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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
A USEFUL SERVANT.
How Electricity Has Been Harnessed
in Hotels and Elsewhere.
SAFETY APPLIANCE FOB ENGINES.
Heating by Means of the Current VIII Do
Away With Extra Help.
STORAGE BATTERIES FOB OMNIBUsES
WRITTEN FOR THE p1sPArcH.3


An Australian electrician, speaking before
the Victorian Institute, said he was very
much impressed, while travelling in Amer
lea, with the extent to which the applica-
tion of electricity was carried in the hotels.
He surveyed the annunciator dial, contain
ing % segments, with great interest, which
was further increased by the prompt ap-
pearance Of a colored boy, with all the
necessaries for SHINE" when the pointer
was moved to "Bootblack." In further des-
cribing his experiences, the electrician said:
"Tbat hotel found to have electrical ap-
paratus in all sorts of places. The doors Of
the closets would not close from the outside,
but the pressure of a foot on the floor inside
closed a circuit and released a spring, and
the door was closed automatically and an
enameled disc showed on the outside the
word engaged Burglar alarms were fitted
to every window. In winter the rooms are
kept warm by steam, and the supply Of the
steam to the pipes is automatically regu-
lated A thermometer is arranged SO that
as the temperature reaches the desired point
a contact is made which closes an electric
current and by means of an electromagnet
cuts of the supply of steam Directly the
temperature falls below the limit the ap-
paratus again works and readmfts the
steam. The arrangement / saw, and
which the manager calls thermOstat,
consisted of a strip of brass and one of rub
Der (materials which expand differently
gether at one end. This composite strip is
marked unequally by changes of temper
ature, the two pieces being fixed at one end
while free at the other. There is an appre-
ciable range of movement at the free end.
This enables q contact to be made at any
point in that within that range. while q
screw adjustment arranges for the contac5
to take place at any temperature within de-
sirable limits. The thermostats are, it Is
said, SO sensitive as to respond to the change
of single degree of heat. Similar thermos-
tats are used as fire alarms, when, of course,
they are set not to make contact until ex-
posed to a heat of, say, 200 to 1862. Arrange
ments are made for the contact to ring an
alarm and actuate an Indicator, which shows
in which room the excessive heat exists.
Sometimes 1t is arranged that the heat ind1-
Gator and the burglar alarm shall, when they
make contact, also light an incandescent
lamp-in the former case in each room in
the house, and in the latter in the room only
whence the alarm was given.
1t is instructive, well as interesting,
thus to see ourselves others see us, and il
enables us to realize more fully the extent
to which electricity is now being made to
contribute to the comfort and convenience
of everyday life in this country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16

1ub4 Y AASeseAAs w AiA4V
Americans will not
be able to observe
the famous free
lance Of English
journalism under
like favorable con-
ditions, they will
neverthele So be
pleased to see Lon
don Truths cele-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
Eccentricities of the Shah.

Every once in while we hear Of the
unique actions of the Shah Of Persia, the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
The Prince Of Naples Breath.

A light summer shower, such as makes
the roses blow wide their warm, red throats,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
Famed for Her Works.

Here is q picture of one who within q
few days past has solved the mystery of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.
Labouchere's Go-Lucky Career Should
Make Him Popular Here.
ELECTRICITY MAY CAUSE GRIP.
Unknown Quarters of the Globe Where Fame
Awaits the Explorer.
STORIES OF THE SHAH OF PERSIA

[wRrrTKN FoR THE 'D1SFEICA.I
Henry Labouchere is coming over this
fall to see our famed Indian Summer on its
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
TO BE USED CAUTIOUSLY.

