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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
The Old Santa Fe Trail.

Thirty-fve years after Columbus discov-
cred this continent, Alva Nunez Cabeza de
Vaca sailed from Spain and landed in Flor
ida, or in the region now called by that
name From there be made a wonderful
overland journey to the City of Mexico.
On that journey, part of the way he tra-
yersed route which ever since has found
great favor with travellers to New Mexico.
Just think of it! There is a road 500 miles
long, rising so imperceptibly for over 600
miles of the distance, as to seem absolutely
level and without single bridge from end
to end!
What wonderful tales that road could tell
fthe bearded followers of de Vaca, thin and
worn by priyation and the fatigue of their
long Journey through wilderness until then
pathfess-~f the after settlement of the
neighborhood by the Spaniards-of the COM
ing of the hardy American pioneer, traders.
soldiers, settlers and last but most important
of all the railroad engineers. Many an ex-
plot of soldiers, scout and Indian warrior
has that ancient trail witnessed. Phil
Kearney knew it we'll, for had he not fought
over nearly its entire length. Kit Carson
achieved much of his fame in its vicinity
and in the early 50's F. x. Aubry, young
man, made famous ride against time over
the same route from Santa Fe to Indepen-
dence, Mo. And now it is said Colonel
Henry Inman is writing a book about the
old Santa Fe Trail" He writes well who
has something to write about, therefore that
will be an interesting book, if the oppor-
tunities offered are only reasonably well
covered WILKIE
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

A surgeon has called attention to the fact
that a more convenient form of acid bottle
is needed The ordinary bottle allows drops
to run down the outside, and eat or the
labels and burn the shelves, 1nd perhaps
the hands of the user. A form of bottle is
sometimes used for essences and oils which
might be adopted with advantage. In the
place of the ordinary aperature there is q
tube with q lip. On the side opposite the lip
there is groove leading back into the bot
tie. The liquid is then poured out by means
of this tube but any drops that run down
the outside run back into the bottle. The
whole is then covered by n ground cap.
This principle is employed in the ordinary
collodion bottle and in some claret jugs. a
new stopper has been brought out in Eng
land which meets some OF the objections to
the ordinary form. 1t is really glass lid
with pin of glass passing into the neck OF
the bottle to keep it from falling of. The
external appearance of the new stoppered
bottle is thus nearly the same as usual, but
the stopper is replaced by much smaller
body with straight sides. This form is said
to be quite air-tiSht, and at the same time to
avoid sticking.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

ward as a worker in the latter's cause, that
he may readily be considered only second
to the author of Progress and Poverty"
Mr.. Croasdale was born A years ago in New
Castle, Del. He entered the army while
still boy, serving in the Seventeenth Del
aware Regiment until the conclusion of the
Rebellion. After that experience . he be-
came associate editor of the Wilmington
Commercial, and later founded the Erery
Eye,.i,sg, a stlll.fourishing newspaper He
afterward located in Baltimore, founding
the Day, a short-liyed sheet, during the
same time being one of Thomas F. Bay
ards most enthusiastic friends and support
ers for the Presidential nomination.
A few years later we find him in New
York, having just read progress and Pow
erty" and become an immediate convert to
the ideas set forth in that famousbo book.
Thereafter he was one of Georges principal
workers, managing his Mayoralty campaign
in 'S6, and for the last couple of years acting
as managing editor of the Standard, that
beacon light of Single Tax believers.
Croasdale was the originator of the National
Single Tax Convention which met last year,
and was Chairman of the National Commit
tee established at the time. He was also
nominated for Congress in the Seventh dis
trict, New York, by the County Democracy
last year, but was defeated by Dunphy on
the straight-out ticket.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

Wiilidm S0nlDle On Jonuary7 1191
, .bi,d was horn :, tho now homs ths
q - ona ~ IL, Do'n - 'ne nv" ' sne
,oul'n W .hen' pu. .he seconu nia,e %ii'e
birth North and west OF the Allegheny
tackled by Indians and the child, its mother
and all the family. with the excention of
tho father wbo vos .bs.n+ on q scont With
" w 49, "no 40 "o'en. on 00oo' "i'n
the minute men, taken prisoners.
The first night out the savages engaged in
a triumphant scalp-dance over the trophies
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
Xfrtna in Lemons.

