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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-15
ANCHOR LINE.

Steamers Leave New York Every Saturday
For Glasgow via Londonderry.
Rates for Saloon Passage
By S. s. CITY OF ROME, $50 and upward,
according to accommodation and location Of
room. Other Steamers of the Line $50 and
upward. Second Cabin $50. Steerage go.
Passengers booked at through rates to or
from any city in Great Britain or on the
Continent.
DRAFTS ON LONDON SOLD AT LOWEST RATES.
Book of information, tours and sailing lists
furnished on application to Agents.
n Y, or j. MCCORMICK, $50 and 401 Smith
field St; A. d. SCORER & SON, Ais Smithfield
ST., Pittsburg; F. NJ SEMPLE ITO Federal st.,
Allegheny. ap2S4l-NwF
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A WILDWOOD SURPRISE.
THE W. W. WINTYRE FARM SHOWS UP
INDICATIONS FOR A WELL.

1T Is Nearly Mile South of the Aston Wells
and East of a As Degree Line-A Good
Well Reported From the McCurdy Field
Reports From Other Pools.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-15
1Forty mer have left San Diego. {
HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE

A teaspoonfui added to a glass of hot or
cold water and sweetened to the taste, will
be found refreshing and fnvigorating.
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Ranching in Florida.

Ranching though the least known, is
the oldest industry in Florida. For a
great number of years cattle raising for
the Cuban and West Indian markets has
been an occupation of the active Flori-
dan. From Punta Gorda and Punta Ras-
sa, ports of Charlotte harbor, about H.
600 head Of cattle are annually exported
to Cuba. They are not fattened, and,
indeed, are only rounded up just before
expectation; consequently the beef is
wretched stuff, and the S14 or SIS paid
for each OF the beeves may be considered
quite as much as they are worth. The
pasture Is poor and the breed still poor
err; and, although there is a movement
afoot to improve both, there can be little
doubt that as the southern countries are
settled, herds will diminish in size and
the range of pasturage be greatly restrict
ed. Ranching as ranching will eradu-
ally die, and dairy farming will reign in
its stead.-McNillan's Kagasine.
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Moving Grants Tomb.

zone of the most difficult things I
have ever heard of was the moving OF
Grants tomb, in New York" said Henry
j. Weatherly, a well-kuown Detroit con-
tractor, at the Laclede. "The moving Of
the tomb from its temporary place some
200 feet distant was an extremely diff.
cult task, and was awarded to James B.
Gilligan, well known New York mover.
In the first place the concrete base on
which the tomb, containing the casket,
rested had to be cut away with chisels,
and this alone consumed six days. Then
the tomb had to be raised sixteen feet and
then carried over q sort of elevated rail-
road to the new site. It took nearly
thirty days to raise the tomb and move
it, and the greatest care had to be taken
to prevent its falling apart. Then again
the steel casket containing Grants body
was not fastened in any way and there
was great Danger, if it in any way got
out of plumb, Of it breaking the tomb,
and taken on the whole it was a job that
few men would care to undertake,
and Contractor Gilligan deserves great
credit for performing the work 50 we'll,
and the $1,000 he received as a compen-
sation is, I think, very small.'-S.
Louis Star Sayings.
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New Feat In Ophthalmic Surgery.

A remarkable case of successful removal
of q piece of metal imbedded in the re-
tina is reported by DR.. Thatham Thomp-
son, ophthalmic surgeon to the Cardiff
(Wales) infrmary. A blacksmith was
engaged in December last at a c~olliery
near Pontrypridd, in stamping new tools.
when a small splinter of steel flew OIL
and struck him in the white of the left
eye, causing irritation and other symp.
toms which eventually rendered it neces-
sary either to remove the eye or make an
attempt to extract the cause of the
trouble. The latter daring experiment
having been decided on, the patient was
put under the influence of ether. The
little wound was then reopened with an
instrument known as a cataract knife
and a curved pole of an electric magnet
was introduced. This was then passed
across the vitreous body as nearly as
could be judged in the direction trav-
ersed by the splinter. On the first with
drawal nothing appeared, but a second
attempt in which the pole was passed
still further, ended in the fragment of
steel passing easily through the opening
in tow of the magnet. The sufferer is
stated to have since resumed his duties
with restored sight. Chicago Herald.
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The Lowell Safety,

