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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31
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North East Council Ne 552 paraded yester-
day with the G. A. r.
An attempt is to be made to organize a
past councillors association in Indiana
county.
Many of the councils throughout this end
of the State commemorated Memorial Day
| in some appropriate manner.
Up. Winower Council No. 61s will be in
| stituted in the hall at the corner of Sixth
! avenue and Wood street on the evening of
June 10.
Twin City Council No 121 will pay the
| transportation of such members OF the Coun-
ell as desire to participate in the parade at
| Cleveland.
William J. Fix, Chief Marshal of the par
ade of $780, will be added to the list of ma
| tional representatives from Allegheny coun-
| ty this year.
Steelton Council, No. 162, presented shields
| of patriotic design to the Steelton schools
| to-day. Each room will be furnished with
| one of the shields.
National Secretary Deemer has received
| an application for charter for new Coun-
Gil TO be located at Pixley, Cal. 1t will be
| known as Pixley No. g.
Sons of Liberty Council No. 452 attended
the union meeting at Ben Franklin Council,
| Tuesday evening in body, marching from
| their hall headed by drum corps.
Those who attended the meeting of Ben
Franklin Council Tuesday evening learned
But how many can bound the United States
Avondale Council No. l. of Avondale, Ala,
the only council in that State, has disbanded.
The Secretary and several of the members
made strong effort to save it, but could
not succeed.
Brother Chambers, of Ben Franklin Coun-
Gil, is a well-known newspaper man of the
CITY, and he says Ben Franklin has scheme
on hand that will startle the nation, but he
is keeping it to himself so as to have scoop.
Deputy State Commissioner John Il. Gin7
niff, accompanied by delegation from Gen
eral j. B: sweitzeT Council No. 294, will visit
Sherwood Council No. 160 next Thursday
evening. The proceedings will be of interest
to all members of the order.
Brother H. L. Calder, who was in Pittsburg
during the past week, is one of the most act
made good impression upon the local mem
bers by his pleasant address at Ben Frank
lin Council on Tuesday evening.
A grand union meeting of the councils of
Harrisburg, Pa, will be held on June 4 1t
will be of a pubiic Character, and is expected
to equal if not surpass anything of the kind
held heretofore. State Councillor Collins, E.
Lindsay Grier and other prominent men,
bers and speakers will participate in the e1-
ercises.
Decoration Day was most happily spent at
East Brady. State Councillor Collins went to
that place yesterday for the purpose of pre-
senting a flag to the schools there on behalf
of the Council there. There was parade
of the members of the order from all parts
of Clarion and Armstrong counties, and ex-
Judge J. B. Neall, of Kittanning, delivered
one of the addresses.
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May %. There was large attendance, and
| the inspecting officer, Ccmrade o. NJ Head,
found IA comrades in good standing.
CoMRADE W. T. POWELL, of Post ISL; in
spected Post 2l5 last Tuesday evening. Post
Isl accompanied Comrade Powell in q body.
An excellent repast was served by the ladies
of James A. Garfield Circle.
COMMANDER JOHN S. LAMB1K, W. H. Reid
W. H. Lambert and j. K. Wallace, of Post 8,
attended the flag presentation to Camp 26S,
Sons of Veterans, of Mansfield. Comrade
Lambie delivered the presentation address.
CAPTAIN JAMES THOMPSON, of Post IS, had
his pension granted last week. He received
the hearty congratulations of his comrades,
all of whom were greatly pleased. The Cap
tain commanded Thompson's Battery during
the war.
Posr T. of Latrobe was inspected by Com
rade James Peters Friday evening. A large
number of members were in attendance.
Three recruits were mustered. The member
ship of the post is $50, and the prospect for
this post is good.
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER DENNIsroN,
Comrade A. P. Burchf;eld, w. I. Bradberry
and III. C. Baer are in Chattanooga, Tenn,
where the reunion of the Army of the Ten
nessee is in progress. They attended the
unveiling of the monument to the Andrews
raiders yesterday.
Posr 15S was inspected by Assistant In
Speetor at Large George 3. Fulmer last
Thursday evening. The excellent condition
of the post inspired Comrade Fulmer to be-
stow lots of praise to the boys. There was a
good muster. A number of visitors was
present, Posts Isl, liz and 206 being repre-
sented.
PosT lbs was inspected last Thursday even
ing by Comrade Holmes, of Post 2s9, Spring
dale. Among the visitors were Commander
Samuel Scott, Adjutant Brauff and Junior
Commander NanUhn. Com
mander Miller, of Post 162; o. NJ. Head, of
Post 259, and a comrade from the Depart
ment of Indiana.
PosT used about IS of its new markers
for the graves of deceased comrades of the
post. The markers are very neat. They
are of cast iron and stand about Is inches
high. The top is Grand Army star with
the words "Post 3, G. A r. in the center.
The marker is surmounted by the usual
small flag, and rests in a peg driven into the
ground. They are not to be removed from
the graves.
Four comrades of Post 8 got soaked with
water last Thursday. They are Comrades
Baker, Eaton, Poerstel and Shay. They
were detailed to mark the graves of de-
ceased comrades of the post. 1t will be re-
membered that it rained steadily from morn
ing into the night. Thursday. Comrades
Baker and Eaton took in the Allegheny
cemeteries including Uniondale, Bellevue,
Perrysvilla, Troy Hill and Catholic. They
were out all afternoon and till after s o'clock
and had no canteen, SO they say. Comrades
Poerstel and Shay took in the Pittsburg
cemeteries and had wet time of it.
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A Dead Soldier Pensioned.

