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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
A Giant Natural barometer.

No need of the weather bureau at
Naples, for the huge volcano, Mount
Vesuvius. serves as a giant barometer
and thermometer of the city. The direc-
ton in which the smoke from the crater
blows announces unerringly a coming
change of weather twenty-four hours
beforehand. The direction of the smoke
also indicates the coming of the hot and
depressing sirocco, when the perfect re-
pose of the populace is almost impera-
tive. Also when the neighboring island
of Capri is of dark blue color, and long.
low regular waves roll in from the Bocca
Piccola, these are sure premonitory
symptoms of the coming sirocco.-Troy
Budget.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Cheap Phonograph.

A modification of Edisor's phono
graph is said to have been devised by
a painter in Milan. 1t costs under
$50, and the wax cylinders are repro
duced in zinc by the galvano-plastic
process at cost of 5 cents each, SELL
ing price.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Utilizing Small Coal.

Foreign exchanges note the fact that
the utilization of small coal, known as
''slack," ''dross," ETC., by being manu-
facutured into briquettes or blocks Of
compressed fuel is making considerable
progress in England For household
and other purposes briquettes are grow
ing rapidly in favor. In France and
Belgium this has been an important in
dustry for many years, and recently
Germany has made great strides in this
direction, and even threatens to intro
duce her briquettes in England.-Public
OniniOn
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Girls and Their Dolls.

A lady who goes out frequently for a
sun bath in Rittenhouse square has
noticed that most of the little girl chill
dren who congregate there have dolls
that are very like themselves. If the
child is pampered and spoiled and over
dressed, SO is the doll; and if, on the
other hand, the tiny miss is sedate and
mild the doll is likely to partake of the
same characteristics. AS the child is
bent SO the doll seems to be inclined. -
Philadelphia Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
The Closing Years.

Few realize that in less than twelve
years we shall have entered upon new
century. Happy, indeed, has been the
lot of the man who has lived in the clos
ing years of the Nineteenth century. He
has witnessed the grandest achievements
in science, if not in art and literature,
that the world has ever known.-Albany
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
A Different Question.

YIN the conservatory Reginald-NoW
a suas We are alone, Claire, l can ask
you a question that | have been burn
ing 70 ask all the evening.
Reginaldl
Meglnald-Ever since l entered the
' Usll room | have felt that my necktie
was slowly creeping over the back OF
ny collar, and the thought of my ap-
pearance made me miserable. Tell
u Tie, Claire, is my necktie all right
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Not Much Of q ShoHar.

Bismarck's crosses, medals, medal
lions, ribbons, stars, buckles, swords,
etc., figure up only about $50 in
cash, and he has been forty-fve years
winning them. There is some honor
attached, of course, but he could have
made more clean cash on a FIVE acre
lot devoted to cabbages.-Detroit Free
Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Pafrified Loaf of Bread.

A petrifed loaf of bread was recently
dug up at Acmetonia Station, near Pitts
burg. being found at depth of twelve
feet beneath the surface of the earth and
beneath an ancient forest of locust trees.
The loaf is now in the possession Of Henry
Armstrong, who intends to have it made
into paper weights.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Cheap Postage,

!, 1t Is the popular idea that Japan has
tne cheapest postal system in the world
letter can be conveyed to any part of
mat Kingdom for two sen, equivalent
70 about one-third of an American
cent But it appears that the Indian
empire takes the palm for cheapness.
postcards there cost one farthing each,
leIters are sent for one halfpenny each,
newspapers up to an ounce and quar-
Vr IN weight for one-sixteenth of a
penny, and books and patterns three
.sfthlngs for four ounces, or six cents
apound.-Chatter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

Every man who goes to Corea should
be, or should get, married. Every I'M
married man is considered boy, though
he should live to be 100. No matter
what his age, he follows in position the
youngest of the married men, despite the
fact, perhaps, of having lived years
enough to be their father. The only
parallel to this in America is in our poll
tics, wherein every man active in the
profession is "b'hoy," even if he be as
gray as Gen. Spinola.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
Married Into q Mean Family.

Friend Ito DENTIST How are you
coming on9
Dentist-Not as well as l expected.
I've been married now three weeks,
and not one of my wife's relatives has
been to me to have tooth pulled. =
Texas Siftings.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
A Large Saw mil.

