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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

Franklin is one of the oldest and most
substantial towns in Western Pennsyl-
vania, and MANY of her sons have become
distinguished in public soldiers in
war and statesmen in times of peace
which reason the complimentary title,
''Nursery of Great Men, has been con-
ferre6 upon the pleasant little city. She
boasts, also, of famous social organization,
the Nursery Club, " which is known from
one end of the State to the other through
the hospitality dispensed by its members
on many occasions The beautiful and COM
modious clubhouse is one of the ornaments
of the town and the center of its social life.
With home centrally located, and of mod
ern architecture and convenience, and with
membership representing the wealth and
culture OF Franklin, the Nursery Club is
an honor to the town.
The club is purely social one. Politics
is laid aside and numerous religious de,
nominations are represented in the men,
bership It was organized in 1877 By few
young men who occupied rooms in one of
the business blocks of the town, and from
an humble beginning gradually evolved
into strong organization, moving into
larger quarters as the membership in
creased, until 1889, when the clubhouse
was purchased.
The clubhouse proper is two and half
story brick structure. Reception rooms
and hall comprise the first floor. On the
second floor are the library, card rooms,
bath rooms, secretary's Office, etc, all hand
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
LONDON'S GREAT EDITOR.

William T. Stead as Carpenter Found Him
Some of His Famous Interviews-His
Attack on the Social Evil and the Re-
suit.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsrATcH.1
LONDON, Dec. IA have just had an in
terview with one of the great men of the
world. refer to Mr. William T. Stead,
late editor of the Pail Mall Gazette and now
of the ReVieaO Of ReUie,OS. Mr. Stead is now
90 years old. The son of a Congregational
minister, he left school at II to take the
place of an Office boy in mercantile estab-
lishment. After working here eight years
his salary had risen to 1928 year, when he
gave up his place to be the assistant editor
of half-penny daily. He at once showed
came editor in chief He rapidly advanced
from one journalistic position to another,
working on various newspapers until along
about 1883 he became the chief editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette, which, under him, soon
got to be one of the greatest newspapers in
London.
1 called upon him not long ago in his
office, on Norfolk street, just of the Thames
embankment and between the houses of
Parliament and the Savage Club. 1 sent
in my letters of introduction and moment
later was seated in his workshop. This is
big room which looks out on the river
Thames, and every part of which is packed
with marks of individuality and ideas.
Upon its doors in letters of .Drass are
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
A COUGH SYRUP.
Directions for Making a Syrup That Cures
Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis and


Directions for Making Syrup That Cures
Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis and
Consumption.
Get bottle of Pe-ru-na of your druS-
gist; get two ounces of pure rock candy
and add it to the bottle of Pe-ru-na. 1t
should be shook up occasionally until the
candy is all dissolved, when it makes a
cough syrup which is simply delicious to
the taste, prompt in its results and perma-
nently cures. 1t should be taken accord
ing to the directions on the bottle. This
cough syrup is not like so many others
which simply quiets a cough temporarily,
but it cures radically. Children like it; it
agrees with the weakened stomach and has
no disagreeable effect of any kind. This
syrup can be relied on to cure catarrh,
acute or chronic, coughs, colds and all
chronic diseases OF the lun gs and throat.
ANY who prefer to can use the Pe-ru-na
without the addition of rock candy, as it is
not very disagreeable to the taste without
it. Everyone should avail themselves of
the holiday gift of The Pe-ru-na Drug
Manufacturing Company, who are sending
during December and January free copy
of the illustrated Ills of Life, Il treatise on
catarrh and winter diseases. Send in your
order early and receive free copy posi-
paid.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
HOW AN OYSTER GROWS
Each Overlapping Layer OF Shell Means
One Year of Its Age.

