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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06
WOMEN IN HARNESS.
Belgians Find They Are Cheaper
Than Horses For Light Work.
SERVICES RENDERED BY DOGS.
The Lot Of the Laborer Grows Harder With
the Distance East.
BUYING POINT LACE IN BRUSSELS
lconRrsroSpxxcr OF THE D1srArcH.I

lcoRREsPoNDENCE OF THE DIsPATCH.I
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, June 25.-In Bel
GUM and Germany men, dogs and women
take the place of horses. Horses are used
for drawing stones and heavy materials, but
store like Horne's. of Pittsburg, makes its
deliveries in wagons drawn by men and
women. Bath tubs and tanks of hot and
cold water are drawn around the streets of
Dresden. There is not hot bath in hotel
in Dresden. When 1 asked the landlord in
the largest hotel there if I could have bath
in the hotel. he looked astonished and e1-
claimed:
"Whatl all over?''
Eyes, hot BATH"
"Mein Gott. it is impossible" Then, after
a moments reflection, he added: "Yes, it
can be done. will send for it.
In about an hour man and his wife,
harnessed to wagon, drove themselves
around with bathtub, two tanks of water
and a thermometer. When the bathtub
came upstairs, the man and wife looked
like pallbearers. Turning down the
rug they planted the cofin-shaped
bathtub in the middle of the room, and
stood there for me to disrobe. excused
the woman but the man remained until the
last sad rite was performed. Then they
received 60 cents, carried down the long
tub, hitched themselves back
on to the wagon and returned to Frederick
Strasse. In an American hotel we would
have rung an electric bell, crossed the hall,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

governess for his children in Bad Kreus-
nach, Germany, for q mark, or "a cents a
qay, the young lady boarding herself.
w men the landlord of the hotel heard OF IL
ne Dfoke into frenzy, and, with Cnatnam
street gestures, exclaimed: Its downright
extortlon. You are throwing your money
IN the street. can get you plenty OF gov
ernesses at half mark dayP
Mr.. Johnson, who lives at the rate OF
about $4,000 year when in st. Louis
laughed outright when they told him that
=! oO month for a governess was down,
right extortion. He afterward confessed
that he was positively appalled, when the
German dressmaker sent in bill OF % oo
1or making dress.
They will always make vast quantities OF
lace in Brussels, because labor is cheap and
women are willing to work for IL cents q
day. Most of the laces are made in families
on In the country. The lacemakers, gener-
ally old women, could not afford to live In
Brussels. The city dealers buy it as cheap
as they can and sell it for all they can get.
THE PRICE OF FINE LACE.
An old lady brought in four yards Of
beautiful point lace, ten inches wide. She
had worked on it 18 months. Much OF 1t
was worked with microscope. The old
lady wore big white cap. neatly folded
black dress and wooden shoes. My wife be-
came interested in the dear. good old woman,
and we concluded to buy the identical lace,
When called and asked the price of it the
next day, the dealer said: 'It is beautiful
and worth 500 a yard" ''Too much" we
said, and started to go.
ut is making you q present at $18
yard" she said, following US out.
we'll come back tomorrow"
You'll not come back-make an offer
now," she pleaded.
Well, S12 yard, or $50 for the piece"
"Oh, it is worth MORE" said the dealer.
II can not make you a present"
well. II is all-good day!'
Come back" she said. 81 will telephone
to the factory" Then, after ringing the
bell, long eonfab went on in French,
which ended BY her coming to US and say
ing:
"Well, take it. but it is too cheap"
We found cut afterwards that the old
lady who made the lace got forty dollars for
a year and halfs work, or ~ cents a day
Our courier told us afterward that the
telephone was mock one, and that the pre-
tended talk with the factory was a ruse.
The lace broker made ten dollars on the
So, ladies, when you buy fine,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

