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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
SECRET SOCIETY.
G. Nj. II. A.


"A charter was granted last week for Branch
No 6S, in Austin, Potter county.
"A meeting will be held to-day Sunday at
Natrona TO start branch.
"A meeting was held last Sunday at Mobiles
town Several names were signed 10 an appli-
cation for n charter
Friday evening Branch No. &c of the Cath
olic Mutual Benefit Association was instituted
at st. Johns School Hall, Thirty-second street,
by Grand Deputy ]. w. Sullivan, assisted by
District Deputy F. ]. Brady and Chancellor ].
A. Burns. The following is the list of officers
for the new branch: Spiritual Advisor Rev.
Z. V. Neeson; President, James ]. Gan
non; First Vice President, Owen McCusker;
Second Vice President, ]. y. Boyle; Recording
Secretary, J. Z. Larkins; Assistant Recording
Secretary, E. P. Laughrey; Financial Secretary
Joseph b. Smith: Treasurer. Rev. E. P. Griffen;
Marshal, Edward Jackson: Guard, Daniel Cor
coran; Trustees, Rev. c. V. Neeson, John c.
Hillgrove, Owen McCusker, Anthony Brislin,
WI. c. Floyd.
Tomorrow evening Branch No. g. will be
instituted in st. Andrews Hall, Beaver avenue,
Allegheny.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

A Apetition, signed by nearly 10000 brakemen
for the adoption of automatic brakes and
couplers for freight trains. was sent to Wash.
ington last week. Tie urgency of this petition
is accentuated by the heavy list of fatalities of
the last few years. Too much cannot be said
IN condemnation of the dilapidated condition
OF tne prake gear on many freight cars. 1t is
especially important that cars eOuipned with
2lrDrakes should have the beams. shoes. levers
eic, III good condition, but il Is not uncommon
TO see the reverse of this. Even on passenger
cars the beams are often hung with careless
ness and consequently the liability to accident
increased. IL Is reassuring to know that an
eicctLlc brake has recently been Introduced
winch promises to effect material improve-
ment IN these matters. Its action is AUTOMATIC
ana II Is said to insure the highest safety and
elIClehcy, ana TO combine absolute smoothpess
with lnsIantaneousness OF action,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
LIGHT TRADING,
Local Stocks Dull But Generally Steady
Throughout the Week.

Captain Barbour returned from Gettysburg
yesterday and conducted the stock call. He
was whitewashed. There was big array of
figures on the board, in which bank and insur-
ance stocks figured conspicuously, but that was
all. Buyers and sellers were not on trading
terms-the latter looking through the big end
and the former the little end of the glass.
There were a few minor changes In quota
tions, about evenly divided between advances
and declines, but not pronounced enough to
establish precedents. Prices which can be put
up or down by sales of ten share lots, afford mo
indication of values. The market was dull but
generally steady throughout the week. closing
at about the best prices. Bids and offers were:
BANK STOCKS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

New York inventor proposes to revolution
ize the present system for the storage of grain
and food products. If his plan is found to be
feasible, and it is claimed TO be so, the elevator
now in use will be permanently done away
with, and each farmer and producer will be
supplied with q substitute. in which he will be
able to store his grain for years at small cost
and without risk. The cost of working will
average from to cents for each bushel of
their capacity against 40 to 30 cents now ex-
pended on wooden elevators. The system in
wolves the use of steel tanks, which will be
hled with grain by a simple and novel process.
when one Of the tanks is filled percentage of
the air is exhausted, and q quantity of carbonic
acid gas admitted. The valves are then closed
and the grain Is in a condition to keep unin-
lured for years. There is nc decay where there
Is no air, and this principle is the keystone of
the new system. Food can be preserved, it is
said. by this process Work Is soon to be COM
tnenced on machine shops in ChicCgo for the
Manufacture of these tanks, and thereby a
new industry will be established in that city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Jasper.

