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FIGHTING FOR TIME,
Reed and His Followers Again
Defeated by the Free
Coinage Advocates.
ONLY A BARREN VICTORY,
As the Speaker Succeeds in Prevent
ing Final Action by the
ADOPTION OF DILAT0RY TACTICS.
Conger, of the Coinage Committee, is Hold
ing on to the Bill.
ONLY A BARREN VICTORY,
ADOPTION OF nILATORY TACTICS.
THE QUESTION MAY BE DECIDED TO-DAY

The House Journal, as corrected BY the
votes of the Democrats and free coinage
Republicans, was approved yesterday. This
was another blow at Reed, but the Speaker
was able to avert vote on the bill itself.
The outcome of the struggle is still in doubt.
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Ladies'. Take Notice!

To-day Ksufmanns will open an entirely
new variety of summer blazers and shirts.
None but noyeltiest None but bargains.
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Figures Don't Lie.

Regular price of Polaris jean pants
Saturday price. .......... SO
Workingman's saving is............ 66
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Excursion to Wheeling

Tomorrow Sunday via the B. & o. R. R.
Rate 81 80 the round trip. Train leaves at
2.20 A. M
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TSigned. S. II. w. LUCAS q BRO.
[Copy.]
PrTTSRIrRc pa

Barnes Safe and Lock Company.
GENTLEMEN: In the large fire of May 80,
which completely destroyed our paint fac
tory, which contained a large amount of
combustible material, the safe purchased OF
Won was in the hottest part of the fire, and
we are greatly pleased to find the safe pre-
served its contents, the books and papers
coming out without being marred in any
manner We recommend the Barnes
safe"
EAGLE PAINT AND VARNIsH WORKS,
M. B. Cochran, Pres.
Works and general Office, 124 to 1Sl Third
avenue. City salesrooms, 303 Wood street,
Pittsburg, Pa.
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The Barre. Safe Again Tr,umpb.u,.

