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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
MUST HIT MOVING OBJECTS.
English Volunteers Are Going TO Stop
Shooting at Bulls Eyes.

English Volunteers Are Going TO Stop
Shooting at Bulls Eyes.
st. james Gazette.1
The shooting competitions at the new
Wimbledon are to be put upon common
sense basis. Workmanship still counts for
much; of what use in the field is man
who cannot hit moving object? How
many of our volunteers, however many
prizes they may have won at Wimbledon
and elsewhere, could bring down their man
in the open field?
That is the pertinent question which has
induced the National Rife Association to
decide that the competitions at Bisley shall
be made more military and more consonant
with the conditions of modern warfare.
There are to be great many more competi-
tions at moving and figure targets, and more
attention is to be paid to the very important
matter of volley firing. A few years of
these sensible and practical competitions
should enormously increase the effective
shooting power of the volunteers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
HAD DROPPED HER NEPHEW.
Greenwich LndIes Not Overly Careful of
Such TriAes as Boys.

Greenwich Ladies' Not Overly Careful of
Such Trifies as Boys.
A Greenwich lady, says London news
paper, while leaning against the parapet of
the embankment and gazing at passing
steamer with the soul-flled admiration of
all Greenwich ladies for all passing
steamers, became conscious that she had
dropped something into the river. Her bag,
parcel, handkerchief and umbrella all an
swered "Present" as she mentally called
the roll. and it then became probable that
the thing she had dropped was a nephew.
A careful inspection of the water below
established the accuracy of the surmise, the
nephew being outward bound in topsy-
turvey state of collapse, making rapidly for
home with the tide. Before the constable to
whom she later mentioned the matter could
have interfered the water would have dis
solved all the existing earthly relations ofsthe
missing article had not pierman swum out
and rescued him. 1t is clearly evident that
Greenwich ladiea should not be allowed to
have nephews unless they are tied to them
with stout string.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

partake of some of the chefs creations
In every direction, around the kitchen it
would appear, as though there were store
rooms. Here milk and cheese are kept;
here ribs and loins, packed in ice, await the
butchers" knife; here game and poultry
hang in an Arctic atmosphere; here the
fame-hued lobster, the crab and the tender
frog are in readiness for the summons to the
table. In all these storerooms one shivers
involuntarily. The change from the heat of
the kitchen to the cold air of the larder is a
very remarkable one.
Near at hand is the place where pastry
reigns supreme. Here NJ. Hugele plans
and manufacturers his dainty confections,
and from hence has emanated many morsel
dear to the palates of Pittsburg epicures.
Here, too, the baking goes on, and almost
every form and variety of the staff of life is
turned out.
THE BUSY DISHwASHERS.
The dishwashing room presents a busy
scene. A crowd OF bare armed damsels
splashing in long trough of smoking wa
ter, and rushing about with dishes, plates,
cups and saucers, receiving soiled china.
placing newly washed china to drv. and
sending clean china upstairs, fill the apart-
ment with clatter. 1t is we'll that these
maidens have but little time to uplift their
voices in talk. Were they allowed to add
their clatter to the general uproar the noise
would become unbearable.
The dishwashing room is the last OF these
belowstairs departments oyer which N.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
DAMAGES FROM THISTLES.

One Man Sues Another Whose Land Was
Three Hundred Yards Away.
Pail Mall Gazette.I
An amusing case was heard yesterday at
Leughborugh county court, where q retired
lawyer, named Giles, claimed 3 guineas
from farmer. named Walker for damages
to his garden through thistles. 1t was stated
that Walkers field, 300 yards away, grew
carried by the wind into Giles shrubbery
and garden, being caught by the trees.
Giles said he had employed three men and
a woman pulling up the thistles. After
four hours hearing the jury gave a verdict
for the plaintiff, assessing the damages at 8
guineas The defense was that the thistles
grew on the surrounding land also.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
THE CORNER IN SARDINES.
II Will be More Difficult to Effect It Than
Mt First Thought.

