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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
More Room Needed.

The Luckey School Board will erect four ad-
ditional rooms to the lower building which
will make this structure of the same size as the
school building on Duquesnr Heights in the
same ward. There is sufficient money fk con-
troll of the school board for the additional
building. so that no extra tax will be levied on
the people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-26
Cooking at a Normal School.

DIR. Snyder, principal of the Indiana State
Normal School. was visitor at the Central
Board Of Education yesterday. A cooking de-
partment has just been introduced at the In
diana Normal School, and DR.. snyder .reaks
enthusiastically of the new course. The senior
class of IS ladies will be the pioneer graduates
in the cooking line at the commencement exer-
cIses on July9. Mrs. DR.. Schmucker who is
also the teacher of music, instructs the ladies
in this useful branch. The pupils of the In
diana Normal School are already at work on
an exhibit for the Columbian Exposition in
1892 While the manual. scientific, geological
etc, departments will each be represented. the
botanical display will likely be the more elab-
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gold watch and chain and NV pocket
book, containing several hundred dol
lars and numerous valuable papers.
1 learned that she got off the train
at Laporte, and had no doubt she was
the one who had picked my pockets.
l was unable to recover nv watch
and chain and money, but the papers.
OF no value to anyone except myself,
were several days later returned to me
from New York city by mail
: On her left hand l had noticed a
curious ring, and the day on which 1
came to Clifton l saw its exact counter
part on the hand of lady who is at
this hotel.
" Confident that two such rings do not
exist, / made inquiries of this lady rel
ative to the one had seen on her hand.
could only learn that it belonged to g.
friend, who did not wish her name
mentioned in connection with it.
g The person with wnom this lady is
more intimate than with anyone else
in Clifton is Mrs. Mary Ashleigh, whom
Isuspect to be the owner of the ring.
which have not seen since the time
specified
:" You do not suspect that Mrs Ash
leigh was connected with the u1glary,
do you?' the detective asked, in a tone
OF surprise mingled with horror.
And it is not strange that he was
astonished and Mortified at the idea of
her guilt, as Mrs. Ashleigh seemed to
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

About twelve months ago the editor
of Light, the principal spiritualistic
journal in London, received an anony-
nous donation of one thousand pounds
for the support of hispaper. The other
day another donation of the same
amount came apparently from the same
quarter, but the donor remains entirely
unknown.
Prince Anton Radziwill, the father,
and Countess Aranicka, the mother-in-
law of Prince George Radziwill, have
procured an order from the courts at
Potsdam placing Prince George under
tutelage, on account of his extravagant
mode of living. His racing stable is to
be sold off, and it is understood that his
creditors will lose everything.
The story called ''The Brazen An
droid, the first part of which appears
in the April Atlantic, was written more
than thirty years ago. The then editor
of the Atlantic returned it with the re-
quest that the author should rewrite it,
but the author would do nothing of the
sort, and no more was heard of the
story until its present appearance.
Mrs. Eleanor Kirk Ames, the au-
thoress, is as industrious as she is sue
cessful. She is constantly occupied at
her charming home in Brooklyn, with
revising proofs, correcting manuscripts
and collating literary information, as
well as in creative writing. Her noted
book, Information for Authors is in
great demand among literary people.
One of Barnum's recipes for old age
was this; "In addition to being strict
ly temperate, have always been cheer
full. l once adopted as my family motto
the words, "Love God and be merry
and firmly believe that he who faith
fully follows that precept in all that it
implies is pursuing a course well calcu-
lated to enable him to live to be very
old.
Emma Abbott's ashes are to be sur
mounted by an eighty-five thousand
dollar Gothic monument of Westerly
granite. which is to be erected in
Oak Grove cemetery, at Gloucester
Mass. 1t will also serve as a
tomb for the body of her husband, Eu-
gene Wetheren. The monument will
be fifty-seven feet high, and will re-
semble the Prince Albert memorial in
London.
Rider Haggard, who has just re-
turned to New York from Mexico, says
''the climate is very trying-thin air
and insufferable heat. And the insects!
The air swarms with them-mosqui-
toes, 'jiggers.' kind of tick they call
garapata, and l don't know what more!
They made life misery, and couldn't
sleep even at night for them. ! have
plenty of material for my story. shall
take the time of Cortez to tell it in, as
1 believe that Mexico was more civ
ilized then than it has ever been since. +"
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wILLYuM WAS CLEVER.
He Fixed Up Uncle Jacks Account with the
Newspapers.

