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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

whom little children held out their hands,
into whose presence the sorrOwful came for
comfort and the sick for healing, and Of
whom nobody, not even the hum5lest sinner
was afraid, except the Phariseesl Christ
might have come alone and stranger, with
no fame and no name, and yet they would
have thronged about Him. You cannot very
we'll hide fire. You cannot very we'll con-
ceal strength. 1 have not much faith in
mute, inglorious Millions" II anybody
has got the spirit of Milton in him, he can
not be mute. Christ could not be hid. With
common consent men recognized the Helper.
And Christ, even among those poor
heather was the Helper. They brought
their sick and laid them at His feet, and He
asked no questions, either about creed or
character. They were in need, and He
ministered to them. He helped them every
one. The fact that they were heathen made
no difference to Him. Indeed, as we have
seen, He preferred them before some of the
most orthodox believers of that generation.
The question is sometimes allowed to
trouble people-what will become of the
heather? And there have been some good
Christians who have built up so high
barrier of texts" between their religion
and common sense. between their theology
and the revelation of the Father in heaven
that they have permitted themselves to
imagine that the preaching OF the Christian
gospel draws line in this world between
the living and the dead, that God hates
everybody who has not heard.
like to set beside that doctrine this
living picture of Christus ConsoIator, of
the Healer among the heather. Here is
the light which lighteth every man born
into the world, here is the Savior who came
to save not the Jews, not the Christians, not
any set or sect of men, but all men, all the
children of God, the civilized and the savage,
the favored and the unfavored, all who fol
low the best religious light of love, every
where. GEORGE HODGES.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

A buffalo can weather storms and outlive
hunger and cold which would kill any domestic
steer that evef lived When nature placed him
on the treeless and blizzard-swept plains, she
left him well equipped to survive whatever ma.
tural conditions he would have to encounter.
The most striking feature of his entire tout
ensemble 1s his magnificent suit of hair and fur
combined, the warmest covering possessed by
any Quadruped save the musk OK. The head
neck and fore quarters are clothed with hide
and hair SO thick as to be almost if not entirely
tmperviOus to cold. The hair on the body and
hlndquaruers is long, fine, very thick, and of
that peculiar woolly quality which constitutes
the best possible protection against cold. Let
him who doubts the warmth of good buffalo
robe try to weather a blizzard with something
else, and then Try the robe,
Mr.. Hornaday gives the causes of buffa 10
determination, as follows: 1. Mans reck-
less greed, his wanton destructiveness and
improvidenee in not outstanding resources.
2. The total absence of protective measures
and agencies in the Western States and Ter
ritories. 8. The preference of hunters for
the hide of the COW over that of the bull.
4. The phenomenal stupidity of the buffalo.
3. The perfection of modern firearms.
COMPLETE DETERMINATION.
The different modes of slaughter are stated
at length, and the whole progress OF destruc-
tion, from 1870 to 1880, carefully followed
and admirably described.
The completeness of the determination
may be judged. from the following figures,
taken on January 1. 1889: Number of wild
bufaloes in Texas, 25; number in Colorado,
20; number in Wyoming, 26; number in
Montana, 10; number in Dakota, 4; total in
United States OF wild buffaloes, 85. In
Athabasca, Northwest Territory, there are
$50 bufaloes. These make a total for all
North America of So. Add to the above
the total of pure blooded bisons in captivity
and the whole number of individuals of
Bison AmeEicanus now living is 1,091. Mr..
Hornaday sums up the situation as follows:
In these days of railroads and numberless
hunting parties, there is not the remotest pos
States herd of hundred. or even fifty, buffa-
loes, which has escaped observation. OF the IS
head still existing in wild state it may safely
be predicted that not even one will remain
alive five years hence. A buffalo is now so
great prize, and by the ignorant it is consid-
ereo so great an honor ~ TO kill one, that ex-
traordinary exertions will be made to find and
shoot down without mercy the 'last buffalo,"
There is no possible chance for the race to be
perpetuated in wild state, and in few years
more hardly bone will remain above ground
to mark the existence of the most prolific
mammalian species that ever existed, SO far as
we know.
And so ends the story Of the American
Bison. 1t is sad story, but an old one; a
story of human greed and human selfish
ness; story of the good things which man
fails to appreciate till they are lost to him
forever. Brennan.
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LEGATION, is we'll worthy of the fame he has
already acquired in every department of
zoology. The book, entitled ''The Exter-
mination of the American Bison, !"
has been amplifed from Mr.. Horna-
days Report of the National Museum;
and contains many of the plates which
adorned that work. According to Mr.. Horn
aday, we may soon have to mourn the last
Of the buffsloes. SThe mighty race which
once spread its myriad legions from the
frozen north far into the orange groves
which fringe the Mexican guilt has been re-
lentlessly hunted down and slaughtered un-
til few paltry herds alone remain of the
true blood of the American bison. The dis
covery OF the buffalo, as first made by Euro
peans, occurred, says Mr.. Hornaday, ''in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
American Coal in rhe We.t IndIes.