A writer who seeks to mitigate the suffer-
ing caused by excessively hot weather by
describing how to make simple and cooling
drinks suitable for the summer season, Incl
dentally pays tribute to the great virtue
OF the lemon, and q medical authority has
promptly written a letter confirming this
commendatiop of the cooling fruit, and urg
ing its more frequent use in lieu of strong
medicines, which often do moro harm than
good. He says that although most people
know the value of glass of lemonade be-
fore breakfast, few know that the benefit is
more than doubled by taking another at
night also. A better way to fight a bilious
attack than powders or quinine, is to take
the Juice of one, two or three lemons in as
much water as will make it pleasant to
drink without sugar before going to bed. In
the morning on rising, at least half an hour
before breakfast, take the juice Of one
lemon in a tumbler of ordinary or soda
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
sPoNGEs OF THE BAHAMAS.
The Treatment Through Which They Pass
Before Being Sent to Market.

The Treatment Through Which They Pass
Before Being Sent to Market.
New York World.l
An interesting sketch of fhe method of
fishing for sponges employed in the Bahama
Islands is given by United States Consul
McLain in recent report to the State De-
partment. The sponges are gathered by
means of iron hooks attached to long poles
By using ,water-glass the fisherman can
readily distinguish the sponges at the bot
tom, and then with his pole and hook he
will bring up those he may select as fit for
his purpose, leaving the smaller ones un-
touched.
When the sponge field is reached the
vessel anchors, and the men, putting off in
the small open boats, do the fishing in the
manner above Indicated, returning to the
vessel before nightfau with their catch.
The sponges when brought to the vessel are
at once spread upon the deck and left ex-
posed to the sun for several days, during
which time the animal matter that covers
the sponge gradually dies. This is black,
gelatinous substance, of very low order of
marine life, which, during the process of de-
cay, emits most Objectionable odor. The
vessels visit what is called the
'kraal" once a week to land the
load from the deck. The kraal is an
inclosed pen, fenced in by sticks of wood so
as to allow free circulation of water
through it, usually built in a sheltered and
shallow bay or cove, on one of the Gays near
by. The sponges are placed in the kraal and
left to be soaked and washed by the action
of water from four to six days, when they
are taken out and beaten with sticks until
i .-oI 1-a1xv -a1
Having been subjected to this course of e1-
posure, soaking, beating and washing, the
sponges are quite clean and are taken ON
board the vessel, packed away in the hold,
conveyed to Nassau, and in this condition
are sold on the local market
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
SPEED ON THE SEA.
Less Risk on an Ocean Grey Hound
Than on the Slower Steamers.
PERFORMANCE OF THE TEUTONIC.
Science as Applied to the Requirements Of
Every Day Life.
ENGLAND TIRED OF HER TORPED0ES
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.1
The White Star steamship Teutonic has
smashed the ocean record all to pieces by
crossing to this side in 5 days, Is hours and
81 minutes. She has also made the record
for single days performance, having COW
cred 5l7 miles the day before she arrived
here. The best previous record was made
by the steamship Majestic, belonging to the
same line, and was . days, Is hours and
minutes. This remarkable performance has
raised again the question of the safety of
ocean racing. 1t is now clearly established
that the risks incurred by ocean travellers
are lessened rather than increased by the
conditions of racing.
When vessel is being pushed to her ut
most limit the spirit of rivalry becomes in
fectious and everyone on board from the cap
tain to the stoker, is apt to be eagerly inter.
ested in the result Everyone is working at
high tension, and the work is full of snap.
Everyone is on the alert, and extreme vig-
lance is exercised in every department..
Fires are carefully tended and the bearings
of the machinery are watched with un-
usual care to guard against overheating I'M
der the the tremendous friction to which
they are being subjected. This redoubled
vigilance unquestionably lessons the dam
ger Of accidents in the engineers depart
ment, but there is still the liability to col
lision to be considered This danger is never
absent from the mariners calculations, but
it is well-known fact that vessel going as
n high rate of speed Is more perfectly. under
the control of her helm than one steaming
at low rate. In this respect apparent
recklessness is often the height of prudence
Nervy captains have often saved their ves-
sells from disaster by throwing the throttles
wide open, when slackening of speed would
have been fatal. An experienced traveller,
who has been in every navigable part of the
ulo oT,a hoa tad dIIrf a diacna-
sion of this subject in the daily papers, that
he would rather trust his fortunes on board
a swift ocean racer than on a vessel which
wallows it's way across the Atlantic at q ten
knot gait
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
Filming and Frothing Beer.