He Fixed Up Uncle Jacks Account with the
Newspapers.
In almost every seaside town there is
some thriftless ne'er-do-well, who, al
though he never has any regular occu-
patton, is generally a good skipper and
is always at the service of the summer
resident for any job which does not
bear the aspect of regular labor and in
cludes an occasional drink ''Uncle
Jack, of Ryemouth, was one of these
characters, and he was engaged one
day for fishing trip by Boston gen.
tleman who was native of the seaside
town.
''Willyum," said Uncle Jack, who,
with a pipe between his teeth, was
keeping a lazy watch over the tiller,
''my gals subscribed for the Home Gar
land awhile ago and them Bawston fell
lers sent me a bill the other day for ten
dollars, four years subscription. Naow,
hain't got no ten dollars, Willyum.
Don't you think you could fix this for
me when you go up to taOwn?"
The Bostonian promised to do what
he could, and Uncle Jack handed him
the bill from greasy piece of leather
which he called pocketbook.
Shortly after, being out on another
trip, the old man asked:
''Willyum, did We fix them ere news
paper fellers?" and Mr. R. answered.:
Eyes, did, Uncle jack
With a pleased grin the other in
quired:
'sAn' haow did ye manage it?"
Looking at his inquirer with sober
face, Mr.. R. responded:
''Well, went in there and told them
that you were miserable, drunken
old loafer, without cent to your name,
and they settled for three dollars
The old mans jaw dropped little.
and after a pause of fully fifteen min
utes, he said:
''That was clever of you, Willyum,
but don't you think you kinder raised
Cain with my reputation in Bawston?'
Boston Bulletin.
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HUMOROUS.