II Will be More Difficult to Effect it Than
Mt First Thought.
A grand international corner in sardines,
says an English newspaper, is the latest
piece of intelligence in business circles. The
announcement has caused anxiety in the
breasts of the poor folk who live on the
sardine fishery along the French Atlantic
seaboard, and tremble at the idea of their
bread being taken from them by a
band of EnglIshmen, Belgians and Germans
united together in a sardIne syndicate. The
little fish in the timed boxes is, as is we'll
known, chiefly caught all along the French
and Portuguese coasts. The headquarters
of the market is at Nantes, where the secret
of preparing and timing the fish is we'll
guarded. On this account it will be diff
cult to effect a monopoly or to transfer the
fabrication of the article to another port.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
POKER IN LONDON.
Rise and Fall of the American Game Among
English Women.


Rise and Fall of the American Game AmOnG
English Women.
When the game Of poker was first intro
duced into England about ten years ago il
took an immediate hold of q certain set oi
ladies in London, who, up to that period,
had been content to play whist every after
noon for stakes which, although not particu-
larly low, were well within their means.
Poker, however, changed all this. The
stakes were gradually increased. "Flats"
who were not well acquainted with the
game were eagerly sought for and invited to
peoples houses at a moments notice. Need
less to say that very large sums changed
hands.
Ladies whose faces are well known on the
Heath at Newmarket, on the Lawn at Good
wood. and in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot,
opened wide their doors to let in Tom, Dick
and Harry, and often the wives of Tom,
Dick and Harry, provided they would play
poker, and were not too we'll versed in the
art of "blufing" and "seeing" bluffs.
When once the novice had acquired expert
ence and general knowledge of the game,
the invitations became less frequent, and he
or she, in poker parlance, "really sat too
tight," and had to be replaced by more in
nocent victim.
Through several seasons the poker fever
ragged. It mattered not to the ladies that
their houses gained such sobriquets as "the
hag's hell, so long as they could sit ali day
with five cards in their hands and ''straddle
the blind" or risk their last e5 note on a
Jackpot" These patrician ladies had all
: the American slang of the game at their
fingers ends. 1t was such delightful new
sensation for them, far better than racing,
because it lasted so much longer and was
less fatiguing. But there were few peo-
pie who always won, while there were
great many who always lost. Gradually
the ladies quarrelled among themselves.
The meetings became less frequent, some of
the players were ruined, and others returned
to the race course.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

Menjou's sway extends. Upstairs, in the
salons, be is also undisputed director Of af-
fairs. Thus he is enabled to buy the din
ners Of the hotel, superintend their cooking,
and arrange the manner Of their service.
Brennan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

But have We ever paused to consider
that far greater area is searched through
to find even a collation. for our correcter
selves? And our dinners-our luncheons-
have we ever sought into their histories.
Had we done SO we might have learned,
that, whereas the petty world of Pliny was
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

needed reaching. He was a man of fine
mold, and while he strained me to his
breast as he shaved under my chin discov-
cred that he carried little asa etida in his
left hand vest pocket to keep off contagious
diseases, and also that he had a very loud
ticking watch OF the American type, with a
revolutionary movement
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
MR.. EYARTs' CHARACTERTsTICs.

"Well, l have shaved Mr.. Evarts. He is
kind hearted old gentleman, with a skin
that hangs around his throat like the seat of
an elephants trousers around baby ele-
phant. He is a gentleman, every inch Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

hail from New York, but they have been
originally foreigners. The walters are
obliged to be clean shaven, and must appear
in evening dress after noon.
Down in the kitchen and pastry room of
every hotel there is hustle and haste all
through the day and far into the night. The
Duquesne kitchen as long room, divided
up the middle by table upon which band
of white-robed, white-capped cooks are
dressing the various dishes preparatory to
introducing them to the fiery ordeal. Others
of the cooks are occupied at the great range
which runs along the further side of the
room. With fingers clutching the mystic
knife or fork, their sign of Office, they watch
over their dish as mother might watch over
her child. At the upper end of the long
table lounges the chef,
LOOKING VERY DIGNIFIED,
and somewhat jealous Of intrusion. The fe-
male cooks fly hither and thither, making
themselves generally useful. Savory odors
fill the air and tempt the interloper to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

