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drawn in Harlem with five inches of shirt
collar on it, and got mellow, got funny, got
boisterous, got beastly drunk. Next NOR n
ing she had shot choppers" and drank a
gallon of cold water, rubbed her poor lit
tie head and moaned piteously from time to
time. She rolled about nearly all day,
practically dead to the world, possibly VOW
ing over and over again never, never, never
to touch another drop-when the stage car
penter, who had gotten through this stage on
his own account, brought in a foaming
''growler."
NO REFORM THERE.
If Mile. Bruin had dreamed OF reform it
was one of those irridescent dreams,,which an
Ohio politician has characterized as "a
id barren ideality." For she leaped to
her feet at once. and seizing the growler
pressed it to her youthful bosom with an
emotional fervor suggestive of Cora Tanner.
With grateful hug she raised the tin
bucket to her lips and gently quaffed long,
exhaustive draughts. What recked she of
the tax on tin plate? She never hesitated,
never paused-never even offered anybody
else drink. When it was over she passed
the empty bucket back with plain intima-
tion for more. Here is where Madmoiselle
made mistake, 1t is always the last
drink that knocks us out But Mad
better.
While she was vainly trying to walk
crack, already under the influence of the
beer, an acting assistant supe attempted to
induce Mile. Catamount to indulge in a
wee drop. But whether a teetotaller or
merely indignant at being served with ''all-
Sorts" flew at the bars Of her cage in a
furious way.
DANCE MUSIC IN A GRowLER.
This cage was on broad property table
in the corner, and was ordinarily strong.
Mile. Bruin stood on her hind legs unstead-
lily, and looked st Mile. Catamount with
wicked leer in her eyes. 1t seemed to re-
mind her of Texas all at once. A fresh
growler quickly recalled her back to Har-
lem. She began to brace up by again hug
ging the growler for about two minutes,
during which time its contents disappeared.
With an intelligent attitude for imitation
of her human equals in society Mile. Bruin
row undertook the execution of sailors
hornpipe. She was little discon-
certed when the turn was over to find that
one of her legs persisted in bending the
wrong way. She examined it once or twice
rather curiously, and scratched her head in
deep thought.
At this tjuneture q fresh growler was
brought in, whereat Mile. Bruin was so de-
lighted that she jumped upon the property
table and tried to make Mile. Catamount
understand the situation. But that loyeliest
of her sex resented this familiarity by sud-
denly gathering in double handful of hair
from Mile. Bruins shoulder and hissi b the
performance like whole Bowery gallery.
Mile. Bruin was too much astonished tn re-
spond promptly, and withouta word jumped
down with such lightning somersault. that
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MEMENTo OF THE LOST CAUSE.

