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what used to run hereabouts before the
war" began the old man, putting away at
his corncob pipe.
"Wasn't that atore tn New York people
got hold O. the worksf" asked Patsey Rob
inson, one Of the loggers
Law yes. Ole Daddy Live run II fer
years after that an took o good site o metal
from these mountings to Pittsburg, too.
But was goin' to tell ye about the Oolter
boys. Bill Golfer, the father O. these boys.
moved up yer wen he was a young man,
thet must a. been suthin like 80 years ago
He we're good stout feller an a fine hand
about furnace, but he had th' wust temper
Of any man 1 ever knoW'd. He hadn't beer
rorkin' at the furnace six months afore be
OF into q furs with some chaps from DRY
'oKk n shot one dead. The Sheriff O. th'
,ounty hunted him from time 10 time. but
Bill Golfer were q game. man an at last
they gave him up m Bill come back to
work.
Didn't Bother Els Secret still
eth first know'd O. Bill was after he
he'd married a. aunt O. Hank Nelson's.
Bill's two boys were then young chaps, say
bout IL N 10 years old. Tn ole man
we're 3 desperate feller, m wen he quit
vorkin' ore m started moonshine still tn
rheri6s he'd all suthin' else to do than look
sfter Bill ColterI the yfvenue officers were
Inst like th' sherifs. Bill wss livin' then
sbept TIVE mile this side O. where Bsekville
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ae loggers were steering TO the Mononga-
.iela river. jump into the dark, turpid waters
of the Cheat and swim 10 shore as best 1
could to save myself from an awful fate in
the jaws Of the Devils Den.
On one of the April rises, several wears
ago, old Ben Hickman, a man known as q
rafting pilot from Blaokwater to Pittsburg,
engaged my services to assist him in taking
q raft Of Euling Brothers logs from above
Eingwood 10 Point Marion, little town on
e banks of the Monongahela at the mouth
the Cheat. We had good stage of water
d passed Big Sandy, the DEVILS Den
Il White Oak Rife in safety.
Did you ever hear o. tn Golfer boys?''
sed Uncle Ben addressing me. replied
the negative.
"Wall, wait'l we get back to Ices Ferry,
ter landing these yer logs m I'll tell yer
Uthin' about that Devils Den as III make
yer sorter cautious wen We pass it"
Story of the Old Lumberman.
1t was nearly supper time before we had
lied up our raft at Point Marion and re-
armed to the ferry. After we had partsken
# our meal, consisting of bacon, biscuits
and coffee, the boys gathered around the old
sycamore tree just above Daddy Ives saw
mill and built large campfire preparatory
to old Ben's story.
You fellers are all too young to remem-
bar much about the old Laurel Iron Works
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