The largest saw mill in the world is
located at Clinton, La. 1t cost $780,
900, and is capable of saving 450, 600
feet of lumber in eight hours. It has
seven band and three gang saws and
two batteries of ten boilers each.-St
Louis Republic
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
A Confederate Gold Dollar.

What is supposed to be Confederate
gold dollar was found in an ash heap in
Atlanta recently by a colored boy and
sold for $50. 1t is said that only six
such coins were issued by the Confeder-
ate government, and if genuine this
specimen would be worth $650.-New
York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
--------------------
Wnrahin of Elisaasea-

A recent traveller through the Chinese
province of Manchuaia says that besides
having reverence for animals the rus
tic Manchus worship diseases, and partic-
ularly the smallpox, which is repre-
sented under the form of a repulsive
idol.-New York Evening World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

Professor Thomson says that the dy-
namo of the future will develop from
2, 600 to 8, 900 horse power. and as there
is practically no limit to its increase,
he sees no reason why it should not
90 far beyond those figures.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01

On old Friend greeting Mrs. Lakeside
NJ NJ. ner arrival in Europe)-Are you
~. glad to set foot on terra firma2
%rs, Lakeside-Terra firma7 Land
VS. vs. thought this was Queenstown.
New York Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
In Spite of Billiards..

In spite of its billiards Dakota sup
ports 1900 900 cattle and raises plums,
cherries, gooseberries and raspberries.
1t also claims to have more clear and
pleasant days than any other state or ter
ritory.-New York Tribune.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-01
There Are Many Such.

7 TIlnooly-Jimson acts rather queer.
61lhK his mind is unsettled.
h. rus de SMITH don't know about
tIs. nind; but know, to my sorrow,
siftinQr ' arc Observation-Disclosures
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1890-01-06

flute, in 8eriibrung gsfommen. Mit ben
Seuten oeS &Ontgs &QbareGa pon l~lnpDyo,
Der jeBt ettoa 1900 @stpebre btfiseu ioIl
Nno aus oeiien @etpnlt Glnin bsreitS inn
So1uar 1888 ben Stolieter Goioti beTreite,
bet an ben llfern oeS Senlifi gefGnpft
peroen milien. Qud beim meiteren purcb
Nnfori, &araetDe uno l1ii1ga ge6enOen
Wtari9 5um @ictoriae9 tDan5a 3etgten Die
Gingeborenen it0 mebrfa0 feinbielig.
W2it Der Geiie StQnleDS lit au6 cine nelte
9urdquerung NfrifaS pcrfniipft a"eipeien,
mas aber t%niofert pentger in 8etro6t
tommt, ols bic 9uronquerun9en beS ounz
teln @r0t0eilS b~euti9cnta9S ni6t mebr sit
ben Se(tenbetten 9%eDDren. 8loS out elmer
Strede lit Qtfrifa II etnmal bur6Qucrt
Doroel1, uno stpar pom gr0Bten, eoelitet
ullb bel6etbeniten alIer Nfrifaforiher, Die
iemaIs gele6t baben. Stir Sic gepaltige
Shat ieiner &eiie bur6 g9abat II. i. ~. bat
Or. sc a6tigaL 1peoer eiuen 9~orgGnger
nod einen gta6fol9er gebabt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
TRUE BILLS FOUND.
Result of the Charges Of Bribery in
the TWenty-Fifth District.
WITNESS WHO CHANGED HIS MIND
And Told Judge Hazsn What He Had
Refused the Grand Jury.
MYSTERIOUS RAPPINGS IN SCRANTON
rpEc1AL TELEGRAM TO THE DIspArcH.l