Observation-Disclosures Huber is
your accomplice." Thief Excuse me,
my associate. -Fliegende Blaetter.
Lady of the House-''Y say you
haven't had anything to eat to-day?"
Tramp-''Lady, if you believe me, the
only thing I've swallowed to-day is in
suits. Exchange.
in the Geological Museum -:'See,
Hans, that is a lion. He belongs to the
animals that eat flesh. " ''But, mamma,
if you look at this hole in his side, you
will see that he is full of hay."-Flie-
gende Blaetter.
Young Daffodil says that when a
young man kisses a willing girl for the
first time their pleasure is mingled with
mutual reproach that they did not have
enough sense to do the same thing long
before. Journal
VT understand you are learning
to be sprinter." P.-"Yes, my girls
father has sent me word that if he ever
catches me at his house he'll thump the
life out of me, and I'm bound to have
the girl, that's all. Outing.
81 noticed that tramp left the
house as / came over the hill, said the
farmer. YES" replied his wife, she
left the house, but he managed to get
away with about everything else in
sight. Maybe he'll come back after the
house later on"
He must have been bright boy, a
very bright little boy, who said to his
mother: ''I wish lion would eat me up. y
''Why?s the mother asked. Because
it would be such joke on the lion; he
would think was inside of him, and I
should be up in Heaven. ."-Congrega-
tionalist.
-Hinter-''So you've given up your
attention to Miss Camden, eh?" Winter
-"Yes. l saw there was going to be
annoying complications, so / dropped
out" Hinter-'1 observed a figure drop
out of Camden's parlor window last
night, but l wasn't sure it was you.''-
Yonkers Gazette.
The Pail Mall Gazette tells of a
doctor on man-of-war who had very
simple method of treatment. He would
tie piece of tape around the waist of
the complaining mariner. and command
him to state whether the pain existed
above or below the tape. If above, an
emetic, and if below, a dose of salts fol-
lowed as matter of course.
The boys fishing pole was fastened
under the root of a tree on the river
bank yesterday, and he was sitting in
the sun playing with dog. ''FishingP'i
inquired man passing along the road.
''Yep.' answered the boy, as briefly
'sNice dog you've got there. What's his
narne?' Fish" g Fish? That's q
queer name for dog. What did you
call him that for?" 9 Cause he woni
bite Then the man proceeded on hi
wa5 Washington Star.
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something that will aid you in your
Present work
I shall be pleased to receive assist
anee, he replied.
Two years ago the 18th of last
nprn' pl' began, I was on my way from
nlkhart to Chicago, when, at South
aa Dena' a lady entered the closely-packed
sar IN which was seated and asked
He is this seat occupied?"
1t is not, answered, rising that
window. Wy -'''o --@A' ''--e
-. II you please, . she said, 81 will
s"Ae she outer seat, as shall only go
-. = '.,e !. next station, if my brother meets
She was dressed in deep mourn
~ and wore heavy veil, which she
~ drawn over her face, rendering it
Ill haposslole for me to get glimpse at
endeavored, without success, to
sage her in conversation. She ap-
psarea willing to talk, but hersentences
snh, tupted quite frequently by
ss, ss;a. ana she would raise her handker-
taae .el 70 her face, evidently to wipe the
ears from her eyes.
sa,a was very tired, and fell asleep
l;sIa l arter II the train pulled out of Car
s.e, :. ~, Inc stranger had not left the car.
hr n.a onen awoke, just before reach
gus She was gone. as were my
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be one of the wealthiest as she was one
of the handsomest and most attractive
women in Clifton.
I suspect only what l have told
you, l replied; and if you base your
future investigation upon what l have
said, do not wish to publicly figure in
the affair.
"'You shall not And I will prose-
cute my Investigations in such way
that Mrs. Ashleigh, if innocent, shall
not know that the faintest suspicion
ever attached to her
ITO make the story as short as posi-
bic: In the cottage occupied by Mrs.
Ashleigh were found nearly all the
spoils of the pocket-picking the lar
ceny and the burglary, besides burg
lars tools and innumerable articles for
effecting disguise. Confronted with
these evidences of her guilt, she calmly
said:
The daughter of poor but estima-
bic parents, more than fifteen years ago
left my home in disgrace, to get my
living by my wits.
Eventually, I attached myself to a
gang of miscreants, and met with won
derful success as pickpoeket and con-
fidence woman.
'''My face and manners easily won
me the attention of gentlemen who i'm
plicitly trusted me, and whom in vari-
GUS ways / victimized without arousing
their suspicious.
"'For instance, the impressible teller
of the bank in this place was fasci-
mated by my charms smiling as the
words left her lips, and more than
once has explained to me all that an
inexperienced cracksman need know
in order to appropriate the contents OF
the vault without leaving any clew to
his identity.
C 4 have wonderful faculty of re.
membering the names and faces OF
those whom / have victimized, and
wherever go am on the lookout for
them. Learning that you,' addressing
me, were in Clifton, felt certain that
you, seeing it, would recognize the
ring which l carelessly exposed to
your view on the occasion when I re
lieved you of your valuables. I at
once obtained it from her to whom 1
had lent it, but you had seen it, and ]
have no doubt that it was the immedi-
ate cause of a revelation of my mis-
ldeeds.'
'.She was arrested, tried, found
guilty on various counts, and sentenced
to imprisonment for fifteen years per-
sistently refusing to divulge her real
name.
ssHer two servants were found to
be her accomplices, and each was i'm
prisoned for five years.
:" The impressible teller of the Cliff
ton national bank was discharged from
his position.
"The ring in your hand Mrs. Ash
eigh' gave me as partial eompensa-
ton for the loss you sustained at my
hands two years and more ago. -
Fred F. Foster. in Chicago News.
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SOME. POINTS ON FLANNEL.
A Manufacturer Tells How 1t is Shrunkeh
and About Buying at Bargain"