"Comrade August H. Johnston, for ten
years clerk of the American House, was
buried last Tuesday by Post in the soldiers
lot in Allegheny Cemetery"
such was the announcement made in this
column two weeks ago. The day following
the burial of Comrade Johnston, the follow
ing was sent from the Bureau of Pensions
by commissioner Green B. Raum to Hon.
Thomas NJ. Bayne:
DEAR SIR--The pension claim, No. 7S7, ,752,
OF Augustus III. Johnston, p. o. address Pitts
burg, Pa. issue o. April q, has been allowed
by certificate No. 56562l and will be for
warded TO the Pittsburg agency to be trans
mitted TO pensioner, with proper vouchers,
on which payment wills be made. AS you
have called up this case by letters of inquiry
1 deem it but courteous that l should ad-
wise you OF the final action taken, as above
set forth
Mr.. Bayne wrote on the back of the above
communication: ''Dear Sir-This is good
news. Yours truly, Thomas NJ. Bayne,"
and sent 1t to Comrade Johnston, whose
body peacefully reposed where the comrades
OF Post had placed it. He then had no use
for the pension for which he had striven so
long, the disappointing delay no longer wor-
Ticd him, he was no longer in want.
COmradc Joseph B. Eaton, of Post 5, who
was detailed to look after Comrade Johns
ION cEeets, received the communication
from the Bureau of Pensions Friday follow
ing the funeral. He had interested himself
IN ComTade JOhnstOns behalf. Comrade
Johnston served in Company B, Twelfth
Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
lie made application for a pension several
years ago. On April . 1891, he wrote to Com
missioner Eaum, asking about his claim,
stating that he could CLEAN no information
from his agent Tanner. He said he was get
ting old and needed money
Let us hope that as the years roll on, few
comrades will, like Johnston, receive their
small reward from the Government when
cold in death. As the rate of mortality
among old soldiers increases, as it inevitably
must, the number of similar cases is apt to
grow. We will hope for the best, however.
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Union Veteran Legion.

QUITE number of new recruits have been
proposed in Encampment No. 6.
MEMORIAL services will be held in the hall
of Encampment No. 6, Third street, Alle-
gheny, this evening.
CoMRADE JAMES THOMPSON, late Captain
of Thompson Battery, has just been awarded
Sl2 per month pension.
CoMRADE JOHN W. MORRISON, of No. 6, has
been chief clerk of the House of Representa-
tives at Harrisburg during the late session.
THE sick comrades of No. are all improv-
ing, among them Comrade Hugh Morrison.
He has been able to be at his store, and is
now on the highway to full recovery.
LAST Friday afternoon Eneampment No. /
laid to rest the remains of another cornrad de,
Charles II. Rohbock, who died on Wednes-
day evening. The interment was at Allie
gheny Cemetery.
ENcAMPMENT No. l will, this evening, in a
body attend divine services in the Liberty
Street M. E. Church, corner Liberty ana
Fourth streets. The Rev. Comrades Mckee
and Danks will conduct the services. The
church will be crowded.
On next Thursday evening the comrades
of No. 6 will learn something of the history,
marches and battles of the old Seventy
eighth Pennsylvania. Quite an interest has
been manifested in these histories. All old
soldiers ire invited to be present.
toMRADE ROBERT ADLER, of No. 6, came to
the city last Friday from his home above
McKeesport to attend the meeting of his
encampment, forgetting that the meeting
night is changed. Comrade Adler was
a Lieutenant in Company F, One Hundredth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served over
three years.
ENoAMPMENT No. Is annual memorial
service will be held tomorrow evening at U.
V. L. Hall, Sixth avenue. Thirteen members
have died during the year. Addresses will
be delivered by Judges Over, Slagle and per-
haps Judge Collier, and also by Rev. Com
rades Mckee, Danks and Brown. Vocal mu-
sic will be rendered by Mrs DR.. Miller, Miss
Cronemiller and Messrs. Moore and Cal
houn.
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THE CAT AND THE RAT.
A Charitable Feline Adopts and Cares for a
Homeless Rodent,

