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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18

so identified with the lst and 2nd
Maryland Regiments that rs his
tory cannot bcseparated from theirs.
AS the commander Of one, and a
Captain in the other. he had shared
with them every hardship, every
danger, and every battle in which
they took part up to the moment of
his being stricken down at Gettys-
burg. He commanded men who
were his equals in blood, and with
whom he had formerly been on
terms Of familiar social intercourse.
But in his official relations to them
the positions Of superior and SUBJ
ordinate had to be established and
recognized, and to his credit and
the credit of the men under him be
it said, that he did this without
an enemy. He maintained disci-
pline without harshness and by his
universal care for the welfare of
his troops, so far as the exigencies
of the service would permit, and
the readiness at all times to share
their danger and hardships, he
brought them to a state of disci-
pline and soldierly perfection rarely
seen and never surpassed in any
army of modern times. For this,
he would ask no prouder recon-
pense than TO know that at a re-
view of EwelPs corps at Orange
Court-House on the 9Th of Sepeem-
Der following the campaign in
Pennsylvania, when his regiment
was performing its evolutions with
such perfection as to attract that
officers attention, Gen. johnson
replied: That is the way those
men went into the battle of Gettys-
burg" and that on that field the
monument erected to the Maryland
men is the only one which has been
permitted. up to the present time
by the Gettysburg Association with
in Gen. Meade's lines, upon the
ground that they alone captured
and held a position within them.
Indeed, so completely were his
men and officers III sympathy with
him, that if there was ever "a tenn
porary disposition to murmur, it
was smOthered in the breast before
the lips could give it utterance.
With spirit of a high moral
courage, he accepted the defeat
which he had struggled SO CALAMITY
to prevent, and came back to his
native State to take up again the
active pursuits of business and
official civil life. To these. as to
everything he undertook, he gave
all the energy of his being. His
subsequent history, as commission
er of police and commander of
LIST Brigade of Maryland militia,
his GOODNESS and sound Judgment
in the latter capacity during the
railroad riots of 1877, are matters
of such recent date as to be within
the personal knowledge Of nearly
all of you.
1t is well that he should sleep
thus closely to the graves of the
men who shared his trials and his
glory, and where the monuments
erected to them and him should
unite, as lasting memorials of the
greatness and heroism of them all.
Such, ladies aud gentlemen, was
the man; such the soldier; such the
cltizen-and SO / leave him. to his
country, and to you.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18

w my father, at about the
age of fifty, lost 1.-THE hair from the
top of his head. After one months
trial of Ayers Hair Vigor, the hair
began coming, and, in three months,
he had a fine growth of hair of the
natural color. "-P. J. Cullen, Sar-
atoga Springs, N. Y.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18

1t is conjectured that specific
may yet be found for every i'll that
flesh is heir to. However this may
De, certainly the best specific vet
found for diseases of the blood is
Ayers Sarsaparilla, and most dis
eases originate from impure blood.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18
reedon

from the tyranny Of depraved blood By the
use OF this medicine.
" For nine years was afflicted with a skin
disease that did not yield to any remedy
until friend advised me TO try Ayers sarss-
parilIa- Wf1h tho use Of this medicine the
complaint disappeared. II Is my belief that
no other blood medicine could have effected
80 rapid and complete . cure."-Andres
ID Gareia, c Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
ply lace. for years. was covered with PIN
ties ANA iaumors, for which could ind no
remedy tin hegaa 70 take Ayers Sarsapa-
ia Thrae hclfies OF this great blood medi-
zine effected thorough cure confidently
recommend II 20 gil suffering from similar
noubies-"-N Parker, Concord. w.,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18
Good News!

No one, who Is willing 70 adopt the right
course, need be long afEiicted with boils, car.
buncies, pimples, or other cufaueous erup-
tons. These are the results Of Natures az.
aorts TO expel poisonous and efTete matter
from the blood, and show plainly that the
system II Kidding itself through the skin OF
impurities which u was the legitimate work
OF the liver and kidneys TO remove. To re-
Ayers SarsaparilIa Is the medicine required.
That no other blood-puriier can compare
with it, thousands testify who have gained
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-06-18
Notice to Debtors.

