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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-19

Large transactions have been closed
in steel rails, but at sharp cut from
recently quoted figures. BilletS have
apparently touched bottom. The bloom
cries, bar, plate, sheet and structural
iron mills are all busy and have fair
summer prospects. Crude iron is weak,
aud buyers betray a lack of confidence
in the tallled-of lirmneSS of prices. The
liberal sale of southern pig-ron in east
ern markets during the past thirty
days have led managers of the larger
companies to press their advantages
harder. Extensive repairing of blast
furnaces is now in progress, and when
completed the output may increase about
10000 tons per week, counting in some
new furnaces that will be blowing in the
early fall. Car builders are good buy
erS, and nail makers report an improving
demand. Ship and bridge iron is being
literally ordered
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-19
Wool Market.

The general tone of the market as re-
ported from all parts of the country is
decidedly firm. During the past week
buying in New York has been more than
fairly active, and prices have been well
sustained. The improved condition Of
the market at Philadelphia is the result
of a depletion of stocks at that point
due to heavy purchases by eastern mills.
At Boston, as at Philadelphia, the
dearth of stocks has been the occasion
of a lively demand. California woods
are still arriving at Boston, but the
prices for the new clip are too high to
admit of more than average sales
Pulled woods are in good request, and
territory woods are both active and firm.
The London sales closed on the tenth
inst. with only moderate attendance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-19

Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Atlanta, Ca
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-19

: Nature should be
assisted in the
spring to throw OIL /
the heaviness OF
the sluggish winter
circulation of the
blood. Nothing
does it so well, so
prompt or so safely
as Swift's Specific.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-19
the STREETS of NEW YORK.

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nishing Store.
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atr,u advertisements.

vANTFD-GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSE
~ ~ - Tncuire NJ 1914 Jacob St mNlSs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

others are 1 inch wide by 81 long. The
pips and court cards are always printed in
black on white background, and on the
face of some Of them are stamped Chinese
characters printed in red. In some packs
the cards have animals, such as horses and
deer, represented upon them; while in 9TH
ers characters which may mean the names
only of the animals are written above the
pips, The cards are rounded at the top and
bottom, and nt the upper end a small por-
tion is lett blank, as if to hold them con-
veniently and allow of their being spread
or famed out, showing the whole of the
pictured surface, the blank space being
held under the thumb and fingers.
Strangely enough, this blank space being at
the top instead OF at the bottom OF the card,
it would seem that they should be held by
the top and spread out in exactly the reverse
way customary among Europeans. The
tiny cards are so narrow and so small that
they might well be held concealed by the
palm of the hand, which could efectually
cover them and prevent the shape of the
pips being seen through the thin cardboard
or the number of the cards being counted by
the opponent.
1.-THE Chinese have another name Cor their
cards, and this is Wat-pi, but it seems to be
the name given. to different games, as they
also call queer-looking tablets on which
round dots are placed in regular order and
which resemble our dominoes by the same
name"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
STALE BREAD AND WINE.
The Diet Upon Which a Bright Old Lady
Seems to Thrive.

The Diet Upon Which Bright Old Lady
Seems to Thrive.
At No. 1413 Third avenue, in couple Of
rear rooms on the second floor, lives an old
woman whose partiality for short commons
has so astonished her neighbors that they
are prepared to wager that she could easily
outiast Succi if she could only be induced to
undertake the task, says a writer in the
New York Herald. The name of the woman
is Mrs. Elsie Snlvely. found little crea-
ture with crooked spine, but with great
fund of cheerfulness and vivaclty, COM
bined with good deal of intelligence. She
at once disclaimed all pretensions to being
faster. "About 18 years ago." she
said, II met with an accident
which, combined with rheumatism and
other ailments, has given curve to my
back that nature never put there. For a
long time could obtain no relief, but SIM
ply had to endure the pain as best l could.
I found out about four years ago that the
only thing that would give me relief was
what my neighbors call fasting combined
with other treatment. But it isn't fasting
at all. It Is simply dieting.
IT partake very sparingly Of stale bread,
eating nothing else, and drink . little hot
vine before going to bed. Then I euvelop
myself in wet sheet and get bundled up in
lot Of spreads and blankets, the result
being profuse perspiration. And as the
perspirafion oozes off my aches and pains
pass away, too. And after keeping up this
| treatment for three or four months, enjoy,
| for me, comparatively good health"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