Within two years the jasper industry has
been developed, and there are now four quar-
rles, employing nearly LOCO men. in operation
about Sioux Fails. The market extends from
Chicago TO Kansas City. Sioux Falls streets
are paved with jasper, and her Iour-story
buildings are constructed of it. The stone is
susceptible of high degree of polish, and
when finished looks much like the red granite
of Missouri The pioneer in the jasper in
dusrrv discovered not long ago that the dust of
the jasper. which is half as hard as diamonds.
would polish the famous petrified wood of
Arizona, and make of it table tops and orna-
mentS more beautiful than agate or onyx. The
petritied wood is now brought from Arizona to
Sioux Falls by the carload, and polished in a
variety of forms. To the jasper industry, the
city has added the manufacture of chalcedony.
There is scientific mystery about this
called Jasper. Practically it is all right. Its
utility has been established, but geologically
there Is no little uncertainty about it. Those
who know the most are the least positive in
discussing its character. Some of the scientific
nen who have looked at it call it red quartzte
Prof. Nlnchcl says it is the hardest stone in
the United States that has been used for build
ing purposes. The grain is very close. The
only element to which 1t succumbs is fire. 1t
Will stand good .degree, but crumbles like
sandstone or limestone under TOO intense heat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Wood-Rending asau Industry.

There are comparatively few persons outside
the carriage and boat building interest that
know to what an extent the wood-bending bus
iness is carried, and the management that is
necessary in CARRYING on a well arranged wood.
bending establishment Few know that the
line carriages they ride in are very largely made
OF bent wood. The felloes Of their wheels are
bent and made in two parts. The framework
oil coaches and heavy carriages is nearly all
made OF bent stock. They are not only better,
but more cheaply made. The frames of most
OF our pleasure boats are bent, and so are many
OF the frames OF some OF our finest sailing
yachts turnIture OI many kinds has bent
frames. The objects of bending are saving of
time and stock, STABILITY and strength of work
and beauty OF form. Ii is business that needs
10 De Wen understood, however, to make a sue
cess OF II. Simple as the work seems to be VET
1t Is full OF little details which must be strictly
attended TO, else the result is a miserable fail.
Cre,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Improvements in BooLbinJtno.

Mr.. Gladstone points out that the greatest
change IN regard to books which has lately been
wrought Is in the bindings 1t is a yeritabIe
revolution. Bookbinding was a trade II ,s
now an art and one of the finest arts One can
almost tell the date of a modern book bv its
binding. A few years ago most of the hools
were badly bound. Now nobody will look ,t !.
volume IN an ugly cover. The publishers vie
70 the eve. easy to handle and nice To t"ncb
The colors mustbe good. Instead of the Parish
cover, which was regarded as beautIfnI q foIr
years ago because 1t Was startling. we have
cloth bindings OF the sweetest hues and if anS
gilt ornament be placed on the front II n,,isy "y
be designed by an artist. So far as me ontside
of books goes, this is our golden age, Fvnrr1
thing that makes book handsome is cbesn
feared, when prices rise again. - w De
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
:eeps up good demand for thasolass of ssour.

keeps up good demand for thatcla of secur-
ities
INVESTORS who were hungry for bank stocks
must pay the price to get them There are no
signs Of concession.
ONLY limited amount Of the Frick Coke
Company bonds remain for sale by the Fidelity
Title and Trust Company.
The change Of management Of the Pittsburg
and Western has so far failed 60 boom the
stock. Is 1t another Panhandle dealf
REAL estate was active last week SO far as
inquiry was concerned, but the amount Of bust
ness was slight Business in mortgages was
dull
NOTHING has been said lately about divi-
dend on Plate Glass President Ford's state
ment that they would be few and far between
seems likely TO stand good.
THERE is too much bear at the Stock Ex-
change for business to thrive. All want to get
in on the ground floor One of these days the
bears will find themselves IN the soup.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Heating of Trains.

In looking into the subject of heating rail-
way trains by steam and investigating the rec
ords made by the different steam heating COM
panies, 1t transpires that one of the principal
causes of the comparative failures OF several
perfect education of the trainmen in the man.
agement of steam heating equipment. While,
perhaps, none of the present steam heating
systems are SO perfect that no improvement
will be made in theln it is also true that the
thing most necessary to secure efficiency is a
full knowledge on the part of employees of the
details of their proper management
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
American md English Skill.

