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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-09
OFFICIAL-PITTSBURG.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC Works, ;
PITTsBURG, PA, February 28, 1889 I
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN report of Viewers on the damages caused
by the grading of Oakland street, from Fifth
avenue to Bates street, has been approved by
Councils, which action will be final. unless an
appeal is filed in the Court of Common Pleas
within ten Q0) days from date.
E. NJ. BIGELOW,
fe2S-6 Chief of Department of Public Works
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RAILROns.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD- ON AAD
i after November Is 1888. trains leave Union
Station, Pittsburg, follows, Eastern SsanoAEo
Time: .r
New York and Chicago Limited Of Pullman fes-
A HtIantic Express res daily for the East. 500 am.
Mail train, daily. except Sunday 500 q M sun
day. mail, $40 q. m
Day express daily at $500 a. m.
Mall express daily at 1:00 p. m.
Philadelphia express daily at 4:5o p. m.
Eastern express daily at 7:l5 p. IN.
Sreensburg express $40 p. m. week days. y
Derry express 90 a. m. week days.
All through trains connect at Jersey City with
boats of 'sBrooklyn Annex'i for Brooklyn, N. Y:s
avoiding double ferriage and journey through ".
Trains arrive at Union Station as follows:
Mall Train daily s:5e p N.
p,cifc EInrpess N ~ - diai1v f.:a5 n n m m
Chicago Limited Express, daily. $50 p. m
Fast Line, daily p m
SOUTHWEST PENN RAILWAY.
For Uniontown, o:45 and SIS q. m. and As D..
m, without change Of cars; LEO 2. , m, c1nnsce ;o
'o"n WEST " Isl i PENNsYITANIH E is7 S ia DTVisiON.
From FEDERAL ST. STATION, Allegheny City.
Mail train. connecting for Bairsyile:.. s:46 q m
Express, for Blairsville, connecting for
Butler Accom-. ......s:2O a. m, 2:25 and 5:45 D. IA.
Sprin gdale Accom- 40 q. m. and 6:20 p m
Freeport Accom-. .........4Oo, s:15 and l0:39 p m.
North Apollo Accom-. .iO:5O a. m. and 500 ). m
Allegheny junction Accommodation
connecting for Butler.................. $40 m.
Blairsville Accommodation ........ .11:30 p. m.
Trains arrive at FEDERAL STREET STArIONS
Express. connecting from Butler. =. m.
RntIer rran zcco @ M i and 7S M
Blairsville Accomm odation. 9:52 D. N.
Freeport Accom-. 7:4O m. 1:S2 7:90 and II ;. m
On Sunday. 1910 a. m. and 800 p
Springdale Accom-. .6:7 a. m. and 3:02 p.
North Apollo Accom-: $40 a. m: and $40 p. m.
MONONGAHELA DIVISION.
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DENNS1LvANIA COMPANY'S LINES
III February 10 1882 Central Standard Time
TRAINS DEPART

