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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
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Can someone rise and explain wny the maxi
mum has been placed at q in Pennsylvania
The next session of the Supreme Lodge will
| oe held in the city of Detroit, Mich. the home
| OF Supreme Master Workman Wilson.
John Lingenfelser, of Industry Lodge No. 25
has the sympathy Of all brother workmen in
| MS sad loss OF son, who was buried on
| Wednesday last
G. E. White, of Wilkins Lodge No. 2z4 Will
| k1nsburg, has been ordered to take trip by
| his physician to recuperate, and is now enjoy
| ing the refreshing breezes at Atlantic City.
The warm weather is evidently having its ef-
| feot on the Mogullians. as it is too warm to
| laugh, but when the cool weather comes again
many an enjoyable smile will be taken at these
| jolly meetings.
team of workers composed of members OF In
dustry Lodge No. % for the iniatory ceremo-
| MES A good report will be heard from them
as they are busters in the order.
What has become of Mt. Washington Lodge
No. ll3, this summer that their annual moon
light excursion has not been announced before
thisS The friends of the lodge still have hopes
OF hearing the announcement before the season
closes.
Cosby Gray, of Union Lodge No. SO, also a
member of the Grand Lodge Finance Commit
tee, has been complimented for his fine repors
of the health of Pittsburg, and is considered
one OF the best posted men in the Board of
Health office.
odmCo aiStOu. Inc eluCl6nC 0l0QL O10Cer
the Pittsburg end of the Sixth Street Bridge
and member of the Bloomfield Lodge No
l34, has been off duty for several weeks owing
TO sickness, His many friends will be pleased
TO hear of his convalescence.
Alexander Palmer. of Leeehburg Lodge No.
24l, was in Allegheny City on Wednesday, and
returned home the same day. He reports busi-
ness brisk. the lodge booming and everything
working nicely for the order. For a young
lodge 1t Is evidently holding its own.
Thomas A. Armstrong Council No 2el n IT
A. NJ, has elected and Installed the following
officers for the next six months term: c., Will,
lam h. Evans; Y. C., DR.. Sutherland: Record
ing Secretary, Benjamin F. McJntyre; Assist
ant Recording Secretary, George H. Burton;
Financial Secretary, j. NJ. Bratt; Treasurer
John Brinkman Ind. VIM. Mires; Ex., viii,
lam Rowell;L Prot, James A Klemm; O.Prot..
Fred Kiser; Jr: Elk. C., Fred ]. Bennett; Sr. Ex.
&, Joseph Paul. Sr.; Trustees, D. J. Campbell,
Edward Cramer and Joseph Paul, ST. This
council has insrsuted degree nights, using the
hrst three meeting nights of each month for
order.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
appear in the procession of Tuesday

carriages appear in the procession of Tuesday,
| August Il
THOMAS MoCARTY, late Of Company G.,
One Hundred and Twenty-third Pennsylvania
Volunteers, foreman at divers Eleventh
street mill, was mustered into Post l5l on last
Tuesday evening.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER DENNIsroN
will go to the reunion at Scottdale next Satur-
day. Comrades John A. Danks and Chill Haz-
zard are also expected to be there and speak
at the camp fire In the evening.
THOSE who intend going to Fredericksburg,
Va. with Comrade Duroll and others, Of Post
Isl. will report gripsack in hand; at the Balti-
more and Ohio depot on next THURSDAY even
ing in time to take the e2o train.
ON account of the warm weather and the
consequent adjournment of Post 259 until the
latter part of August, the social meetings
which were to have been inaugurated Will not
be commenced until the post begins to meet
regularly again.
A PROMINENT feature of encampment week
will be the presence in Boston Harbor Of the
North Atlantic squadron. commanded by Rear
Admiral Bancroft Gherardi ordered there by
the Secretary of the Navy at the request of
the Executive Committee Of the National En-
campment.
THE route Of the procession at the opening
of the National Encampment in Boston Tues
day. August II, has been changed. The route
as amended is as follows: From Common
wealth avenue, Arlington and Boylston streets,
Copley square. Dartmouth street, Columbus
avenue, West Chester Park and Washington
street to Adams square.
GENERAL A. l. PEARSON with the rest OF
the Canada fishing party Of old soldier law
yers. will arrive home tomorrow. The General
writes to a comrade saying the weather is not
particularly mild, he having to wear three
nannel shirts and an overcoat to keep warm.
lie also said that he went out after supper one
night last week and caught 80 fish.
NOTWITHSTANDING the warm weather the
meetings of Post Isl are well attended. and
the comrades are alive and active in every
thlng pertaining to Grand Army work. Their
cozy nDrary and reception room Is open every
evening, where some of the comrades can be
found ready to give hearty welcome TO any
and all who may feel like visiting them.
ALL arrangements are now complete for the
reunion Of the One Hundred and Second
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers at Nc
Keesport on August Is. They Will 90 BY the
way OF the B. & o. r r., leaving Pittsburg at
9o'clock A. M, tickets good for round trip, 90
cents. Members of Company residing at
McKeesport will have charge of the affair and
from present indications the reunion is an
assured success. Badges can be procured
from Comrade D. A. Jones at City Assessors
office or at the depot on the morning of de-
parture,
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Practical Training for the Engineer.