The import of coal from the United States
to the porte of Havana during 1888, is stated to
have amounted to 81, ,547 tons as against 3d.
255 tons in 1887, and that from Great Brit
ain to 5O,37S, as against "a, S43 tons. Thus,
the American import exceeded the average
of the last ten years, which is calculated at
about $4,000 tons, while the import from
Great Britain fell far short of its average of
$4,000 tons. That further alteration in the
relative proportions of the coal imports from
Great Britain and the United States may
take place is not improbable. American
spectators are arranging for large ship
ments of coal from the Alabama mines to
Cuba and other West Indian islands. Should
this enterprise prove successful, the effect on
British trade would be most unfaVorable, as
it would obviously be difficult for British
exporters to compete with American in the
matter of freights.
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New street-CIeap.ipg n1nchlne.

A new street-cleansing machine has just
been tried very successfully in the London
streets. 1t is combination of water cart
and circular squeeze. The water from a
wrought iron tank is delivered by perfor-
ated tube, which directs it on to the roadway
in fine jets, the object of which is to COM
bine with the mud and loosen it. Behind
the jets is rotary brush, set at an angle to
the roadway, and formed of short pieces of
rubber arranged in a screw-like manner.
These rubber pieces brush or rub the road
way and deliver the mud sideways toward
the gutter. leaving it quite clean. The India
rubber brushes are claimed to do six months
constant work, and can be renewed at mod
crate cost. This machine can in summer lay
and collect the dust into the cutters, while
in winter, by the use of salt water, it can
melt the snow and flush it down the sewers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
U,iliZInr tba Pover Of NIa1.r,.

A device for utilizing the power Of
Niagara Falls, invented by Chicago en-
gineer, has been awarded the gold medal
offered by the Buffalo International Fair for
the best invention for this purpose. The
device consists of an overshot wheel go feet
in diameter, to be mounted behind the fall
ing sheet of water, and moved by proper
machinery toward or away from the water
fall, as the power is needed. This wheel is
to drive dynamos by friction clutch con-
nectious, and the power will be transmitted
by wire to any desired place. There were
over 100 competitors for the prize.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
AtteutIou. LandIorduf

time of the year is the engagement OF re.
liable agency to manage the renting of your
houses. The well-known firm of Black &
Baird have increased their facilities in this
branch and are more than ever prepared to
give special attentlon 10 the management of
properties and estates in Pittsburg, Allie
gheny and suburbs. By the uniform system
ments, with itemized statements, are for
warded promptly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
LOWEST PRICE ON RUGS


The People OF Allegheny County Ever Heard
of, This Week nr GroerzInger's.
We have decided to close out all our stock
Of imported rugs, consisting of Persian,
Mecca, Daghestan and Armenian, at hall
price.
Think OF It'll fine rugs that have been sell
ing all along at $16, we now offer at 81 and
SS.
Lower-priced ones prOporiionatelyI re-
duced.
These goods will not be ready for you un-
til Tuesday morning.
You will find them on first floor. Better
come early in the morning.
EDWARD GRoETzINGER,
627 and 629 Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Prompt E9res. for Then.cr.GOer..

