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Roofing a Speciality.
HAD the Desired Eject! II.

taO the DESIRED EMecB1 H.
MAEYILLE, R. l.. March D. 1891.
l, the undersigned, suffered fsem epilepsy for
years, had no appetite and could do no work
whatever consulted a number Of doctors, but
all said there WAS no remedy for my disease
then took Pastor Koenigs Nerve Tonic and
am now in perfect health and work all the time
Thousand thanks to your remedy.
PHILIP MONGEON.
50 PROSPECT ST., NEWARK. N. j.. March 9, 1891.
got some OF Pastor KOelIig Nerve Tonic
for nervousness ana aieeplsssueRs and it
helped me; the first time / took It l had the
best sleep had had for several months.
also know friends OF mine who used It and say
IL is tGe best nerve tonic they ever used.
write this that some sufferer inHy uso your
T:2cine Gnd be helped by it.
MRS. J. MURPHY
EnEE-A. Valuable Book on Nervous
1iseases sent free 70 any address,
and poor patients can also obtain
This remedy has been prepared by the Reverend
Pastor KOenig, Of Fort Wayne, Ind, since 1878 and
isnoW prepared under his direction by the
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Wilmington I Baltimore SailIaaj
DELAWARE DIVISION.

On and after July 18th 1891 trains willleave as
follows
SDITTIIWARD SouTr,,,
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cAuRch SEP Wees.

Wednesday Afternoon, Aug. 10, 1891
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CastOria cures Cole, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhosa. ETuctation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d.
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
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well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior TO any prescription
known 70 me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, n. Y.
sThe use Of 'Castoria IS so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems q work
OF supererogation 70 endorse Il. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARrxN, d. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
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" For several years / have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue 20
do 50 as IL has invariably produced beneficial
resuifs."
EDWTE y. PABpER. IL. d.,
"The WlnthE0p, 18Th Street and tn Ave,
New York City.
coAPAEx, y MURRAY s4anE4. NEW YORK.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

The production of new metal by the
successful discovery of a process for ANAL
gamating copper, tin, iron and possibly
some other metallic substances, as re-
ported in our local columns, has i'm
mense possibilities. The discovery, as
reported, lies in the process by which
these metals are brought into homogeneity
and the extraordinary qualities of the
metal thus produced, which has been
named by its inventor manganese
bronze"
A metal possessing the extraordinary
qualities demonstrated by the tests de-
scribed elsewhere, with such an ability to
resist oOrrosion and strength heretofore
unattained by bronzes, has wide field be-
fore it. 1t is not necessary to designate
the limits of that field, which are as yet
unknown; but it is evident that it can be
made the product of large and constantly
expanding industry. 1t is the good fortune
of Pittsburg that it should be made the
location Of such discovery. Our manu-
facturers should be prompt in securing for
the city the full benefits of its utilization.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
THE PEOPLES PARTY PROGRAM.

The outline of the purposes of the Peo-
ple's party with reference to the politics
of the immediate future, given in our
Washington special, is an interesting one.
1t is in effect that the third party does not
expect to rally force enough to carry any
thing itself; but that its expectations are
to hold the balance of power, and, by turn
ing things upside down generally, bring
the old parties to their terms.
The idea is favorlte one with new
parties, organized to urge certain
specified causes, which are not certain
enough of their future to expect to ever
reach the position of majority party. 1t
seems on the surface practicable, as stated
in our special; and it often has had the
temporary result of muddling election re-
suits in fearful and wonderful way. But
as to attaining any permanent effects, the
fact is that such method has rarely sue
ceeded. The anti-slavery agitation tried
that method for nearly decade; but 1t
proved futile. The same result has been
largely recorded of similar efforts in the
prohibition line.
The reason for this result may be dis
CONtloa OuC 1dCb tIidI IL LCdlly
no higher idea of political ethics than that
which prevails among the professional
politicians of the old parties. 1t looks for
ward 70 an ultimate trading of principles
for votes on both sides; and while the pol
itieians may be ready for such commerce
it does not follow that the trade can be
made. Let US suppose for instance that
the Peoples party in Georgia should say
to the Republican leaders: "If you will
support the sub-treasury scheme, we
will turn the entire Peoples party into
the Republican ranks" 1t is quite posi-
BILE that the leaders on both sides might
be quite willing to make such trade; but
when it came to delivering the goods it
would be very likely to appear that the
Republican leaders could not make good
the sub-treasury scheme, and that the rank
and file of the Alliance people would de-
cline to be converted to Republicanism.
No, if the Peoples party ever effects
anything it will have to do so, standing on
its own bottom, and advocating its own
principles. With its wild mass of i'm
practioabilities it is certain to be short
lived but if it could discard that
burden and tie itself down to the ad-
vocacy of one or two sound reforms
it might become permanent and import
ant factor in our political history.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