A well-known engineering expert gives
some excellent directions to those just be-
ginning the study of engineering. He
recommends the study of working models
or even strips of wood on cardboard repre-
senting the slide valve and its ports and
seat. The student should be shown how to
lay out on the engine floor, with piece of
string and a two-foot rule, the vaIve-motion
diagram, so that he can definitely ascertain
for any amount of inside and outside lap,
any amount of lead and any given piston
stroke and valve travel, and any connecting
rod and eccentric rod length, just where ad-
mission cut of, exhaust release and exhaust
closure takes place, on either the forward or
backward stroke; or wishing any of the oc-
currences to take place al any given points,
under any stated fixed conditions, he can
determine the other elements beyond all
doubt He can be made TO keep his eyes
and ears open. and not to keep his mouth
shut. He can be encouraged to ask ques-
tions and made to answer them, giving the
reasons for his answers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27

The members Of Bellevue Legion No 81 are
making their arrangements to camp out on the
lakes OF Michigan early in August.
Past Commander William Baldwin con.
templates keeping bachelors hall in week or
so. and extends an invitation to the bows TO
drop in and pay their respects in his lonely
moments.
William Cowell, of Spartan Legion No, T..
had the sad misfortune of losing his son last
Monday evening. The boy was run over by a
rallroad engine and killed. His fellow com
rades extend the hand of sympathy in his sad
bereavement.
Spartan Legion No. had quite a lively
meeting on Monday evening last, when the
proposed changes to be brought up at the
fraternai spirit.
Comrades in search of an evenings enIov.
ment could not put it to better use than to Day
bellevue Legion No. 81 visit on the occasion
OF tnelr lawn fete and concert on Thursday
evening. July 81, at Windsor Park.
Bellevue Legion No. 81 will be paid a frater-
naI visn 1y Louis L. Stilz Commandery,
knights OF the Golden Eagle. in BODY on the
occasion of the gathering of No, 3and their
friends on Thursday evening next. They will
De headed by the Select knights Band. The
Commanuery Will be IN. charge of the popular
young captain, James II. Hamilton. a rising
business man. = s
P. g. c. James A. Lindsey will represent
Bradford Legion at Dubois in August: Conrad
" Wllilam Baldwin will represent Spartan Legion
No. 7; Comrade Frank oliver, Erie Legion No
:: and Z; Z. James NJ. TODD, Duauesne Legion
NO. lO. line comrades no doubt will be pleased
to learn that theround trip fare to DUBOIS. and
return, during the session of the Grand Legion
II; IN august VIII be $3.50, and also that General
Ilcket Agent Anderson of the Allegheny
valley Rallroad has kindly offered TO place
East Lake sleepers at the disposal of the COM
radeS during the session. At these rates, all who
can, ca snould certainly attend, as this promises
to be the most interesting session In the history
OF the select knights, and each and every in
dlvlduaI member IS and should be deeply in
terested at this time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27

