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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-19
STEAMERS AND EXCURSIONS.

TUN4RD LfSECNEW YORK AND LTVER-
y POOL VIA QUEENSTOWN-From Pier 40.
North river Fast express mail service. Servia,
October "a 1880 NJ; Etrura, October 81, A.
Aurania, November ], A. M; Umbria, November
IA 8 P. M: Seryia November q, 8 A. NJ. Etruria,
November 2s, P. M; Anrania, December ),
7:3O A. NJ; Umbria, December IL, P. NJ
location; second cabin. s35. Steerage tickets
to and from all parts of Europe at very low rates.
For freight and passage apply to the company's
office Bowling Green, New York. Vernon H.
Brown & Co., j. j. MCCORMICK, $50 and 401
Smithield street, Pittsburg. Ocl9-D-
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EDUCATIONAL,
DUOUESNE COLLEGE

Is growing rapidly. Two large literary So
cieties, the Arcadian and the Promethea n
have just been organized. Students enter
with advantage at any time. The same
studies in both day and evening sessions.
Diamond street, opposite Court House, Pitts
burg. Z. NJ. WOOD, d. D. LID,
ocl5-46 President.
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GALE ofland by the United States at Pittsburg.
Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled that the Secretary OF W ar be.
and hereby is authorized and directed 10 sell and
convey to the purchaser or purchasers alitne rghL
parcel ground belonging TO the United
States situate in the city of Pfttsburg, Pa at the
northwest corner of Penn av. and Garrison alley.
in the Fourth ward of said city. fronting 100 feet
on the west side of Penn av. and extending north
wardy along the west line of Garrison alley. pre-
serving the same width. to low water line Of the
Allegheny river. subject, however to such public
easements as exist thereon and thereover. Depot
Quartermaster's Office, Washington. d. c.. Sep
tember 26. 1891 Under the provisions of the above
quoted act of Congress. approved May q. 1890 and
sale at public auction the premises in the city
of Pittsburg, Pa. on Wednesday. the
18th day of October 1891 at II O'Clock A. M. for
cash. the property described in said act, together
with such improvements thereon as belong to the
United States. subject to the conditions set forth
in said Act and subject also to the terms and con-
dtions named in the printed circular of this date
copies of which Will be furnished on application 10
master at Allegheny Arsenal. where also plat Of
the ground can he seen. The right Is reserved TO
reject any or all bids. to accept any bid
or bids subject to the conditions prescribed
of per centum of the purchase money at the time
of written notification of acceDtance of bid; pay
Tnent of the full amount of the purchase money
must he made upon delivery of duly executed deed
erty be resold, without further notice, at the
risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser; the
cost of all conveyancng will be borne by the pur-
chaser: G. B. Dandy, Deputy Quartermaster Gen
eral. U. s. Army.
GECOND AV., corner Elizabeth ST.. Hazelwood.
for business house: owner must sell: bargain.
Baxter, Thompson Co.. 1852 Fourth av.
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B, s. b.

81 25 75c, 45c and 10c. Look up our ad-
vertisement in this paper and read it.
BoGGS & BUHL.
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FOR sALE--BUs1NEss
Business Opportunlties.

ToUNDRY BUs1N Ess-A successful foundry
complete equipment and everything in good con-
dition: business last year 800 000 this Is rare
opening: liberal terms will be given: full partcu-
lars corifidentislly from Jas. W. Drape Co., 3i3
Wocd St., sPittsburg.
CROCERY-First-class city retail grocery estab-
" lshment: business doing of s25. COO per wear:
NAV be readily increased to $50 600; proprietorS
have interests elsewhere demanding their atten-
ton; an excellent opening here for grocer: we
have known the establishment during period OF
vitinR investment. Charles Somers Co., l2S
Fourth av.
MILK ROUTE-Retail milk route on the South
Nl side. Inquire Marsh Installment Co.. 1ell
Carson ST s. s.
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MUST GROW TN GRACE.
Rev, Charles Young Says the Exist
ence of God Can't Be Proven.
LIFE is BUT A SUBURB OF HEAVEN.
Rev. F. z. Farrand Talks of the Wonderful
Goodness of the Creator.
OTHER PULPIT TOPICS OF YESTERDAY

Rev. Charles A. Young, of Ann Arbor,
Mich, was the principal speaker last even
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Business Opportunities.

