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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

ters and inaugural would likely provoke q
smile in any popular assemblagein America
to-day:
When was first honored with call to the
service of my country, then on the eve Of an
ardupus strugglesfor its liberties, the light in
which contemplated my duty required that ]
should reAounce every pecuniary Compensation.
From this resolution / have in no instance de-
parted, and being still under the impression
which produced it, ! must decline as inapp1ica-
Bile to myself, any share in the personal emolu-
ments which may be indispensably included in
q permanent provision for the Executive De
partment-From Washington's inaugural ad-
dress, April 80, 1889.
take the liberty also to mention that must
decline having my acceptance considered as de-
serving after 1t any immediate charge upon
the public, and that / cannot receive any
emoluments annexed to the appointments be.
fore entering into situation to incur expense.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
MT. Vernon letter, July 18 l7ea, on receiv-
ing appointment of commandments.
SIMPLE CONFESSION.
On the 4th of March, 1889, wishing to pay
some debts and defray some expenses pre-
cedlng his unostentatious and inexpensive
Inauguration, Washington wrote to Richard
Cowan, who evidently had money to loan
on good security:
years have experienced the want of money
Short crops, and other causes not entirely
within my control, make me feel it now very
sensibly. Under this statement am inclined
to do what never expected to be driven to-
that is, to borrow money on interest. Five
hundred pounds would enable me to discharge
what owe in Alexandra, etc. Having thus
fully and candidly explained myself, permit
me to ask If it is in your power to supply me
with the above or a similar sum. Any security
you may like can give and you may be as
sured that it is no more my inclination than it
can be yours to let it remain long unpaid.
Il dear sir VOur 0hadiQnt servant
g. WASHINGTON.
How sharply this simple confession by
the first President of his pecuniary embar-
rassment and request for aloan with promise
of prompt payment contrasts with the gift
taking, purse-raising and raids on the public
treasury for the benefit Of some one of our
later speculating Presidents and their spend
thrift families. j. W. BREEN.
Ross TOWNSHIP. May4.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
$155

At this price we offer Mems Suits
of such styles and makes as our
competitors, who prefer the slow
shilling to the quick six pence, ask
$40 for. These suits are made from
fine imported Corkscrews, CASH
meres and Tweeds. They're all
trimmed and made in an absolutely
faultless manner and are superior
to any suit made to order for S25.
You can't tell their value until You
see 'em and you should come
early.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
$12

Mems good and handsome Suits;
blue and black Worsteds, all-wool
Scotches, Checks, Stripes, Plaids,
Tweeds, Cassimeres in stylish mix.
lures and solid colors; all shapes Of
sacks, cutaways and frocks. There
isn't another clothing house in this
city but what gets at least SIS for
like value suits. You can come in
our store and take choice for Sra
only.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
$16

Suits for business, walking, dress
or traveling-in. short for every
sort of wear. Frock, Getaways,
Prince Albert and Sacks, made of
Cheviots, 'Worsteds, plain and
mixed Cassimeres, Scotch plaids,
checks, stripes. $40 is our ordinary
price for these superb suits. Now
before you pay s2a and perhaps
more for suit, come and see these
and save the extra dollars. All
sizes, from SO to AZ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
$40

At this popular price we show a
large and superior assortment of
sacks, frocks and cutaways-dressy
Worsteds, soft Cassimeres, business
like Cheviots, and they're all-wool
goods mind you-not a thread of
cotton about 'em. You have choice
of solid colors, mixtures, stripes,
checks and broken plaids and
they're of such grand value that
you could consider yourself lucky
if you paid no more than $I4 in
any other store.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
Health in Old Age.