NEW BICYCLE WHICH TIE PUBLIC LIKES.
While thousands within the last decade
have enjoyed the sport OF cycling, the fact l.
nevertheless obvious that many thousands
more have been deferred from enjoying It in
consequence Of the high prices demanded for
erealIy good wheel: -
il remained for the John p. Lowell Arms
Company of Boston TO change this state OF at
fairs. It was last year that the public first be;
came aware that there was q new low-priced
safety bicycle on the market. q wheel strictly
nigh grade, and equal in every particular 10
any manufactured in America or Europe. AS
previous to this all manufacturers bed
charged q very large price for e frst-class
wheel, the John P. Lowell Arms Company is
therefore the first house that has ever offered
the public such a wheel at q price that does
not place it beyond the reach Of the average
PERSONS purse. Tn company hat manufac;
lures this wheel tthe Loyell Diamond Safety
is one of the oldest of all the manufacturing
and mercantile houses IN New England, hav-
Ing been established in 1910.
Besides being now one Of the leading bicycle
firms in the United States, the John T. Lowell
Arms Company is nj has been for years q
well-known manufacturer and dealer In fire.
arms and sporting goods Of every description;
On June ID Of last year, the nrm celebrated
Its half-century anniversary. The founder OF
this enterprising house, MI. John i. Lowell
although over 70 years OF age, Is still an Inn
portant and active member OF This world
famed hOusa.
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Lions Frightened by O Whip.

A correspondent who has had consider.
able experience in South Africa, narrates
an incident which occurred on the Linn.
popo River, the northern boundry of the
Trausvaal. One of his drivers was q
Hottentor named Cigar, and though the
roads were heavy, he had to hurry on,
time being an object, not even hating
for the usual siesta in the middle of the
day. But one day he bullocks stopped
suddenly and refused to advance further.
The Hottentot's experience told him there
was something ahead that frightened the
oxen, so, Selling his whip, he went for
ward to reconnoitre. He vas not long
in discovering the cause Of the trouble,
namely, a splendid couple of lions with
their cuba, enjoying a midday snooze.
Without hesitation he measured with his
eye the distance, then raising his giant
ox-whip, brought it down among them
with a succession of cracks that rivalled
the report of a gun. Thus abruptly
awakened, neither of the parents stopped
to learn who had disturbed them, but
bounded off into the adjoining jungle,
closely followed by their progeny.-Meu
York Journal.
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Bia, bsa bad

the old-fashioned pill. Bad to
take, and bad to have taken. In
efficient, too. It's only temporary
relief you can get from it.
Try something better. With d..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the benefit
is lasting. They cleanse and regu-
late the liver, stomach and bowels.
Taken in time, they preoen& trouble.
n any case, they cure it.
And they cure it easily; they're
mild and gentle, but thorough and
effective. There's no disturbances
to the system, diet or occupation.
One tiny, sugar coated Pellet for
a laxative-three for a cathartic.
Sick and Bilious Headache, Consti-
patton, Indigestion, Bilious Attadks,
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels are promptly
relieved and permanently cured.
They're purely vegetable, per.
fectly harmless, the smallest, and
the easiest to take-but besides
that, they're the cheapest pill you
can buy, for they're guaranteed TO
give satisfaction, or your money Is
returned. You pay only for the
good you get. This is true only
of DR.. Pierce's medicines
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
A NATTER OF MUD,