did not seem to unnerve him as had sup
posed it would, and that he held my nose a
good deal higher while shaving. my upper
lip than had ever held it. even in the
bright and halcyon days when, as little
boy, wore vest made over from other
garments of my fathers handed down from
the dim and musty past.
He was middle-aged man with deep,
red eye, shaded by clustering mass of eye
brow through which the lake breezes were
wont to sough. The other eye was in the
same condition. His hair had formerly been
bright red
Some was flowing and some had fled. I
thought of this sentiment whilst he was
shaving me, and when he had finished I
wrote it in his album ior him.
He had an air Of neglige and easy naivette
and bon homme and carte blanche, and wore
linen cuffs with edgings of iron gray. His
collar also had gray whiskers on it, and the
name around the buttons of his trousers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

CHAMBERLAIN cough remedy can al
ways be depended upon aud is pleasant and
safe to take. There is not the least danger
in giving it to children, as it contains no in
furious substance. Large bottles 80 cents;
family size 81. wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

while others were put aside after series Of
tests. It looked as though the emissary
from the hetel was about to buy up all that
was worth buying in the shop. Very few
birds, except those that had lived too long
before, or those whose plumpness was not
up the mark, were allowed to hang from the
cruel hooks or to recline upon their marble
slab. This dealer in game seemed to under
stand NJ. Menjou perfectly when the caterer
REJECTED A BIRD,
be did not attempt to dispute, but merely
raised his eyebrows ever so slightly, and
produced another. After the game there
was an immense purchase in fowl, chickens,
ducks and turkeys were one after another
examined, talked over, rejected or bought.
With the conclusion of the poultry and
game purchases, this portion of M. Men
jou's morning labors ended.
The caterer retraced his steps to the hotel
to superintend the arrival and storage of
the provisions. Through back entrance
came the meats, the fruit, the game and
poultry, the vegetables, and later, the con-
signments from the depot. The last men
toned consisted of fish, more fruit, and can
vasbacks from New York. Two men are
kept constantly employed at receiving the
food, and slowing it away. But
at this point some idea should be given of
the staff which in different ways helps M.
Menjou keep his catering going. First OF
all, generalissimo of the forces is NJ. Albert
Menjou. Then come the head waiter, the
second head waiter and the third head
waiter, all of whom are called in hotel slang
captains Besides these there are "a
regular WATERS, who are divided into four
watches" each watch containing six men.
Then comes q number of assistant walters,
called, curiously enough, "omnibus." That
is one department-the department of
serving.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COOKING.
Of the cooking department the chef is
Frank Albrosinl. Under him is second
chef, "broiler,"a "garde manger," who
looks after the cold meats, salads, etc.;
''garde de mutt" whose name explains his
Office; "butcher," who does the cutting up
of meat, ETC., and six women cooks who do
miscellaneous work.
After the cooking comes the pastry de-
partment Isidor Hugele is chief of this
branch, and has at his command an ice
cream maker, baker and a few assistants.
There are two storeroom departments-that
of the storeroom for immediate use, and that
of the general storerooms. Each of these
employs few persons. Last of the depart
ments is that of dish.washingl There are II
girl dish-washers, but on special occasions
this number is largely increased.
All M. Menjou's men cooks and walters
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

b E latter = day
moralists profess
to regard with
horror and con-
tempt the lux
urious gluttony Of
dead and gone
Heliogabalus. We
are deeply dis
gusted because the
epicures ofHorace
dine on peacock S
brains, garnished
with white snails
from the Cherso-
nesus. " W b a t
hideous folly T
we wrathfully ex-
C lai m" 7 b e
" b lie Roman
world ransacked
its furthest limits
to supply a single
Cesar with a sup
per! 1t was mon
strous!"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
SHAVING GREAT MEN.
Bill Nye Listens to the Reminis-
CenCes of An Historic Barber.
CUTTING COMMODORE VANDERBILT.
The Executioner's Letter of Introduction
to q Slaughter House.
BARRETT AND DEPEw IN THE CHAIR


