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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24
RESULTS ;or ACCIDENT.

ouO W AOOtOeNUs
tAs Corse1s Ways n which Certain In
Poeease Processes Wsrs Suggested.
valuable discoveries have been
made. and valuable inventions sug-
gested. by the veriest accidents. An
alchemist. while seeking to discover
what MIXTURE of earfhs would make
the most durable crucibles. one day
found that he had made porcelain.
The power Of lenses, as applied to the
telescope was discovered by watch
makers apprentice. While holding
spectacle-glasses between his thumb
and finger he was startled at the sud-
denly enlarged appearance of neigh
boring church spire. The art of etch-
ing upon glass was discovered by q
Nuremberg glass-cutter. By accident
few drops of aqua FORTS fell upon his
spectacles. He noticed that the glass
became corroded and soft where the
acid had touched it. That was hint
enough. He drew figures upon glass
with varnish. applied the corroding
fluid. then cut away the glass around
the drawing. When the varnish was
removed the figure appeared raised
upon a dark ground.
Mezzotinto owed its invention to the
simple accident of the gun-barrel of a
sentry becoming rusted with dew.
The swaying to and fro of chandelier
in a cathedral suggested to Calico the
application of the pendulum. The art
of lithographing was. perfected through
suggestions made by accident. A poor
musician was anxious to know whether
music could not be etched upon
stone as we'll as upon copper. After
he had prepared his slab his mother
asked him to make memOran-
dunn of such clothes as she proposed
to send away to be washed. Not hav-
ing pen, ink or paper convenient, he
wrote the list on the stone with the
etching preparation, intending to make
copy of it leisure. A few days
later, when about to clean the stone,
he wondered what effect aqua fortis
would have upon it. He applied the
acid. and in a few minutes saw the
writing stand out in relief. The next
step necessary was simply to ink the
stone and take off an impression.
The shop of Dublin tobacconist, by
the name of Lundyfoot. was destroyed
by fire. While he was gazing dOleful-
~ into the smouldering ruins. he no.
ticed that his poorer neighbors were
gathering the snuff from the canisters.
He tested the snuff for himself. and
discovered that the fire had largely i'm
proved it pungency and aroma. 1t
was a hint worth profiting by. He Sc
cured another shop. built a lot of ovens,
subjected the snuff to heating pro-
cess, gave the brand a particular name,
and in few years became rich through
an accident, which he at first thought
had completely ruined him. The pro-
cess of whitening sugar was discovered
in a curious way. A hen that had gone
through clay puddle went with her
muddy feet into sugar house. 1t was
noticed that wherever her tracks were
the sugar was whitened. Experiments
were instituted, and the result was
that wet clay came to be used in rein
ing sugar. The origin of blue-tinted
paper came about by a mere slip of the
hand. The wife of William East, an
English paper-maker. accidentally let a
blue bag fall into one of TIE watts of
pulp.-LOndOn Iit-Bits.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24
P,Tn AND POINT.

PiTH AND POINT.
Pride costs us more than hunger,
thirst and cold.
The difference between pig-head-
edness and firmness is this: it Is your
wife who is pig HdGss
Ezpress.
-Flatterers are the cfeverest
thought-readers; they tall you exactly
what you think.-Frans Pon Schou-
than.
Honest good humor is the oil and
wine of merry meeting, and there II
no jovial companionship equal to that
where the jokes are rather small and
the laughter abundant-Wa Washington
irving.
You can't turn butterfly into
caterpillar; yet some men are disap-
pointed because the angel of courtship
doesn't turn out to be the patient
drudge of marriage.-Pmck.
With full pockets and full stom-
achs, and good linen. and broadcloth
on your back, your heart and soul will
get plethoric, and in the race of life
you will find yourself surpassed by all
the poor boys around you. before you
know it,. G. Holland.
We are reformers in spring and
summer; in autumn and winter We
stand by the old-retormers in the
morning. conservative at night Re-
form is affirmative, conservatism
negative: conservatism goes for COM
fort. reform for truth.
He is rich who lives upon what he
has. He is poor who lives upon what
is coming. A prudent man lives with
in his income, whatever that may be,
and saves against a rainy day. Keep
your expenses within your income, and
you will avoid the temptation of doing
many shabby actions
1t is comparatively easy to be fair
to an opponent in a case where one is
enlisted merely through sympathy
with another. 1t is exceedingly hard
to be fair where self-interest is
touched. This causes struggle with
self which few are strongly enough
imbued with justice to understand
1rd.
Common sense meant once some
thing very different from that plain
wisdom, the common heritage of men.
whom we now call by this name, hav-
ing been bequeathed to us by a very
complex theory of the senses. and of a
sense which was the common bond of
them all. and which passed its verdicts
on the reports which they severally
made of it.-R. c. Trench.
Next to the evil of living beyond
ones means is that of spending all
ones income. There are multitudes
who are sailing so near shore that a
slight wind in the wrong direction
founders them. They get on we'll while
the times are usual and the wages
promptly paid; but panic or a short
period of sickness, and they drop help
less.
To women there is an inexpressi-
BILE fascination in dalliance with dam
ger-this compromise between love and
coquetry. 1t is their one excitement,
and it is worth to them all the thou
sand others that serve to relieve, or
more often to distract, the dullness of
their lords and masters. They are con-
tent to be whirled out of their own
thoughts in that pleasing vortex. Its
eddying rapidity is so delightful-it.
surface, up to the very edge, SO smooth
and CLASSY; all is charming till the last
fatal plunge itself. when the abyss is
upon her forever.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

