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, 1890-12-10
DR.. KOCH.
Berlin, Nov. 6.

DR.. Koch had an audience early this morn
ing with the Emperor On the subject of the
Professors treatment for the cureof conSump-
ton; His Majesty proposes that the Gov
eminent shall buy the invention outright
and shall erect special hospitals for the cure
of consumption. DR.. Koch will receive a
farge annuity besides a title. 1t is stated as
an assured fact that slight cases Of consump-
ton have been cured by DIR. Koch's method
and IN older cases, where parts of the lungs
have gone, life has been heightened and the
growth and progress of the bacillus checked,
if not actually destroyed.-Times
, 1890-12-10

We regret that VIC cannot report as ftvoura-
bly, of the weath = as we did in our two pre-
vious summaries. November has not been as
kind to our agriculturists as either September
or October. There have been almost daily
indications of rain, but the clouds have dis
P9rrsed without dropping their %reviving con-
tents ON our thirsty land. After the October
rains, much dependence is placed on the
November rains, which up to this time have
failed us. The Rainfall for October was
short By about . to 10 inches of that for last
year.
The preparation lands arc progressing IA
v6urably. Fhe Planters nothing deferred by
the Bounty question, the Mckinley Bill or
the unfavcprable outlook are vigorously
making preparations for planting the crop to
be reaped in 1892, and as soon as we have
ram, some estates will be putting in cane
plants. Some Managers recommend deep and
early planting, We commend to their notice
extracts from the Demerara Argosy of the LIST
inst. to be found in our leading article to-day.
Native food is rather. scarce. Potatoes are
not as plentiful as they were this time last
year. Some planters will not plant them as
they think the labourers prefer to huckster
them when plentiful, than work on the estates.
Vans and Eddoes give fair promise of good
returns. American food stufs are advancing
in price, owing in a great measure to the short
supply OF our own provision.
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THAT TERRIBLE GRIPPE.
What 1t Really is Explained by One Of the
Best Informed Men in America.

