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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
WOOD FOB LOCOMOTIVE FUEL
What Strikes the Traveller When He Rides
Into Southern States.
WRITTEN FOR THE D1spATcH.j

INTO SOuCnern Stht6ss
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcHj
Throughout the border States of the South
the fuel for domestic Use as we'll as for run
ming machinery Is wood. On all the rail-
roads wood is used exclusively for firing
the engines. Each tender of the engine is
stacked high with short lengths of wood
ready for use, which have been gathered
from the immense piles that, are seen at reg
ular intervals along the lines. Pine is
plentiful in the coast States, and is the
wood principally used. It kiDdles easily,
as everyone knows, and generates rapidly
an intense heat, and still does not consume
as quickly as at first appears. Passenger
trains are frequently ran from lit to 129
miles with one cord OF this wood.
The traveller on these roads is apt to find
the thick, black smoke from the rich pine
thrown off by the engine equally as annoy
ing and disagreeable as the sulphur tunes
from the bituminous coal in common use on
roads throughout the coal regions. Back
from the smokestack is thrown a continual
shower of sparks, making a pretty sight by
night. These bits of fire, as a rule, die out
quickly, and do very little damage. But a
spark may occasionally enter through an
open door or window and burn its way into
your clothing or the cushions Of the seat
Another disagreeable feature attending
travel on these roads is the dust you en-
counter at all seasons of the year. Close
the windows and doors of the coach as you
viii the white sand dust will enter the
crevices and cover you from head to foot.
Before you reach your journeys end you
will likely think you will either be suffo-
Gated with the tar smoke of the pine fuel or
strangled with the dust. For this reason
travellers once passing over Southern rail-
roads see the necessity of providing them
selves we'll with linen busters or travelling
cloaks as double protection against sparks
from locomotives and dust of the wayside.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
INFANT ROOMS IN THEATERs.

A Scheme to Enable Mothers to Attend the
Opera With Their Babies.
Canton REPOSITORY
An old Canton bachelor, who is annoyed
by babies at theaters more than at church,
suggests something for opera houses like DR..
Locke. formerly Of Canton, proposes for
churches. He handed the scribe ah item
from East Liverpool, which reads:
Church Of this city, believes he has hit upon
plan that will allows mother to 20 to
church without leaving her babe at home or
without the child disturbing the entire con-
grekation. He proposes to have an infant
room, heated and properly furnished, and
have . corps of competent women take
charge of the babies during the service. thus
allowing everybody to enjoy the preach
ing"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

wear. was told In Chicago that would
lose 80 pounds while travelling through
Texas, as the hotels were exceedingly bad.
1 have gained eigh. pounds, and the weight
of my excess baggage has also increased
while here. L now ieel like new man. 1
am no longer afflicted with low spirits,
dread of violent death on the scaffold,
night sweats, constant craving for food,
ringing in the ears, repugnance' to work, or
moth patches.
The mocking bird is quite common in
Austin. 1t is heard very often in the Wild
wood putting up pecan at early morn or set
of sun. 1 heard one the other morning that
could give very good imitation of q
guinea hen. 1t was so good that no one
could tell the difference. So she might
about as we'll have been guinea hen, so
far as the listener was concerned. We
should learn from this to initiate only those
who are worthy. Here was sweet voiced
songster of the woods vino could have sur
prised and delighted every one, but she had
prostituted her talents to an igDoble end,
and through the long hours seemed content
to cluck and rattle with the monotonous
and metallic clatter which characterizes the
vacant mind oi the guinea hen.
The Choctaw and His jag.
Along here one occasionally sees the
noble Choctaw associated with an Etruscan
jag. The Indian and white man are quite
different when sober. but exactly alike when
drunk. Their aspirations, hopes, fears,
passions and tendencies are the same then.
The Choctaws have avillage under the man.
agement of q chief, who attends to every
thing, even to the punishment for murder.
The law of the State does not pool with the
Choctaw settlement. If one kills another
In an unguarded moment, the chief sends
for the murderer and tells him what he
thinks Of him.
The country in spots is still quite unset
tied, and the primeval forest may be seen
for miles and miles. Yesterday . slight,
girlish figure might have been seen tripping
gayly toward the depot as the train ap-
preached. She was all dressed mp and had
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Shoes for Baseball Player,