BUSINESS MANAGER-For corporation manu-
iron and steel speciality with exclusive territory;
must be able to take interest with present owners:
1rc 1usless alreauy "a es1aDished Apply to e., care
1NFESToRS-Wishing to learn about an outside
Il manufacturing enterprise can do SO In strict
confidence by giving real name and stating where
Office.
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&Q 5OO-A reliable man with S3 500 can manage
DC, paying business that will nav him 81, 500 o
year. Address Box LIS, Dispatch Office.
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MEETINGS AND NOTICES.
Meetings.

OFFICE OF THE OLIVER IRON AND STEEL Co.,
PITTsBURG. PA, Oct 3, 1891.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS-THE BOARD
~ of Directors of this company has called specia
meeting of the stockholders to be held at the Office
of the company, corner Tenth and Murfel streets,
Pittsburg, Pa, on the sth day of December, 1891,
at 2:8O O'clock P M, for the purpose of voting fol
or against proposition to increase the capita
stock of the company from g. 800 0O0 to g. 00 Co.,.
oc5-2-M JAMES SMITH, Secretary.
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TO LET.
Hazelwood Residences.

HAZELWOOD-New Queen Anne houses, seven
II rooms, reception hall, bathroom and good eel
nr; one minute from street car; rent, SIS month:
also, new tour-rOOm houses. with hall and vesti-
DnIe city water sewer and good cellar; large lot:
rent slI month. Hornberger & Co., Hszelwood.
Rooms.
FURNISHED RoOM-suitable for one or two
4 gentlemen; both gases. l46 Third av., frs
door above Smithheld 81.
Farms.
'IO LET-Farm at Etna (adjoining Sharpsburg).
= = acres with ordinary farm buildings: fine
Sons SO Fourth av
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Suburban Residences.

HOUSE-Furnished till April 1, 1907 Eight
III roomed brick house; natural gas; large lot:
good water; close to station Panhandle Rail-
road, six miles from city. Particulars from james
W. Drape & Co., 3i3 Wood ST.. PIttsburg.
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Business Properties.

LIRE BRICK woRKs-At New Lisbon, o.. in
Guiding buildings, kilns. machinery. hxtures
works. will be sold cheap to a ready Rurchaser
For terms, etc.. apply to ), Z. Mchelyy, !5S
Fourth av., Fittsburg, Pa.
HOTEL-For rent or sale Hershey HouseJ Lee
II tonia. o.. thfee-story brick building; 46
rooms: location good; the best hotel building in
the citv. For further Information call or address
John Fl. Werner, Canton, o. s
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FOR SALE-BUSINESS.
Business Opportunities.
billiard RoONI-First-cass stand; only room
- in city Of Is. 600 Inhabitants; all new tables.
Address f. b., Dispatch office.
RklCk plant consisting OF grinding pan. engine,
- Do1er, etc. engines. boilers clay ana ore pans,
ana brick yard supplies. Thomas Carlin 5 Sons,
Lacock and Sandusky sts., Allegheny.
(NLOTHlNG STORE for sale in good live town of
~ lo,WO people; doing leading business IN the
place; good reasons for selling. ADDRESS 4. B..
nKUGSTORE-In good location. restaurant, Jew
- - cry STORES, cigar stores grocery sI9res SN
SoOO 10 SO OOJ; milk route. livery stable lumber
yard hsl and oyster market, bakery, shoestore
Holmes Il Co. 40 Smithfeld st.
STEAM LAUNDRY business in the city-good
~ uade' pays 100 per cent on the lnVesemenl;
rare chance s,1 toa prompt buyer. Jas. W. Drape
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Farms.
100 ACRES or 300 acres as desired of excellent
lUU farming land at p +. W. station, in East
ern Ohio: lies nearly level: good orchards, all
kinds Of fruits, two good dwellings, large barn and
Outbuidings; would make great dairy farm;
there are two good veins of coal under 200 acres
opened III several places which can be: shipped;
also clay to feet thick which makes yellow ware,
sewer pipe and fire brick; will sell for half its
worth: terms. one-third cash. Magaw Gof,
Linn, 14o Fourth ay
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Notices,
NOTICE-THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY
IN tender their thanks to the members of Hill Top
Council No. So. Jr. o. U. A. M, s. S. T. V. and
Fidelity Council No. 49, D. of L., Glass Engravers'
Union, Rev. Lorch and friends and relatives who
attended my son. George j. Dietz. during his ill
ness. JACOB DIETZ AND FAMILY. ocl9-29
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Miscellaneous.