A Charitable Feline Adopts and Cares for q
Homeless Rodent.
San Francisco CALI
A laborer employed in one of the mills at
Sutter creek has in his home one of the
strangest families of animals in existence.
The head of the family is an old cat, which
is the mother of thrifty family of kittens;
but, in spite of the cares of motherhood,
she has taken it upon herself to provide
for a rat that she has taken under her
protection.
During storm about two months ago, a
half-grown rat, lame and nearly drowned,
crawled into the house, evidently in search
of food and shelter, and, by some chance,
made its way to tie place where the old cat
lay snugly on the heap of sacks with her
family.
Strangely, the mother seemed to gaze
with pity over the condition of the wanderer
and, instead of attacking him, she soon
made room for him and did everything to
relieve his sufferings. The rat displayed
every sign of gratitude, and the mighty
family, when they discovered the intruder,
were so struck with surprise that they for
bade anyone to disturb them.
The result was that the rat chose to re-
main with his new-found friends, and has
now become as docile as his foster mother.
A warm attachment seems to have sprung up
between the two. and the rat has grown fat
and lazy, wandering about as it suits its
fancy, and, evidently, pleased with its new
surroundings.
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Camp eggs Flag Presentation.

Last Thursday evening the flag presenta-
tiUn 20 Camp 2G5, Sens of Veterans, took
place u { the Mansfield Valley School Hall.
Comrade Morgan Thomas, of Post No. 8, was
the donor. The camp arranged an admir-
able programme for the evening. Rev. Mr..
AtchisCa invoked Gods blessings and guild
ance, and the Mansfield Valley Glee Club
sang, The Hills and Wales Resound." Miss
ENa Morgan recited ''America's Flag
After music by Camp 33's trio, Commander
john ;. LaInbie, OF Post ), delivered the pre-
sentatiun address. Pointing to the blue
held Of tie Gag, he said: "The AZ stars will
soon be multiplied 10 l00-there is space there
for the two Cana dus, Tor Mexico for the isles
OF the sea. ana South America: they all will
prosper under this banner and its unwav-
ering protection viii keep them in perfect
peace The response by a G. Lloyd was
full OF pith to the purpose. General p NJ
Guthrie made very appropriate speech.
"ihe Boys in Blue'' was recited by Miss
Mabel Beard Miss Annie Hardy and MI.
james Orris favored the meeting with a
duet, and Mr.. Z. /. Ruse sang the 'iSword of
Bunker Hili." Comrades W. H. Reed, w. H.
Lambert Morgan Thomas and other com
raaCs made short addresses.
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L. o. o. f.

To morrow evening Manchester Lodge No.
403 will confer the second degree on two can
didates and two will receive the first degree
All members of the order are cordially In
vlted to attend.
Next Thursday evening the degree staff of
Pittsburg Lodge No. 1856. I. o. o. f., will con-
fer the initiatory degree. As important bus
mess will come before the lodge the men,
bers are respectfully invited to attend.
Next Thursday evening ]. B. Nicholson
Lodge No. 5S5 will confer the initiatory de-
gree on four candidates. The team has been
reorganized during the recess and great
things are expected. All members OF the
order will be given hearty Welcome.
Next Tuesday evening Pittsburg Encamp-
ment No. will confer the P. degree and r.
P. degree on two candidates. Several WIS.,
itors have signified their intention to he
present, and very Interesting meeting is
expected. All Patriarchs are cordially in
vited to attend.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31
THE PENALTY OF A KISS.
A Young Man May Get Mouthful of Bac
terra for His Pleasure.