finally, if bond-holders, shippers and Wall
street lambs are all fieeced, there are the
gains of letting the Union Pacific property
go TO wreck to the magnification and en-
hancement of his other parallel lines
No, dear eotemporarfes. The great
capitalist who won early fame by surrend-
ering of an alleged S9, ,0eo,OOo of securities
distracted from the Erie Railway. and
the making of more than the vatiie Of the
securities by stock operation on the
strength of his own confession Of theft, is
not to be cast down by little thing like
the refusal of the wary public to buy his
stocks. So long as he has the Union Pa
cifc property to work according to his
favorite methods he will manage to keep
the wolf from the door, and lay by little
something as provision for his'old age.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
PREPARED FOR THEIR FETE.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Southsid'
Hospital and Its Work.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Southside
Hospital and Its Work.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Southside
Hospital will hold lawn fete at the resi-
dence of Mr.. J. D. McBryce, Mt. oliver, to-
morrow. Great preparations have been
made, and the ladies are confident that the
entertainment will be one of the most en-
joyable that has ever taken place in Pitts
burg. Among other features win be ''fish-
pond" ," from which the children will angle
for toys. Then there will be O series of tab
leaux by children, under the superintend-
ence of Mrs. Bryce. Altogether, it is ex-
pected that there will be enough novelties
to make this notable occasion. The grounds
will be tastefully decorated with colored
lanterns, flags, etc., and the tables will be
handsomely draped and arranged The
tables will be in charge Of ladies, as fol-
lows:
Fruit (red)-Mesdames Brewster, Cotton,
w. d. Sharp. George Sharp. DR.. Thomas, G.
Bryce, P. F. Smith, John Alldred, and Misses
NJ. J. Alldred.
Lemonade (yellow)-Mesdames G. B.
Frank, Ella Sheets, and Misses J. Sellers, J.
Adams, Mollie McGarey, b. Dalzell and
Comtesse.
Flowers (blue)-Mesdames Hamilton, J. E.
Kurtz, 1hmsen, Schwann, Reinecke and Arm
holt, and Misses Gribben, NJ. Davis, Oln-
hausen, NJ. E. Han, K. Coleman, Winkel and
Chesley.
Ice cream (white) )-Mesdames DIR. Duff.
Harper, Riddle, H: G. Gearing and R. NJ.
Jones, and Misses Wallace Caldwell, NJ. Nc
Roberts and NJ. Upperman.
Cake lavender)-Mesdames Pfeil Cready,
W. S: Jones. Netter, Scott, Beech, G.. Gear
ring, Vaux, II. w. Tander, w. X. Young, G.
W. Cook, Galbreath and Miss j. Gibbs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
NOT REPUBLICAN,