DILLIARD TABLES bar fixtures, store coun-
ID ters. drug store fixtures, gas lamps, standing
desks. 90 Diamond street.
CoRDAGETwine, hemp packing. Flocker &
" Co., SO Water st.
GRINDSTONES- all sizes. for all kinds Of
" grinding; Craigleith, New Castle, Nova Scotia
and other grits: iron frames and fixtures for hand
foot or power: mounted stone oil stone, emery
wheels and grinders. VIM. NJ. Kirby, 1853 First
avenue.
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FOR SALE---LOTS

City Lots.
r OTS-Beautifu building lots forfrom 500 to $780,
IL in the Eighteenth ward; long payments; easy
terms. Inquire of Chas. Z. Cornelius, attorney,
4O6 Grant St., Pittsburg.
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TO LET.
City ReSid ences.

ITO LET-s30 per month complete new house of
L seven rooms, modern fixtures, outside laundry:
house Is of fine appearance, well located paved
street in the East End; good surroundings. W. A.
Heron & Sons. I
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ECOND AV., corner Elizabeth ST.. Hazelwood.
lot 25x156 to 2Ofoot alley: best location on street
: business house; owner must sell: bargain.
Xter, Thompson Co.. 1852 Fourth av.
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COOKS for private families, wages 81 to s.: cham
girls young girls, zoo house girls, kitchr. pan
Try ana dining room girls for boarding houses.
irst-elass timers. Mrs. E. Thompson, Gus Grant
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East End Residences.

|
| IIOR SALE-s6, 5OO-New house of fine appear
street improvements made; only Is minutes ride by
the Fifth avenue or Forbes street cars from Wood
sreet; location one of the best in Oakland. (65)
| W. A. Heron & Sons. so Fourth av.
| NORTH HIGHLAND AVA beautiful brick
IN residence, nine rooms, with all modern con-
veniences; price s14 600. A. Goede No. 100 Collins
| av., East End.
pO 75O-Special bargain, new 2-story mansard
aDC, press brick dwelling, rooms. hall, bath
and all conventences; Is minutes from Court
House. Baxter, Thompson & Co., 262 Fourth av. =
Allegheny Residences.
G7 4O0-Small payment down, balance in
dDl, monthly tnstallments rent: new
frame house of five rooms lot 25x100 feet: Tenth
ward. Allegheny City, electric cars; good
neighborhood: nice location. John E. McCrickart,
I40 Fifth av. Tel. 1915.
Suburban Residences.
AN ACRE of ground and good dwelling house.
N with outbuildings, orchard. shade trees
water. ETC.. on the Evergreen plank road, near the
end of East st. extension and adjoining the second
toll gate and Tenth ward. Allegheny, property
formerly of John KountZ, now occupied by Charles
Thompson, to be sold at adjourned public sale on
Thursday afternoon, October p, at O'Clock, on
the premises. Full particulars from Jas. W. Drape
Co., Agents and Auctioneers 313 Wood ST., Pitts
burg.
HOMEWoOD STATION, P. R. R.-House of six
Drape Co., 3l3 Wood ST., Pittsburg.
INGRAM STATION, Pittsburg and St. L. Ry.;
large rooms. reception hall, porches and natural
gas: on Mckee av.. opposite Presbyterian Church:
will be sold very low on long time. Inquire the
premises; neighborhood unexceptional.
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Allegheny Residences.

TTU LET-Small houses in Allegheny No 1CO
l. Taggart ST., on line of Pleasant Valley cars, 3
fine large rooms, SI4; also No. Is Terrace ST.. 5
rooms, S17: both have modern fixtures: send for
list. w. A. Heron 4 Sons go Fourth ave
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ESTATEOF WILLIAM GLADDEN., DECEASED
u Notice is hereby given that letters of admin
1stration on the estate of William GLADDEN. have been
granted TO the undersigned, to whom all persons
indebted to said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment, and those having claims against
the same should make them known without delay.
FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST CO.,
Ans. Administrator C. t. a.
JAMES GRIER, Attorney, se20-67-M
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GOLORED man servant, ten farm hands, team.
" sters hotel cooks, dishwashers, chambermaids.
Germans ana Swedes, four colored, child's nurse,
two half grown girls. Meehans Agency 5i5 Grant
ST.; telephone so,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-17