What 1t Really Is Explained by One OF the
Best Informed Men in America.
The president of one of heleading New York
Medical Colleges, in conversation with the
writer the other evening, said:
"Ia Grippe the Russian influenza that has
caused SO much, talk, is a moro severe affiictlon
than people usually think. 1t arises mysteri-
ously and appears to have its origin in the at
mosphere. The last time it visited America
was in 1903, and it came then, as now, from
Asia. The name influenza comes from the
suggestion that the malady was due to the in
huences' of the heavenly bodies, but more
modern science has discovered that it is due to
the changes in the electrical conditions. What
ever may be the cause, it is a strong congestion
of the blood vessels and mucous membrane,
principally in the head and throat, and nothing
but strong stimulants will check this congestion
and keep the blood actively circulating For
this purpose l know Of nothing better than
pure whiskey, and believe Duffy's Pure Malt
to be the;best and purest whiskey known to the
world.
'iFormerly this influenza was said to precede
an epidemic of the plague. and the person who
was about to be taken with the latter, had, as a
preliminary a fit of sneezing. Now it precedes
a worse epidemic than the plague, namely, the
terrible pneumonia. Its beginning is slight,
but its ending is often terrible. Pains in the
limbs, back, chest and head; sore throat and
lack OF appetite; copious discharge at the nose;
these are some of the symptoms of this dread
disease. Upon the slightest approach of any of
these symptoms, nervous feeling, or laSsitude,
resort should be had TO alpure whiskey, which IS
the only certain means of breaking uD this epi-
demic before it secures hold upon the system
or check it when 1t has become started. Care
should be taken, however, to secure only that
which ispure, as the article above named Ger.
tainly is,
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der the name of spongis, was largely used
by the old physicians as a substitute for the
bromine and iodine now used.
THE PRINCIPAL REEF.
Near St. Marks is, perhaps, the most i'm
portant sponge reef on the coast. During
the summer 900 men were engaged In
sponging Fishing, alone, has never yet
built a city-which is evident as we see St
Marks. At the mouth of the river, with d
good harbor for large vessels, it remains
only hamlet. The sponging fleets opera
ting along the coast, as well as trade in
oysters, fish and turtle, make the town a
harbor and depot of supplies; yet itremains
old-fashioned and non-progressive.
The homes Of the fishermen are strung
along the shores. The simple fisher-folk
have kindliness nowhere else found.
Singular simplicity is characteristic of their
lives and the restfulness of tie old town en-
viable.
As historic ground, st. Marks has special
interest. Here, during the war, was the
only battle fought in middle Florida. Near
it, too, stands the remains of the ancient
Spanish fortress. San Marco, now a miser-
able ruin and lacking all that is pictur-
esque. Reverence for the antique has been
lacking around st. Marks. Two ponderous
blocks Of stone, one bearing a representa-
tion of the coat and arms of the Spanish
King and the other an inscription in Span
ish, which once graced the fortress walls
over the main entrance, were found a few
years ago, doing service as door steps to
saloon in st. Marks. They were rescued,
and taken to Tallahassee, where
th ey now remain.
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was one of the busiest spots in Rhode Is
land 20 years ago. 4 few years later it was
little better than ruin, and the writer has
seen of a summer evening swallows swarm
ing to their nests in the great chimney
visible miles away. The attempts to re-
vive industry there have been abortive. A
blight seems to rest on the place. The
Spragues have gone to other towns, William
to Narragansett and Amasa to Warwick, and
no one has taken the reins they dropped.
A WONDERFUL LOYALTY.
No family ever attracted stronger
LOYALTY. and it is creditable to the Rhode
Island character in this respect that, for a
number of years, and as long as Amasa
Sprapue lived in Cranston, bankrupt as he
was, neither money nor the influence of
political enemies could prevent his fellow
townsmen from electine him annually to
the State Senate and the Presidency of the
Town Council He has also been since
elected Senator from Warwick. His
brother, William, also came near being
elected Governor in 1888. He is now Chief
of Police at Narrsgansett Pier. Both
William and Amasa are in comfortable cir
cumstances, though for obvious reasons their
wives hold the property.
A decision adverse to the validity of the
Sprague trust deed would affect not the
Quidnick estate alone, but all the former
Sprague property, amounting In value to
many millions of dollars, and situated in
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Kansas,
and other States, and the District of Colum-
bia The present holders of the property
would not however, be innocent sufferers,
for they all bought with the knowledge that
the validity of the trust deed was in dispute,
and for that reason they obtained valuable
lots, in many instances, at nominal cost.
WHY THEY DIDN'T IMPROVE IT.
Very few of the purchasers have cared to
put costly Improvements on the land thus
acquired, for fear of eventually losing every
thing. The buyer of block of Sprague
land adjoining the City Hall in Providence
erected thereon low building, covering the
whole block, which has already brought in
rentals enough to pay him for his invest
ment, should he be deprived of the property
tomorrow; and, where any Improvements at
all have been made, this has been the gen.
eral policy.
The political situation has changed great
ly in Rhode Island since the Sprague fail
ure. Nearly ali the prominent figures in the
effort to crush that family have disappeared,
and the struggle which, eight and ten years
ago, absorbed the attention of the State, has
dwindled down of late to side issue. But
should the Supreme Court at Washington
decide in favor of General Buffers client,
Mr.. Randolph, and in accord with the deci-
slons of majority of the State Courts that
have passed upon the issue, there would be
a lively shaking up Of the dry bones in this
Commonwealth, and some people who think
that Rhode Island is Independent of the
Union would find out to the contrary.
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wooden bucket with magnifying-glass bot
tom in it which is put over the water and
the face thrust into the bucket as far as con-
venient. Trained by long experience his
keen eve quickly observes every object on
the bottom, and he instantly detects the
presence of sponge when it comes within
the field vision. By de1terous use of the
oars, the boat is brought to a standstill, and
the sponge is torn loose by the use of three
pronged iron hook fastened to the end of a
long pole. 1t is readily seen that no small
amount of skill is required BY both of the
men in the skiff
These cruises usually continue for week,
and the product of the weeks work is car
ried to crawls or pens near the shore, to be
prepared for market. This is a decidedly
interesting feature, as the sponge in nature
is BY no means what we see it in the shops,
IT'S ONLY THE SKELETON.
HThis sponge proper is entirely concealed
BY 9 soft jelly-like substance, and by re-
moving this we have the skeleton, which is
the sponge of commerce. This is done bv
placing the sponges in pens of water when
the gelatinous matter is soaked and pressed
out After the cleaning process, they are
strung on rope yarn five feet long, and ready
for the market. These punches vary in
price, according to the size of the sponges-
from g to $3 30 per bunch.
Naturslists have agreed that the sponge is
not q plant, although it looks very much
like one when growing; nor is it at the same
time q single animal, but rather a col
lection or community of animalcula, which
live and work and build up their
cities together, and, when the time comes,
cast out the young sponges to seek their
own living and form a home of their own.
When the sponge is taken from the water
the animal soon dies.
The sponge was not always used for the
toilet. Among the ancients the sponge was
employed as q medicine. Burnt sponge, un-
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Mr.. A. K. NORRIS,