Apropos of the approaching summer
season and the quantity of flannel that
will be worn by both men and women,
as it will be far more fashionable than
ever before, some interesting informa-
tion concerning the shrinking of the ma
terial was given the other day by
prominent manufacturer.
He said that little of the flannel used
in the manufacture of tennis suits was
produced in this country, as the factory
owners up to the present time have
found it improbable. Cheap flannel,
however, an imitation of the English
article, is made all over the United
States, and where possible it is sold as
the genuine article.
practically, all of the white flannel
used, said he. ''in the making of fan
mel suits for tennis, cricket and other
outdoor costumes, is imported from En-
gland. Only the best qualities are
used by reputable dealers, and the
best qualities are all subjected
to a shrinking process unknown
in the ordinary manufacture of
common goods. The reason for this is
that the fannels require more cleaning
than any other material while in the
tailor's hand. Cheap fannels would
warp and draw out of shape the mo-
ment the wearer happens to wet them.
''The shrinking process is carried on
mostly in the west end of London by
the most experienced cloth workers.
''The flannels are placed between
heavy wet sheets first and left in that
position from twentyfour to thirty-six
hours. When removed they are spread
out on specially prepared rails in dry
ing room heated by hot steam pipes,
where they are allowed to remain until
thoroughly dry.
THE next process is to place the
lengths of the flannel in folds between
layers of glossy paper and subjected to
pressing by hydraulic machines.
THE more pressure they are SUBJ
jected to the more valuable and heavier
the flannel becomes.
''There is large sale of the cheap
material in America, and for that very
reason there are so many complaints
made against flannel clothing. A cheap
white suit becomes burden to the pur-
chaser within a week after he has be-
gun to wear it. 1t loses shape, and al
though made for a large man, after the
first wash it will comfortably fit a me-
dium-siZed boy''-N. Y. Herald.
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MILK AND BUTTER.
When They Are Sources of Great DANCE
to Human Health.

When They Are Sources of Great Danger
to Human Health.
As usually taken, milk and butter are
the most filthy articles of food used by
human beings. Milk is obtained under
conditions almost sure to expose it to
contamination. Anyone who has had
experience in straining milk knows Of
the black sediment, and sometimes
quite a quantity of it, to be found in
the bottom Of. milk pals and milk pans.
This sediment is mostly made up of the
excreta of the animal, and corr
tains some millions of microbes ready
to multiply with great rapidity.s
Cows are not curried and washed as
they should be, and the millxmen are
not cleanly as they should be. The
cream rises to the top full of germs
which have been taken in with the
milk, and butter is the quintessence Of
all the germs in the milk. You all know
how short time it takes for butter to
become rancid when exposed to the air
of room that is at all warm. Butter
to be sweet and nice should be made
from milk not more than twelve hours
old. Twice day is none too often for
dairy churning. The French dairy
woman boils her milk as soon as it
comes from the cow, and in this way
gets rid of the multiplication of germs
by killing off the Adams and the Ewes.
She does not salt butter made from
cream of milk which has been boiled,
and it will keep several days From q
Lecture by DR.. J. Fl. Kellogg.
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A DARK AND DISMAL FAILURE.
That's What Marriage Is With the Man
Who Criticises His Wife's Apparel.

Who Criticises His Wife's Apparel.
"A broad-shouldered passenger who
boarded the train at Franklin avenue
on Thursday morning remained on the
car platform with the brakeman. He
threw his arms over the gate and looked
gloomily at the sidewalk below. Very
soon afterward the brakeman touched
him on the shoulder, when the passen,
ger gave start and said:
I'm not going to commit suicide"
The brakeman was too astonished to
speak.
''No, SIR" said the passenger, almost
tearfully, 81 will not commit suicide.
That disposes of that part of the mat
ter"
but want to open that gate at this
station" ;" remarked the puzzled brake
man.
The passenger walked to the other
side of the platform, and when the train
again got under way he gave the brake
man melancholy but searching glance,
and said:
81 know you're married"
$50 do L. was the laconic response.
"But you've never had any trials and
tribulations.
''Well, I'm sure don't know what
they are" quietly observed the brake
man"
81 can't keep out of trouble, " moaned
the passenger. Sunday my wife asked
me how liked her new bonnett. Said
it was too young for her. Got cold
dinner that day, but managed to beg off
on Monday. Tuesday she wanted to
know how I liked the fit Of her new
dress. Wanted to be funny-said it
looked like meal bag on bean pole.
Got my meal over the telephone that
day, but she forgave me when l threat
ened suicide. This morning she showed
me one of those new checker-bo
wrappers, and / couldn't keep still-no,
sir: with my two hundred and five
pounds of cage for supposed common
sense, 1 didn't know enough to keep
quiet. Said 'twould make a fine ta-
bic cloth in the back room of beer
saloon. Here I am looking for friend
to buy me some breakfast; but l won t
commit suicide; I've promised her that.
Starving myself to death will put the
sin on her shoulders. Brooklyn Eagle.
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Nationality and Suicide.

