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THE WESTERN COWBOY.
Qualities That Are Necessary for n Ranch-
man to Have.


Philadelphia Times.l
To be successful cowboy one must be
skilful IN four qualities. He must be good
rider, have complete control of his lariat,
good knowledge of the country and be a
keen judge of cattle, and their brands.
Riding all sorts of horses, as he does, soon
gives him an intuitive knowledge as to
whether any particular horse will give him
trouble and when once on he has got to
stick for all he knows how. His rope comes
in handy 30 times day either to catch some
maddened COW or runaway calf, to haul
wood and hundreds of other uses Without
a knowledge of the country he could
never pilot branch of cattle to the main
herd or could he look up strays and final
ly other cattle men would palm off the most
miserable specimens upon him if he could
not tell food beef from bad. His readiness
to distinguish and knowledge of the various
marks used to denote ownership is exceed
ingly important, especially in the spring,
as disputes frequently arise.
All these qualities a really good cowman
excels in and when to these is added cheer-
fulness, adaptability, and good huuor it is
hard to find more pleasant companion.
The life is hard, but the freedomIand excite
ment seem in most instances to outweigh
the hardships.
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Nor ALI Her FnuIt

''Maria," demanded Mr. Billus, with
much severity, "do you mean to tell me you
paid 80 cents for that lot of worthless auc-
tion trumpery? Are you never going to
learn the value of money?''
How can you expect me to learn any
thing about it, John, when have only
81 so a week to practice on?" replied Mrs.
Billus, sweetly, and John stole softly out
into the woodshed and kicked himself.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
COMPRESSED AIR,
The Success With Which IL 10 Used as a
Motive Power In Paris.

The Success With Which it 10 Used as a
Motive Power In Paris.
Engineering and Mining Journal
Everyone who has visited Paris in recent
years must have noticed at the corner of the
streets, in the rooms of the principal hotels
and public buildings, the pneumatic clocks.
In the apartment in which they are placed
you do not hear the usual ticking of the
clock, but sound sharp and clear, which is
repeated each minute. The mechanism is
extremely simple, the important part being
a small cylinder, furnished with a piston,
Joined to small flexible metallic tube and
to a system of pipes connecting with these
in the street. Each minute wave circu-
lates through the whole system of pipes,
marking progressive movement on the
face of all the clocks The number of these
clocks on the 31st Of October last amounted
to $500. Their installation has been largely
facilitated by the existence of the sewers in
which the pipes are placed. According to
English ideas, these sewers should be
rather called subways, as they are spacious,
high and furnished with sidewalks, SO that
a man can walk in them with ease.
The compressed air is supplied as power
to IL sewing machine shops, four ice-mak-
ing establishments, SO turner's, each taking
ABOUT Two horsepower, 10 printing houses
requiring about 43 horsepower, So wood
working factories taking 20 horsepower,
and to sc various industries Paris offers
a specially good field for this system as the
police regulations do not allow boilers
above the basement floor, and there are
many industries requiring small power
which could not oteconomically employ separ-
ate steam engines and boilers. The gas en-
gines offer many advantages to the small
manufacturers, but when gas is as dear as
it is in Paris it is not economical
These facts explain the great success of
air power in Paris, and in less
than two years its progress has been enor-
nous. In the interval between October 81
and December 20, of last year, IS horse
power additional has been supplied for mo-
tive force, and for electric lighting; 264
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
address Communications for this department
to E. r. CHADBoURN LeViston, MdtDe.

6N-AT HOME AND ABROAD.
I am very soft and light,
Trembling if you breathe on me;
But am mostly out Of sight,
As many truest comforts be.
Often from the lips Of youth,
In modest way 1 come;
But I tell you of a truth,
IT'S signal there for fun.
Some of England's lands we I'll,
In a poor and barren way;
Farming many sandy hill
When the sheep and lambkins stray.
And rendezvous are we,
Lying off the coast of Kent,
Where ships at anchor you may see
Until on active service sent.
P. SHAW.
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A MIssiorary steam Gonr.