position and ready for death, has re-
sistance of 1000 ohms; then, accord
ing to Ohm's law. the pressure
must be equal to the constant
current OF two amperes twice the resistance.
1000 ohms. This will give pressure of
1000 volts, and this constant current ma
chine will instantly adapt itself to these
conditions. Suppose the subject has re-
sistance OF 1000 ohms, then, as above, ac-
cording to Ohm's law the pressure will be
5000 volts, and again, the dynamo, if con-
structed to give constant current will
adapt itself to these conditions. A little
further consideration will at ouce show,
that with a constant current dynamo, the
preliminary measurements made on Kemm-
Ter to determine his electrical resistance,
would be unnecessary, for by the very con-
struction of the machine any variation in
resistance is provided for. 1t may be, that
numerically. the above figures do not suit
the case. However, relatively they do. They
serve to convey the idea have striven to
present 1t is not proper to use blunder-
buss for capital punishment when pistol is
at hand. SCIRE FACIAs..
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
THE POWER OF HABIT.
How Tincture of AIoes Got the Better of a
Bright Young Man.

How Tincture of AIoes Got the Better of a
Bright Young Man.
have read of men who have acquired the
habit of chewing cloves or coffee beans until
the habit had taken as strong hold as ever
did alcohol, morphine or cocaine upon its
victims, SAYS DR.. a. c. Robinson, of st. Louis,
In tine Globe Democrat. can readily be.
lieve this, because there is young man ot
NV acquaintance who actually acquired
what was for long time an uncomfortable
taste for the tlncture of aloes, one Of the bit
terest substances in or out of the pharma.
copeia. He had been addicted from child
hood to the disagreeable habit of biting his
finger nails necessarily. He was advised
to touch the tips of his fingers with the
tincture of aloes. At first the remedy was
successful, but the desire to nibble at his
nails was incessant.
Gradually he got used to the bitter taste.
Later on be craved it, and he actually
reached the point where he carried a phial
of the fluid about with him, and applied il
from time TO time to his finger ends, being
utterly miserable without it. The effect on
his constitution of this idealized narcotiza-
tion at last became so serious that he ap-
piled to a celebrated nervous specialist who,
treating the habit as disease, in some
manner effected a cure. The young man
now grows talons where ne had the nails
gnawed down to the quick formerly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

reached them is evident from the text of
some of his correspondence after his return.
In 1904 he wrote letter in which he says:
II reached on the 18th of May the province
of Mango, which is contiguous to that of
Cathay. From Ciguara, in the country of
Veragua. 1t is only ten days journey to the
Ganges."
Reference to Behaim's map shows that
Columbus considered himself tn have been
on the northern shores of China, and the
mere fact that be gives to the land visited
by him, the names OF countries described by
Marco Polo is almost, certain evidence that
he was in search of those regions. 1t was
still further argued that if Toseauelfi had
not supplied his plan and Regiomontanus
his "Ephemerides" or tables of declination
of the sun and other heavenly bodies. as a
means OF assistance to navigators, and if
Behaim and his cotemporarIes had not
produced charts and maps, Columbus would
never have been heard of beyond his own
immediate times.
Whether or no the points raised in the
foregoing are at all worthy OF weight IN con-
sidering the claims of Columbus TO having
been the discoverer of this country will not
be discussed at present. They are given
here simply for what they are-curious
points advanced durink an evenings dis
cussion of Columbus.
W. G. KAUFMANN.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
WHAT sEBAsrIAN cABor DID.


