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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14
WHAT Is BEAUTY

Some Queer Ideas of Loveliness Which Pre-
vniI in Different Countries.
It is remarkable to learn the extraordi-
nary ideas of female beauty which charact-
erize different nations says writer in the
Je,naess Miller Monthly. The ladies of Arabia
stain their fingers and toes red, their eye
brows black and their lips blue. In Persia
they paint black streak around their eyes.
and ornament their faces with representa-
tions of various figures
The Japanese women adopt the singular
method of gliding their teeth, and those of
the Indians paint them red. In some parts
OF India the pearl of the tooth must be
dyed black before woman can be beauti-
tul. The Hottentot women paint their en-
tire body in compartments of red and black.
In Greenland the women color their faces
with blue and yellow. and frequently tSttoo
their bodies by saturating threads in SCOT,
inserting them beneath the skin, and then
drawing them through.
Hindoo families, when they wish to be
particularly lovely, smear themselves with
mixture of saffron and grease, and in
nearly all the islands of the Pacific and In
dian oceans the women, as we'll as the men,
tattoo great variety Of figures on the face,
the lips and the tongue.
In New Holland the women cut them
selves with shells, and keeping the wounds
open long time form deep scars in the
flesh, which they deem highly ornamental.
Another mark of beauty consists in hav-
ing finger nails so long that castings of bam-
boo are necessary to protect them from in
jury. An African beauty must have small
eyes, thick lips, large, fiat nose, and
skin beautifully black. In New Guinea the
nose is perforated and large piece of wood
or bone inserted. On the northwest coast
of America an incision more than two
inches long is made in the lower lip and
filled with a wooden plug. In Guinea the
lips are pierced with thorns, the head of
the thorn being inside the mouth and the
point resting on the chin.
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Company has finally decided to make Vel
asco, Tex, its southern terminus and ship
ping point. and has filed an amendments to
its charter providing for on extension to
that place as well as for branch lines.
ST. LOUIS, Keokuk and North western
trains are now being run over their own
tracks to Burlington for the first time in
three weeks. the river having fallen suffi-
cient to permit. The water still covers the
track at Alexandria. There is no anticipa-
tt>n of further trouble.
A BREAK in provision and live hog rates
from Chicago to the seaboard has been pre-
cipitated by the Lake Shore road. A meet
ing Of the interested lines was held yester-
day afternoon and they all decided to take
similar action, effective June l6. The rate
on bulk meats is thereby pulled down to the
basis of 80 cents.
PRESIDENT STARBUoK, OF the Housatonic
Railroad, said yesterday: Myself and
friends have sold a large ajority of the
Housatonic stock to Messrs. Morgan and
Rockefeller. The road has never been con
trolled by the New England. There has
simply been q traffic contract which may be
terminated at anytime"
SUNDAY the Toledo and Ann Arbor Rail-
road Company laid track along one of the
principal streets OF Ann Arbor. Yesterday
morning the Mayor ordered the track re-
moved and called on the fire department. to
see that his order was obeyed. AS trouble
troops was ordered to be in readiness for q
call.
THIS morning one Of the cars of a stock
train which was passing under the Girard
ov.nra b,idge PbiladeInbia on the main
IT, of .,,a Pen,sv,ronto RoiIrood Comnanv
Jumped the track and caused wreck which
will involve damage to the amount of at
least $5o,0C0. Five head OF cattle were
kllled anu tnree praheihen hao h"rro" es-
oapo'
PRESIDENT ROBERTS and other oHclals OF the
Pennsylvania road have been In Chicago
since Saturday iuspectine their terminal
70 ci,;tias ond okina estimataa of imnrova.
,nomtS fo. tTa -ronar hondIino of Worlds
Fair traffic II is nndsrstood that the Penn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14
HEADACHE FROM ICECREAM.
Tho Summer Girl Gets a Queer Sensation
From Bolting II.

