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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
A POPULAR CRAZE.
The Ranks of Amateur Photographers Re.
ceiving Thousands of fAccessions.

The Ranks of Amateur Photo togruphers Re.
ceiving Thousands of Accessions.
Amateur photographers are so numerous
now that it is impossible to make any accu-
rate guess as to their number. Previous to
the introduction of the dry plate, in 1879,
there were no amateurs in this country. Now
there are fully ten times as many amateurs
as there are professionals. The old method
made 1t impossible to take pictures without
very elaborate facilities and costly appa-
ratus. 1t was a method of insurmountable
difficulties for amateurs. Pictures could
only be taken when there was a dark room
at hand for developing the plates. Outdoor
views were impossible, unless a tent was
taken along.
The introduction of the dry plate enabled
a photographer to take views whenever con-
venient, and to finish them at his leisure.
He can take pictures in the daytime and
finish them at night in any room from which
all light is excluded except that of a ruby
lantern.
The advantages of the dry plate and i'm
proved apparatus have made photography
30 easy and pleasant that it has been taken
up by thousands of people all over the
United States. The amateurs include pro-
fessional and business men who have leisure
time during the day, and also many clerks
and others who have only Saturday after.
moons and their summer vacations in which
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
SUPERVISORS AND ROADS.
How the Farmer May Utilize Roman Art
lists at n Comfortable Mnrgin-HiRhwnys
Curbed and in Good Shape.

How the Farmer May Utilize Roman Art-
lists nt n Comfortable Mnrgin-Highwnys
Curbed and in Good Shape.
Speaking of the money wasted yearly in
the patching of country roads, said Rob
inson township farmer: 1.-THE Office of Su-
pervisor in some of the townships near the
city has become very important one, for,
although the supervisors get but meager
salaries, they have found way to make
the Office quite profitable. They are al
lowed dollar day for each laborer en-
ployed, and in townships like Stowe a
large portion of the taxpayers pay their
road taxes in money instead of work.
THE supervisors hire Italians with ease
at $40 month, and, by doing their own
cooking, they can save money at it, and the
clean profit of SIG month on each hand
he employs; and much political hustling is
done to secure the office"
Under this system it is evident that some
Supervisors would not try very hard to
make roads so that remaking would not be
necessary each year; but neither country
nor city can afford to thus build up Super
Vlsors' fortunes. By use of road scrapers,
now coming into pretty general favor, roads
on which there is little heavy hauling
could be made quite good at small expense.
The scraper does the main part of the ditch
ing, and it rounds the road high in the
middle, so that. if the earth were retained
there and we'll packed, ordinary hauling
would not greatly injure it. After the
bitches are made the roads should be
curbed. It would not be necessary
to dress the curbstone, and they
are in nearly all cases close at hand.
The bitches should be paved by setting
stone on edge. Heavy four-horse rollers
should be drawn over the roadbed until it
is compact, and, being higher in the center
than at the sides, most of the water would
run off it without saturating the earth.
Then in the winter, if the road be some
what cut up, the rollers should be drawn
over it just when freezing begins. This
would cause it to freeze as smoothly as
macadamized road.
Macadamizing will not be done on all
country roads in this century, possibly not
in the next; but if the main roads near the
city were made permanent, the converging
ones could be kept in good order by the
method mentioned and at but little cost.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Pennsylvania HORSES.
The Best Are Always Found in the Sale Sta.
bles of This City.

bles of This City.
A fine horse is admired under any and all
circumstances, whether it be on the race
track or attached to one of the heavy iron
wagons seen SO frequently on the streets of
this city. Pittsburg draught horses are
noted for their beauty. They are obtained
from the surrounding counties and are al
ways to 5e-found in the sale stables of the
city. This is especially true of the large
sale stables Of Mr.. james Kerr, 523 to 527
Penn avenue, between Fifth and sixth
streets. His stables are large, airy and
we'll lighted, affording every facility for
stall.
Mr.. Kerr obtains his horses from the ad-
joining counties. For this reason they are
acclimated and are much better than the
Western horse. They are always we'll
broken and ready to go into the harness as
soon as taken out of the stable. They are
from to years old. He receives from rs
to 100 horses every week.
A match gray team and match bay team,
weighing 5000 pounds, are now the most
attractive of the many match teams he con-
stantlY has in his stables. Besides these
teams, Mr.. Kerr has number of fine saddle
and driving horses suitable for general pui-
poses. A number of horses were received
yesterday, and can be seen at his stables on
Penn avenue, near Sixth street, at any
time.
Mr.. Kerr has been dealing in horses for
20 years, and has reputation for fair deal
ing and straightforward transactions. His
motto has always been quick sales and
small profits. For these reasons he has
secured centrally located and convenient
stable at which to transact his sales. A
lover of horsehesh can find some fine
animals in the stalls. OF his stable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