every direction from the city. say for dis
tancs Of six miles from the limits, the town.
ships lying beyond would be forced to
"mend their ways also or retire per-
manently from the Pittsburg market, as the
near-lying districts could compete with
the South in the growing of vegetables,
either early or late, II they had good roads
on which one horse could bring more to
market than two can now, and at all seasons
Of the year.
Composition in Early Vegetables.
Some Neville Island people are even now
making money raising vegeta bles under
glass and competing with the sub-tropic
growers, notwithstanding that 1t is as diff
cult to get Neville Island product to this
market as it Is to get the same kind of stuff
from localities 30 miles away, lying close to
railroads. At almost any point of
the compass within this county, there
are small gas wells that are wasting their
wealth in the air. being too light pressure
for piping, and these wells would supply
fuel at the small cost of piping few rods to
heat hundreds Of large hot houses, and
where now there are less than 10 acres of
such there might be hundreds. With good
roads this business might be extended to
the Eastern cities, as there the cost of fuel
is the principal item Of expenditure, and
the winter months by the poorest people in
this city. instead Of Q, ting 10 cents mouth
ful. as at present.
As Mr.. Patterson points out, this method
Of road making is not only feasible and
cheap but will work injury to no one, for it is
scarcely necessary to state that the filling Of
the river channel must stop soon or very
grave consequences will ensue.
The Coraopolis Idea.
A number of lawyers of repute join in
saying that the arbitrary method of i'm
proving highways adopted by the Cora
opolis Council will not stand the test of
enforcement. In the first place the ordi-
nance not only discriminates against class,
but further there is no improvement
in the way of paving as q recompense. Pro-
duty, pay other taxes in common with the
rest of the population, and if they pay
vehicle license in addition, there must be
given in the nature of q qRid pro
quo. In cities the vehicle license tax is
assessed on all owners of vehicles, and is
founded on some sort of reason, as those who
use costly paved streets should in Justice
pay more for maintenance than those who
do not and consequently receive less benefit
from them.
In this country government is supposed
to rest in the assent OF the governed, and
the Supreme Court has so often decided
that city methods for the making and repair
of highways will not answer in rural dis |,
tricts without that assent, that it is not |
likely now to reverse itself. In Ohio, coun-
try roads are made equal to pavements by |
the abutters paying large share Of the cost. |
The next nearest a less share and so on back !
until the farmer at distance gets off with |
nominal assessment, but this is an agree
uent among themselves.
The Objections That Are Raised.
Our Supreme Court sat down upon q |
proposition to make a grand road between |
his city and Little Washington on the
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Ohio plan because some sbutters objected,
and as the average Pennsylvanis farmer
isn't built on the same plan as his Ohio
brother it isn't likely that anything Of note
will be accomplished by unanimous con-
sent. Why, some years ago a wealthy
farmer Of Stowe township objected to the
improvement running past his property on
the ground that ifit were made the Assessors
would increase his taxes.
According to the Coraopolis ordinance
resident OF Moon or Robinson township
or any other place coming into the borough
to haul even for day must take out q
vehicle license or pay 20 cents a trip.
These peculiarities, added to tha statement
in section /. article 9, of the State Constitu-
tion, TALL taxes shall be uniform upon the
same GLASS of subjects within the terri.
torial limits of the authority leyying the
tax, and shall be levied and collected under
general laws" etc., impress lawyers with
an idea that not much revenue will be de-
rived from the license.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
ROADBEDS OF STAG.
A Kew Suggestion fer the Improve
ment Of Country Highways,
MANUFACTURERS GLAD TO HELP.
Material Could Be Hauled BY Farmers On
Their Return Trips.
EFFECT on THE VEGETABLE SUPPLY

A. the Legislature does not promise to
accomplish great dealin the way Of making
road law that will accomplish what all
agree should be accomplished, and that
speedily, suggestions are in order and are
acceptable from all quarters, provided they
are grounded on good sense.
Attorney T. B. Patterson comes to the
fore with one that is eminently practicable,
and that is to make the manufacturers
furnish the material for road making, and
now when the United States Government is
after them and other people is good time
to strike, as the iron is comparatively
hot The rivers are being continually
encroached upon and ere many years will
become SO choked that at food time skiffs
will be used to ferry people over Smithfeld
street, as they have already been used be-
tween Penn avenue and the approaches to
the bridges on the Allegheny. The idea is
that if all filling out into the rivers is
stopped manufacturers will be glad to get
rid Of their Stag, and instead Of piling it
into the river to make lots worth 500, 900 an
acre to them, and at the expense of all other
interests, they will allow it to be hauled out
and put upon the country roads, and in a
short time they could be made solid enough
even to stand the oil supply teamsters'
traffic.
Go Home With Empty Wagons.
Suppose, for instance, that road Is
drained and thrown up into the
requisite shape for drainage, and supervisors
were to sllow each farmer moderate price
for each yard of Stag he hauls, the farmer
could work cheaply and proftably to all
Long caravans of market farm
ers come to the city almost every day In the
week the year around. A few Of them haul
back with them, but the majority
go home without load. These could afford
to haul for less than half price, for they
would be constantly improving the road,
which is material question with them
especially. Were the manufacturers un-
able to appropriate the river channel they
would be glad to get rid of their Stag,
10 it would be policy to uphold UNCLE Sans
lrms during his fight with the Amalekites.
In many instances the wagon haul could be
Ihortened by shipment on railroads and un-
oading at the most convenient points, and
n few years Allegheny county might
,oast Of the best roads in the State and at |
mall xpense.
If the highways were made good in
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solid block of limestone for 60 or 20 feet.
Several miles above the Beaver Hole, close
to where Little Sandy creek empties into the
Cheat, is an immense wall of stone which
has been undermined by the swift water
thrown by the bend in the river with terrific
force against the plane of the rock. The
water at this point is whirled for 10 or 20
feet under the base of the cliff, and, striking
q mass of projecting limestone Immediately
below, is sent back again under the over
hanging rock, forming a large whirlpool.
Timbermen have long since christeued this
dangerous suckhole as ''Devil's Den."
A Scene of Many Disasters
Many stick of timber which has stood
the rough trip from the Blackwater region.
$50 miles above. has been torn to splinters
in the Devils Den and cast as driftwood on
the shores below. Often have / been COM
palled to leap from the raft of timber, which
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
A Trip to Europe