Grand Army Day will be held on Wednes-
day, September II, the anniversary OF the
battle of Antietam- 1t was SO decided Dy the
Grand Army Day Committee. ROCK folns was
decided upon as the place. Here the comrades
and their friends will gather, and erano re-
union and celebration will be held. Ihe pro-
gramme is, of course, yet to be made up, but
that good one will be prepared Is a foregone
conclusion. There will probably be sham
battle and dress parade, games and dancing,
speechmaking and lots OF other things dear 10
the heart of the veteran. Special rates Will De
secured on all railroads, the price OF round
trip tickets to be so cents. The substance
committee, in conjunction with the ladies OF
the C. A. r. and the Woman's Reile1 corps.
will have charge OF the commiSsary
department. and doubtless the two ladies' Or
ganizations will vie with each other in trying
to please the palates of the veterans. The pro-
ceeds from the sale of eatables the ladies' Will
be allowed to devote toward their respective
homes, the Womans Relief Corps at Brook
vile, and the Ladies OF the Il. A. rs at
Hawkins station. Those desiring to can OF
course take their own lunches. Coffee viii be
furnished by the general committee. Chair
man Edward Fisher, of the committee, ap-
pointed the various subcommittee at yester-
chamber. They are as follows, the first named
on each committee being that committees
chairman:
Finance-w. ]. Patterson. Post 157; W. F.
Speer, 8; j. b. Ross, Al, Charles Gerwig, l2S; j.
N. Taylor, $50.
Transportaiion-Thoma G. Sample. Post
l2S; B. Coll, l57; ]. A. Bachelor, III; James Nc
kee, 2S0; Samuel Ward, 543.
Subsistence-A. R. Dawson. Post l2S; 8. M.
Duvall. 154; w. B. Krosen, 3S: A. j. Reed, Al;
James Sheppard, Isl; ]. 81. Williams, 207.
Entertainmeut-A. z. Burchfeld, Post l62;
George 9. Wood Al; ]. L. Rolhouse, 38; John
Harvey, 230; w. F. SPeer, 8.
Reception-C. o. Smith, Post 259; Eli Rob-
erts. 3S; R. W. Malasee, 2l5. 7. D. Jones, 236;
N. Davis, $780,
Invitation-W. H. Lambert. Post 8; ]. L.
Miller. 162; T. ]. McGrath, 54S; Thomas Ford
ing, 215; L. A. Houghton, III.
Printing-Hugh Morrison, Post 88; o. M.
Head, 259; James McClintock. 1893; Thomas Nc
Cune. 54S; James Atkinson. 2U7.
The following is the Committee on Inter
ments, whose work was formerly done by
Comrade John F. Hunter, Post 8: John F.
Hunter, Post 8; w. ]. Patterson, Isl; John
Harvey, 230; William P. Hunker, IS; l. I.
McGrath, Isl; John s. SniyelY, III; A. J.
Harbuagh, Al.
The committee adjourned to meet In Conncil
Chamber again next Saturday, at $50 P. M!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
All Along the Line.

CoMRADE JOHN STEWART, Of Post 3d. Etna,
Is not expected to live.
CoMRADE JOE EATON is at Erie with Con-
tractor Sehenk's picnicking employees.
Posr 259 on account of the hot weather. has
adjourned until the fourth week of August.
ANUMBER of Post 259, including Comrades
Smith, Herbert and Able, will 60 to the Boston
encampment.
THE war drama, entitled 'SThe Divided
HOUSE." will be produced in Boston the week
of the National Encampment.
PAST COMMANDER W. o. RUSSELL, of 15l
Is enjoying his vacation in the mountains in
the vicinity of Uniontown, Pa.
CoMRADE GEORGE BEHERs, Of Post 236,
who has been on the sick list for about two
weeks, is much improved now.
The United States Government History of
the War of the Rebellion cannot be completed
for at least ten years yet. 1t will cost s33 600
volume.
THE Department of Massachusetts, of the
woman's Relief Corps gained in membership
for the quarter ending June 81, 494 over the
previous quarter.
On Memorial Day the comrades of the De-
partment of Massachusetts, decorated in the
different cemeteries of the State the graves of
22O47 soldiers and sailors
CoMRADE GEO. s. WOOD and wife will go
next Saturday to Dayton, o., to visit relatives
or Mrs. Wood. While there they will pay
visit to the Soldiers Home.
CHRIsToPHER KECK, an old and worthy
comrade of Post ISL was buried with the
honors by the post last week. This makes the
third one during the present year.
THE National Capital is desirous of having
the next National Encampment held in that
city. The hotel proprietors have united in q
letter pledging $4,000 toward an entertainment
fund.
THE Hon. Harrison Hume. commander Of
Gettysburg Post No. 191, OF Boston, is promi-
ton OF Senior Vice Commander in Chief of the
order.
GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER, Commander
In Chief, has granted his permission, and d.
vision composed Of disabled veterans will in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
The Rates Roatou.