1t is hard for the uninitiated to under.
stand that the frothing os beer is matter
of any importance. That it is so considered,
however, is shown by a recent patent. IL
appears that the preparation usually en-
ployed for imparting the froth or foam, the
depth of which enters so largely into the
calculations of the saloon keeper, is saponin,
in the form of an infusion, or extract Of
quillai bark; and such'preparation is made,
according to the ordinary methods, by first
either concentrating an infusion of quiliai
bark by evaporation. so as to produce a
strong liquid, or evaporating such infusion
to a paste or dryness, and then adding Vari-
Gus ingredients to preserve it and to render
it convenient in application. The object OF
the recent patent is to combine in one oper-
alton ingredients both for 1ntng and froth-
jng beer and other fermenting beverages,
and thereby avoid the use of extraneous
matters and also the need for either con-
centratfng or evaporating to q paste or dry
ness the infusion containing saponin used
for producing the froth or foam.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23


through all the intervening years the widow
has lived so solitary and unassumiug life
in the historic old Polk mansion at Nash
thousands did not know she still lived,
until informed of her death. During all
this time she has never left off wearing
mourning for the man she had loved ever
since girlhood, and has continued to love
when nothing more tangible than the
mound which covers his remains in cor
ner of the grounds surrounding the old
homestead was left her. / remember re-
mark made to visitor two years ago who
had called upon her.
Gas YOU see me dressed to-day" said
she, $50 have dressed ever since the death
of my husband, almost 40 years ago. have
not followed the fashions very closely"
And this in spite of the fact that during
her regime in the White House she was one
of the most brilliantly and fashionably
dressed women in the gay company usually
to be found there. 1t seems as if on the
death of her husband all the gayety went
out of her life never to return again. AL
though handsome woman and one of the
most graceful and refined ladies at the capi-
tai, she gave up everything Immediately
she became widow. Retiring to Polk
Place she never left it again. Invitation
after invitation were in every instance met
with polite but firm refusal to visit any,
one. Not once did she visit Washington
She claimed her duties ended there with
her husbands life. and since then she has
lived patiently through long, long years for
the time to Join the love gone before.
It is an interesting fact that the room
which ex-President Polk used as his study
has not been touched since his death. His
consort loved through it to recall his
memory, and many time since, no doubt,
she imagined she could see the old familiar
figure seated at the desk now crumbling to
dust. In the same room is an old hair
trunk, belonging to the dead President,
which has never been opened since the key
was turned by its owner. What interesting
relics it may contain!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

Sir Henry Thompson. ing something to
the effect that no doctor was foolish enough
to take his own or another medicine His
meaning was not very clear, but. the infer
ence remained that the great doctor was not
believer in the use of drugs. The matter
is recalled by case at present attracting
attention in New York. In it the implied
ignorance of doctors generally is made only
too manifest
A young man named Charles Deicke is
suffering from violent attack of trichi-
nosis. If he ever RECEIVERS he will hardly
thank his physicians for it. The first
called to attend him pronounced his case
scarlet fever. The medicine prescribed
seeming to have no effect, second doctor
was sent for, who after minute examina-
ton, said it was typhoid fever. But in
treating the disease he was as unsuccessful
as his predecessor, so q third was called
upon, who with equal confidence began to
prescribe for infammatory rheumatism. 1t
required fourth doctor to get the case
right, but, in the meantime the suffering
boy had swallowed enough different kinds
of medicine to kill any ordinary Individual
Happily he lived through it all, the assort-
ment of drugs poured into him seeming too
much for the trichinae, and is now in fair
way to recover.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
The Bear Gardens OF Berne.

