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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
MOLECULES AND SPACES.
A Simple Experiment That Seems to Es-
tablish the Atomic Theory.

A Simple Experiment That Seems to Es-
tablish the Atomic Theory.
According to the atomic theory, all matt
ter is composed of small particles of matter
called molecules. Between these molecules
are spaces called pores, much larger than
the molecules themselves. Both molecules
and pores are so small that the most power
full microscope cannot detect them. Never
theless the following simple experiment is
convincing:
Fill wide-mouthed bottle completely
full of alcohol or kerosene. Then drop
small tufts Of cotton batting upon the sur
face Of the liquid. The batting will imme-
diately absorb portion Of the liquid, and
will then sink below this surface. Repeat
this operation several times, and it will
then be noticed that the bottle does not
seem to be quite full of the liquid, although
If the experiment has been carefully per-
formed, none has overhowed. Now, by
means of tine wire, push the cotton to the
bottom of the bottle and add more. In
this way a large amount of cotton may be
added before the liquid will overhoE. The
only satisfactory explanation seems to be
thatAthe molecules of each substance enter
the spaces between the molecules Of the
other.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

pointing to long, rocky wall at the foot
of the range, some 20 miles away.
Trout7 Trout? Why, for three years I
had been fairly starving for bout with
those beauties-s hunger which the catfish
and '1amplighters" Of Ohio had utterly
failed to satisfy. Hardly pausing to thank
the herald of joyful tidings, took a bee
line across the rough plain at fve-mile
gait, forgetful of dinner, my load-and, in
deed, of everything save my polka-dotted
idols over y9nder.
Longer Walk Than It Looked,
The,range looked but two or three miles
away at the outset; but when had walked
rapidly for three solid hours and the dusk
was closing In, it seemed farther away than
lever, and the wolf began to gnaw at my
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

tell "t'other from which," so exactly were
they Of a size. Away up on the headwaters,
back OF Pixies Peak, in rough and track
less wilderness, few days later, found
much larger trout. The Rocky Mountain
trout are not nearly so beautiful as the
princes of the Maine and New. Hampshire,
brooks, of which they looked like blurred
and faded reprint, butnone the less they are
famous sport.
A Big Ditch for Irrigation.
Near the northern endof this canon is the,
beginning of a most remarkable canal-the
"high-lne" irrigating. ditch. This canal had
then total length of SO miles, width
of 20 teet, and carries Lisa cubic feet Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
Substitutes for Whalebone.

The high price of whalebone has spurred
up the invention and pushing of substitutes.
The best of these is feather bone, obtained
from common barnyard fowls. Then there
are bones of prepared horn, celluloid, bam-
boo and steel of different kinds, bare and
covered with cloth, said to be waterproof
But there is nothing as good as the best
whalebone.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

fillmore Herald.1
From my very heart pity
Seeing driven through the city
The poor car horse.
From early morn 'till late at night,
Hurrying along with all his might,
The poor car horse.
No one ever thinks him weary,
Or the way so long and dreary
For the poor car horse.
In cars packed to repletion
There's more room for an addition.
On the poor car horse.
If in starting he should slip,
Goad him on with voice and whip,
The poor car horse.
If his limbs are racked with pain,
And the sweat runs down like rain,
The poor car horse;
The trip at any cost is made,
The corporation must be paid
By the poor car horse.
If were man and voter,
I'd have the cable motor,
And save the poor cur horse.
Many Q groen from brute creation
xSceuds to Heaven for reparatto1
11nm thapoer car hoa.A.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
LANDING THE TROUT.
Feat to be Proud of if the Fish Is
the Rocky Mountain Kind.
AN EXPERIENCE IN COLORADO.
Some Adventures of Journey on Foot
Across the Continent.
THE WEATHER AND THE FINE SCENERY
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. !

ITH an increased
and decidedly irk-
some load I walked
south from Denver,
planning to reach
Colorado Springs as
speedily as possible,
and thence make
numerous side tours;
but at Acequia "a
town named after the
Spanish irrigating
ditch, and popularity
pronounced Saky) an
accidental chat with
the section foreman
threw me a fortnight
out of my course.
He said there were
''trout over behind
van hog-back
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
GAS FINDS IN NEBRASKA.