''Tn the course of my practice, says
criminal lawyer, 81 have noted that
there are two classes of citizens who
rarely take their liyes-Hebrews and
Irishmen. don't know why, but such
is the fact, and the records will bear me
out. The negro seldom commits sui
eide; he's happy and light-hearted under
all troubles. The average American
will blow out his brains under stress of
some great misfortune, as the loss of
family or property. But the German
and Frenchman seem the most impress
sionable, the most open to passing in
fuences, and an i'll wind easily blows
them to the river, the rope or the poison
cup Albany Argus.
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Are the EHes Ever safer

Beware of the electric light. This IS
warning sounded by a correspondent,
and warning that should be needed.
The use of the incandescent lamp Is
apt to be highly injurious To the eyes il
precautions are not taken with regard
to shades or globes. Plain or cut glass
is particularly noxious. In all cases the
little illuminator should be shaded with
a green or thick white shade, and the
glass should be frosted. It is said that
a number of men in the clubs are suf-
fering with sore eyes, entirely due to
the improper shading Of the club lights.
London Letter.
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rold. set with a cameo cut to represent
snake that lay coiled with head erect.
Its eyes of emerald seemed to snap at a
tny bird, also cut in stone.
There is a singular incident con-
nected with that ring, which," my
friend remarked as picked it up and
carefully examined it, perhaps you
would ike to hear"
81 should" was my reply; and he
narrated story which ] will tell as
nearly as | can in his own words.
Three years ago went to pass a
few days in Clifton-as you may know,
a noted summer residence, but better
resting place than most resorts
81 had been there only few hours
when | saw on the hand of lady who
lodged at the same hotel ring which
greatly excited my curiosity, for
reasons that will appear later in my
story.
Il easily secured an introduction to
her and in the course of our first con-
versation referred to this ring, no
longer on her hand, as having attracted
= my especial dJLenGlOn.
1T is very curious, she said.
Does it belong to you? inquired
st does not, but was lent me by a
friend
INLAY I inquire the name of the
owner?
She requested me not to mention
her in connection with the ring; so you
will please excuse me from telling you
her name.
~ should like to purchase it, if she
would dispose of it for reasonable
sum- remarked, interrogatively.
Il will learn whether she is willing
to sell it, and let you know soon
Before my arrival in Clifton there
had been many cases of pocket-picking
and petty theft in the place, and on the
fifth night after l came the village bank
was burglarized.
Though the minor offenses had
caused no particular excitement, the
burglary did, for the temporary as well
as the permanent residents of Clifton
would lose considerable sums if the
stolen funds were not recovered
Every possible effort was made to
ferret the crime to it's source, but so
shrewdly had it been planned and exc
cuted that no clew to its perpetrator or
perpetrators seemed likely to be discov-
cred.
The detective-of wide renown-em-
ployed upon the case after thorough
investigation said:
1t battles my skill as nothing in my
previous experience
he had labored indefatigably but in
VAN for several days, when requested
hlln one morning to accompany me to
my room. After | had locked the door
ana we were seated l observed:
Straws show which way the wind
o4loWs, and I may be able to tell you
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HE HAD NO NEIeHBoRs.
People Came from a Distance to Use Hi,
Telephone.


Telephone.
Funny about this telephone busi-
ness, isn't it?" remarked a bald-headed
citizen of the Cass farm as he heard
somebody ''helloing at the back end
of the drug store.
''In what respect?"
swell, in respect to your neighbors.
At one time last year had no less than
eight different families using my phone
to do all their business. They'd come
in night or day, use it as long as they
wanted to and for every purpose, and
not one ever laid down the fee charged
at station, although they knew 1 had
to pay fifty dollars per year"
''Well?"
zone day hung up a card, stating
that my phone was put in for the use
of the neighbors alone, and that's
where the funny part came in. They
dropped off like leaves in autumn.
Some one killed my dog, my cat was
poisoned, and our hired girls were
frightened off by the stories of the
neighbors, my wife lost callers, my
church-pew was hired away from me
at higher price, and the boys chalked
signs on my barn doors stating that !
was the meanest man in Michigan. /
have got my phone yet, but, alas! /
have no neighbor who would lend me
enough mustard for a midnight plaster. y
Detroit Free Press.