Berne, Switzerland, is now celebrating
foundation. Berne is SO called after the
bear which the founder of the city, Berthold
", killed on the spot in 1191. On that ac-
count bears have been kept at the expense
of the city for several centuries past. They
had a number on hand in 1898, when the
French captured the place, but for some
time after did not have so many, as the lat
ter took occasion to stock the Jardin des
Plants, Paris, from among the number
found in Berne. Since that time, however,
the supply has been renewed again, and the
bear gardens, which are among the sights of
the city, are no doubt being fully enjoyed
by the visitors at present crowding it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

If the method of charging cotton seed oil
with lead, which is said to have been dis
covered, is found practicable, the value OF
that abundant product will be greatly in
creased. The process as at present defined
is of the utmost simplicity. One gallon OF
pure cotton seed oil is placed in suitable
iron vessel. into which 20 pounds of molten
lead are roured in. After thorough stirring
the lead separates into globales, and when
the oil has been poured on, after cooling,
there is found to be about II pounds of the
lead, the remainder having been absorbed
by the oil On the lead being again melted,
and the operation repeated to the Nth pour
inp-the amount of lead absorbed being less
at each succeeding pOuring-the total
amount of lead absorbed is about ten pounds.
The oil thus charged with the lead is then
used as a paint, being applied in the ordi-
nary way to metallic surfaces. 1t is claimed
that this liquid, which adheres closely and
becomes very hard, is especially useful IN
protecting metals from ox1diZat1on or cor
rOSiOn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
The Use of Torpedoes.

There is just now strong reaction against
the use of torpedoes in England. Whatever
may be the ultimate conclusion with regard
to the merits of the torpedo in time of wal, the
recent manuevres have demonstrated that
the type now used in the English navy will
have to be greatly improved before it can be
regarded as formidable element in offensive
warfare. 1t is not unlikely that English
practice may be modified by the torpedo Of
American design and make which has dur
ing the past week passed most successfully
q series of tests as to speed and efficiency,
as already reported in The DISPATCH. The
inventor of this torpedo is understood to be
about to exhibit its capabilities before the
representatives of the principal European
governments.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
i've to the people. She will never pay as

i've to the people. She will never pay as 8
ship"
Lindsay was right. The great ship of
which SO much was expected proved total
failure. She was too long, burned too much
coal and the total rate of expense could not
be met by the income.
wonder if we will not have another big
ship-building failure some of these days.
For years the length of the ocean steam
ships was kept down, but of late it is in
creasing again, and a few days ago con-
tract was let with the Fairfield concern, in
England, by the Cunard company calling
for vessel 600 feet long, with which it is
intended to try and win back the champion
ship of the Atlantic, recently taken from
them by the flyers of the White Star line,
the Teutonic and Majestic. This is within
80 feet of the length of that useless hulk,
the Great Eastern, which was sold for old
iron a year or so ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
The Source Of the Mississippi.

The State Park Commission of Minnesota
few days ago submitted a report to the
Governor of the State in which was de-
tailed the interesting fact that Lake Itaska
cannot any longer be considered the actual
source of the Mississippi, as the school boys
for years past have been taught to believe.
The true source is in a great ultimate reser-
voir nine miles above Itaska- This makes
the Mississippi river proper, from the Gulf
of Mexico to the extreme limit of the reser-
voir, exactly 1855 miles long.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
Profile of a River BED.