Each Overlapping Layer OF Shell Means
One Year of Its Age.
Boston HeraId.l
The oyster at the commencement of its
career is so small that 1000, 900 would only
occupy square inch. In six months each
individual oyster is large enough to cover
half crown, and in IL months a crown
piece. The oyster is its own architect, and
the shell grows as the fish inside grows, be-
ing never too small. It also bears its age
upon its back, and it is as easy to tell the
age of an oyster by looking at its shell
as it is that of horses by looking at their
teeth.
Everyone who has handled an oyster
she'll must have noticed the successive
layers overlapping each other. These are
technically termed shots, and each one
marks years growth, so that by counting
them the age of the oyster can be deter
mined. Up to the time of its maturity-that
is, when four years of age-the shots are
regular and successive; but after that time
they become irregular and are piled one
upon another, so that the shell becomes
bulky and thickened.
Fossil oysters have been seen of which
each shell was nine inches thick, whence
they may be guessed to be more than 800
years old. One to two million oysters are
produced from a single parent, and their
scarcity is accounted for by the fact that
man is not the only oyster-eating animal
The starfish loves the oyster, and preys
upon it increasingly. A variety ofwhelk is
also very fond of young oysters, to get at
which it bores right through the shell and
sucks the fish up through the hole thus
made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
MOTOR AND FACTORY.
The Distribution of Power by Elec-
tTieity a Blow to the Latter.
AN EXPERIMENT ON THE RHONE.
Utility of the Storage Battery in the
Plants for Lighting.
NEW APPLICATIONS OF CURRENT
WRITTEN FOB THE D1srArcH.1

/ WRITTEN FOB THE DISPAFCH-1
1t has long been prophesied that the
electric motor is destined to revolutionizs
| the factory system, and the recent accounts
of the vast electrical scheme of the shreWd
men of Lyons would indicate that dis
tinct phase in such change is about to be
| entered upon. The rapid current of the
River Rhone is to be utilized for the genera
ton of electricity, which will be distributed
in the city of Lyons and its suburbs. The
waters of the river will be tapped about II
miles above the city, where 20 turbines,
representing a thousand horsepower eachs
will be established. These turbines, oper-
ated By the water precipitated upon them
from a convenient height, will work tho
dynamos, and the electric current will be
conveyed BY six cables to distributing star
tions situated at various centers IN the city.
The special object in this undertaking 10
to benefit the smaller industrial enterprises,
and with that view the supply of power to
any single subscriber will be limited to 20
horse. OF these smaller industrial enter.
prises that of the silk weaver is by far the
moss important. The other uses to which
the project contemplates the application OF
electrical power are too numerous to be ln-
dicated separately; but they include the
mixing of bread, the working of saws and
other tools, of sewing machines, printing
machines, lathes and ventilators, the work.
! ing of fans, elevators and coffee mills, hair
cutting. boot backing, the publication OF
sewage and the charging of baths for the
cure of nervous and other affections. Elec-
tricity will also be largely used for traction
and lighting, and system of irrigation is
already being planned. In fact, every iu-
dustry in the city will be carried on by
electricity. The flow of water to the tur-
| bines is to be regulated by means of sys-
TEN of sluices, locks and eompensating
reservoirs, and when the stream has done
the work required of it it will return to the
Rhone by special canal,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Stone WaIIs Do Not a Prison Max.

The death of the distinguished electri-
clan, DR.. Werner Won Siemens, who was
looked upon as one of the oldest and strong
est props of the electrical industry, has
served to recall many incidents of his busy
career 1t was in Madgebnrg that he began
his scientific investigations in 1882 His
first experience was somewhat unfortunate,
for an explosion. caused by preparation of
PHOSPHORUS and ehlorate of potash, burst
the drum of his right ear. As he had met
with similar accident to his other ear
some time before, he was for tims stone
deaf In 1910 he was sentenced to five
years. Imprisonment for acting as second in
duel. He was sent to the eita-
del Of Madgeburg, where his scien-
tihc enthusiasm soon showed that
"Stone walls do not prison make" for he
continued his experiments by setting up a
small laboratory in his cell. He soon sue
ceeded in plating silver spoon with gold
BY connecting the spoon to one pole of
Daniel cell and louis dor to the other.
A Magdeburg jeweler bought his rights in
connection with this valuable eleetroplating
discovery for 40 louis dor. This gave him
the means for further experiments, when
Unexpectedly, after one months imprison-
ment, he was Dardoned. His request to be
allowed to remain a little while longer in
his cell in order to complete his expert
mental work was regarded by the authori-
ties as an impertinenee, and he was sum-
marily expelled from prison at midnight.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