Edward Collnson, Queens, N Y, says: 'I
commenced using Brapdreth's Pills over IS
years ago. first bought them in London, and
have continued using them since came to this
country in 1885 am now over IS years old.
hale and hearty, and attribute my wonderful
health to the persistent use of Brandreth's
Pills. Occasionally have bad cold or severe
attack of rheumatism. indigestion or bilious
ness, but four or i've doses of Brandreth's Pills
always cure me. Whenever my children have
been sick with scarlet fever. measles, mumps,
acid stomach, disordered digestion or costive-
ness, few doses of Brandreth's Pills restore
their health at once" Su
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
81 8

Prince Alberts, plain frocks, one,
three and four-button eutaways in
handsome imported smooth faced
goods, silk mixtures, stylish combi-
nations and real sterling plaids in
Cheyiots, Worsteds in every form,
Cassimeres, real Scotches, etc.
They're splendid suits and if you
care to save IS bill you can do so
and at the same time secure a suit
to please you in every particular.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
]. G. BENNETT e. CO.,

English and American Hats, Corner Wooi
Street and Fifth Avenue.
Yes, have concluded hereafter to buy
my hats at Benefits. 1 find their styles
correct, their goods as represented and theil
assortment of imported and American hats
the largest. They are agents for:
AMERICAN.
Youman, Fifth avenue, New York.
Dunlap & Co., Fifth avenue, New York.
Stetson & Co., Fifth avenue, New York.
ENGLISH.
Heath & Co., London.
Christy & Co., London,
Lincoln, Bennett & Co., London.
Harman & Co., London.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
GRAND 6 DAYS CLOTHING PICNIC
%

Mems Spring Suits in Cassimeres,
Cheviots, ETC., choice of 10 differ
ent styles, every one made up in a
faithful and strong manner, medium
and dark colors, Suits which are as
good as competing houses ask 81,
aye, and in some instances S8 for.
They will suit the average working
man to a nicely for evening wear.
Now you who have to make your
money go as far as possible wend
your way early to our store and see
for yourselves what we offer for
S. bill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05


her fluent vocabulary and her genius for ar
gument 1 would make myself rich and fa-
nous. I'd open a law office and charge 81
minute for talking. Miranda won't do
anything of the kind. She simply wastes
the biggest part Of her eloquence on me.
She has been arguing the kitchen-garden
question lately until 1 have fervently
wished, 1S9 times, that she were less gifted
in speech.
"You know, john" she begins with a
smile, just as have got thro ugh supper
and taken up my pipe and the evening
paper, ''you ought to have more out-of-door
exercise. Now, there's whole quarter of
an acre of ground back of the house lying
idle. Do plant it to something. A half
hours work with hoe, a rake or a spade,
every morning and evening would be just
the kind of exercise you need. 1t would
improve your appetite and make you healthy
andIhsndsome. Think of the saving it would
be, tool Why, we might raise on that lot
potatoes, cucumbers tomatoes, turnips, peas,
beans, cabbages, lettuce and onions enough
to supply the whole family for weeks and
weeks. Then we could have the vegetables
LSo- "NuAu DC uOIS AUO4cSOm6-duQ
besides it's so difficult to get anything good
in the market without paying an extrava-
CANT price. W. won't you plant some
thing, if only to please me?''
Now there's an unanswerable argument.
There's nothing reasonable that would re-
fuse to do to please that wonderful woman.
But to turn agriculturist for her sake
neveri There are some people who learn
nothing by experience. I am not one of
them. tried gardening last year. 1t is
not my forte. I'll never try it again, even
if Miranda talks me to death. She ought
to see that nv mind is made up. Mavbe |
she does, but she doesn't cease her persua- 4
sive pleading. A lawyer stops talking after
his case is lost. Miranda doesn't. She |
seems to talk better. That is why, 1 have |
such profound admiration for her talent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

Form-displaying cutaways. Prince
Aberts, onebutton frocks and
sacks in every shape, made Of
Worsteds in staple and newest de-
signs, including Wales, Corkscrews,
Diagonals, Cassimeres in checks,
stripes and pretty mixtures, etc,
etc. sas is the ordinary price for
ready-made and $3o to S35 for
made-to-measure. In point Of
material, fit and workmanship We
challenge comparison with these
suits. They're fne IN every way.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

Spring Opening.
New cashmeres and Henriettss,
New foule and serges,
New stripes and plaids,
New satines and challies,
New embroidered suits,
New combination suitings.
Grand display of new goods in every de-
psrtment, at b. ]. Lynch's, 43s and 440
Market street. wFsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

Instead of the unprecedented patriotism
of the Washingtonian era we have fallen on
days where party leaders are selected for
important positions more for their ability to
defeat the popular will than for their COM
manding ability. and on days of social and
industrial unrest. We have so far outgrown
the simplicity, rugged honesty and keen
sense Of honor of the elder day that such
sentiments as these from Washington's let
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
THIS WEEK.

