASHINGTON SEMINARY. The Trastees Decide to Erect Bnlld- lna-s oa a New Site. Washington female seminary Is to have a fine new building. Many of the graduates of this sterling Institution live In this city and vicinity, and while they msy regret the razing of the old familiar struc ture, they will rejoice at the prospect or modern building in a location command ing a fine view of the old town. It is likely a new site for the Institution will be chosen, as tt la understood a major ity or tne members or the board nave expressed themselves In favor of the remov al of the seminary to another location.

The argument used favor of choosing a new site is that the present buildings and grounds on which they are located can be sold for a large sum of money, which can be used in the erection of new buildings, while If the new buildings are put up on the present site all the money necessary therefor must be ralred by the sale of etock or by subscription. Two new sites spoken of are, one on LeMoyne avenue and one on uaiiows run. The L.tiuoyne heirs, who own the Gallows hill tract, have offered to donate five acres of the summit of the hill as a site for the new seminurv. It Is a commanding situation, from which a beautiful view can be obtained of the entire town and surrounding country. The summ of the hill Is nat, and seems as though designed by nature as the site for some public institution.

When the old Brownsville road, which was the first thoroughfare opened from Red Stone Old Fort to Catfish camp, poscd over the summit of Gallows hill, three houses stood upon the flat mentioned. Sub sequently it was as a ball field by the boys or tne town. This pari oi tne nui is about COO yards from the Main street station of the Chartiers railroad, and can be reached hv a road of moderate jnvide. The site proposed for the new seminary bulld-Inirn Is nhniht the same distance from the station named as the present seminary is, nnd Trinity hall. Prof.

D. J. McAdam hue been employed to make a survey of the hill and ascertain tne exact distance oi the site offered from the center of the town and also its distance from the rail road station. A good proportion of the patronage of the seminary of day schol ars us or inose wno come xo iuwn uy mo various railroads. This pntronage has been steadily Increasing during the past few years.

It Is deemed advisable, there fore, In selecting a new site ror tne sem ina nr. tn rhnrmfl one as convenient as poS' uii.io tn the different railroad stations. TiinxA rx-hn favnr the Gallows hill site culm tht it could be made the most beau llful spot about town. A nanasome new hntlHnir An thn brow of the hill could be seen for miles around, and from all the lines of railway entering wasnington irom north, south, east and west. They say that a school so located would advertise itself, as every person going to waeiniiKiuu would not fail to see and learn what It was.

Wltnin a lew years me i uunuo could be made as beautiful as those of Trinity hall. The five acres offered would afford grounds oi amine amitimw seminary building. The college campus contains less than five acres. The seminary trustees nave an oner ui 120,000 for the property on East Maiden street. They consider it worth more than this, however, and believe that they can get sai.OUO tor It.

XI IS muuKlll wmi new seminary puuaing wim nn biwkiu imnrnvements and conveniences can oe erected for about $40,000. If the present property, buildings and grounds, can De niff for 125.000 and a new site secured free It would only De necessary 10 raiso On the other hand, If the new buildings were to be erected on the pres ent site tne enure sw.wu wouia na.vo io be raised. Miss N. Sherrard, who is affectionately remembered by all her former pupils, Is still In charee of the seminary, although she has been desirous of retiring for some years. She will be assisted during the coming year by her niece, Mrs.

Jennie Sherrard Ewlng, wife of Rev. J. C. R. Ewlng, a missionary.

Miss Sherrard's record has been envla ble, end the institution over which she nas nao comrui nas enjoyeu a uuiiurui and gratifying prosperity. Her admin' lstration has been notable for its display of wisdom and common sense. Miss Sherrard's uprightness of character, her kindness toward the oupils attending the school, and her conscientious performance or the almost tnnumeraoie duties tnat have come before her, have been potent factors in the seminary's great progress. She has ever felt a personal Interest In and responsibility for the young women attending the school, and has been thourhtful. too.

of their spiritual as well as their temporal welfare. It is noteworthy, also, that Miss Sherrard has displayed good judgment tn the selection of the seminary's corps of teach ers. In this particular she has been un commonly fortunate. There have been in the history of the seminary three principals only; Mrs. Frances Blddle, elected in 1838; Miss Foster, afterward Mrs.