A splendid opportunity for two ladies to
join party of ten very respectable ladies
for four months tour to the most interest
ing places of Europe. Will be conducted
by Mrs. DR.. Slusser, who has conducted
parties before in European tours with great
success, and with much saving in expense.
This party will sail on June a All infor-
nation will be given by Messrs. Mellor. 8
Hoene, " Fifth avenue, Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

tn two wen he got mad. They he'd always
pulled together an 'ud fight fer one another
right along until one day they fell ont
about Sue Nelson. Sue was ther cousin n
lived across tn river at the head O. Bull
run.
two wear, wen Zeke found out thet he liked
her too. Wall, it was nip m tuck with
them boys who'd get. tn gal. Zeke offered
t. toss up fer her, but Levi wouldn't agree.
guess tn gal liked 'em both about equal
an was wilIin' to let 'em settle it twixt
therselves.
"One day, wen they both were at Sues
house, Sue said az how she was goin' to
Morgantown T. get some ksliker n stuff.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
Free This Month.

Large crsyon portrait with every dozen
cabinets. LIES GALLERY,
TTsu 10 and IL Sixth street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

sALooNKEEPERs know by experience
that the majority of people prefer the de.
Iicious beer made by the Iron City Brewery.
Phone 11S6.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

A spsoiae for the Cough Following La
Grippe.
Many persons who have recovered from
the inf uenza are now troubled with a per-
sistent coukh. Mrs. A. j. Allen, wife of
the editor Of the Scott county, Ia, Blade,
says Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is q spe-
cifo for the cough which usually follows an
attack of la grippe. For sale by druggists.
WSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

HOUSEHOLD goods packed and shipped
HAUGH 81 KEENAN,, 1894 Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

LUcERNE AwNINas-At Mamaux q
Sons, $50 Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
IN NEED OF GLOTH|NGI

Will find of spring suits complete
beauty charms their quality satisfies and their prices please
onabe find patterns and styles their liking
with in saying that the amount of
with getting suit made order longer Business
buy them for their substantial and wearing qualities Though
by the slightly the business
also for sterling quality and suits fail it
feona lovers of the
tern and of the fine quality and finish We suit them
Our line of Light Colored Suits equaled
variety in the showing of Not
to limit materially field of choice for showing many
materials and styles not to be found outside Of stock
Prices on these begin at IS and run up to $Is
Our stock of Black Chevios large both sacks and
euaways and in qualities of this popular material IS
to S15.
To tell what have in Casmeres Chevios, Thibets
Corkscrew Fann Seges and Fancy Mixtures would fill page
and your interest would flag before through.
We've but SKINNED the surface of this good
come and dive into for yourselves and what
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
WRITTEN rol THE D1aPLrcn.I

FTER leaving Al
brights Vile, sh e
Cheat river breaks
through some of the
highest peaks of the
Chestnut ridge, a
spur of the ALE
ghenies, and forces
its way into a deep
ravine, walled on
both sides for about
20 miles with per-
pendicular lime
stone cliffs. In
places these cliffs
rise straight up
from the water a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

SIcILIAN AwNINGs-At Mamsux b
Sons, $50 Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
Stylish Suitings.