After a heavy rain when carriage roads
are covered with two or three inches
(more or less) of partly liquid mud. a
buggy may be driven for miles with such
care as to receive very little of it except
what adheres to the rims OF the wheels.
Or a mud pool extending the whole
breath of the road may have to be passed
and would spoil the new varrish of the
vehicle unless the driver. has learned By
trial how fast he must drive for the
occasion. We have seen careful driving
over q certain road with scarcely any de-
facement, and again needless driving
over the same line with. formidable
damage. If the horse is driven on a
walk or about three miles an hour the
mud will adhere to the rim of the wheels
and!be carried up by them as they revolve.
Its weight will cause it to drop on the
spokcs and hub, and these in a short
time will be covered with it in one adj
herring mass. But drive O little faster.
on q slow or moderate trot, four and'a
half or five miles an hour, and then the
mud which is carried up on the rim of
the wheels willnot drop, for the increased
circular motion now given to them will
impart enough centrifugal force to hold
mud to the wheel. The rim is the only
part that will be muddy. The spokes and
hub will be clear The writer has sue
cessfully placticed this course more than
fifty wears. But if the horse is driven
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
s~oUAsHvINE BoRER.

Many thousands of farmers and
gardeners have been seeking for years
to find something that will effectually
prevent the attacks of the squashvine
borer, and without finding it. The line
of search has always been-and very
properly too-in the direction of
~preventives, for it is very difficult to
discover the borers until the vines wilt,
this indicating their presence, but the
warning comes too late to save the vines.
As the little moths look so much like
transparent-winged wasps that few per-
som except entomologists would recog-
nize them, even if ever so abundant;
consequently, practical remedies must
take the form of some offensive SUBJ
stance that will repel the moths and
prevent the females depositing their eggs
on the vines. The best thing We have
found for this is coal tar. either mixed
with plaster or ashes and worked over
until the mixture is brittle enough to be
freely scattered about the hill and close
to the stem of the young vines. The
application must be made early in the
season or as soon as the vines have made
q growth of n or two feet, and then
renewed often enough to preserve the
fumes of the tar about the hilk Other
offensive odors may repel or drive away
the moths as we'll as those oil tar, but we
have not found any quite as efectual.-
american Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-16
A Young Kings Squirt. Gun.

The big-eyed little King OF Spain is
very fond of his garden, and some time
ago one of the Queens Austrian rela.
tives, who was going to pay a visit at
the Spanish court, bought a very nice
SQUIRT. gun in Vienna for the young mon
arch to use in watering his plants. His
Majesty found it perfectly charming for
this purpose. It would send a stream
of water to almost any height or dis
lance, and such q well-watered domain
as the royal parterre had scarcely been
known before.
Indeed, there was altogether too much
of it to confne it strictly to the garden,
and the King 500 began to make ex-
periments in other directions. Fine
paintings, rich draperies and various
works Of art were played upon at in
~tervals, to the great satisfaction of his
youthful Majesty; but o o he yearned
for more exciting subjects. There IS no
great glory in attacking inanimate OBJ
jects that cannot move nor ''answer
back" and Alphonso next cast specula-
tive eyes on his noble %playmates and the
ladies who surrounded him. He also
cast the contents of his squirt-gun in the
same direction, and found himsef in pos
session of more enjoyment than his short
life had yet afforded him. The cries and
scufies of his victims, though muf1ed in
their veneration for their sovereign,
added greatly to the zest Of these per-
formances, and it was a long time before
Queen Christina knew of, the indoor
wa.erings which gave her small son such
infinite pleasure.
But Alphonso especially loved a shin
ing mark for his squirt-gun, and CHS led
to his exposure and a tutor to keep him
in better order. The Queen Regent gave
a grand garden party, at which celeb
rites from far and near were present;
and the King, singing out a big Gen
eral in a magnificent blue and gold unl-
form, put himself behind a shrub and
shouted at him. The General approached
the spot, and Alphouso held up a hand
full of flowers to lure him On. The gilt
CSElug uullOIu SduS hSohSAS ouo "ASA
close to the shrub behind which His
Majesty lurked in ambush, the point of
the Viennese squirt.gun appeared like q
serpent among the ~leavez, drenehing and
spotting the gorgeous suit which a mo-
ment before had been so imposing.
The dripping General backed out OF
range as quickly as possible, and before
the mischievous boy could reload and
follow up his victory, his injured subject
had taken refuge under the protecting
eye of Queen Christina. Then the merry
monarch tried to inveiglc into his snare
no less a person than Monsignor Del Val,
son of the Spanish ambassador at Vienna,
but the young prelate had seen the Gen
erals plight, and was wary enough to
keep several persons between him and
his sovereign for the rest of the after
noon.
On the following day it was decided at
the palace that a masculine hand was
needed to lie heavy on Alphonso, and
the cautious Monslgnor Del Val was Sc
lected to train his Majesty. -Harpsr's
Vn,,n1 Doo,Io
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Lamp In q Living Fish.