spell make study of all the signs that
greet you in two hours walk any of these
sunny afternoons. You will see lots for
sail" on every hand. Go into restaurant
and you will find that YOU can have
picked pigs feet" though the feet and
the pigs parted in Chicago and very few can
swear whether the pigs were or were not
picked. A clerk in bookstore, and not
an Ignorant clerk, either, not long since
put sign in the window read
ing: Flexible backed teachers
Bibles for sale at ST." He soon caught
on when asked what kind of teachers fexi-
ole-backed ones were, and the sign came
down in a twinkle. A man in Coraopolis
announces that he has a house and two
"acquers" of ground to sell. A man ad-
dressed his afianced: 'Deer angle Of nv
hart" and the consequence was that the
lady was disgusted and broke off the match,
although the young man was intelligent,
wealthy and in general what is known as a
catch" Experience has shown that the
less one knows about orthographical rules
the more liable he is to spell his words as
though he had shaken the letters out of
dice box and accepted the arrangement re-
sulting from the shake. 1t may be exDlaina-
Bile by DR.. Woods ideas regarding heredity.
Our ancestors 30 years ago and beyond
seemed to exercise their ingenuity in form
ing combinations like "phthisick," pro-
nounced tizic.
Eminent writer's and speakers write and
say politics are, were, have been," etc.
Why not say news are? Hundreds of news
papers announce something like this: ''This
paper having larger circulation than any
in the city," etc. Now it would seem that
the few rules governing this and that of
black ladies' hose" and all related express
sions might be mastered in early youth if
explained by competent teachers with ordi-
nary horse sense.
These may appear to some people as small
things, but they are not. Bloody battles
have been fought on account of misappre-
hension of the meaning of terms, and bad
spelling, like sin, is reproach to any peo-
nla-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
ANDERSON'S DICTIONARY OF LAW,
4 Promising New Book by a Member Of
the Pittsburg Bar.

Promising New Book by a Member of
the Piitsburg Bar.
IF there is any sort of reading as to which
time is money, and precision and reliability
count vitality, it is in respect to law books.
The DISPATCH is glad to notice this morn
ing new treatise by well-known member
of the Pittsburg bar, William C. Anderson,
Esq, which is launched with every pros
pect of great success. "Anderson's Die
tionary of the Law" as it is called, pub
lished by T. FL. Flood & Co., of Chicago, is
indeed one of the most important contribu-
tions to our legal literature issued in. the
last ten years. Its success is deserved by
the wide range of illustration and lucid ex-
position of principles applicable to judicial
definitions, words, phrases and maxims.
Acting on the principle that the treatment
of such work must be "lucid in order and
logical in sequence" the author, by ex-
ample and precept, rule and decision drawn
from the courts of last resort, has illustrated
the leading principles within the whole cir
cle-of American and English jurisprudence.
The work is the result of ten years con-
scientious, painstaking. enthusiastic labor.
1t would not be possible, in limited re-
view of so valuable treatise, to enumerate
the invaluable professional aids that hang
like jewels on every page. Among the
leading topics, copiously illustrated by the
latest and freshest decisions, are. for in
stance, such following ones of late growth
in public interest: Boycotting, commerce.
corporation, discrimination, extradition,
license, libel, monopoly, oleomargarine,
photograph, police powers, prohibition,
strikes, Sunday, telegram, telephone, etc.
Under these and the other subjects of the
work. forming scholarly cyclopaedia of
the law, are cited upward OF %, 900 cases,
with names of parties and dates of decision
in the footnotes. To every student, profess
sional or lay, who would keep abreast of
modern judicial expression, the work is
Veritable necessity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
A WORLDWIDE MARKET.
That Is the Secret of One Specially Manu-
fncturer's Successfully Specialists or
Rich Men Make Iron Go.