THE young clerk who goes about full
jeweled should lie watched.-Jerc!ers'
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale'l
Honey Of Horehound aud Tar would cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

THERE are other white cans WI ich In
spire even greater terror than hose OF
Ohio and Indiana They are usually On
couotered by the fellows who insist upon
using o shoe buttoner for . night key
Memphis Adp1ncs
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills. Forty
pills in q vial; only one pill dose.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

THR residuum after the efYervescence Of
love is common sense. which is the ground
work Of Well-regulated matrimony.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

No MATTER how big and stout presti
digitateur may be he is always slight-of
hand. -Te1as SUfia0s.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

IT 10 the astronomer who most frequens
IL rises to observe. t.odelphid Ledger.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

IT IL when WV new that tner0 -
| music in the sole-DefvOit Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

TIE best preparation to keep . iadye
hand '.free from chaps" 10 . report thas
sho has NO money
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

ARUxxINe account-report OF . hors'
race.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

"sBRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHKs' arc ex-
cellent for the relief Of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly efective."-
Chrtstton World, London, Eng.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

j.. Il 10 one Of the pecuiisrities OF things IN
general that the freshest men generally
tell tho stalest stories.-Bdn0or Con@s'.
e6al
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

the toper's nose.-BostOn Commsre'aI Boa
In.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

ssUxxouAL.p - IN advertising medium"
Tho woman who Gays II thought I'd Just
run over 70 tell you"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

PAsssxeEHs mustn't expect 70 hear tn
itb boom in calm weather.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

No woxDKH the minutes ny 70 FAST
thay are making mp time.-Timk
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

AuArcr hetveen two dentists n thslH
aFt would probably result IN draw -
~ C6uriG
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

CssxrAr1ox Dsy-Friday.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

ALL disorders caused by . bilious state Of
To system can be cured BY using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. No pain, gripping or dis
comfort attending their use. Try them.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

IT ID 70 Be supposed that Helen, wife Of
4enelauA had her collars done up 1t the
Troy laundry.-Boston G0sette.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

Swift's Specific cured me OF malignant Blood Poison
after had been ted in vain with old called
dies of Mercury and Potash s. not only cured the
Blood Poison, but relieved the Rheumatism which waS
caused by the poisonous minerals.
GEO. EOVELI 2z22 Sd Avenue, N. Y.
Nine years ago ScrOfula Of my children,
and they badly afflicted with that disease which
perxusde to use Swfts SPECIFIC BY seeing an account
Of cures in my county paper The improvement. was
my children cured. and still sound and we'll
JOHN WILLIAMS. Lexington, Va.
SwIFrs SPECIFIC is entirely vegetable reme0y, and
Is the only medicine which permanently cures Scrofu-
Ia Blood HumOrs Cancer and Contagious Blood Poison
Send books Blood and Skin Diseases ae free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFICCO.
DRAWER ;, ATLANTA. CAD
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

THR old notion that blood win ten -
vein coueeit
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