A well-knOwn gentleman of Sharpsburg re-
siding on Eleventh street, and employed at the
extensive steel works of Messrs. Spang, Chal-
fant Co., of Sharpsburg. has passed through
an eventful experience. His catarrh caused a
stufed-up feeling about his nose and eyes.
The catarrhal secretion that dropped from his
head into his throat was so tenacious and hard
to raise that in the morning it would often gag
him and cause him to feel sick at his stomach
His hearing became dull, he took cold very
easily, had no appetite in the morning, and as
his food did not digest properly. gas formed in
his stomach. causing pain. He often felt dizzy
and lost flesh. He tried various treatments,
but without success. He also used local treat
ments, but his disease gradually grew worse.
In this condition he began treatment with the
physicians of the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Insti-
tute, 323 Penn avenue, and became cured by
their constitutional medicines, which are
always curative and permanent in their action.
He can be seen at either his residence or place
of business, and will gladly tell anyone further
about his condition and cure.
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al coasts is attracting widesnread attention

"a coasts is attracting widespread attention.
In the early history of the busi-
ness sponges were obtained from the
fishermen at 10 cents per pound;
but, with the failure of Mediterra-
mean industries, merchants began to engage
in the business in this country, and during
the past summer and autumn the catch of
sponges was estimated at more than $500, 900
In value.
The quality of the Florida sponge for gen.
eral use is of the most excellent kind.
Sponges are of every variety and shape;
some are long, feathery, tufted, looking like
coral; others verv delicate and soft-so much
sought after for the use of the toilet. The
effects of the weather upon the results of
sponge fishing are of no small consequence,
rough weather rendering it utterly i'm
practicable. From May until August is
considered the principal season for these
cruises, but even through the winter months
1t is carried on with some success.
FLoRIDA's PECULIAR METHOD.
The method employed by Florida spongers
is very different from those used in Mediter-
ranean and Egean waters. There the
sponges are obtained by the fishermen diving
for them, sometimes finding them very deep
in the water. Here, small vessels con-
tanning Is or 20 men are sent to
cruise on the sponging grounds, and,
on arriving, divide in pairs, betaking
themselves to small boats. Formerly it was
seldom that sponges were taken in Florida
waters below Is feet; but now the fishing is
pursued into 40 feet of water. One man
manages the boat while the other scans
closely the bottom, and, as the water is
usually clear, has little difficulty in detect
ing them. This is done with common
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ritories, seven countries of Europe and
one South American country actually
represented by firms or manufacturer ex-
hibits. The daily attendance last year aver
aged 1000 persons, and it rained steadily
the first week. Should this exposition
prove the financial success it is expected to
be there will be a considerable sum to the
credit of the Retail Grocers' Association,
and II is proposed to 90 ahead this spring
and build hall and exchange for the asso-
ciation's use. Several sites have been looked
at and the association has funds enough
now to make good start on the building,
but will await the result of the exposition.
There will be over 20 exhibitors dispens-
ing cooked food, such as buckwheat cakes,
flour biscuits, cakes, rolls, farina, oatmeal,
syrup, tomato ketchup, cocoa, chocolate,
coffee, tea, orange wine, lemonade, mineral
waters, pies, puddings, custards, sliced roast
meats, ham, etc., beef teas, soups, preserves
and jellies, blanc mango, crackers and
cheese, root beer, soda water, cooked rice,
etc. Then there will be upward of so firms
giving out samples and picture cards. The
firms have one and all gone to great e1-
pense in arranging their displays One
Pittsburg firm will spend 81 900 on the
stage display. 1t should, under these cir
cumstances, be big, popular success.
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A Word About Catarrh.