Hanna. elected in 1S40, and Miss Sherrard, elected In 1874. PROF. R. S.

ORR, Sketch of a Popnlnr Young Ednca- tor, of Allegheny. Among the prominent young men en gaged In work In Allegheny Is Principal Robert S. Orr, of the Ninth ward schools. He has been in charge of the schools In tne isintn ward ror tne past four or five years and has been remarkably successful. He commands the respect of teachers, pupils, parents and school officials through tils careful, earnest work.

He is strictly impartial and takes as much Interest in the humblest child aa he does In one who comes from a family of higher social standing. Mr. orr has been at tne head of Ninth ward schools for the past four years and has given great satisfaction. He is not backward about giving his teachers due credit for the success the school has achieved, while his own ability as the R. S.

ORR, Principal Ninth ward publio schools, Alle gheny. administrative head Is recognised by the! school hoard and the people. He is well equipped by education and experience ofr his Important position, and is also fortified with a well-developed bump of common sense, which often Is the best nuilitv teacher can possess. Mr. Orr graduated at Washington Jefferson college in the class of lM'l, taught for a time In i the preparatory department of that institution and was then elected to his present position.

Mr, Orr gives much promise of continued success in the educational field. In conversation with a press representative he said: "We have no special features or hobhtes our school that are cultivated tn tha exclusion of other matters of more im portance. We recognize the fact that many of our pupils cannot remain long the schools, and conseouentlv our aim to give them what they need In population like ours, few Duoils can hope to reach the hieh school, an we di rect our best efforts to training them thoroughly In reading, writing, arithmetic and other elementary branches. The ward schools are not designed to be academies or high schools, and we deem It our duty carry out carefully the elementary mm in Jifinceit by competent thinkers, Herbert notcr among them, to be the crude pro-1, vtion of an immature thinker. Btill he iks so much of himself tnat ne torn ever.nouse recently that he "never read The apers" and took his own way intle- does nt of public opinion as.

obtained "eeklng to repace him three names uom' tider consideration, Mr. liGoshon and Sir Michael Hlcks-ness ltitai his cable correspondence sent VnVlr rjn5.h dlfflcuHies connected with ior "nbrialn were partly mentioned. erlal( who the appears to recognize that ranee wTon agaimit him would be too This ta here is high official author-na tnat hB would accept the plouee by nirUn-uench for a rency shall, tnberialn has bean opposed be maintained, iseases bill, an ma liereny nf nndnn unu ne land rating bill and of London an next educatlon bm Hhalie(i a very welcore preBented next session enough In itsueShip of the house. It slons at horn -d here on absolutely rella- Imnnwilhls ta" 1' that the bill of next year impossible hg ar )n upon the Tne imowledRe of thl nrnmlsfi)ln n-hnla ca.hlnet no fear. Wi one of the reasons wetgh-r'iartv Dlatfoio-haniberlain in keeping put (VWrty pwtioi.

leadership. Mr. Nmted theret n(. l0 no following The younger members of A'e'eoii4rvntlvo party who might rally hunW.oriHin have itdmiratlon for Hmitiiil is as a politician hn krmwn. lien the chanKe Sir Michael l-tlcks-iieach Will obit the leadership with almost the unanl- asseut of the purty.

i tniiln In teh house Of vmttorriav bv the narllamentary Jjcrttary or tne lortipn umw n'v rurkish government had aitreed to apply Ich the Dowers demanded ior the purpose of restoring tranquility Sin the Island of Crete Is not accepted n- islde or out of parliament as in aiiy i assuring a settlement of the troubles le ik. T.iria and Christians there. The events in the Island have been such as to render futile mere diplomacy. The concert of the powers does not Impress the Christian insurgents who, no doubt, iave in mind the much heralded Jase of lh Armenians, which was laugTied to 'scirr fV ie sultan. The Cretan Chrls- tftris hWlno diplomatic promises, havlns had experience of their worthlfrssnees through many years of Turkish misrule, and they mean to bring about, if possible, a decisive cu uui will overthrow the Turkish regime.