should come upon such enchanting valleys
as were revealed to our astOnisEed gaze later
Oh in the interior of the island. Immense
ryerhauEing rocks Of basalt rise ike pre-
CipIt0us ramparts a thousand feet from out
Of the sea; not trace of vegetation IS ylSl-
lie anywhere; all is dead and barren
like a landscape in the moon. CIefts
and chasms are filed with petrifed
lava, which IS slowly decaying, and
some day will form a fertile soil for
vegetation TO set foot in. Batteries and
classmates have been blasted into the rock
ana the mouths of the cannons that look
Overwhelmingly from out Of their merlOns are
the only indication that the island is iu-
Labited. The surf, which the winds from
the north throw up so high, that sometimes
for days a landing cannot be effected, was
mild on the day Of which | am writing. and
we had no difficulty in reaching the stone
steps. 4 whole troop Of small boys CT
every imaginable color met US and escorted
us on our way to the city amidst loud
hurr MS. The road is blasted right out Of
the rock and leads along the shore for the
space of a half mile or more. We passed
several gates and Notifications, occupied
with hOwitZers and other heavy steel
cannons. These gates are not opened until
O'clock in the morning and are closed at
at night, and during the interim all counec-
ton with the outlying ships is severed.
We had passed the last gate and reached
a small square, the only one Of which the
CITY boasts. It is bOrdered by the church.
the Government building the POstOffiee and
several fair-sized dweIiBg-holseS. Here
we we're greeted by the sight Of the first
trees, whose leaves were of the color of
the lava dust with which the ground is COW
cred. They were a kind of eucalyptus, and
looked very singular with their roots, four
or FIVE feet above the ground. uniting into
the trunk
The Governors residence is surrounded
by a handsome garden. which is always
open to visitors. In it we found several
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-17
THE LONDON SLUMS.

If ANY Member of the Family Is to Be
Stinted 1t Is the Mother.
The member Of the family who, If any
one, has to be stinted. is the mother. have
very rarely indeed known a sick child to
want for anything within her means even
if she have to 90 without necessaries for
herself. After he long illness OF a men,
Der OF poor household, says a writer in the
Nineteenth Century, it is common thing
for The mother TO break down from Scanty
feeding and anxious watching. One Mon
day morning, In the depth of the late terri
bic winter, thin, poorly clad little woman
came through a snOw-st0Tm 10 an East End
wOTkh0use to ask for food for her children.
Her husband was lying III in the irirmary
charing and doing odd jobs. The woman
had been an Out-patieut at the hospital her
self for debility, and was taking tonic medi-
cine al the time The relieving officer was
kind, and at once assisted the family with
food. Ten minutes after the applicant had
left the relief Offices | was fetched in haste
to see the poor woman, who had just
reached home with the badly-needed food.
She had placed the bread and meat on the
table and had fallen dead on the bed Twas
surprised 10 see five chubby, well-fed chill
dren standing by the bed on which lay their
dead mother The story was n common
one: the food had all gone to the little ones;
the mother bad sacrificed her life to save
theirs We are all familiar enough with
such things in East London.
am not oVer-anXOus to defend the berry
and self-indulgent pauper male parent. He
is too often careless enough of his family;
but Of the mother | can, on the whole, say
nothing but good. "a mother" says Cole
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IS not dispelled until one gets quite near,
Great blocks of rock hung suspended above
our heads and looked as if they would like to
mangie us beneath their weight. But there
they have hung for many decades and I'M
less some earthquake disturbs their perilous
position they are likely to remain where
they are for centuries to come.
The higher We climbed, mounted on good,
Sate-foOted horses, the more nature changed.
Cactus and aloe disappeared. giving way to
little patches of friendly green or pretty,
shady groves composed of fOreign-lOoking
trees, interSperSed with large flowers of
manifold color that grew upon branch and
ground alike. Little birds with bright red
beaks, beautiful green eanaries and other
winged creatures warbied through the air
and hoped from twig to twg and shrub TO
shrub. The road was lined by small cabins
inhabited by negroes, misery's mOnOtOny
beng relieved here and there by large, hand
some summer residences belonging to the
wealthy Europeans. We passed through
many stanch, formidable gateway on our
way TO the summit The hedges that sepa-
rated the various individual estates from
each other were all of cactus plants, aloes
ana agayes with tall stalks, such as we are
won't to see but rarely in our greenhouses.
Suddenly the peaceful valley retreated
and we entered a TaVine of desolate rugged
ness and steTility, nothing but bald and bar
rem rocks covered with thOrny cactus leaves
ana sparse blades OF grass, scared to a crisp
by the southern sun.
We had been on the way for more than
two hours when we came to a tavern called
Rose and Crown" Ii was presided over
by Mr.. Tenn, a small corpulent negro of
darkest shade, who had lived here for more
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-17
1T CAME PRETTY HIGH.

