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mining, etc. in other words, the manufac-
tn of electric motors and machinery will
absorb considerable part of the higher
class of labor engaged in general mechan-
ical pursuits, while the void thus left will
be filled from the agricultural element.
With regard to the saving in time of indi-
vidual passengers. Mr.. Crosby supposes the
average schedule of speed of horse cars to be
six miles and electric cars to be over nine
miles per hour. The gain in time would
thus be So minutes per mile. During the
wear ending June 80, 1890, there was total
1000, 900, 600 of passengers carried. The av-
erage distance travelled by each of these
NAV be assumed at about half mile, hence
q saving is shown of 900, 600, 900 of man.
minutes, equivalent to about 5S,000,000 of
man-hours, or 5,SOO,0OO man-days, the day
of labor being taken at ten hours. This for
the whole wear would amount to 16, 600 man
days per day.
After discussing the matter from statis-
tical point, Mr.. Crosby refers to the aesthetic
advantages of the electric car service: We
have the indefinite but large value resulting
from the more pleasurable sensation with
which we are ali familiar of riding on the
electric cars This is due in a measure to
greater speed, which is in itself a satisfac'
ton, and from the relief which comes from
seeing that sentient organisms are no longer
suffering in our service and before our
eyes"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

Following in the wake of the English
Admiralty the French Government is per.
fecting system of carrier pigeon service
for use in time of war. Young birds are
placed in cages on the bridge contiguous to
guns of large caliber which are fired many
times during the day. The birds soon get
over their fright at the noise and when
liberated every morning will always return,
whether the guns are being fired or not, and
whether the ship is under way or at anchor.
1t is found that the pigeon always recog-
nizes its own ship among a fleet of the
largest size. The United States Signal
Service has established a loft of trained
carrier pigeons at Key West, as well as at
Newport, for experimental purposes in car
rying on communication between ships at
sea and the mainland. Ships defending a
coast could by this means send important
information ashore, signal the approach of
the enemy's feet and report his movements
The latest development in the messenger
pigeon service is the "there and back"
fight. For a long time it was thought that
pigeons would fly in one direction only.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

Various Jealous authorities have been
doing the public service in calling atten-
tion to the quantity of imitation coffee
which is yearly foisted upon the consumers
of the beverage in this country. These
limitations are largely manufactured in
Germany, and are described by the manu-
facturers in their circulars to the dealers in
this country as being possessed of mar
veious virtues, and as being, in fact,
preferable on some accounts to the genuine
article. The dealer is seldom deceived
by this shallow artifce, but for the
sake of the increased profit, he con-
dones the deception. Wheat, -four and
bran mixed with moiasses seems to be
the favorite materials for the manufacture
of imitation cofeeS. A damaged or worth
less quality of -four is selected, and refuse
crackers and other waste of bakeries supply
portion of the material employed. A fac
tory recently seized in France employed a
mixture containing 500 grammes of ferrous
sulphate, Is kilos of chicory and 35 kilos of
-four. Such mixture as this is seriously
detrimental to health, and in late paper
on the subject Prof. Spencer urges pur-
chasers of coffee to be extremely careful and
to purchase only of reputable dealers if they
wish to insure their obtaining sound and
wholesome coffee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
New Electric Traction,

The announcement that Mr.. Edison has
devised new system of electric traction
for street cars is made at a moment when
such system, if successful, is sure to be
widely adopted The great opposition
which the trolley has met in various cities
has caused the local companies to hesitate
in determining on the use Of electric
traction. Now, however, that the main
objection to the trolley, the overhead wires,
may be dispensed with, communities that
have hitherto held aloof from electric trac-
tion will rapidly give in their adherence to
method of traction that increases their
comforts, saves their time, and improves
the value of their city lots. Mr.. Edison s
invention involves the taking of current
direct from the rails, and its use will in
volve cost far less than that of the cable
system. 1t is stated as more than likely
that many street railway companies which
have commenced to lay cable roads, or are
proposing to do so, will now take steps to
utilize this, the latest application of cleo
tricity to street car propulsion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
Electric Lighting of Churches.