A Piece of the LithoErnph Stone With Which
Confederate Money Wns Mnde.
In an old cemetery called Mt. Tabor, near
Anderson, S. c., some curious pieces of
rock were recently picked up. One of these
had two inscriptions on it. They were the
ends of the engravings of two Confederate
$40 bills, and on a closer inspection it was
found that the delicate tracing of the en-
graver had not been erased or defaced by
the action of the elements
The story of the stone is one that smacks
of the romantic side of the Civil War. 1t
was used in the mint at Richmond, in
printing those ten-dollar evidences of the
poverty of a perishing nation with which
the war-worn South was flooded up to the
final catastrophe of the evacuation of the
Con eederate capital.
When the heads of departments Of the
Government fled they carried away with
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Another reason is that Pittsburg is the
biggest place the oil man has ever invaded
in his nomadic wealth seeking, and rather
rets lost in the crowd. He has been largely
in the habit of being the crowd himself,
and therefore accustomed to being much
noticed wherever he went. A good bit of
his going has been into the depths of forest
Businesses, even far away from railroads,
where he has built his own cities to order on
short notice.
THE SAME OLD CROWD.
Coming into a ready-made city is little
surprising to him and it may be little sur
prising to the city itself. But he is here,
now, in force. Just outside the city limits,
at CHARTERS, is a forest OF derrlcks, and the
steady march is this way. There is the
same mad rush, the same din and con-
fusion, the same bad roads at Charters that
90 with the Gilman in all his wanderings.
There are the same busy teamsters with the
same wicked oatbs; the same brawny driller
with the same tall yarns; the same green
tool-dresser with the same pretense OF long
habited toughness; the same rig builder
with the same long legs, and the same pro-
ducer with the same mud and oil blotches
on his good clothes. 1t is the same crowd
that has been seen from hlchDurg ana Dol
ivar to Macksburg and Eureka, from the
days OF Oil Creek to the days of West Vir-
gInia.
Not always the same individuals, to be
sure for wherever the oil man goes he gath
ers new followers in all the various depart
ments OF his business, and when he gets done
with the rush OF development he always
leaves behind him a crop of new bumpers to
Join in the migratory proceedings when the
field that knew them first is played OUT
and the little wells have been coupled to-
gether and reduced to q disgraceful condi-
Jion of pumping by heads"
GAS CITY RECRUITS. q,
In this waY the Gilman has grown from a
pioneer, laughed at by himself, to an army
of very respectable and respected
proportions. Already recruits have been
drawn from Pittsburg. A good MANY men
TO whom oil was but recently q distant
mystery are now full-hedged producers,
gaining fortune and xperience-princi-
pally the latter-in the ways of golden
grease. Not few young men of Pittsburg
and the immediate vicinity are sin the
swim" with the army of oil well workers.
TIE Westview development was the first
to crowd in on the city with the Jacks Run
annex. And now the CHARTERS field is
irving to invade the city itself. 1t has been
q long time coming. Fifteen years ago the
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Destroying Wnsp,.

A dweller. in the country, who has had
considerable experience with wasps, gives
the following method for comprising their
quietus: Cover yourself with flannel round
neck, head, hands and arms; arrange net
around your face so that no wasps can enter
or touch you. Now dissolve half a pound
of camphor in one pint of psrafiin oil. Get
a large metal syringe, such as is used for
enemas, and at nightfalI saturate the nest
by squirting the paraffin into the entrance.
Repeat the dose If necessary. Do not sp-
proach it with light
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
A ONE-NIGHT STAND.
How Two Dizzy Beauties of Texas
Tore Up a Harlem Theater
AND THEN QUIT THE BOARDS.
A Growler Spoils Bright Future and
Good Deal of Scenery.
PLENTY OF REALISM ON THE STAGE.
IcoRREsPoNDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.I
NEW YORK, September 13.