'If we are trying to bring Hottentots to the
knowledge of Jesus Christ 1t never occurs to
us to set up on our Atlantic coast some colossal
steam gong, and sound npon it prodigious
thumps of invitation to them to cross to our
own evangelized continent for the purpose of
breaking with their idols of wood and stone,
and turning to the living God. We bring the
missionaries to the heathen. and not the
heather to the missionaries. But as dis
tance becomes less, and the candidates for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
The Appreciated Party.

New York Weekly.j
Mr.. Bouillon-Yes, sir, am q profess
sional cook, and it gives me pleasure to
think thatI belong to profession that is
fully appreciated. When a particularly
palatable dish is set before you, your graft
tude goes out to the cook, does it not?
Mr. Dlinks-Well, to tell the truth, my
gratitude generally goes out to the waiter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
why He Wanted to Move.

Texas Siftings.l
Jack Borrowit-I think I'll have to move
next week, Mrs. Pancake.
Mrs. Pancake-7Mr. Borrowit, haven't 1
always treated you with the greatest consid-
Grafton? If your money wasn't ready, I've
been willing to wait day or two.
II know it, ma'am, but you've put in the
room over me a family with two small chill
dren, and next door a man who plays the
banjo.
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630-UNIMPoRTANT.

Clipped and not Of legal t0efght.
Dinli1fshed. scantt, moderate,
come before you. lively, gay,
And in an dcsfUe, TlinIbLe way,
For am uoLdtiIe and small
And neither strong nor dense at all.
Though Udzton and ttnchdste be,
Loose, and induL0fHg LeuttU,
/ am not gross or burde1lsonle,
Howe'er unsteady become.
/ own Pm unimportdnt quite
And i,,consideTdte. trftfipg, slight;
Therefore cannot be aggressive,
Nor vehement. nor oppressive
Clear of tmpedinleTst am l,
Not di1icut to those who try.
NELsoNIAN.
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Rights and Duties.

THE Rev. DIR. ]. G. Roberts, formerly of
Kansas City, now of Brooklyn, read a paper
before recent gathering of the american
Clerical Union," on "Rights and Duties" the
key to which is found in this sentence: There
has been of late clamorous universal cry for
rights-rights of capital. of labor, of won en-,
etc., with very slight mention of, or regard for,
duties"
There is truth in the statement. The old
sense of duty" has been supp.anted by de-
sire for the enjoyment of rights and privileges.
Rights are essential These have been
wrenched, too often; from the grudgiDg hand
of oppression as the result of the solemn pro-
tests of martyred patriotism. They have walked
from scaffold to scaffold and from stake to
stake-have fought their way up and out like
a thunder storm against the organized selfish
ness of human nature. Men may justly claim
and exact their rights.
But duties are no less important. There is
the force of gravitation in the word ought
When we have our rights, when we should
begin to practice our duties. Rights relate to
the individual Duties relate to the COM
munity. Rights are what we should have
Duties are what we should do Rights are in
herent. Duties are diffusive. Rights are what
we appropriate. Duties are what we give
forth. If it is indeed true that lit is more
blessed to give than to receive, /" then we should
put even more emphasis upon duties than on
rights Rather let it De said they should 90
together. They are united, like the late Siamese
twins by vital ligament The inquiry of a
Christian is. not what can get out of the
world, but what can put into itf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
SUNDAY THOUGHTS
ON
MORALS MANNERS
BY A CLERGYMAN.
LwR1TTrN roR THr p1spATcH. J