the innumerabie fish, alIigators and other
marine animals die.
One Drink Enough to Kill.
OF course the air must become filled with
this poison, but it is said the real danger
comes only afte the rivers rise, when the
bad waters are washed into the Javary,
which supplies the inhabitants with their
only drink, 1t is said a draught of this
water is at certain seasons almost fatal, and
that it is equally as injurious when used
for bathing, so that the people who live
there drink and bathe in Cachasi.
The Javary has the appearance of q very
important business stream, there being
more activity in the way of steam launches,
canoes and trading houses than we had
seen in the 1000 miles of the main river.
1t reminded me of the rush and enterprise
shown in our oil regions where everybody
was busy and eontented, even in distress,
being buoyed with hope of becoming sud
denly rich. Men and women risk even the
deadly air and water for months for the
liquid gold.
In three DAYS more of this monotonous
life, tired and anxious, we are gladdened by
the voice of the steam whistle announcing
our approach to Iquitos. in Peru.
j. ORToN KERBEE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
scIN DA IS A DEMOCRAT.
Something About the CoIored Female
Leader of a New Religion

Something About the CoIored Female
Leader of a New Religion
An old negro woman has established a
new theocracy at Grenada, Miss, Senator
Walthall's home. Her name is Scin,a and
her followers are called "Scinda Band. +"
They number about 400 Scinda is their
queen and rules her flock with an iron rod,
SAYS the ST. Louis Republic
They use no Bible at their meeting, for
each member is supposed to know it bv
heart. If Scinda asks them a biblical ques-
tion they are supposed to have an answer
at once. They have their meetings every
Sunday evening, and they are interesting to
observe.
The congregation, men and women, is
decked out in costly RIB ons aud beads.
Their chants are as weird as the sobs and
sighs of graveyard trees. They dance to
the music OF the banjo and tambourine un-
til they are nearly exhausted, and then
they go home.
ScinGa is a Democrat and compels each
male member to vote that ticket She in
sists that they shall be cleanly in person,
and pay their debts No merchant in Gren-
ada county will refuse credit to a member
of her band, for if they were to fail to paw
it Scinda would ''dance their souls into
hell" as she call sit.
Mel j. Cheatham, the only white man
ever executed in Mississippi, was hanged
for numbering one of Scinda's members
about three years ago
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

somely furnished. In 1891 an annex was
erected Immediately in the rear of the club
house and adjoining it, consisting of q
large hall or ballroom, billiard rooms,
bowling alleys, etc. The ballroom is
probably not surpassed, in size or beauty,
by any in the State. Its dimensions
are about 100x75 feet, and it is fin
ished entire in panels of Carolina pine,
with two-inch maple floor, highly pol
ished. Entrance to the ballroom is made
through the reception rooms on the first
floor, and also from the second floor of the
clubhouse proper into balcony. Adjoin-
ing the balcony is a smoking room on the
right, and on the left grand staircase lead
ing to the dance floor. Opposite tie en-
trance to the ballroom is beautiful fire.
place, 14xl8 feet, which is a reproduction of
the famous fireplace in the Metropolitan
Club of New York City. The large room
under the ballroom is used for supper
room. and here also are the bowling alleys,
billiard tables, etc. In all departments the
Nursery Club is complete.
The great event of the holiday week in
Franklin will be the annual reception of the
Nursery Club, which occurs Tuesday. De-
cember 27, on which occasion the ''youth,
beauty and chivalry" OF that and adjoining
cities will be present 1t will be gala
affair to which probably 1000 invitations
will be sent out, the larger part of which
will be accented eagerly.
General John A. Wiley, A. A. Plumer.
Hon. Christopher Heydrick, Judge of the
Supreme Court; Hon. S. c. Lewis, Hon. j.
C. Sibley, Congressman-elect from the Erie
Crawford district; Judge Charles E. Taylor,
Hon. G. A. Myers, Mayor of the city, and
others equally we'll known throughout the
State are among the membership.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
The Storage Battery.

