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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Wire Rope Holder,

The forming Of q loop in a wire rope BY
splicing is q tedious and difficult operation,
but by new device an equally secure loop
can be made in few minutes by a totally
unskilled workman. The improved rope
holder consists of a cast iron block with
four holes in it. The rope is passed through
the end of the block and out by one of the
holes at the side. The end is then so curved
round to form loop that a tapered space Is
left between the two portions of the rope in
the block. A cast iron wedge followed az
its sides to fit the rope is then passed into
this space and driven home by a screwed
plug. The rope il thus gripped 30 firmly
against the sides Of the block that it is inn
possible to draw 1t out. In certain instances
It is not considered advisable to carry the
end Of the rope quite through the block,
and in suoh cases block is used In which
the hole in the end is smaller SO that the
rope can pass through but once. To take
the wear and preserve the rope, liner OF
galvanized iron Is placed inside the loop.
This liner can be replaced when worn
through and the wear Of the rope entirely
prevented.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
rwKrrrEN ron TEE p1srArcH.I


Carl, a poor little humpback, and his
widowed mother lived in a cottage on the
shore Of large river. Although they were
not poor, the widow and her son were
obliged to work for their living, and could
cot afford to spend their time in idleness.
Carl vas an industrious lad, and beside
caring for the garden, be caught fish and
sold them for good price in the neighbor-
ing town. Near the widows cottage
stood a large castle where lived Count
Curth snd his only child, the beautiful
Eleanor. The Count was great traveller,
and was seldom at home, thus his daughter
led very lonely life. One day as Carl,
with his basket of fish, was on his way to
market be passed by the castle, and the
Counts daughter, who stood at the gate,
cried:
Come here, boy, and let me see what you
have in your basket"
Carl at once obeyed, and taking of the
cover showed the beautiful, fresh fish which
had been caught that morning.
If had any money!" said Eleanor, 'T
would buy them, for I am very fond of fish,
and We seldom have them on our table"
You are welcome to them" said Carl,
who was SO charmed by the girls beauty
that he forgot his mother needed the money
he was TO take home. The little girl gladly
took the basket and ran into the house. As
Carl walked slowly homeward, wondering
what excuse he should offer for returning
without either money or basket, he heard
= Light knocking sound, which seemed
to come from among the bushes.
Pushing aside the branches he saw,
sitting on a toad stool, and sur
rounded by curious crowd of squirrels,
butterflies and beetles, little man only
about a foot high, with yellow, wrinkled
lace and snow-white hair and beard, busily
mending his shoes Carl at once knew that
ihls must be one of the dwarfS, who are said
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

Mr. De Fuyster Smathers. Eight letters
asking me to write what I know on a
patchwork block of silk for a rattle remain
on my desk, and the day of the rattle is
almost here.
I am all broken up by this man, and I
haven't written anything in my diary for
ten days. Possibly may never write in it
again, When try to think now my mind
creaks. Ny mirror shows me dark circles
under my eyes.
If this man comes again am prepared for
him. I know bank whereon the mush-
room (?) grows, the little p T "a mush-
room, the Weeping Willow mushroom,
the kind that creates panic southwest of
the liver and west Of the watch pocket.
have also selected plot in the prime
val forest where he can be at rest. A place
where the trailing arbutus and the wood
tick may wander Ger his cute little tomb.
BILL NYE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
infected Railroad Cars.

NJ Prasnitz, after careful researches which
have shown that places Inhabited by suffer-
ers from phthisis frequently contain germs
Of that disease, has thought it well to COM
mend to the notice Of railroad authorities
the eminent desirability of careful cleaning
and disinfecting railroad cars which may
have been exposed to infection Steam dis
infection Is recommended as both efficient
and easily applied. The adoption of certain
other sanitary measures, such as the intro
duction of easily sterilized eceptacles for
the sputa of patients is also suggested. In
making his series of experiments, M. PraS-
nitz examined number of cars which ho
knew had been used by consumptives. Dust
samples were taken from these cars, and in
ocuIation experiments were made with
them on different animals. Two out Of five
such samples were found to contain tuber-
culosis baeilli, and number of the inocu-
lated animals showed symptoms Of the dis
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
IN PEACE AND PLENTY
Dwells Bill Nye at Beautiful Craig
y-N0s Next to Vanderbilt.
THE STORY OF A SAD VISITOR.
Thought He Had Fed Him Toadstools but
They We're Mushrooms.
HAVOC WROUGHT BY A LITTLE PUZZLE

