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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
chssrins News From Parties Living Out oF
the CITY


the City
The statement gwen below Is from one Of the
patients residing out of the city who was
treated from the office of Drs. Copeland &
Blair. The gentleman In question is Mr. Will
lam Barnes, Of Hickman, Pa, thriving town
on the Pittsbug, CHARTERS and YOughiOgheny
Railroad. about Is miles out from PittsOurg
During recent conversation with the writer
be said: Five years ago my trouble first made
its appearance. and it continued to grow stead
lily worse until was At last in q very serious
condition. My head and nose we're first stopped
up and there was a dropping from my head 20
my throat. would get up IN the morning
feeling more tired than when went TO bed
the night before. / could eat but little, and
what did eat laid like a heavy load on my
stomach.
"At last the trouble extended to my chest
There would be sharp pains stabbing like .
knife right over my heart. My lungs became
affected and had a dry. hacking cough. I
grew weaker and weaker and was unable to do
any work. lost all sense Of taste and smell
aud spent a greaI deal of money, but derived no
benefit. l became disheartened and honest
ly believed my trouble would soon cause my
death.
Il was advised while in this condition to try
Drs. Copeland & Blair. had read of the great
good shey were doing, so determined TO see
them.
"The result has been a great surprise to me.
improved rapidly from the very first. I soon
regained my sense Of smell and taste. I have
no more trouble with my heart or pains in my
chest. lean eat well and feel refreshed by my
sleep. / can work all day and feel good at
night In fact. am perfectly well. owe my
recovery to Drs. Copeland & Blair and shall Do
glad TO speak with anyone about my case"
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''At last my suffering became almost unbear-
able. Only those who have had a similar
trouble can understand fully what endured.
Life did not seem worth living. / bad no
energy or ambition to do anything. Ny strength
failed me rapidly. The slightest exertion tired
me. slept vel enough, but would arise in the
morning more miserable than when l retired
the night before. My heart would be It rapidly.
Then the palpitation would be followed by
slow, irregular beating and a feeling Of faint
ness. My throat, which had been sore from the
first. grew so much worse that experienced
great difficulty in swallowing any solid food
Il had given up all hopes Of ever getting
well, when / was advised to go to Drs. Cope
land & Blair. placed myself under their
care. and words cannot express my gratitude
tor the good done me.
II experienced relief from the first week.
and now, after having treated with them for
some time, am as well as ever was My head
is clear. The dropping into my throat has
stopped, aud it is no longer sore. In fact. all
the symptoms / complained OF have disap-
peared- am now an excellent example Of
what can be done by those skillful Dracti-
TONERS, and only one among hundreds Of
others who have been as successfully treatedn
Mr.. Holt lives. as stated, at No. 3OI4 SMALL
man street. and this interview can be readily
verified.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
New LIfe.sariur AppIinnc..

An act has been passed in the English
Parliament under which every ship and
steamer going to sea must be provided with
sufficient boats, or life-saving rats to accom-
modate every person on board, crew or pas
sengers. A London firm has opportunely
patented raft which may be folded M so
that it shall take up no more room on a
ships deck than does an ordinary lifeboat.
and which may, in fact, be made q chock for
the reception Of the hteboat, and both boat
and rsit, by an ingenious, but really simple
contrivance, may be put overheard by the
same set OF davits, and the raft follows the
boat so quickly that the two are sent afoat
within couple of minutes OF each other.
Another OF the requirements Of the new act
is that it requires all ships carrying passen.
gers must have their boats fitted with releas-
ing gear which shall enable both ends OF the
boat to be instantaneously and simulta-
peously released, and these appliances must
be such az to give satisfaction TO the Board
of Trade Surveyors. To meet these provisions
9 self-acting disengaging gear has just been
invented.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
1mnrnrcmsnr in Artificial Limbs.

The latest improvement in artificial limbs
consists in forming the leg and foot part of
q single piece OF wood, having the grain
curved naturally in its growth, such pieces
being procured from the parts of the trunk
contiguous to the roots and branches of
trees Limbs made in this way are stronger
with the same amount Of wood remaining
in them than when made of parts and glued
together, and are made waterproof, which is
q valuable feature when the occupation Of
the wearer exposes it to constant dampness,
or to wster itself, as In fishing, mining,
dredging, etc. By making limbs in this
manner from natural curves in the growth
of the wood, it has become practicable to
make light and substantial artificial feet,
adapted 10 partial amputatiOns Of the foot
The advantages derived from hghtness Of
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TO THE PUBLIC.
DR.. W. H. Copeland Again Assumes
Charge Of His Extensive Practice.
Mr.. FRANK HoLT'S STATEMENT.