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.l
People who are superstitious are in high
feather, these days. They remind the skep-
tical that the year began with an eclipse on
the 1st of January and will end with an
eclipse on the 31st of December; and, ask
ing triumphantly, what might not be ex-
pected in such a portentous twelvemonth?
point by way of an answer to the elemental
furies which have smitten the Conemaugh
Valley and the city of Seattle lin the New
World and Hong King IN the Old. What
next? they inquire.
Plain and upimaginative folks regard
these happenings as condolences. We re-
member that fire and water have broken
loose before; and the only new thing is the
electric girdle which to-day runs into every
newspaper Office and makes these occurrences
a matter of universal and simultaneous
knowledge.
How much latent heroism there is in
lying around loose, waiting for an oppor-
tunity to reveal ITSELF How many heroes
there are whom we never suspect of being
such until they lift themselves into uncon-
cious grandeur on the arrival of the occasion.
we thought them common, coarse. illiterate,
selfsh-good fellows not to know. But when
the steamer was sinking, when the railroad
train jumped the track; when the mill dam
gave way and flooded the valley with desola-
tion, 10. these men were the only clear. headed
and self-sacriticing ones. They measured up
to the hour and died to keep others alive.
Read this account of one such hero yonder at
Johnstown, and then take off your hat to your
kind.
Just before the disaster of Friday broke
upon the town a man came riding down the
road that passes through Conemaugh to Johns
town. like some angel of wrath, shouting his
portentous warning, Run for your lives to tne
hillsl Run to the hills |" The people crowded
out of their houses along the street, awe
struck and wondering Nobody knew the
man, and some thought he was q maniac, and
laughed. On at a quick pace he rode, and
shrilly rang out his awful cry. In few mo-
ments however, there came wave OF ruin
down the broad streets, down the narrow
alleys, grinding, twisting, hurting, overturnIng,
crashing, annihilating the weak and the strong.
Forty feet high, some say; 90, according to
others, was this sea, and it Travelled with IN
credible swiftness. On and on raced the rider,
and on and on rushed the wave.
Dozens of people took heed to the warning
and ran up to the hills. Poor, faithful rider;
it was an unequal contest, Just as he turned
across the railroad bridge the mighty wave fell
upon him, and horse, rider and bridge all went
into chaos together.
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632-NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

63Z-NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
80. s. 6, is to strike.
SO, II, IS, SO, 81 72 is masculine name.
81, 63 q, SO. 76 73, 13 was an ancient philoso-
Il 80. 10, ~ So, So, So. 81 sS is poisonous
plant.
%. H. 81, 81, IS 40. g. S5 16 49, g. 7s 70 was an
important region in West Virginia during the
Civil War.
a. l5 9 is a turf.
IL, So, 81, S. g. 66, q 81 4S, 81 names an Ameri-
can author.
Il, II a, 40, SO, 40 was the Goddess Of Morn
ing. (Myth.)
S. H. g. so Is bird.
8, /, IS, 70, IA 81, 75 is a much-esteemed fish.
81, q IS e. so is famed woman Of Greek
mythology.
g. Z 8 10 is musical instrument.
45, "a, 30, IS, 28 81. so is to train.
81, AZ, g. 43, 20, q is garland.
Whole, of 81 letters, is q quotation from
Byron. Don JUAN.
ALLEGHENY, PA.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

T was evening, and
the streets in the
town of Jackville
were all alive with
people, because there
was a great circus in
the place and every
body had come out
to see it and enjoy
the funny capers of
the clown, the grand
gymnastic feats of
II
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16

A fashionable bootmaker of Chicago says
the average shoes outfit of a fashionable
bride costs 500. But then it must be re-
membered that the shoes are made for the
Chicago foot, and that leather is dear.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16

Miss Chamberlayne : What does your
father, the baron, call his estate on the
Rhine?
Herr vbn Grif-It vos named, BY mein
grossiadSr, der casdle of Scheinderblitzen-
schonenberghenhausen
Miss qhamberlsyne-Thank you; I'm aw-
fully sorry to have troubled yop.-Judge !,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
6S1-CHARADE.

Eternity holds rich rewards,
Primes noblest efforts there are crowned;
Oh, may we 'gainst temptations guard;
Our totals with good works abound.
Our second here may we improve,
And wisdom's nobler heights attain,
Not taking when tits ours to give,
Nor counting smaller efforts vain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
Short sunday Selections.