W hat are the rates to Boston7 This Is one OF
the important questions in Grand Army circles
just now and was asked many times last week.
The lowest rate from Pittsburg at present is
Sl4 so for the round trip This Is from New
York by water. The all-rail rate is SIS sc.
This Is high and unsatisfactory to the CON-
rades. And here is something else that is a
cause of dissatisfaction. The Pennsylvania
Company has notified its ticket agents that
tickets at this rate will be good only for con-
tinuous passage to Boston and return.
Lines in interest have agreed that upon pre-
sentation of return portions of these tickets by
the original purchasers to joint agent Of ter
minal lines at Boston, August IL to 49, inclu-
sive, they will be indorsed so as to allow their
use returning to starting point until september
30 inclusive, tickets to be deposited with said
joint agent until original purchasers are ready
to undertake return journey from Boston. The
tickets having limit so extended will be good
only for continuous passage on trains leaving
Boston on date stamped on book by joint agent
and purchasers should be SO advised. Half
tickets may be sold to children between o and
IL years of age at one-half these rates. Agents
at principal Offices will be supplied with special
excursion forms of tickets on the first prox.
In relation to the action Of the Pennsylvania
Company in allowing no stopping OF privileges.
Department Commander DennisIon has written
to the Executive Committee having in charge
the Boston Encampment. asking what can be
done to have the order rescinded. This CON-
mittee is better able to handle the matter than
any one else Major Denniston stated in his letter
that if the order stands it will result in keeping
at home at least rs per cent of the people who
would have gone from Pittsburg and vicinity.
1t would thus seem that the railroad company
is about to lose large sized plum if its posi-
tion is not changed.
The Grand Army people would, of course,
like to have the matter settled as to what road
they are going on, but the rate and conditions
at present preclude any settlement. Some of
the comrades are confident that the rate will
be considerably lowered before the time for
departure. 1t is expected that the cutting will
commence in few days, and predictions of
Sl2 rate and even lower are confidently made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
EVERY DAY SCIENCE,
A Texas Mans Wagon Railroad That
Costs but a Dollar a Foot,
WATER In THE HOUSE,
Thirst Of Fever Patients Allayed by
Glycerins on the Tongue.
NEW TROLLING SPOON FOR FISHING
PREPARED FOR THE DISPATCH !

rPHEPARED FOR THE DISPATCH.l
1t is stated that Texas man has got o Mt
a patent which is intended to solve the roa d
question, especially in regions where good
road building is very difficult and expensive.
The patent is called the "Railroad for
Wagons" and the method of operating is
described as follows: Through an exceed
ingly bad road, say bottoms and marshes, a
grade, say 20 feet, is first made. On this
grade are placed crosswise, every four feet,
wooden ties six feet long. On these ties are
laid and fastened, four feet ten inches apart.
two fat iron rails four inches wide, of sufi :
cient thickness to hold up the
heaviest-loaded wagon. These rails have
a f1ange on the inside two inches high, to
keep the wheels on the track. The space
between the rails is plan ked, sanded or
graveled, as the necessity of the case may
require. The approach to the track is
bordered by inside fanges that curve in
ward to guide the wheels to the track"
Thus equipped this kind of road is claimed
to afford easy and sure travel in any season
of the year, and in any kind of weather. be-
sides furnishing a road of several years.
duration, the grade being the only thing
liable to get out of repair. This road, COM
plete in all its parts, can be built, it is esti-
mated, for 81 per running foot, and in some
places for less, making 1t cheap as well as
safe. Switches are put in for passing
Wapous
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
Substitute for Ice.

Present indications point to the proba-
bility of the eventual establishment of GEN.
tral stations for the supply of brine, cooled
below the freezing point. which will be car
ried under the streets in pipes, as steam now
is. Ice can then be made in private houses,
and by using water which has been preyi-
ously boiled, danger from disease germs con-
tained in ice gathered from impure sources
will be avoided The cooling of dwellings
in summer can then be effected with as much
ease as heating now is in winter. M.chani-
cal refrigeration has been successfully ap-
piled in the laying of piers for bridges.
where treacherous silt and quicksand thwart
all attempts to excavate by ordinary methods;
the semi-fuid material at the caisson is fro
zen by the application of pure brine, and
removed while still solid.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
Silk Veneering,