An admirable arrangement looking to the
quick and safe emptying of the house has
Just been adopted at the fremont Theater in
Boston, and is also in use in one theater in
New York City. At any time, by simply
touching button in any one of eight handy
places in different parts of the theater, II
sets OF folding doors leading to as many
exits open simultaneously, actuated by
electrical apparatus. The expense of the i'm
provements is said to have been considerable
but it is safe to say that the public will ap-
preciate the advantage of being able to take
their pleasure without any dread of fire or
panic
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

81, 900, 900, Burmah about 100000 and
Canada 25,OOO,O gallons. The resources
Of Burmah and Canada are only just be-
ginning to be developed, and it is impossi-
Bile to tell what magnitude the trade will
amount to when improved means of trans
port have been provided. In the basin of
the Mackenzie river is believed to be the
most extensive oil region in the world; but
it is about 400 miles north of the Canadian
Pacific Railway. There is no doubt that
when the difficulties of transport have been
surmounted and cheaper oil is available,
that it is destined to be formidable rival
of coal for many purposes, especially the
firing of boilers, and for various metallur-
gical processes, for which its freedom from
sulphur, etc., renders it particularly suita-
hln
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Musical Gus Machine,

A musical gas machine, called the pyro-
phone, has been brought out in England.
Its compass is three octaves, and it has a
keyboard and is played in the same manner
as an organ. 1t has 81 glass tubes, in which
like number of gas jets burn. These jets,
placed in a circle, contract and expand.
When the small burners separate, the sound
is produced; when they close together, the
sound ceases. The tone depends upon the
in which they burn, so that by careful ar
rangement and selection all the notes of the
musical scale may be produced in several
octaves. Some of the glass tubes in which
the Jets burn are nearly II feet long.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Electric Light in Woodworking.

The electric light is being more and more
used among the manufacturers of the wood
working class. It is practically the only
light in use at the present time in sawmills,
sash and door factories. furniture factories
and all the woodworking establishments
where superabundance of infammable
material and, more or less, dust is unavoid-
able. Manufacturers recognize that they
cannot afford to risk the lighting of their
plants with lamps or even gas, with the
danger from fire which these ilIuminants
entail. As arule, too, where motive power
is abundant and cheap, electricity, besides
offering the best and safest light. is in the
long run the cheapest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Economical Freight Steamers.

The tendency in Atlantic steamers has for
a long time been to sacrifice economy to
speed, but new departure is indicated in
one of the new boats of the Hamburg Amer
ican line, the "Scandis," which uses only
58 tons of coal day. In very good weather
she can make 141S knots an hour. Allow
ing for an average of little less than 13
knots an hour, or say 200 knots day, she
can travel five miles on one ton of coal, and
her cargo space enables her to carry 1000
tons of freight; so that with one pound of
coal she can carry ton of freight 10 miles.
Probably this has never heen surpassed in
point of economy, and still less equaled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
HeaIthiS Wealth

DIR E. G. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, a guaranteed specific for hYsteria,
dizziness conVulsions, lts, nervous neuralgia
headache nervous prostration caused by the
use of alcohol or tobacco, wakefulness, mental
depression, softening of the brain resulting in
insanity and leading to misery decay and
death, premature old age barrenness, loss of
power in either sex, involuntary losses and
spermatorrboea caused by over-exertion OF the
brain, self-abuse or over-induigence. Each
or six boxes for IS, sent by mail prepaid on re-
ceipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by uS
for six boxes, accompanied with IS 90, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to
refund the moneyif the treatment does not eff
feet cure. Guarantees issued only by Emil g..
Stucky, Druggist, Sole Agent, l7Ol and 24Ol Penn
ave. and cor. Wylie ave. and Fulton ST.. Pitts
burg, Pa. seN-100TTSsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
Do You Want to Bu, Good, cb.,ne

Patronize the firm that sells for cash, that
is not obliged to ask you profit to pay an
advertising account that runs up in the
thousands, and has other equally extrava-
CANT expenses that you must settle for.
Avoid the store that pays fancy prices to
statesmen to worry you into buying goods
you don't want. No one urged to buy goods
at our store. Every item bargain. No
efforts needed to sell goods at our prices.
Come this week, if you have cash to invest.
Odd lines in every department offered below
cost to close lots of remnants and soiled
goods. All must be cleaned up before in
Voicing. The popular store.
THORNTON Bros,
128 Federal ST., Allegheny.
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Pre,eut and Future of Petroleum.