Children's elegant pleated Suits
at So IS.
Boys knee-pant Dress Suits at
s., 81 and S..
Boys long-pant Dress Suits at
$6 and 50.
These bargains are on a par with
our wonderful offerings In Mems
Suits and should be secured by
money-saving parents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

DABBs, our well-known photographer,
made some lovely photographs of number
of the children that took part in the May
dance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
THIS WEEK.

Cur great May Sale of Furnishing
Goods is on. If you want Dress
Shirt, Necktie, Spring Underwear,
Boys Shirt Waist, Handkerchiefs,
Hosiery, Suspenders, Collars or
Cuffs, ETC., etc, now is your time to
buy. Surely saving of anywhere
from as to 20 per cent is consid-
Grafton to you and this We guar
antee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
AMERICAN,

Velvet Carpets at 81 Yard.
The great sale of velvet carpets at 81 a
yard is making business lively at Groet-
fingers Penn avenue carpet palace Come
in and look at them before it is too late
They are worth 81 80 per yard. They sell
on sight; people who don't need them for
present use are buying. We store goods
without charge until you want them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

IRANDA wanted
me to plant a garden
this spring, She still
wants NE to. Miriam.
da is q weIl-meaninp
woman, but she seems
to have an uncon-
trollable penchant for
getting me into
trouble. She doesn't 7
mean it, but she does
it just the same. II
she were not so argu-
mentative I think it
would be better both
for her and mel am
sure it would be for
me. She is talented,
and I admire talent
when it is not misdi-
ra,%ad Naw ;fTbod
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
LadIe. Are the Best Judge

Ladies Are the Best Judges
On all matters connected with the toilet. They
have decided that Sozodont is what they will
have. "When a woman will, she will, you may
depend ont; and when she won't, she WON'T
there's an end ont" This accounts for the
popularity of Sozodont wFsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

BEST 81 30 per doz. cabinet photos in the
city. Panel picture with each doz. cabinets.
LIES POPULAR GALLERY, 10 and II
Sixth st. suMWF
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

Haugh & Keenan, repair, refnish and
re-upholster fine furniture, or make new
work to order. 33 and "a Water st. Phone
1926
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

PEARsoN's cab. photos are admired by
all the ladies. Why? Because they are
always elegantly finished and the likeness
good.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
Stylish snItinrs.

The largest stock of fashionable suitingl
and trouserings viii be found at Pitcairn 8,
434 Wood st. wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

TEN per cent discount on beaded wraps
for three days only. Closing sale at Rosen-
baum & Co.'s s.Iess
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

One Chance In n Hundred-Piano.
A magnificent rosewood piano, in perfect
order, elegantly carved case, frst-class, cele-
brated maker. A $500 instrument-willb be
sold, fully warranted, for 5000. A great
bargain. At the music store of j. NJ. Hoff-
mann & Co., 537 Smithfeld street. Also q
fine $500 parlor organ for $50.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

GET Is cabinet photos for one dollar at
Stewart & Co.'S, 90 Federal st., Allegheny.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05


o. n sekes shoud mehy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
MINIS and BOYS HATS

In all very and popular spring styles place
sale morning dozen of Mems very fine Debys all
from 6A 7 the extraordinary low prices of 81
and 81 z No halter this city show finer these from
81 to 81
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
PARTY NOT PATRIOTISM.