Accessibility That the Natural Fuel Exists
There in Commercial Ouantities-The
Story Of Two Bubbling springs-ABon-
fire Sixty Feet High.
IcoRRRsPoNDENcR OF THE DIsPArCAl
OMAHA, June 1--we hear from time to
time through newspapers of natural gas
being discovered in various parts of Col
orado. The accounts are doubtless true,
but somehow after time we hear no more
about them, owing either to the flow of gas
having ceased or the lack of persistent pros
pecting for it.
During the past month I had occasion to
visit the White river district, about 80 miles
west of Meeker, in Northwestern Colorado.
This is singular region of numberless
plateaus, or table lands, intersected by
ravines and dry water courses. The White
river flows sluggishly through the heart of
this country. Along a nearly dry
water course we found two powerful
gas springs, about 500 feet apart.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

A measure, beast and river spell
(Three letters do the same as weIH
This King of shreds and patches"
How oftent1mes some wicked wag
W. MoalH MS;nh maze to m ms majesty a peg
Or fable he would fish IN:
An article he got from one
Made royalty a Bishop:
A Prelate of tyrannic ways
And yet to name him is no praise,
OF iron WIN and lofty mind.
he was put one among mankind,
fet whenreEersed his double.
w. WILsoH,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
DEATH IN THE SPRING.
aAGas Bubbles From Its Bottom That Kills
Every Living Thing.


Every Living, Thing.
San Francisco Chronicle.l
''Talk about Death Valley" said Gavin
McNsb Last night. 81 know a spot in this
State where no living thing can exist five
seconds. At point about three miles from
Hopland and about 80 feet from the road,
there bubbles spring of the clearest spark
ling water you ever saw. The only thing
peculiarly noticeable about the spring from
distance is the loud kissing sound it
makes as it gushes up out of the gravelly
soil.
Approach it and you will be startled to
see lying around the spring the skeletons
of hundreds of birds, scores of small ami
mails such as coons, foxes, and the like, and
nearly always there will be body or two
of birds or animals in more or less ad-
vanced stage of decomposition near the edge
of the spring. The fact of it is that there
rises constantly from the spring gas so
noxioYs and so deadly that one Whit OF it il
sufficient to extinguish life"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
Weeds of sumatra Widovs

New York SUM-
When Sumatra woman's husband dies
she plants post in front of her particular
door in the family house and hangs a flag
upon it. While that flag waves she may not
marry again. But when the winds, blowing
softly OFF the sea, have torn it into shreds
and scattered the bits ON the ground her
term of mourning is over, and she may 40
cept q second lovers proffer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
For Pain In the stomach.

We made use of Chamberlain's Colo,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on two oecas-
ions for pain in the stomach. Result salts
factory In a very short time after taking
the medicine. hesitate not in giving my
opinion in favor of the medicine. At least
il has done all claimed for It az far o. vs
have trjsd Il 4 n BOOK,
llsd1 luxxssuu6z-A -
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
1596-tURTAnMENr

lo96-cURTALMENT.
s-Paulswas born on the first of May"
Said COUSIN Of lIis, to Sam, one day;
can ominous sign of coming glory"
eco yes" said SAM all a leer analign,
s"A very ominous May-day sign
'"Rooms to let in the upper story"
sssYour prime," /" said cousin, "Ishold as lavs
although to the second story you go
To crack your Jokes SO airy;
Butthe May-day flowers bloom alI-tho Samoue
Andsthe picnic parties play many game
In theEgroF esNwith the elf and fairy"
AsPIRo.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
15gZ-AsHEARTLEss,HUsBAND.

L r'whstdo you.suppose found in the lit
stle room where we keep our clothes?" ask
Jed Mr.. Jones of his wife one morning.
F"Mercyl'not a mouse, hope" she cried,
skipping intosa chair at the bare thought Of
tit mo, not that" he answered, "but I
found one of'the young animals that belong.
to the barn. the bottom of shoe, a cabbage
some of the old inhabitants of Gaul, a sug-,
sgestion OF robbery''-Mr. Jones went no
Further, for Mrs. j., at this point gave loud,
shrek and tainted away, and Mr.. j. learned
that there lis point where aejoke~ceases to
DE atoke. ETHYL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
ANSwERA