Some interesting figures have appeared in
connection with the petroleum industry.
The present annual product is about..2, ,000.-
100000 gallons, of which about one-halt is
produced in the United States. The Caspi-
an region of Baku produces about 42O, O,0OO,-
900 gallons, and many of the wells have
had to be closed because the oil could not
be taken away. Gallicia produces about
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
BY MYRIADS SLAIN.
How the Bison of the Prairies Was
RuthleSSly EXterminated.
HOREADAY'S INTERESTING BOOK.
The Vast Herds Which Once Darkened the
Western Plains
HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE EARTH
HORKADAY'S INTERESTING BOOK.
HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE EARTH


r. WILLIAM 7.
Hornsdsy has
published a little
work, dealing with
the history and
gradual extermi-
nation of the
American bison.
No one is better
qualified to speak
with accuracy OF
the Behemoth of
the prairies than
our experienced
National Park Su-
perintendent; and
this, his latest pub
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
THumA,s DANCING ACADEMY,
R4 Enurfh Ave.

The second session will commence next
week, Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
ewes. for beginners; Saturday afternoon for
children. For further particulars see amuse-
ment column, this paper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

2. WAINWRIGHT & Co., make the pur-
est and best ale and porter. There are the
favorite winter drinks. Families supplied
direct. Telephone 6525. wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
THE GRIP CLOSES A HOSPITAL.
MafrOp, Nurses and Resident Physician All
Have Ehe Influenza.

Have she Influenza.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcR.1
PHILADELPHIA, January 4.-The How
ard Hospital closed to-day until Monday,
on account of the matrons, nurses, resi-
dent physician and visiting medical
men being sick with the grip. Mrs.
Mary A. Anthony, the matron, was first
taken sick, over a week ago. Then followed
Miss Adds, one of the nurses, who took to
her bed four days ago and is still there.
Another nurse, Miss Rosendale, was the
next victim, and she succumbed the day
after Miss Adds.
W. W. N. Naylor, the resident physi-
clan, has had several attacks, or rather one
continuous attack Of varying severity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
EVERY DAY SCIENCE.
Relative Value of Different Paving
Materials for Cities.
UTILIZING THE P0WEROF NIAGARA
Effect Of q Diet Consisting Entirely Of
Meat and Water.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL NOTES
rpRupARrD FOR THE DISPATCH. .

Readers of THE DISPATCH who desire
information on subjects relating to indus
trial development and progress in mec hani-
cal, civil and electrical engineering and the
sciences can have their queries answered
through this column.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
b. & b.

1t is worth reading-our display in this
paper. You can use your judgment about
coming, BoGGs 3 BUHL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

NATIONAL taste clearly defined: The sale
of Atkinson's Extracts is constantly increas-
ing, and must exceed half million bottles
annuaIly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

The Iron City Brewing Co. 8 ale and DOR
ter are the most popular seasonable drinks.
Phone 1885,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

The Iron City Brewing Co. 5 ale and por-
ter are the most popular seasonable drinks.
Phone 11S6.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

DON'T forget our 'Forget-Me-Not' sale.
FLEIsHMAN & Co., PitsburQ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05

Opening of Thuma's Dancing Academy
For beginners next week, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings. Children's
class Saturday afternoon. See amusement
column, this paper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
HARE'S REMEDY

For menI Checks the worst cases in thrsa
days and cures in five days Price 81 %. at
]. FLEMINGS DRUGSTORE
iaka.FTssu ~ Market street
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AS A FAMILY MEDICINE.