Below will be found few OF the many
letters received by the Barnes Safe and Lock
Company of the terrible fires through which
their sales have passed, and not an instance
of where safe has ever failed to preserve
its contents. So we'll known are these cele-
brated safes that the works are kept almost
on double turn trying to meet the enormous
demand made on them. They are constantly
sending the products of their labor and skill
to all parts OF the globe, and to-day it would
be a hard matter to find place where valu-
ables are kept unless in one Of their makes
of safes.
Read and be convinced of the superiority
of the Barnes safe, and when in need OF a
good frst-class safe buy no other than one
made by the well-known firm, the Barnes
Safe and Lock Company, whose business in
this city has been established since 1S45, a
period OF As years.
P. S.-They would call the attention of
the purchasing public to the suggestion,
that before buying a safe, to examine their
make and learn its superiority of workman
ship and quality over all others. They feel
sure that you will not wait long in decid-
ing to get Barnes safe in preference to any
other.
RADFoRD. VA, June IA, 1890.
Barnes Safe and Lock Company, Pittsburg, Pa.
GENTLEMEN: We have just had our office
and large livery stable burned to the ground,
with nothing left standing but our sa e,
which we bought of you. This safe was in
the midst of the hottest of the fire, and, we
are glad to say, preserved its contents all o.
X.
I'VE write to know at what price you can
sell us another safe, and how soon you can
ship. Your reply will oblige,
Yours respectfully,
ISigned. S. H. w. LUCAS & BRO.
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permitted to accompany his mother and his
betrothed, he had not seen them once in
public.
sI will willingly save you the sufferings
connected with work in the mines" said
Palkiu to Popoh. 81 like to employ you in
nv office, because you are willing and
thoughtful worker. But 1 cannot possibly
set YOU free. The slightest lnprudence
wouid bring fearful punishment upon you,
and I myself run great risk because L have
kept YOU here. transgressing my authority
Popoff was content, because he hoped that
better days might come. de lived IN raj
kin's house, and never left 1t. He was,
however, less unhappy, because ne could
see Helen now and then in secret. Palkln
,,rotanded not to know of these interviews,
bnt no doubt had his plans. The gendarme
kent the promise he had made the inspector.
He became a captain, and was seat to
Irkutsk. where, strangely enough, he rented
house near Jana.
March was drawing to an end, but the
cold did not diminish. A white fog en-
veloped the city as in pail. Palkin had
inst received his letters and dispatches
from Europe, which were sent him by
courier. Popoff was standing before him
waiting orders. Palkin said:
sThe chief of all the gendarmes has re
ceiyed the letter in which reported that L
had taken charge of my office here. The
Governor General also must have received
letters from Schelm, because the latter must
have had reports from Kasan. I'll wager
that / shall be received tonight at the
palace like dog. Schelm's blows do not
hurt me directly; because, strictly speak
ing. he is not my superior. He must work
secpetJy against me. I must, however, lose
no time. I have not sent Lanin's petition
vet because have been waiting tor you.
Will YOU not be candid with me? You have
always told me you had more proofs against
Schelm."
Popoff had gradually lost his mistrust of
PaIkin; still he would not at once surrender
himself into his hands.
"If possess anything of the kind, he
said. "I shall use it to save my benefactor,
to free myself, or to avenge myself on
Sohelm. Who can assure me now, Colonel,
that YOU do not again betray me? Two such
great personages as you and Schelm may
readily become reconciled and sacrifice us
petty and powerless men.
"Haye I not proven to you how we'll /
"Psrdon me, Colonel" said Popof, "you
NAV have your own plans, but if surrender
the proofs 1 possess
"You confess, then, tnat you nave tnese
documents about you?" exclaimed Palkin
eagerly.
Popoff bit his lips. He had, however.
gone too lar to be able to draw back. All he
could do was to weaken the importance Of
his confession.
"I doubt whether these documents are of
much weight. have reserved for myself
weapon against my former chief, but you
must pardon me, Colonel"
"What are you aiming att"
ST mean to say that can hand that weap-
on to no one except to Count Lanin or the
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CHANGES DOWN TOWN
A Picture of Diamond Street Drawn
Half a Century Back.
THE NEW STREET NOMENCLATURE.
How the Innovation Was Opposed and How
Unwillingly Accepted.
PITTSBURGERs ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.