4 grave quest on is now being considered
in England, to wit, the lighting of the dome
of ST. Pau's Cathedral by electricity. The
redecoration of the interior of the magnif-
cent dome is now progressing, and the
artistic work which is being done, will soon
be spoiled If submitted to the ravages of the
rows of gas jets which are at present placed
Immediately below the paintings In few
years the colors must inevitably lose their
brightness, and become as gloomy as other
parts of the structure where gas flames have
had their murky way. The lighting of the
other parts of the cathedral is miserably in
adequate, and although there is large sec
tion of the community who would preserve
the "dim religious light" at all hazards, and
who would think that the introduction of
the electric light would have "a theatrical
tendency" there are others who realize that
nothing is lost by adding to the cheerful
ness Of the house of worship, and that a
good deal of destruction and Disagreement
is saved by the use of bright, clean and
harmless light.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
A Corner in Rubber.

An English electrical paper extends to
American manufacturers its congratulations
that the proposed corner in rubber has come
to naught. The American syndicate which
sought to control the rubber market has
failed, because it was unable to borrow
more money with which to purchase the
new crop now coming into Para In this
case, as in that of the copper syndicate,
production was artifcially ard unduly
stimulated by the height to which prices
were pushed, and thus the position of the
combination was one of increasing difficulty.
Had its operation, however, continued for a
few weeks longer American manufacturers
would have been very much at the mercy of
its promoters. In this connection it is in
teresting to note that the worlds annual
crop of rubber is about 60000,OO0 pounds,
of. which two-thirds is used in the United
States, the supply from Para being two
thirds OF the whole. From there the best
qualities are obtained.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

One of the most attractive of the exhibits
at the Frankfurt Exposition is that in
which the process of manufacturing the
celebrated Sevres china is shown to the
public. Bohemian girls attired in their
national costume manipulate the plastic
clay and wax into lifelike leaves and birds.
The mass is then placed in furnace and
the heat is so regulated as to solidify the
substance without the least fracture A
second furnace evaporates all that is left of
the wax, leaving very friable, dead white
china flower. On this the coloring artist
reproduces the delicate shading of the nat
ural flower, and the article is then again
placed in the furnace to burn the color. The
process Of making china lace is quite as in
teresting and infinitely more beautiful Fig.
ures are draped in real lace, which has
been STEPPED in a solution of china paste
When these are placed in furnace the in
tense heat reduces the real lace to powder,
leaving the facsimile in porcelain in its
place.
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Side issues of Cattle Raising.

Not only is the raising of cattle now re-
duced to an exact science, but the utiliza-
tion of the various parts of the animal which
the butcher rejects is carried to point OF
the greatest nicesy. No portion of the steer
is allowed to 90 to waste The hair is used
for plaster, the hoots are converted into gel
atine, the horns are steamed and rolled out
for various purposes, the tongues are canned
and the shreds of meat about the head are
scraped of and utilized. The hide is cured,
the skull is burned for bone ash, the tail
appears in ox-ta1 soup, the blood is us ed in
making rare and expensive dyes and chem
lcals. and the waste is used for fertilizers.
This exact and scientific method of feeding
and slaughter has had the effect Of driving
the small feeders and butchers out of com
petition in the West, and they can only
afford to handle the poorer grades of beef,
which are neglected by the larger firms
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sEx.-dtY,
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Dull but Promising.

John NJ. Oakley & Co.'S correspondents
think this will be dull week. They say:
"To-day's business was too small to in
terest or amuse its observers. The bank
statement was, as expected, very favorable,
but its publication did not infuse any new
life into speculation. On the contrary, the
market in q way sold off a few fractions
after its appearance. There were no buyers
and the iorce of gravity accentuated by u
bear feeling seemed to control prices.
There is good short interest in the Con-
solidated Exchange as shown by the de-
mand from bears to borrow stocks and low
rates.
"The market is SO dead that traders are
disposed to sell it short, thinking that hold
ers will tire of their position. There is no
bear news, and there can hardly be any bear
campaign in the presence OF the speculative
outlook peculiarly promising. 1t is hard,
however, to for see the temporary moods OF
speculators, and momentarily they may go
counter to the actual current which is car
rying the roads to better times
"It will not do to stay short on past condf-
tions even though they send out prominent
news for the first time. The roads are con-
Tossing to necessities which they dared not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
CIosine Bond Ouotatiopr
Bank CIearinRa.