II owe you my life the patient said
To the doctor who cured him when he was
"oh, don't mind that, but remember in
The doctor replied, THAT you ONE me a
Blushing girl-"Yes, Dick. My
heart is in your keeping" Young
Baggageman-"My w darling!
Er-want a check for it ?"-[Chicago
Tribune.
Adams-"Well, Jones, been getting
drunk again." Jones (angrily)-
That's my business. Adams (pleas-
antly)-''So l understand. ~ Lies
Calender.
Madge: "Vera and Rob had quite
a falling out last evening"" Mabel:
Indeed. How did it happen ?"
Madgc: They were sitting in the
hammock and the rope broke
brooklyn Eagle.
Lulu-Yes, 1 love you. Cholly, but
l am too young to think of marriage.
Cholly-But you will grow older.
Lulu-How dare you say such a
thing. You are simply horrid.-
New York Herald.
An Unfamiliar Word.-H. A. Cede
-''What'd We buy for a birthday
present, eff you was me?" Jeweler.
What do you think of a manicure
set?" H. A. Cede-'Gosh, man!
It's for a gal, an she never saw a
sick day in her life. '-Jewelers' Cir
cular.
Lady-"I should like to get a pair
of short velvet trousers" Clerk
Pm just out of them, madam"
Lady-"Just out of them-you don't
say? My boy is anxious to get
long ones on, too. How do you
like the ?'-[Smith, Gray &
Co.'S Monthly.
A country swain of Brattleboro,
VT, has a sweetheart right from
the green hills of Vermont. The
other day he treated her to bananas,
the first she had ever seen, and
she ate the rind and all. That's a
pretty good fruit" she observed,
but it seems to me to be pretty
much all pith." Then he brought
her up before a soda water foun-
tain, remarking l don't IA a
darn for the expense, what kind of
scent will you have, Sallie ?"-[New
York Tribune.
The miser through his life's brief day
But little knows of JOY or mirth,
And foOliShly thro WIS heaven away
To get the earth.
His cup of life is filled with gall,
He boards until his eyes are dim,
And doesn't get the earth at all
The earth gets him.
IN. Y. Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
IN WOMAN'S WORLD.

|It is better to begin life on Indian
|eal pudding and salt Goldfish and
Sc to roast beef and mince pie, than
. begin on roast beef and mince pie
"a get down to Indian meal pud-
|ng and salt Goldfish.
"a new fabric resembles twilled
ZEN. 1t is simply twilled cotton
beeting, and it makes jaunty suits.
be long coat basque with a plain
xirt is a good model.
For wear among the mountains
becial attention is given to a plain
kirt of heavy serge, with coat Of
be same, and bodice of plated
For travelling caps those of cloth,
men or serge are used. However,
Lev should not be worn on the
of a city.
With your blouse waist wear a
retty sailor scarf. Get your brother
husband to show you how to tie
IA Frenchman who has studied the
says that Irishwomen have
he prettiest hands; but those of
Inglishwomen are too thick and
eshv. American women's hands
re long and thin; Germans have
hort hands with long fingers.
|olish women have the next best
fter the Irish. while the hands of the
of Italy, France and Spain
Re poor.
THE late Mrs. Hopkins-Searle of
reat Darlington, Mass, nj of the
sealthiest women in the world, de-
Illustrated her gratitude to an ex-
aggage master who saved her from
hing crushed by the cars at West
tester some time ago by setting
I'm up in the grocery business at
Iethuen. Not only did she buy him
shop and stock it, but she present.
j him with a furnished house.
Mrs. Mckinley, wife of the man of
ariff fame, is an invalid seldom able
j leave her home. She and her hus-
and after more than twenty years
f welded life are still the most
evoted lovers. When at home Mr.
IcKinlev seldom leaves her side,
nd when he is absent she keeps his
ever within reach of her hand.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
FLOWERS ON A GLACIER.

In 1888, John w. Kelly discovered
b the northeast coast of Alaska.
|mptying into the Arctic ocean, just
hove Cape Lisburne. a new river,
Which has been named the Pitmegea
Iver. The river and it's narrow
alley are very winding, and the
|atives say they can ascend it for a
|istance of forty miles. This stream
rs not previously appeared On the
says the New York Sun. Mr..
<elly assembled the river for a dis
ance of twenty-five miles, where he
Dund a large glacier, emptying into
be river. The glacier faces south
Yard and receives the full benefit of
he sunlight during the short polar
ilmmer. Gales have deposited on
he glacier particles of soil and seeds
# plants to a depth of from four
hches to a foot. The snowfall of
Einter soon vanishes before the June
hn. The vegetation on the glacier
i warmed into life, and in a remark
Eblv short time the brown crust of
bill is covered with a robe OF green
nd bright flowers, such as butter
bps, dandeliOns, daffOdils and
Eellow peoples. There are also some
hrdy grasses, whose roots penetrate
he light covering of soil. A few
4rctic willows are also seen, but
hey grow only a foot in length and
Jail along the ground. Such a
Epectacle is not often witnessed in
be Arctic regions. This mass of
feen, diversified by the brilliant
of Arctic flowers, has only
PANTY depth of soil to flourish in,
bid covers, like a carpet or a brilliant
-pbe. the great ice mass on which
he soil rests. During the summer
he ice melts away, leaving the pro-
;fuding soil above it like the caves of
house. When it protrudes too far
DR. the strength of the grass roots it
over into the river.-[Among
he Clouds.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
FOR THE HOME.
THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