Not long ago man who was born In
Pittsburg, who had grown to manhood
there, and then had gone elsewhere to live,
returned to the old home for a visit. The
war was still going on when he went away,
and only once or twice had he been back
since. Those returns had both been before
the present phenomenal "boom" began, and
the visits had both been brief, admitting Of
no close study of recent changes.
On this last occasion, however, he de-
termined to see all that was to be seen. 1t
took him little time to get his bearings,
but at last he felt that he had mastered the
abroad without q guide to take a
stroll among some of the old haunts.
1 think there is nothing more pathetic in its
way than such journey as that. To look
for the familiar landmark that used to stand
lust here, and find that it has been swept
away, and that its place is occupied by
something altogether strange; to seek the
wide plot of vacant ground where the boys
used to play cricket in the days before base
ball was known, and to find it closely built
up and wholly occupied by structures that
reach well up toward the sky-that Is very
SaCOenlDg. Anu IL mdhcn o man icci oo
old! Such tremendous changes, he thinks.
could only come through the slow process Of
time; and the century must be much farther
along than he had supposed.
ASSOCIATIONS OF DIAMOND STREET.
1t was so with this man. He was per
picked and bewildered at every stop. The
odd places he had known he knew no longer,
and he wished he had stayed away. Except
for the few old friends he met-and some of
them didn't recognize him-he might almost
as we'll have been in city never before seen
by him. But there was one locality in
which he still felt confidence. 1t was not
likely that very much change would have
crowded in there. He stopped at the corner
of Smithfeld street and Diamond, and
looked In dlsmay up and down the narrow
thoroughfare that crossed Smithheld.
"See herel Will you tell me what street
this is?" he demanded of a policeman.
Diamond street"
"Oh, I'm looking for Diamond alley, and
I can't find it.
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kind to him, Vladimir showed such signs
of grief that the Governor felt moved to
pity.
Turning to his adjutant, he said:
"Be kind enough to go over there to Mer-
chant Latef and tell him wish to see him
tonight about the ball he wishes to give. I
shall wait Tor you here. Come back at once,
if you please"
The Adjutant guessed that his presence
was not desired by the Governor, and there
tore stepped out of the sleigh and went of
quickly. Vladimir was about to leave,
when the Governor stopped him saying:
Dear Count, / was compelled to use
such language with you, because received
to-day the very strietest orders concerning
you. An autograph letter from M. Schlem,
the head OF a division in the Ministry of the
Interior, concerns you exclusively. am
ordered to be very strict with you if you
should disregard the rules in the slightest
way"
''Schelmp' exclaimed vladimir. "Hs is
my greatest enemy. He"
"Hush!" said the Governor, in a whisper.
81 must not even hear such words. They
might already count as a crime against me.
l do not know whether you are guilty or in
noeent That is not my business. 1 can
only admit you do not look like hardened
sinner. I admire the Countess and revere
her; on that account / warn you. II YOU
are In town, avoid me like sin itself, for, If
should meet you, would have to proceed
with great severity. You must next, keep
on good terms with the Captain Gendarmes
and the Inspector, because it would be diff
cult Tor me TO protect you against these two
men. Now must make my excuses to the
Countess that l cannot receive her any
longer at my house. Goodby, and be eau
tious.''
Your Excellency! Do not forsake me, I
am innocentp'
"As to that, am helpless. am an Off
Ger, and must obey orders. I have no right
to declare you guilty or not guilty. II you
torce me should even have to punish you,
however repugnant."
The Adjutant was seen approaching; the
Governor dismissed Vladimir with a ges-
ture OF tie hand, and the sleigh drove away.
Vladimir remained standing there, as IL
struck by lightning. For two months he
had cherished ilusory hopes, which now
vanished in smoke. The good will of the
Governor, the politeness OF Colonel Palkin,
OF whose conduct Jana had told him moth
ing-all this he thought betokened favor
able turn in his situation. The Governors
words threw him back again into an abyss
OF doubt. He hastened to his wife's house.
Jana was waiting tor him to breakfast
with him. The unexpected blow had
changed his features so that the loving wife
at once detected his trouble by the express
sion OF his face.
"VIadimir What is the matter?'' she
asked, excitedly.
what is the matter?" he replied sadly,
"Well, cannot endure this any longer
We had, so far, only one enemy; the cap
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where the lobbyists meet the Congressmer