Cerla IOr Ills tleaSur6s
Any charming young lady possessing a
sweet rosebud mouth, with a voice upon
which phlegmonis has fastened itself, can
not be kissed without phlegmonis being the
price paid ''cash on delivery" by the per-
son who takes part with her in the dual bliss,
says physician in the New York Herald.
Her perfumed breath, with the silvery
tones and soft whispers, is filed with conta-
gion, in which microbes of marvellous form
fly to new fields of pasture. Hosts of cum
ming but riotous bacteria linger upon his
coral lips waiting to board those of the
mustached one who recklessly approaches.
Phlegmonis is sort of tonsifitis. The
ordinary commonplace tonsilitis is not con-
tagious Indeed, the ordinary form is
merely an inflammation of the tonsils, which
are glands in the back of the throat with
seeretions aiding the process of swallow
ing. An invasion of the glands by hosts of
iptothrax, a bacterium, which is normal in
the mouth, are the cause of this most
troublesome inflammation. They are a
vegetable microbe, which is always raging
in the mouth and is nourished by the saliva
and bits of food that get into the holes of
decayed teeth. This is the reason why peo-
pie who have had bad teeth are more apt to
be troubled with tonsilitis.
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I. o. G.. T.


Duncan Lodge had an increase of about "
In membership last quarter.
West Manchester Lodge initiated two last
Saturday evening and had three more propo-
sitions. u
The district officers this year are all hust.
lers and prospects for the order in this Sec
ton are very good.
The Secretary's report at district lodge at
the session held in Allegheny last week
showed an increase in membership all over
the district
After the district lodge last Saturday even
ing west Manchester Lodge entertained the
delegates who remained to attend their meet
ing by q lengthy programme.
The. delegates from this district to the
Grand Lodge, which will meet in LOCK
Haven, Pa, some time in July, are gong
there with the intention of working hard to
have the next session in district No. 8.
Four lady members of West Manchester
Lodge-Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Edmonston,
Mrs. Hagaman and Mrs. Potts-deserve great
credit for the manner in which they deco
rated the lodge room for the district lodge
meeting.
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THE WOMEN OF RUSSIA.
A Dowry Isn't Thought of There and the
Home Is Guarded.

Whatever the faults of the Russians, they
treat their women well, says the New York
Press. The daughters are the pets of the
family, and there is no eagerness to part
with them in marriage. Taking the Rus
sian Empire as whole, the number of
males and females is about equal, but among
the Russians proper of the better class one
generally meets with more sons than daugh-
ters in household. Perhaps this is a chief
reason why the Russian never thinks of
asking for dowry when he gets wife.
The Russian wife seldom has anything to
do with her husbands business affairs. She
is a home body, and her home, as rule, is
a place of much more comfort than outside
appearances might Indicate This applies
to the middle classes, and even the peasant
or artisan, if he can restrain his appetite for
vodki, lives happily though rudely. The
Russian army regulations are carefully
framed with the view of guarding the home,
and the married man, or the single man who
is the sole support of widowed parent, is
exempt from military service save in the ex-
treme crisis that would summon everybody
to arms. vs.
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The Little Recruit.

When the curtain at the Bijou Theater
rises tomorrow night it is safe to say a
packed house viii greet ''The Little Recruit -
Everything is in readiness and Post Isl ex-
poets big week for the thrilling war drama
viii he preceded b "a parade of Post ISL, Post
., Company and Camps and 30, Sons of
Veterans, headed by the Select knights
Band, All the organizations will meet at
Grand Army Fall, on Fourth avenue, and
march to The Bi5ou. The play will be given
ali week with GlatineeS on "Wednesday and
saturday. Thc proceeds will go into the
relief fund OF Post ISL
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PEARLS FROM TENNESSEE.
A Hunter Who Is Getting Rich and Ex-
poets to Get Richer.

A Hunter Who Is Getting Rich and Ex-
poets to Get Richer.
Nashville Americana
Mr.. j. L. Smith, Of this city, is the great
pearl hunter of Tennessee. For number of
years past he has devoted most of his time
during the summer months to this pursuit,
and has taken pearls to the value of thou
sands of dollars from the streams of Middle
Tennessee. Mr.. Smith returned yesterday
from Raft Shoals, on Stone river, few
miles from its confluence with the Cumber-
land, where he made most successful two
days haul, which he estimates will return
him something like $500. d.
He brought back with him, besides num-
erous small pearls, very fine ones. One was a
beauty, weighing ten grains; one weighed
eight grains, two six grains, and one
three grains. One of the si1-grain and the
three-grain pearls are purple, at present the
most fashionable and most costly variety,
The others are white
The largest pearls are generally freaks
and are of irregular form, so that they are
worthless, because when the surface is rough
or not symmetrical it cannot be polished, as
it ruins the pearl to put the tool of the Jew
eler upon it. Mr.. Smith says he expects
yet to find the symmetrical big pearl that
will make him at once both rich and famous
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31
MENDING UGLY EARS.
A Cap That Will Train the Offending Mem
bers Into Beauty.