Il February 10 1889, Central Standard Time.
TRAINS DEPART
AS follows from Union Station: For Chicago, 7:25
a. m, 12:20 loo, 7:45. except Saturday. u:a0
p. m: Toledo, 7:25 a. m, 1220, 90 and except
Saturday. IL 20 p M; Cressline 545 m: Cleve-
land $40 7:Z5 12:35 and II :05 m; New Cas-
tie and Youngstown, 7:05 a. m. R:20 3:45 D. m;
Youngstown and Miles, d 12:20 D. m; Meadvi1e,
Erie and Ashtabula. 7:05 a. m, 12:20 p m; Niles
and Jamestown. 3:45 p. m; Masstllon, 4:l0 p. m;
Wheeling and Bellaire, 6:l0a. 12:35 $3.50 p. m;
Beaver Falls, 400 sos p. m. $50 a. m. Leets-
dale. $50 n. IN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $50 a. m.; Beaver
Falls, S:15, 1l:O0 a. M: Enon, $500 p. Ieets-
dale, 10:00 liz m 2c0 4:30 4:45, $500 800 900
p. m; Conway, 1880 p. m; Fair Oaks u:40 q.
M: LeetsdaIe. 5 $40 D. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE Union station from Chicago,
except Monday I:5O, 500, 6:35 a M, 7:35 p.
m; Toledo. except Monday I:50, 6:35 a. m, 7:a5
p. M, Crestline 2:l0 p. M: Youngstown and
New Castle, 9:lO a. m, 12, 1856 10:l5 p. m. Niles
and Youngstown. 7:35 p. m. Cleveland, $50 u.
NJ, 2:25 7:45 p. M: Wheeling and Bellaire, 500.
a. m, 2:25, 7:45 p. m: Erie and Ashtabula, l:2,
10:15 p. M; Massillon. 1880 a. NJ; Niles and
jamestown. 9:10 a. m. Beaver Falls, 7:30 a. M,
1:10 D. M, S:25 D. m: Leetsdale, 1870 D. m.
ARRIVE ALLEGHENY From Enon, 500 a.
m: Conway, $50; Rochester, 9:40 a. m; Beaver
Fails, TAO a. m, $40 p. M; Leetsdale, $50 sla
7:45 a. m 1900 las 4:3O $40, 900 D. m.: Eair
Oaks, s:55 M; Leetsdale, sos p. m: Beaver
Falls. S S:25 p. m.
$, Sunday only; d, daily; other trains, except
Sunday. felf
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD-
ID Schedule in effect November %, 1883. For
Washington, u. c., Baltimore and Philadelphia,
'11:30 m. and "l020 pm. For Washington. q. T.,
and Baltimore, 1850 am. For Cum. .erland, To0,
s1l:SOa M: and '1O:2O p. m. For Connellsyille.
f:OO and r1l:30 m, fl:00 f4:00 and 'I0:2O D. M.
For Uniontown n 200 iii 30 a. M +I:OO and Fl.oO D
p. For Mt. Pleasant t7:0O and t11:So q. m, t1:o0
and t4:0O p. m. For Washington, Pa. T:31,
1880 m, -3:S9 t5:SO and $3.50 p. For Wheel
ing, .7:SO. 1890 am, .S;$S $50 ?; m. For Gin
Columbus, T:9O a: m, $3.50 p. m. For Newark
1880, 1880 M, s3:35, $3.50 p. m. For Chicago,
':9O, 1890 m. 'S:S5 and $3.50 p. m. Trains
rive from Philadelphia, Baltimore and " ashing-
Cincinnati and Chicago T:45 a m. and '9:10p. MI
From Wheeling, T:45 1850 a. m, t5:06, 1910 p,
m. Through sleeping cars to Baltimore, WASH
lngton and Cincinnati
For Wheeling, Columb bus and Cincinnati, u:55
p m saturday only. Connellsville &C. az $3.50
m
+Daily. tDafly except Sunday. SUNDAY only.
The Pittsburg Transfer Company will call for
and check baggage from hotels and residences
upon orders left at b. & D. Ticket ONCE, corner
Fifth avenue and Wood street.
W. NJ. CLEMENTS, CHAS. D. SCULL.
General Manager. Gen. Pass. A2t.
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FISH CHoWDRR.

Take two fine, fresh Goldfish, weighing
six pounds each; clean them well; cut
the fish lengthwise from the bone, and
cut it into pieces two inches square.
Chop up the bones and heads; put them
into a saucepan; add three quarts of warm
water, one red onion sliced, heaping tea.
spoonful of salt, dozen bruised pepper
corns and a few stalks of celery. Boil
until the fish drops from the bones; then
strain into another saucepan. Cut into
small squares one peck of small potatoes
and pound and half of salt pork; or
range the fish, pork and potatoes into
mounds; divide each equally into four
parts; add one quarter of the fish to the
stock, next quarter of the pork, then a
quarter of the potato and three pilot
crackers, broken into quarters, salt,
pepper and a little thyme. Repeat this
process until the remaining three-quarters
of pork, fish and potato are useds cover
all with warm milk; simmer slowly until
the fish is tender, care being taken that
the soup does not boil over; now taste
for seasoning, serve as neatly as possible.
This is the old-fashioned New England
fish chowder.-MeU York Sun.
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The Eyes Of Great Men.

An oculist who has made the human
eye study for thirty years, and who has
examined many famous mems eyes, de-
clared the other day that the Thorough
bred American" eye was steel blue In
color.
"Would you 7ay that blaok-eyed and
brown-eyed men are deficient in intel
lect?"
"Not that, to be sure, since history has
afforded some examples Of able men
whose eyes possessed this pigment. But,
undeniably, among the people Of higher
civilization eyes grow lighter in hue, and
there are to-day far more blue-eyed per
sons than there were century ago. Ii
you will be at pains to inquire the color
of the eyes of Bismarck, Gladstone, Hux-
ley, Virchow, Buchner, Benan, in fact OF
any of the living great, as well as of the
great army of the dead who in life dis
tinguished themselves, you will learn
that most of them have, or had, eyes OF
blue or gray. It has seemed to me, that
the pigment is in the way; that it oh.
scures the objects presented to the visual
organ, aud that the aspiring mind seek
ing the greatest light casts it off,
PhilddeJphaa Press.
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Compliments of Many Countries.