and this is now rented for SO, 900 year to
the Chinese Legation, One of Stewart's
hrst investments was the selling OF coon
skins, and he made this pay as boy.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, makes $40, 900
year out of his law practice and he has
lost az many fortunes as any man in the
Senate. lie has numerous investments in
mines which may jump into millions any
day and though he is at present compare
lively poor man, he is one of infinite possi-
bilities. I chatted with him LAST night
about his money-making experiences. Said
he:
TRLLER's TALE OF WOE.
zone of my first investments after going
70 Colorado was the buying of a mine for
S12, 800. Ny profits out of the sale of IL
were more than 500, 900 and that sale
ruined me. 1t was enough to rnin anv man
70 make 500, 900 in three davs This NO,
30 years ago and now in 1890 / do nat .nn-
pose that all my property under the hammer
would sell for more than $1OO. 600. The in
vestments have are unproductiye and NV
income outside of the Senate is small
am often classed with the Denver miIl;on-
aires, but in these estimates a man ;s
charged with having $40 where he has but
one.
"For instance my immense rancb In
Southern Colorado the reports state that Il
fakes 125 miles of fence to surround its fields
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06
The Demon ofths N.r.b.

The evil spirit that hovsrs about stagnant peols
and inundated lowlands ID no materialized
bogey. no phantasm of a dIsordered imagina-
tion but power of evil far more malignant
than any familiar mathematical by Cotton
Mather. 1t is malaria, which has for its de-
structive progeny fever and agus, bilious re-
mlttent and dumb ague, conquerable with
Hostetter's Stomach Bftters, ~ are dyspepsia,
constipation, liver complaint, etc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06
Latest In the Camera Line.

The street fakirs are selling the latest
thing in the camera line. 1t is little box
said to be camera, at the peep-hole of
which you are told to gaze intently for
minute. When you have done SO you are
to touch spring and an already developed
photograph of yourself is promised. What
really appears is donkey head, worked on
the Jack-ia-the-boxo order,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

He has been investing in other properties
since then and everything he touches seems
to turn into gold. He does not allow his
money to lie idle and as Senator Palmer
once said of him, he likes to make a good
speculation as much now as he ever did.
1t would be impossible for a man like
Sherman to remain poor. He is cautious
and conservative, and though not stingy, he
is economical. He knows a good thing
when he sees it and is not afraid to take
hold of it. His property at Mansfield Ohio,
has been increasing in value right along
and he lately gave a part of it to the CITY as
a park and this materially increased the
value of that which remained. He has a
number of good renting houses in Washing
ton, has bank stocks scattered here and
there over the country and was for a time
one of the directors OF the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad. He is. how
ever, more of an investor than a speculator
He commenced life by making it a prip-
cIple to save $500 year Heis a man of
extraordinary intellectual ability. and he
has added to his intellectual capital by the
same methods that he has increased his
money pile. He has undoubtedly an In
come OF 81, 600 or SO a month outside of his
salary, and though he never talks about his
money be has long been classed with the
milliouaires,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06
A MAN OF UPS AND DOWNS.