A Stove Cost Carter Harrison Sixteen
Thousand Dollars.
people talk about Carter Harrison" re-
marked Gurdon S. Hubbard Jr., widely
known real estate man, to Caicago Post
reporter, land some folks even hint that he
is close to the point of avarice. There never
was more mistaken opinion. Mr.. Harri-
son is sometimes so liberal as to be extrava-
CANT. You don't believe it! Then you have
evidently never heard the story of his pur-
chase of a stove for his Office at total cost
of $4,000. mol I'll tell it to you.
''SOme twenty-five or thirty years ago
Mr. Harrison owned eighty acres of laud
which is now on the line of the Burlington
railway. between Chicago and Riverside. l
saw that the property was bound to increase
in value and so | made up my mind TO offer
Mr.. Harrison $500 an acre for it. l found
him in his Office seated on rlckety old sofa
beside dilapidated desk and warming him.
self before the fire contained in a dlsrep-
Well, j made my offer and he promptly re-
jected it. He said ne wanted $3.50. / saw
that he meant what he said and the CONVEX
sation soon drifted to other topics. Pres
emily | remarked the ancient and hardly
creditable appearance of the stove.
"'Yes,' Carter said, it is pretty tough,
but 1t holds the coal, and that's all that's
necessary.
"'You ought to be ashamed of yourself,
I returned. I'll tell you what I'll do. III
just go out ana buy you stove as pres
ent.'
"'You will?' he eagerly asked. Honest?
Well, then, if you do that I'll tell you what
I'll 40. IN let you have those eighty acres
at 5000
so l went out and bought stove and
had it put up in Carter's Office. The whole
thing cost me $14 15 AS soon as the fire
was burning brightly in it l demanded the
deed to the land, paid the money and walked
out of the Office the absolute owner of those
eighty acres
"Within twelyemOnth was offered $500
an acre for the land and refused it.
The next time saw Carter after this offer
had been made | told him about it.
"'The - you sayP he exclaimed. Come
UP to my Office
I'VE went. Carter took down his books
and in my presence made the entry:
"'Fo one Office stove-S16,000.'
''And he carried it right through his books,
too. Aiterward l sold the land for 500, 900. :
Chicago Post.
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can generally be conquered in three or tour
days. During this interval person turn,
ing over new leaf" feels quite weak ana
dispirited; but he braces up with surprising
rapidity and soon wonders that he ever mace
glutton of himself. He who diets should
make up his mind before he sits down to the
table just how much he will eat and on the
instant that he has finished his ratlons ne
should leave the dining-room. lie VINO
hesItateS is lost"
If the corpuent subject took no more 1000
than he ought, he might eat almost any
thing. At the same time he would do better
to deny himself sweets and starchy toods'
cakes, pies, pastry and the like. The guam
THY of bread should be restricted; one or
two slices of dry toast is quite sufficient LOT
meal Potatoes are very fattenng. ana.
therefore, had best be excluded from the
diet. If milk is used the quantity should De
small. As for meats, those which are lean
should be preferred. Soups, for some oo-
vlous reasons, are Objectionable.
Briefly summarizing: To open the sew
erage system of the body and expel the
waste matters which have accumulated IS
OF the nrst importance in the treatment OF
corpnlence. hot water and exercise VIII
largely do this. That the overworked d.
gestive organs may be relieved the quantity
OF food should be the smallest possible con-
sistent with strength. Foods which bur-
den digestion or favor the production OF lat
should be excluded from the diet. Every
corpUIent person who observes these simple
rules will soon find himself growing lighter
In weight and his general health improving,
physical as we'll as mental. His gain VIII
correspond 10 the degree of faithfuness with
which he adheres to this regimen. And once
he is back TO near the standard Of weight
ne VIII need no urging to ever afteTWard
obStruct threatening cOTpulency