LO V e L Y SOU
brette, fresh from
Texas, supported
by a frisky ingenue
FIR o m the same
State, played a one
night stand at q
variety theater,
Harlem, last week.
It was their first
appearance upon
any Stage. Ine
performance can
not be said to have
elevated the his
trionic art mate
rally, but it was
decidedly interest
ing as illustrating
the possibilities Of
the modern blood
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destined to be the home of MANY of the oil
princes for all time and the great head
quarters of all OF them. They may spread
the field as far as they will, this will still be
the hub of the wheel.
PIttsburg manufacturers have let some
golden opportunities slip in time past, but
it is reasonable to suppose thev will now
take advantage of all the openings left. As
matters stand, the boilers and engines, fit
tings and castings are all made elsewhere.
Much of the pipe used is already made in
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and predictions founded thereon have there
lore exceptional weight. Predictions con-
cerning the weather, crops. seasons, diseases,
social and political problems, and astronom-
1cal events are based on the laws OF periodic
lty as ascertained by repeated observance
and from recorded facts and statistics, and
mathematical calculations, which last, In
the case of astronomical predictions, are
almost absolutely correct.
TELEPATHIC PREDICTION.
There is also prediction based on the
psychic or telepathic powers in man, a
method governed by the laws of thought
transference and magnetic radiations mum
dane anu supermundane. The more sensi.
tive the brain to such transference and
radiation. the more vivid and clearly de-
hned the perception of things to come.
Foreoodings, presentiments, intuitive per-
ception concerning the future, up to instant
and positive conviction, all belong to the
telepathic realm of predictive power.
Still another and psychially higher source
is that based on intelligent clairvoyant
vision, having for background the astral
light or ether-a background made pic
torlally panoramic of things past, pres
ent and to come, by the formative power of
thought. All mundane events are born of
thought, which, first takes living form and
substance on this astral side of nature,
waiting only the alchemic power Of will
and opportunity to materialize itself on the
more material plane below and without. 1t
is thus that coming events do actually cast
their shadows before them, and that the
elairvoyantly developed sensitive mind may
behold and foretell them.
THE UNCERTAINTY.
But here also, the element of uncertainty
creeps in, made present by the complex
nature of many of these thought projections,
involving, as they do, en- masse, individual,
national and racial characteristics, not
rarely of doubtful and confused import
The seer, therefore, must be clear sighted
and wise beyond his fellows, to read the
visions Alright. That predictions based on
this power of clairvoyant sight SO often fail,
is probably due to inability to SO read, as
well as to the failure of will or opportunity
for subsequent naturalization on the ter
restrial plane. Mankind cannot always do
what it would, even when nationally reused
to resolve.
Some such powers, telepathie and clair
voyant, Prof. Buchanan claims for himself,
regulated and tested, however, by scientific
deductions and mathematical formulae.
Nor is this his present attempt at predic-
tion inceptive; during the progress of the
last half century he has foretold the ap-
proach of many important events, social and
political and geological. with remarkable
accuracy and success. His present recently
expressed convictions therefore demand
more than ordinary attention and respect.
1t may be as well to aud that prediction is
not prophecy-which is tantamount to say
ing that Prof. Buchanan does not claim to be
an inspired i. e. passive medium for divine
or spirit utterance in any sense of the word
at all. He is. a scientific predictor-Dot
prophet.> MARK T. GRISWoLD.
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PITTSBURC is IN IT,
The Petroleum Producing In
dustry Has Come to the
City'S Outer Gates
WITH ITS ROYAL RICHES.
Busy and Pushing the Oil Man Has
Surely Come Here to Stay.
THE GAS CITY ALSO AN OIL CENTER
And Headquarters for Everything Pertain
ing to the Trade.
PICTURES FROM THE CHARTERS FIELD
WITH ITS ROYAL RICHES.
The GAS CITY ALSO AN OIL CENTER
WRITTEN FOR THE prsrArcH.I

ONTRIBUTING G
for 80 years to the
growth, prosperity
and greatness of
Pittsburg, the pc
troleum producing
industry has at last
come to her very
gates. Pittsburg is
an oil town, and
the GILMAN is here.
He has been here
to some extent for
this whole 80 years,
and possibly that
is one reason he
hasn't been noticed
ynrv much.
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Nothing Remarkable Abou. II.

jewelers. Weekly.1
Watchnan-The first time cleaned your
watch it was in gold case; the next time in
gold-flled case, and now it's in q silver
case.
b. A. 3. D. Uppe-Yes, sir; scircum.
stances alter cases, you know,
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WORTH HAVING.