There is an amica1le rivalry between En-
glish and American engineers. The skill which
they exhibit rs the same, but its application
differs in the two countries. Where American
engineers have been compelled to build for the
day or the morrow, English engineers have
been able to build for the next generation and
the century But the eXtempore skill OF the
massive conceptions of their English brethren,
and English structures, such as the forth
bridge, are largely influenced by American
ideas and experience. The cantlever principe
is borrowed from the United States, and is the
product of American conditions Of work and
American fertility of invention and audaclty
OF construction. Thus the genius and skill OF
each country supplements that OF the otner.
The English borrow from America and the
Americans borrow from the English. and both
are better for the exchange.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
AdaptabiIIty of Electric Chr, in Cities.

In addition to cleanliness, another point IN
favor of electrical railways is the excellent
time that can be made with them, especially in
the suburbs. At recent meeting of the West
End Railway Company, of Boston, its Presi-
dent stated that the average speed of the cars
in the city was II miles an hour, and that when
all of the horse cars were removed from the
road it was expected to be able to run at a
speed Of l5 miles an hour When it is remem-
bered that the average speed of elevated roads
is only little over ten miles an hour, the ad-
vantage of electrical roads in the matter of
time will be appreciated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
A, O, H, of NJ. g..

Star of Liberty Castle No. lO2, A. O. X. of
NJ. C., neld their fifth annual picnic at Rock
Point on Thursday, September u Between
500 and 800 persons participated. The Commit
tee of Arrangements consisted of A J. Thomp-
son, I. j; May, A. H. Edwards, d. l. Hite, H
II. Ulrich, Thomas Skipp, G. c, Patterson r
Gumbert, l.. q. Kiehl and VIM. Stroud. All
present appeared to enjoy themselves. The
dancing platform was presided over by Mr.. A,
II. Neadhammer and his able assistants.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

NEW YoRK-Bank clearings, S127, ,426 100; bal
ances. $537 74,959. For the week-Clearings, SOL,
zo572l; balances, $50, ,544,3 1873.
- BosToN-Bank clearings. ST., ,S5l. 629; balances,
sl,S0, ,l3l. For the week-Cearings, SIS, ,7O7, ,9l8;
balances, s9,630,N2 For the corresponding
week last year-Clearings. SSl. .a95, ,Sl4; balances
Sl0,646O39
BALTLMoRB-Bank clearings. sl,696 OS1; bal
ances. S238, ,047
PHILADELPHIA-Bankc clearings, s9,944,654;
balances 81, ,297, ,6S6. For the week-Clearings
S65, ,752 80; balances, SO, 7l42l6.
LoNDoN-The amount of bullion withdrawn
from the Bank of England on balance to-day is
PARIs-Three per cent rentes. s6r III for the
account.
CHIoAGo-Money unchanged. Bank clear
ings, Sll,6OS,OO0
ST. LoUIs-Bank clearings, S2S70,936; bal
ances, S464.7lS. For this week-Clearings,
SO H07ll; balances. So. 295, 9O4. For last week.
Clearings SIS. 139. 756; balances. S. 529 54l For
same week last year-Clearings, $50, ,0O3, ,21S;
balances, S3,l47, ,5S9.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Business Notes.

HENRY NJ. LONG sold 30 shares OF Electric
at S.
PERMITS for 50 buildings were issued last
week, the estimated cost being s126,656
DOWNTOWN business property was sold
yesterday, but the particulars were refused.
1T needs but small buying movement to
start business in stocks. Who viii lead of?
THE improvement in the insurance business
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Disapprarance of Minor Industries

Two oil the minor industries of the printing
trade seem to have entirely disappeared. In
every large town there was formerly a work.
man who made business of supplying corn.
positors with steel rules Old saw blades were
preferred for this use, and the rules were cnt
as the printer desired, with one or two ears. or
lor makeup purposes. On the side was en-.
graVed the name. Most of these were admlra.
Die, better than could be obtained from tyne
founders, and 1t is pity that the industry is
lost The other lost art is that of printing with
hecks, or woolen rags, cut up to the very finest.
and applied on gummy or sized surface. The
form was made ready and the printIno dono
substantially as it would he for bronzin9 and
the coniminuted wooden rags applied. IF gave
a very soit velrety surface, but its slowness
anu tle hecessi'y oi competition with litho-
market
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Improvement in Railway AppI,arca.