That is the Secret of One Specially Manu-
fncturer's Successfully Specialists or
Rich Men Make Iron Go.
Speaking OF the depression in the iron
trade, prominent broker, who does much
business with iron manufacturers and
knows their condition almost as we'll as
they themselves do, and better than almost
any other outsider, says: "Most of the
manufacturers who are out of debt and
operate largely are making some money;
but they are doing it by putting out an
enormous amount of goods. The time has
come when small manufacturer making a
general line of goods can no more make
money than could carpenter OF the oIden
time who made all his doors, sash, etc. It
takes an enormous amount of capital to run
general iron mandatory, and, while q
small concern might make a living on
100-ton output day, it would lose money
OF one of so tons.
Gas in the shoe trade and several others
where one man performs single part of the
work, and can make wages at it, but would
starve were he to distribute himself over
several departments, owners of small
factories must confne themselves to special
ties.
Take for instance the Rochester Tumbler
Company, of Beaver county. 1t isn't very
large concern; but it makes money by con-
fning itself to making one class of goods.
1t doesn't even make stem glass of any
kind; but it turns out an enormous number
without stems, and 1t makes them of over
800 designs. turning out $4,000 dozens a
week. Its profits are of the smallest kind,
and yet it makes money. For instance, On
one large order there was no profit on the
tumblers whatever; but the company was
able to charge 25 cents for the package sur
rounding each two dozen. This package
cost but 8 cents so that profit OF II cents,
or 81 cents on dozen tumblers. was thus
secured.
"The company doesn't do business on a
small scale, although itself isn't large. 1t
has men travelling over most of the world,
and sometimes when an agent starts cut he
isn't expected to get back before five years.
He not only canvasses South America, Aus
tralia, Africa, India and China, but also
England, France and Spain-all the world
over and back again, What the company
cannot sell at home and to the countries
generally named, it sends to England,
using England as dumping ground for its
surplus"
1t would appear from the above that
Americans can make goods quite exten-
sively for foreign markets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
EVERY MAN HIS OWN PROPHET.
How to Forecast the Weather by Watch
ing the Floating Clouds.
Chamhershurp Snirft

"How do I know so much about the
weather." came from man not in the Sig
nal Service. "Well, I'll give you pointer.
When you wish to know what the weather
is going to be go out and select the smallest
cloud you see. Keep your eye on it, and if
it decreases or disappears it shows state of
the air that is sure to be followed by fine
weather; butif it increases take your over
coat with you if you are going away from
home, for falling weather is not far off.
''The reason is this: When the air is be-
coming charged with electricity you will see
every cloud attracting all lesser ones toward
it until it gathers into shower, and, on the
contrary, when the fluid is passing off or
diffusing itself, then large cloud will be
seen breaking into pieces and dissolving." :"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
HINTS TO BEGINNERS.

The Kind of Outft to Buy and How to
Use II.
The first thing for beginner in amateur
photography to do Is to buy good outfit
He should pay q good price and get
camera with all the modern improvements
II should have double swing back and
OelioWs Of good length. For instance, a
camera with lens of nine inches in facial
lengtn should have a bellows l9 inches in
length This will enable the operator to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
FUN WITH A CAMERA.
Interesting Symposium of Articles
on Amateur Photography.
PLEASURES OF PHOrOGRAPHING.
Houses in Motion, Vessels Under Sail and
Other Moving Objects.
SOME OF THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS
rwHrrrrr FOR THE p1EpArcH.l

IWhIIItN TUE TIE lIsFAIOd.I
Amateur photography has made rapid
strides in the few years since its inception.
There are thousands of knights of the
camera in all parts of the country. A SYM
postum of articles descriptive of the growth
of the art, its present condition and future
prospects, by such eminent amateur pho
tographers as c. w. Garfield, the President
of the New York Society of Amateur Pho
tographers; H. I. Dufield, a scientific
writer and lecturer; Alfred L. Simpson, a
prominent business man with photography
for hobby; E. PEBBLES Smith, scientific
photographer, and Richard A. Anthony,
well-known manufacturer, is interesting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
WARMLY WELCOMED.