ID love of Christ which passeth kuowL-
81 edge"-Eph. 3:19.
the oceans bosom we may look
tie way, but it's depths we cannot
4hOm-To US it's infinite-And then
lift our eyes; into the azure sky
clearly see; but yet, how underlined
~ vaguei how shadowy the thoughts we
get
these poor puny faculties of ours
tempt to measure this immensely.
Il the love of Christ, unlimited!
|mitable! Unreasonable!
height exceed
lar imagination's utmost bounds
hath the cross on Calvary we stand,
ID backward through the ages we IAN trace
IL love-before a single star was made
twinkle in the diadem of night.
precious truth recorded in his word
Fe loved thee with an everlasting love"
= lift our eyes and look upon the cross
Ire for our sins the Incarnate Son of God
X up his life in bitterest agony.
81 ribed in living characters we see
. read again this truth, that God is, love
81 thus he manifests this love to man.
81 said "he spake as no man ever spake.'
II yet, Oh, Christ, we know thou didst
speak best,
eloquent, when thou didst stretch thy
hands
5on the cross and give thy life for man.
ia then adown the centuries we trace
ss love. Yea on and on and on we look
10 that endless future, knowing well,
.cause we have his word who cannot 1ie'
lean upon that this shall ever be.
can we sayi What speech will best
portray
IL grandeur of this love! tbs infinite!
finite powers incomprehensib1ei
rtaches from and to eternity.
Silent ecstasy we stand upon
III shore of this great ocean of Gods love:
Ie soul oppressed, Overwhelmed, as when
we come
"a the presence of the Infinite.
G. o. WEBSTER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13

If a cat enters the chamber where
a man lies dying and passes over his
body, the man after death will be-
come a vampire.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13

love of Christ which Passeth knowL-
edge"-Eph. 3:I9.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13

clean and attractive by closing all of the
odd lots at very low prices. We are closing
out a lot of "a inch
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
KEEP 1T TO YOURSELF.

Don't tell vOus husband your every
thought, writes Mrs. P. T. Barnum
in the Ladies Home Journal. Many
of them are not worth telling-and
don't ask to know his. This is not
sec%retiveness, but common sense and
delicacy; as much so as the feeling
that prompts you to say your morn
ing prayer inaudibly, and to take
your bath in private. Do you think
that any reserve is fatal to the one
ness of an ideal marriage? Have
you heard of the ''atonic theory?
How scientists tell US that all palpa-
BILE objects, even granite, are COM
posed of innumerable infinitesimal
atoms, which. however close they
may be, never really touch each
other? This is true of heart OF a
man and a They can never
quite touch. for the most devoted
husband and wife can never see any
thing from exactly the same point of
view; or feel anything in exactly the
same and degree. This is
the inevitable consequence of differ
ing sex but they may come so near
that nothing can come ~between-so
near as to support each other
and resist the world with gigantic
strength and solidarity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
GUNS AND RIFLES,

a large stock of Guns, Rifles, Revolvers,
Cartridges and all Sporting Goods. Double
and single Barrel Shot Guns. Rifles all prices
from $3.50 to 500. Winchester Rifles, single
shot and repeaters. Remington and other
makes at the lowest cash prices. All sizes of
Cartridges, Shells, Wads, etc. a large line of
Lawn Tennis Rackets at all prices.
GEO F GROW
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
New and Special Attractions for
Each Day of the Exhibition.

First-class Music will be provided during the
three days.
The Races will be the best ever witnessed
in this section, and will be as follows, to-
gether with others to be added later.
One, two, three and four-year-old Colt
trotted for. Also, free for all, 5000; $50
class. $50: Three minute class, 500; and
Guaranteed Stake of $500 for 2.4O class.
Entries for stock close Saturday, August
18th.
Entries for races close August 18th.
First aynen in colt stakes and $40 class
extended until July 1st.
Low Rates for passengers and exhibits are
being arranged for on all railroads. For
further particulars see bills and catalogues
issued by the Association.
a. n. THOMPSON,
GEO. H. TICE, President;
Vice-President;
c. I. MOULTON,
Secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13
TURKISH FOLK LORE.