Ta1R! b Nd period Of . girl's life q
which she u not beautiful and charming
and all that. but It must b confessed that
It 10 - bride that she takes the cake
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

Daun would - . good nane ter -
esaeer-spiritstisTings yea mew-z :
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

AsrADI. characser-she groom.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

n 0anav q Assanlt ~ Dasseu
Upco your Stomach with blue PIN, pody.
Ray!hn o.. ether EaeRing purgativei, posi-
oyeay despair Of helping your liver. Vlo-
lence committed upon your inner man Windo
no GOOD. Real help prompt and thorough,
- 70 Be found in tho Wholeeomo antih iiiS1e
medicine, HoStetser6 Stomach Bitaers,
which u. moreover, productive Of happy fe.
eulte m malArial disease, rheumakism, dyo-
pepeta. nervausness and kidney troubles.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-24

race.
IT il when y wv. 1. new that there y
music in the sole Detroit Free Prcss.
IT 10 the astronomer who most frequent-
" rises to observe-Pht.odelphi Ledger.
TIE best preparation to keep . lady's
hand 'sfree from chaps" 10 . report that
she has NO money.
BIZ NO mesns . wster-color exhibition
the toper's nose.-Bosson CommsreisI Bs0s-
IN.
Il 10 ono Of the pecuiiarities OF things In
general that the freshest men generally
tell tho stalest stories.-Bon0or Conms''
e6al
CssxAr1ox Dsy-Friday.
PAsssxex.s mustn't expect 70 hear tie
jib boom in calm weather.
No woxDHB the minutes ny 70 1ast
they are making mp time.-Ttm<
'sUx.ouALED - IN advertising medium"
tho woman who says II thought Ia 9uss
run over to tell you"
A stable ehasacser-she groom.
Tn old notion that blood win ten y
vein eoneeit
FkAxxxI calsss should neither - ~
Uool nor yard wide.-Psdk.
n uArcr hetween two dentists n tAsaf
aFt would probably result in draw. -
- Csast1.
Daun would - god na1e fer . -
5000 e--s-se ~esrrs11 ~ kDOZ-I3D
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
GONE WRONG.
giant Habits and Fast Living Bring
Ruin and Disgrace.

Bank Clerk Added TO the LIst-Extrava-
giant Habits and Fast Living Bring
Ruin and Disgrace.
The list of defaulters swelIed daily. A
young man of good family, good looking,
well educated and with promising future, a
man who should make his mark in lie,
led astray; $50 or S75 a month does not
justify three or four $40 or $50 suits year,
$50 to $50 for winter overcoat and $50 to
$40 for spring and tall o~ercoat. Many a
happy man could be cheerful, many a sob
and sigh saved if young men would only
reflect, think of themselves, of their dearest
and nearest, how unhappy their extravagant
dress and mode of living made all
their connections. To obviate this patron
ize Jacksons. In the tailoring department
we make splendid business suits to order at
S25; one of these suits is warranted
for one year, repaired free of charge if re-
quired. Dress suits to order from $50, war
ranted for two years. Men who cannot
afford to wear made-to-order clothing can be
pleased in Jacksons' homemade clothing.
Elegant business suits made by Jacksons'
custom tailors in blacS and blue cheviot,
single or double-breast sacks, three or four.
button cutaway frocks, at from S12 to SIS.
In overcoats Jacksons can please the most
fastidious; fine overcoats to order from SIS
up. JacksoRs' home ready-made overcoats
from SO should be seen by all interested
parties. Young man, take timely warning.
Go TO 954 and 956 Liberty street, the Jack
sons Star Corner building. The best dress
ers in Pittsburg and Allegheny wear our
clothing, and the reason they always look
well is we do repairing on their goods free
of charge, ready made or made to order.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
A Preventive for Group,

Group is a terror to young mothers,
especially during the winter months, as it is
then most prevalent. 1t can always be pre-
vented, if properly treated as soon as the
first symptoms appear. Hoarseness is the
first symptom; this is soon followed by a
peculiar, rough cough. If Chamberlain
Cough Remedy is freely given as soon as
these symptoms appear, it will invariably
prevent the attack. There is no danger in
giving the remedy, as it contains no in
furious substance. For sale at so cents per
bottle by the following named druggists:
E. G. Stuckey, Seventeenth and Twenty
fourth sts., Penn ave-, and cor Wylie' ave.
and Fulton St; by Markell Bros, cor. Penn
and Frankstown aves.; by Theo E. Ihrig,
3610 Fifth avenue, and by Carl Hartwig,
Butler St, in Pittsburg, and in Allegheny
City by E. E. Heck, 70 and liza Federal st. =,
and Thos. r. Morris, cor. Hanover and
Preble aves.; Fred d. Eggers, 172 Ohio st. !;
F. 81. Eggers & Son, Ohio and Chestnut SITS,
TTSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