where the lobbyists meet the Congressmen?"
1 was about to censure him for so sug-
gestive question as this when it occurred
to my mind that they have recently fitted
MP one corner of the whispering gallery
with chairs and sofas and turned it into a
reception room where ladies' come to meet
members of Congress. I explained to Mr..
Mast however, that, while his question
might not be a wholly irrelevant one, this
is called the whispering gallery not because
the whispering gals assemble here, but be-
cause the acoustic properties (Which the
guides persistently call accOOstic properties)
o. this hall are so peculiar that whispers
may be heard at surprisingly long distances
and under astonishing conditions. For ex-
ample as l told him and atterward showed
to him, one person may stand against the
extreme easterly wall of the large hall and
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''This is what used to be Diamond alley.
They've changed the name little. That's
ALL"
All When did that policeman become a
Pittsburger. if he thought that was all? In
the good old times which this old citizen
remembered, Diamond alley had differed
from Diamo nd street in more than in name.
Just over there, on the north side of the
alley, and close to Smithfeld street. used to
stand the Second Presbyterian Church,
quaint old structure placed in the center of
a graveyard. Think OF graveyard on
Diamond street and then say that Diamond
alley differed only in name! And just op-
posite the church was big, rambling frame
building used as a tannery. That was
rather different from the smart brick struct-
ures standing there now. Of course there
was no expectation of seeing either Of these
buildings at this time, Tor somebody set fire
to the tannery almost 80 years ago, and the
church was also destroyed in the confagra-
ton; but to the disappointed visitor they
seemed no more ancient now than some of
the more recent landmarks which had dis
appeared as completely as they.
ONCE A QUIET RESIDENCE STREET.
He used to live on Diamond alley, this
man; and at that time it was a quiet,
thoroughly respectable and rather desirable
place of residence. Now he could find no
trace of the old house that had been his
home. Even newer buildings than that had
gone-pleasant, com Portable houses that he
remembered seeing built. And now he
was the only one who recollected their hav-
ing existed. And yet he is not an old man.
Change comes fast as we'll as thoroughly.
One of the favorite Fairgrounds of this
same man. when he was a boy, was portion
of Grant Hill which Diamond alley had
not cut through. As say, he is not yet
old; but the time when Diamond alley did
not extend from the Diamond up to its
present termination seems very remote in
deed to the people Of to-day.
But the change which most affected the
temper and spirits of the troubled home
conner was the least material one of all. 1t
was to be expected that a rapidly growing
city should condense itself as well as extend
its borders; that it should utilize all the
space heretofore prodigally wasted. That
was forgivable and even commendable.
But to change the style of the street nomen-
clature was thing hard to be reconciled to.
s'In my time," he said to me afterward,
sstreets were streets and alleys were alleys.
Now the alleys are streets and the streets
are avenues. / don't like it, but I>suppose
it must be all right"
OLD STREET NAMES.
1t was the new statement of an old griev-
auce. Time was, as we all know, when the
shorter thoroughfares running from Liberty
street to the Allegheny river, were sll
streets with names instead of numbers-St
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proved to him that the whispering gallery
in the Capitol il no joke, but that whisper
can really be heard clear across 1t, ne put
his nose against the westerly wall ana
whispered an abject apology across tne
hall to me, and, reaching out his hand saio;
"Come, let's shake and be friends" :.
Then illustrated some Of the peculiar
catacoustic properties of the hall to him. l
took him upon one OF the diamond-shaped
tiles of the floor and went myself to another
many yards away. There we stood ana
chatted, while people passing between US
could not hear a word we said.
"Do YOU hear me DISTINCTLY" asked.
Perfectly" said he.
"Have you s. to spare until tomorrow"
1 asked.
Mr.. Mast must have moved off his tile.
He made no answer, and concluded he had
not heard.
"Wll YOU have a mint julep with me,
Mr.. Nast?"
"Inauk you, will"
Then Mr.. Mast pointed out Congressman
Brinker, with the remark that he thought
he might be Atlas with the weight OF the
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"Lanin is in the place assigned to him as
his residence, the last hut in the little village
Krowa, close to the corporation line OF
Irkutsk. You may go there On Sunday, be-
cause then the police are not as watchful.
Your betrothed will, no doubt, come and see
you before Sunday. 1 will inform the
Countess, who can then tell her husband,
when he may expect you. But you must by
no means be seen entering the house OF the
Countess itsell; to take every precaution, I'll
assign you as the place for your interview
the hut OF colonist."
"You are right, ColonelP'
But as Schelm has, no doubt, sent in
structions to the Governor, it will be better
for your betrothed not to come and see you
for some time. You must adapt yourself to
your fate and bear patiently what cannot be
helped"
Colonel, obey. Helen shall not come
here any more"
"Do you think SO? You know little of
women; they become all the more eager for
what is forbidden fruit. You must, how
ever, use your best means not to let her
come here for a time; shall on my part try
also to persuade her not to do it. Now to
work, these circulars have to be copied and
sent to all officers of the gendarmes.
Popof bowed and went to work, while
Palkin was reading his letters and dis
patches.
Almost at the same time vladimir was
sauntering down the street leading to Jana's
house. In his appearance a great change
had taken place; be was dressed like one of
the rich Siberian land owners, in bear
skin cloak and a sable kolpak. The city
authorities lett him evidently to his own
will; no one interiered with him or minded
how he dressed or how he lived; exile was
to him no very severe punishment. He went
to see Jana, head on high and with firm
steps.
An elegant sleigh passed close by him.
Vladimir noticed that it contained the Gov
ernor General and one of his adjutants. He
at once took off his hat and bowed respect
fully. The Governor ordered halt and
beckoned to Vladimir:
'tWhat does it mean, that I see thee in
town to-day?" he asked the exile in q q.
stern voice.
Vladimir was very much amazed at this
sternness, to which he was by no means &C
customed.
"Your E1cellency, L thought, had per-
mitted-"
'Thou must not abuse the confidence
shown thee Consider, thou oughrest to
live in Krowa and canst not leave without
permission. Hast thou the Inspectors
ieaye?'
''Your Excellency-"
"This time I will overlook it, but take
care in future. Thou art a dangerous
man."
"I am innocent" said Vladimir.
The Governor frowned.
"Do not begin that story anewl I have
Just received orders on thy account from
Petersburg. They say nothing of thy inno-
cence. advise thee to be more cautious
else should have to be much more severe"
Astonishej at this unusual severity OF the
Governor, who 30 far had been exceedingly
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world upon his shoulders.