15s5-Anvn, tongs, bellows, fire, shoes, nails
and iron-A blacksmith.
l5s6-Beau-i-deal.
l5S7-A sponge.
l5sS-Ass-pen (aspen).
l5s9-L. Pearl, paler. 2 Leper, repsl. g.
Mythical.
I59O-Goat-marj jo-ram.
i''l- PED
AMER
LOR NJ ER
RADI SAL
SEM IDAL TIES
DEMIL MES
r E 9 N A R
RATE B
LES
1851 I sigh for you: T. cipher, U.) 4
You are too backward. ~ r 2 backwardl
lb99-Mary, army.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
159S-CHARADH,

One manhood, last and vigorous,
Should be this house Of claY
Only can mai by being thus
Live well his little day.
We look for age to be entire
With slow and feeble gait,
'sTis natures law, when youthfufn1e
Andrvigordoes abate.
Disease andsaccident may-cause
Fen youth to be entire;
ABut, If the heart keep righteous laws,
Thereare states far mono dire.
A L
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
MAY SOLVING.

Prize vinners-l Oliver Twist Pittsburp,
Pa. 2. Margaret Blair, Pittsburg, Pa. 5.
Florence Weber, Plumer, Pa.
Roll of honor-Lottie Hughes, Amos q
Thomas, Matilda chamberlain, Inez, Charles
Mason, Ella 4. De Vigne, Maud league,
Marion R. Doyle, @. D. Sprague, Susie Allen,
John McBryde, Arthur Kent, N. J. D.. I. s
Rice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
1599-DEOAPIEATpoM

1599-DEOAPIEAr1o
IF you are in the last,
Let no one dU you thence,
Tear has no power to cast
Oninnocence.
II you are in the last
Stand Ikea wall OF rock
Gainst errors cruel plast
Or totdnSshock.
BIrTER.S .SwKEA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
f6oo~rHMHoUsE-AND owNHR.

"A poor but very skillful seamstress lived
IN an old tumble-down house in certain
city. So old and delapidated was the house
that it detracted much from the beauty of
the street on which it was situated, and
many times had people In the vicinity urged
home, and II that was demolished she was
too poor to buy another. 1t is true her great
skilf with the needle brought her constant
income but that musp7be used in helping
her only son through college. What re-
marks might be made, applicable to the
lady and her house, being complimentary to
the one, and uncomplimentary to the other2.
ETHYL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

>mollusk of pole bent fairly double. What
a glorious electricity it is that tingles
through your fingers at that first strike Of
trout. The pickerel of our lily -feeked New
England ponds seizes his prey with barely
comparable rush, but then he goes loafing
away, mincing at the minnow critically,
dubious whether to swallow or no; and
when you snub him he soon pulls in like a
timber stick. The bass, be he green, striped
or black, fights doggedly to the last, but he
is too clumsy.
The Acme of Piscatorial Sport.
But when King Trout-the athlete, the
sage, and the hero of fsh-malles up his
cunning head that he'll risk that specious
fly, then look out for music! From the in
slant he first touches the hook, until you
tear him still fighting from his ripping
kingdom, there is no time to breathe Your
line misses down stream as if tied to bullet
Then as swiftly it tears up against the cur
rent If there be snag, root, a tangling
rock in that whole pool around which Sir
Trout may tie your line in double knot
rest assured he will do it-unless you hold
steady rein on him. He will double, leap
high above the water, dive to the rocky
bottom, turn, twist, and jerk with infinite
ingenuity, to tear the cruel Limerick from
his jaw And if at hast you lift him upon
the bank in safety you need feel no shame
that in the contest of wits it has taken your
very keenest to beat that cold -blooded little
fellow.
1t took me full five minutes to land my
game, though he weighed but three-quarters
of pound, and when he Topped beside me
on the bank I threw up my hat and whooped
and danced as wildly as 20 years before.
During the afternoon caught 20 more, and
in that whole noble string one could not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
16O3-N MODERN LIFE

IOU0-IN MUUERN I1FR
A maiden dressed in dainty tohole,
Upon the porch was sitting;
The balmy breezes famed her cheek,
And birds were round her fitting.
Her mother in the kitchen stood,
BY tubs of soap and water,
And toiled alone, because the work
Would tipo her lovely daughter.
The daughter one a boarding school
Had learned with paints to bother,
But ne'er had learned-poor foolish gfr4-
The way to help her mother.
Mrs. e.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
The Screech Owl,