Nj Nat Mckay, whose previous fame
was that of prosecuting an antiquated and
highly inflated war claim against the Gov
ernment, has made another successful
effort to bring himself into public notice
Upon the formal installation of Collector
Fassett, in the New York Custom House,
Mr. Mckay presented him with cutlass
of the San Domingo variety and urged in
the note of presentation: Use daily,
morning. noon and night, until every Dem
ocratic head is severed" Having got this
presentation duly noticed in all the New
York papers Mr. Mckay is correspondingly
happy.
From what is reported of political meth
ods on the island of San Domingo a
weapon from that tropical latitude is ex-
ceedingiy appropriate for use in further
ance of that semi-civilized sort of politics
whose beginning and ending consists in
cutting off heads. But it is plain that in
sending this gift to the new Collector, Mr..
Mckay proclaimed himself to be not Re-
publican, Just as the Collector and the ad-
ministration will prove not to be true Re-
publicans if that amiable policy is in any
measure carried out.
The test of true Republicanism is fidel-
ity to the principles Of the Republican
party. The principle has been thrice an
nouneed by the highest authority-the
National Convention of the party-of the
maintenance and extension of civil serv-
ice reform ''to the end that the dangers
arising out of the use of official patronage
in politics may be averted" 1t will thus
he seen that Mr.. Mckay and everyone who
agrees with him denies and repudiates
this principle of the Republican party.
OF course there will be universal will
ingnesS to acquit Mr.. Mckay of any COM
prehension of what principle is; but that
charitable allowance for him does not a
whit lessen the fact that his advocacy of
the great political aim of cutting off heads
is a denial of Republican principle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
THE SECRETARY,S DUTY,

1t was stated in our Washington specials
yesterday that Secretary Foster charac-
terized the report of his interview with
Senator Sherman in Mansfield as "pure
romance" Besides the high authority on
which that report was based, there is in
ternal evidence for believing that the con-
ference impaired instruction to the head
of the Treasury Department that, on his
representations of the condition of the
Treasury, it was his duty to pay off all of
the maturing AZ per cents which are not
presented for conversion into per cents.
Senator Sherman is too clear headed not to
perceive that logical necessity as it has al
ready been stated in these columns.
The Secretary repeats that he has the
money to pay these bonds; but that be
would rather extend them for the sake of
avoiding stringency in the money market.
But this view exhibits remarkable ianor-
ance of the fact that the payment of the
bonds is the most direct way of easing the
money market. For every thousand-dol-
lar bond that is paid off, which is not now
held as a basis for bank circulation, ex-
actly one thousand dollars of additional
funds will be put in the money market.
On the thousand-dollar bond that is
basis for bank notes 5000 of bank notes
will be retired and $1,000 paid out, the
gain of the money market on the face of
the transaction being just ten per cent of
the payment. But this is not all of the
gain; for the banks can use the taoney paid
to them for their bonds as reserve, and ex-
tend their loans to four times its amount.
Every million dollars of bonds paid off will
therefore ease the money market to the
extent of four millions, against which is
only the offset of the retirement of ninety
per cent of circulation on the face value
of good deal less than half of them.
If the Secretary of the Treasury has the
money to meet these bonds, as he says he
has, it is the best thing he can do for the
public, the money market and himself to
pay them off Supposing the amount paid
to be SS5,OOO,00O, it will save the nation
500, 900 in annual interest; it will increase
the loanable resources of the money mar
ket by nearly S125, ,OOO, 900, and it will put
the Secretary in the attitude of an official
who has, somewhat slowly, realized the
duty of the fiscal officer of the Govern
ment, to pay its debts when he has the
money to do it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
CHAUTAUQUA's GREAT DAY.
Baccalaureate Sunday Draws q Large
Number Of Students to the Place.