Over a thousand men are under contract
to play ball, and this means that over $25,-
900 will be paid for baseball shoes this year.
Every member has three pairs q year, cost
ing the club t15 and the member 80. The
shoe worn is made Of kangaroo leather and
the soles are very light, only strong enough
to hold the rivets which keep the spike
plate in position. The plate is 90 large
that il covers the ball of the loot entirely,
and there is no wear on the leather at all.
The shoe is hard to make because the tenn
per of the plate has to be just 50.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
MIDSUMMER SNOW In VERMONT.
The Legacy of Winter Never Disappears
Entirely Until August

The Legacy of Winter Never Disappears
Entirely Until August
New York World.l
"Snow on the 10th of April?" exclaimed
a Green Mountain man. "Why certainly.
If Senator Edmunds objects to the climate
of Washington on as too cool for him, have
no idea he will ever reside in Vermont
again. 1t SHOWS all through April up there
as often as not and Yermonters haven't had
the grip either. Why, I have seen snow
115 feet deep on the 1st day of August in
New Hampshire.
''There is spur of Mount Washington,
you see, which runs down toward Vermont
and almost shuts in a deep valley at its
foot. The winds that sweep over the noun
tain all winner long drift the snow into this
valley, which has very little natural outlet,
being on the north side of the range, and
the snow accumulates in it until by spring
it is sometimes /, 600 feet deep. Of course,
as soon as the weather gets warm it begins
to melt and keeps on melting until August,
BY which time there is about 100 or so feet
only left"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

rected human energy. much money and the
backing of the Almighty.
There are hot-beds Of heatheDism in this
city ten times more appalling than any that
ever existed in darkest Africa. Mere can
nibalIsm of the benighted Senegam bian is but
disagreeable feature compared to the
moral rottenness that underlies civilized
Gotham.
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

PEAKING of the
stage, and the tempta-
tions and trials that
beset it. I got a room
at the hotel in Austin
which, although a very
pleasant one. did not
have q very prompt
service connected with
it. There was also no
key to it, 30 whenever
I went out for an hour
or two I had to pack
my trunk and lock it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
A GastrouomIcal Failure.
Philadelphia Record.

Under the impetus ofa good-sized wager.
q Seventeenth ward blacksmith the other
day attempted to eat 500 raw oystera he
began promptly ct 2 P. M, but at 410
threw up the sponge on the 426th oyster.
He then went back to his spvil, made Q
horseshoe, went home and slept soundly all
night. Up to 300 he said the oysters tasted
all right, but after that they lost their
flavor. He attributed his failure to the
low temperature of the room, and said If it
had been warmer he could have eaten the
whole 500.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
woodpeckers and sparrow..

The English sparrow has mortal enemy
in the common red-headed woodpecker, who.
though no giant among birds, is as big ~
half dozen English sparrows and not
afraid of half hundred. The woodpeeker's
beak is so hard. and his head and neck are
so powerful. that in single peck he can
kill a sparrow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
The Nicaragua Canal Isn't New.

In the early days of the Spanish occupas
tion there was talk of a canal across the
Isthmus of Panama, and Spanish explorer
named Gomara in 1851 indicated the
Nicaragua route as the most feasible between
the two seas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
THE HOTELS0F TEXAS
Bill Nye Has Difficulty in Getting
His Afternoon Siesta.
MISTAKEN FOR A STAGE HERO.
How the Lone Star Hocking Bird Prosti'
tutes Her Noble Voics.
THE CHoorAWs AND ErRUsoAN JAGs

tcoRRxsroHDKNcE OF THE DrsrATCH.l
STILL STARRING IN
THE LONE STAR STATE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
The Critical Years of Life.

The moral fight has just begun. Let those
youths and misses who are close-sheltered
meath the parental wings during the period
embraced between 16 and q not chaie and
fret in the apron strings, but thank heaven
for that counsel and protection. If there is
a block of years to be picked out of human
life and laid aside marked ''critical" it is
the period from 16t to 20.
Four-fifths of the entire.criminal popula-
ton of New York, from year to year. are
embraced in that narrow limit. More crimes
are committed and more people 60 wrong in
that period of life than all other years put
together. Read the long list of females
scooped in by occasional raids in Chinatown
and the other purlieus OF this city. Girls
from Is to POI Read the story of daily
crimes. Hoodlums, burglars, murderers-
boys from Is to 21! Setting aside the
hardened class who have passed the critical
period and are now numbered among the in
corrigibles, the entire criminal calendar of
New York-crimes and criminals. males
and females-comes practically within 10
and q.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
FOUNDLINGS FUTURE.
Care That Is Bestowed on the 0utcast
Waits of a Great City.
SET FREE AT TIE WRONG TIME.
Americas Criminals Average Less Than
Twenty Years Of Age.
WHAT Is CAUGHT In TIE LAWS NET
SET FREE AT TIE WRONG TINE.
WHAT Is CAUGHT In TIE LAWS NET
rconanspoNDrscr or THE DfsrArcH.I