An English electrical paper lays great
emphasis on the increasing use of storage bat
teries for central station work and it ex-
presses the opinion that the accumulation is
likely to prove of greater importance in
lighting than is anticipated by even many
of the present low tension supply COM
panies 1t seems, indeed, by no means i'm
probable that the future practice for city
and town lighting will be direct current
supply with a three-wire system and stor-
age batteries. Already the advantages, it
not the necessity, of storage for public
lighting is being recognized. Electric en-
ergy should be stored ready for use in the
same way as gas is made available at mo-
ment's notice. The FUNSTON of stor-
age battery in q central station II
threefold, and although it may not
always be utilized to its full
capaeity, yet in most we'll designed sta
tions the importance of each of its uses
is perfectly understood. Firstly, the
battery forms reserve against accidents to
machinery and enables temporary repairs
to be made without shutting down the
whole or a part of the light; secondly, the
battery may be used very advantageously
for assisting the dvnamos to supply eXeep-
tionally heavy loads of more or less tenn
porary character, and thirdly, the battery
will run the lamps direct during the light
load periods from, saw, about II P. NJ to
possibly 8 P NJ. on the following afternoon.
1t is, of course, necessary to arrange the
periods of charge and discharge to keep the
cells in good wOrkin order, and it will Do
also imperative to vary the number of cells
in series in order to secure proper result.
But these are simply matters of detail,
thoroughly understood BY the majority Of
station men. 1t is gratifying to note that
some of the later forms of storage batteries
show such distinct Improvement in prin-
ciple and construction as to materially in-
crease the confidence of the diseiple of the
accumulstor, not only for lighting but also
for traction work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
a REAL AMERICAN PRINCESS
She Is the Daughter of Chief Seattle and
Over a Century Old.

She Is the Daughter of Chief Seattle and
Over Century Old.
Detroit Free Press.l
A notable parsonage, frequently pointed
out to newcomers and strangers at Seattle,
Wash, is a real, live American princess
She is often seen seated on the sidewalk, in
an old faded calico dress, and common
woolen shawl wrapped about her shoulders.
Her skin is brown, and her hair hangs in
long, straight lines down her back and
around her shoulders. This is Princess An
geline, the daughter of Chief Seattle. She
is very well treated by the older residents,
and has only to ask them for anything she
may want and it is given her.
This is all owing to the fact that at an
early day in the history of that part of the
country, when the people were in constant
danger from attacks of hostile tribes of In
dians, she, at great personal danger to her
self, and after a long journey, came into the
white settlement and warned the "pale
face" of a very formidable threatened at
tack of the Indians, and by her timely aid
saved the entire settlement, thus preserv-
ing their homes from destruction and their
wives and children from captivity and mas
sacre.
Her father, Seattle, was very kind and
true in his friendship for the white race
vino had made their home in the vicinity of
Puget Sound, sheltered by the snow-capped
mountain height, and now the grateful peo-
pie have erected monument to his memory
upon his grave.
Well may the inhabitants of Seattle pay
the Princess Angeline all honor for the SER.
vices she rendered, for she has become
part of the history OF their country, even if
as she sits by the roadside, with her little
short-stemmed black pipe held between her
teeth, her old woolen shawl is her only
''royal mantle" by day and her blanket BY
night
1t is not known just how old Princess
Angeline is, but that she has passed the
century mark seems beyond doubt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Automatic Time Recorder.