world upon his shoulders.
"No,' said /, she is only pondering
whether he will take pie or milk, or bota."
"He reminds me of the bird called the
adiutant," said Mast, as dragged him to
the House gallery.
''Now, Mr.. Mast, I wish you would pick
out the most striking-looking character in
the House"
Mr.. Mast leaned low over the gallery rail-
ing and reached down as far as he could.
"I can't reach him." said be.
"Reach who?''
"Why, the most striking looking man in
the House. And if could reach him l
don't believe l could pick him out; am
not strong enough. If you would like to
see how should look In the act OF picking
out the most striking character in the House,
here you are" he said, tossing hastily
drawn sketch over to me.
"But / don't mean that" I said,
l should rot expect one little man like you,
without the aid OF any machinery whate yer,
to do what the entire Democratic side Of Il Q
House, with all its machinery, would be only
too glad to do, and would have done long ago
If it could"
Mr.. Mast sat for some time regarding q
member who was pairing his nails and other
wise making his toilet in the presence OF the
well-flled galleries.
"Why don't they have a washbowI and
towels on each desk?" he asked; but this was
smother OF his absurd questions.
Presently he jabbed me with his elbow,
saying: "Quick! Quick! Who is that?
That gentleman over there who would be SO
handsome if he had not been struck bv a
cyclone; that man with the plenitude of
luxuriant hair and the gorgeousness OF mus
tache?"
"Do you mean Mr.. Paynter. the Ken
lucky member"
as that his name?" and Mr.. Mast s"t rn-
q long time in philosophic contemp' alton Of
tie gentleman.
"Is he not a striking illustration Of the
effect of wind on whiskers?" he said at
length. docs he always appear with that
hurricaDe-swept look upon him?"
Il presume be is a little more than usual
lv wind-tossed just now," said, "for he
sits squarely in draft, with Mr.. Mills on
one side OF him and Major Mckinley on The
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| Countess. As am not permitted to meet
them"
'Why did you not tell me that sooner?
Lanin is not as suspicious as you are, Twill
willingly permit you to go and see him. Go
and give him your documents. Only tell
him expressly that want themP
''Of course. As soon as the Count agrees,
you will have a power ul weapon against
Schelm in your hand, which is now in my
possession"
"What? You have it here? Now?"
Popof saw too late the blunder he had
committed.
''Noi Not hereP' he stammered. 'I only
meant knew where it il"
''Never mindl I only repeat, you will
have to be very careful, because I transgress
my authority, and the Governor might some
time become my enemy. Your betrothed
comes to see you now and then-does she
not?"
Colonel, can assure you"
"Don't swearl'' said Palkin, in friendly
tone and with very kind smile. You see
l am not as bad as you think"
Popoff could not but thank Palkin very
heartily; his mlstrust gave daily more way
to his gratitude.