Tho Summer Girl Gets a Queer Sensation
From Bolting II.
During the scorching weather of July
and August you often rush into an ice
cream saloon with the avowed intention
of cooling your body to at least a
few degrees below the melting
point If you are in a great
hurry you are apt to make the first few
spoonfuls of the cooling mixture rather
large. This almost Immediately gives you
a violent pain in the temples or somewhere
in the region of the eyes. Why is this?
Did you ever stop to think? asks writer in
the ST. Louis Republic.
One who has studied the physiology of the
case says it is caused in the following manner:
The frozen mixture, coming in contact with
the nerves of the throat (the larynx,
them. The sensation Instantly shoots to
the center of those nerves. which is in the
brain, but finds there side con-
nection in the shape of the great
facial nerve, which starts from in front of
the car and extends its branches over the
sides of the face. One branch of this facial
nerve, extending across the temple, is
"nerve sensation" while the other branches
are simply ''nerves of notion utilized
chiefly to govern the play of the mouth.
The great facial nerve side tracks the
pain which proceeds from the chill, throw
ing it out along the nerve branch which
traverses the temple, the pain being
most agonizing at the points where
the nerve branches. 1t the irritation
be extraordinary the 'reHe1" action
which takes place may cause violent
pain in the eyeballs as well as in the tenn
pie the eye pain being simply sympathetic
The person who rsshly follows great mouth
fuls of frozen milk should remember that
every time it comes in contact with the
nerves of his throat the whole nervous sys-
tenn is injured to a greater or less extent.
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THE FIRE RECORD.

Cleveland-Fire cleaned out the Union
Dairy Works on Joseph street ut o'clock
yesterday morning. The works are en-
ployed in the manufacture OF oleomargarine
and contained a considerable quantity of
the man ufactured article. The total loss is
about $4,000, $3 900 of which is on stock.
The building was insured for s., 900 and the
contents were fully covered by insurance.
Hartford City, 1nd.-The Crescent Paper
Manufacturing Company's mills, of this
city, were destroyed by fire Sunday morn
ing. Loss. Sl5O00O; insurance. $4,000. The
fire originated through the carelessness of q
fireman in disconnecting natural gas pipe
on high pressure line.
Sycamore street-A small fire occurred in
the store of B. Lamb & Co., Sycamore and
Kearsarge streets, Mt. Washington, ut 2
o'clock Monday morning. The loss was
small. There was q fire in the sume place 4
few weeks ago.
Philadelphia-The works of the NJ. Ehret
Company, dealers in coal tar roofing ma
terials at Thirty-sixth street and Gray's
Ferry road, were burned last night. Loss
1000. Insurance unknown. sg
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KANSAS CROPS INCREASING.

Recent Estimates Show That the Reported
Damage Was Overestimased.
KANSAS CITY, June 13-[Sp 1-Clin-
ton Franklin, statistician of the Union Pa
cifc Railway, to-day publishes statement
of the condition, acreage and probable
yield of various crops in Kansas. This
statement shows the reported damage to
Kansas crops exaggerated
The crop at present promises to be one of
the most prosperous in the history of the
State. The WELD of winter wheat is esti-
mated az SO, 1856, 2Os bushels, an increase over
last year of 2, 415, 514 bushels; spring wheat,
1927 1853: increase, 2, Al, ,209 bushels; corn,
1877 ,347, 72O bushels; decrease, 2,O16, 236
bushels; oats, 43, ,961, 100 bushels; increase,
4,056, ,657 bushels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14
HAVE ENJOYED FIVE JUB1LEES

Some Remarkable Experiences Which an
Aged Couple in Florida Have Had.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Perkins, of Talla-
hassee, Fla, have had jointly some remark
able experiences which, taken together, are
seldom paralleled, says the New York
Tribune.
Each of them has enjoyed five jubilees as
follows: First, when each of them reached
the age of so years; second, when each of
them has resided in Tallahassee 80 years;
third, when they had, as man and wife,
lived happily together for so years; fourth,
when they had lived in one house so years,
and fifth, when, on the I'd inst, they mad
been members of the Tallahassee Methodist
Episcopal Church South for 80 years. They
are both enjoying excellent health, and Mr..
Perkins carries his six feet of stature and
300 pounds Of weight with alert vigor.
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SOME SHARK LORE,