~
NEW CASTLE, Dec. 3.-The grand Jury
just before noon to-day brought in true bills
against John Il. Tate, Edwin Shaffer and
Thomas Downing, charged with bribery at
the late Congressional Convention. These
are the cases which the September grand
jury ignored. The trial will take place
next week The Court has appointed J. A.
Gardner to prosecute the cases in place OF the
District Attorney, who, the prosecution
charged, had not brought out the proper evil
dence at the September term.
The monotony of the proceedings was varied
somewhat by a little scene this afternoon. The
grand jury came into court and the foreman
stated to Judge Hazen that Squire Fred
Duerr, one of the witnesses in the bribery cases,
had refused to answer the question. whether
he had received $50 to refrain from telling
what he knew of the alleged bribery. Another
vas as to whether Downing had come to ms
place in St. Clair borough at the close OF the
convention which had nominated Mcdowell
and given him $50 TO keep still. The other TWO
questions were variations of these.
The reading of the questions seemed to
arouse the indignation of Judge Hazen. Turn
ing to the foreman of the jury he asked quick
ly and sternly: DO understand that the
witness Duerr refused to answer these ques-
tons which have just been read?"
Yes Sill" was the reply.
stand up said the Judge, in peremptory
tShOS w Lne "llnecS WIZ uslu eunh 4nbO d ShsSii
in a dazed sort of way. "Will you answer
these questions?' continued the Judge. And as
the witness apparently attempted an explanar
tion, the Court cut him short with, ANSWER my
question, yes or no.
Yes finally responded Duerr, who evidently
realized to the full his unhappy predicament.
ThereuDon the several questions were repeated
and at the close of each the witness was asked
whether he would answer that particular Ques-
tion before the grand jury, to all of which he
replied affirmatively.
You will remain within this building until
you have answered these questions" said the
Judge to Duerr, and the latter was given into the
hands of the jurors for examination.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
MYSTERIOUS RAPPINGs.

Two Families in Scranton Who Say They
Heard Peculiar Sounds.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM 10 THE DISPATCH:
SCRANTON. Dec. 3.-Mrs. Catharine Walsh
and family, of this place. were forced to re-
move from their home on account of the pecu-
lar noises heard in the house. Martin Nolan
and family then moved in and were also forced
to move out in short time. Mrs. Walsh
states that about four weeks ago. she heard
somebody rapping at the door about midnight
The next night, and every night after that, the
same noise repeated and was heard by
every member of her family.
Two weeks ago. she asked her neighbor IN the
same house if he had heard any rappings. He
reluctantly said that he had not only heard
them on the night she mentioned, but on every
night Both families thereupOn left the house
and II has stood idle ever since. The supersti-
tious people of the suburb of Pine Brook are
greatly alarmed,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
HITTING THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Express Company Indicted by a West
Virginia Grand Jury.

Express Company Indicted by a West
Virginia Grand Jury.
rsPEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH:
PARKERsBURG, Dec. IA few days ago,
under instructions from the court, the grand
jury of Doddridge county returned indictments
against the United States Express Company for
carrying c. o. D. packages of liquors. They
also indicted the express agent at West Union
for receiving. delivering and collecting money
on Z. Q. d. packages and the merchant in the
city who sold and shipped c. o. ID. packages.
These cases will all be appealed to the Supreme
Court of the State.
Another surprise is in store for the liquor
men. The express company to-day instructed
all OF Its agents in the interior not to receive
any Z. .. ID. packages, and not to deliver OF
collect any money on packages of the same
character which they may have on hand. The
jug trains" which have for years formed an
important part Of the shipments by express
INTO the interior. seem now to be doomed. The
blow Is severe one to the liquor merchants OF
TINS city and Wheeling, and if the Supreme
Court athrms the decisions of the lower court
II viii be great victory for the anti-license
and ProhlbltlonlSts Of the interior.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
Tri-State Brevities.