Senator Jones, of Nevada, is perbans Tho
most active speculator of the Milliorairas'
Club. He has had score of ups and downs
and when he was elected to the SENATE in
1872 he was worth S., 600, 600, large part of
which came out of the Comstock lode. which
made the fortunes of Flood and O'Rrien
Mackay and Fair. Shortly after this he
went into speculation with Senator Stewart
and lost nearly all he had. He starred
watering place near Los Angeles. Cal
which never paid, and he built Turkish
bath in San Francisco, which lurther de-
pleted his fortune. He then put all he had
left in the Sierra Nevada mine, the shares of
which at once dropped down to nothing, and
few months later began to rise, and got mn
to 215. The bubble then burst, and Jones
who had held on to his stock, was AGAIN
worth nothing.
After numerous other adventures. in which
he made and lost, he became interested in
the Alaska mines, near Sitka, out of which
ne is now getting immense profits. do not
know just how many Thousand dollars a
month these mines are turning ont but thew
yield the Senator several hundred tbonsond
dollars every year, and be is again miIIion-
aire. Like most of the Western millionairas
he has large estate in California. and his
grazing and farming lands at Santo Monies
enoi ieeI o~,ooV aofes' ne is very simple
man In his habits, and lives very quietly at
washington In house facing Scott Circle,
which he recently bought from Stilson
Hutchins, the old editor of the Washington
Post.
HEARST SELDOM LOSES.
Senator George Hearst has sn income
to hundreds of dollars a day.
and like Jones, he has one of the biggest
farms in the West There are 4O. 600 acres
in his estate at San Luis Obispo and the
Senator has some fine stock upon it. he
has mines all over the country, from coal
mines in West Virginia to silver mines in
Mexico. He is the chief owner of the San
Andres gold mine of Mexico, which is
quoted at 81, 900, 600 in the London market
and he is said to be one of the best judges OF
mines In the country. he has at times en-
ployed more than :. 900 men in working his
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06
Rich Men of the United States Senate
and the Investments That
Made Their Fortunes.
sFAEFORD'S IDEAS ABOUT HORSES.
How Don Cameron Let the Chance Of His
Life Slip Away by Not Accepting
Telephone Bells Offer.
TELLER's TALE OF BAD SPECULATIoNs.
Some Have Made Money Steadily and Others Have Been
Up and Down Many Times
rcoT.REsroNDENcE OF THE DISPATCH

W NASHINGTON, y uly D.
he millionaires of the
United States Senate are
among the smartest
money makers OF the
country. Every one Of
them appreciates a good
speculation, and during
the past six months the
fortunes of most of them
have been growing like
Jonah's goard. Senator
Stanford, before he left
for Europe, gave minute
instructions as to the sale
of his horses on the Palo
Alto farm and be has
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

ten-inch-wide, point lace for s15, or FIVE
inch point for 81 30, you are getting it cheap
enough, and, if you trim your dress with it,
it will pass customs without duty.
ELI PERKINS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

built house for his daughter, which has
cost something like 100000, and the in
terror of this is furnished like the palace OF
Monte Cristo
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24
The Use of Raw Phosphate.

great abundance in our State, offer the
following contribution on the subject:
Phosphoric acid is one of the most inn
portant elements of plant food, and is,
therefore, combined with one element or
another-usually with lime-a constitu-
ent of all fertile soils. In fact, no soil
can be productive without it. In soils
that have not been artifciallv fertilized,
it is derived from the disintegration of
rocks by the action OF atmospheric in
fuences upon them, this action reducing
the rocks to finely divided condition
condition in which all plant food must
exist.
In the various operations of farming,
phosphoric acid, as also other plant con-
stituents, is rapidly removed from the
soil A crop of wheat takes from the soil
which produces it large amount Of this
acid, nearly one-half of the ash of wheat
being composed of it. 1t is said that
cow kept on pasture during summer
removes from it in the products, veal,
butter and cheese, fifty pounds of phos-
plate of lime.
In order, therefore, to preserve the
productiveness of land, the phosphoric
acid which is removed in the operations
OF farming must be restored, and the
most economical way to do this is an
important question to the agriculturist.
The common method of restoring it is by
the application of super-phosphates -
fertilizers. part of whose phosphoric acid
has been rendered soluble by treating
calcium phosphate Ozone Or phosphate
rock) with sulph uric acid. This method.
as is we'll known, is a very expensive one,
the cost of fertilizers SO prepared being
several times that Of raw phosphate. The
question therefore arises, is this expen-t
sive method the most economical one?
The opinion that it is not. is rapidly
gaining favor among the most intelli-
gent agriculturists. The conclusion
seems reas enable that if lime phosphate
be applied to the soil in the finely divided
condition in which nature prepares it
from rock for plant food that this fer
tilizer is properly applied, and the cost
OF using it in this way is only from one
fourth to one-sixth as great as the cost
of using super phosphates. Prof. N. S.
Shaler, OF Harvard College, who has given
this subject much study, says: eff
placed on the soil without any other
preparation than grinding, lime phos-
phate will slowly pass into condition in
which ii may be absorbed by plants"
"That this treatment (of phos-
phatic rock with sulphuric acid) is not
essential is we'll shown by the fact that
the phosphate matter derived from the
rocks is brought into condition for alb
sorption by the ordinary process OF de-
cav in soils. Our present costly method
of applying phosphates has come about
through the commercial history OF artif-
cial manures, which is as follows: When
the Peruvian guanos came into use they
afforded a. much more stimulating mate
rial than any other purchasable manures,
and in q short time they established the
type of commercial fertilizers. When the
sources of supply of these guanos became
in part exhausted, artificial compounds,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24
ATTENTION.!