fCoRREsP0NDENCK OF THE DIsrATCh.I
NEW YORK, April 25.-"About 200 in
fants year are found deserted in the streets
OF New York." said the police sergeant in
charge Of a station house.
The future of those who begin life thus
inauspiciously would not appear to be very
bright. Yet the humane societies of the
metropolis take pretty good care Of these
wallis, found upon the doorsteps, in hall
ways, or on the park benches. They are
sent to the Infants Hospital, RandalPs
Island, registered, named and either adopted
by childless people or are fsrmed out to
persons outside of New York.
The care of these foundlings ceases, how
ever, when they are 16 years of age They
must thereafter scratch for themselves.
Aside from those lucky enough to find WELL
to-do papas and mammas the children OF
nobody probably fare no better and no
worse than the children of thousands of poor
or criminal parents who live within the
shadows of the great city.
The Baby's Health and Appearance.
1t is by no means unusual for healthy,
handsome babies from the ranks of these
abandoned children to find happy homes
and loving hearts and to never know that
they were born to anything or anybody else.
But the great majority of babies are not
handsome and very large minority of the
poor little fhnocents promiscuously left
around town are not even healthy. The
official baby farmers in the country have
the financial inducement OF S12 per month
$40 for board and 50 for clothes-to pro-
long the infantIie existence. When the
latter arrives at an age when 1t can "pick
up chips;" that is. render some service, why,
that is so much additional. Its career
thenceforward till 16 is that OF the ira
ditional "bound boy" or girl. Everybody
knows about what that is.
From is years of age the future of the
ioundling may be classed with that of the
children OF the INDECENT population gen.
orally. Perhaps the foundliDg has some
what the advantage in. point of discipline.
At any rate, the physical struggle is prac-
tlcally over. From that time forward the
individual is presumably ably to look out
for himself.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Caught in the Police Drag Net.

The other night the police swooped down
upon the worst quarter of the city-a quar-
ter reeking with the opium dens and dregs
Of Oriental viciousness. The streets were
blocked, the alleys and backways guarded.
then special squad were sent in to beat
the bushes for human game. Only the
women were to be taken. And these poured
forth by scores, many but half dressed, in
the attempt to escape. They were cornered
like sheep in every direction and were
marched in. one compact body-over 30 of
them-to the station house cells.
They were young American girls of from
10 to q. Not a mature woman among them
in point of age. They were children who
ought to be in the schools and members of
Sunday schools. Instead of that they were
found with the very worst product of civil
Ization. And do you presume for moment
that arrest and temporary imprisonment
had any humiliation for these girls7 Not
bit of It'll They sang songs all night. "as if
they were at picnic" said keeper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Almost All of American Birth.

Go to public resorts about midnight, and
later. Look around you we'll. Yes; it is the
same phase OF youth and beauty. And
Americans, tool They are of the Anglo
Saxon race. The same tongue you heard
from the prisoners dock. The same Ian
guage that arose in the feminine chorus from
the station house cells!
Where are the despised Italians? Where
are the alleged of-scourings OF the Old
World that are dumped into New York at
the rate of 1000 per day? Not here. The
"off-scourings" are at work. These are
American-born boys and girls, the product
of American civilization. It is the young
and inexperienced who stumble and fall out
out of the ranks. 1t is the province of
youth to err. As rule. men and women Of
mature age do not commit crime. Excep-
tional cases there are, it is true. But, as a
rule, the boy who passes the age of 21 IN
safety is all right. His character is formed.
AT 25 q straight record is a coat Of mail and
sword and 'buckler. Accident alone can
down him. A girl in her goth year un-
spotted by the world is reasonably secure
against trouble, and this whether she js
under the parental roof or Is alone and
working Tor living in New York.
Care For the Ninety and Nine.
Millions are spent here annually to pro-
mote the advancement of the human race in
morals, in education, in art and science.
Not one dollar IN thousand SO spent goes
even in the direction Of those whose moral
welfare il social hazard and the environ
ment of whose daily lives makes them a
standing menace TO law and order. It 10
the same old scriptural case Of the ninety
and nine Just men taken excellent care Of
and the one sinner being allowed to
shift for himself. or to 60 to the devil.
But the loater and the thief and their chill
dren being raised to the station house cells
of New York are part Of great social prob
lem, difficult to reach and comprehend, The
solving Of that problem in these days, as Of
old, would require considerable we'll di-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