The largest stock suitings and trousering
at Piteairn's, 434 Wood street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

LooHINvAR AwNINas-At Namaux q
Sons, $50 Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

Carpetsi Carpetsi
Don't fail to carefully read our locals to.
day. j. II. KUNKEL 3 BRO.
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HANOVER .AwNINGs-At Nanaux b
Sons, 639 Penn avenue.
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Truth-telling advertisements
the propelling power of our
colossal business. We offer
for sale only reliable makes
of merchandise, with a guar
antee Of the lowest prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
1luo&uyaar.

Our large and elegant display comprises all that
is new rich and novel. No gentleman, no matter
how particular. can fail to be suited in such
stock.
ELEGANT LINE OF RING sCARFs
AT "a CENTS.
A line of Tecks and Fourth Hands In a fine qua-
ty of Swivel Silk at 48 cents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
FAMOUS SCOOP
ENABLES US TO

show you quite a respectable
suit at 81, while between S. and
81 we are now placing within
your reach suits which ought to
sell for from So to Sra
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
LOVE AID REVENGE.
Tale Of Two Brothers, Rivals to the
Hand of a Mountain Belle.
The TRAGEDY OF A WHIRLPOOL.
A Cheat River Rapid That Has Had Its
Quota of Accidents.
H00NSHINERS OF WEST VIRGINIA
TIE TRAGEDY OF A WHIRLPOOL.

kO0NSHINERS OF WEST VIRGINIA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
PTTsBURa DISPATCH AND oUskYs SUNDAY, MAY 1891

It's a waste of time to look
elsewhere. We want your
trade, and have made prices
that must crowd our store all
this week and bring you back
again for more later on.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
A

Specially
important
branch Of
our grow
ing bust
ness.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-05
The Bright Side.

Looking at the brighter side Of lie
and of character is one Of the ways Of
keeping our relations to others right
and wholesome. Social intercourse y
based on the requirement that we shall
turn our pleasanter sides to each other.
But this becomes an insincerity in ~
when It is not in harmony with the
tenor Of our lives. Those who have
never taken any pains to see good n
their neighbors, or to think good
Of them, are not likely to be able to Say
much that is pleasant to them, or, IN
deed, to take any genuine interest II
their welfare. Cynicism is thus tho
parent Of countless insincerities, whers
it does not, as was the chse with Sam
uel Rodgers, the poet, find its natural
expression In unsocial acerbitics. n
loving estimate Of our fellow-men q
not only the surest way to the truth n
knowing them, but the best help y
avoid insincerity in dealing with them.
IS. s. Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-05
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
BEING 4 MAN.


Before boy has doffed his. kilt
He wants a sword with flashing hit,
he must manage a train, though it be Of
chairs,
He must beat . drum, he must hunt Tor
bears,
In TACT, his highest ambition and plan
HIS dearest wish is to be man.
but many boy is unmanly to. day.
because there are so many offs" In the way
He scorns this "if' and he frowns at that,
He shirks his lesson to WELD q bat;
And SO he VIII go, as best he can,
From youth to old age without being man
On, there are SO many offs" In the road
That leads to manhOod's highest abode!
Kindness, purity, courage and truth,
stumbling. blocks these to many a youth:
For he who will not make these his own
Can never reach manhood's glorious throne.
So who would be manly should keep in
mind
He must ever be gentle, and brave, and
kind.
Obedient always to Rights fair laws,
A brother to every noble cause;
Thus shall he serve Gods cherished plan,
And come to the stature Of a man.
Emma c. Dowd, in Harper's Young PEG.
pie
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-05
GYP'S PREDICAMENT.
How an Inquisitive Little Dog Was
Caught In a Boot.