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATCH.l
CRAIG-Y-Nos, BUNCoMBE Co., c., Sept.
1s.-Up to last Saturday our lives here had
been almost uneventfuL rose each morn
ing, caroled q glad pecan, ate little breast
of kippered herring and finishing off with
some of our delightful climate, would go
gladly about my work on my autobiogra-
ply.
At 8 o'clock Mr.. Vanderbilt comes with
the milk and vegetables fresh from his
farm He is getting a fine start, and the
most of his products command ready sale.
I buy everything can of him. He has
fine brickyard also, which is more than self
supporting. He built it for the manufac-
ture of his own bricks with which to build
his new house near mine, but the bricks
were so evidently superior to those made
heretofore in this country that he was i'm
portuned to supply number of builders
and contractors at good prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

| kill me" cried thedwarf. But Carl paid
no attention to him and began to count, 81
| g s." He counted 10, before the dwarf
stirred, and then he said:
"Stop, Carl, you are clever boy. You
have conquered me, and you shall have all
the gold you desire"
The dwarf then stamped on the ground,
and instantly the earth opened, disclosing
TO Carl's eyes an immense oaken chest filled
with gold and silver coins.
SIS this real gold?" asked Carl, cor viii
it vanish as soon as turn away"
'1t is genuine gold" was the reply,
"which will remain here until you carry 1t
away. give you nv word for that, and
when an elf once gives his word he always
keeps it"
With a quick movement, the dwarf
sprang upon pine tree nearby, and cried:
"You shall be happy, Carl, and handsome,
He then gave the boy such blow in the
face with pine branch that for a moment
Carl was almost blinded When he looked
around again, the dwarf had disappeared;
but the chest of gold was still there. After
filling all his pockets with the precious
gold, the boy fastened down the lid and
covered the chest with earth. He then
hastened home and cried:
"See, mother, what have brought you.
caught the dwarf, and he has given me
more gold than we shall ever be able to
USE"
But instead of replying to her sons eager
words the mother gave cry of astonishment
and said:
''Is it you, my dear Carl? The voice and
face are the same, but when you went away
this morning you were humpbacked, stopped
and small Now you are straight tall and
handsome What has brought about this
change?
In his excitement over the gold Carl had
not noticed that his back had become
straight, and that he could run without be-
ing tired. He now knew what the dwarf
meant when he said 'You shall be hand
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
1T28-REFREsHMENrs.

AT q recent party, when the guests were
\ led to the dining room, they were introduced
60 many men and women of distinction, in
cluding "a woman Of grit, protected by her
supported on either side by creased staff, u
and "The Pride Of Boston, with the Maid Of
Orleans"
the host invited the company to partake OF
Gall things to all men" and "Two for a cent"
after which they received liberal supply Of
"a wise mans beverage" !" and also Spring
Offering" and before they returned to the
parlor, they ate heartily Of Parasite cake,
with solidif1ed scum"
While the ladies solaced themselves with
"Old Maids Comfort" the gentlemen burned
their Idols" and amused the guests by re-
peating "Old jokes" which they cracked
with relish, in the meantime distributing
an abundance Of "Sweet-confection," among
the ladies, as a compensation to them for
listening SO patiently to the more than twice.
told tales. RossIeNoL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
OF CHILLSAND FEVER
OF L oNG STANDING FINDS A CURI

