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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25
ADJUSTMENTS.

AMOSEnENlS.
ROBERT J. BURDETTE
VIII lecture in Old City Hall, Friday evening
Of this week. This Is the first of the Members
Course of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion. The other dates for the season are:
Nov. q MUNDELL SISTERS VOCAL
QUARTET.
Dec. q. LOTUS GLEE CLUB OF BOSTON.
Jan. "a, PROF. J. W. CHURCHILL, READ
INGS.
Feb 8 II. n. Raglan. ILLUSTRATED
LECTURE
March 28, ROYAL HAND-BELL RINGERS
OF LONDON.
A hve-dollar sustaining membership ticket
in the Association gives admission, with a lady,
to all of the above as well as to gymnasium,
evening classes, and other privileges at the
Association Building. Any young man Of
good moral character is eligible to member
ship.
Persons not members will be admitted upon
payment Of 80 cents each at the door. oc23-33
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
In reports of Viewers on the opening of
Omaha street. from Bigham street to Merrimac
street; Emily street. from Craft avenue TO
Halket street; Felicia alley, from Mnrtland
street to the city line; Zenith alley, from
Felicia alley to Formosa alley, and Ecru alley.
from Felicia alley to Formosa alley, have been
approved by Councils, which action win be
final unless an appeal is filed in the Court Of
Common Pleas within ten (10) days from data
E M. BI0ELOW,
Chief Of Department Of Public Works
PITTsBURG, PA, October II, 1889. ocl7-U
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN reports of Viewers on the construction Of
sewers on Meyran street, from crown between
Louisa and Bates streets to Louisa street sewer;
Carey alley, from South Twenty ninth street. TO
a point $50 feet westwardly; Fifth street, from
Liberty avenue to the Allegheny river. aud
Fifth avenue, from Anderson avenue to
point west of Moorhead's lane. have been ap-
proved by Councils which action will be final.
unless an appeal is filed in the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, within ten Q0l days from date:
e N. BIGELOW.
Chief Of Department Of Public Works
PrTTsBURG. Pa, October IL, 1852
ocl7-T
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FOR sALE-MIsCELLANROUs.


Horses. Vehicles. Live stock. &c.
TNOR SALE SECONDHAND BAROUCHE.
II as good as new. Can be seen at @. WEST q
co. - Carriage Makers, 40 Duquesne way, Pitts
burg Pa. oc10-26
E,OR sALE-DRIvING AND RIDING HORSE.
Il very good style Is hands high, years old,
very showy; will be sold reasonable. Inquire sos
WOOD ST. oc24-23
Machinery and mefnls-
TyOR SALE-ENGINES AND BOILERS-NEW
~ and reftted: repairing promptly attended to.
PORTER FOUNDRY AND CO., LIN,
below Suspension bridge, Allegheny, Pa au10-2s
T,OR sALE-SECOND-HAND ENGINES AND
boilers; all sizes and styles in stock, from to
100 h. p ;a reftted good new, at lowest prices:
portable engines, to % b. p. boilers all sizes
ana styles. Us. YOUNG, % Park way, Allegheny.
Pa. oc25-SO-D
EyOR SALE = HOSTING ENGINES NEW
II and second hand; wire and MANILA rope, der
rick and fittings, hoistfng tubs and clay and
ore pans. engines, boilers and machinery.
THOMAS CARLIN'S SONS, Lacock and Sandusky
sts.. ALLEGHENY. au5-17-MwP
miscellaneous.
EOR SALE-GROCERY FIXTURES AND
II stock. Address N. Il. D., Dispatch office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25
FOUND.

EoUND NEAR HOT SPRINGS. ARK.
II ssVoltaic DiamOnds;s' experts cannot detect
them. BARNEY Z. ARONs, Sole Agent, IS Firth
ave.. cor. Wood st. oc25-50
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25
ERENCH LESSONS.

PROF. GEO. GIBSON,
4S3 Forbes street.
--Or at
oc254S MEssRs. KLEBERs', Wood st.
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Manufacturing sites.