How an Inquisitive Little Dog Was
Caught In a Boot.
Shall tell you story about Gyp
Jones?
He was little fat dog that just loved
to pry into all bags, holes, baskets and
pockets. He pretended he was in search
of rats: but that was not SO. He was
in search of cakes and crackers and
candies: all these things Gyp loved as
well as his little mistress Maud did. He
and Maud had eaten many cakes and
candies together.
Well, one day Gyp was all alone in
the house, excepting that he had the
company of Growler, the mastiff, and
he thought it would be good time to
go around and smell of all the bags and
baskets and pockets in the closets.
Now Maud and her papa and mamma
had gone away in hurry to catch the
excursion train; and they had left many
doors open, and so, as Gyp thought, it
really was good time to see what
there was in the house that he would
like to eat.
He first went into the pantry, but all
the cupboard doors were shut. and the
borrowers were on even and tight. So
he skipped up the stairs, and Growler
came behind slowly. 1t was a good
thing for Gyp that Growler did follow,
as you will see.
For what did Gyp do in the very first
closet they entered? He pol1ed his nose
into his masters tau stiff boot, and
then his head and then his body. What
he expected to find do not know. Blu,
crawl in there he did, and when he
found there was nothing good to eat in
the boot he tried to draw back, but hi
could not do it!
Well, how do you suppose he got out:
Why, Growler just took hold of the
little rogue with his teeth and shool
him out-Sophie Scissors, in Little Mer
and Women.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-05


A professor Of rhetoric after dilattng
fully upon the synecdoche rs figure in
which things are associated by us, as
part to whole or whole 70 part, read
the following example:
1.-THE sanctity Of the lawn should be
Kept unsullied.
''Miss Jones will recast the sentence,
using plain language" said the profess
sor.
Miss Jones, who had not been paying
interested attention, and whose thoughts
did not suggest to her the robe OF .
bishop as the sentence was read. re-
piled.
Observation-Disclosures" (here
bright idea dawned upon her) 1T means
Keep off the grass. '"-Lillian Mayne.
In Wide Awake.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-05
STANDING FOR HIS RIGHTS.

How Jerry Taught His Young Master That
Kindness Is the Best Policy.
There were SO many pretty presents
piled around Fred's breakfast-plate the
morning of his birthday that he said he
felt good all over"
He thought there was little left that
boy could wish for.
But as the meal ended, some one
called: Erred! Frelp'
"That's Uncle George!" he cried. and
rushed away to join him.
Sure enough, there was Uncle George,
at the front door, holding by the bride
white goat hitched to a jaunty little
wagon. Everything about it was COM
plete Even the whip in its leather
socket looked saucy and gay with .
red-ribbon bow.
Fred shouted with delight.
Hes named jerry" said Uncle
George, patting the goat. "He has a
very pleasant temper when kindly
treated, but if you are cross to him,
you'll find Jerry ready to stand for his
rights"
While Fred proudly held the reins
and Jerry trotted along, all the little
fellows looked with admiration, for not
another boy owned goat.
DAY after day, Fred drove mile or
two, often taking his chum Willie with
him. The boys and Jerry seemed on
the best of terms.
But there came a time when Tom
Hills father gave him a Shetland pony
and cart. Tom and Fred were not very
good friends; SO when Tom drove
rapidly past, calling out, Come on.
Snail" Fred lost his temper.
Jerry did the very best he could, but
not being able to trot as fast as the
pony, Tom kept ahead.
As Tom still shouted back 'Snail!
Snailr' Fred grew still more angry, and
jerked hastily with the reins. Jerry
was SO astonished at this injustice that
he stood stock-still. Then Fred cut
the whip sharply about his head, and
Jerry reared and backed until the
wagon was tilted over, and Fred split
in ditch of muddy water.
When Jerry trotted home with the
empty wagon, Uncle George FASTENED
out to see what was the matter. He
was inclined to laugh at the forlorr
figure Fred made with the mud sticking
all over him. But when he saw how
sorry and ashamed the boy was, hi
shook his hand encouragingly, saying
''We all do wrong sometimes. Nov
make friends again with Jerry"
Jerry ate the apple Fred offered, rub
bing against him for thanks, thus show
ing that while determined to stand TO
his rights he was still forgiving ant
affectionate goat.-C. &C. Nottingham
in Our Little Ones.r