Rev. c. E. Fulton Begins His Labors in
PittsburR To- day.
Rev. G. E. Fulton, the new minister of
the Christ M +, E. Church, will preach for
the first time to-day. Mr.. Fulton comes
from st. Louis, and was warmly welcomed
to Pittsburg by his new congregation. He
left behind him many friends in st. Louis
who were sorry to see him leave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Bananas.

Just received, three cars Of bananas. ex-
ira selected stock; largest receivers in this
market, five to ten cars weekly. Come and
see us. We are headquarters.
PITTsBURG PRODUCE COMMISSION Co.,
Myers & Tate, Props,
s13 Liberty ct.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
For Real Bargains

In diamonds, watches and silverware, 90 to
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave. Special low
prices in fine parlor clocks and bronzes to
match. 1t will pay you to call this week
and see the immense stock of goods Just re-
ceived at 295 Fifth ave. WFsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14
Bananas,

Just received, three cars Of bananas, ex-
ira selected stock; largest receivers in this
market, five to ten cars weekly. Come and
see us. We are headquarters.
PITTSBURG PRODUCE COMMISSION Co..
Myers & Tate, Props,
S13 Liberty st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

And elegant line of diamonds, watches,
clocks, jewelry, silverware, etc.
JAS. MCKEE, Jeweler,
40 Smithfeld street, one door below Dia-
mond street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

ALL the leading brands of imported
cigars, wholesale and retail.
G. W. SCHMIDT, 95 and 81 Fifth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

For parlor bedroom, dining or kitchen
furniture call on Dain 8 Daschbach, III
Smithield street. Prices guaranteed to be
the lowest in the city for frst-class goods.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

You can buy 80 delicious imported cigars
for 81 30 at g. W. Schmidt's, 95 and 81
Fifth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

OHIO river gas field. For control of it,
attention. is called to the advertisement
headed "CapitalIstsl Investors r. yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

CASH paid for old gold and silver at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth ave. WFsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

The celebrated xxx 1855 pure rye
whisky, the finest in the United States, can
always be had at G. W. Schmidt's, 95 and
81 Fifth avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

Purchased Sheriff Sale Spot
goods
dollar And
general
looking bargains
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-21

have just returned from Springfield,
No., where, in the shops of the st. Louis
and San Francisco road, SAW n furnace
in operation that at once solved the prob
lem of smoke consumption and the re-
duction of coal consumption to the mini
mum. 1t is bound 10 revolutionize the.
entire system of steam making 1t is
the invention Of Carney, the master me-
chanic of the road, has been In operation
for nearly year, and Is complete sue
cess. To put It briefly, by Carney's
process the highest degree of heat Is Sc
cured by burning with every pound Of
coal two pounds of water. In fact, water
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-21
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Two Colored Children Find Watery
Grave.

News has reached the city of the
drowning OF two c,.inred chil dren
lasi Friday the l4tb, at Mi. r. L..
Moseley's farm u few miles east OF
town. Mr.. Moselty Us farm is situated
near that of his father, Mr.. Jno. l..
Moscley, on Little River. The exact
circumstances of the unfortunate ac-
cidcnt arc not known. Ono of them
was boy oftwclve and the other a
girl of ten years of age. They were
sent out for some purpose in the di-
rcction of the river and as they staid
longer than expected their friends
Instituted search for them. Their
tracks were found on the river bank
and finally the place where they had
apparently slipped into the water
WAS located, but the bodies were
now here to be seen. The river was
up and the swollen waters very
muddy. Now comes curious part
of the affair, which is said to be true.
A negro man who was assisting in
the search was given to superstitions,
like many of his race, and announcing
that garment Of person drowned
would sink If IL 1oated over the
body, proceeded to throw one Of the
boys shirts into the water. The
garment floated down the river
about $50 yards, crossed the stream
and finally sank in kind
of eddy near the opposite bank.
This place was examined and sure
enough the body was found
near where the shirt had sunk. The
girls body was also found close by,
but on the other side OF tho stream.
An inquest was held by Esquire M.
A. Fritz, who found verdict Of &C.
cidental drowning.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-21
A Card In the Pocket.