The Florida Agriculturist Book and
Job Office is now prepared to do all kinds
of job printing, from visiting card to a
500 page book, on short notice and at the
lowest living prices. 1t will pay you to
get our prices before ordering elsewhere.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-12-24

plate and certain natural or raw phos-
pilates were carried on under the direc-
ton of the Connecticut Experiment Sta
ton during the years 1887, '66 and $50
The field work was in the hands of intelli
gent farmers in different parts of the
State The bulletin which gives the re-
suits of these experiments states briefly
the facts which suggested them as fol
lows: "The market value of phosphorio
acid varies greatly according to the form
in which it is bought. Thus it, costs in
dissolved bone black about 8 cents a
pound. in dissolved South Carolina rock
between and cents, in Bolivian guano
between 4 and 5 cents, and in Grand
Cayman's phosphate and ground South
Carolina rock cents apound. That the
more expensive forms are also the ones
most quickly available to plants may
readily be admitted, but it is a question
whether the cost prices stand always in
direct relation to the agricultural value;
that is, on land deficient in phosphates
will $500 per acre spent in buying dis
solved bone black, for instance, yield a
greater or less return in the long run
than the same money spent for South
Carolina rock or other raw phosphates,
seeing that more than twice as much
phosphoric acid can be bought for the
same money in some OF the cheaper forms
as can be bought in dissolved bone black?
The fact that the farmers of this State
annually spend from $275, 900 to $780,
900 for phosphoric acid alone makes this
question practical andimportant."
In making these experiments thefertili-
zers were applied to corn which was
planted on the same plats for three years
in succession. The results showed that
while the dissolved bone black produced
better results than the raw phosphates
the first year, it was found to be almost
exhausted the second year, and entirely
exhausted the third year. The yields,
however from the application Of the raw
phosphates was greater the second year
than it was the first, and greater the
third than the second.
1t is a we'll known fact that the green
sand Of England, phosphate forma-
ton, has been used as fertilizer in it's
natural state for many generations. AS
early as 1870 it was used extensively in
the counties of Essex and Kent as a soil
In Southwestern France con-
siderable raw phosphates, obtained from
local mines, is used as fertilizer, and a
low grade OF phosphate conglomerate,
mined near Wilmington, N. c., is ground
for local use. The great abundance of
our phosphates and the ease and low
cost of using them in a raw state will be
strong inducement for farmers and
fruit growers to try them in this condi-
ton. That satisfactory results will fol
low such trials of them-that raw phOs-
phate will act in the same manner as
bone meal, and prove as valuable fer
tilizer, [ have no reason whatever to
doubt-Thos. R. Baker, in Orlando Re
porter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11

The business in State issues was covered by
small ealrs of North Carolina cOnsol As at 90. OF
city bank stocks Commerce sold Il at ?G': The
auction saics Of several issues are reported below.
The general bond market was quiet and steady
without spccal features. Reference Is made T."
our full report Of bond sales.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
The Ncw-York Snb-Trcasury to-day redeemed
S4s3.9 l-o per cent bonds and issued 81 80"
new cgal-tcndcr notes in payment for silver bull
Ion making the total issue 1891 800, and checked
for $iGl 3O2 proponents OF interest on the per
cent bOnls.
The Treasury at Washington to-day purchased
ol0 600 ounces silver at 81 II H.
Money ruled Mt the Stock Exchange in the
carly hours at salO per cent; later the rate was
bid up to Is per cent, but the last business was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11
financial.
OFFICE OF
The AMERICAN COTTON OIL co.