The Hindoo falls in the dust before his
superior.
The Chinaman dismounts when a great
man goes by.
It is common in Arabia Petree to put
cheek to cheek.
In Germany brothers kiss each other
every time they meet.
Germans consider it an act of polite
ness to kiss lady's hand.
A japanese removes his sandals, crosses
his hands and cries out: "Spare me. "
The Burmese pretend to smell of q
persons face, pronounces it sweet and
ask for a "smell."
A striking salutation of the South Sea
Islands is to fling jar of water over the
head of friend.
In some of the South Sea Islands natives
spit on their hands and then rub the face
of the complimented person.
The Australian natives practice the
singular custom, when meeting, of stick
ing out their tongues at each other.
The Arabs hug and kiss each other,
making simultaneously a host of inquiries
about each others health and prospects.
The Turk crosses his hands upon his
breast and makes profound obeisance,
thus manifesting his regard without com
ing in personal contact with its object.
A Moorish gentleman rides at his
friends at gallop, shoots his pistol, and
fancies that he has done everything in
the line of courtesy which can be ex-
pected of him.
An Englishman, meeting his brother
after twenty years of separation, will say
Chow do you do, Jack?" will shake
hands, and will be quite contented with
an answering "How are you9'
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Labrador Home Life in Winter.

If there be. anything like social, or
home-life in Labrador, it exists exclusive
ly in the long, frozen night of the win
ter. Then the entire inhabitants retire
from the bowling coast to winter quar-
tiers within the trifing shelter of spruce
forests and protecting river crags, and
from their burrows of sod, hut and ice,
sally forth in their sledges or cometiques
to "visit" each other in their storm-swept
settlements for distances of hundreds OF
miles. These trips are made over the
glistening snow at the rate of sixty to 100
miles per day, by the aid of their gaunt
and ferocious dogs which are kept in SUBJ
mission by that cruelest and deadliest Of
all drivers scourges, the Esquimaux
whip. Its handle is not a foot long, but
the lash is often forty feet in length, and
the drivers are so skilled in its use that a
piece can be struck out of "leader," or
''guide," dogs ear at a distance of from
thirty to forty feet. These dogs, fully
$50 of which I saw at Hopedale, are
simply species of partly domesticated
wolves. They are fed on fish once each
day. In the summer. they are sources
of endless terror about the coast settle
ments; but life would be impossible here
without their use in winter. These Wis
iting tours are marked by the most prodi-
gal hospitality; and good deal of rude
pleasure, indeed all these far-away humans
in any manner secure, is enjoyed. But
Labradorian life is an endless round of
inane, sodden fruitlessness at best. The
summer is passed in a scourging effort
for winters provision. Winter brings
its struggles to prevent death by cold and
hunger. These human animals seem
born to exist, be robbed and to die.
One turns from the slightest glimpse of
land and people, heart-s;ck from irrevo-
cability of the hopelessness of both.
Labrador can never be less than what
Jaoues Cartier truly termed it in 1854,
"the land given to Cain. ."-7inses- Demo-
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How Bodies Are Gremated in Alaska.

A lady resident of an Alaskan settle
ment who accompanied us to cemetery
saw young Indian burned but a few
days before and described to us the pro-
cess and the scene. A sheet is first spread
on the ground; on this is placed mat
of bark which is covered with gravel; ;
then four logs are laid side by side; the
body of the dead, wrapped in his blanket
with only the face exposed to view, is
placed thereon and other logs are laid
along the sides and across the ends of the
first, like the building of a "cob house. "
The whole Is then saturated with oil and
set on fire. During the process of crema-
ton the clothes and blankets of the de-
ceased are laid on the pile and consumed
with the body, the men forming an inner
circle and chanting a dirge, the women
wailing in an outer circle. The ashes
are then gathered up, placed in box,
which is deposited in the family tomb
with some of his personal belongings to
which he was most attached. Peering
into the one tomb we saw small trunk
which had belonged to the child whose
ashes it contained, and two dolls daintily
dressed were lying upon it and several
other toys were suspended near it. On
the outside of the chiefs tomb was nailed
and suspended a Chilcat blanket worth
$50 or $40, according to the price of a
similar one which we had been watching
a souaw make. About nine-tenths of
these Indians burn their dead, a custom
which it may be better to perpetuate and
initiate than to abolish. Washington
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TWO RECIPES FOR CEMENT.