CH1oAeo-New York exchange, par. Money,
per cent. Bank clearings for the day,
$l4, SIC, ,927 for the week, s90117 ,2A; Sterling
exchange dull and unchanged.
ST. LoUIs-Clearings, S4,420, COS: balances,
S2Sl, ,233. Money, s per cent. Exchange on
New York 25c discount to par. For this
week: CIearings. $22 555. sos: balances S. l22
65l. For last week: Clearings. 81, ,306, 2l6;
balances, 81 Ole, ,2s2. For the corresponding
week last year: Clearings, $22 So, ,95l; bal
ances, 81 677 343.
PHILADELPHIA - Clearings, $9S73, 935: bal
ances, ST, ,G63 237. For the week: Clearings,
sG5 S75 $40; balances, IS, 459,o46. Money, per
cent.
BALT1MoRE-Clearings, s2,slS, ,62s balances,
81 5 5l9 Money, 6 per cent.
New YoRK-Clearings sll2, ,065, ,4os; balances,
s5,722 6l5. For the week-Clearings s739, ~,
113; balances, $50, ,705, ,0a5.
DEMONSTRATING, $14 ss6,T77; balances. ST.
5s5,252. Money, 4@415 per cent. Exchange
on New, York, l5@2Oc discount. For the
week-Clearings, 500, 1872, $685. balances, Sc, sos,
Clt arings, $loS, 394 093; balances S1l $780, ,0i5.
NEW ORLEANs-Clearings $3i, ass, 1856. New
York exchange, unsettled; commercial So 90
@3 so per 81 900 discount; bank, 81 so per ST oO1
discount to par.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
THE WEEK IN OIL.
Trading Assuming Large Proportions-A
Bu!lish Pipe Line ReDort

Oil is again becoming lively commodity.
Improvement in business on Change in the
last few weeks is refreshing. Actual sales
on the floor last week amounted to about
400, 900 barrels.
The pipe line report for September was
promulgated yesterday. 1t shows an in
crease in gross stocks of 265 600 barrels; an
increase in acceptances of 1,66S, ,HG0, and de-
crease in credit balances of l,400 0J0.
The feature of the report is the increa Sc in
acceptances, OF certificates, in which report
1t is the most bullish statement from q spec
ulative standpoint for years. Last month
at the same date certificates were 3, l20G0;
this month they are 1850, Co., an increase OF
81 per cent. This is the stuff that is traded
in.
The decrease in credit balances shows
that producers are large sellers of their pro-
ductionS.
Brokers think the increase in certificates
ind Gates disposition on the part Of the
Standard to encourage speculation, and are
feeling correspondingly happy.
During the week refined advanced at New
York and London, and declined at Antwerp
Average daily runs increased 5000 barrels
and shipments about 1000
Ihe market was narrow and quiet yester-
day. The only trade in cash oil was oi0JO
barrels at 593. Opening and lowest for No,
yember was go. The highest was 6css and
the close COZ.
The highest price made during the week
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

Oscar T Crosby, who has contributed
some valuable data to the literature of verv
rapid transit, has been showing the value
of the electric railway for purposes of rest,
recreation, and comfort of society at large
and from manv other sstandpoints. He
points out that there are now 33, 700 street
railway cars of all kinds in operation. They
make per annum about 49O, 00O. 600 miles of
service. Careful estimates show that +
cents q mile is the economy to be effected
BY the universal use of electric cars instead
of horse cars. The saving to society in
such case is expressed in money at about
$19 600 900 per annum. This means that
1860, 600 of man davs of labor
may every wear be Withdrawn from
present industries without diminish
Ing the total product of society
in the shape of things desirable to eat,
drink, wear or read. Otherwise expressed,
it means that IS, 700 men who are now at
work, engaged directly or indirectly in
street car propulsion, may, every day after
the substitution, stop working. Mr.. Crosby
further shows that to make the car mileage
figure gener lily accepted, namely 400, 00O,-
GOO per aEnUm, 800. 900 tons of coal must be
burned. To get out this 906, 900 tons of coal
per annum will reuuire the constant service
OF LOO miners, besides the services OF the
men engaged in the commercial handling
and transportation of the coal to the power
houses For the manufacture of the orig
inal installations of SO, 600 cars there must
be employed $4,000 per day, estimating
that the work of installation shall
extend over ten years, and under
standing that in this are covered
the engines, Gynamos, motors and line ma
terial, but not new cars. trucks or rails. 1t
is thus seen that $4,000 people are daily di-
verted for the next ten years from previous
occupations to the installation and mainte-
nance OF electric railways just sufficient to
replace cars now running. Mr.. Crosby
finds that the saving in labor of dispensing
with the feeding and grooming of the horse
viii rake further 81, 600 man-days avail
able for useful work, and that large part
Of those engaged in raising grain and horses
will be drafted into machine shops to make
motors, or, on a smaller scale, into coal
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
1mproved contact trolley wheel.