@lAnd hunts about for something nice.
A chick, or else few young mice.
Oh, well remember,
One night in September,
He came and sat on the cherry tree
Close to my window, and sang to me.
"Hoo-a-hoo.
Tu-whit, tu-whoo,
I'm here by the window waiting for Won:
Come out and see
What fun and glee
Well have in soaring the eowardly:
From the high church steeple
Well boot and halloo
And frighten the people
Away down below.
They will think we are ghouls,
Or spirit that tolls
solemn dirge for their dying hour.
Or else a witch with evil power"
But thanked him and said;
81 have oftentimes read
That the bitter Is apt to get bitten, no. ho.
Inn afraid Of witch
And of ghosts and all sich,
And never could ride on broomstick, you
know"
Since that time-I'm out of rhvme-he
has never been back coaxing me again, but
on dark nights sometimes hear him around
inviting the neighbors to go serenading
with him, and think they go.
AUNT CLARE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
SOME&ENIGMATICAL NUTS,

sPuzzles Tor the Little Folks That VIII Keep
TheiHBrains Busy for Most of the Week
if They Solve Them Correotly-Homs
Amus'ements.
Address Communications for this Department
sto Err. CEADBouRH, LesciSton, Nane
I 159A-ANAGRAM ILLUSTRATED,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
Then fade, and dsink> land dia.

Butfn that moment, unearthly bright
While the song hung like QuiveringstA1z
I seemed to see the cathedral, dight
With hues Of blue and gold and white.
Become radiant with a sudden light
As of. glory that came from afaT.
ALDrHA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
1601-rRANsPosIT1on,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Away to the frs, maj, of fwhatarey you fhfnk-
ing7
AWAY, for thecockle-sheIl boat is,fasostnk,,
ing.
sThehoie In its side now tho salt waves n
Away, though the winds andsthe wavoa,
loudly roar.
Now pull with q viii. boys, -and-puI1- an to-.
gether,
True sailors win stopnot for'windrnorfor
weather;
gThe boat Skins the foam. as thoughslighta
a feather.
Hurrahl We are all t,oo and safe on thes
shore Mrs. q.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
1602-MUTaTroN,

Asong arises on the air,
Like glad lark cfrcling into the sky
And the voices soft, and pure, and rarA.
Blend like colors "sosichn and fair;
And they tremble q moment, suspende'
there, .-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

Though many cities have extensive and
beautiful botanical and geological gardens,
there are few which can show any thing
like this of Santiago-and 1 doubt if its
equal, in area and the value and variety of
its buildings, cen be found anywhere in the
world. 1t contains not only vast botan-
ical garden, laid out on grand scale, with
little lakes crossed by rustic bridges, a
wilderness of blossoming plants, vines and
shrubs, towering oaks and pines, statuary,
shaded hooks, well-kept walks and plenty
of rustic. benches, and the greenest Of
sward without a single placard ESQ fire.
quently met with at home) saying "Keep
off the grassland an extensive geological
park, containing all the animals of South
America, and many others, conveniently
arranged for observation in long avenues
but a magnificent museum; an underground,
grotto-like structure containing innumsf-
ahle- slaas tanksfau -sf1ah Rinni1e u
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
"sToRMY JoRDAN's" TROUBLE.

The Keeper of the Famous Road to
Hell " Dive at ottumwa, Ia, Is Now ON
the Road to Jail.
Dies MONIES, la, July %. Gov. Boies
has revoked the suspension of sentence
against stormy Jordan" the road to
hell saloon man of Ottumwa. Jor-
dan is notorious character against
whom at one time and another
over S35. 600 in fines have been as
sessed for liquor-law violations Two
years ago Gov Larrabee suspended
fines and Jail sentences against
him on condition that he would not go
into the business again. When Gov.
Larrabee went out and Gov. Boies
came into power Jordan returned to
Iowa and has since been running a
saloon at Ottumwa. Jordan is OK
pected in the city to-day, and unless he
can get the governor to reconsider his
action will have to begin serving out
his sentences in iail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
DESIRE PEACE IN CHILL.