Baccalaureate Sunday Draws Large
Number of Students to the Place.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATCH.l
CHAuTAUoUA, n. Y, Aug 16-This was the
one day of all the year at Chautauqua. 1t is
known as Baccalaureate Sunday to Chau-
tauquans. The class of 81 numbers between
10000 and 10000 grad uates who are scattered
ali over this broad land. Nearly 1000 of this
number were present in person to-day. to
hear the words of wisdom and advice from
Chancellor Vincent. This is the largest class
that has ever graduated from the Univers-
ity, and speaks volumes for Chautauqua's
work OF educating the masses. The students
of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific
Circles, when they graduate here, rarely
stop their work of reading and study. The
great Amphitheatre was crowded with peo-
pie. The services were peculiarly impreS.
sive. DIR. H. r. Palmer, of New York, led
the large chorus choir, which rendered with
splendid effect the fine anthem, Hear, o
Israel" Miss Maria Decca, the Washington
"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" just
before the sermon. Her voice was in
splendid condition, and she fully sustained
her Chautauqua record for purity and rich
ness of tone and expression.
Chancellor Vincent took for his text Cen
esis first Chapter, 3lst Verse, "And God saw
everything that he had made, and he held it
was very good" The sermon was one of the
finest and most suggestive ever delivered
here. 1t was very progressive in the ideas
advanced, setting forth the true Christian
life to be faithful service in any work what
soever; that God is as much pleased with the
saint ut the throttle valve of His limited ex-
press engine as the saint upon his knees.
In the afternoon memorial exercises were
held i'll the Amphitheatre In remembrance
of the prominent Chautauquans who died
during the year. In the evening the Rev.
Dr. J. }. Laverty, editor of the Richmond
Chrfstfan advocate, preached to large audi
ence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
pITrsBURG. MoNpAY. AUGUST u, lss1
A sPIRITUALIsr TEST.

The exhibitions of second sight by spir-
ituai mediums and other persons claim
ing TO possess supernatural powers are
sometimes very wonderfui-as reported
by the friends, agents or admirers of the
seers. Too ambitious efforts, however, are
apt to come to grief, as has been the case
with the trance medium who has been
carrving away the believers Of the spiritu-
alist faith at Lilydale with admiration and
delight at ner remarkable powers.
In this case the test was arranged with
THE DISPATCH that the medium should at
a fixed hour describe the condition of a
person TO be in a place in PittSburg to be
designated by street, number of house,
number of room and floor of the house on
which the room is situated. THE DIS
PATCH requested her by telegraph to de-
scribe the condition of the person in room
p. second floor of No. 146, Second avenue.
The medium promptly went into trance
and described Ne. 146 as "a brick build
ing" and the person in room 26 as a
woman suffering from an harassing compli-
cation of strictly feminine disorders.
This was fatal test for the medium.
No. 146 Second avenue happens to be the
Homeopathic Hospital 1t is brick build
NC, but description of it, even at second
sight, ought to find something more to say
OF it than that The patient in room 26
was selected because it is rather peculiar
case. He is a man who was first attacked
by typhoid fever, which has been rapidly
succeeded by consumption; beside which
fact the protracted description of a
wOman's ailments comes to irreparable
wreck.
Of course, such test shows that the
person who arranged it did it in good
faith. It permitted of no trickery in the
production of phenomena or of skillful
eliciting of information from persons who
knew what the medium was expected to
reveal If the medium was aware of the
conditions of the test it shows that she is
not consciously an impostor; as, if she had
been, she would have evaded such test.
But on any theory it shows that the alleged
supernatural power went wofuuy astray
in this case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
NOT ACQUAINTED WITH GOULD.

1t would be highly satisfactory if we
could place implicit confidence in the re-
marks of some of our cotemporaries that
Mr.. Gould is repenting his election of Mr..
Charles Francis Adams from the manage
ment of the Union Pacific Railroad. 1t is
true that the Gould interest turned out
NIr. Adams, ostensibly because his man.
sgement had not sustained the vast VOL
ume of watered stock at a higher rate
than fifty cents on the dollar 1t is also
the fact that the stock has declined still
further since the Gould party have been
able TO work their sweet will ON the unfor-
tunate corporation. But to suppose that
the Gould stock manipulators are over
Thelmed at this outcome is to credit them
with susceptibiIities to which their pre-
riOUS careers prove them far superior.
Of course, tine decline of the stock is
largely due to the change in management.
Every investor who is ON par with pup
pies 10 days old, in having his eyes open,
will be very wary of investing his money
in Union Pacific shares under the manage
lnent of the Gould interests. But those
who suppose that the Gould methods of
profit are confined to booming the stock
and then unloading it on confiding invest
ors have studied the interesting history of
that great financier to little purpose.
There are the profits of handling the loans
Of the company which it was announced
few days ago MIR. Gould had heroically as
sumed. There are the profits of discrim-
ination, construction contracts and fast
freight lines. There are the gains to be
made IN stock operations by precipitatiRg
cut rate wars on other corporations And
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.
Dates for Holding Them Set by the Depart
ment of Public Instruction.