AZ BROADWAY, NETWORK, Sept o. Io'o'
TO THE HOLDERS OF THE PREFERhhp AMI
COMMON STOCK OF THE AMERICAN
COTTON OIL COMPANY:
Notice IA hereby given that the books OF tne
Co,,in OIL Company tina transfer OF the Common .'
preferred Stock will be closed on SATURDAY oep. .o'
~ record on that date the right to subscribe
pro rata to the g. 900 TcnYear Per Cent
noud, Of the company. The books will remain e'o,ra
until Saturday Sept 20 1890. when they VIII DC ope"c
for transfer.
Nv order Of the Board Of Directors
y e MrYRO E. URQUHART
sccrctarv Ylce.Presdent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11
5indnfial.

.,,ono elmer s roume or tntsrea ehargs wnS
o,,nnW TO me sscurjty the properly ana gU..g ~
Of safshrctory resuts IN The eondue' o. "e ,,no
These Debenturc Bonds are issued 70 tun rapita
The proceeds the dehcntires WIN mm-ovi,IoH Tor the
fsre reoniremcns Increasing S.snes Mi s become
believed that the reserved tr.trrrnrn a hcnt,res
available for the retirement OF the Deofhl"'e''
Ncspecuu''J ~ CRQUHART,
First Vice.Presdent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11
financial nlretlnos.

CENTRAL iAEK. NORTH AND EAST RIVER RAIL.
ROAD toMrANY, io!Il:hXi:. 'an hNp
jtIII SIS. NEW.Noik, S"pt. 10, lS!0.
rINIIE A\\I Al. MELTING If the stock
l hoi"r> E" mi, company vii b" hcld on Tn",iai oco
I.r u next l. 0'ur. ~ tn. Office 81 III" com
any T;, transfer VIII |" closed sept 'i"r 20 and
p, w, c,cd October - I-O. !. l.. NAl.tNIi' H"'y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11
Messrs. WINSLOW, LANIER 4 CO.
J. KENNEDY TOD & CO., Of NeW-York,

TIE ANGLO.AMERICAN DEBENTrRE CORfoHA'
TON. LIMITED OF LONDON,
AND
MESSRS. II. OVENS & ZONEN,
or AMSTERDAM
offer for subscr!pt. par fiat. the undcrmenoneo
Dcbcntmre Bonds.
The subscription lists will open on snfurdav' sept
18th in%i., and will close on or before Tuesd"J'
Sept. / 9th Inst, Mt 3 o'clock r. VI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11