Are They Maneaters?-That They Are Is
Proved by the Records of tho War and
Navy Departments-Bits of Emphatic
Evidence Produced.
WASHINGTON, June 13-Scientifc men,
novelists, and historians have long been in
dispute over the question whether sharks
are or are not maneaters. There is we'll
grounded belief in the minds of people
generally that they are, and many
practical illustrations of the correct
ness of this belief have been presented
from time to time. Writers without
number have taken the opposite view. An
Department records bears unique and ap-
parently convincing testimony on the can
nibalistic side of the shark question. 1t is
taken from the medical journal of the United
States ship Falmouth, dated July 13, 1S45,
and reads as follows:
Dead: Griffin-About II O'Clock last night
noise was heard as If some object fell over
Doard. A boat was sent in search, but
nothing was found, and on mastering the
found missing. and 1t IS supposed he must
have fallen overheard last night and been
drowned. His body has not been found.
July 10, ls45 (six days later.-A shark was
Saratoga, and on opening its stomach head
OF man was found, which was recognized
by the officers and crew of this ship as being
that of James Griffin, o. NJ, who Is supposed
to have fallen overheard from the Falmouth
on the night of the 18th of July.
Here is another bit of emphatic evidence,
signed 80 years ago by young officer, who
is to-day the Surgeon General of the Navy
on active duty, 1t is from the records of
the United States ship Kearsarge, at
Gibraltar Bay, July 13. 1862.
While the crew were bathing alongside a
ground shark make his appearance, seized
and carried down Edward H. Tibbets. o. s.,
aged 10. The crew of the boat which pulled
to his assistance last saw Tibbets and the
shark three fathoms under water slowly de-
scend1ng, the water being perfectly calm.
j. NJ BROWNE, Surgeon, United States.
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FREAKS OF FISH AND FROG.
pecimens Have Been Found Which Hatch
Their Young in Their Mouths.

pecimens Have Been Found Which Hatch
Their Young in Their Mouths.
pare Moments.1
Fish OF the genus Chromis, found in the
Sea of Gahlee, and also of the genus Arius,
allied to the catfish, have the very peculiar
habit of carrying their eggs about in their
mouths. where they appear to be safely
lodged during the period OF Matching IN the
large and capacious pharyn1 or hinder part
of the mouth cavity. The eggs of these re-
markable fishes having been Matched by
them in their mouths, the young ones con-
tinue, until they are able to feed for them
selves, to use the parents mouth as their
home, and have been observed during that
stage of their existence swimming in and
out of their mouth-dwelling.
A frog which is found in Chill, Rhino-
derma Dawinii, has the same habit. 1t
possesses two vocal sacs, which have, how
ever become diverted from their original
USE and are now utilized as brood pouches.
Into these sacs or pouches Of the males,
which alone possess them, the eggs are in
troduced there they are protected and un-
dergo development, and within them the
young are kept until able to forage for
themselves.
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WHERE WOMEN ARE MEMS EQUALS.

Owing to Their Infuonc, Iceland Has No
Prisons and No Thieves.
Buffalo Enquirer
Female reformers bent upon obliterating
the existing social and political inequalities
between the sexes should visit Iceland.
There they would find their Eldorado for on
that cold little island women are in nearly
all respects mems equals. In all matters
women enjoy the franchise; they hold Offices
and take part in the municipal government,
though they are still debarred from running
for State offices.
Children are all taught by their mothers
and in the whole land, it is said, not single
illiterate youngster is to be found. Those
which there are no prisons, no police, no
thieves, no enormously rich nor miserabIy
poor: All are plain, temperate, chaste, edu-
Gated and intelligent.
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DRIVEN OUT OF RUSSIA.
Two Americans Expelled for Writing About
and illustrating the Coast Line,

Two Americans Expelled for Writing About
and illustrating the Coast Line.
BERLIN, June 13.-The American Legs-
tion here has received a note from Mr..
Poultney Bigelow, whose expulsion from
Russia was announced last night, stating
that he and Mr.. Frederick Remington, the
American artist, had been driven out of
Russia They are now in the Tilsit in East
Prussia from which place they will return
to Berlin in canoe.
The expulsion of the two Americans is
supposed to have been due to the publica-
tion of Germanophile articles written by
Mr. Bigelow. The object of the two travel
ers in visiting Russia was to make a canoe
voyage along the coast Bigelow was to
write up their experiences, while Mr.. Rem
ington was to make sketches to illustrate
Mr.. Bigelow's articles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14
COLUMBUS AND THE SLAVES.