The taxpayers Of the 1st Election Dis
trict are notified 10 come forward and set
tie at once. otherwise taxes will be collec-
ted according TO law.
JOHN T. RICHARDSON,
Collector.
ALL a-sf<
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
THE BASEBALL CRANK.
How He Acts When He Goes Over to the
Allegheny Park.

How He Acts When He Goes Over to the
Allegheny Park.
He didn't miss game last week, and for
weeks past had played hundreds in imag-
ination. As early as P. M. he was on the
bleachers and these were few Of his ex-
pressions:
"Oh, sayi Catch on to the grounds. Get
on to the woods. could paste ball out
there myself.
(After the Chicagos have taken the feld.)
81 wonder if they think they can play ball.
are old enough to die. Is that man going to
pitch? What q picnIcl He used to be
fair, but the company is too fast for him."
Then his pets appear and up goes yell
from our "crank" that can be heard to the
farthest confines of Allegheny. Now the
game opens, and when the heavy hitter from
Chicago lines her out for three bags, listen
to the comment: "That's all right; he let
him hit it." As the side retires with blank
he gleefully observes: 81 told you so, now
watch our man. See him smash it in the
face" and when he gets his base, Hes
sticker; oh, he can wait" When the run
ner reaches third the wild delight of the
crank almost amounts to frenzy.
But presently his lace begins to cloud.
His pets appear to be in danger. and as
things 60 from bad to worse, he greets every
play with increasing rage. With every
breath comes, "Oh, he can't play ball."
"That fellow sees double" "He's got too
many hands" "He wants a basket"
''See him try to walk over himself"
"That's dirty muff" ''Oh, come, let's 60
home" He swears that is his last game,
but when "a hours have rolled by he is in
his accustomed seat, the home nine are still
his darlings, and all past failures forgiven
if not forgotten.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Incandescent Lamp for Desks.

A new lamp has appeared which will be
a boon to those who are anxious to save the
eyes all unnecessary strain while carrying
on clerical work. This lamp is designed
especially for desks or tables where it is de-
sirable to concentrate a bright light for
writing or reading, while the eye is afforded
the maximum amount OF rest possible. The
sides of the lamp are almost straight. while
the bottom, or large end, is as nearly fat as
possible. 1t is claimed that the straight
lines provide better rejecting surfaces, and
prevent, as much as possible, uneven inten-
sities of light upon the object.
The inside of the butt and the outside of
the globe are silvered, and the incandescent
fIament is actually surrounded on three
sides by a mirror rejecting all the light
downward. While the lamp may be placed
on a level, or a little above the level of the
eye, no light strikes the eye directly from
the lamp, as the silvering is covered and
protected by an opaque substance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
New Circuit Transfer system.

A new system has been designed to meet
q new but promising demand for the use Of
private telephone and telegraph facilities,
by subscribers whose business with their
correspondents at distant points will not
warrant the expense Of a wire for their own
use exclusively. The new system transfers
wire simultaneously at both ends from one
pair of subscribers to another every five
minutes if desired. The service is divided
into segments, and if subscriber and his
correspondent are connected to one
segment they can communicate for
FIVE minutes each hour by paying
the minimum fixed yearly rental
for these facilities. Should they find that
their business required ten minutes each
hour they could be could be connected to
two adjoining segments, or if preferred, to
one segment on each side of the segment
circle. which would enable them to commu-
nicate for five minutes every half hour.
Other subscribers would have the line for
whatever portion of tine time they arranged
for, the object being to accommodate sub
scribers with whatever facilities they choose
TO pay for.
An important advantage of the system is
the futilitv Of the subscribers disposition
TO cajole the switch into allowing him to
have the circuit 'just half second longer. I"
When the time is up he is unceremonlously
cut off until the line comes round again.
The arrival of the line is announced by an
alarm bell, and the subscriber, knowing the
arbitrary and unfeeling character of the au-
tomato switchman, will naturally make the
best use Of his time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Telephones and District Messengers.