DR.. W. II. Copeland, Of the firm of Drs.
Copeland & Blair, 66 Sixth avenue, has re-
turned from the East, after an absence Of six
weeks, caused BY failing health and impOr-
tant business matters, which demanded his
attention. He has again resumed charge Of
his extensive practice, and will make this
city his permanent home; and bis many
friends will be pleased to meet him again
and learn his intentions.
By skillful and successful treatment Of
the various cases brought under his care,
DR.. Copeland has not only built up one Of,
If not the largest practice in this city, and
at the same time gained for himself an en-
Yiable reputation not only here, but also
throughout all Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern Ohio. He certainly has done more
good for people suffering from diseases in
his special lines than any physician who
has settled in Pittsburg for years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Cooling of the Body br Spray.

Some Interesting laboratory experiments
have been made on the effect of spraying a
considerable part of the body surface of ami
mails with cold water. So success tul we're these
that the spray has now been applied for the
purpose OF reducing febrile temperature in
human beings. In the case of man suffer-
ing from phthisis, whose temperature was
high, it was found that by spraying about a
over his body, the temperature fell to
normal, and continued so for several hours.
A similar method was satisfactorily adopted
in the case of girl with diphtheria. In
the healthy human subject the spray low
cred the temperature nearly 90.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Non.PreHeutIbIe Accidents.

6erable attention has been paid of
1.-THE minimizing in every way of the
of accidents on railroads, but that
class of accidents possible, which
by any amount of foresight be
ed against, is instancei by an occur
which is reported from Pennsylvania
eek. A woodsman felled tree on top
mountain above the Fall Brook Com
Is railroad track opposite the mouth of
Mile run, on Pine creek. The tree
bot tall as the man intended, but went
ling over the cliff, and slid down the
ntain, gaining in speed at every rod and
lining itself of branches as it went. A
ght train was coming up through the
se, and the tree crashed endways through
bx car loaded with shelled corn, and went
into the creek. There was hole the size
the log in the roof and the side of the
!, and the corn was streEn along the track
some distance. When the log struck the
+ the shock to the train was so violent that
in rear car thought twas a col
ion and jumped of; the car, however, re-
llned on the track,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16

DR.. Scanes Spicer speaking upon
sspIasaI Obstruction Mouth Breathing
&C Factors in the Ftio and Disorders Of
.be Teeth /" saws he n ien struck with the
froorenov NTH ubictous teeth were as
sociated with obstruyOf the phsrynx and
onI.rgad tonsiIs so b so that he has
,1o5e Il a rractice tinine the teeth in all
casss Of nal obsthn, and he is con-
WINGED that there il isIele reiatiOn De-
tween some cases oul'e1 arcnI narrow
80 ond irregnIo1 ! and nasal obstruc-
zion NormsIIv puld breathe through
A. ,ose so os 70 and filter the air re-
s-iraJ 1s Goes indian and the West
Indian NEGRO vIIses harmless through
.-ror11s o1,i,t; bisonous miasma. In
foct IN enimaIslge races, and young
;1fa,+s DO En. h Ilrge number of adults
- c;TiIi7eJ no breathe through the
mouth The tete thereby exposed to a
,,rrreDt oF air rluch lower temperature
thar +hot of ny, which would tend to
cansa inAar1 of the periosteum and
nnIn of to land be q predisposing
cenSs Of ceri bther ways. The habit of
hreotbing tbY the nose, which can be
cnIt,yated " difficulty is 8 valuable
npduisition
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
LOWER FIGURES.
A Bad Bank Statement Takes the Shine Out
of RailrOad Shares Trusts show
Some Strength. With sugar
n Great Feature.