of all ugly personal possessions big, un.
calmly ears have until recently received
little hope of reconstruction. There have
been helps for the skin, for the figure, but
for the ears, nothing, absolutely, totally
nothing, only earrings, which made the ap-
pendages look larger, or the pink tinting of
Mrs Kendall and Sara Bernhardt, which
made them appear absurd. Kind progress,
however, says the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
brings remedies to all, and men, women and
children, even from big ears have redress,
and need no longer be disfgured by their
hideousness.
No more ears need stand out as unmean-
ing screens on each side of. the head. An
ear cap has been invented which is no more
than light skeleton of tape and elastic.
These converge, fit over the eur and effectu-
ally, but without painful pressure, hold it
IN its place close to the head The cap is in
tended TO be worn at night, and as it is tied
under the chin the wearer cannot sleep with
his or her mouth open and the uncomforta-
Bile habit Of snoring is checked at the same
time.
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TAKE vICHY WITH IRON.
A Simple Method of Preventing the Dis
coloration of the Teeth.

A simple Method of Preventing the Dis
coloration of the Teeth.
New York Herald.]
Of all the various forms in which iron is
administered as medicine, the tineture of
the chloride of iron seems to have certain
special virtues which the other preparations
do not possess. Unfortunately, contact be-
tween this tincture of chloride of iron when
acted upon by the saliva or when given, as
is general, in solution of water is most in
furious to the teeth.
DR.. Weld has discovered, however, after
some years of experimentation, that this as
tringent and acid preparation may be ad-
ministered in or with vichy water or any
other similar alkaline water without the
slightest i'll consequences to the teeth, and
that the iron itself when SO administered
becomes, by the elimination of the free
hydrochloric acid, q stronger restorative
agent and is more likely to be assimilated
and tolerated by weak stomachs.
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Yesterday the graves of the departed
heroes OF 81 were strewn with flowers. The
PilESlcaI and mental suferings, privations
tiiu q, ueath OF the men who preserved intact
inc greatest republic of tine world, were
gratefully and lovingly remembered by those
whose sense of patriotism is not so dead that
tAcy forget to whom they are indebted for
the glorious united country of to-day. A
luu account of the Memorial Day ceremonies
IN TINS vicinity may be found in the local
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The Shield.

A new class is being started in Pittsburp.
It has now about 20 members with prospects
Of many more within the next ten days.
There is talk of organizing new lodge in
Allegheny and one on the Southside. There
is room enough for three lodges, but No. 8
ought to be looked after first, because it is
the parent lodge in Pittsburg.
A meeting of Pittsburg lodge will be held
during the coming week for the purpose of
reorganizing. Al. those who desire to Join
as charter members should have their appfi-
diately.
The open meeting of Pittsburg Lodge No. 8
Thursday evening was not as great sue
cess as was anticipated, owing to the bad
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Sons of Teterans

BROTHER MAILER is once more to be seen in
the ranks of Camp l62. He received royal
welcome upon his return.
BROTHERS WOODS of Davis Camp, English,
of the New Jersy Division, and Swearingden,
of Ohio Division, turned out with Camp l62
yesterday.
THE appearance of Harper Camp 162 yes
sisted Post Isl in Memorial services, at both
Oakland and Minersville cemeteries, and
were briefly complimented by members of
vices the camp in body adjourned to the
residence of Mrs. Colonel Foulk, Fifth ave-
nue., where they partook of a dainty lunch
con, prepared by the members of Ladies'
Aid Society No. 5, auxiliary to the camp
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condition of the weather. The address Of
the Past Supreme President, Wilson d.
Mules, of Baltimore, who is known IN ms
own city as the boy orator of MaTyiand
made very pleasing address and explained
the order in a manner as 1t has never oeen
done before in Pittsbarg. National organ
izer e. Dealham also made an interesting
address. The Supreme Secretary, ChaIles =.
Mules was present. He did not deliver an
address but he did something that was more
highly appreciated than if he had spoken.
He cashed the matured certificates OF tne
Pittsburg members.