Tri-State BreVlueS.
CITIZENS of Beaver Falls are kicking against
the insufficient supply of gas
NATURAL gas has almost played out in Home
stead and the town is in darkness.
THE car famine is causing great deal of dis
turbance to the coal trade at Scottdale.
MAHoNING county, O.. has paid out s.. 20
for sheep killed by dogs since September.
WHILE blasting at the Bluestone quarry, at
Dunbar James Kelly was killed by falling
rock.
A YOUNG woman named Hattie Aderholt is
on trial at WiIliamsport for numbering her in
FAINT last spring.
THE strike on the Pittsburg. Shenango and
Lake Erie has been broken and 100 laborers
have resumed work.
SILAs BENDER, engineer at the Girard Stove
Works. Youngstown, was killed yesterday
while starting the engine.
THE plant being erected at Boston. Pa,
known as the Challenge Brick Works, is the
largest industry of the kind in this part of the
State.
HENRY ZIMMER. formerly of Kings glass
house. Pittsburg has been appointed genera
manager of the Windsor Glass Works at Home
stead.
A DISPATCH was received at West Newton
yesterday stating that c. g. Markle. formerly
of that place, had dropped dead in Portland,
Oregon.
WILSON BENNETT, colored. and man named
Mitchell were each held in $500 ball at McKees-
port for stealing three turkeys from Mr..
Coursin.
THE Presbytery of Washington will hold its
winter meeting at the First Presbyterian
Church, Washington. on the 9th and 10th of
this month.
The body of John Watkins was found on
Tuesday near the Nickel Plate Railroad at
Harrisburg, o. with bullet hole in his head.
Murder is suspected.
NOTICE of contest was served yesterday upon
Congressman-elect G. w. Wonk. of Luzerne
district. by his late Democratic opponent,
bribery being charged.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
DIED IN ABJECT POVERTY.
The Bed of a Deceased Woman is Found
Stuffed With Coin and Greenbacks.

The Bed of a Deceased Woman is Found
Stuffed With Coin and Greenbacks.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-An old Italian woman
died in miserable room at No. "a West Ran
dolph street last week. She had been an inya-
lie for 80 years and was supposed to be pauper
For Is years she has been cared for by her
niece, giving no return whatever for the care
and attention.
After the old woman's death the bed she had
been sleeping on was sold to Lewis Kohn, a
pawnbroker for S. He sent his clerk, Morris
Swartz, after the bed. In taking it down young
Swartz almost suffered an apoplectic stroke on
finding small bag filled with gold coin and a
purse stuffed with good honest greenbacks
SwartZ took the entire amount, almost $780,
and started out in company with a friend TO
spend it. As might be supposed, kohn. the
pawnbroker, set up a claim for the cash. 1t
has been many years since the dead woman re-
ceived any money or spent any. She died in
affect poverty, without even lifes necessities,
while in her bed was sum sufficient to have
given her comforts for the last few years of
her life.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
4 CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

Three Mine Employees at SyterviIle Are
Badly Hurt.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
GREENsBURG, Dec. 3.-There was perfect
chain of accidents at Syterville yesterday
Philip Murer. a l4-year-old boy, at Scott Mine
No. was run down by a loaded trip and his leg
crushed from the knee to the foot. His left
arm was broken in two places and he was bad
ly injured IN other places. At last accounts he
was stlll living, but his recovery is doubtful
Jacob DlhenDort, miner in the same shaft
was also badly injured by heavy fall of coal
he may recover, but is very low at present
David Hamilton, car trimmer at the Scott
mines, was badly hurt by the fall of a heavy
piece OF slate from the weigh pan which struck
hum on the back. His injuries are painful, but
not necessarily fatal.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
THE NANTIcOKE DISASTER.

liability OF the Susquehanna Coal Company
to be Tested.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsP PArCHi
PITTsToN, Dec. 3.-Among the cases TO be
tried in the Common Pleas Court, which opened
to-day is one arising out of the great Nanti.
coke disaster, which occurred about three
years since, in which a rush of ouicksand.
water and refuse broke into the mine entomb.
ing the q men who were at work there at that
time.
This action against the SusQuehanna Coal
Company is one of several brought by the rela-
tiTes of the unfOrtunates to test the liability of
the company,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
A Twenty-Second Talk.

A LUM" baking powders are
1 / cheap and dear-cheap, be-
cause they are made for about
four cents pound and sold for
about twenty; dear, because they
do less than half as much as a
strictly pure cream of tartar
powder, and doubly dear, for
their continued use Injuries the
health. There is no alum, no
ammonia, no adulteration of any
kind, in Cleveland's Superior
Baking Powder.
CaeoelGnd Baking Ponder Co.,
81 d s5 Fulton st., NeV York
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
QUEER DUTIES OF A MAYOR.