ment OF Pubic instruction.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DfsPATcH,1
HARRIsBURG, Aug. 1G.-The State Depart
ment of Public Instruction announces to-
day that county teachers institutes Will be
held this year as follows:
Adams, Gettysburg, November %; Allie
gheny. Allegheny City, August "a; Arm
strong, Kittanning November %; Beaver
Beaver, December %; Bedford, Bedford, No
vember 81 Berks, Reading, September q;
Blair, Hollidaysburg, December %; Bucks,
Doylestown, October 1g; Butler, Butler, De-
cember %; Cambria, Ebensburg, November
Bellefonte, December q; Chester, West
chester November Is; Clarion, Clarion, De
cember 2s; Clearfield, Clearhe1d, December
IA: Clinton, Lockhaven, December IA; Column
Meadville, December %; Delaware, Media,
October 10; Elk, Ridgeway, November 2;
Erie, Erie City, December %; Fayette,
Uniontown December 81: Forest Tfonesta,
vember Is; Fulton, McConnellsburg. NOvem-
ber 9: Huntington, Huntington, November
80; Indiana, Indiana, December 81; Juniata,
Miffintown, November %: Lackawanna,
Scranton, November 8; Lawrence, New
Castle, December 2s; Lebanon, Lebanon, No
vember l6; Lycoming, Muncy, December q:
Mexican, Smethport, October 10; Mercer,
Mercer, December %: Mifiiin, Lewistown, No
30; Montgomery, Norristown, october 26 Mon
tour Danville, December %; Northampton,
South Bethlehem, November 8; Perry, New
Bloomfield November 80; Pike, Milford, No
vember 16; Schuylkill, Shenandoah, Decem-
Der IA Somerset, Somerset, November 9; Sui
livan Dushane, December 2S; Susquelianna,
Montrose, October 10; Union, Lewisburg, De-
cember %: Venango, Franklin, December IA.
Warren, Warren November l6; Washington.
Washington, October rs; Westmoreiand,
Greensburg, December 2S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
A RAILROAD ON STILLS.
1t Was One of the Most Unique Affairs Ever
Constructed

Chicago Herald
Probably the most unique railroad ever
built in this country was the old Bradford
& Foster Brook. 1t connected Bradford with
Derrick City and was only four miles long,
but did an immense business during the
boom days in the Oil regions. 1t was built
in 1877 and two years later went down in
smash that killed q number of people. The
road was appropriately nicknamed the "Peg-
leg" from its peculiar construction, for it
was built on stills and the passengers en-
tered the cars from the second stories of the
stations. Frank Campbell, the travelling
auditor Of the Pittsburg and We stern, was
one of the officials of the "Peg-leg," and
gives the following interesting account Of
its construction and how it was operated:
There was but one main rail, which was OF
iron, but there were two auxiliary wooden
rails. The main rail rested ON strong wooden
beams, supported by massive stanchioDs,
strongly braced. About two feet below the
top beam were two wooden rails about eight
inches in width, which were securely nailed
to tho supporting stanchions. The wooden
rails were mainly for balancing purposes.
The height of the odd little road varied from
12 to % feet, according to the lay of the land
in the valley through which it was built.
Without this elevation the scheme of the
inventor would have been impossible. The
cars fitted on the rail like saddlebags, hang
ing down on each side, and were really two
story cars, the upper portion being used for
passengers and the lower story for freight.
The grotesque-looking train was headed by
two engines connected with each other, one
on each side of the main rail- the two bal
ancing like the cars. When the fireman
put on more coal he was obliged to descend
to the furnace by ladder. The engines
and cars ran on a set of central wheels,
which protruded through the floors into
wooden hoods put on to prevent their dam
aging passengers. The cars were narrow
and the main rails were broad. Whenever
q
wooden rails and added to preserve the
equilibrium of the train