This was the first glance the Genoan nayi-
gator had of the main land, whereas that
Anglo-Veuetian, Sebastian Cabot. had
reached the coast of Labrador in June of
the previous year and in this same year
(149S), actually sailed along the entire
North American coast from the latitude of
Hudson Bay to the lowest point of Florida.
AT this point an Englishman of the party
present murmured something about "stlck-
ing a pin there"
If most accounts be true Columbus many
voyages were more or less failures, for the
reason that he was always laboring under
the delusion that the strange countries Wis
tied by him were parts OF India. He is not
to be censured for this as he was not the only
one who was possessed of this idea. Even
the most expert geographers did not admit
the existence of veritable continent be-
tween Europe and Asia until long after the
death OF Columbus. The most curious and
wonderful ideas prevailed as to what the
navigators of the time had really discovered
and where it was located. In the region of
the South Pole, land of rather vague ex-
tent was represented under the name OF
'Brazilia INFERIOR" South America as
sumes a shape in some respects correct but
North America appears as a small rectan-
gle ending at the 5Oth parallel of north lat
itude.
FINDING THE EARTH WAS ROUND.
1t would be we'll at this juncture to in
uuire how the stupendous mistakes arose.
To do so thoroughly it becomes necessary
to 90 back to antiquity. - Some ], 800 years
before Columbus made his famous voyages,
Aristotle said that the idea that Spain and
India were separated by water only was in
credible. Eratosthanes, a Graco- Egyptian
astronomer, who lived century after
Aristotle, entertained more definite views.
He said: "If the extent of the Atlantic
Ocean did not prevent, it would be possible
for US to sail from Spain to India along the
same parallel"
This was one of the first intimations that
philosophers believed the earth globular in
shape. As the centuries rolled on this idea
became more general until the growing
world of the Middle Ages began to insist
that if the earth was round, according to
the theories of the scientists, India could
be reached by sailing to the westward, and
if so commercial Europe would be benefited
vastly.
Then the conglor,eration of fact and fable
recounted bv Marco Polo had also its effect.
Fl is wonderful stories of distant GATEWAY
| (China) and "Cipango" (Japan), where the
mountains were of solid gold; pearls as com.
mon as pebbles, and rubies and diamond:
sparkled in the open soil, was an incentive
that could lot long be neglected; even il
almost certain death encompassed the way
WHAT INSPIRED COLUMBUS
Columbus was one of these seized by the
fever and he early began to lay plans for a
voyage in search of these strange countries
That he was of the opinion that he had
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
TAKING OUT THE CURLs.
Colored Girls of Boston Wear Straight Hair
Now.

Now.
Boston Specially
The colored women of this city have
learned that it is possible to TAX. the kink
out of their hair, and there is quite sensa-
tion over the new discovery.
The idea was introduced by young COL
ored woman from Virginia. She herself has
glossy bang and back hair as straight as
that of the late Sitting Bull. She
says her own hair was formerly
crisp and kinky. but that an
old Canadian woman told her how to make
it straight, and this information she is now
imparting for a consideration. The cns-
toner is told first to wash her hair and come
with it we'll dried. She does so, and then
the operation begins.
A preparation that is amber colored and
of the consistency of cream is taken from q
large jar and rubbed thoroughly into the
hair, and where it was entirely iusterless
before it begins to assume gloss. This is
rubbed so thoroughly into the scalp that
none of the hairs can fail to have received a
portion. Then vigorous brushing is resort
to, AMI the short hair begins to lengthen.
If it were an inch long before, it is now
fully two inches long, and if before it had
been done up in what old-fashioned
Southern people term "plaits," it is
now ready to be rolled into loose
twist or a loose coil at the back. The opcr-
alton takes about four hours and is perma-
nent in its effects. 1t gives the colored wom-
an a very Indian-like appearance, and the
few who will admit having been treated
claimed they did it merely to make the Ia
Dor of combing their hair so much the easier.
One of them said: "One thing I know, and
that is that it is terribly convenient to have
straight hair. I never before realized what
blessing it was. Before, dreaded the
task of combing it. and now don't mind it
at ALL" Hair Strengthening promises to be
the fad for the winter among the colored Ia
| dies of Boston.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

considered himself slighted when the new
continent was named after another; that the
fact OF his claims having been rejected so
wore upon him that
DISAPPOINTMENT BROKE HIS HEART.
Even Humboldt asserts that the name
"America" was monument of the worlds
ingratitude Recent investigation proves
that there is a great deal Of "bosh" in all
of this. 1t was fact that Columbus did
not even know that he had discovered" a
new world no more than did Amerigo Ves-
pucci, who also died before this had become
known. Columbus did not start out to dis
cover new worlds. He had no earthly idea
of doing SO, no matter what romantic his
torians would have us believe to the con-
trary. His intention was to reach India.
and in records of his after life he indig-
nantly spurns any other imputatlon as to
his intentions.f
In letter of his dated 1900. which is still
extaDt, he says: "If anyone does not give
me credit with having discovered the re-
naming parts of India, it simply arises
from personal hostility" Again in 1893.
when he male his third voyage and sue
ceeded in reaching the mouth of the Orinico,
he gave US further proof OF his ignorance OF
the real geographical situation. He says of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
Mr.. w. H. SCHLUMPF, Sc
WCKLEY, Pa,