He VIII Run to All Fires Down Town in
st. Louis, Day or Night.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 3.-Mayor Noonan has ar
ranged to attend all fires occurring in the down.
town section of the city, regardless of what
time of day or night they occur. His driver
sleeps at the engine house, four blocks from
the Mayors residence, and is prepared to con-
his presence may be required on short notice
This arrangement is intended as precaution
against loss of life from the electric wires in
the event of fires, the Mayor having full power
to order the shutdown of the street railroad
power plant, or of the various circuits of the
electric lighting plants, until the danger is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
The TRIAL OF JAMES HUM

Faces UniOntOwn Jury for the Shooting of
William Freeman.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH
UNIoNTOWS, Dec. 3-When the Common
wealth closed their testimony this afternoon,
In the trial Of James Huhn, for the killing of
William Freeman, it was generally admitted
that they had made strong case out against
the prisoner. A number of witnesses testified
that Huhn was the aggressor and called Free
man vile names. Il was established that HUM
struck the first blow and when pushed back by
Freeman, Immediately fired the fatal Shots
Ihe theory of the defense is self defense, and
the chief point which they sought to establish
was that Freeman threw the stone that knocked
Huhn senseless. and that the latter fired the
shots after lie was hit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
The Eouitable,s Increased Business.

The new business of the Pittsburg agency
of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
shows an increase for the first niIe months
of this year of 81 ,O31, 500 over the correspond
ing months OF 1889. This remarkable in
crease is attributed to the simplicity and
clearness of their new free tontine policy,
together with the unequaled standing of the
company and the extraordinary results now
being paid on their 20-year tontine policies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
MKEEsPORT ROBBERS.

A Man Knocked Down in the Street and
Robbed of $50.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
McKEEsPoRT, Dec. 3.-Ernest Eckman. a
Swede, is the latest victim of gang of THE YES
which has so long and openly worked this city.
He displayed some money on the street last
evening. and almost Immediately a young man
politely invited him out Fourth avenue to have
a drink.
Eckman assented, and when they were in the
darkened street the seeming friend turned and
knocked the Swede down. Two companions
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04

1ehPordrilS Lett alone Two Youngsters
Play With Fire.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
WILLtAMsPoRT, Dec. S.-1he terrible death
of little child of Ellis Rinearson, of Hunters
VILE last Sunday, is reported. Two small
children were temporarily left alone in the
house, and the elder was amusing the younger
by putting a stick in the fire and then wavino
the blazing brand
While this was being done, in some way the
dress OF the younger caught fire, and when the
mother returned home sometime later she
found the child lying dead by the fireplace. Its
body was blackened, and every vestige of cloth.
ing had been burned from its little body.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
A LODGING HOUSE TRUST.

The Newest Wrinkle in Combines Comes
From Down East.
BOSTON, Dec. ga combination has
been formed to control the management OF the
cheap lodging houses in this city, known as
the Friendly Inns" The organization
will be called the ''New England Lodging
Hotel Company"
The company is controlled by five per,
sons, who own the capital stock Of S10O, ,OOO'
Steps have been taken to establish houses
in Portland, Worcester and Providence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DON'T DELAY IT.

Don't put off until day before the holidays the
buying of your Christmas presents The stocks
be very much broken hen and the best usually left
until the last You'll have fill the holes in good many
Christmas stockings Do you know what you going
fill them with No? Then look the partial list of
things which we have awaiting you here We have things
useful and beautiful things useful and beautiful things
beautiful and not useful and many things which
bination of detectives will describe
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04

Fifty Per Cent Increase the Past Year
Shows palmer than all else where we stand
in public estimation. We will not send out
any but strictly frst-class beers and ales.
Families supplied direct.
THE IRON CITY BREWING COMPANY,
Telephone 11s6.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04
Sllawls.

We have removed our entire stock of wool
and camel's hair shawls to the first floor of
cloak department, and to-day inaugurate
our regular semi-annual sale at attractive
prices. Jos. HORNE & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-04

Killed While Saving a Boy From Being
Run Over by Train.
rsPEcIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCRl
ALTOONA, Dec. 3-David Goodman, of this
city, Pennsylvania railroad Waterman, was in
stantly killed this morning by being struck by
an eastbound passenger train.
He was endeavoring to save the life of his l2-
year-old boy, when the accident occurred. The
boy escaped unharmed.