Used according to the directions, it will
secure the family against colds, coughs,
pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis and con-
sumption. It is fact, at which my aston
ishment increases day by day, that so many
otherwise sensible and provident people
will, for the neglect of so simple precau-
tion as to have bottle of Pe-ru-na at
hand, bring upon themselves the needless
suffering and foolish expense that
am forced to witness every day. A
cold in the head, which a single bottle of
Pe-ru-na will cure, soon becomes-a case of
chronic catarrh, which will require many
bottles to entirely cure. A sore throat,
which one bottle of Pe-ru-na will cure, soon
becomes chronic pharyngitis or enlarged
tonsils, which will require many bottles. A
slight cough, which, without vestige of
doubt, would soon disappear with the use of
Pe-ru-na, becomes chronic bronchitis, will
require persistent use of Pe-ru-1a Tor some
time. I see great many cases Of consump-
tion each year due directly to a neglect of
coughs, colds, etc., which, if Pe-ru-na had
been kept in the house and used according to
directions, would have been prevented. In no
other department of domestic arrangements
is there such stupendous disregard of the
welfare of the family as in guarding against
the common ills of life by the use Of effec-
tive and reliable family medicines. II the
following advice could reach every house.
hold in the land, and with such eloquence
as to win obedience, it would convey bless
ing to each OF value that would be difficult
to exaggerate. The advice is this: Get
bottle Of Pe-ru-na, read the instructions on
the bottle until they are thoroughly under
stood, do exactly as they direct, and guar
antee that no cold, cough, sore throat, bron-
Il
climatic disease will disturb the peace of
the household so long as this is continued.
To have this remedy at hand before the at
tack comes, to become intelligent as to its
use before compelled to use it, is only the
most common foresight used in all other de-
partments of ordinary business It has
been the greatest ambition of my lite to
compress into few compounds the princi-
pal virtues of the pharmacopea, which
believe I have accomplished in Pe-ru-na,
Man-a-lin and La-cu-pi-a. Now that nv
standard prescriptions have come to be ex-
tensively used as family medicines, / feel
keen desire to extend their use not only in
the cure of disease, but also in the preven-
tion of it. Not all the wealth of the world
could induce me to part with the privilege
to use these remedies in the cure OF disease,
yet their value in the prevention of disease
is still greater. An intelligent use of these
three great family medicines-Pe-ru-na,
Man-a-lin and La-cu-pi-a-would convert
the moaning or tretful multitude of little
children into glad and bouncing plsymatss,
and change the vast number of half sick
women who drag themselves wearily to their
daily tasks into sprightly, happy wives and
sisters, and the throngs of dispirited un-
healthy men into noble and stalwart hus-
bo nda ond hrofbors
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In Thls Age of Progress.

(sweetvoice from next room)-Yes, dearie.
Mr.. Benfrank-Th' (b-r-r-r-r-r) 'lectric
hairbrush has got (b-r-r) crossed with tn
telephone (b-r-r-r) wirsl-Judgs.
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HARMFUL TREATMENT.
RATIONAL TREATMENT.

The cough medicine that have found al
ways reliable to remove the cause, and thus
stop the cough, is Pe-ru-na. 1t contains no
opium or narcotic of any kind, and is a sure
cure for all kinds Of cough. Pe-ru-na oper-
ates directly to heal the congested or in
famed mucous membranes of the air pass
ages and lungs. Pe-ru-na does not work
against natures efforts, but it assists Nature.
A wine glassful OF Pe-ru-na in hot water
before going to bed will never fail to break
up cold. A tablespoonful before each
meal and at bedtime will cure winter
cough permanently and quickly. A half
pond of rock candy added to one bottle of
Pe-ru-na is the best treatment for the cough
of consumption and chronic bronchitis I
have ever used in my long practice in
chronic diseases of the chest. 1 have relied
on Pe-ru-na so long to cure coughs IN all
cases of colds, influenza, hay fever, bron-
chitis, catarrh and consumption, with such
good results that have discarded all other
treatment.
For the multitudes Of people that treat
annually for every imaginable form of throat
and lung disease Pe-ru-na is my invariable
treatment. People come hundreds of miles,
at great expense, to consult me for acute
and chronic coughs, to return home with
some advice and bottle of Pe-ru-na, which
they can continue to get at their nearest
drugstore; and the fame I enjoy in the
treatment of such troubles comes from my
use OF this wonderful compound.