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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
THE SNAKE KILLED THE DOG.
Terrible Battle In tho Mountains, Rssui
ing Fatally for the Canine.

Terrible Battle In tho Mountains, RESULT
ing Fatally Tor the Canine.
READING, Aug. ga fierce battle be-
tween dog and snake occurred On the
Blue Mountains, near Bethel, on Saturday.
Several women were out picking huckle-
berries accompanied by dog. During the
day the latter set up terrible barking,
and when the women ran to investigate,
they say the dog engaged in q struggle with
q huge black snake over six feet in length,
which had partly coiled itself. around the
dogs body They were so frightened that
they hastened home as fast as possible.
Upon telling the story q number of men
went to the mountain, and upon coming to
the place found the dog dead, while the
snake had disappeared. Nearly every bone
in the dogs body was crushed Sticking to
the dogs teeth we're found pieces of the
snakes skin, showing that he had fought
hard for his life
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
Swish! 1t is the wind, let loose.

SWlsn! LII is Ine Wlnu, lei loose.
Swash! 1t is the rain. falling in torrents.
This shrieking squalI bends down the
trees of the Volsinian coast, and hurries on,
flinging itself against the sides of the
mountains of Crimma Along the whole
length of the littoral are high rocks, gnawed
by the billows of the vast Sea of Megalo-
crida.
Swish! Swash
Down by the harbor nestles the little
town of Luktrop; perhaps 100 houses, with
green palings, which defend them indif-
ierently from the wild wind; four or five
hilly streets-ravines rather than streets
paved with pebbles and strewn with ashes
thrown from the active cones in the back
ground The volcano is not far distant; it
is called the Vauglor. During the day it
sends forth sulphurous vapors; at night,
from time to time, great outpourings of
flame Like a lighthouse carrying 150
kertzes, the Vauglor indicates the port of
Luktrop to the coasters, telzans, verliches
and balances, whose keels furrow the waters
of Megalocrida.
On the other side of the town are ruins
dating from the Crimmarian era Then
suburb, Arab in appearance, muck like
casbah, with white walls, domed roofs, ard
sun-seorched terraces, which are all moth
ing but accumulations Of square stones
thrown together at random. Veritable dice
are these, whose numbers will never be
efaced by the rust of Time.
Among others we notice the Six-f four a
name given to curious erection, having
six openings on one side and four on the
other
A belfry overlooks the town, the square
belfry of Saint Philflena. with bells hung
in the thickness of the walls. which some
times a hurricane will set in motion. That
is a bad sign; the people tremble when they
hear ii.
Such is Luktrop. Then come the scat
tered habitations in the country, set amid
heath and broom, as in Brittany. But this
is not Brittany. Is it in France? 1 do not
know. Is it in Europe? I cannot tell. At
all events, do not look for Luktrop on any
map.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

And the window was closed again. Twen-
ty fretzersl A grand fee! Risk cold or
lumbago for 20 fretzers, especially when to-
morrow one has to go to Kiltreno to visit
the rich Edzingov, laid up with gout, which
is valued at 80 fretzers the visitl With this
agreeable prospect before him, DR.. Triful-
gas slept more soundly than before.
Swish! Swash! and then rat-tat! rat-tat!
rat-tat! To the noises of the squall were
now added three blows of the knooker,
struck by a more decided hand. The doc
tor slept. He woke, but in fearful humor
When he opened the window the storm
came in like q charge of shot.
81 am come about the herring -salter."
'That wretched herring-salter again!"
II am his mother"
''May his mother, his wife, and his daugh-
ter perish with him!'
"He has had an attack
''Let him defend himself"
''Some money has been paid us" con.
tiSued the old woman, "an fnstallment on
the household to the camondeur Doutrup.
of the Rue Messagliere. If you do not
come my granddaughter will no longer have
father, my ,daughter-in-law a husband,
myself son."
1t was piteous and terrible to hear the
old woman's voice-to know that the wind
was freezing the blood in her veins, that the
rain was soaking her very bones beneath
her thin flesh.
"A fit! why, that would be 200 fretzersp'
replied the heartless Trifuleas.
s'We have only 12O."
"Good night, and the window was again
closed. But, after due reflection, it ap-
peared that 120 fretsers for an hour and a
half on the road, plus half an hour of visit,
made tretzer minute. A smell profit,
but still, not to be despised.
Instead of going to bed again, the doctor
slipped into his coat of valveter, went down
in his wading boots, slowed hims elf away in
his great coat of lurtaine, with bis sourouet
on his head and his mufflers on his hands
He left his lamp lighted close to his
pharmacopoeis, open at page 1a7. Then,
pulling the door Of Six-four, he paused on
the threshold. The old woman was there,
leaning on her stick, bowed down by her 80
years of misery.
''The 120 fretze-s."
''Here is the money, and may God multi
ply it for you hundredfold!'
"Godi Who ever saw the color of His
money!"
The doctor whistled for Hurzof. gave him
small lantern to carry, and took the road
toward the sea The old woman followed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
Holiday Dared the Wrong Man.

j. H. Holiday, of Harrisburg, had .
quarrel with another intoxicated person at
Fifth avenue and Wood street yesterday
afternoon and was knocked down. Officer
Chase ordered them to move on, but Holli-
day waited to make fun of the policeman.
Holiday dared the officer to arrest him and
that settled it. The patrol wagon soon
afterward carried the Harrisburger to Gen.
tral station.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
Honest Advice.