NOT to detract from the fame of Father Da-
mien, the heroic leper priest of Molokai, in the
Sandwich Islands, it ought to be borne in mind
that Roman Catholics and Protestants are
about equally numerous, and that Protestant
native minister who had come to Molokai in
charge of his leprous wife, is also doing efh-
cient work there, and all this is the product OF
Christianity but half a century cd.
JUDGE ToURGEE in an article in The Forum,
says: "The African Methodist Church-which
has not white man among its members or any
organic relations with any white church organ
izstion, reports membership of 5000 it has
1900 places of worship, numbers 10000 minis
ters, has 1900 Sabbath schools, supports its
own denomiDatiOnal papers, has missionaries
in the West Indies, Mexico and Africa, and
its reported contributions foot up more than
100000 annually for the support of church
work.
OVER 100000 copies of gospel hymns have
been issued in this country and in England.
IT is estimated that in Paris $1,000 persons
who were formerly free-thinkers and indiffer-
ent to their religious interests are under gospel
influence through the MAll Mission.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
THE MAY WINNERS.

The prizes offered for the best lots of answers
for the month of May are awarded j. Bosch,
Salem, Ohio, and Ellen Maynard, Allentown,
Pa. No competitor succeeded in getting . list
very nearly complete
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
633-LOGOGRAM.

633-LoGoGRAM.
OF eight different letters are we, intact;
If you take us by three and five.
We are statement Of a wIntry fact
Or plants in the spring which thrive.
Just take us now by four and four,
In the animal kingdom we'n be
The bright-hued flowers of spring no more,
In spite of our longings are we.
IT'S true that we open and close the same,
That we live till our owner dies;
But we're ugly and clammy and cold and fame
To us never poem applies,
Although ages ago in describing Juno
A poet almost praised our mistress eyes.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
Thick and Strclne.

It has apparently come to stay. The
Vigor is evidently great aid to nature"
j. B. Williams, Floresvilae, Texas.
"I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
the past four or five years and find it a
most satisfactory dressing for the hair.
1t is all could desire, being harmless,
causing the hair to retain its natural
color, and requiring but small quantity
TO render the hair easy To arrange
Mrs. NJ. A. Bailey, Ch CharleS street,
Haverhill, Mass.
"I have been using Aytbr's Hair Vigor
for several years, and bel ieve that it has
caused my hair to reteIin its natural
color."-Mrs. H. J. King, Dealer in
Dry Goods, &c., BishopviIle, Md.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
Save Your Hair

PY timely use of Ayers Hair Vigor.
- This preparation has no equal as .
dressing. 1t keeps the scalp clean, cool,
and healthy, and preserves the color,
fullness, and beauty of the hair.
at was rapidly becoming bald and
gray; but after using two or three
bottles of Ayers Hair Vigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the original
color was restored. MELVIN Aldrich,
Canaan Centre, N. II.
Some time ago lost all my hair in
consequence of measles. After due
waiting, no new growth appeared. I
then used Ayers Hair Vigpr and my
hair grew
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
634-RIDDLE,

had little dog
With which used to play;
will not tell his name,
You can guess it any day;
But alittle devil came one time,
And led my poor dog away;
Then / felt so very sad
| could hardly get along,
When a meliorator came
And righted up the wrong.
q ARTIBUS LAURENTIUs,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
628-CuRTAILMENTs