American Merchants Interested in It's
Restoration - President Harrison Being
Urged Once More to Offer the Services
of this Country as "A Mediator Between
the Warning Factions.
WASHINGTON. July 29.-Renewed eff
forts are making to have the United
States intercede in the CHILEAN civil war;
and it is possible that Minister Egan will
be again instructed to offer to mediate
His good offices have been employed
with Balmaceda in behalf of some po-
litical prisoners, but since the bomb
throwing made futile the first mediation
there has been no attempt to bring
about meeting of .the contending fac
tions. Merchants in New York ard on
the Pacific coast who are engaged
in South American trade are now max.
ing urgent pleas for President Har-
rison to offer once more the services of
this country in bringing about an
understanding. 1t is said that w. r.
Grace & Co., who practically represent
the insurgents in getting supplies, are
anxious to have some action taken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

WASHINGTON, July %. The Wash
ington veterans will urge proposition
before the grand army encampment at
Detroit for national soldiers monu-
mcnt in this city in opposition to the
plan of d soldiers memorial hall at De
catur, Ill The memorial hall is said
to be opposed by eastern posts on the
ground that Decatur is too far west. A
partial canvass of the eastern posts has
brought out the fact that they prefer a
monument erected at Washington in
memory of the private soldier rather
than the Decatur hall
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
IT WILL COME BACK
Gold Shipped to Europe Sure to
Be Returned.
English Financiers Admit That It Will
Be Sent Back Before the
Year Ends.
GONE FOR ONLY A sHoRr TINE.


NEW ToRK, July 29.-The Evening
Post says that perhaps the novel;
ty of existing conditions in the
foreign exchange market sufficient
ly explains the curious diver
sity of opinion regarding this
falls gold movement 1t is re-
markable, however, that the English
financial authorities, without a dissent
ing voice, agree that London must send
back gold to the United States before
the close Of the year. In addition, the
specific statement is made that The
Bank of France took from New York
$50, 000,0 in gold on a definite six
months contract. TO be returned at the
expiration of that period for the
original premium. In the opinion Of
ono leading London newspaper the
transaction is practically the
same as that by which the Bank
of England borrowed SIS, 600, 900 gold,
last November. from the Bank of
France, returning it last May and
June. One phase of the conti-
mental god movement deserves
careful watching. This is Russian
foreign exchange. Last week $780,
600 in gold came back from
st. Petersburg to London, and more is
expected The fact is apt to be over
looked that Russia called in its London
credits, not for interior use, but to pay
its own current liabilities to foreign
countries. 1t does not actually own
the gold which it demanded. The
~
the deposits left over from re-
cent foreign loans negotiated by
the government. Much of il must
come back to England and the con-
tinent through the ordinary channels
of business, payment of interest, etc.
But if the Russian harvest were in
reality to be failure the money would
come back in a food and the specie
problem of western Europe would be
instantly simplified
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
rheumatism.

PEING due TO the presence of uric
II acid in the blood, is most effectually
cured by the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. Be sure you get Ayers and no
other, and take it till the poisonous
acid is thoroughly expelled from he
system. We challenge attention to this
testimony -
about two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
govt, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, / saw by an advertise
ment in Chicago paper that a man had
been relieved of this distressing COM
plant, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. l then decided TO
make trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months, and am
pleased to state that it has effected a
complete cure. / have since had 40 re-
turn of the disease. Mrs. Il. Irving
Dodge, 10 West 125th ST., New York.
Gone year ago I was taken i'll with
infiammatory rheumatism, being con-
fined to my house six months. l came
out of the sickness very much debili-
tated, with no appetite, and my system
disOrdered in every way. / commenced
using Ayers Sarsaparilla and began to
improve at once, gaining in strength
and soon recovering my usual health.
/ cannot say too much in praise of this
well-known medicine" - Mrs. l.. A.
Stark, Nashua, n. II.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
BURNED THEM OUT.
Russian Jews Tell horrible stories Of
Their Persecution.

husslah Jews IeH @dOrrtDte stories OF
Their Persecution.
Boston, Mass, July 29.-The Russian
jews who came here on the steamer
Kansas and are detained at this port by
the requirements of the new imrnigra-
ton law, in an interview through an in
terpreter told of the prosecutions which
drove them from Russia. The crown
ing piece was the burning of their
hamlet. 1t was a little farming set
Element containing eighteen houses
with their barns and outbuildings.
July Is about midnight a dozen or so
Russians came trooping down upon
them and set fire to the whole settle
ment. Fourteen of the Jews were
burned to death, while twenty
were fearfully burned. The Jews
armed themselves with stones and
sticks and gave chase. The Russians
were thoroughly surprised at this, be-
cause they were accustomed to have
their own way with these people. One
young man. ,whose.m had'been cru
ely burned, took a crowbar and at
tackled three of the Russians. He killed
two of them and struck the third one
such blow that he died in an hour.