In 1853 the Boston and Providence RaiIro,d
ran fat car with water tank ahead of i+s
passenger trains, with which to sprinkle its
track for the comfort of its patrons: this -.r
for three or four years. Somewhat later the
Housatonic road put up canvas across from
one end of the car TO that Of the next one
throughout the entire length of its train TO
ken ont the dust. As a contrasr to tbis "
practical test was made last week Of a nov,
ventiatOr, which. it is claimed, Will ventilsta
cars without letting in dust and cinders Fans
under the car are operated by the motion of
ing water which filters and coOls il. into a cen.
tral tube along the roof and thence through
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
The Condition of Business at the East Liberty
Stock Yards
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
SATURDAY, September IA, 1889.

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH,1
SATURDAY, September IA, 1889. I
CATTLE-Receipts, $50 head; shipments, /, 100
head; market steady; nothing doing; all
through consignments; 10 cars of cattle shipped
to New York to-day
HoGs-Receipts. 100 mead: shipments. 9, 400
head; market active; best light, 81 65@4 10;
medium and light Philadelphias, 81 80; heavy
grades, 81 2OG4 80: grassers, 81 25@4 40; 6 cars
of hogs shipped to New York to-day.
SHEEP-Receipts. 1900 head;' shipments.
5000 head; market dull, shade OFF from yester-
days prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Other Oil Markets,

OIL CITY. September A-National transit
certificates opened at 997sc; highest, 81 OOs6;
lowest 1890; closed, 81 O0. Sales, 197, 900 bar,
rels clearances, 900 barrels; charters Sc S25
barrels; shipments, 1927 barrels; runs. 3,O3l
barrels
certificates opened at 9gAc; closed at 81 OOI:
highest 81 0O3s; lowest 995sc. Clearances, 7SS 900
barrels.
TITUSvLLE, September A.-National transit
certificates opened at 9954c: highest, 81 0Os6;
lowest, 9914c; closed at 81 0OH.
NEW YORK, September 14-Petroleum
opened firm at 995sc, and, although there was
some pressure to sell, the price moved up
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
STRONG BUT DULL.
Oil Passes the Dollar Line With Very Little
Trading.

The oil market was strong and dull yester-
day. 1t opened at 994, and on light buying in
New York and Bradford advanced to 1OO3S,
Local selling at this figure caused break to
the opening quotation, from which another
little buying squirt caused a rally to 1OOL,
which was the closing price.
There was considerable noise at times, but
there was very little in the way of business to
show for it. In fact, more attention was given
to the ticker board than TO oil. Fridays clear
ings we're 6B, 900 barrels. There was no field or
other news of Importance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

VISITORS to the Exposition are invited
to inspect my immense stock of diamonds.
watches, jewelry, silyerware, clocks.
bronzes, etc. The largest stock and lowest
prices in the city. No trouble to show
goods. NJ. G. COHEN,
53S Smithfeld st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
EVERY DAY SCIENCE.
The Value of the Best Periodicals and
Papers to the Mechanic.
IMPROVED RAILWAY APPLIANCES.
Adaptability of Electric Cars in Cities, and
Their Superiority.
IMPROVED RAILWAY APPLIANCES
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES
PREPARED FOR THE D1sPATcH.l

PREPARED FOR THE DIsPATCH.l
Readers of THE DISPATCH who desire
information on subjects relating to indus
trial development and progress in mechani-
cal, civil and electrical engineering and the
sciences can have their queries answered
through this column.
The value to the mechanic of good period
icals and papers pertaining to the business
in which he is engaged, is often underrated
by him. and he is apt TO consider that he is
none the worse for a lack of knowledge
about the experience, opinions and work OF
Others This is a most serious mistake on
his part, and one which in the end will be
suicidal to his best interests. One great
reason why so much progress has been made
in recent years lies in the fact that the ease
with which men can give the results of
their labors and experience to their CO.
temporaries or leave them to posterity has
resulted in much greater diffusion of
knowledge. 1t matters not whether he be a
fireman, engineer machinist, foreman. master
mechanic or superintendent of motive power,
or whether his natural abilities be great or
small, if he wishes to advance with the rest of
the world he must know what is doing, and
this knowledge must be derived from the pages
OF papers devoted 10 mechanical affairs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Stone Poster Type.