ENOR SALE-THE VALUABLE MANUFAC-
I TUNING site 302x30l feet, fronting on Alle-
gheny Valley r. H., near Fifty-fourth street and
station: full, free and unobstructed
railroad front; to be sold at public sale on Tues
day afternoon, October o, at O'Clock. on the
premises. Fuller particulars from JAMES W.
DRAPE & CO., Agents and Auctioneers, 129
Fourth avenue. Pittsburz. oc24-14-D
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25
.OFFICIAI-P1TrsB

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THATTHE
IN report of viewers on the grading and paw
ing of Dresden Alley, from Fffty-second street
to McCandless street. has been approved BY
Councils, which action viii be final, unless an
appeal is fled in the Court Of Common PIsa7
within ten (10) days from date
E. NJ. BIGELOW
Chief Of Department Of Public Works.
PTTTsBURG. PA. Oct II, 1889. ocl7-g77
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

OCToBER 8 1889
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Bureau Of Health Of the city Of Pitts
burg has this day established and provided.
and does hereby designate the foot Of Seven
teenth l17) street. In the city Of Pfttsburx ac
the Allegheny river, and Clark's dumpboat,
Immediately above the north end Of the South
Tenth street bridge, in tbs city Of Pittsburz
on the Monographs river, as the places wher0
are to be received and deposited the contents
of all privies as they shall from time to time be
cleaned and emptied, and all other offensive
substances found upon the public highway.
THOMAS W. BAKER
Superintendent Of the Bureau Of Health.
oc4-90
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25
PERSONAL.

DERsONAL-THE LATEST CRAZE-ssVOL-
Il TAIC Diamonds;'s see prices. sold only By
BARNEY E. ARONS. s. Fifth ave, cor. Wood
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Apartments

ITO LET-Two NICELY FURNISHED FRONT
ST., Z. E. oc2-8
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DERsONAL-MALTBY,S OYSTER DEPOT.
Il late 76 Fifth avenue removed to 81 smith
neld street; fresh oysters received daily; orders
filled at lowest prices. J. B. HEMME EXILE, Mgr.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

UTANTED-MORTGAGES ON CITY PROP
w ERTY, over a. 900; AZ per cent; no tar.
HENRY A. WEAVER & CO., % Fourth avenue.
mh2-a22-D
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TO LET.
civ Residence.

YTyO LET-ON FEDERAL ST., NEAR WYLTH
i ave.. hrick house OF seven rooms, bathroom
and natural gas. THO5. LIGGETf. No ia
Fourth ave. oe20-sS-WFssn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

WANTEp-BY PEARSON, LEADING Pho
and 20 Federal street. Allegheny, everybody to
know that he is making fine cabinets at q 80 per
dozen; photos delivered when promised: instan-
taneous process. mhl3-sS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

ITO LET-LARGE s-sTORY BRICK WARE
Il HOUSE with large elevators: central ioca-
ton. suitable for storage purposes or carriage
factory: Twelfth street near Union station Ap-
ply at t. MELLON SONS BANK. 5l2 smith
field st. oc1O-62-MWF
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ITO LET-N0 PASTE. GLASS Oh FOILED
Il back truck are s'Voltaic DIamonds;'s abso-
lutely clear and pure. BARNEY L. ARONS. Sole
Agent IS Fifth ave-, cor. Wood st. oc25-0
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
N report Of viewers on the grading Of Wall
Ingford street. from Neville street TO Barton
to Homewood avenue, has been approved By
Councils. which action viii be final, unless an
appeal is fled in the Court OF Common Pleas
within ten Q0) days from date
E. NJ. BIGELOW
Chief Of Department. Of Public WORKS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

THO LET-sECoND STORY FRONT ROOM
Il furnished, with or without board: references
required and furnished: located in Fiffh ward
Pittsburg. oc24-7z
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-25

" TED WORK BY SINGLE MAN;
w drive, store or gents place or labor work;
small wages. Address WORK, Dispatch office.
Oc24-70
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
How TO Prolong Life.