A French scientific journal gives re-
cipe for cement which is coming into
use, and which is said to be harder and
more enduring than any other known.
1t is made by mixing glycerine with ith-
arge (oxide of lead). The preparation
seems to be very simple; the finely pow
dered itharge, after being dried at a
high temperature, has glycerine added to
it until the mixture is of the necessary
consistency, that of thick mortar.
Another recipe for cement for diff
ferent purpose, namely for the attachment
of paper labels to metal, has also been
lately published. The metal is dipped
into a strong solution of soda, and is af-
terward washed over with the juice of
an onion. Paper pasted to surface so
prepared, will, it is said, stick with such
tenacity that it is almost impossible to
release it without destruction.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Baked meat is an abomination. So
called 'sroast" meat cooked in ovens is
delusion and a snare.
For black eye: Paint it with a mix
ture of equal parts of tincture capsici and
gum arabic and some glycerine.
Applying kerosene with a rag when
you are about to put tyour stoves away for
the summer will help to prevent them
from rusting.
Spiced plums: One gallon plums, one
pint of vinegar, one quart sugar, CHINA
mon and cloves whole. Boil several
hours and seal.
Delicious wafies: Half pint of cold
boiled farina, half pint of rice flour,
two tablespoonfuls of wheat flour, one
pint of milk, one tablespoonful of butter,
two eggs, we'll beaten.
Butter can be kept in good condition
in hot weather by placing over it large
unglazed earthenware crock, inverted.
Wrap a wet cloth around the crock and
set it in draft of air.
Salt sprinkled on any substance burn
ing on the stove will stop the smoke and
smell. Salt thrown upon Goals blazing
from the fat of broiling chops of ham will
cause the blaze to subside.
Lavender water: Put one pound of
fresh lavender with one pint of water into
farina boiler, cover and steep slowly for
one hour, take from the fire, add two
quarts of alcohol, filter, and bottle for
use.
Lime and alkali stains may beremoved
from white goods by simply washing. In
the case of colored goods and silks the
goods should be moistened and citrlc
acid, much diluted, applied with the
finger.
To frost window tie piece of putty
up in piece of cheese cloth. Having
cleaned the glass perfectly, rub the putty
over it in smooth lines, let it dry and
then varnish the glass. 1t will ''stand"
considerable steam.
To clean porcelain saucepans, fill them
half full of hot watet and put in the
water tablespoonful of powdered borax
and let it boil. If this does not remove
all the stains, scour well with cloth
rubbed with soap and borax.
For hard boiled eggs, cook them twcn-
ty minutes in water just bubbling. The
yelk of an egg cooked ten minutes in
rapidly boiling water is toug h and indi-
gestible; cooked twenty minutes it is
dry, mealy and easily digested.
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A Remarkable Organ.

An organ which would appear to be
unprecedented in some of its parts and
appointments has been erected in Libau,
Russia. Its size is such as to occupy the
whole width of the church, about sixty
feet, and it has the unqualified number
of 131 registers, 5000 pipes and fourteen
bellows of large size, and there are also
four harpsichords and one pedal. The
largest pipe is formed of planks three
inches thick and thirty -one feet in length,
and has section of seven square inches,
and weighs nearly 1900 pounds. In ad-
dition to the large number of registers
there are also twenty-one accessory stops
which permit of combining various parts
of the instrument without having direct
recourse to the registers; and by spe-
cial pneumatic combination the player
can couple the four harpsichords thus OBJ
tanning surprising results. The remarka-
bic character of this instrument may be
Judged of, from the fact that the organ in
the cathedral of Riga has 125 registers
that of the Garden City cathedral, 12O;
Albert Hall, London, 100; cathedral oi
Ulm, 100; St. Georges Hall, Liverpool,
100: Nntra nama. Paris-- 90.--
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A Blne Lobster.

Agenuine blue lobster of good size has
been capturedAt Marshfeld, Mass. Moth
ing of the sort has been found before
in those waters, although case was re-
ported some years ago from Long Island
Sound. This lobster is of a pure ultra
marine blue of handsome shade. Along
the back the color of this singular crusta-
cean is almost as dark as indigo, but at
the sides it is as light as robins egg,
and in the joints of the shell shades
away to a delicate cream color. In an
ordinary lobster these parts would be
shaded in dark and light greens. The
claws of the blue lobster are slightly
mottled in shades of blue and purple on
top and most delicate cream under
meath. The lobster car has been CEN
ter of interest for the curious since the
capture. It was caught in IN ordinary
pot, and it differs in no way except in
color from other HOLSTERS. 1t will be
boiled for the sake of seeing to what
color it will turn during the process
Neao York Times.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
PEACH sHoRTCAKE.