Ninety per cent American born.
These are New York's criminals These
boys and girls are being ground through the
modern mill of the gods-the police court
for every crime conceivable and. aye, in
conceivablel You didn't expect to see such
a sight as this. No; you thought only of
men and women OF mature age-with scared
faces, gray hairs and faces case-hardened by
long continued offenses against the law.
And here and there you will see just such
people, but almost every one of them began
wroug-doing back in the period of adoles-
cence The general run of the material is
early manhood and early womanhood.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

Let the interested investigator sit in the
little morbid crowd of regular morning visi-
tors in any of the police courts and take an
inventory of humanity in the dock. Clear
awaV the human rubbish of drunks and
yagabonds. Now, what do you see?
Young faces.
Youthful figures.
Boys.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-01
Etna1rIfaI.
A stimulating Influence Given the Market by Cables from Abroad-The Advancing Tendency Checked by Bear Pressure.

Advancing Tendency Checked by
 Bear Pressure.
 NEW YORK, September 30.
 At the stock exchange to-day the early dealings responded cheerfully to more encouraging ca bles from abroad coupled with higher prices for American stocks in London and some buying for foreign account in this market at the opening, Imminent arrivals of large amounts of gold also had material influence in making better feel ing in the market during the forenoon, and conservative bullish feeling permeated the room. First prices under the stimulus of these influ- ences were most all from quarter to one-half per cent, better than those of last evening, al though Missouri Pacific was down a half. It took the lead in the early advance, however, rising one-half per cent. on desire among the shorts to cover at the concessions. The bears, how ever, pressed it for sale vigorously and it lost the improvement, the movement checking the advancing tendency in the rest of the list. Erie, Atchison and Northern Pacific preferred yielded other speciaties like New York, Susquehanna and Western made material gains. The general list later recovered its tone, and the upward teT the made the ket hesitated and soon Missouri Pacific began to drop and it's decline did not until well into the last hour when it touched 594. The list re- fused to follow Missouri Pacific down, though Un- ion Pacific, as was natural, showed considerable weakness under pressure at the time. The sell ing of Missouri Pacific, however had little of ap- pearance of liquidation and later in the day there was material rally, although it finally closed at the lowest figures. Besides these, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis stocks were again very strong, the common rising over per cent. Out side of the activity in St. Paul, Union Pacific, Atchison, Erie and the grangerS, there was little feature to the trading in the general list aud the market closed quiet and fairly steady, at close to first prices. The final changes are small and irregular.
 Railroad bonds were quiet and without pro- nounced tone, although most of the active s- sues displayed some ffrmness in the early trad ing which disappeared later in the day The movements were without significance and the final changes of note in the inactive list. The total sales were $1 ,396, ,000.
 Following are the closing prices. reported by PRINCE & WHITELY bankers and brokers 61 Broadway, N. Y and 15 Center street, New Ha- van Conn
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-01
Thursda October 1, 1891.
TraueIers' Guide.
New York, New Haven
 and Hartford K. R.
September 26th, 1sel