Several young married ladies In GER
tain private boarding house in st. Paul
are just now having oceans Of fun at the
expense of one of their sex in Rochester,
N. Y. The husband of one of the ladies
recently purchased a spring overcoat.
With true womanly instinct his better
half, the first time the coat was left at
home, proceeded to explore the various
pockets, and hidden in the little side
pocket she found card on which the
name and address Of n young lady at
Rochester, N. Y, was written. OF course
the husband was asked to explain, but
could not, Us no had not been aware Of
the presence OF the card. The idea that
it had been placed there by q young tail
Dress who had handled the coat last at
tho factory struck tho spouse in forcible
manner.
His wife was loath to believe such O
story, but followed tho advice Of her
husband and wrote to the address given,
pretending that she was young man
who had bought tho coat. In the mean
time sho told tho other ladies' at the
house of the affair and all waited impa-
tiently for an answer. 10 came. and Of
course It was as the husband suspected.
Tho writer was willing to continue the
correspondence if tho gentleman was
sincere, etc. Another letter Is now being
written. wonder how the girl win feel
when she discovers that her address fell
into tho hands Of n female instead of
some gay deceiver3-St. Paul Pioneer
Press,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-21
TOBACCO NEWS.

Sales by Alternately & Long, June
18th, of 10 hhds TOBACCO.
10 hhds Common to Medium Luga
81 As to 2 30.
0 hhds Common to Medium Leaf
SO % to 8 80.
No change in the market from last
week.
Sales by Hancock, Hallums Il Co.
for the week ending June 10 of BIS
hhds. tobacco:
81 hhds. good and fine leaf-$l3 10
IL so, IL 90, IL 20, IL 90, IL 90, IL 90
IL 90, 10 10, 10 80, 10 90, 10 90, 10 90
10 90, 10 90, 10 90, o 500 80, 20
9 20, 8 90, 8 90, 0 90, 8 CO., 90, 8 90
0 90, 0 90, o so, o 5O9 20, 20, 80 20
0 90, o 90, 8 90, 0 90.
% hhds. IS to s so.
AZ hide. 81 to Z 50.
2l3 hide. low to med leaf-$3 80 L
| 6 90.
43 hhds low 10 good lugs-$l p t.
4 90.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-21
Mrs. Elizabeth GuYnn.

Died, June 3rd 1889 In the 84th
year of her age, Mrs. Elizabeth w.
Guynn, at her home in Hopkinsville,
Ky. Mrs. Guynn was Il native OF
Halifax county, Va, and removed
with her parents to this county when
she wss 10 years old and has lived
here ever since, esteemed by all who
knew her,
She was a woman of great force of
character aud kind disposition a
good neighbor, loving mother, a
faithful friend, she filled well the
sphere that God had assigned her and
performed her duty faithfully. AT
ter all. what higher recommendation
eau we pronounce on men or women
than that they have done their duty
Mrs. Guynn has been identified with
Ilopkinsville nearly all her life and
through all these years her influence
has been on the side of truth and up
rightness. Who can estimate the in
nuence of her example in giving tone
and direction to higher and better
life among those with whom she
came in contact? For many years q
member of the Christian church she
exemplilied in her life the practical
virtues that adorn the Christian
character aud when the time can't
for her to cross the dark river, will
strong faith In her Master aud hop
of Immortality, she expressed he
willingness to go and JOIN the loved
ones on the other shore.
w, Z, w.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-21
Oily Court News.

Yves Howell, col, assisting prisoner
to escape, acquitted.
Henry Lower, drunkenness and
breach Of peace, fined So and costs IN
each case sent to work house.
Jno Boyd, col, breach of peace
fined $3.50 and costs.
Willis jackson, Andrew johnson,
and Nathan johnson, all colored, pet
II larceny, acquitted.
Robt. Jackson, col, petit larceny
held over.
Mike Knowls, drunkenness, acquit'
ted Of charge but sent to lookup fol
contempt of court.
Geo. Morris, drunkenness, fined !
and costs.