One quart of -four, one teaspoonful OF
salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
have them heapingi two tablespoonfuls
of butter, one pint rich milk; mix this
into smooth dough just soft enough to
handle, divide into two equal parts, roll
out to the size of an ordinary pie plate
and place on buttered tin and bake about
twenty minutes; have two dozen peaches
peeled and cut in slices, separate the cakes
without cutting them, use half of the
peaches to cover the bottom halves of the
shortcake, sprinkle plentifully with! sugar
and cream, lay on the top piece, with the
crust downward; use the rest of the fruit
over them and sugar plentifully.-Nev
York World.
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A Remedy for Insomnia.

A writer in the st. Louis G3o5e-Dem
crat says: The abuse of the eye is the
crime of the age. I am prepared to dem
onstrate that at least nine-tenths of the
prevailing sleeplessness of which we hear
so much is due to nervousness directly
traceabIe to the optic nerve. We are
wearing our eyes out over books and
desks and types, and the effect shows it.
self not only in the appearance OF the
organ itself but in its retroactive effect
on nerve and brain. I have discovered
remedy for slecplessness, and for the
reason have never known it to fail am
fortified in my opinion that the whole
trouble arises from the ,overstraia of the
eyes. Take soft cloth-saya piece OF
mapped towcl-and fold in it two small
pieces af ice at distance apart to ex-
actly cover the eyes when the cloth Is
laid across them. Then lie down, adjust
the cloth with the ice over the closed
eyes and you will be asleep in very
short while.
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FOR POTATO SALAD.

Nice for tea. Take six large cold,
boiled potatoes, three hard-boiled eggs,
few leaves of lettuce or sprigs of pars-
ley, and an onion, if you like (omit the
onion if you object to it), chopped up
together. Sprinkle celery seed over it
and enough salt and pepper to season the
salad well; then heat in a stew-pan q
tablespoonful of good butter. When it
begins to brown add three tablespoonfuls
of vinegar and teaspoonful Of sugar.
Pour this over the salad and mix thor
oughly. Serve on a pretty dish, or
heaped on platter, garnished with al
ternate slices of hard-boiled egg and
picked beet, or with parsley. I think it
quite essential to that desirable sensation
we have when we sit at pretty, we'll
arranged and well-laden table, that the
principal dishes be ganished in some
way.-Fdrm and FSrsside.
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Novelties Of New Guinea Exploration.

Advices from New Guinea state that
Sir William McGsegor, the Governor
has recently completed the exploration Of
hitherto unknown portions of the island.
He made successful ascent of the high
est peak of the Mount Owen Stanley
range, named Mount Victoria, which at
tains an altitude of 13, ,121 feet.
The climate was perfect, the weather
at an altitude Of about 5000 feet being
clear and cold. On the summit daisies,
buttercups, forget-me-nots, grasses and
heaths were growing and larks were seen.
Icicles and white frosts were met with.
No natives were seen above an altitude
hof four thousand feet. The country
traversed by the party was very mount
ainous. No table land was discovered.
The geological formation of the country
is mainly decomposed slate and quartz.
There was no sign of gold specimens.
Natives were met on two occasions. They
were extremely friendly, but supersti-
tious. They were stout, well built men,
with short legs. Women were never
seen. Cultivation paddocks were fenced
in and sweet potatoes, yams and sugar
cane were plentiful. Tobacco was also
grown. The natives had no warlike i'm
plements.
Particular attention was paid to head
dresses, which were made of shells pro-
cured from the eastern coast of German
New Guinea, showing that there was
friendly communication across the Owen
Stanley range.
Sir William McGregor collected many
specimens of new plants, among others
some beautiful yellow rhododendrons, all
of which have been forwarded to Baron
Won Mueller for report, and a great num-
Der of new grasses, large patches OF which
were discovered on Mount Victoria.
Mr.. Goodwin, naturalist, secured speci-
mems of several new birds. An animal was
seen something like native bear, but with
long tail. Its color was dusty brown
black. In the extremities it had five
claws and its tail was bushy. Its esti-
mated wei ght was sixty ponnds.
The birds in the lower attitudes were
the same as those before seen except the
new paradise bird, similar to the great
epinachus. They procured a female
Astrachia stephania, the only bird of
that species being in the museum at Ber-
lin. Among the birds are some identi-
cal with the English lark. Unfortunate
ly they were eaten by one of the Polyne-
slams. A few chronological specimens
were obtained, among which were milk
white butterflies. Many were seen, but
only few were captured.