Some beautiful specimens of tiny in
caudescent lights are now made for SUI
gical uses. The smallest lamp manufac-
tured is only three milimeters in diane
ter and five mllimeters long. In medi-
cal practice, where electricity is acquir-
ing an e~ver-growing application, this
lamp, owing to its small size, has made
it possible to thoroughly inspect the
bladder and stomach, into which it can
be introduced. This application was il
lustrated at the Centennial Exhibition BY
fish swimming in an aquarium with a
lamp brightly glowing in its stomach. -
Philadelphia Record. .,...
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oyERGRoWN HooFs.

When horses or cattle are long con-
fined in stables or small yards, where
but little exercise is permitted, the hoofs
grow to such length that the poor brutes
become lame and crippled. In freedom,
nature keeps these parts of animals
rasped down by exercise, indicating just
what should be done when excessive
o~vergrowth of hoofs. occur. Vicious bulls
often become crippled by overgrown
claws from close confinement. In bind
ing animals to have the hoofs pared, too
much care cannot be taken in making
them doubly secure, for if once released
by struggling it will be difficult to firmly
secure them. To the strong overpowcr-
ing hand of man all animals readily SUBJ
nit, but to the va~cillating seldom.
Many unsafe and vicious animals are the
result of lack of firm but kind manage
ment.-4merican AgractHurast.
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ENsILAGE FOR HORSES.

Does ensilage disagree with horsese
There is so much conflicting testimony
on this point, that it is high time some
of the experiment stations should take
the matter in hand, either to determine
by experiment what its effect will be, or
to accumulate all the evidence that is to
be obtained. For our part we can not
see how it is possible for ensilage, prop
erly made, to injure horses. We can see
how green corn ensilagc our and imma-
ture may create gas nthe horses bowels,
and thus give him that collie that he is
always subject to under the slightest
.provocation, but if the corn is cut when
sufficiently matured to make what is
known as sweet ensilage, we can not see
how it can injure either the horse or the
mare in fall.-American Dairyman.
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LEAVES IN

To 90 into forests and remove the
fallen leaves for bedding for stock, or to
rot down for manure, is often advised,
but it is the surest way to make the trees
unthrifty if not to destroy them. Where
the trees are close enough to keep the
wind from blowing through them fallen
leaves cover the ground pretty evenly.
The roots of trees thus annually mulched
come near the surface, but the covering
of leaves protects them from freezing.
The leaves are of themselves worth so
little to rot down as manure that it does
not pay to gather them except when bed.
ding is scarce.-Boston C~uttioator.
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Big Fish

Are not caught in a ciistern; yet how many
fishing in q rain barrel. The mar who works
month in and month out on a few acres OF
support himself and family. when common
sense and his past experience tell him 1t
won't do il, is one of them. The man who
works year after year in a shop at ego q
month, when his family expenses are $S2, Is
another. My friend, you. cannot buckle q
seven and-a- half foot saddle girth around an
eight-toot horse-you cannot bring the ends
together and keep them there without killing
The animal: If your income C 3e m i not Ot y large Egg
want to save money and can't do It on your
present salary, write to BsEi johnson tas. noS Co. Co,
to add $40 or $50 a month to it; or Il you can
give them all of your time the Will Put yog1
your own where you can make from SlO to
$500 per month. Don't wait to turn 1t oyer IN
your mind a few days. Decentralization is
the thief of time" and many golden oppor-
tunity slips from our grasp forever through
the van Of promptness. Write them at once.
1fafaicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
on'sEye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle.
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RECIPES.