A Miserable Mana Long Journey-A Brief
Consultation-An On-Hand Prescription
"A Permanent Cure and a Happy Man
Extract From q Medical Lecture by DR..
9. b. Hartman.
Several years ago man 45 years Of age,
from malarious district, came long dis
tance to consult me for chronic malarious
affection for which he had doctored without
intermission for over ten years. The treat
ment which had been mainly relied on by
the various doctors he had consulted was
duinine and other derivative of chinchona
bark. OF these preparations he had taken
many pounds, and during several intervals
he had taken a great many chill cures, but
nothing seemed to have any permanent
effect.
His complexion was of that dirty yellow
so characteristic of old ague patients, and
his sunken, lusterless eyes, surrounded by
dark circles, indicated how completely his
health had been undermined The tongue
was heavily furred with o thick brown coat
ing, breath very offensive, and he COM
planned of constant, dull headache. A
poor appetite, indigestion, biliousuess and
constipation completed tale of woe so COM
monty heard in malarious locality. The
chills came on at irregular intervals. Some
times ne WOulQ not nave One lOr luOHbni
then again every day for while.
For this man prescribed Pe-ru-ns and
Man-a-lin as directed on the bottles, the
Man-a-lin to be used until the bowels be-
came regular and digestion good. A few
weeks after 1 received very enthusiastic
letter from him, in which he declared him.
self nearly well, and better than he had been
in ten years, and had taken no quinine since
beginning my treatment instructed him
to gradually leave off the Man-a-lin, which
he did, but continued the Pe-ru-na few
months longer, and made complete re-
covery, continuing to enjoy the best Of
health.
This case Is one Of which there are thous-
ands in every malarious district who have
been many years and still are searching for
something to bring relief to their miserable
condition, am positive that Pe-ru-na and
Man-a-lin would cure every one of these, for
have watched its effect good many years,
and do not know single failure.
For complete treatise on Malaria, Chills
and Fever and Ague, send for The Family
Physician No. /. Sent free by The Peruna
Medicine Company Columbus, Ohio
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
The Tongue as a Respirator.

A correspondents of the Lancet gives a use
full hint to persons whose duties take them
much into the night air. He says that when
facing a cold east wind, or breathing quickly
the night air, he never quite closes his
mouth, but, keeping the lips trihe parted.
he curls up his tongue toward the roof of his
mouth until the tip reaches as far back as
the soft palate, when the arehed under sur
face Of the tongue is pressed against the hard
palate The cold air then as it enters the
mouth is made to pass between the side OF
the tongue and the buccal muous membrane
of the pharynx and thereby so warmed that
by the time it reaches the larynx it Is rid OF
chill and does not excite cough and catarrh.
Some people cannot breathe through the
nose alone, which is the right thing to do in
the night air, or indeed, at any time, and for
such the plan recommended above is good
one,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
A NEW LOCOMOTIVE
Which Is Expected to Develop Speed OF
100 Miles an Hour.

Which Is Expected to Develop Speed OF
100 Miles an Hour.
Kansas City Times.l
Que of the smallest locomotives ever built
was that shown last night by T. j. Cookson,
the inventor, to party of capitalists me-
chanical engineers and others. 1t is feet
in length, ~ feet in height and weighs 225
pounds. 1t is the model of an engine which
Mr.. Cookson expects to build soon, and
which is expected to solve the problem that
has for years been the study Of locomotive
builders
The feature of the engine is the patent
valve motion. For years it has been recog-
nlzed by engineers that the main point in
the locomotive of the present day that must
be improved is the valve motion. AT the
exhibition last evening Mr.. Cookson ran
the engine at the rate of I, 200 revolutions
minute with only 10 pounds of steam press
ure. This speed has never before been OBJ
tanned on double engine. 1t is asserted
that rate of speed of 100 miles an hour Is
easily obtainable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
New English Invasion.

Ifthere is one thing dear to the heart of
the Englishman it is his beer, and from the
time of the Saxons downward he has liked
it strong and heavy. 1t therefore marks q
new era in the national taste when the fact
is established that lager beer is steadily and
largely increasing in public favor in Eng
land Its possible influence On the health
OF the average Britisher is referred to in
letter on the subject in an English paper.
The writer says: 'Is 1t true, 1 wonder, that
lager, unlike English ale, is free from gout-
creating uualitieS2 If that be the case the
more it replaces the latter the better for
public health. Gout is the great enemy Of
this generation."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
1734-TRANsPosITIoN.