A conference of the Christian leaders, held yesterday at Kampos, resulted In a determination to discard the offers of Oeorgt Pasha Berovltch, the new Christian governor, unless the reforms promised are solidly guaranteed by the pow-era, If the governor convenes the assembly, only about a dozen deputies are likely to respond. The debate on the Cretan situation In the house of commons last night showed that tho dominant sentiment among the unionists and the unanimous feeling of the liberals were In favor of a strong British policy, even should it go to the length of armed intervention. Mr. Cur-" son, the parliamentary secretary of the foreign office, stated, however, that the ''government would not Imperil the peace of Europe bv taking Isolated action, and that it would go only as far as the other powers were willing to go. The Speaker to-day voices the liberal policy in an artl- ci urging the government to use the fleet prevent Turkish troops from landing In Crete, and to insist upon the neutrallza- tlon of the island under European control.

The deceased wife's sister bill, though read second time in the house of lords, is by no means out of danger. Once before the upper house paesed the bill on Its second reading by a fluke, the bishops falling to rally agair.et It. On the third reading nearly the whole episcopal bench appeared and threw it out. V'3fno court -which is to try Jameson and his co-reiders will be composed of the lord chief Juetlce. Mr.

Baron Pollock, and Mr. Justice Hawkins. There are rumors of an application to postpone the trial for the presence of witnesses from South Africa, some of whom are now In the thick of tb fighting, In Mashonaland. The government, that Is Mr. Chamberlain, appears genuinely nxious not to delay the proceedings and further to get as soon as possible to the inquiry by the commission on the chartered company.

The reply sent by Mr. Chamberlain to the demand of the Transvaal government for the trial of Messrs. Rhodes and Beit and tr. Harris Is understood to be that the English government will deal with the ques- tlon under the light of what the committee may report. As the commission cannot report before the summer of next year Rhodes), Belt and Harris hardly need 81 Hercules) Robinson, the high commissioner of South Africa, was In Lon- don for four weeks before being accorded interview with Mr.

Chamberlain. He has been snubbed, in short. The colonial secretary pins his faith on Sir Graham Boewer, whose daiiy cable dispatches support Mr. Chamberlain in urging the cabinet- to assent to a large Increase of tqir fimllll lore in xaiai ens nnoaesia. fcir Hercules Robinson, who has seen nther ministers, holds to the opinion that the troops now there with the volunteers will suffice to crush the native Insurgents, and that the dispatch of reinforcements would only inciens the Boers.

Sir Hercu-' tea will return to Cape Town as soon as tils health permits. The monopoly of the trade of the great Jfiffer river, which was acquired by the charter company of the Niger, is seriously threatened. At the outset of the com- muv'i alterations the British traders e-en- A rt A tor, Mr. O. Wagner, at 1815 Maria street, Pittsburg.

The (rounds of this school will probably be opened Tuesday or Wednesday ef this week, xne plan nas oeen suggested, ana will most probably be the one adopted, of having tickets of admission to be present ed to the children after the first week. Good behavior will entitle the children to tickets. The Clvlo club will now try to obtain permission to use other school yards lor the same purpose. The grounds of the lower Fourth ward tn Allegheny were par ticularly desired, as they are In the cen. ter of what Is probably the most densely nonulated portion of tnat city, but Alle gheny Is not so progressive as Pittsburg, and the Fourth ward school board refused to allow the club to use tneir grounds.

jeannette narDour. The New Preacher. The new woman Is no longer to occupy the center of the stage in this age of advanced sensationalism not If the new preacher can edge his way to ths front. The new preacher has been displaying himself In many new and startling postures within the past few weeks. There Is the Rev.