'It is the mucous membrane that wonder
full semi-luid envelope surrounding the deli
cate tissues Of the air and food passages that
Catarrh makes Its stronghold. Once estab-
lshed, it eats into the very Vitals, and renders
life but long-drawn breath of misery and dis
ease, dulling the sense of hearing, trammeling
the power of speech destroying the faculty of
smell, tainting the breath, and killing the re-
fined pleasures of taste. Insidiously, by creep
ing on from simple cold in the head, it as.
saults the membranous lining and envelops the
bones, eating through the delicate coats and
causing Inflammation, sloughing and death.
Nothing short of total eradication will secure
health TO the patient all alternatives are simply
procrastinated sufferings, leading to a fatal
termination. SANFoRD'S RADICAL CURE, by
Inhalation and by Internal administration, has
never failed; even when the disease has made
frightful inroads delicate constitutions,
hearing smell and taste have been recovered,
and the disease thoroughly driven out"
SANFoRD'S RADICAL CURE consists of one
bottle of the RADICAL CURE, one box CA
TARRHAL SOLVENT, and one IMPROVED IN
HALER, neatly wrapped in one package, with
full directions; price, ST.
POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL CORPORATION,
BOSTON.
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81 was afraid of consumption. 1 had con-
slant hawking and splitting. 1 coughed and
felt a soreness and pain in my lungs. My
throat became sore and liberated, breath
short. 1 lost flesh, and had night sweats and
many other symptoms. 1t gives me pleasure
to add my testimony to the hundreds already
published, to my complete cure by these physi
cians
81 now weigh more than ever before and feel
well and strong.
JOHN v. HARTMAN, 1214 Main street.
Sharpsburg."
Remember the place. The Catarrh and
Dyspepsia Institute, 323 Penn ave.
Consultation free to all Patients treated sue
cessfully at home by correspondence. Office
hours, 10 A. M. to 4P. H., and to 8P. M. SUM-
days. II to4P.M. jal23-MwFsu
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RAILROADS.
- From Pittsburg Union Station.
VIEGnnSyIVdnid Lines.