MEMBER OF THE wELL-KNowN FAMILY OF
THAT NAME, PROMINENT IN THE BAKERY
AND CONFECTIONERY BUSINESS. TEsTIFIEs
TO THE SKILL OF DR.. BYERs IN CURING
HIM OF A TROUBLESOME AFFECTION.
Mr. Schlumpf had been afflicted with ca
tarrhal neuralgia and stomach trouble Tor
long time, which always became greatly ag-
rrayated every spring. The shooting pain be-
tween the ewes and through temples to back OF
head at times became unbearable. and crustS
were constantly forming in nostrils, causing
dryness in back part OF nose. the throat. tongue
and mouth Large assures formed IN tongue,
becoming SO painful that chewing and swallow
ing were performed with difficulty. Dyspeptio
symptoms, such as bloating and rifting after
meals bad taste in mouth. loss Of appetite, etc,
ETC. set in. making life miserable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
LARGEST DYNAMITE GUN.
1t Has just Been Finished and is to Use
Compressed Air.

1t Has Just Been Finished and is to Use
Compressed Air.
Pail Mall Budget.l
Messrs. Taunton, Delmard, Lane B Co.,
of Birmingham, are just finishing the largest
dynamite gun which has yet been made.
The explosive contents are made up for
greater safety in tiny waxen pellets, and
lodged in shell, the true flight of which is
secured by a tapering telescopic tail; and
the gun is to be discharged by the expansion
of condensed air at pressure Of 5000 pounds
per square inch, the impulse of which is a
safer propelling energy than the ignition of
any kind of powder, because it does not
operate so suddenly as to cause danger of
the premature explosion of the missile. The
telescopic tail enables Lieutenant Graydon
to shorten his shell by one-half. and to re-
duce proportionately the length of the i'm
pulse tube or gun proper; while the use of
pneumatic charge makes it possible, with
out danger, to construct the she'll more
fimsily than would otherwise be the case.
The contract with Messrs. Taunton & Co.
is for 10 inch torpedo protector which will
throw a charge of 600 pounds of dynamite
distance of three miles; but it is expected
that this contract will be followed by orders
for still larger weapons. AS soon as the
gun now in hand Is delivered there will be
a trial of its powers at Portsmouth against
the Zalinski gun, not with dummy shells,
as in the case OF the American experiments,
but with actual charges of dynamite. The
noise of the discharge being small, the pro-
jectile might be dropped into tort or on to
a ship without giving the besieged any lnti-
nation of the quarter from which the attack
came. The concussion when the dynamite
exploded would in all probability be vio-
lent enough to put large garrison hors de
combat, even if they were not wounded by
debris; and, truly aimed, single she'll
would destroy an ironclad. The barrel, or
pneumatic tube, of the gun is of Whitworth
forged steel, and weighs about II tons.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21

After five months continuous treatment BY
DR.. Byers all the unpleasant symptoms com.
planned of by Mr.. Schlumpf were removed and
he says: 81 am gl:h to state that DIR. Byers has
cured me entirely OF all my troubles and i
never felt better IN my life. Out of gratitude
to him and desire to be of service to others
make this statement freely and unreservedlY
My advice to everyone similarly afflicted is oy
all means consult DR.. Byers before giving up
all hope"
A PATIENTS grateful appreciation OF his work
is often as agreeable to q physician as the re-
ceipt OF his fee. Mr.. Schlumpf has sent me az
least half dozen patients who In their turn
have sent others, so this is Sufficient evidence
of my honest and conscientious work. and -
good work always pays. patients can expecs 70
receive a continuation OF my best endeaVorbi IN
their behalf.
TREATMENT IS MONTH, MEDICINE n.
cLUDED.
ONCE Of DR.. Byers, established 1855, No. a
Penn av. Specialties: Catarrh, all nervous
blood and skin diseases, all chronic diseases
Hours. till 4, ] till 8 Sundays, forenoon only
de2o-ssu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
HOW LONG.