Silk veneering is new method of artistic
decoration which is applicable to wall adorn-
ment and to many forms of decoration which
have heretofore been given over to hand
painting. The silk, satin or whatever ma
terial may be used, is drawn tightly and
smoothly over the table top, panel or other
surface to be decorated, and coated repeated
ly with transparent varnish. The varnish
completely fills up the interstices in the wave
of the material, SO that after the last coat is
applied the appearance of woven fabric
has been lost, and the design and general
color OF the background only appears. The
silk used may be plain color and after
ward decorated with flower spray. or figure
piece painted upon it; or cretonne, or even
Accent calico in which the colors are fastened,
NAV be used
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27

One of the most useful of modern devices
connected with underground work is the
gas detector. This instrument will readily
detect and localize leaks of coal gas, even if
in the most inaccessible places In addi-
tion to the visual arrangement it may be
made to give a record on paper, or to give
an alarm by completing an electric circuit
through bell or other tell-tale. A great
number of these detectors are now being
used in France, Belgium and Italy. There
is large lnspectional instrument haying a
bold and.open scale. handy pocket instru-
ment in leather case, made especially for
the use of those engaged in gas works, etc. !;
and also small metallic detector about the
size of an ordinary pocket aneroid barome-
ter. The detectors can be made so sensitive
that they will detect one-twentieth per cent
of coal gas when mixed with air.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
RefrIeeratIns Without MACHINERY.

The increase in the expectation of meat
has led to the invention of a number of re-
frigerating appliances One of these has
just been exhibited in England which pos
sesses the distinctive feature of requiring
no machinery, the cold air being produced
from the distillation of ammonia gas, a
principle which is not by any means new.
The apparatus consists of a steam generator,
ammonia boiler, separator and condenser Tor
producing cold, and refrigerator or cold
chamber. This chamber is constructed of
double casing of wood, lined with charcoal
as non-conductor, and the roof is formed
by tank containing bath of chloride OF
calcium liquor in sufficient quantity to store
up the cold as produced.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27

One of the best lemon squeezers ever in
vented has just been patented. It is de-
signed especially for hotel keepers, and others
whose business includes that OF making
lemon squashes and similar drinks. It is
worked by the foot and can be operated
quickly and easily. 1t consists of a sliding
bracket containing a cup of lemon and a
superlying stud for pressing the same, a
glass fitting underneath. Pressure is made
by the foot on treadle to which is attached
an iron rod, the other end of which is
connected to the sliding squeezer. Care has
been taken In the design to avoid all sharp
edges, and the cups are all made of the
hardest ironstone china, and extra thick to
avoid all risk of breakage. The cost is
stated to be less than that of the screw
pressure now in use, and the speed with
which the squeezer can be manipulated, and
its simplicity are excellent recommen-
dations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
An Electrical Effect.

A variation of the common experiment Of
putting pieces OF zinc and silver in the
mouth and touching them, to obtain the
acid taste which accompanies the compile
tion of the electric circuit, can be made in
the following way: If the piece of zinc be
placed under the tongue, and 50-cent
piece vertically between the upper lip and
the top row of teeth, and the two metals be
brought in contact, faint flash is seen in
both eyes when the eyes are open. If the
eyes are shut the sensation of light is not
felt, SO that the effect is probably due to a
muscular twitching. 1t is necessary to push
the coin well home behind the upper lip.
This is handy and simple illustration Of
the meaning OF subjective phenomena.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-27
A Compressed Air Hospital.

Many of the men employed in the caissons
of the Fourth bridge were greatly affected
by their work in an atmosphere of COM
pressed air, and were in the habit of re-
lieving the pain by spending their Saturday
afternoons and Sundays in the air chamber.
The engineer now in charge of the Hudson
tunnel works, has, acting on the
same idea, constructed compressed
air hospital for the men employed
on the tunnel, among whom there have
been several cases of ''bends," although the
air pressure is not particularly high, nev er,
indeed, exceeding 30 pounds per square
inch. The hospital is cylinder Is feet
long by 6 feet in diameter, constructed of
steel plates e of an inch and n inch thick,
and divided into two chambers by trans
verse Dulkhead. One o. these chambers ects
as an air lock for the other, and both are
fitted up with beds and everything necessary
for the tort of the patients. The air
pressure is maintained by pump, a con-
slant supply of fresh air being secured by
keeping a pet cock in the she'll of the
hospital open. through which the air con-
tinually leaks out. A safety valve is also
supplied to prevent over pressure should the
pumps run away.