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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Keeping Post. From Decay

SuIphate OF copper is recommended for
keeping posts and timber from decay. 1t is
stated that in Norway telegraph poles are
preserved by boring inch holes and filling
with sulphate Of copper crystals, and after
ward plugging the holes with wood. The
crystals gradually dissolve and permeate
the wood, turning it to a greenish color.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Pine Tree Soau.

A patent has been taken out for process
for utilizing the resinous matter present in
the needle-like leaves of the order Pinus.
By extraction with alkali a resin soap is
formed, from which the woody fiber can be
removed, and which. on the addition of fat
and completion of the saponifcation, yields
an ordinary soap, containing resin and
fatty acids.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
THE NEW STYLES
Henry r. Miller Upright Pianos

Are artistic and correct in design. They
should be seen by all interested in fine
pianos. The Henry F. Miller pianos have
shared the highest honors obtainable in con-
certs. They have made such great successes
and received such high praise that it is i'm
possible for any pianos OF the present day to
do more.
A fine selection of these famous pianos
can be seen at W. c. WhitehilPs Music
Parlor, 152 Third ave., Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
To Make ArtiflcaIIvory.

A correspondent sends THE DISPATCH
the following directions for making artificial
ivory. Burn bones in an open CRATE. Trit-
powder. Wet the powder with hot solu-
ton of glue and work it into q plastic
dough. Mold the dough into any desirable
form and then let it dry. Soak the dried
article for "a hours in a saturated solution
of alum.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Artificial Musk.

The comparative scarcity of musk and its
wide use in pharmacy, makes the discovery
of substitute of some importance. A SUBJ
stance has been prepared, which, though
not identical in composition with natural
musk, yet is possessed of its peculiar smell.
1t is not poisonous, and is now being pro-
duced on a manufacturing scale in Ger
manv
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

HERE is one object
at which I always
shy more or less
when forced to pass
it alone, and which
never fails to give
me a sense of uHeas-
iness and a disposi-
ton to look over my
shoulder for half q
mile or 80 afterward.
This is the vacant
and deserted house,
and it is particularly
pregnant with sinis-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
TO BE FREE FROM A FEL0N.
Mrs. King Asks to be Released From HeR

Mrs. King Asks to be Released From HeR
Convict Husband.
A decree in divorce was granted yes
terday to Elizabeth Hays from her hus-
band, NJ. E. HAYS. New suits were en-
tered by Ann Elizabeth King against John
R. King. She alleges that shortly after
their marriage, in 1888, he was convicted Of
felony in Washington county. and sent to
the penitentiary for period exceeding two
years, and she therefore charges desertion
on his part.
Jane Travers brought suitagainst Patrick
Travers, and William H. Beardsley against
Annie W. Beardsley for desertion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
much Needed Reform

In the condition of disorderly or torpid liver
is no sooner instituted by Hostetter's stomach
Bitters. than the headaches pains in the right
tongue. and constipation. which accompany
this malady, take their departure. Dyspepsia,
also twin brother of biliousness, vacates the
and nervous complaints also succumb to the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
WANTS TO BE A BOROUGH.
Husrling Duquesne is Anxious TO Shake or
Its Rustic Garments.

Its Rustic Garments.
A petition was presented yesterday by
the freeholders of the village of Duquesns
asking that it be incorporated into a
borough. A like petition was presented
some time ago, but was refused because q
majority of the freeholders had not signed
the petition, and Furthermore some of them
who had, had subsequently, erased their
names from it.
The present petition. however, is signed
by great majority, and request is made
that the petition be presented to the grand
jury, and the court made an order accord
ingly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Silks, silks, silks.

Colored surah silks, % cts.
Colored surah silks, 4S cts.
Colored surah silks, 70 cts.
Colored surah silks, 81.
Black surah silks, 80 cts.
Black surah silks, 30 cts.
Black surah silks, 81.
KNABLE & SHUsTER, 36 Fifth ave,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

Offers black cheviot, tailor-made jackets,
double-breasted, REFER style, with large
lapels, at 50, worth $12.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

FOR pure wines and liquors of all kinds.
foreign and domestic, call to T. D. Casey 8
Co. IS, 971 Liberty street. This old and re-
liable firm offers to the public only the most
sterling brands in the market at reasonable
figures. Orders by mail or telephone
promptly attended to.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

VISITORS to the Exposition should not
fail to see the display Of diamonds, watches,
jewelry and silverware, at Henry Terhey-
den's Jewelry House, $50 Smith6eld st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Danger In AnlIpyrsnc.

One cause assigned by several physicians
and druggists for the increasing number of
victims to the opium habit il the use ofanti-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
G. A. r.. AT ROCK POINT.