In the operation of overhead electric rail-
ways considerable annoyance has been e1-
perienced from the sparkling at the trolley
wheel, due to insufficient contact with the
trolley wire. An ingenious way of over
coming this difficulty has been designed,
and consists of wheel in which contact is
obtained at several points simultaneously.
The wheel is composed of helical con-
ductor, the convoIutions of which yield
under the pressure of the wheel upon the
wire to such an extent that several of them
are always in contact, so that, in case one
part of the wheel should fail to connect
with the trolley wire, sure connection
would be maintained by one or more of the
convolutions
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
DULL AND SLOW.
HOOKING VALLEY THE ONLY ACTIVE
STOCKS ON WALL STREET.
A Strong Opening, but Everything Seemed
Bond and Stock Issues Significant

q
Feature.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10-The stock market to-
| day was very dull, and while showing a
strong tone in the early trading, weakened
under renewed pressure toward the close
| and the early gains were entirely wiped out
except in few cases. The dealings re-
tanned their professional character, and no
outside interest could be discovered
in the market though the outsid-
ers took a hand in some of the
speciahies, such manipulation being most
marked in Hooking Valley. There was an
irregular but generally firm opening, and
the traders who were inclined to discount
a good bank statement and bought stocks to
cover shorts as well as for the long account
and small fractional advances were scored
all along the line, while Hooking Valley,
which opened down u, rose per cent. The
selling to realize at the improvement, how
ever, caused recession in this stock, though
the price was held toward the close in the
face of the weakness of the rest of the list.
ment eTS followed % and nd prices e %ppoHei raaeted
oil over the list and with the
publication Of the bank statement which
showed gain of over So, ,OOO 900 in the surplus
reserve, the selling assumed larger proper
tions. Louisville and Nashville and Chicago
Gas were specially prominent in this later
movement, and the former retired nearly l
per cent and the latter l1s from its best
figure. closing at the lowest. The pressure
was extended to the entire list, but it did
not affect the Nickel Plate stocks, which
held on to all they had gained nor to
Louisville, st. Louis and Texas, which rose
from Is to l61I, closing at the highest point
A better feeling marked the close, how
ever, which was dull and fairly irm at
shade under the opening prices. The final
changes are generally small losses, but not
one of Importance was seen.
Governments have been dull and steady
State bonds have been entirely neglected
The Post says: The sentiment of the in
vesting community is to be tested in the
next month or two as it has not been In
more than year.
Indeed, the announcements of new bond
or stock issues by the railroads is decidedly
the most significant feature of the present
situation. Two further proposed issues are
announced to-day-$2 coo 600 new preferred
stock by the Hooking Valley, and 81, 500, 600
new equipment bonds by the Lake Erie and
Western. An issue Of new stock probably
smaller in amount than either of the above
named figures has already been fore
shadowed by the Louisville and New Albany.
The subscription lists to the SS, COO 900 new
Westinghouse preferred stock are to be
opened this week, and other similar offer
ings are more or less vaguely rumored.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
firm and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat,
9779c; No. spring wheat SIC; No. red,
6s' NJ. VIII White, a6assc: No. white, 'S as@S5c: a
No. 2rye, s71ac; No. Charley, 60c: No. 3, f. O. b.,
3s@6lc; No 4, fo. .,S4@45e: Mol faxseed, ,9515c;
prime timothy seed, 81 Is; mess pork, y bbl,
rib sides OooseJ, SIS S0@7 10; dry salted shoul-
ders (boxed), S6 25@6 40: short clear sides
(boxed), 81 4O@7 90; whisky, distfllers' fin
ished goods, q gal. 81 Is; sugars unchanged.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the but
ter market WIS strong and higher: fancy
creamery. 1s@29c; fine Western, 25@27c; ordi-
nary, 20@2Sc. Eggs, l613919c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