A vivid idea Of the extent to which the
telephone takes the place of the "errand
boy" of our forefathers was given a few
days ago in Boston, when the representative
OF the New England Telephone Company
stated before legislative committee that
the messages it handled would require the
employment of 10, 900 messenger boys if they
had to be carried through the streets instead
of over the wire. The average use of a tele-
phone by the man in whose Office it hangs,
and by his friends who don't pay anything
for its use, and who rail at the telephone
monopoly" in good set terms, is from to IL
messages per day. Hence. in city like
New York, with 5000 or 10, 900 subscribers.
the number of telephone messages will run
up some days to 70, 1000. If ten of these were
given to one boy as his day 8 work, as letters
or kilograms TOR delivery, this would figure
out not less than Z, 500 boys on active SER
vice.
Thus it will be seen that the telepone man
was not at all wide OF the mark in his fig
ures, and any interruption of telephone
communication is now felt acutely in the
sharp tax that it at ouce puts on the district
messenger system, which still remains an
absolute necessity for many purposes, and
is every year put to some new work. The
absence of it is one of the first things that
strikes an American in London, and it puz-
zles him to understand the grounds on which
it can be objected to, as it lately has been by
the British Postmaster General.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
An Electric Cane,

A novel application OF the chloride of sill
yer battery has been made in the manufact-
ure of the electric light cane. Four cells
are placed end to end in small tube of card
board and inserted in hollow cane. The
silver wire at one end is connected to one
end of the carbon flament of small inean-
descent lamp, snugly placed in the head of
the cane, and a small brass strip or spring is
extended upward from the zinc bottom. 50 as
to make contact possible with the other end
of the carbon filament.
When light is required. pressure on a
small push button on the side of the cane
closes the circuit and ignites the lamp. The
head of the cane is solid silver, which makes
good reflector for the light, and a very
thick lens is fitted into the top. These canes
have been used with great success for
theatrical purposes, and have very pleas
ing effect.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Electric Elevators

A large number of electric elevators are
now running in this country. The original
plan in this class Of work was to put motor
on the elevator car and to let it engage by
means of spur gear with q rack extending
from bottom TO top of the shaft. More re-
cent and more correct practice is to place a
stationary electric motor either at the bot
tom of the shaft, or at ths top and to use it
in place of the ordinary steam or hydraulic
plant. Yet another practice is to have the
electric motor pump up the water for the
hydraulic elevator. A recent reversion to
the earlier methods, but with decided
novelty in the application. is to place the
the motor under the elevator car, and to
connect it with series of gear wheels which
grip the guy ropes very strongly and thus
cause the car to travel up or down in sort
of "hand over fist" style.
To put it another way, the guy ropes are
simply flexible rails on which traction is
secured by an increase OF friction that does
not greatly check speed. The gear locks
automatically whenever the motor stops,
and hence the guy ropes become factors of
safety as they wind in and out of the gears.
Should stoppage occur, the attendant in
the elevator merely attaches crank to the
gear and winds the car up or down until a
point is reached where the passengers can
alight in comfort
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Sausage Making by Electricity.

One of the novelties at the St. Pancras
Exhibition in lLondon, England, last week,
was a sausage machine driven by electric
motor. In conjunction with this machine
it has been proposed to employ an electric
heating attachment, whereby the savory dish
can be delivered cooked and smoking hot to
the purchaser.
1t begins to look as il the shrewd indi-
vidual who conceived the idea of a uni
versal pig-utilizing machine, into which the
animal could be put at one end, to emerge
at the other as cured hams and blacking
brushes, was no visionary but only q
prophet little in advance of his times.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
WIRING IN C0NDUITS
Recognized as the Best and Safest
Way to Handle Electricity.
INCANDESCENT LAMPS FOR DESKS.
Machines to Turn Live Pigs Into Fried
Saasages and Brushes.
THE CHLORIDE OF SILVER BATTERY
rwR1TrrN FOE THE prsrArcH.I !