He Loaded His Empty Caraveis With Them
but Isabella Protested.
Whatever may be said in palliation it is .
historic fact that Columbus was a SLAYER.
He came to the New World with the ex-
pectation of finding mearureless treasure.
On one of his voyages it was necessary to
return l2 of his caravels. To return them
empty was to acknowledge the poverty of
his new possessions In this extremity he
thought of slaves. Many years before the
Portuguese had driven thriving trade by
capturing the unfortunate negroes Of Africa
and selling them as slaves in Spain.
Queen Isabella's heart was Immediately
touched, and she promptly ordered the
traffic stopped.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14
RIVALS OF PARNELLITES,
They Attempt to Break Up a Meeting and
Free Fight Follows.

DUBLIN, June 13-In addition to the en-
counter at Tralee yesterday, the rival fac
tions of the Irish Nationalists had a severe
conflict at Limerick. The battle began in
an attempt by the anti -Parnellites to break
up a Parnellite meeting The latter had
heard rumors of the intended attack, and
were fully prepared with shillelahs and
other weapons for their antagonists This
was the signal for the battle. The auti-Par-
nellites rushed forward to rescue the coat
tail Others dashed at the band, while the
main body, with shillelahs flourishing and
howls of rage, intermingling with cries of
pain, were soon mixed up in a confused
mass
As the fight progressed the police assem-
bled in force and charged the mob, but the
struggle was at such close quarters that the
police could hardly make any impression.
This is the third fight of the campaign,
preparatory for the general election, the
first, or opening fight, having occurred at
Navan, in the County of Meath, few DAYS
ago, when the anti-Parnellites held a con-
vention to select candidates to oppose
Messrs. Mahony and Shiel.
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STRIKE ON THE n. Y. CENTRAL.

Switchmen Refuse to Accept the New Time
and Wages Schedule.
LoCKPoRT. N. Y, June 13.-[Specid. j.
The New York Central switchmen, in the
Lockport. New York, yards. refuse to ac-
cept the new schedule issued by Vice Presi-
dent Webb, increasing the hours of labor to
IL and reducing the wages Their act shut
down shipments on the Central to-day.
1t Is supposed that all the Knights of
Labor left the employ of the Central in this
vicinity IN August, 1890. The leaders of
the knights here refuse to say whether the
men who went out to-day belong to the
order or not, or whether the walkout is to
be general.
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DEFECTS In A TANK.
Witnesses at the Coroner's Jury at Oil
City Tell How the Explosions Occurred
Tho Fatal Benzine Said to have Come
From One OF the Keystone Structures.

Witnesses at the Coroner's Jury at Oil
City Tell How the Explosions Occurred
Tho Fatal BenzIne Said to Have Como
From One OF the Keystone Structures.
OIL CITY, June 13.-[Speciai. The tax
ing of testimony as to the causes of the re-
cent fire was begun to-day by the Coroner's
jury, and will be resumed tomorrow There
is much talk as to the outcome of this in
vestigation, as it has been currently charged
that there was negligence in the mainten-
ance of the tank from which the fatal ben
zine is credited with having come, namely,
one of the tanks of the old Keystone Re-
fnery, now owned by the Eclipse Oil
Works of Franklin, one of the works of the
Standard Oil Company.
1t was reported here that a meeting of in
surance men would be held in New York
to-day to consider the matter mutually, and
if necessary pool their issues and slit to the
bottom the cause of the fire. Of the
witnesses to-day was Daniel Fisher who is
chief of the Oil City fire department. He
said: -.-'
I think the fire was caused by benzine
coming down the creek. Some call it a
lighter grade OF naphtha, but call it ben
zine. MY impression IS CuaC 1gnlt6Q at the
Dew Drop refinery, or Mt least below tho
railroad bridge. l was at the bridge when
the explosions occurred, all of which were
over in a minute. think the first explosion
was between the street bridge and the rail-
road bridge. 1 have been up the creek since
the explosion and examined the Keystone
tank. 1 found It ripped out at the bottom at
long angles of nearly 80 feet, with the bot
tom dropped down two feet. 1t would take
quite pressure from inside to cause It to
drop down. The size of the tank is from
1900 to %, 900 barrels. Tank would have
emptied itself if full through the hole in 10
minutes. 1 did not know that the tank held
bepzine but it smelled as if it did.
Other witnesses called were Henry Luhr,
producer and refner; D. F. Byles, also .
producer and refiner; Samuel Hunter, a
farmer, and John Kistler Their testimony
was, in effect, the same Is that of Daniel
Fisher.
Louis Hassenfritz, the ffty-fifth victim
of the disaster. died at the hospital this
afternoon. Two of his sons lost their lives.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14