Holiday gifts Will soon be in order uni
versally when the all-absorbing topic will
once more arise, "What shall 1t be?" AhI
That's the question: But why hesitate?
What's the matter with good piano or or
gan? ''Too expensive" did you say?
There's just where you are mistaken. Be
advised, and before you arrive at a hasty
conclusion you will certainly drop in at
Mellor & Hoene's, n Fifth avenue, where
you will be most agreeably surprised upon
aequsinting yourself with their rental plan.
or easy method of procuring piano or or
gan. You will find they submit a choice
beyond comparison, ranging in prices and
supplied on terms adapted to the circum-
stances of everyone. And still more-the
old established character of this house affords
ample assurance that you will meet with the
most honorable and courteous treatment.
Call or write to them for catalogue at "
Fifth avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

Is one easily overcome by any one Of
the enthusiastic Washingtonians having the
welfare Of his beautiful city at heart In
this respect Washington is an elastic city,
and when put, to the test she will not be
found wanting in ability to take care Of the
strangers within her gates. s
There are at the present time in this city
30 hotels, between 800 and 400 boarding
houses, and any quantity Of furnished rooms
to rent. OF the hotels, the more prominent
ones, such as, the Normandie, Arlington,
Ebbitt, Willard, Riggs, Randall, National.
metropolitan, ETC., have an average capacity
OF about 600, while that of the smaller
houses ranges between 30 and 200 each. IT
the fair is held here-and we are
all hoping that it villa number of the
hotel keepers will erect sufficient temporary
hotels on the vacant ground near the fair
buildings to enable them to more than
double their present capacity. Between
now and the time of holding the lair, the
Bonifaees Of Washington would have ample
time TO prepare for the careful housing of
all the visitors. Should the city not be
able to take care of all her guests, she has
only to fall back on Baltimore, which will
take care of the overflow. The 46 minute
flyers which the "Pennsy" runs between
this city and Baltimore, would enable one
to get to his lodgings very quickly, prob
ably more rapidly than if the fair buildings
were located on some Of the proposed New
York sites, or upon the prairies of Chicago.
LEARNING TO TALK sP ANIsH.
If Washington should receive the plum,
boarding houses will spring up like mush-
rooms. Tin signs informing the public that
accommodations can be had within will be
everywhere displayed from the streets and
alleys of plebeian Swampoodle to the more
aristocratic avenues in the beautiful north
western part of the city. Many fond day
dream Of shekels galore has the boarding
house mistress as she thinks Of the vast in
fux of strangers with which the city of
Magnificent Distances will be filed in '92
if. She seriously contemplates learning
Spanish in order that she may add to her tin
sign Spanish spoken here" Already she
practicing on her present boarders with
frijoles and tortillas.
The idea seems to have gone abroad that
there will be great demand for persons fa-
miliar with the Spanish language during
the Exposition. The papers contain adVer-
tisements of those willing to impart what
they know of the mother tongue of the
naughty Castilian. The price for sufficient
in this branch to enable Wash
ington dude to say "Haw, don 'tcherknow"
in pure Spanish to a bewitching dark-eyed
senorIta varies. Recently saw in one Of
the city papers an advertisement in which
gentleman offered complete instruction in
Spanish for meals. The length Of time
necessary to impart the complete instruc-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