SOUTHWEST rsYsTEM-PANHANDL ROUTE.
Leave for Cincinnati and st. Louis, rs a. M,
Wheeling 7;S5 =; M. 12:O5. s:1o p: n. steu6en-
$780, AS. 4:55 p. Bulger, 1o:lO a. m. Burgetts-
ssS sG%n ii2 ma a. @, , S so s sapSnGIa' sO 81 m Me Me-
TRAINS ARRIVE from the West. d 2:1o 500 a.
% benTe s p M m wReenS aa SIS S a.
a.. M. Washington. s;65, $50: $40 1925 a. m.
I2:45 S:55. s:4o and $40 p m BuIger, I:4O p. m.
McDonalds, d 6:S5 a m, d $500 p. nj.
NORTHWEST SYsTENf-FT. WAYNE ROUTE
Leave for Chicago: 7:25 a. m, l2:2'. d loo, d
e:49 except Saturday 11;2O p. m; Toledo, 7:25 a.
Crestline. 5:45 Cleveland, $50 l2:45 l1:O5
P: m, and rs a. m. via z; Ft W e; By; New
m; Youngstown and Miles; 1870 p. m: Mead
ville Erie and Ashtabula 7:O5 a. m. 1890 p. m.;
p. m; Wheeling snd Bellaire, $40 a. M. i2:4@
$:S0 p; m; Beaver Fails, 400 sos p. m; Beaver
DEPART FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $50 a.
m; Beaver Falls, S;l5 leo l;OO a. m; Enon, 300 p.
4:SO 4:45 $3.50, 6:l5 1880 900 p. m; Conway 1880
p. m; Fair Oaks S n:4O a. m.; Beaver Falls, )
4:SO p. m; Leetsdale. S $3.50 p. m
cept Monday: 1:6o, d 500, s:35 a. m: 5:5S and
d G:5O p. m; Toledo, except Monday, l:5o, 6:35
YounE Estown and New Castle, $40 a. m, G:ss, $50
10;l5 p. m. Miles and Youngstown, $50 p. M;
Cleveland, $50 a. m, 2;25 7.0Op. M; Wheeling
Ashtabula, i:25 1O:15 D. MasSillon, 1880 m:
Niles and jamestown, $40 a. m; Beaver Falls,
7:30 a. M, I:10 d. m; Beaver Falls, S;25 D. m;
IO:46 D. m.
ARRIVE ALLEGHENY. from EnOn,, 500 a. m;
Conway 40 IN, Rochester, 9. 4oa Beaver Falls,
I. 10 a. m, 5. 90 D. m; Leetsdale 80 $50 6. Is
s. so, l. Is A. m Zoo Il s. I45 g. 3d. l. 80 g. 50 800
p. m. :; Fair oaks. s.55 q. M; Beaver Falls,
Z 30 p: m; Leetsdale, SOS p NJ. Beaver Falls,
5 SIS p. m.
d, daily; s. Sunday only; other trains, except
Sunday.
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A LLEeHENY VALLEY RAILRoAD-

A LLEGHENY VALLEY RAILROAD-
tlmeli Kittanning Ac.. Si55 q. m; Niagara Elk,
daily. S;45 .. n. Hutton Ae., 10;l0 a. m; Valley
Camp Ac., ia:O5 p. M; OH City and Du Bois EI-
Ac, 4soO p: m; Brae6urn Ex., $500 p. m; Kittann-
ing Ac-, $50 2: m; Braeburn Ac., $50 D. m: Hull
ton Ac., I:0 p. NJ; Buffalo Ex.. daily
$3.50 p. MT Hutton Ae., s;45 D. M: braeburn Ac.,
n:0 p. m. Church trlins-BFAeburn, l5slO D. m.
PIttsburg and BuffaIo. JAS. T.. INDERSON
q, 7. AEti DAVID HoCARGOs Gen. supt.
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FUNERAL OF A SUICIDE.
The Remains of Actress Jessie Dean Rey.
nOIds Laid to Rest.

RAILWAY, n. j., January 26.-Jessie Dean
Reynolds, the actress, who committed sui
eide in New York apartment house last
Friday morning, was buried this afternoon
in Hazelwood Cemetery in the suburbs of
this city. The direction left by the &C.
tress in letter to her husband that she be
buried with her son Robbie, was carried out,
and the cofins lie side by side in the burial
plot.
Owing to the circumstances of Mrs. Rey-
nolds' death, her parents desired as private
a funeral as possible, and only the immedi-
ate relatives were in attendance. The ser
vices were held at the house. Many hand
some floral pieces were sent from New York
and elsewhere by members of the profession
with whom Jessie Dean, as she was known,
had starred" The young husband was
overcome with grief at the grave, and was
led away by his mother. There was brief
ceremony at the grave.
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Heart Disease.