Treasury vaults
SO 20 20 e. P a 'f'"S
...,.,,,r.,.s. 1o,.s7.3e4irsio - Inc. sl".l,i
Tho forr;cn r,chrngcs were dull and heavy for
., morrow's Steamers There is an nrrcasH sup
,ly If commercial bills. We rtvi@c quotations Tor
rmsincss rs follows: Bankers hlls. 81 ~ ''.s and
e4e4 IS for long and short sterling lrsrHr'IvcE
French francs at -: J.? ara Xxx ~ 70 s4 nmJ 40
In London Britis consos were s,chuN a, 80 ~"
a0i "A respectively for money ana account. nv
INK of England lost 400 hnllioh o., na",nr;
In tie omen MARKET money ruled NJ 3 J." per cent
Cor discounts and at IA per cent Tor haiahces.
i,ar silver was shade frmrr at - "-id. FER
ounce, English STANDARD. lndi1 '"nnrl nIiIS
we're allotted AZ decline OF o-"-d. per r.prc ,".
mromnt 10 respond 10 yesterdays better home
markets. and closed firm " fLrls T., + rn nn "
FER cents We're easier AZ 81. n""ln' - ~ :,
tcrlay. ard SIGHT exchange on London was OH I"
1907 fr. to the g - ,. O.. a.. al
Tho governors If thc Stock ENclanC" today al
nit,nd to dealings al the board the ''ii""''s
securities: ,, c
syracuse. Hinchamnn ard Nrw York Railroal Cot, ,,
An adul,lonal @.lGo" ~ rohs"i,"d oc per 'c'
Dstn. and C1'i' Feeding co., 'P'''' N"" !"
Smr ri'a r,atc, ColrCi'rrcd non cumulative
per c.' s'-ck. Sl".""."h'. =, -, rc,, ,.,,,.
~ tn mo ana Au,,.5n Room T.nn''d 'y Afrm H.
M"' .h,,.> S,.aori os-.r.c,, co. p,'frr"d ST.
rsl, t' p Mc %.h, 81 T.. <",is" d. +,
10 -;ars Atanda'i ''a--IArnt 20. y. " p"'F'''
- o ;" .s;1 s; W. So > "J:', T. e 70 .. =
* ,,a,~> v..ior,' "a Ron rr'
20 20 :E%. i.. r'"' A., rc.: ~ "a, r,gr ~
!. 600 r.'n. w,,'", , a.! 81, ;''os t. t.,
1900 vv.Yo-t liza, -, ro,-eep E's"r Il. t.
- -. ,.'"'' i'i' ,. I,I I", -, 500 each -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-11
Office Of the American Gotten Oil Co.

81 BEoADwAY
Nrw YORK. ITO. 10. 1890.
Mcs>rs WINSTON. LANIi.R & co ind
j. KENNEDY TOD co.
crNTLrnrN;
In ccaI lance WI vons r'qy"Nt "" present Tie follow
in-
STATEMENT
showing the Nct Profits Of the Mnnnfn curing and
Othcr m-inr.> the Operations In hic rhi. Com.
pnDy IL lntrrrstrd.
For the period to Way ~ 1856 ...... $50 IOO1 II
Year ending ,lny 81. 1~~, ......-.... 2it~2!3 -
Irnr ending May 81. iS~~ ,. tj9 i59 ~
Fifteen months cnding Ang. 81. 1883 l,~Jj.7OJ -
For ten months ending June 80. 1890 i60.3Gl 20
To,ni. ........ .............. ..... s,.3OOji3 o,
I.r.- paid during the above periods for,
,n,cr~.t on borrowed money Si.I3tIQt 81
tap, nae. of New. York once 663b17 0t
III Niirnd. pnid ........-. ..---.-.--. 40 lob w
20 ~prn.r closed ~ I.IDO ~
E>prn.rs Of lteor gnniInton (ommitter l02 40 90
To,uI ..................... S:,3t .03 ~
Net ac u,nu profits ............-. St37t6i0 III
FLOATING DEBT or TIE COMPANIES u NJ 30,
Toini indcbi cdnrs- on
bills payable and
open accounts tt,6t0.572 80
Lr.-cn.h .. &c.. sj.03,i,o
Gu sh assets ............. l.D6.J6~ =" l.93673 90
Nct h0nfing drbf...... ...... S2.673.NlN ~
DISPOSITION or CASH PROFITS AND HOI.
ROWED MONEY.
Net ncrun,minf ed prof
its, NJ above .......... St.3S i.0Io III
Gross nontiug debt ~
nbo,r ......... o.. t,6tO,512 80
Totnl en- -h to be- ronnt"i Tor sD,ISj2l1 3J
On .h n md cn III asset. 81 1867 q SO
NInrh ctnblr products,
supplies and nssrts
on hand, available
In businrsa ........... 4,l7!,I1J b
invested Ia additional
capital stock of cor.
POI ions, infer de.
durtin9 insurance
rr.rr,e................ 3,07636J - S9.IS3,232 IS