See the school boy at his taskf
"What his trouble" do you ask
He is working prin,als now:
Watch him figure, knit his browi
Struggle on, my little man,
Keep right on as you began.
practice perfect makes" 'tts nez;
1t is e'er q truthful text.
Learn your task at public school,
Then to college, that's the rule.
Study science so abstracts;
Then your brain will sure be racked.
Now a theologio course.
Third, or legal comes perforce.
In this age, those who have slipped,
Are the men but poor equipped.
Study hard and long, my friend,
1t will pay you in the end.
81, C, BURGER,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

Some idea of the amount of carbon which
impregnates the sir in cities, especially
In those such as Pittsburg that burn soft
coal, may be gathered from the investigs-
tions of an English scientist who mas been
engaged in computing the amount OF SCOT
deposited from London air. Collecting the
Canonbury, about eight inches in extent, he
obtained from 1t two grains Of SCOT. As
London covers ITO square miles, this would
give for the whole area 0O0 tons. As the
Quantity measured fell in ten days, q
months allowance would need 1000 horses
to cart it of, and these stretched in a line
would extend four miles
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

1882 - sYNcoPATIoNs AND TRANsPosI-
TIONs.
[Take a letter from the first word and
transpose the remaining letters to form the
second word, and a letter from the second,
and transpose the remaining letters to form
the third, etc.
Upon applying for admission to cathe-
oral, we learned that it was customary to
give to the verger, whereupon We
placed in his hand a, and were permit
ted to witness the performance of -, the
object of which was to two persons to-
gether. After we had seen - on compar-
Ing notes to learn who had derived the most
enjoyment from the ceremonial, we discov-
cred that it was. R.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Pneumat,c Gates 70. Railroads.

A new departure Is being made on some Of
the leading railway lines. 1t is found that
the great fault of the dagman Is to waste his
time and divert his attention in converse
ton with his croDies, and at various high
way crossings two-story towers are being
erected for the gatekeepers. From these
services of the fagman, though deprived OF
their amenities, will be more trustworthy
from his exalted perch.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.

Puzzles for the Little Folks That VIII Keep
Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week
If They Solve Them CONGREGATIONS
Amusements.
Address communications for 1tis department.
20 E. X. CHApBoURN. LeaUiSton, Mdiae.
1726-AMERIcAN ANTICIPATION,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
Daughters. Wives and Mothers.

Physicians heartily endorse the use of
speer's celebrated port wine for debilitated
females. 1t is not an into1icant and is ab-
solutely pure, being made from grapes at
Speer's Vineyards, N. j. The elaret is an
excellent table wine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
AUGUST SOLVING.

Prize .uinners-l H. C. Burger, Salem, o.
Q. Ellen Meserve, Allegheny, Pa. 8. r. D.
Allen, Pittsburg, Pa.
Roll of honor.-Henry league, I. @. P, Tri-
nod, Arthur Hartman, Lorena, G. r. L.,
Esther Brooks, Corporal, James A. Symmes,
J. ]. M
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
1733-RIDDLA

What each one has received
Quite early in his life;
What brave ones have achieved
By earnest toll and strife;
What every man bestows
On her whom he espouses;
What people sometimes chose
To put upon their housesi
What not cent has cost,
Yet may not be disdained,
For IL it once is lost,
It cannot be regained.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

That haloes English lake and fell,
Sunsets long CLEANS through mossy dell,
Or bees that hum in fox glove bell,
What are such one t,Do? Will you sella
NJ G.. g.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
The New Explosive.

Terrorite is claimed by its inventor to be
six to eight times stronger than commercial
dynamite, and 10 be unaffected by jarrinx or
an ordinary degree Of heat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
1T29-ENIGMA

1fSS-ENIGmAs
With Pleiades do not dwell,
But in yon silvery moon;
And in those distant torrid climes
Where blows the hot monsoon.
You'll find me always with the good,
And with the gracious. ever;
And from the lowly and the poor
I'm separated never.
Though from the house never stray,
I'm found in woods and bowers;
Inever travel in the rain,
And yet go out in showers.
Though never seen in rattling hail.
In snow and frost you'll find me;
And while I'm always fast in stocks,
In CHAINS you cannot bind me.
I'm always with the sailor bold,
On ocean tempest tossed;
And though lurk in shadows dim,
In shades of night I'm lost.
FLoRENoE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