TRADE WORTH HAVING.
1t is a profitable trade. Less attention is
paid by the oil producer to price than to
promtness and speed in filling his order with
frst-class goods, and advantage is taken of
this fact by the supply men to maintain a
good, stiff tariff on almost everything. There
is no reason why Pittsburg should not make
as good boilers, engines, brass goods and
cast and wrought iron fittings are made any
where.
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ordinary hotel Mile. Bruin would have
hoped out Of bed and pressed the button
connecting with pitcher of ice water and q
gin cocktail, which would have materially
modified her views of life in Harlem. As it
was, she tossed restlessly on her pallet, con-
sisting OF pint OF sawdust, and tried to re-
call where she had obtained her last drink,
and the circumstances attending the loss of
q fraction of her epidermis
An attache came IN and got something to
feed the animals. Poor petite Mile. Bruin!
She licked his hands and begged for some
thing to cool her rsspiDg throat. She didn't
want any breakfast. She wanted drink.
But he couldn't understand Texan ''as she
is spoke" by Mile. Bruin. So piteously,
however, did she beg, so gentle and sub
dued her manner that the man loosened the
chain about her neck before he went away.
HUNTING A DRINK.
It used to be war proverb that o soldier
who sincerely set about getting a drink
would be sure to get one. The Lord helps
those in this way who help themselves. No
sooner had the unexpected de1iverer vanished
than Mile. Bruin slipped her chain and
paused moment before the dressing room,
whence the snarl came. There were various
oh sl~ he, IN h. Ioo, w.. MIIa
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but they, like the others, will be less noticed

but they, like the others, will be less noticed
in the throng.
The CHARTERS field is point of interest to
many Pittsburgers, besides those who have
money invested there. 1t attracts not few
sight-seers, and they are well repaid for the
trip if not previously familiar with the op-
erations in the field. The scores of tall,
symmetrical derricks add a pretty pic
turesqueness to the landscape quite at
tractive to the visitor. There is feeling of
being in wonderland when person takes
his first tour of observation through amid
the hustle and noise attendant upon the de-
velopment of new oil field. The kissing
of steam, creaking of pulleys, changing Of
hammers and ring of anvils gives the inn
preston of visiting a great workshop out OF
doors.
MYSTERY OF THE CABLE.
Then there is the wonder, as long drill
ing cable unwinds its2lf from the whirring
wheels, of how the driller can tell when he
has his ponderous tools on the bottom, and
how on earth, or more properly, away down
in the earth, the presiding genii can tell
when their tools are working properly or
what kind of rock they are, working in.
What occult power have they that they can
tell what is going on a thousand feet below
them by merely feeling the rope as they turR
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and-thunder drama.
The said ingenue is cunning and affec-
tionate four-legged little lady about 5
months old, OF the genus Ursus, and the
said soubrette, party of the first part, now
in custody of the Central Park authorizes,
is lovely, wild and agile 2O-pound speci-
men of the genus Felis-in short, baby bear
and wildcat, respectively.
The il[assorted pair were brought from
their native mountain fastnesses by variety
gentleman on his recent vacation in the
Tom Ochiltree district, Texas. 1t is not
quite certain whether the Ochiltree district
is in Texas or Texas in the Ochiltree district,
but it is presumed SO.
MAN AND BRUTE.
Lord Byron must have studied the lower
animals specifically when he drew the only
distinction between them and mankind in
the ability of the latter to get drunk. In
man intoxicants are for the most part cul-
tivated taste; in the lower animals natural
one. From the elephant down, the latter
will drink intoxicating liquors on sight. A
man comes naturally by brute instincts
when drunk.
So you will pardon poor little Mile.
Bruin, when it is reluctantly admitted that
on the very first day Of her arrival she par
took freely OF the beverage which Is usually
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Bruin studying art? or was she mentally
debating whether to go in and smash Mile.
Catamount or 20 and get "a drink first? With
process OF human reasoning almost touch
ing she decided to hunt up a drink.
She softly left the greenroom and entered
the wings and upon the stage. Nothing but
an array of empty seats. There was forest
scene ON, and for a moment Mile. Bruin
was thrilled with joy. Not because of the
rocks and trees and flowers and vines that
suggested her native wilds of Texas-not at
all. On the paint bridge far up against the
rear wall were sundry cans of paint.
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THE OLD, OLD STORY.

The next mornings sun rose on a red-let-
ter day in the history of the place. Mile.
Bruin rose considerably later, suffering from
yesterdays debauch. It was the same old
head. The same parched throat yearned for
a barrel Of ice water. If she had been at an
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
THE PROFESSORS METHODS.