WRITTEN FOR THE D1sPATCH.l
In visiting most OF the large new build
ings in our towns and cities just before the
last coat of plaster goes on the walls, and
even when everything is done but the deco
ration and the putting up of the fixtures,
ones eye is apt to be caught by some black
looking tubes that ramify in various direc-
tions. These tubes are the latest develop
ment in electric wiring, and mark great
advance. Until recently the wires for cleo
trio lighting and other purposes, were. laid
right in the plaster, and then when they
were covered up it was great nuisance If a
fault betrayed itself and the wires had to be
got at again. Very often nobody knew just
where the wires had been installed, and
thus the walls would have to be broken into
here and there before they could be found:
Besides, many people have not put in cleo
trio wires because they did not want
wooden holdings to he nailed over their
decorated ceilings and handsome paper and
lincrustas.
The new method is as great an improve
ment as modern paved highway is over the
primitive cowpath. These tubes are in
COuuultS VI IdCcWdgst WulCu uaNS q
predetermined location juat the same as
water pipes or gas pipes, and through which
the wires can be drawn or withdrawn at will
at any time. Not only are these tubes an
additional safeguard against fire, but the
architect can dispose them as he will in pre-
pairing his plans. 1t Is also recommends
tion that by this means a house can be con-
duiteG or tubed when it Is built, at very
small cost, and then when the electric light
station comes along, as it does in every pro-
gressive community, it is an easy matter to
pull the wires in and avail ones self of the
new iiluminant. The tubes are also being
used for bell wiring, telephone wiring and
the like.
Perhaps the most notable use of this novel
departure, so far. is seen at Mr.. Rockefeller's
new palace at Tarrytown, on the Hudson,
where the tubes not only run all over the
building, but are led through the very heart
of big stone buttress along the drive, COM
ing up out of the parapet every few yards
to carry the wires to the Iampposts, which
are thus under direct control from the resi-
dence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Electric Pinnace,

The electric pinnace recently designed for
the English Government, for the convey
ance of troops. is likely to effect revolu-
ton in crafts used for that purpose, for the
propulsion Of which steam has heretofore
been used. The new launch is 48 feet
inches in length by feet 9 inches beam,
with an average draft of feet 8 inches, and
will carry 40 soldiers fully equipped. Her
speed will be eight knots an hour, and she
is so fitted as to be either sailed or propelled
electrically.
The actual cost of propulsion is not
greater than that of steam vessels with SIM
liar carrying capacity, and there is to be
taken into consideration the great advan-
tage that no skilled hands are required for
stoking and engineering purposes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

wheels. so that on the best roads where the
improved rails have been laid down, th ere
10 scarcely any oscillation. and there il very
little difference In oscillation In riding on .
tangent or curve. All the trials hitherto
made show that the train resistance de-
creases in exactly the proportion that the
rail is stiffened.
1t is claimed that with a stiffened 105-
pound rail nearly 200-horse power per mile
is saved on the fast express trains, as COM
pared with go or 65-pound rails. The oscil-
lation when riding on heavy rails at speed
oil 70 miles an hour is less than that of 45
miles an hour on light rails. There is con-
siderable ground for the belief that before
long 120 miles an hour can be safely COW
cred by an electric locomotive on track of
105-pound rails.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

widely il the japanese idea of interval and
of what constitutes q melody at variance
from that entertained in Europe and
America that a rendition of Japanese
tune in our notation is no easy task. There
are now in this country two Japanese ladies,
Miss Hama Abe and Miss Kaku Sudo, OF
Yokohama, who are visiting the United
States for the purpose of completing q medi-
cal education begun in Japan. In st. Louis,
says the Globe Democrat, they were pre-
vailed on to sing some of the Japanese
music, and, from patient repetitions Of the
same melody, success in noting it down was
finally achieved. The song above is one Of
the results.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
THACKERAY ADMIRED DICKENS.
The Rivalry Between the Great Authors Did
7 Not Prejudice the Former.