Roast Turkey Ia Reyniere-Surrouud
q baked turkey with small, inch.long,
fried sausages alternated with large,
blanched Italian chestnuts cooked whole
In broth. At each end of the dish lay o
little mound of watercresses and serve q
giblet gravy in a boat.
Broiled sausages-split them in two,
lengthwise, place them between a
double-wire broiler, and broil or the
fiat side first, and then turn and broil on
the other. Turn a mound of hot apple
sauce in the centre of hot, fat dish.
arrange the sausages upon it and serve.
Pumpkin Custard-To one large cup
full of stewed pumpkin that has been
cooked without scorchiug and drained
until dry, add n pint Of milk, four
beaten eggs, one cup of sugar, half q
teaspoonful each of mace and cinnamon,
q little salt, one te~aspoonful of ginger
and q tablespoonful of melted butter.
Bake in shells of paste.
Tottenham Mufins-One quart of
-four, three eggs, one gill of yeast, a
tablespoonful of butter, salt to taste,
milk sufficient to form a batter. Place
the butter near the fire where it may
dissolve, but not get hot. Beat the eggs
till they are thick. add them to the flour,
with as much milk es will make a thick
batter; stir in the melted butter and salt;
lastly a gill of yeast. Bake in muffin
hoops.
Consomme q 10 R~oyale-This is a
favorite soup with which to preface a
dinner. It requires a quart of good beef
soup, a t~easpoouful of beef extract, q
pint Of milk, and salt and cayenne to
taste. Beat light the yolks of two eggs,
add half a gill of broth, and a seasoning
of nutmeg and white pepper. Pour into
q small, CREASED pan, and place this in
another tin of hot water. Bake in q
moderate oven until firm Like custard.
Cut into small squares, put into the con-
somme and serve at once.
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POULTRY HOUSE CLEANING.

Before going into the winter quarters
the chickens should all be turned out of
the poultry house and a thorough Clean
ing and r~enovating of the place should
be attempted. 1t is in the winter time
that eggs bring their high prices, and
the fowls that can be induced to lay
heavily then will be more than profitable.
They can only do this, however, where
clean, sanitary poultry houses are fitted
un for their comfort. Fall cleaning of
the house IS more essential than the
spring, for the filth and dirt that are
left in the house in the winter must be
shut up in tight places 90 that it will
tend to breed disease. Worms. maggots
and lice will thrive in this filth, which
is kept warmer than the outside air.
They will soon swarm about the interior
in great numbers, and naturally worry
the life out of the chickens. In addi-
ton to this. the chickens will have to
breathe the foul air that epanates from
the gases of the filth. This alone is
sufficient to cause sickness and death.
A thorough renovation of the house,
outside and inside, should be made.
Everything should be taken out, and the
roof. ceiling, sides and floor should be
swept and then washed aud scrubbed.
There is nothing like thorough scrubblng
with soar and water to make the boards
clean and healthful. Then let the place
be aired for a day, and, meanwhile, wash
and scrub the feed boxes, the nest boxes,
the roosting sticks and everything that
was taken out. After this 60 into the
house again and whitewash all of the
wood work. Do not be afraid of the
whitewash, but throw it on thickly, es-
pecially in the cracks and holes where
lice and insects may be lodging. In fact
all of the woodwork is thus washed ex-
cept the roosting-poles, which are
scrubbed with boiling water and then
treated with kerosene oil. These should
be drenched with oil afterward about
once a month, and then no disease can
yerv we'll attack the chickens. The red
mites a1e often very troublesome in the
winter, but this treatment will keep them
away. The house outside should be in
spected carefully and every crack through
which snow or wind could come in must
be stopped up. Have no wind draughts
blowing on the chickens, but have good
ventilation. If such housekeeping is
given every fall one may depend upon it
that he will have more eggs and healthie'
fowls in the winter.-Indaana Farmer.
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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
r n FOR FEEDING.

Turnips, as all other roots used for
feeding, contain more water than any
other kind of cattle feed. The proper
ton of water varies from eighty.seven
to ninety-one per cent, and on this &C.
count they are wholly digestible and as.
sist in the digestion of dry food. But if
the roots are cooked the proportion OF
water is increased and the feeding value
is somewhat diminished. There is no
necessity for the cooking as the complete
digestibility of them makes them SUI
fciently nutritious and healthful n their
natural condition.-New York Times.