The following bits of Turkish folk
lore are CLEANED from a collection of
paragraphs translated for the Bos-
ton Herald:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-08-13

When one sees for the first time
the new moon, he must take a piece
of money, look at it for a moment,
raise it toward the noon and put it
again into his purse. BY this means
your purse will always be full of
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-25
An Artist Fooled.

Irving MOntagu writes In Wander
ings Of q War Artist" Zone evening !
met two very fascinating Spanish girls
In . quiet quarter Of Irun. one Of whom,
being blonde. was enveloped In white
mantiIla. Ii being customary on meet
ing q white mantilla to extend her some
what similar homage 10 that paid TO
royalty, raised my hat, and stepped on
one side 10 allow the couple to pass,
when, in doing -, saw 10 my horror,
by the light u the moon, that they were
followed closely by grim and grUtesque
reptile, half lizard, half frog. which
with series Of spasnodic bounds, was
making directly for their heels Oh. the
horrid beast, the indescribable mon
strusityi To rush forward and trample
on the uncsnny thing was the work Of q
moment.
~ was dumfOunded; my exploit Of
herUisrn, far from inducing the gratitude
Iexpected, was immediately followed by
rOars Of laughter. the merry ring OF
which reverberated on the still night
air. 'UncOnscionAble fool does not ex-
pres the Iittleness I felt - I was sub
jected to the ridicule Of those willy dam
sels, and II = man Is capable Of that be-
coming peculiarity, must have blnsbed
scarlet I had trOiden on e drap-a
piece % cloth cut into the semblance Of
some monstruus lizard. and attached by
. thread 10 the skirt Of the maiden, 30
that. by certain d-xtsrOus movements
and bitches Il could be made 10 leap
after her - she hurried along. Il Wa
the Basque equivalent for the old English
JOKES practiced ON the lst Of April
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-25
IiIu.,r,su. Wam.n Of Italy.

Italy has q great organization Of IL
lustriOus women, Of which Queen Mar
guerite Is the honorary president Il Is
one Of the most remarkable associations
Of the day, cUmposed Of the most emf
nent women In Rome, and before Il
twice each week the most celebrated ora
tors Of the day lecture ON subjects Of the
education and advancement Of women.
Among its members are the Countess
Gigliucci, for whom ROssini wrUte his
''Stabat Mater" the Countess Loyatelli,
the most distinguished literary woman
in Rome and the only woman member
Of the German Institute Of Archaeology
(at the celebration Of the society this
tall, slight and refined lady sat down
among her gray haired colleagues, q
radiant vision in white silk embroidered
with sparkling beads); SignorA MAncini,
who has translated The Cricket On the
Hearth" into Italian and written many
romances, and Louisa Sarar'lO. who Is
devoted 10 historical rtsearches.-Lon-
don Letter
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-25
Conversational EaaalIty.

For conversation society must not be
very unequal. By inequality do not
refer 20 the doubtful distinction Of bank
ing accounts or family trees. 30 far n
these are concerned there Is nothing %
democratic ~ conversation. But It does
demand some approach TO q similarity
not in opinions; with good temper these
may widely differ-but in manners and
taste, and, above all, in intellectual
capacity. When people are brought to
gether without care for these similaritier
we know what happens. II their num-
Der be large enough they invariably split
up. not by cold exclusiveness, but by
natural selection, into mutually appre-
ciative groups, of which each member
has some affinity for the rest
Where this instructive distribution Il,
through snallness Of numbers or the
fussiness Of q host, impossible we may
expect q dull time. All know Bret
Harte's tale Of n man who had never
heard u Adam before and asked What
was his other namey' But there have
been takers in real life also who had To
endure much Mt the hands VI the IgnO-
nt.-Gentleman' Magazine.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-25