A cleverly designed instrument by means
of which the profile of a river bed can be
taken automatically, has been invented by q
German engineer The record can be taken
from a boat at the rate of SO to 81 miles an
hour The apparatus consists OF a curved
arm, which is hinged at its upper extremity,
and is so long that the lower curved portion
trails on the bottom of the stream The
deeper the stream the greater the fncltna-
ton of the arm, and hence, by suitable
recording mechanism, the depth can oe
automatically registered on revolving
drum as the boat moves. The instruments
has already made a record in practical TEST
ing of 297 miles in ten days.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

opinion on al
subjects pertain
ing to medicine is
held invaluable.
1t was somewhat
of q surprise, how
ever, to many,
when everal
months ago, he re-
fused to take any
medicine, while
suffering f r o m a
temporary indis-
position, remark
nu something to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
Ships Can Be Too Big.

Thirty-four years ago Messrs. Stephenson
Brunei, the ship-builders, invited W.
s. Lindsay, prominent ship-broker and
owner, down to Millwell on the Thames,
where the famous Great Eastern was wait
ing to he launched. When the party had
made a complete tour of the giant vessel,
MI. Brunei said to Lindsay: "Wel, what
do you think of herr"
Lindsay answered that she was the biggest
affair of the kind he had ever seen.
'But, will she pay2" continued Brunei
"Ah, that's quite different matter"
"If she belonged to you, in what trade
would you place herr"
sTurn her into show; something attract
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
THE NEW LAKE AT SALTON.
How 1t Is Revolutionizing the Climate in
Its Vicinity.

Its Vicinity.
The great salt lake at Salton has really
had a beneficial effect upon the climate in
this valley, says Prof Wheaton, of Palm
Valley, San Diego county, in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. We are some 50 miles away,
and since the formation of that lake the
temperature has been cooler and there have
been cloudy days. Palm Valley, however,
is no place where one may expect to wear
heavy clothes. AT 9 A. NJ. the thermometer
ranges between 1000 to 400 ,aud it has been
even more. But what is most singular has
been the extraordinary heat at Riverside
and Cotton. There they have it as high as
116o and even 1900
1t seems that the heat having been driven
from here has fled nearer the coast and
given those people taste of our weather.
It has been wonderfully warm in Los
Angeles, too, and the people have been dis
NAL in consequence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

W e e k, Fl e n r y
George, the dis
tinguished social
economist loses
h i S right hand
man. alt h o ug h
Croasdale has only
been a disciple of
Henry George for
a couple of years,
yet, in that time he
had m e su C h
sJ - E.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
Electric Light From Chemicals.

A California electric sharp thinks he is
on the track of a big thing. His idea is
chemical plant which will generate and
store at small expense enough electricity
to maintain 25 or 80 lamps on small sys-
TEN, say in one house. He has one that
feeds half . dozen lights now. The chem
icals used are new in the electrical field.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

the army OF Wash
ington, moved from
Cumberland coun-
ty to a tract but a
few miles from the
present busin e s s
portion of the city
Of Pittsburg. At
the mouth of Cir
tvs Run he built
his cabin and
brought to it his
wife and family.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

more perIect e4-
ample of constancy
than that exhib-
tied by S a ra h
Childress Polk,
widow of ex-Pres-
ident Polk, who
died last week.
Men and women
now middle-aged
were not born
when James X.
Polk died and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
AWomau,s Preferences.

Mrs. LIS. Hinton, of Grahamville, Florida,
says she prefers Chamberlain Colo, Cholera
and Diarrhoa Remedy to any other medi-
cine in the world, having used it for two
years and in some very bad cases and always
with perfect success. This remedy has
gained wide reputation and is undoubtedly
o medicine Of great worth and merit wsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
spectao,es In Photocr.phs.

Autographs journal recornmends every
professional photographer 20 bs Prepared
against the difficulty frequently found Of
producing satisfactory portraits Of sitsers
who wear spectacles. To avoid the fenec.
tion of the glasses, the operator is advised
to keep a few unglazed spectacle frames
ready for such occasions
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
Henry Georges Right Hand Man.

Through the death of William T. Croas-
dale, of New York, which took place last
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23

sror ct the Hollenden, in Cleveland
American and European plans su
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-23
The Usefulness of Physicians.

Sir Henry Thompson is one of the most
learned and skiltul physicians living. His