1t is dificnlt-almost impossible-how-
ever, for the uninformed. and may say
the uninitiated-to even approximate an
understanding of the process by which such
parallax is arrived at: And the difficulty
is increased by the tact that there is more
than one such process. Among those pro-
cesses which may De called purely scientific,
is that which is based on the laws of proba-
bility. the mathematical theory of which
aims at reducing to calculation where possi-
BILE, the amount Of credence due to PROPOSE
tions or statements as to the occurrence of
events future or past, more especially as con-
tingent or dependent upon other propositions
or events the probability of which is known.
The law of probability, however, seems to
differ with every distinct class of events,
making the necessary calculations q matter
of considerable experience and skill.
mingled with constant element of more or
less uncertainty.
The laws Of periodicity, however, on the
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-26
CO.EDUCATION.

The Boston school board is making a
thorough investigation of the co-education
of the sexes. A majority and minority re-
port have been presented to it, and the
majority report is very strongly in favor
of co-education. 1t summarizes the opin-
ions of number of educators, including
supervisors, masters and teachers in the
public shools, college presidents and pro-
fessors, school superintendents, ministers
and physicians, and the vote stands
sos in favor of co-education, to
291 opposed to it, and of the latter 122 are
teachers of girls alone and 100 of boys alone
and may be regarded as prejudiced. The
report recommends thorough change in
the Boston system of separation of the
sexes, from the normal down to the gram
mar grades, so that young men and women
shall be associated in the same classes and
courses of study in the normal, high and
Latin schools, and that the grammar
schools in districts where boys and girls
are taught in different buildings shall be
arranged for mixed classes as soon as pos
sible, while in the schools where boys and
girls are taught in different rooms they
shall be brought together in the same
rooms. 1t is recommended also that all
new school buildings shall be designed for
the co-education of the sexes.
The matter will be considered and de-
cided by the board soon. The indications
are that the majority report will find the
most favor
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-26
AM UNUSUAL LIAR.


There is at least one man in Chicago who
ought to be tarred and feathered. He acts
as correspondent for Berlin morning pa
per, and writes to his newspaper what
purports to be true, impartial, disinter-
ested statement of the alleged mismanage-
ment of the great stock yards of that city,
which supply large quantities of animal
food to foreign countries. He. writes that
tits the rule to slaughter all the diseased
animals for export, and reserve the healthy
meat for home consumption. With a sem
blance of devotion to the interests OF those
in the Fatherland, he. adds that Sin com
mon with thousands of his fellow German
Americans, he desires only that the truth
should be KNOWN" and this he gives as al
excuse for his mass of outrageous lies
This is done to offset the Mckinley bill
and is specimen of the sort of work thii
and other correspondents are doing.
OF course it is to the interest of SONS
people in European countries to decrease
the sale of American food products if the,
can. And of course such lies as the on,
mentioned above are more or less effective
for the foreigners do not stop to reason
about the absurdity of them. But tn,
man who can deliberately tell such lies il
a little too wicked even for Chicago.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-26
Hop Raising Is n Gamble.


Hop raising is the height of gambling
in the agricultural line" remarked Mr.. J.
D. Her, the wel[known brewer, yesterday
Il have seen hops sell for eight cents a
pound and have seen them sell for one
dollar and fifty cents per pound. Some
hop raisers have made two and three dol
lars per acre; others have los. about as
much. 1t is about as risky as horse racing
or poker playing, and hop raising hasn't
half the elements of fun that can be found
in these popular sports. This year hops
are bringing about thirty-five cents per
pound, and are still going on. Drought,
frost and damp weather are some of the
causes of the failure of the crops Ii
some satisfactory way could be invented of
keeping hops from year to year the range
of prices would not be so great. but until
this can be accomplished the growing OF
hops will continue to make some men pool
and others rich"