Writing in the Popular Science
Monthly about "the Art OF Prolonging
Life" DIR Robson says: Exercise is
essential to the preservation of health;
inactivity is potent cause of wasting
and degeneration. The vigor and equal
ity of the circulation, the functions of
the skin, and the aeration of the blood
are all promoted by muscular activity,
which thus keeps up a proper balance
and relation between the important or
CANS of the body. In youth, the vigor
of the system is often go great that if
one organ be sluggish another part will
make amends for the deficiency by act
ing vicariously, and without any conse-
quent damage to itself. In old age, the
tasks cannot be thus shifted from one
organ to another; the work allotted to
each sufficiently taxes It's strength, and
vicarious action cannot be performed
without mischief Hence the import
ance of maintaining, as far as possible,
the equable action Of all the bodily or
gans. SO that the share Of the vital proc
esses assigned to each shall be proper
ly accomplished. For this reason exer-
else is an important part of the conduct
of life in old age; but discretion is abso-
lutely necessary. An old man should
ercise he can take without exhaustico
his powers, and should be careful never
to exceed the limit. Old persons are
apt to forget that their staying powers
are much less than they once were, and
that, while walk of two three miles
may prove easy and pleasurable, the
addition of return journey of SINH ar
length will seriously overtax the
strenOth -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
propagate itself when a convenient
wheat field gives it good opportunity.
Pigs and Sour Apples.

Young pigs highly fed should not be
given sour apples. Almost any kind of
succulent vegetable is better than that.
The effect of high breeding is to sour
the stomach, which is the natural re-
suit of indigestion. This makes the
pigs mouth tender, and in crunching
hard, sour apples the mouth is made so
sore that the animals cannot eat hard
food. Pigs fed on apples and nubbins
OF corn often grow poor from this
cause, while their owner, seeing they
always have uneaten corn by them,
cannot think what is the matter.
When pig does not eat its ration pro-
perry, it is in bad way. The only way
to feed apples to pigs with profit is to
boil the apples soft. and then while hot
mix some kind of grain or meal with
them. Whole oats boiled with mush
are just as good as if ground. saving the
labor of taking to mill and the miller's
toll. They are the very best food Tor
growing pigs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
When Pain is Imaginary.
From the Washington Post.

'The fact that one-half of pain is i'm
aginary." said DIR. r. W. Talbot, the
Street dentist, to a post reporter yester-
day, sis shown by the manner in which
many people will stand most painful OPP
erations on some occasions, while on
others they will be all nerves. do not
refer to the matter of health. which, of
course, affects the ability to control ones
self when under severe pain, but to the
particular circumstances under which
pain is inflicted at times in dentists
chair. The sight of instruments will
often make timid person nervous,
when ne controls himself perfectly
while being operated on.
"a very terrible thing to many peo-
pie who have occasion to visit dental
Office is the dental engine used in exca-
waiting teeth in preparing them for the
filings. AS matter of fact the engines
greatly lessen the pain, both by short
ening the time required for doing the
work, and from the fact it is less pain
full mode of accomplishing the desired
result. Yet, until the person becomes
accustomed to its use, he is made verv
nervous by the noise and motions of the
machine, when he is quiet under the
pain inflicted with the old-time instru-
ments, which do not appear so terri
hla },
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Baron Steuben.


In the Atlantic Monthly Prof. Fiske
pays high tribute to Baron Steuben
who rendered stout service to the Amer
lean soldiers in the revolution. Prof.
Fiske says that Steuben was struck with
the quickness with which the common
soldiers learned their lessons. He had
a harmlessIy choleric temper, which
was part Of his overfowing vigor, and
sometimes, when drilling an awkward
squad, he would exhaust his stock of
French and German oaths, and shout
for his aid to come and curse the block
heads in English. "Viens, mon ami
Walker" he would say-''viens, mon
bon ami. blue-Gott-verdam de
gaucherie of desc badauts. Je ne puts
plus; / can curse dem no more - Yet
in an incredibly short time, as he after
ward wrote, these awkward fellows had
acquired military air, had learned
how to carry their arms, and
knew how to form into column, de-
ploy, and execute maneuvers with
precision. In May, 1878, alter three
months of such work, Steuben was ap-
pointed inspector-generalo of the army,
with the rank and pay of major-gener-
al. The reforms which he introduced
were 80 far-Teaching that after year
they were said TO have saved more than
100000 French livres to the United
States. No accounts had been kept of
arms and accoutrements and, owing to
the careless good-nature which allowed
every recruit to carry home his musket
as kee psake, there had been loss OF
from 5000 to 5000 muskets annually.
During the first year OF Steuben's in
spectorship less than twenty muskets
were lost. Half of the arms at Valley
Forge were found by Steuben withouG
bayonets. The American had no faith
know how to use it; when he did not
thow it away, he adapted it to culinary
purposes, holding on its point the beef
which he roasted before his campfire.
Yet in little more than year after Steu-
ben's arrival we shall see an American
column, without firing gun, storm the
works at Stony Point in one of the most
spirited bayonet charges known to his
tory
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Sources of Nitrogen for Crops.