n OSreaE FeuCures
NEW YORK, February 16.-The stock market
was dull again to-day and weak almost from
opening to closing, and, while sugar was the
great feature of the day, material losses were
sustained in the regular list on a comparatively
light business.
The bears were again active and aggressive,
being induced to make an extra demonstration
against the list by rumors of bad bank state
ment, which we're given color to by the asser-
ton of the Financial Chronicle that the banks
had lost So. 100000 during the week. That the
calculation was correct was shown by the state
ment showing loss in the surplus reserve of
something over S20O9.OO0.
The character of the railroad news was rather
mixed, and had little effect one way or the
other upon values. The Trusts were strong in
the early dealings, continuing the advance of
the past few days, but later they gave way with
the rest of the market, and Sugar Refneries,
after an advance of l& per cent TO 69T retired
to 67sS. and closed at 67Ss
In the regular list Louisville and Nashville
sold ex-rights and was weak throughout, being
Joined by Missouri Pacific and Rock leland
With the exception of Chic Igo Gas these were
the only stocks which showed any marked
weakness, though Wisconsin Central also con-
tinued its decline. The coal stocks were Quiet
and we'll held throughout the session, and the
remainder of the list, with the exceptions
noted was dull and without feature of interest,
The market closed weak at the lowest piices
The final changes are almost invariably l,sses.
Chicago Gas lost ~. Louisville and Nashville
II, Rock Island 1N and Missouri Pacific per
cent.
Railroad bonds we're quiet, and followed Sthe
share list closely, maintaining heavy to weak
tone throughout, and the final changesi are
generally in the direction of lower figures.
Wisconsin Central incomes were again the only
features of the dealings, though several other
issues scored material losses. The sales
reached s596, 900 but no special animation Ras
noted. The losses including: Kansas City and
Omaha frsts, 80, at SO, and Norfolk and West-
ern general 6s, ~, at ll715. The sales OF rail-
road bonds for the week were 81, ,2O7 900. against
IS, ,05S, 900 for last week.
Tne following table shows the prices OF acsfrs
stocks on the New York Stock Excnange yesteF
day. Corrected daily for THE DISPATCH hY
Whitney 8 STEPHENSON, oldest Pittsburg menR
bers Of New YORK Stock Exchange " Fourth ave.
nue.;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Result Of Home Treatment.

Some time ago Mr.. Harry Phillips, Of Hutton,
Allegheny county. Pa, commenced course OF
home treatment for his catarrhal trouble, un-
der the care of DTs. Copeland Blair.
At that time his trouble had assumed q very
aggravated form. He stated to the writer as
follows:
"My nostrils would clog up. Ny head ached
constantly. l had severe pains in my chest.
There was dropping Of mucus from my head
to my throat / had night sweats. My heart
would palpitate rapidly. and be followed by
slow, irregular beating and feeling Of faintness.
1 was daily growing weaker. The slightest ex-
ertion tired me and was unit for work"
"Hpw do you feel nowP'
"Like another being. All the symptoms I
have described to you have disappeared, and !
feel as well as / ever did in my life"
Last May Miss Lottie ]. Forker, Of 299 Arch
street, MeadVille, Pa, placed herself under
treatment by mail with Drs. Copeland q Blair
for her catarrhal trouble.
On June 9 she wrote: "Your medicine Is
doing me good 1 do not feel so tired, and my
headaches have ceased"
August % her letter stated: II feel quite
Ike different woman from the one was when
1 commenced your treatment"
Mr.. NJ. Z. Wilson, who commenced using the
houe treatment early In July wrote on the
25th of the same month: II am improving
steadily; feel much better than have for years
past"
ent being from the One / was when com
menced yOar treatment and am glad to be ablo
to make this Starsmenk"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
THANKFUL FOR SMALL FAvORs.
Oil Steady Within a Narrow RanEe-BrOk.
era Between Two Eiren.

Business in oil was next to nothing yesterday,
but the 'boys" were in good humor over the
fact that it was better than the previous Satur.
day when there was not single sheet for the
Clearing House. The market was steady, and
the range of prices very narrow. The opening
was 81 O61s, highest, 81 061<; lowest, 81 O611ss;
closing, 81 061Z. Clearances were 2lO, 600 bar
reIs
A broker remarked: THE only way 1 can
account for the prevailing dullness is on the
theory that the Standard is putting up job on
the producers to get control of their entire
output If the monopoly succeeds it will kill
business on Change. If on the other hand, the
producers combine and do their own refining
we will be no better of. We are between two
fires, and can't escape both of them."
There was nothing strikingly new in field de-
velopments yesterday. There were no new
gushers brought in. Lockwood & Co.'s well on
the Eicholtz farm, Butler county, was holding
up to the Loo barrel rate. Mackey, Finn 4
Co.'s Ruple well, in the Washington field, Is
making 80 barrels day, with drilling pro-
crossing to the fifth sand. The South Penn
Oil Company's Salem Flack No. 4 Is keeping up
to about 500 barrels day. Other wells in the
different fields were doing about as previously
reported.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
ADDRESS TO W0RKMEH.
Issued BY Master Workman Kerfoor, of
Division 4, X. Of L.
,sprorAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsrA-cu.,