Stone poster type is again talked of. A mix
ture of silica and other substances is made
which is at first very soft. This is pressed in
molds, and the letter is then dried by the
action of the air.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

Money on call at New ork yesterday was easy
az per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 5@7.
sterling exchange quiet but steady at "a S411
ior 60day bills and 81 $50 for demand.
The weekly statement of the New York
banks, issued yesterday, shows the following
changes: Reserve, decrease, 50 1892 600; loans, in
crease, 7090O; specie, decrease, 81, IA, 500;
crease, ZOO; circulation, increase, Sll ZOO.
Inc banks now hold S. l3i 775 in excess of the 25
per cent rule.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

The total sales OF stocks at New York yester-
2775; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
1000; Erie, 1000: Louisvilleand Nashville 9. $500;
Missouri Pacific, 2260; Northwestern. 2ll5;
Northern Pacific, 2. los; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred. $3.50; Reading, 9.lOO; st. Paul, 9,lOO;
Union Pacific, S1O0
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

smaller bell-mouthed tubes into the car.
Whenever the car moves a constant current of
air is secured, even when DOORS windows and
all other apertures are closed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
PHILADELPHIA Stocks.

Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks mr.
nished by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers, No 81
Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex-
alou
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

GEO. H. BENNETT & BRO, 135 First
avenue, Pittsburg. are the largest holders of
pure rye whisky in the city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

CABINET photos, 81 per doz. Lies Pop-
ular Gallery, 10 and II Sixth st. Tlsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
INCREASING TIE EXCESS.
Clearing House Figures Continue TO Show
Gnins Over Last Year.

Aas' 1ear'
The money market was fairly active yester-
day. the demand for small loans being good,
and checking and depositing liberal There
was no change in rates, which were steady at
oU7, as the extremes. The scarcity of currency
was still felt. but not so much as earlier in the
week. The gains for the week over the same
tlme last year. as shown by the Clearing House
report were S750000. The record for the day,
week and year is appended:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

CLAN and novelty plaids, large assort-
ment new goods for fall now opened.
HUGUS & HACKF.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

Kefned, New York, 7.20c,
Refined, London, sgd.
Refined, Antwerp, i1%r.
Refined. Liverpool, 6hd.
A. B. McGrew & Co. quote: Puts. 1920:
calls, 81 0lAQl 013s.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Natural Gas Bills Reduced IS Per Cent.

See our new gas fires, gas ranges, gas stoves,
ETC.; register your orders for fall delivery
The largest, finest and most complete assort-
ment of any firm in the world. O'KEEFE
GAS APPLIANCE Co., "a Fifth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Features of the Market.

Corrected daily by John M. Oakley & Co., As
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro-
| lenm ENchanrn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15

Opened. .......,. ...,.. 99AILowest ees1
Highest...... ....1005S Closed IOOIz
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Closing Bond Quotations.

dull.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-21
Try Them.

Many Sunday-schools have a very
pernicious practice of sending theil
little girls to hawk their festival ano
picnic tickets. A gentleman besiegeo
by the children, said:
1T will buy tickets of all who can say
the Ten Commandments" Out of the
twelve not one could make the requir'
ed recitation, and all belonged to the
same Sunday-school, and to the same
class. Another made her appearance
"How many commandments shoulo
YOU say there werem she was asked
"Sixteen."
"You place the figure rather high
but let's hear what you know"
"Well," she said slowly, II don't
know but four"
"Say the four for me, then"
A moments pause. II don't believe
I know but two"
"We will hear the two, then, if you
please"
"I've forgot them," said the vendor
of tickets.
"Well, then, I cannot deal with
you,n and she was dismissed. Al
many as fifty children applied, ano
yet none could say the command
ments, except one little girl, OF which
tickets were bought. If our Sunday
school scholars were put upon the
stand, how many could repeat the Ter
Commandments