Philadelphia Ledger.J
One of the finest object lessons in sanitary
plumbing in the United States is the new
Institute OF Hygiene at the University of
Pennsylvania. Throughout the building
the pipes have been lett outside the walls,
and each painted distinctive color. Thus,
a maroon pipe, wherever found, is steam
pipe, red always denotes hot water, blue
stands for cold water, white means gas and
yellow shows drainage. This makes it pos
and test it at will, from the cellar to the
roof. About everything in the way of
drainage devices now known is in the build
ing, and everything put on the market will
be g iven fair trial.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14
RAILWAY INTERESTS.

THE Rock Island road has issued its tariff
of reduced merchandise rates to Colorado
points. 1t will not become effective, how
ever, until July q.
ALL the employees Of the Rapid Transit
lines of Colorado Springs are on strike for
more wages, and no cars were run Sunday.
Both sides are determined, and the fight
promises to be bitter.
The Trans Missouri Association will meet
in Chicago to-day for the purpose of elecring
a Chairman to succeed James Smith, re-
signed. 1t is still generally believed that
j. n. Faithorn will be the choice.
THE Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
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CONSOLATION FOR THE LAZY.
1t Is Now Announced That Early Rising
Tends to Shorten Life.

1t Is Now Announced That Early Rising
Tends to Shorten Life.
Buffalo Enquirer.]
Health cranks seem never to tire of
framing rules on how to attain long life, but
several recent writer's on dietetics have set
to work unsetting many of the dearest crea-
tions of these cranks
Early rising and sponging have always
been considered essential to good health
and long life. Authorities now pronounce
this superstition. They say eight out of
every ten persons over 80 whose cases were
Investigated never went to bed until we'll
into the small hours and rose correspond
ingly late next day. Early rising tends to
exhaust the physical powers and shorten
life, is the latest announcement, and long
livers, it is said, are always persons who
habitually abstain from bathing. Here is
consolation for the lazy and dirty.
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SECURES EASTERN MERCHANTS
Decree in Southern Case of Interest to
Some PeonIe

A Decree in q Southern Case Of Interest to
Some People.
ATLANTA, GA, June 13-Before Judge
Marshall ]. Clark to-day decree was taken
in the case of Stephen A. Ryan, doing busi-
ness as John Ryan's Sons, who failed some
months ago and who has since been in Jail
for contempt of court. This is the nature
of the settlement between the secured and
unsecured creditors by which the fund
in the hands of the receiver,
$175,O is divided between the two
factions, the secured creditors canceling
their mortgages, the face value of which is
something like a quarter of million dol
lars. This decree does not affect the con-
tempt case but does secure some money for
the usecured creditors, most of them East
ern merchants
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DIR. CYRUS e ison's Advice to Girls.

DR.. Cyrus Edison, in the North american
Rcyie'0, advises girls to seek plenty of fresh
air and exercises. For the latter he sug-
gests dumbbells, Indian clubs or chest
weights The girls will find their reward
for this training when they become young
ladies in society, in the bright eyes, clear
stately carriage, graceful
walk and perfect health which they will
eninu
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Mrs Gladstone loves the face of Mother
Nature. In the neighborhood of DOLLS
Hill, Mrs. Gladstones country place, there
are many lovely little quiet lanes sur
rounded by hedges, which Mrs. Gladstone
has set out under her own direction. Cow
slips, primroses, dog violets, bluebells and
hard ferns are among the W lid flowers that
Mrs. Gladstone most dearly loves.
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Where Women Have the Last Word.

Burmah has developed the woman's right
principle to the top notch of perfection.
Women have the privilege of selecting their
own husbands, and the happy men whom
they honor with their choice have no right
to say no." unless they can prove previous
engagements. Of course, there is q slim
chance for the man. When his wife tires
of him she gets a divorce and turns him out
This makes life worth living to him.
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Tho Ty.no nanrha OvSr7o-fp-

BUDA PEsTH, June 13-The Danube
river has risen 14111 inches here since last
night At Raab, which is situated 81 miles
northwest of this city at the confluence of
the river Raab with an arm of the Danube,
the waters of the Raab have commenced
rising and the town is already isolated from
the surrounding country by the flood.