Another form of the automatic time
keeper which has of late been introduced
in factories and other places where large
numbers of workmen are employed is so ar
ranged that it gives record from which
the weeks pay is made up. Each work.
man makes his own registration and. there
fore, cannot complain of the time keeper,
and, on the other hand, no collusion is pos
sible between the attendant who watches
the record of the instrument and the EN-
ploye The use of this device has demon
strated the fact that it lessons the likeli-
hood of the employees being late, as not
only are they themselves able to inspect its
record, but their employers can each day
ascertain the number and names of those
who arrive on time and those who are
habitualIy late or absent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Wagon for Electric Wire Repairs.

The necessity of speedy access by line
men to the various wires now used for cleo
trio traction or lighting in most cities has
led to the use Of a tower wagon which can
be drawn from place to place by horses
An ingenious and simple extension tower
wagon has just been designed This differs
from the ordinary tower wagon in being
provided with an extension, and when used
for work on trolley wire it stands on one
side OF the track The men can thus work
without interruption, as there is no neces-
sity Tor the wagon to be moved from its
position to allow car to pass. The exten-
sion is SO arranged that it can be folded up
against the tower. II necessary it can be
removed altogether by simply unlocking
it from the rings in the top of the tower, or
1t can be shifted from one side OF the tower
to the other.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

printed the words, "The Sanctum." Its
walls are covered with photographs and
upon the mantel over the open fire were
many portraits of the most famous men and
women of the times
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Dress Suits,

Trouserings, silk vestings and overcoatings
TO order, at Pitcairn's, 434 Wood street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-10
A NEW IDEA.

DIR. Boyd, of the Chicago Medical and
Surgical Institute located on north Main
street in this city, has caught onto the
very latest idea in the medical world which,
when understood, is very interesting. 1t
relates entirely to deafness. 1t is an old
established fact that ride on the train
always affects the hearing for good. For
instance, if a man or a woman who
may be partially deaf, rides some distance
in the cars, he or she is sure to have I'M
proved hearing. Scientists have pondered
over this fact for years and at last have
discovered that any Earring sound loosens
ND matter that CLUES together the bones of
the ear, which are called the hammer, the
saddle and the stirrup, and therefore
helps the power OF hearing.
Recently physician in New
York concludedto test the effect of jarr-
ing sound in the ear by the use of the Edi-
son photograph. He hacked up the wax
cylinders that produced the music so that
when the needle ran over the surface of
them it made terrible Earring noise in the
ear. He has used this in cases of deafness
and it has had splendid results. A friend
of DIR. Boyd's wrote to him about it and
the doctor at once saw that the theory
at least was good and now
he has one of the machines in his Office
and is using it with good results. He
does not yet know what its power it or
whether it can effect all cases. but the ex-
perimenting so far has given him consider
able hope that the idea Will involve into a
great success. One thing, however, is
certain, and that is that the theory is good
whether it is practical or not
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-10
DEMOCRACY cAETooNED.

W. P. Cleveland of the probate judges
office has a cartoon in his office, made by
himself, that demonstrates him TO be an
artist of no small caliber. OF course, 1t
has reference to the recent Endorsement.
On one corner of the sheet OF paper there
is a representation of a camp with road
leading to it. In that road, not In the
middle of it, however, there is very
good representation of long-eared
donkey, labeled Democracy. On his back
its well known local leader. with ire
mendous spurs on his heels, which he has
freely used in the sides of the donkey in an
effort to make him go towards the camp
which is labeled Alliance Camp" No
amount of squirting would make the anl-
NAL go in that direction, so the rider takes
a long pole and ties three heads of cabbage
to il. These are labeled State Senator
ship" County Attorneyship' and Com
missionership. Tue rider then extends
this pole with these temptations on 1T out
over the donkeys head and when ne sees
it he goes after it, never reaching 1t, OF
course, till after The Alliance camp Ii
reached. 1t is quite cartoon.