 TRAINS LEAVE NEW HAVEN AS FOLLOWS FOR NEW YoRK-.<:so. st:ss. -s:is. f7-oe. f7:so, fs:io, s:so, sq:Ss, -io:s. tii-so e. m., sx:so, .s.sn, ss:sa s:ss, sso. -7sos, ss:io Cs:is Bridgeport AccomnodAtionl, ss:io. 7:is pm suxnkTs-.s:So, ss:5o, 500 C. m-, ssoo, GAS '7ss, ss:lo, SIS, 's:iop. m
 FOR WASHINGTON VIA HARLEM RIvER- sI2:ol am CdAily).
 FOR BOSTON VIA SPRINGFIELD - si.D. 'ii:os e. m, 'i.os, 'ssss p. ua- susnArs-'i=so 6night), ss:s2 pm
 FOR BOSTON VIA NEw LONDON AND PROV DESCE-'s:is, T-ss A- n-, 'is-os. 'Ssos and 'e;ss p m- suSDIrs-'s:isA C. n-, -esbs p. m
 FOR BOSTON VIA HARTFORD AND NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND R. R.-'i=so Au- (da1y), s2sos pm.
 FOR BOSTON VIA AIR LINE AND N.Y. Axp N. K. R R.-'4s% pm susnIrs-.t:ss pm
 FOR MEsIDKs. HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD. Ero.-s1:ao night. si-so night Cto HnrtfordD e:to, s-oo, tio:ss, siisos c. m, sIssoO ID. Cwhfte Mt exp. first stop HArtford,) i2sos sl=15 Csss1s to Hartford ealy), S:io, ssO1, e:is to HArttordl, '5:se, s.so io-o5 p-u- SUSnArs-si-so night Csi=so night to HArtfordD ssss2, s-ss CAccO pm Shore Line Division
 fSh SkH LOSDOS. kTc--~z:lt niGkts f=S5. s:ss, iisoS g. m., si2,os. s.Ss ss;os. SIS, s:iS, 16:ss. Caso5 p. m Guilforo sccommodGisoa) SUSDArs-'s:is right s6.a p. ID. Air Line Division. FOR MIDDLETOwN, wIILIMANT7c. RVc.- Leave New Haven for all Stations At SOS am. | :2s, 's-ss, 6-cs pm SUNDArs-"f=S pm Coz nect st Middletown with Connecticut Valley R. | R., and st wfIlimA1tsc with \. Y. q N. F. and \. L. snd \. R-R-; al Turoerrile with Ooichssisp branch Trains arrive si New Haven si soc am, i=2l, s7soo, s;S pm Naugatuck Division.
 FOR WATERBURY and way stations yis NGn- gstuck Junction Il St A- m s0SnLrs-ssoo e m. Northampton Divtsiou. FALLS, S,wmLIAMsDURG RoLYoKE asd gEw | HARTFORD and fntsrnedIAte stations trains leave New Haven al 7:s2- iisos am and s4sc0 pm
 FOR NORTHAMPTON, wTIIIAMEBURG and points this side al s=5S pm
 FROM WILLIAMSBURG train arrives st s:ss C. m, i:s3 s:2l and SOS p. m, snd from SHE'LL BURNE FALLS and intermediate stations si i:s3 <:si and SOS p. m
 LUCIUs FUTILE, Gen Manager. | CT. HEMPSTRAD, - Gen Pass Agent
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-01
Floral.

H. R. Allen and wife of Bristol street, will open a cut flower store at No. 34 Church street, where'a full supply of the best flowers in the market will be found. Designs will be arranged by Mrs. Allen, and which are considered by many the finest in the state, and her bouquets, like all her work, are celebrated for their nat ural, easy grace and the perfectly har- monious treatment of color which they display, while preserving the charming in- dividuality of the flowers.
 They will have fine display of chrys- anthemums during the fall, and the pub lie are cordially invited to call and see them. Their place at 105 Bristol street will also be open for uptown customers.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-01

Alderman Lowe is happy man over the hard g ening of Park street, from Whalley avenue to and largely through the alderman's untiring zeal was the work ordered and accomplished who uses the road as 2 carriage drive, as now the road IS fine one all the way, and the change made IS a great public improvement. This route IS greatly used in getting from one side of the city to the other, especially in driving to and from the shore and, with South street in prime condition as it is, also, a continuous route of "good wheeling is now afforded
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-01

Attorneys Charles Kleiner and William s. Par dee, commissioners of the insolvent estate of Charles W. Scranton, met this morning to re- ceive any claims against the estate which might be presented since the extension of time for filing the same granted by the probate court. No new claims were presented and Com missioner Kleiner said he doubted if there would be-. The time for filing claims expired at mid night last night.
 The United States government will now prose cute Lewis Larson, the Swede oleomarg arine peddler, who was fined in the city court Tuesday q. Larson, who is also engaged in the same busi- ness with Lewis, for not taking out 8 United States license.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-01
9aItsctlla1IenA1s.
The Home Dye House,

Recent additions to the list of Diamond Dyes make it possible for any woman to dye her dresses, cloaks, feathers, etc., at home, any color desired. These dyes are simple and easy to use, make colors true to name, and save dollars for every dime they cost. A book of full, plain directions for home dyeing can be had free from Wells, Richardson & Co.,, Burlington, Vt.