Division 4, X. of L.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE DIsPArcH.I
ScoTTDALE, February 15.-Master Work
man Kerfoot, of Division 4, Knights of
Labor, has issued the following address to
the workmen of the region, as follows:
Since an agreement has been signed reguia.
ting wages for one year from February 10. 1890,
desire to say to the public and organized
workingmen that while the present agreement
does not in my opinion give as much of an ad.
vance as the men should have under present
conditions, yet, after your committee labored
hard in conference with like committee of the
operators for four days and nights, they agreed
on the present rates Of wages after a full in.
vestigation of all the points at ISSUE being fully
satisfied that no more could be obtained at this
time.
To organized workmen I would say never
forget that organization has made 1t possible
tor you to secure recognition and an advance of
wages. We have to-day the strongest body of
workingmen ever known in this region and il
is important that every member should consti-
tute himself recruiting officer, and bring every
unorganized member into the fold,
There is, as is we'll known, q number Of men
who are receiving the benefit Of the advance
who have never As yet contributed one cent to
the support Of the organization. and yet they
hold aloof. The operators who have signed the
agreement say that they would prefer that all
men were organized, and that they believe
works would run more smoothly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Pure AR IN Cburches,


Medical men have been lately insisting on
the necessity of better ventilation in
churches. Probably all churchgoers have
at one time or another experienced the ire
sistible tendency to drowsiness or somno-
lence that begins to be felt about the begin
ming of the sermon, and is only finally dis
sipated on quitting the church tor the open
air. In nine cases out of ten it ia due to
the closeness and heat of the atmosphere,
and not the length of the sermon that is at
fault Because churches are, as rule,
large and roomy edifces, architects assume
that ventilation is not needed. and Wears
and rectors are content to hold the same be-
lief, although they are even greater sufferers
by the foul state Of the atmosphere than the
congregation. If places of worship were
adequately ventilated, ''church headache"
would soon become as little known as
''theater headache" now is, thanks to the
regulations that the latter places of amuse-
ment are now subjected to.
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Closing BOND Quotnrinu..

NEW YoRK-Clearings s124, 100, ,29s: balances
&,0A.ST. For the week-Clearings, $579 Gil, 400;
balances, $50, ,12279
BosToN-Clearings, SIS. 4l97s4; balances, g.
665, 757
BALTTMoRE-Clearfngs S216O.ss4; balances,
S2SS, ,493
PHILADELPHIA - Clearings, sl0,15S. 452; bal
ances, 81, ,649 05S. For the week-ClearIngs S64-
607, ,97S; balances, So, ,45O. .262
PARIs-Three per cent rentes, S7f CSC for
the account.
CHICAGO - Clearings. S9,957,000 For the
week-Clearings, s62 1858 7O2, against $50 424, ,273
for the corresponding week last year. Money
unchanged. New York exchange, 25c discount
ST. LoUIs-Clearings. S3,0S221S balances,
S6lS,22 For this week-Clearings So Al, 40;
balances, $4774,967. For last week-Clearings,
SO, SO, ,246; balances S5,242.5 576. For the cor
responding week last year-Clearings, SIS, 199,-
Ola; balances, IS, 306 1872
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
German Remedy for Burns.