The Importance of nitrogen as a fer
tillzer can hardly be over-estimated,
especially for all crops where large
growth of leaf is expected. It is the
nitrogen furnished by decaying vege-
table matter that makes the presence of
black soil sign of fertility. 1t is true
that vegetable matter is largely car
bonaceous. and grain crops literally
fed with mineral plant food will find
their carbon in the air. Still the hard
lest and most glutinous wheat is always
grown on virgin soil. To this at pres
emit the hard spring wheat of Dakota,
Minnesota and other adjacent territory
now owes it's superiority. When the
soil loses it's original stores of nitrogen
GUS fertility. the quality OF the north
eastern wheat will rapidly deteriorate,
as that of other wheat-growing sections
has done. The one way to prevent
this, and to increase not only the guam
tity but to improve the quality of wheat,
is to grow clover largely. Glover is
mainly and should be always fed on
the farm where it is grown. Thus
fed it is the only crop the farmer can
grow that will absolutely increase the
amount of nitrogen in the SOIL Analy-
sis of the soil proves the fact, account
for it as we may. 1t seems not unrea-
sonable to believe that clover, either as
mulch or by its loosening effect on the
subsoil, helps to decompose air impris-
oned in the soil, and make available Tor
plant food some of the nitrogen it con-
tains.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
The Largest Gun.

A cast steel gun, weighing 235 tons, has
from o Hambnra f for Cr on, ts The cal1
iber of the gun is thirteen and one
fourth inches, the barrel is forty feet in
length. The range of the gun is eleven
miles and it will fire two shots per min
ute, each shot costing between 81, $50
and ST 800. At the trials of the gun
held in the presence of Russian officers
at Meppin. the range OF the Essen
firm, the proiectile, four feet long and
weighing 1880 pounds, and propelled
by Il charge of 700 pounds oil powder,
penetrated nineteen and one-half inches
of armor, and went ,3lz yards beyond
the target. The gun is the largest in
the world.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
FARM AND HOME.
Omission.

Omission.
1t isn't the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you a bit of heartache
At the setting of the sun:
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts O.night
The stone you might have lifted
Out of the brothers way;
The bit of healthstone counsel
You hurried too much to say;
The loving touch of the hand, dear,
The gentle and winsOme tone
That you had no time or thought tor,
With trouble enough of your own.
These little acts of kindness,
so easily out OF mind,
These chances to be angels,
Which even mortals find
They come in night and silence.
Each child's reproachful wrath,
When hope Is faint and tagging,
And blight has dropped on faith.
For life is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all too great
To suffer our slow com passion
That tarries until too late:
And it's not the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave undOne,
Which gives you the bitter heartache
At the setting of the sun.
Margaret E. Sangster
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16

to $4.19. The average for the United
States is 1902. TIE states going over $33
per acre are Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Della
ware, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and Michigan, in the order named.
The sixteenth chart shows the rela-
tive proportions of proprietors, tenants
paying rent, and tenants paying share
of the produce. It appears that 74.5 per
cent, of the farms are cultivated by
their owners. The proportion of the
share tenants is l7.5 per cent, mostly
In the cotton states. The cashpaying
tenants form only s per cent. of the
farmers of the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
TOO SOON.

st. Peter sat in his lodge by the gate,
Aud idly jngled his keys,
For arrivals had been rather slack of late,
And the good saint was taking his ease.
lie had heard a footstep, and turned around,
And looked the intruder Ger
"a party who lately arrived on the ground
Who stood with eyes fixed OH the floor.
s.Whats the matter with your" st. Peter in
quired.
Something seems your mind to embarrass;
Perhaps those wings are not what you desired,
Or your robe is not cut a la Paris?"
ssWelI. the fact is, you see, I'm q crank on base
ball"
Meekly answered the new arrived tenant,
"And really would like to go back till next fall
To witness the race for the pennant"
-Terre Haute Express.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Covers for Grape Vines.