T was in Chi.
cago, the boom
ing city along
whose busy
streets I had so
often wandered
and on the
banks of whose
brawling river
I had 80 oft
been bridged
that I met q
barber who
made a special
ty of shaving
eminent men.
1 noticed that
my presence
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
HOW HOTELS ARE RUN
The Chief Caterer and His
Corps of Assistants.
PROCEEDINGS ON MARKET.
Busy Scenes in the Kitchen and Other
Departments.
TIE WORLD TAXED EACH DAY

WRITTEN FOR THE D1srGrcH.l
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
SHE DIDN'T INTEND IT so.

Astory which is apropos of nothing is told
here at the expense Of the wife of the Presi-
dent of a prominent Western railroad. 1t is
to the effect that when Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams was chosen President of the South
ern Pacific road he chanced to call upon the
lady in question, who was at the time in
Boston.
81 do not know just what am to do, Mrs.
P" he said, in reference to his new dignity.
Sometimes it seems to me that am only a
sort of fgurehead, for ornament rather than
for use"
EYES," she assented, "that is exactly what
my husband was saying yesterday"
And it was not until after Mr.. Adams had
gone that the lady reflected that it was just
possible that the guest had not understood
that her husbands remark had reference
only to himself and not to Mr.. Adams.
ARLO BATES.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
BARRETT IN THE

''Yes, used to shave Mr.. Barrett-Law-
renee Barrett, the great actor, when he was
in hurry. He entered the shop rather
soft and glidy like, as if he was looking for
Julius Cesar. with view to stSbbing him
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

Al AND THE REV. HERBERT D. WARD
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-15
where Cigars Are Carried.

Billy Monroe: have a good deal of
quiet fun to myself watching where
people put their cigars. OF course your
businessman has his cigar-case or he
puts his cigars in his vest pocket. But
there are some characters. Take the
Irishman who is laborer for instance.
He sticks his surplus cigar in his hat
band. / have seen a policeman buy
three or four cigars and put them on the
inside of his hat. 1t isn't often that a
Chinaman smokes a cigar / believe it
is rule that no Chinaman shall smoke
a cigar until after he has cut his queue.
Before that he smokes the cigarette.
/ never knew where John kept his Gig
ars or his cigarettes. You see him walk
ing along the street and, all at once he
makes motion, as if he were going to
dive, and he comes up with his cigar or
cigarette, as the case may be, and is
smoking before you know it. 1t is still
question among tho best smokers as to
where is the best place to carry cigar
If you are not smoking it.-Chicago
Tribune
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-15

The best way to plant wheat is with a
wheat drill. Cane and wheat grains are
about the same size and ought to be
the same way. The theory seems
plausible. Practice confirms it. With
this theory before me took to using the
wheat drill, stopping all the drill holes
except the two which were the right
distance apart, to give the proper space
between rows. This used about ten
pounds of cane to the acre, while two
pounds is enough. Hence, / had my
cane too thick-just what wanted. AS
soon as the sprouts peeped through the
earth l narrowed with straight-tooth
harrow across the rows, filing up the
furrows left by the drill, thus giving a
greater depth of earth, which is what it
needs. repeated the narrowing in the
same way about once week until the
cane was sufficiently thinned by the
harrow. l then plowed very close to
the row, sinking long bull tongues far
beneath the roots. Each subsequent
plowing was further from the row.
laid it by with bar shares.
This method has the following ad-
vantages: 1. The cane can be planted
with less labor. 2. 1t is quicker. 3. 1t
secures good stand. A. 1t saves hand
thinning, hoeing and saves time. s. 1t
secures a larger yield than if planted in
hills. BY this method crop of cane
can be raised with less time, money and
labor than crop of corn. have tried
it many years and know.-W. l.. Ander-
son, Montgomery County, Ind.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-15
A FARM-YARD GATE.
1t Opens Either Way and Is Durable,
Easily Made and Convenient.