Excursion vin the Pennsylvania Lines on
Wednesday, September ~.
For the G.. A. r. Excursion to Rock Point
on Wednesday, September II, the Pennsyl-
vania Company will sell round trip tickets
at low rate of 30 cts. from Pittsburg. TuFsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Exposition Visitors

Do not fail to call at Lies popular gallery,
10 and IL Sixth street, and have your picture
taken. Good work, low prices, prompt de-
livery. Cabinet photos 81 per dozen.
TTSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
A Card.

Special announcement to the ladies: We
are now ready to introduce our latest i'm
ported fall designs in ladies and children's
dress making. LOUVRE, "a Sixth st., opp.
Bijou Theater.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
THE FRIGHTENED HOUNDS

''The pups wuE all the time atryin' to
jest crawl under me, nigh about; an look
like I'm so skeert my blood fairly stopped
runnIn', an I'm about froze. I says, 7
Giant stand this much longerp An
tuned my head an looked to'ds the Eas',
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Baseball Affairs.
A titled poet SAYS:
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be.

A titled poet says:
Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be.
If nothing else the poets sentiment re-
minds us that the present ball season will
soon cease to be. I don't think that
many people will be sorry for it.
Pittsburgers. particularly, have had
very funny time of it, and 1 have
an idea that those of us who patronize base
ball will treat the business with supreme
conte mpt next season if repetition of this
seasons hum bug is given. Of course one
of the remarkable performances of the year
will be the record of our own n. L.
club. Without doubt in future years
any club that attempts to beat the
record of our wanderers will have to
be something far from the ordinary. The
truth is that one can scarcely believe it pos
sible for q team of ball players TO suffer so
many defeats in one season as the players of
the local National League team They are
a wonderful lot, no doubt. But let me say
a few words regarding the management of
j. Palmer O'Neil. really think that he
deserves unlimited credit Tor having any
team at all at the end of the season. Mr..
O'Neil took hold of the team when it
was in the most deplorable condition, fnan-
cially and otherwise. Amid innumerable
and very potent difficulties he has piloted
that financially embarrassed aggregation
from place to place. only to meet defeat
after defeat. Despite this, he has not only
kept his team, such as it is, on the field, but
has received money for their appearance,
and, am told, sufficient money to enable
the club to quit even at least on the season.
What contend is this, that whatever NAV
be said OF Mr.. O'NeiIs management, very
few men would have had the nerve and the
determination to stick to the contest that
Mr.. O'Neil has shown. Why, he started in
when the exchequer was empty, and has
only continued the existence of the
club by remarkable diplomacy. He
deserves credit, indeed; and we should
always bestew credit where 1t ID due It is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

pyrene. A great number Of young women,
especially female clerks, take antipyrene In
such quantities that it finally loses its restor-
ative power. They then resort to morphine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

Inc WhHe race. ter suggestions OF
wandering lunatics, escaped convicts,
lurking murderers and other fugitives from
the law, Just at dusk, with its vacant or
boarded-up windows, and its door gone, or.
worse yet, hanging half ajar, for legions Of
evil things to skulk behind.
Yesterday evening I came past such
little cabin, with one tiny window opening
which had never had sash or shutter, and a
doorway from which the door was gone. I
had passed it often before in broad daylight,
and 1t had always seemed particularly blank
and innocent; but now, as rode reluctant
ly up in the early twilight, the strained
feeling of apprehension and prospective
terror one experiences as narrator ap-
proaches the rrightful part Of bogy tale
was strong upon me.
A wHITE-FACED FIGURE.
And sure enough, there was tall, dark
figure, surmounted by long, cadaverous,
whiterf face, standing within the doorway.
fairly choked with senseless fright when
saw it slightly nodding at me, and heard it
muttering or grumbling to itself, but max
ing desperate effort, called out, Good
evening"" in such voice as I could CONF
mand.
No reply, but another nod or two and a
heavy, snoring sigh. So tried again, with
"Howdy," and as this elected no response
1 was Just about to give my horse the whip
and fly the spot at all risks. when Phebe
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

CAsEY's Old Log Cabin Rye is highly
recommended by physicians for medicinal
purposes, as it is pure, unadulterated old
Monongahela whisky OF ripe age and pleas
ant flavor. For sale BY 7. d. Casey 3 Co.,
971 Liberty 1T
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

NEW REFERS for children to IL years old
at prices to please all.
KxABLE s. sHUsTzs, s5 Fifth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
FieI.hmnn'. New Cloak Depnrtm,ut

Offers blue chevrou jackets, satin-fniehed,
Husssr fronts, with pressed plush collars
and facings; the same style in black
cheyiot, trimmed with fine Persian cloth, at
SIS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

Great sale this week at Kuable B
Shuster's, 80 Filth ave.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

MEMS extra heavy merino shirts and
drawers, 30 cents each.
KSABLz 8 sHUsTEs, IS Fifth sYs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
The Brutal Features of IL.