Here's the world
Half blind with intellectual light,
Half brutalized with civilization.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05
TOO MUCH FIGHTING.
An Amateur Agriculturist Tells the
Story Of His Garden, and
THE BATTLES THAT HE WAGED
On Insects, Animals, Fowls and Neighbors
That Made Life Burden.
rwE1TrEN FOR TIE prsrArcH.,

OW A Sc CROP COST OVER 5000
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09

Nearly all the sponges used in the
United States were brought from the
Mediterranean until 1852, when atten-
ton was called TO the immense num-
bers that were growing in Florida
waters. AS soon as it was found that
the quality compared favorably with
those of Europe, the merchants and
itters-out of vessels engaged very ac-
lively in the business of placing them
on the market. During the past eigh-
teen years the business has been en-
ergetically pursued with good results.
The methods employed in the fishery
differ greatly from those employed in
the Mediterranean, where the dive RS go
down and bring up the sponges. Small
vessels, carrying crews of from five to
fifteen men, are fitted out at Key West
and Alphabetical for trips of from
four 10 eight weeks on the sponge
grounds. These crews are paired off
into small rowboats or dingies " to
catch the sponges. One man stands in
the stern sculling the boat, while the
other kneels in the bottom amidships,
with the upper half of his body leaning
over the side, and scans the bottom of
the sea. To aid the eye an instrument
called water glass;" which is COM
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09
The Canal of Joseph.

How many of the engineering works
of the nineteenth century will there be
in existence in the year 5000? Very
few, we fear, and still less those that
will continue in the far-off age to serve
a useful purpose. Yet there is at least
one great undertaking conceived and
executed by an engineer, which during
the space of 1000 years has never ceased
its office, on which the life of fertile
province absolutely depends to-day. We
refer to the Bahr Joussuf-the canal of
Joseph-buit, according to tradition,
by the son of Jacob, and which consti-
tutes not the least of the many blessings
he conferred on Egypt during the years
of his prosperous rule. This canal took
its rise from the Nile at Asiut and ran
nearly parallel with it for nearly $50
miles, creeping along under the western
cliffs of the Nile valley, with many
bend and winding, until at length it
gained an eminence, as compared with
the river bed, which enabled it to turn
westward through narrow pass and
enter district which was otherwise
shut off from the fertilizing floods on
which all vegetation in Egypt depends.
The northern end stood seventeen feet
higher than low Nile, while at the
southern end it was at an equal eleva-
ton with the river. Through this cut
ran perennial stream, which watered
a province named the Fayoun, endow-
ing it with fertility and supporting
large population. In the time of the
annual flood a great part of the canal
was under water, and then the rivers
current would rush in a more direct
course into the pass, carrying with it
the rich silt which takes the place of
manure and keeps the soil in state of
constant productiveness. And this,
with the exception of the tradition that
Joseph built it, can be verified to-day,
and it is not mere supposition or ru-
NOR. Until eight years ago it was
firmly believed that the design has al
ways been limited to an irrigation
scheme larger, no doubt, than that now
in operation, as shown by the traces of
abandoned canals, and by the slow ag-
gregation of waste water which had ac-
cumulated in the Birket ell Quorum, but
still essentially the same in character.
Many accounts have been written by
Greek and Roman historians, such as
Herodotus, Strabo, Mutianus and Plinv,
anu Ttpedleu Ill InOuhlSu legeUuS OF pOT-
trayed on the maps of the middle ages,
which agreed with the folk lore of the
district. These tales explained that the
canal dug by the ancient Israelites
served to carry the surplus water of the
Nile into an extensive lake lying south
of the Fayoun, and so large that it not
only modified the climate, tempering
the arid winds of the desert, and con-
verting them into the balmy airs which
nourished the vines and the olives into
a fullness and fragrance unknown in
any part of the country, but also added
to the food supply of the land such i'm
mense quantities of fish that the royal
prerogative of the right of piscary at
the great weir was valued at S250,000
annually This lake was said to be $50
miles round, and to be navigated by a
fleet of vessels, while the whole circum-
ference was the scene of industry and
prosperity.-Engineering.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09