lace became wildly pale. Istepped for
ward 30 support her, but Stolberg had al
ready taken her hand and. - he grace
fully expressed his Qualification at meet
ing her. she became instantly calm. and.
seating herself, in . moment she was
pleasantly engaged In Conversation.
Somehow or other we drifted into the
subject Of mesmerizn, and mentioned
the Affair Of the crystal Ella was in
terested, and begged that Mr.. StOlberg
would give her an opportunity Of wit
Messing its effects. He agreed willingly.
and future occasion was promised when
the experiment should be made on the
young lady herself.
A few days later. on reaching our
boarding house, ! was informed by Nine
Steinberg that Mr.. Stolberg had packed
all his property. with orders TO send IL
on board . packet, which was 10 sail on
the following day for Hamburg. A note
10 me, left by himself. informed me that
he had received letters which required
his immediate departure. but that he
would not deprive Mis- Cameron Of her
sesnce. and would meet Ine at her moth
er's house In the evening at the hour
which had been named.
At that time and place I found him.
apparently making himself quite at
home: and presently opening . small
box which be had brought with him he
drew frUm IL the same crystal with
which he had operated upon me.
Seating himself in front Of her ~ she
reclined easily in her Irm chair he COM
menced the mysterious passes with his
crystal watched her closely, and as
he moved It slowly in front Of her I
could perceive that she gradually grew
pale: then her eyeliis droppeSl. and she
was apparently In q sound sleep. Her
mother called 10 her. touched her, and
even used some gentle violence TO awak-
en- her, but without the slightest appar-
ent effect.
Pointing the crystal at her Stolberg
drew silently backward toward the door,
when, to our astOuishment, the sleeping
figure rose, or rather glided after him,
out Of the door, into the hall, down the
stairs, and as he opened the frUnt door
Stolberg called TO Mrs. Cameron, who
stood with me at the head Of the stairs
watching the results Of this wonderful
influence:
"YOu see, madame, she would follow
me anywhere" and, as though tn prove
II, she passed out Of the door, which
Stolberg shut, and, TO my horror. heard
him lock it after him.
flew down the two flights Of stairs
into the basement, my brain turning
mad, It seemed TO me. and reached the
sidewalk by the lower door just in time
10 see carriage turning at full speed
the next cOrner.
Returning 10 Mrs. Cameron | found
her i'm . swOOn. out Of which, As she
awakened 10 ssnsibility, she pAsse,l into
commissions and at midnight was cUrpse.
Meanwhile the police had beeninforined,
messages sent in all directions, but u
Stolberg or his unhappy victim I have
never heard ince.-BuffAlo HewA
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-25
Superficial Judrmsp, Of Men.

In our Judgment Of men we are to BE-
ware Of giving any great Importance TO
occasional acts. By acts Of occasional
generosity weak men sndeayOr TO re-
deem themselves In their own estima-
ton; vain men to sxalt themselves In
that Of mankind. II may be observed
that thefe are no men more worthless
and selfish. in the general tenor Of their
lives, than some who, from time 10 time,
perform feats Of generosity. Sentimental
selfishness will commonly vary its in
dulgences in this way, and yAinglorious
selfishness will break out into acts Of
munifcence. But self government and
self denial are not 10 be relied upon for
any real strength, except in % far as
they are found Ia be exercised In detail.
New York Ledger.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-25
THE WHITE DOVE.

fhs eholr wns fun of ehiidrss
Singing with heart aud word,
with melody almost divine.
Ths praises % the Lord.
Oswset their ringing voices
Went up b the Fathers ear,
And thr01gz % Easter angels
Drew nigh. their soags 70 hear.
But ma 30 listen only;
With heavenly zeal and love,
The angels sing the melodies
OF the great choirs above;
And blendinw with the ehildren.
Their Easter anthems rise.
Until thsrApturOus harrapnies
Roll out beyood the skiss.
30 heaven and esrth were blended,
In those sweet jubilees,
The unheArd voices throbllng
Through the eterniiies,
Yet with the children singing
When lOi far. far above
The listening congregatl0n
There heW . fair whits d0yA
Down on the air Il fnated.
Its wings all silver bright,
Now In the Swallowed chAncel.
Now on It's pillared height.
A some soft breeze from heaven,
II stirred the listening air,
Like whispers after silence,
Like singing after prayer.
OChrist, thou loving Saviour,
Thine emblem was the birdi
As round and rOund u circled.
BY the grand choral stirred,
Each heart sWelled high with worshin.
With Joy and sweet surprise.
And Paradise 10 Earth dreu near.
And Earth 90 Paradise.
Mary A DenisOn In Youth's Cosnpanion.