Grape growing is in this country yet
in it's infancy. We believe the time
will come S when successful sIu,g grape grow
protection, if only four Or five feet in
width, to shelter the grapes from rains
and heavy dews. Vines thus protected
from too much moisture would not be
liable to mildew or the grapes to rot, or
at least these diseases, now so prevail
ent, could be kept off at much less ex-
pense than under the present system.
Under such cover grapes would ripen
one or two weeks earlier than if un-
protected. The earliest, largest and
best punches of grapes on vine rum
ming besid a house are found sheltered
beneath caves and cornices. It will
cost something to try this, but its adj
vantage in wet, cold season like the
present will pay large interest on the
amount invested. The higher price for
having the grapes even week earlier
will be enough in one or two years to
pay the expense.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Rarberry and Wheat Rust.

W. F. Brown writes in the Albany
Cultivator an experience which helps
to confirm the old-tashioned belief that
the barberry causes rust in wheat. The
rust began on the side next the fence,
where some barberry bushes were
planted, and spread thence across the
field. 1t attacked his wheat exposed to
it, while other wheat with a piece of
woods between it and the barberry
bushes escaped. It used to be quite
positively asserted by scientists that
wheat rust and barberry rust had no
connection with each other. Closer OBJ
servation has, however, shown that
the superficial conclusions Of scientists
were wrong, and old-lashioned farmers
were right. The rust on the two plants
differ in appearance, but the barberry
rust will, under favorable conditions,
produce the rust on wheat. In any
wheat-growing section barberry bushes
should therefore be destroyed root and
branch as the worst enemy the wheat
farmer has to contend against. Rust
may be, and often is, produced in
wheat without the aid of spoils from the
barberry, but in the latter plant the
rust lives from year to year, ready to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
White Glover Disappearing.

There is no sweeter or nutritious
heritage for any kind of stock than
white clover: It i, is hardy, too, and on IN
the ground without sowing. This is
what some farmers mean by saying that
clover is natural to certain soils. They
are usually such as either from negll-
gence or failure of seed do not get a
catch of other grasses. We suspect that
these natural white clover soils are
growing scarcer as farming improves.
It is the business OF the good farmer to
grow nothing except the crops he sows.
In getting rid of weeds the valuable
white clover must disappear also. But
there is always this consolation: A
well-tilled, natural soil for white clover
will probably grow it better than ever if
it is sown with it. But in the nature of
the case white clover seed must always
be expensive, and this will restrict Its
use except for lawns and special pur-
noses
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16

Our fashion in furs next winter may
be confidently expected to lean chiefly
to the skin of the Bokharan caracal, a
kind of lynx, about the size of fox and
of a uniform brown color, but with long
and black ears. At the great fair of
Mini Novgorod this fur was in the great
est demand, and the entire lot offered,
100000 skins, was bought for the Amer
lean market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-10-16
Insect Hiding Places.

Nearly all kinds of insects hibernate.
They go into winters sleep on the ap-
proach of cold weather, and the sever
est freezing, if not accompanied with
moisture, does them no harm. In
stinct teaches them to burrow and hide
under anything that will exclude rain.
A large fiat stone, if overturned quick
ly, will be found to shelter a multitude
of beetles OF various kinds, crickets and
insects, living, or, if the weather be
cold enough, sleeping, together in har-
mony. Piles of stones, heaps Of rails,
boards or any other kind of rubbish are
favorite refugees for the potato beetle
and other enemies of the farmer. The
rough bark of old apple trees often
shelters the cocoon of the boiling moth
worm grown in the apples OF the previ-
Gus season. Scrape off this bark when
the weather is cold, and the cocoon per-
ishes by exposure to rain and snow.
The old dead weeds in gardens are Of
ten a refuge for insects. Plow them
under, and at the same time upturn the
flat stones and rubbish under which in
sects may have hidden. This is the
chief objection to top-dressing gardens
and orchards in the fall, as the manure
makes such a good hiding place for in
sects. 1t is sometimes better to top
dress after extreme cold weather has
set in, then pillow the manure under
early enough for some of the spring
rains to destroy insect life before it re-
covers from winter torpor. A warm,
wet winter is less favorable to insect
life than our Northern climates of cold,
with the ground covered by mantle of
snow. Land that is over-plowed every
spring is reasonably protected from in
sects, except as they come from a dis
lance.