The illustration, sketch of which is
taken from the American Agriculturist,
is simple double gate frame, made to
open either way, and closed in the fol-
lowing manner: Midway between the
gates is short post firmly driven in the
ground or mortised into the ground sill,
on both sides of which is large "but-
ton," as shown in engraving. These
"buttons" are fastened to TIE post by q
small iron bolt with head and nut and
washers, and turn with some difficulty.
When the gate is to be opened either
way turn the button" vertical on the
side toward which the gate is to be
opened, and both gates are at once free
to open that way only.
Near the lower and outer corner OF
each gate is q contrivance for keeping
the gate in position after it is opened,
which may be used to help keep it firm
when closed. 1t consists Of a small
piece of timber as broad as the gate
frame and about an inch and a half in
thickness, through which is an auger-
hole; and in this is the cylindrical piece,
which should be pointed on its lower
end. 1t then passes through an auger-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-15
To Eaten HoRs.

Experiments have proved that hogs
do much better when fed corn and mid
dlings mixed instead of separately.
Potatoes do not make good pork when
fed alone. If middlings and boiled po-
tatoes are fed mixed the water should
always be poured off beforehand. A
neighbor who fed great many cooked
po tatoes to his hogs valued them at
twenty-five cents per bushel. They act
as an appetizer and hogs are very par
tial to them. If the hogs are kept in a
pen wosld advise that the potatoes be
fed sparingly, but If allowed to get grass
they may be used in larger quantities,
as the grass will supply elements that
the potatoes lack. AS killing time draws
near corn should be used TO fatten OFF
with, but cooked potatoes may stir be
used in limited quantities with mid
dlings. Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-15
WELL WATER.
Farmers, This Is an Important Subject
Look to Your Wells.

Farmers, This Is an Important Subject
Look to Your Wells.
The average house-owner certainly
believes, says Prof. Wilbur, of Rutgers
College, that the water which he pumps
clear and cool from his we'll is pure and
wholesome. He does not stop to think
of the impurities with which it may
have come in contact during its flow
from the surface to the bottom of his
we'll. This we'll may be sunk in the i'm
mediate vicinity of an overlooking cess
pool or clubhouse; the natural drainage
of his own or his neighbor's barn-yard
or pig-sty may be flowing over the soil,
through which is fltering the water
that is to fill the underground cistern;
or its bottom may be in porous stratum
of soil or gravel that receives, at point
higher than the bottom, the drainage
from some graveyard or other source of
decaying organic matter; some neigh
boring tree may have thrust its rootlets
through the wall of the well and there
they remain to decay; or the top may
not be tightly covered and strong; toads
or other vermin may tumble in to aid
in the pollution of the supply; but our
well-owner, not seeing, smelling or tast-
ing the results of these additions to the
underground reservoir, is not conscious
of their existence.
If the flow of organic impurities
through natural filter bed be so great as
to fill it with this precipitated organic
matter, decomposition of the masses OF
organic filth thus carried into the soil
takes place, and the soluble products of
this decomposition flow on with the un-
derground streams until a well offers a
collecting place for them. Nor is this
all. The soil, being taxed by the great
amount of impurities sent through it
beyond its filtering power, allows the
soluble products to pass unchanged,
and they are carried directly into the
we'll, where the cessation of flow allows
them to accumulate. Such filth-sat-
urated condition of the soil exists in
every old and thickly-settled commu-
nifty. Here every stable, every out.
house or cess-pool, with their porous
walled Qf walled at ally vaults, every
kitchen drain or sewer, is furnishing
it's quota Of organic impurities, all of
which supply matter for decomposition.
The products of this decomposition
are carried, as we have seen, directly to
the wells, and they thus become suita-
BILE breeding-places for bacterial life
powder magazines - only needing the
spark of typhoid or other deadly germ
to furnish the explosion of scourge of
disease