Among the many evidences which have
lately aPpearea of the tendency in Europe
to utilize waterpower in various forms for
the generation of electricity is the discu =
sion which has just been held in Aberdeen,
Scotland, as to the utilization of the waters
of the Dee and Don rivers A London
electrical engineer was willing to make a
contract with the city to work bis system,
by which he proposed to derive from the
rivers enough power to light the city cleo
trlcaily. His proposition was to put motors
IN the river and to utilize the fall of the
water at four different places.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

During the autumn maneuvers of the
Austrian cavalry telegraphic equipment,
specially designed for field use, was tested
and gave complete satisfaction. The ap-
paratus and bate ries were placed in two
small boxes, oEe of which could be conyen-
iently carried each side of a saddle. a line
Of 20 kilometers was laid in two hours
Each of the Al regiments which took part
in the maneuvers was provided with one of
these portable sets of apparatus, and the
results of their working were uniformly
successful
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was s2zS, and the lowest 5s7S. The close was

was 627s, and the lowest 591S. The close was
steady.
OIL CITY, Oct. 10.-National Transit GER
t1fcates opened at 60c; highest, 603sc: lowest,
Soc; clos d, 6OHc; sales, 5000 barrels; clear
ances, 86S, 900 barrels: shipments, 9O,6O7 bar
rels; runs g., ,694 barrels.
BRADFORD, Oct. 1O-National Transit GER
tificates opened at 6O1sc; closed at 6n14c: high
est, GC3sc; lowest, 601sc: clearances, 2s2, 900.
NEW YORK, Oct. l0.-PetroIeum quiet and
delphia and Baltimore, G25R6 40c: refined in
bulk, 3.9]@3.95c Crude, Parker, 5.6jc; do. in
bulk. S.15c; United closed at 609sc for Novem-
har
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
HOME SECURITIES.
A FAIRLY GOOD WEEK ON CHANGE
AND IN THE OFFICES.

Sellers Hold Back but Considerable Busi-
ness Observation-Disclosures on
the Active List Closes Higher for the
Week With Two Exceptions-Leading
Features.
The local stock market developed nothing
of peculiar interest during the week outside
of Il disposition of holders to tighten their
grip and a corresponding stiffening in
values. There was liberal supply of buy
ing orders, but the most of them could not
be filled and were held over.
The leaders in activity were Philadelphia
Gas, Birmingham and Manchester Traction
in the order named. Office trading included
Birmingham Traction, Philadelphia Gas and
bonds, but particulars were withheld. Alto
gether the weeks operations were the lar
gest and most satisfactory for months.
Closing prices for the week, as compared
with those of the previous Saturday, show
the following CHANCES: Monongahefa Ma
tional Bank gained 81, Pittsburg Traction 81.
New York and Cleyeland Gas Coal % Luster
q, Electric a, Switch and Signal 1N, Under
ground Gable ~ Philadelphia Gas and Gen.
tral Traction lost Is each.
Sales on call for the week aggregated
2 09l sheres, against $50 the previous week.
Those of yesterday were so shares of Phila-
delphia Gas at 1917, 30 at 1917, Pittsburg
Traction at 4S, and 20 Birming ham Traction
at 1873. Final bids and offers follow:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

The New York bank statement was also
favorable, showing a large increase in the
in specie The following are tho changes
Tor the week: Reserve, increase, S. 536 125;
loans, decrease, 81, 81, 900; specie, increase,
$5,9l8 100; legal tenders, decrease, $l,AI, 700;
deposits, increase, s., ,15S 7CO: circulation, in,
crease, $40 100: amount above legal require
ment, $6 659,965.
At New York yesterday money on call was
easy, with no loans, closing offered at per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 5A@715 Sterl-
ing exchange quiet and steady at 81 80 for 60
day bills and 81 $50 for demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
A COMPLETE RECOVERY.
What o Sunnyside Man Obtained
at the Electropathic Institute,
at 5O7 Penn Avenue.

"I had as severe an attack OF scfat1c
rheumatism as ever anyone had. 1 was
taken down about June and suffered tor
tures," says Mr.. David dispenser, of Sunny
side, Westmoreland county, Pa. Mr..
Snenser's occupation' is that of weigher