The celebrated German remedy for burns
consists of Is ounces of the best white glue,
broken into small pieces, in two pints of
water, and allowed to become soft; then dis
solve it by means of q water bath and add
two ounces OF glycerine and six drams of
carbolic acid; continue the heat until thor
oughly dissolved. On cooling this hardens
to an elastic mass, covered with shining,
parchment-like skin, and may be kept for
any length of time. When required for
use it is placed for few minutes in q water
bath until sufficiently liquid and applied
by means of broad brush; it forms in
about two minutes a shining, smooth, hexi-
Bile and nearly transparent skin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
ActIvity In shipbuildipr,

There are abundant evidences that Amer
lea is destined to forge her way to the front
in the shipbuilding industry. There has
been unwonted activity in this department
during the past year, and it is worthy of
note that steel shipbuilding is now in active
progress in California, owing to the Federal
Government having placed contracts for
new steam cruisers with firms on the Pacific
coast. One vessel for coast defense, the
Monterey, is now about hall finished, and
it is expected that she will be launched in
July. Over ], 400 men are employed in the
yard of one iron firm at San Francisco.
The cruiser San Francisco, which was
launched in November, was fitted up en-
tirely in the city after which she is named,
snd is the first man-of-var turned out COM
plete from the hands OF the contractors.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
b q Ships Hold.

A nove1 jost effective apparatus for
ertingpisb res in ships holds, and for
-sni5Ir wing the holds in emergencies
has been ght out in England. The
.ois,.;eo of the invention is the fact
~ carbon de gas being inimical to COM
huston is extinguished in a ships
boId bv inaratus filling it rapidly with
fnmas jed from the boiler funnel, and
cooled lurifed on their way to the
Hold icing left for the expulsion of
Frosb tained In the hold. The tunes
ave IN with such rapidity as to produce
an an 1hrough all vents and crevices in
tbe Ind thus prevent the ingress of
f-asb hich would otherwise occur. A
hoiIefng two hundred weight of coal
nsr evolves sufficient fumes for this
,,Ur,hd it is claimed for the apparatus
fba5pplics bic to any vessel. After a
fi-e been extinguished, or at other
+im en- the atmosphere in hold is in
a a condition, the apparatus can be
so+ be in a large stream of fresh air,
an rapidly purify the atmosphere.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
In GOOD SPIRITS.
Stock Brokers Not Burdened With Business,
but Extremely Hopeful.

Stock Brokers Not Burdened With BusIness,
bat Extremely Hopeful.
Sixty shares, so CHARTERS Gas and 10 Phila.
delphia Company comprised the business trans
acted at the stock call yesterday. There was q
buoyant feeling, however, and predictions were
freely made that the upward movement which
set in early in the week would suffer no back
set until considerably higher level shall be
reached.
Nearly everything was firm and in many
cases higher. Both Philadelphia and CHARTERS
Gas showed improvement. Pleasant Valley
Railway and Peoples Pipeage continued their
upward movement. Central Traction dropped
a point; Pittsburg was barely steady, and Citi-
zens' neglected. Allegheny Heating Company
was fractiOnally better. Switch and Signal
went of trife, but Electric maintained its old
position, in the hope that something will soon
turn up.
Bank shares were dull and firm, and the same
may be said Of insurance stocks While in
vestors are hungry for these gilt-edged securi-
ties, they hesitate to pay the prices demanded,
Gentlemen should remember that reliable
dividend-payers always command top figures
EICHANGR STOCK
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
Petroleum Motors,

Petroleum motors are being simplihed
and improved to such an extent that they
may now be ranked among the useful small
motors A number of these little engines
have been running for over a year in diff
fereut parts of Germany and Russia, and in
Belgium a company for their construction
has been formed. The motors range from
one to four horsepower. Insurance regula-
tions have hitherto constituted one of the
most formidable obstacles to the introduc-
ton of this class of motor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
REDUCED FREIGHT RATES.
The Illinois Central Makes n Big Cut,
Which ls Met by the Other Roads,

The Illinois Central Makes n Big Cut,
Which Is Met by the Other Roads.
CHICAGO, February 15.-In consequence
of the reduction in freight rates between
Chicago and St. Paul, the Illinois Central
to-day gave notice at the meeting of the
Western Freight Association that it would
Immediately put into effect a scale of rates
from Chicago to Sioux City based upon go
cents hundred pounds first class. This is
q reduction of 20 per cent, the present rates
being based upon 70 cents first class.
The other roads voted to meet the illinois
Central's action, and proposition was then
made to apply the reduction to Omaha as
we'll as to Sioux City. This was being dis
cussed at the hour Of adjournment, and the
matter was laid over for further considera-
ton at to-day's meeting. There seems to be
little doubt that the Omaha rates will be re-
duced.