In Webster you'll see that Wotton says
need a temper fresh and COO"
That in my keeping you may trust &.
Milk, wine, and mayhap dairy tool.
Curtail my name, and a substance rich
And unctuous, yellow as pure gold,
Seen daily in the most of homes,
Here likewise you may now behold.
Curtan again. to Western wilds
Take me a journey if you will;
Behold that peak; mountain? nay:
But yet too high to be termed hill
If again you curtail, upon its slopes
Two gracefully frolicking lambs appear;
My present form tells you what they do
When either one ventures the other one near.
But If you're inclined to dock yet again,
Pm mark to be shot at, an object of aim.
And again, then my favorite drink resign,
And once more, if you leave me there's no
one to blame.
Now I'm left all alone, and feel pretty cross;
Let me be, or think will sting;
In which case you might wish to curtan me
again.
For a yengeful and venomous thing.
HAPPY THOUGHT.
69-ANAGRAMs.
Geographical
]. begin r. A T., Rat q Date it Sunset.
8. rails at u. 4. Scold Nat. 3. 0! nine mats.
9. Philip had ale.
2. Coarsest. g. Lol A. dimes. g. OF see N.
dig. 10. Stir Sadie. IL A clear top.
Miscellaneous.
Il Do mine on satin 13 This stone man. Il
If my cat Is on it. Is. Lee can drive. 16. So
Mary Is In. II. No, NJ, praise his pen.
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ANSWERS

617-Because they are my own.
6lS-Puzzles, riddles, enlgmas, anagram.
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This had no reference or relation to the
keeping of the seventh day holy, nor was it
framed in the belief that Friday was an un-
lucky day, nor was there any special holy or
superstitious observance about it-it simply
meant that the employees were to have half
holiday for rest and recreation every week.
This is a good arrangement all around.
Nothing will be lost, and much probably be
gained. Everybody knows that the store is
closed on Friday afternoon, SO they buy all
they want on other days.
In viewing the magnificent park of
Brooklyn the contrast with home crept in,
and the thought came, when will Pittsburg,
with all its wealth, prosperity and pros
poets, give to its citizens park Is it not
shameful that a city of toilers-a city of
such advantages, privileges and power as
Pittsburg should be SO far behind the age
in what constitutes the advantage of its
people Prospect Park is liberal educa-
tion for the citizens of Brooklyn, to say
nothing of its benefcence as to health and
happiness.
Brooklyn is also known familiarly as the
City Of Churches, and to the stranger within
its gates it would seem that they hardly live
zp to their privileges as to piety and their
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1B-AN AGRAMS.
GeonrnnhfcdL

l. begin r. A. T., Rat. 2. Date it Sunset.
8. A rails at U. 4. Scold Nat. 5. o. nine mats.
8. Philip had ale.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-11-22

play. They did things differently IN her
day. She thought the young couple little
spoiled by their prosperity.
"Thsy must all go back" continued
Maud, 'but in another shape. Every pickle
fork represents an obligation. Every spoon
demands return present. 1t may not be
for years, but at some time the sacrifice
must be made. do wish those people had
al kept their presents. / shall just feel
like poor minister's wife in a congregation
bonnet. l know 1 shall"
Nonsense" chimed in Harold. Its aw-
fully jolly having the family silver pro-
vided for you by strangers, or, at best, mere
acquaintance. Where's the lista Smith,
Tompkins, Brown, Green, De White and
the rest Well, we can't stay here and
count 1t all day. Suppose we leave the ex-
hibisiop and go out for a ride. Mother will
look after it."
"No, mol" cried Maud's mother, in
actual alright. II wouldn't take the re.
sponsibility for the world. You had better
lock 1t up and keep the key until it is
moved"
That night the old house dog barked long
and loud from his kennel, but nobody
heeded him. In the morning the west win.
dow upstairs was open and all the wedding
silver had been stolen.
SIS every bit of it gomez" asked Maud,
Historically.
Every pickle fork of it," answered
Harold.
"Oh, am so gladl' cried Maud. st is
such relief to be free of it. l hope shall
never see piece of it again"
1.-THE burglars took the silver, but they
left the obligation" remarked Harold.
"Then they can come back and get it,
said Maud, defiantly. 81 can't eat pickles
with an obligation. wash my hands of the
whole business, and will not be reminded
every time put morsel in my mouth OF
the De Whites and Smiths It's blessed
relief
~ told you thirteen was an unlucky mum.
ber," said Harold, sententiously
mot for u.s." laughed Maud.
Mrs NJ. L. RAYNE.