8. Miller Hageman of Brooklyn, who Illustrated the parable of the 10 virgins in his church ths other evening. Five young women, clad In white and bearing vestal lamps that were trimmed and burning, marched out of the vestry singing "Behold, the bridegroom came." wnen tne nve nad nnisnea tneir song, five brunettes came out without any lamps. They sang a song, the burden of which was a plea to enter where the bridegroom was. When their plea was denied by the five wise virgins, the blond virgins and the brunette virgins, the wise and the foolish, got together and marched back into the vestry room, greatly to the edification of the awe-stricken congregation.

Rev. Hageman's well meant efforts are weak compared with the pious pyrotechnics of Rev. Syndicate Wilson, an evan-Kelist who Invited the attention to his nt ftaJUnnlfa. hv a hrnu hflnA and the booming of sjivils. Bonfires were uujji niuuim 1110 uuuiu, nuu cvbi; Mine a sinner announced his change of heart a young man stationed In front of the church shot off a skyrocket.

Evangelist Wilson declares that he will convert every soul In the town before he leaves, and as the pyrotechnic displays will continue tne merchants nave ordered a new supply of fireworks. Rev. C. M. Winchester, of Middletown.

N. Is another enterprising pastor who has made a unique bid for notoriety. Rev. tncbester is manager or Columbia park. a pleasure resort near Middletown.

and he announces that no women will be admitted except those in bloomer costume. The Columbia Park New Woman's bicycle club is being organized, which will consist of BO members, each of whom will be required to sign a pledge to wear bloomer costumes while on the park bicycle course, and an attractive and commodious club house Is being erected for their sole use. Chrlattan Endeavor to Washing-ton, D. Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Special excursion tickets sold Julv ft.

7 and 8, at single fare round trip, good nntll July 15, or extension granted until July 31, if tickets are deposited with Juint agent before tt p. July It Stopover privileges at treason on tickets reading through that point, going until July tt. or return not later than July 31. Rate from Pittsburg to Washington, D. C.

and return, the round trim cor responding rates from stations ea.it. 1 'trains leave i'lttsburg 8 a. m. and n. carrying oay coaches and Pullman sleeping cars.

O. r. W. Reunion at Idlewtld Grove, Friday, Jaly 10, 1890. Special trains leave union station 71, 8:05 and 8:10 a.

stopping at East Liberty, Wllkinsburg, Braddock, Turtle Creek. Wilmerdlng. Irwin. Manor sna Greensburg. Rate 75 cents for adults and 50 cents tor children under YX years of age, from stations between Pittsburg and Wilmerdlng.

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Thai French method la employed. This is aJ form or treatment not usually under! stood by American doctors, ah cases an obstinate naturs vleld readily under; our mild and lmprov-j ed, methods of treat- mem. Nervous, lost of vitality, nervous de Mlltv. varicocele, hydrocele, stuotdnessj backache, blood ana sain diseases, uicersj sores, spots, pimples, tumors, scrofula tetter, eczema, bloed poison, tnorougniy leavina the svstem Dure and clean, maaaer, Sidney, oowets, livers lung, heart troubles, catarrh, asthma DrOllCnilia, luusuiupuuil, tuuoifhui.uuaa and Internal troubles, dvsnepsia.1 consti-J patlon, piles, fistula, rupture, dlirrhoeai; aearness, paralysis, nis quicmy cwpa. i Many treated by mall.

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erally got off well, as compared with the tifStment accorded to French, American, and other traders. As the chartered company stretched its tentacles out the Brit- fan traders also began to feel Its power. Now this great river region is almost dosed to all but the chartered company's trade. The chambers of commerce of Liverpool and Manchester are leading others in demanding the revocation of the Charter. These chambers have presented to the colonial office a Joint communication asking that the territories of the di'it of tn Niger and all other terrl- tories under the control of the company be placed under the administration of the minister of commerce.

It has since bn reported that the charter is likely ''tt withdrawn. Jt que Uon of the admission of ladles I i i Ppa and Tommy both oelebraced on tbe glorious Fourth. IT HAS THE NEWS, THE PITTSBURG PRESS. .4.