Read the hospital reports, read the mortuary
reports, read the medical publications, read the
heart disease, how difficult of detection i is to
most people, how many and how sudden are
the deaths it causes. Then read Dr. Flint's
Treatise on Heart Disease, and learn what 1t is
what causes it, what diseases it gives rise to,
what its symptoms are, and how it may be at
tackled. If you find that you have heart dis
ease, ask your druggist for bottle of DR.. Flint's
Remedy; The treatise may be had on applica-
ton to Mack Drug Co.. N. Y. MWF
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DTTTSBURG AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD
L COMPANY. Schedule in effect November II,
1889. Central time. DEPART-For Cleveland,
500, $500 a. m, 'I35, '4:21 $3.50 p m. For Gin
cinnati, Chicago and st. Louis. 500 q. m, I:35
$3.50 D. m. For Buffalo, 500 a. M, 4:2o, $3.50 p.
m. For Salamanca, 800 a. M, 4:0 p. m. For
Youngstown and Newcastle, 500, $50, 10:l5 a.
500, 1880, $500 lO:l5 M, ,135. 1880 '4:2o 5:2G
'9:3U p. m. For CHARTERS. $500 15:So q. M, 5:35,
'655 7:l5 1880 s05 $780, $3.50 10:15 1905 12:25
fl24S Lao, 3:SO, 3;S0 f4:SO 6;O5 6;21 's;lO 1880
p. m.
ARRIvE-From Cleveland, 'e:5 q. m, "12:3O
$40, T:55 p: m: From Cincinnatl, Chicago and and
a. m, 1880, 10 p. m. From Salamanca, 1850
T:55 p. m. From youngstown and New Castle
'6:25 $50 a. m, S2:3O $40. T:55, 10 p. From
Beaver Falls, 5:25 '6:25, 7:2o, 'S:0 a. m. 1880
F.. &. Z. trains Is FOR Mansfield. s.sU a. m, $50
sos D. m. For Essen and Beechmont 5:3o q. m,
p. q. & Y. trains from Mansfield, Essen and
BeechmOut 7O8 .. m, ii :59 a. m.
p, Nick. & Y. r. R.-DEPART-For New Ha-
ven, 1880 a. m, $3.50 p. m. For West Newton,
I'5:3O, $3.50 a. m, 1890 SEQ p. m.
ARRIvE-From New Haven, +-S:20 a. m. s5:I5
p. m. From West Newton, 6:1S +'s:20 q. m, 1:25
For McKeesport, Elizabeth, Monongahela CITY
and Belle Vernon, $50 17;So, 1l:l5 q. m, 1880
From Belle Vernon, Monongahela City, Eliza
beth and hcKeesport 7'45 a. m, 1s:2o 1850, 500
"Daiiy. Tsundays only. +Win run one hour
late on Sunday. lWill run two hours late on sun
City Ticket once. ss0 smithheld Street.
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THE SPONGE FISHERS.
An Industry That FlOurishes Nicely
off the Coast of Florida.
AQUEER ANIMAL-VEGETABLE-FIsH
That is Hidden Away Like Skeleton in a
Gelatin Covering.
no NECESSITY OF DIVING THERE.
a Bucket With Magnifying.GIass Bottom, and Long
Forked Hook

A Jacksonville correspondent tells enter
tainingly how sponges are taken off the
coast of Florida. There are 900 sponge
fishers who work on one reef, off st. Marks.
They do not have to dive for their animal
Vegetable-fsh product as do the sponge gath
erers of the Mediterranean. The industry
yielded, last season, about $500, 600 to Flor
ida fishers alone.
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Excursion to washington City.

The Baltimore and Ohio will sell excur-
sion tickets to Washington, good to visit
Baltimore, limited to 10 days, on Thursday,
January 80, at rate OF So. Call at city ticket
Office, Fifth avenue and Wood street. early
to secure seats in parlor car and berths in
sleeping car. Trains leave s A M. and 920
P. NJ.