~
Tense out Of one Of the States witnesses, and
Mr.sMills objected by saying be must not
lead the witness. Forest replied:-i.I viii
deal with the Wines a fzplease, sis..se
Mills rejoined: t1 have no objections TO
you dealing as you please, but if you deal
GLORIOUS OLD TOMS JOKE,
A good many members of the Pittsburg
bar will remember the shreEd device adopted
by Tom Marshall to escape fBe for con-
tempt of court in the old Court House few
years ago. He was using language not at
all complimentary to the Court one day, and
the Judge, alter one or two reprimanos,
fined him $40 for contempt.
Mr.. Marshall looked at the Judge good
naturedly and asked where was he to get
the money, as he had not fred"
Borrow it of friend" said the Court.
swell, Your Honor, you are the best
friend have; will you lend it to me?" re-
piled Mr.. Marshall.
"Mr. Clerk, said the Judge, "remit the
fine; the county is as well able to lose it as
am"
O'Connell, the great Irish Liberator, was as
famous in his day for his wit as his oratory,
but one day in court Lord Norbury, men
toned above, got the best of him.
Pardon, my Lord; L am afraid your
Lordship does not apprehend me"
Pardon me also, replied Lord Norbury.
'No one is more easily apprehended than
Mr.. O'Connell whenever he wishes to be ap-
pretended.
1t must be remembered that a few days
before that O'Connell gave himself up to
the police to avoid fighting duel
was once shown an old-fashioned house
in Red Lion Square which was at one time
the home OF q very distinguished counsel.
After his removal to more fashionable por-
tion OF the city, wealthy blacksmith be-
came its occupant, and Erskine wrote the
following epigram on the change:
This house, where once lawyer dwelt
is now a smith's-alasi
How rapidly the iron age
Succeeds the age Of brass
T. ". FITZGERALD,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
The Henry F. miller Grand Pianos

Have held the lead and shared the honors
with the distinguished pianists who played
them at the Music Teachers Nsti5nal As
sociation meetings for the past nine consecu-
tive years, being the only grand" used at
all the meetings.
''At the national meeting in Philadelphia
in 'S9 it was the general verdict of the musi-
clans that the Miller grand surpassed all the
others. At the New York State meeting
the distinguished American pianist, Mr..
VIM. n. Sherwood, who made phenomenal
success, publicly stated it would have been
impossible for him to have produced such
magnificent results on any other grand
piano in the country. ."-Philadelphia Musi-
cal Journal.
An elegant assortment of these famous
pianos can be seen at w. C. Whitehills
music parlor. Also some secondhand in
struments. Small grand Kranich & Bach,
1925. Mason & Hamlin upright, largest
size, $500. Marshall & Mittauer square,
S125. Burdett organ, S25. Bent organ, S75.
Shoninger organ, $50. AT W. C. White
hills Music Parlor, 152 Third avenue, oppo-
site Government building.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
AFTER THE BIG FAIR.
Washington City Sees no Reason
Why She Should Not
THE NEXT EXPOSITION.
Figuring on the Money Which Will be
Spent by Visitors.
THE NATIONAL GEOLOGICAL GARDENS

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.1
WASHINGTON, November 30.-As the
chances of New York to capture the Worlds
Fair become beautifully less, the citizens Of
the "Deestrik" hustle harder. They are not
at all perturbed over the presence of COM
mlttees from other cities. The hustling
ashingtonians propose raising guaran-
tee fund of $15, 100000. one-half of which
they would like to have Uncle Sam contrib
ute, and the remainder they propose to
gather by their own efforts. The wealthy
residents Of the city, or perhaps I should
say the property holders, are coming to the
front in a manner quite gratifying to the
advocates Of the fitness of the Capital City
as site for the famous fair.
Alex. D. Anderson, Secretary Of the
Three Americas Exposition Board of Pro-
motion, gives some interesting figures in
connection with the holding of the fair
here. As Americans are said to measure
everything by the standard OF the mighty
dollar, the financial aspects of his remarks
Will be most Interesting.
He estimates the number of visitors who
Will come to this city during the six months
of 1892 at 100000. He bases his esti-
mate upon the attendanc at the Centennial
Exposition of 1876. Each of these visitors,
In order to verify the secretary's calcula-
tions, must spend $40 while here, which
will amount to $3.50, 900. 900. The cost of
the Exposition from a Washington stand
point would be from S15. 900, 900 to 500, ,OOO,-
600. The other American Republics will
probably spend large amounts at the fair.
At the Exposition Universelle, the Argen-
million, while the other South American
States dropped a very handsome pile of
dust into the capacious pockets of Johnny
Crapaud
ACCOMMODATING THE VISITORS.
The objection of inadequate accommoda-
tions, raised by the partisans of other cities,