Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-08
A FARMERS MISTAKE.
He Didn't Read the Papers and Didn't
Know the Value of Walnut.
PAPER HOUSES THE NEXT THING.
Timely Advice to Country Boys Who Have
an Itching for the City.
THIRTY.FoUR DOLLARS AFOOT PoRLAN

Mr.. j. s. Fisher, prominent local lum-
Der dealer. in conversation yesterday, told
how an Ohio farmer made q mistake. He
said: 1I was in the Buckeye State on busi-
ness short time ago. In walking along
railroad discovered large lot of black
walnut ties. They had been furnished by
farmer who. presumably, never reads the
! papers and did not know the value of the
wood. When I told him he was mad
enough to kick himself was mad, too. to see
such waste of valuable wood. He could have
got dollars for it in Pittsburg,. where he got
cents from the railroad"
Thirty-two mortgages were filed for record
yesterday. The largest.was for $ll, 400 to Bank
Of Pittsburg. The next largest was for $4,000
to ]. r. Mellon. Thirteen were for 81, 900 and
up to $4,000. A large proportion Of these mort
cages was for purchase money The activity
in this business bids fair to eventually absorb
all the idle money of which SO much has been
said.
1t would be interesting to know how many
men in the city these hot August days, who are
tied down to business IN close, hot and dusty
stores and offices while the blazing sun makes
the Streets the sidewalks and even the very
brick walls radiate an increased heat, wish
they were barefooted boys again, and out in
the country in the cool shade, where they
could dress as they pleased. As q rule. the
city man wants to go to the country and the
countryman wants to come to the city. IL Is the
same with boys. But, as Shakespeare puts it,
they had better bear the ills they have than fly
to others they know not of. Comparatively
few country boys succeed in the city. A large
majority of them prove pronounced failures,
and sink out of sight and remembrance in
few years. A few of those with exceptional en-
ergy, natural force of character, or special ad-
vantages acquire fortunes and fame. Country
boys, unless they have trades, professions. cap
ital or some other special calling or advantage,
should avoid the city.
uThe lumber trade is unusually active for the
season. This is attributed to the large number
of buildings going up in the city and suburbs.
This industry will improve later on when there
will be an advance in prices. There are already
signs Of an awakening No towns, houses or
transportation lines can be built without lum-
Der. If all the projected booms and improve
ments matsrislize, and there is good evidence
to show that great many Of them will, there
will be a rush Tor lumber at an early date.
Recently there has been an addition made to
the food plants produced in this country, which
in time may prove strong rival of Indian corn.
The new plant is called cassava and it can be
grown to perfection in almost all the Southern
States. A person who has given special atten-
ton to the thinks that from 10 to so tons
Of roots of one years growth ought to be OBJ
tanned from an acre of land, according to its
quality. This is little better than conjecture,
but certainly the plant yields enormously under
certain conditions. 1t makes an excellent flour.
This is alarming news to lovers of Johnnycakes,
hoecakes and dodgers.
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Lots in the Orchard plan, at Williamsburg,
are selling at the rate Of $S4 . foot. Six or
eight years ago they went a-begging at half the
money. Water works. churches of nearly all
denominations, the finest school building out
side of the cities and unsurpassed railroad ia
cilities are attracting attention to Williamsburg
as one of the most desirable places for residence
around Pittsburg.
The advance in prices during the past two
weeks was not confined entirely to w all street.
Within that time wheat has risen cents per
bushel, corn z cents per bushel, coffee 20
points. cotton l16 lead 10 points, tin Is points.
copper Is points. and oil about cents per bar
rel. Local stocks have also participated in the
upward movement.
The prophet who few years ago proclaimed
that all houses for common use would ulti-
mately be built Of paper, was laughed at as
impractical But it is quite rapidly coming
true that cheap houses can be built entirely of
paper. What is needed is a building material
so inexpensive that we shall have no tempta-
tion to retain them when infected by diseases.
or when partially decayed and unwholesome.
The Poper World boasts that we are entering
the paper age, when we shall not only live in
paper houses, but wear paper clothes and use
paper napkins, handkerchiefs and plates.
deed has just been executed in Virginia
City, New, by the United States Marshal, con-
yeving to the Union Trust Company, of New
York, all property of the Sutro Tunnel Com.
pany included in the sale of the property Janu-
ary a. 1889 The sale was made to satisfy
m ortgage held by Hugh McCalmont ct al A
suit for foreclosure was called in the United
States Circuit Court at Carson, October ], 1883,
resulting in decree ordering the sale of the
property. The property was bid in by agents
Of the Union Trust Company for 81, 81, 900.