In the preceding paragraph L stated that
the conditions OF these club contests are
much more brutal than the conditions of
contests in former days. will prove the
statement In former days all contests
were under what is termed London prize
ring rules. Under them a man has any
amount of opportunities to drop down when
he is exhausted and get rest. Under the
Queensberry rules, and what is called the
revised Queensberry rules, however, a man
must stand up and fight for three minutes.
II he is knocked down by his opponent
within that time he has to get up alone, and
his opponent is invariably in a good posi-
ton 10 knock him down again as soon as be
regains his feet. Fighting to finish under
these rules is nothing short of the grossest
brutality. 1 have seen poor wretches
knocked down and down until they lay
senseless. They have no time to regain
their wind or there was no opportunity for
their seconds TO handle them. The fact that
RlsVea are used seems to Lead many people
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

suddenly whinnisd out loud. There was
an answering neigh from the tall, dark
figure in the cabin, and black horse with
a blaze face trotted out toward us!
1 thought of "Harry and the Guide-post,"
and other small tales with abnormally de-
veloped morals, and loudly laughed out
right
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
This Week. This weehi

HOUSEHOLD goods packed for shipment
HAUGH & KEENAN,, 1884 Water st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

NEW pompadour lace ruchings Just re-
ceiyed ct Rosenbaum b Co.'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

MATTRESSES made and renovated.
HAUaH 8 KEENAN,, 1884 Water st.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
ROWS OF REDSKINS.
They Fought Each Other All Night
and Burned the Wounded.
A M0UNTAINEER WHO SAW 1T ALL
Story Of KukIux Days Told in Choice North
Carolina Dialect.
ALICE nAcaowAN's OUTING SKETCHES

rooRREsroNDENCE OF THE DISPATCH
NORTH TOE RIVER, N. c., September II.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14

Fieishman's New CIonk Department
Offers black cheyiot, cord edge, west front,
rolling collar, nobby fit, at SIS, worth
$22 30.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
Canadn Ice, SO Per To.

On track in Pittsburg. Address H. B. Hop
son, Mayville, n. Y.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
rHUMA DANCING ACADEMY
"a Fourth Avenue.

81 Fourth Avenue.
Opening Wednesday, October 1. See
amusement column.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-14
The Bettini Micographophone.

Two of the principal objections which
have been urged against the phonograph
and other talking instruments with
which the public have become tolerably
familiar are the metallic quality of the
voice reproduced and the necessity of
using hearing tubes arising from the
poor volume of the reproduction. Lieu
tenant Bettini claims that in his micro
graphophone these difficulties have now
been overcome by the employment of
several Independent diaphragms instead
of the one diaphragm of the usual in
strument. 1t is said that the reproduc-
tion of the human voice is singularly
clear and free from any harshness or
metallic sound. BY the use of a nom
metallic trumpet the tones are still fur
ther softened. In reproducing music
the notes of different pitch come out
with singular distinctness, and, what is
a crucial test, the timber of the voice is
admirably preserved. The characteris-
tics of the record are relative loudness
and absolute distinctness. Even q
whisper is whispered back from the dia-
phragm very clearly. Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-14
A PATHETIC SCENE,
The Last Hours of Alexander stephens,
Georgia Statesman.

The Last Hours of Alexander stephens, the
Georgia Statesman.
There was pathetic and interesting
little incident about the last hours OF
Alexander Stephens that has never been
printed.
Mr.. Grady, in the Constitutions ac
count, says that the last words of the
great Georgian were Nearly home"
They were uttered in unconsciousness.
Now, for several hours of the evening
and night before Mr.. Stephens died and
early next morning, Ernest Kontz was
most of the time alone with him in the
room. Mr.. Stephens frequently repeated
the words. almost home," and NEARLY
home, now."
"We're nearly home"
"AleX, getready. We're almost home.
"Where's Alex? We're nearly home
now"
And from then until his voice was
stilled eternally, that was its burden.
Within the hour before his death, DR..
Steiner, of Augusta, and Mr.. r. p. Zim-
norman, of Atlanta, were together in
the room with the dying statesman. All
knew that the end was coming, and
could no be far off.
Then DIR. Steiner retired.
Mr.. Zimmerman sat by the bedside,
watching the pale face on the pillow and
listening for word. Finally still
change came, and he knew that death
was at hand. He hastily summoned the
friends gathered in an adjoining room.
and they stood there with bowed heads
or knelt at the bedside until the end
came.
1t was only three or four minutes, and
the Vice-Prosident of the Confederacy
was dead.
The silence that followed was awful.
Each man feared to look at the face Of
another, and each felt awed as in the
presence of his Maker.
Finally Mr.. Iimnerman looked M
and around him, and slowly repeated
the beautiful verse of Montgomery
"Forever with the Lord. Amen.
So Let IT be.
Life from the dead is in that word;
Ills immortality.
Here In the bodypent
Absent from Him roam
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
days march nearer home"
The effect was indescribable. MANY
of those present were moved to tears,
and the feeling of awe and restraint
was gone. After this the conversation
was natural.
Mr.. Zimmerman had not heard the
words spoken in delirium the night be-
fore, nor had he caught tho whispered
last words, nearly home" The thought
came to him like an inspiration. AT.
ianta Constitution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-14
Literary TASTES of pubIlc Men.