Tho Rivalry between the Oreat AuLnOfS OlO
Not Prejudice the Former.
One of the most charming traits Of Thack-
eray's character was his whole-hearted ad-
miration for his great rival, Charles Dick
ems. "There is a fellow by the name of
Dickens"-so he writes in one of the letters
I have referred to-"who is bringing out a
rival publication and who has written beau.
tifully. Bravo, Dickensl David Copper
field has beautiful things in it; those sweet
little inimitable bits which make one so fond
of him. And let me tell your ladyship that
I think he has been reading certain
yellow-covered book, and with advantage,
too, for he has simplified his style; kept out
of fine words, and, in fact, is doing his best
am glad ii. hope it will put some
body on his mettle; somebody who has been
careless of everything Of late"
The "certain yellow-covered book" was,
of course, vanity Fair" which had re-
Gently been published. Thackeray was
at the time busy upon "Pendennis"-a
"pie" which he purposed to-. "cram with
beef, pigeons, hard-boiled eggs and the most
delicious pepper and spice"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
MUSIC OF THE JAPS.

So Different From Ours That It L. Very
Hard to Translate.
The japanese have music Of their own;
a music essentially different from ours but
nevertheless style which possesses melody,
and is capable Of harmonization. To
render this music in the characters en-
ployed in America and Europe to represent
musical productions is matter of no small
difficulty for the reason that the japanese
instruments are not attuned to our scale, but
differ from it by intervals sometimes as
great as a half tone. The difficulty is only
partly removed when a gek-kin, the Japa-
nese guitar, and favorite instrument,
is toned to accord with piano
forte. but even in this case 50
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Along Aerial Telegraph Line.

A great event in the annals of Indian
telegraphy was the completion recently of
the new copper wire between Calcutta and
Bombay. along the line Of the Bengal-Nag-
pore Railway. The total length of the cir
cult is nearly 1900 miles, and the Indian
Department can now boast that it works the
longest aerial circuit in the world.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
New Insulator Wanted.

A most singular relic was exhibited at a
meeting at Calcutta of the Asiatic Society
of Bengal, consisting of piece of cable. the
rubber covering of which had been pierced
by a blade of grass. The piercing was SO
complete, and the contact with the copper
core so perfect that the efficiency of the
cable was destroyed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Stiff Rails for Speed.

1t has been found that one of the most
important elements in decreasing train re-
sistaDce and thus increasing speed is in the
improvement Of the track BY adopting sitter
rails. This has the effect Of reducing the
detection OF wave motion under each of t be
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

really not so. By cutting out one of the
segments and placing it on top of the ether
the reader may determine which is the
larger. This trick Is as certain to deceive q
perfect pair Of eyes as it is to mislead any
other kind. There is, therefore, no reason
why the reader should consult an oculist
after having solved the trick.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
DECEIvING THE EYE.

Two Drawings That Show How Unreliable
the Sense of Sight Ii.
Toledo Blade.1
The illustration shows what wonderful
tricks can be played upon the human
eye by knowing persons. Although the
lower of the two segments appears to be
much larger than the upper one, it is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Taking Orders.

"What are you doingf" asked friend Of
another who had just gone into the book
osnvassing business.
Taking ORDERS" he sighed wsarily.
''Thst's the tenth place they told me to get
ont Or they'd break NJ meek"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
No Tenable Claim.

Philadelphia Tmes.1
Kentucky puts in no claim to Noah being
a native of that State for the reason that in
connection with the Ark he lived upon
water for a considerable period.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26

WILL call at your residence with samples
and furnish estimates on furniture reuphols-
terry. HAUGH B KEENAN,, SO Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Ripe In Experience.

New York Worid.l
"what . dissraes this lottery business
isr'
You're right; it's blanksd shame"