Motorman Keely and His Faithful Com
pany Heard From Again.
New York Tribune.1
The stockholders of the Keely Motor Com
pany have just been holding their annual
meeting at Philadelphia. Their confidence
in the motor would seem unabated-a fact
which shows how much more go there is IN
their faith than as yet has been developed
BY the machine. 1t is said that just as soon
as MIR. Keely secures ia practically continu-
Gus motion of the engine without variation
of speed" an engine will be made for bust
ness purposes.
Good. It was the esteemed poet Milton
who remarked that "they also serve who
only stand and wait" The Keey stock
holders doubtless wear this quotation on
their hatbands.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
CHINESE PLAYING CARDS.

Those Used by the Celestials Are Of Peculiar
Shape and Size.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.1
"The Chinese name for card considered
singly or as one of the parts of a pack is
shen, or fam a most evident reference to
the manner of holding cards spread
open like fan, which is common to all
nations.
"The shape and size of the Chinese card
are peculiar. They are printed in black on
a thin cardboard. The backs are sometimes
bright crimson, and sometimes black or vel
low, and they are the shape and size of a
finger. Some of them are little more than
half an inch broad by three inches long, and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21


Acne pimpies, blackheads. liver spots, solar
spots enlarged and hardened glands.
Morbid growths in the nose, ears, throat and
rectum, structures. hemorrhoids 1stula, vari-
cose veins. ulcers, enlarged and painful joints,
cancers, tumOrs. kelvid, excessive and offen-
sive discharges from the nose. ears, etc., tumors
of the eyelids, ingrowing eyelashes, very heavy,
irregular eyebrows, excessive oillnesS of the
face, coarse rough, face and hands and all skin
deformitiPs.
DR.. ]. VanDyck, electro-therapeutist and
surgeon. has devoted 20 years of his profess
sional life to the study and scientific applica-
tion of medical and surgical electricity. If you
or any member of your family are afflicted by
any of the above diseases or conditions, con.
suit DIR. VanDyck at once and place yourself
under his care. You can consult the Doctor
with every confidence in his skill.
He bases his claims to public confidence on
20 years experience in more than 2U.000 applica.
tions a perfect knowledge of Electro Physics,
Electro Physiology. Electro medicine, surgery
and Electro Diagnosis.
Remember this: Long as there is life there II
hope, and no matter how bad your case may be,
nor how long it has lasted, nor how much you
have done for it, if it is curable DIR. VanDyek
can cure you. Consult him at once. Terms
reasonable.
DR. J. VANDYcK,
502 Penn sv., Pittsburg.
Hours-9A. NJ. to SPIN. So
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
MRS. WsHEA,s HOUSES.

She Has Two Rather Dismal Looking Ones
Down at Brighton.
Pail Mall Budgetl
Mrs. O'Shea has two houses at Brighton,
Nos. and 10, Walsingham terrace. They
are the very last houses in Brighton in the
Shoreham direction, they face the sea, and
look onto some very bleak and damp tennis
courts. Even in the summer they look
dismal, and naturally very much more SO in
this weather. At the back the win
dows look onto some building plot
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
Affected his Sight.

Cupid Longmire struck Q colored porter
In Louisville the other day who wears spec
tacles.
"Jim," said Cupid, show did you ever
get near sighted?"
Guess it must have been looking for
tips" says Jim.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-21
WHAT COLUMBUS DID
A Discussion of the Credit Which Be.
longs to the Genoan.
HIS NAME AND THE WORLDS FAIR
Curious Old Maps That Foreshadowed the
New Continents.
LEGEND OF THE SETTLEMENT OF CUBA
rxnrrrxs FOR THE p1spArcH.,

I ~ MBER OF ed.
ucated gentlemen
were, a few days
since. discussing
our great Chicago
Fair, which is set
for 1893. At first
the talk was di-
rected at the COM
msrcial value to
the world at large,
of these stipend
GUS international
expositions. One
and all agreed that
there was no mis-
taking their value
"a not nnlu AL.