~ often sell to Senator William NJ.
Evarts, although recently he has bought
his books in Washington. He is good
buyer and generally carries with him Il
list of the books he wants. 1t is hard to
sell him any thing outside of this list
EX-Secrotary Baysrd is fond of books,
and indulges his literary tastes when.
ever he comes to New York Rov.
Robert Collyer, you know, is regular
crank in books, and haunts the book
auction as we'll as all the book stores in
New York. Rev. DR.. Talmage is good
buyer, but generally knows what he
wants. You can always sell him any
thing new by RuslSin, and believe he
has every edition of his books ever pub
lished. Colonel lngersoll buys through
his publisher, and a good part of his in.
come goes into his library. Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland has been in two or three
times since ho has lived in New York,
but only to buy some special book, and
won't look at any thing but just what he
came in to buy Mr.. p. IT, Barnum
drops in occasionally, and when he does
you're always sure of good time and
good bin. Henry Ward Beecher was the
same in that respect--one of the easiest
mon in the world to sell books to."--N
Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-06-14
FlRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Cranberry jelly, currant jelly or
tomato sauce are nice with roast veal;
cranberries have excellent tonic proper
ties and should be freely used when the
market affords them.
TO pair of shoes that have become
stiff and uncomfortable by constant wear
in the rain, apply coat of vaseline,
rubbing 1t in we'll with a CLOTH and in a
short time the leather will become as
soft and pliable as when it was taken
from the shelves of the shoe-dealer.
Asparagus Sauce: Stew one pound
of tender asparagus heads, in barely
enough water to cover them. When
tender drain off the water and cover
them with sweet rich cream, MASKING
them up thoroughly. Add large table
spoonful of fresh butter, salt and pepper
to taste. Simmer gently for few mo.
ments. Ladies' Home Journal.
-Wilted Lettuce: Stir together one
well-beaten egg, one-half cup of sour
cream, one teaspoonful of sugar, one
half teaspoonful of salt, and one-halt
cup of vinegar; melt one tablespoonful
of butter in saccpan, stir in the mix
ture and heat; when hot, add lettuce,
cover, steam only for moment or two
and serve.-The Household.
-Jellied Apples: Peel ten or twelve
tart apples, core, leaving them whole.
Pour pint of cold water on two tea
spoons of gelatine, when dissolved add
a cup of white sugar and let it boil five
minutes. Crate the rind of one lemon
and squeeze in the juice, stir we'll and
pour over the apples in an earthcn pud-
ding dish, then cover tightly with dish
bottom side up SO it will not touch the
apples. Bake half All hour or until
done.-Rural New Yorker.
ALI ordinary china or earthenware
is porous, and the fine pores will fill up
with grease or fatty substance, which in
time becoming rancid will give an often
sive odor and taste to any food put into
such vessels. Soap should not be used
for washing such ordinary china or
earthen vessels (the solution of soda is
better), and all vessels should be after
wards well rinsed with clean, hot water,
free of any fatty substance.
Beef Stew with Peas: Take three
pounds of beef, let it boil four hours in
salted water, remove the scum carefully
as it rises; when the meat is about half
done add ono onion, one small carrot,
one-half a turnip and two large potatoes
cut in small pieces; cook one pint of
peas in n separate saucepan in liquor
taken from the meat; add them when
done to the meat and vegetables, with o
little parsley and white pepper. Cut
shc meat into small pieces and serve il
IA the stew.-Boston Herald.
In any good household, lard shoulc
be rendered in the kitchen from the best
healthy pork. For small families in
cities who can afford it, it would be adj
visable to keep leaf-lard, in summer for
few days in the ice-box, in winter in
any cool place; and never more than q
supply for few days should be laid in.
Fresh leaf-lard and beef-suet can be cut
up and rendered in frying-pan whom.
ever wanted for preparing meal
There Is nothing more offensive than
rancid fat used for cooking.
housekeeping.