English poet, and DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, of the present time.
AUNT CLARE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

Ueu you IndC Wo
hopping creatures
don't make the
noise from our
throats, but make
it by rubbing our
wings on our
thighs or legs, and
our song has been
O fayorite one in
all a ges a Il d
among all people,
and our brothers,
the poets, have
written lovely
things about US,
from the ancient
Greek poets, who
associated us with
green fields and
banks of thyme in
sunny Greece Q,
where shepherds
and sheep, grass
hoppers, ,Katy-dids
and crickets lived
hn-,,- 800
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
THE KATY DID.
rRrrrrxroR THE p1sPAroH.l
1726-Brown. row.

rwRrTTTN TOR THE pIsPArCH-l
o, I am q Katy Did,
And all summer am hid,
In the grassi
And you hear my cheerful song
Which Is sweet, but is not long
As you pass;
For sing my darling's name,
And spread abroad the fame
Ofher deed;
So that all the poets know her,
And each one is her adorer,
AS you readl
And can play the fiddle,
But I'll never solve the riddle
or what Katy really did and what she didn't,
But I'll give you surprise
That will make you ope' your eyes, when I
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

What are one ts0o? All, who can tell
The tt0o that in some one nav dwelu
Speak, you who love your total we'll
Whose one have wrought magic spoil
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

l72S-l Versed, served. Q. Severed, de-
serve. 8. Needs, dense. 4 Serve, verso.
lT24-
e z
c A n Ed
c. S r L Z 8
A s SION Z D
We n tt L A T o n
r E LO A D I N g
D = N T l n Z
Sc / N e
DOG
l766-Brown, row.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

1731-DEcAPITATIoN
Those who attempt to rids
And to evade hedUhots,
May find themselves outside,
While others onward roll
On every road of life,
These tlUo no dead head seats.
And all the world and wife
A just assessment meets.
BITTER SWEET
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
ANSwER5.

l7I5-The old lady of Threadneedle street.
IA nickname for the Bank of England.l
l7l6-1. Disinheritcd. 2. Catastrophe.
1717-Blur-t.
I7S-E L G / N NJ A R B L E 8
A r r Z r e B A n
Y E o NJ A N L Y
SP o r T 8
o R A S
Us
I19-Salem, Selma, lanes, leans, meals,
males, amels, melas.
172o-There, here
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

She said: "Was there ever name such as
mine?
Such very small sums in one word to COM
bine;
Not dollars, nor dimes, just a ono and a
three.
And tsOo stuck between them; how small taDo
must bel
ItOo have nothing to do with a one, that is
sure,
And my lrees are but few, may they never
be fewer!
1t makes me feel cheap, but one thing ttDo
can claim,
None can say that tlDo haven't a three to my
name"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

The Baron De Lange has charge of the agri-
cultural department, and on bright morn
ing it is gladstone sight to see Mr.. Wander
bilt and the Baron wedding onions or tarring
the noses oftheir sheen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
COMING SOULS INTO DOLLARS.

And yet what need is there to-day for the
preaching Of the gospel of real richest Such
haste there is to be rich in the worlds
way, and such postponing Of the getting
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

A man of peace, but ttOoI how he
His native tongue would slaughter,
he lald out many street-one three
And total was his daughter.
"O1sc three" he always called her name.
His business well it fitted;
Ana surely he was not to blame,
Since 7iGlEgIu he thus omitted,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20
1730-ANAGRAM.

It is said that men who become dfstin'
guished in life manifest in childhood the
traits which lead to their success and fame
Hence, it is not strange that "BLondiy's asrar'
'toTopes." RossIsNoL-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-20

That was week ago. have not done It
yet Neither have 1 done anything else.
The children's voices are no longer heard as
they romp and play. Each one is trying to
do this fool puzzle. That is not all. am
away behind on my autographs. Hundreds
of such letters remain unanswered, aside
frol those answered by my colored man,