mon water bucket whose wooden bot
tom has been replaced by one of glass,
is used by setting it into the water and
thrusting the face as far into it as con-
venient. When sponge is sighted the
boat is stopped, and the kneeling man
uses a two-pronged hook attached to a
pole thirty or forty feet in length to
secure it. Considerable dexterity is re-
quired of both men. To cure the
sponges they are first spread about the
deck in their natural upright position,
so that they will die, and while decom-
posing allow the geatnous matter to
run off freely. When they have been
several days in this position they are
taken to the shore, and thrown into the
water in little pens called " scrawls,"
where the remaining substance is
soaked and squee zed out. The spongers
thus work on day after day, under a
tropical sun that burns and browns the
skin until one can not tell a white man
from negro. 1t is a desperately hard
life, more severe than any one can
think of, and it requires men of no
ordinary constitution to stand up to it.
The spongers are, therefore, an exceed
ingly muscular set.-Nelc York Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09
A Singular Fact.

An extraordinary evidence of the rea-
sonableness of an old-time superstition
was given in Oregon, Mo-, lately, when
the body of a young man who had been
drowned was found by placing one of
the deceased's shirts on the waters
surface and following it in boat until
it sank, says the st. Louis Globe. Demo-
crdt The young mans name was Ryan,
and he was drowned while bathing in
the Nodaway river in company with
several acquaintance. Ryan got out
of his depth and was drowned before
any of the more accomplished swim
mers could get to his assistance. An
alarm was given, but it was some hours
before search could be made for the
body. After every effort had been
made by dragging and diving it was
suggested to throw in the shirt he had
on just before he went into the water.
Near the same place a man was
drowned in the Nodaway river few
years ago and his body had been found
by the same experiment. The custom
requires that the shirt be thrown in
about where the drowned one entered
the stream. Agreeable to custom, Mr..
Taylor, resident of the neighborhood,
spread out the shirt with the bosom
downward and arms stretched out on
the water, and let it float down the
stream as it would. He followed slowly
after it in a skiff. After the shirt had
floated along for about one hundred
feet it suddenly sank plumb down. The
man hurried with the skiff and was
close by when the last vestige of the
garment was seen. Then he stopped
and felt down with long pole right
after the shirt and touched the body
with the end of the pole. He told the
Globe Democrat correspondent that his
skiff rested almost over the body, and
that he let the pole follow right down
by the side of the skiff touching the
body almost Immediately. This was
said in the presence of several eye
witnesses who corroborated his state
ment
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09
While the Day Lasts.

1t will not last long. Your day, my
day, the worlds day, the day of
opportunity, the day of grace, the day
of salvation-all days are swiftly
passing away, and the great day, the
last day, will surely and speedily
come. Now there is opportunity for
us to work; by and by the time will
be past. While it is day we may
work the work of God, and do what
he has commanded us; b ut if we
idle this present opportunity away, it
will never return, and the neglect of
to-day may never be repaired. To-
morrow will bring the work for to-
morrow, and every day and every year
will bring its appropriate duties. Let
the work of to-day be done to-day, and
then we may calmly await the coming
of the morrow, if the morrow shall
ever come.-Ihe Christian.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09
Let Ii Settle.

The mind wants steadying and setting
right many times day. 1t resembles
a compass placed on rickety table
the least stir of the table makes the
needle swing around and point untrue.
Let it settle, then, till it points Alright.
Be perfectly silent for a few moments
thinking of Jesus; there is an almost
divine force in silence. Drop the
thing that worries, that excites, that
interests, that thwarts you; let it fall
like a sediment to the bottom, until the
soul is no longer turbid, and say
secretly, "Grant, l beseech thee,
merciful Lord, to thy faithful servant
pardon and peace, that l may be
cleansed from all my sins, and serve
thee with a quiet mind. Bishop
Huntington.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09

THE New DIsCovERY.-You have
heard your friends and neighbors talk
ing about it. You may yourself be
one of the many who know from per-
sonal experience just how good thing
it is. Ifyou have ever tried it you are
one of its staunch friends, because the
wonderful thing about it is that, when
once given trial, DIR. Kings New
Discovery ever after holds place in
the house. If you have never used it
and should be afflicted with cough,
cold or any throat, lung or chest
trouble, secure bottle at once and
give it fair trial. 1t is guaranteed
every time, or money refunded. Trial
bottles free at any drugstore.