Indigestion andliver inactivity throat and
lung troubles, tired and sleepy feelings are
often cured by the simplest remedy. Klein's
Silver Age or Duquesne rye whisky will do
i. They tone up the system, help digestion
and Generally impart life and vigor. They
sill for Sl.j0 and Sl25 per quart respectively.
For sale by dealers and druggists generally.
ueadq uarters Max Klein, 50 Federal street.
ALE heny, Pa. Send for a complete cata-
logue-mailed gratis. MwF
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
aught him to do, dies beneath his own

taught him to do, dies beneath his own
hands
In the morning corpse was found in the
the house Six-four-that of DR.. Thfulgas.
They put him in coffin, and carried him
with much pomp to the cemetery of LUX
trop, whittier he had sent so many others
in professional manner.
As to old Hurzof it is said that, to this
day, he haunts the country with his lantern
alight, and bowling like lost dog. / do
not know if that be true; but strange things
happen in Volsinia, especially in the neigh
borhood of Luktrop.
And, again, warn you not to hunt for
that town on the map. The best geograph-
ers have not yet agreed to its latitude-nor
even its longitude.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

Only luminous speck at the distance of
half kertz. It is the lamp of the dying
perhaps of the dead. OF course, it is the
herring salter's house; the old woman
pointed to it with her finger; no mistake is
possible. Through the whistling switches
AMI the dashing swashes, through the up
ROD of the tempest, DR.. Trifulgas tramps on
withhprried steps As he advances, the
house Becomes more distinct, being isolated
in the mNst Of the landscape.
1t is veE remarkable how much it resem-
bles thatf of DR.. Trifulgas, the Six-four of
Luktrop.I The same arrangements of win
dows, the same little arched door. DR..
Trifulgas hastens on as fast as the gale
allows him. The door Is ajar; be has but to
push it He pushes it, he enters, and the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
Something About Facts.

Facts are the foundation of all true knowl-
edge. Facts are convincing. They admit of
no argument The facts about Camellia
flour are that it Is the finest -four in the
world, because 1t is made from the finest
wheat by the latest and finest methods Of
milling. 1t is tested every day at the mill,
so it is always regular, rich, pure and makes
the lightest bread. 1t is q fact, also, that
more housewives are now using Camellia
-four than any other brand. If you do not
use it give Camella trial.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
~.

What swishy-swashy weather! The bells
Of st. Philflena are alfswinging by reason
of the gale. A bad sign! But DR.. Triful-
gas is not superstitious He believes in
nothing-not even in his own science, ex-
cept for what it brings him in. What
weather, and also what Q roadi Pebbles
and ashes; the pebbles slippery with sea-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

weed, the ashes cracking with iron refuse.
No other light than that from Burzofs
lantern, vague and uncertain. At times
jets of fame from Vauglor uprear them
selves, and in the midst of them appear
great comical silhouettes. In trnth no one
knows what is in the depths of those un-
fathomable craters. Perhaps spirits of the
other world, which volatilize themselves as
they come forth.
The doctor and the old woman follow the
curves of the little bays Of the littoral. The
sea is white with vivid whiteness-a
mourning white. 1t sparkles as it throws
off the crests Of the surf, which seems like
outpourings of glow-worms
These two persons 90 on thus as far as
the turn in the road between sandhills,
where the brooms and the reeds clash to-
gether with shock like that of bayonets
The dog had drawn near to his master
and seemed to say to him: "Come, comel
hundred and twenty fretzers for the strong
box! That is the way to make fortune.
Another rood to the vineyard; another dish
added to our supper; another meat pie for
the faithful Hurzof Let us look sfter the
rich invalids and look after them-accord-
ing to their purses"
At that spot the old woman pauses With
her trembling nngers she points out among
the shadows reddish light There is the
house Of Won Kartif the herring salter.
"There?" said the doctor.
'.Yes," said the old woman.
'Hurrahp" cries the dog Hurzof
A sudden explosion from the Vauglor,
shaken to its very bsse A sheaf Of lurid
flame springs up to the zenith, forcing its
way through the clouds. Dr. Trifulgas is
hurled to the ground. He swears roundly,
picks himself up and looks about him.
The old woman is no longer there. Has
she disappeared through some fssure Of the
earth, or has she flown away on the wings
of the mist? As for the dog, he is there
still, standing on his hind legs, his jaws
apart, his lantern extinguished.
Nevertheless, we will 60 on" mutters
DR.. Trifulgaa The honest man has been
paid his 120 fretzers, and he must earn
them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
To-Day-To-Day

Everybody should attend the great clothing
sale at the p. C. @. C., corner Grant and Dia-
mond streets. Thousands have already ben-
efited by it. Mems fine suits at S6 80, worth
$l8. Mems dressy pants, sc and 81 II. and
thousands of other bargains.
p. C. C. c., Clothiers,
Corner Grant and Diamond streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
SPECIAL NOTICE
To Organ Buyern.

We must relieve our lower floor for dis
play of new goods, and offer q lot OF brand
new organs at very low prices
$75 and $50 will buy magnificent organs
formerly priced at $3.50 and $40 and on easy
payments, too. Remember, brand new In.
struments. Come and see them before you
buy. MELLoR & HoENE, Established 1881,
n Fifth avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
WHJ h.MkM CkMJ %.


Would fill a good-slzsd 00k
nnue If uv1tten out. What he
can do at 1aeksons' in the
way Of bargains tn fine
Home-Mads Clothing woulI
fill an entire library. We
haze placed on sale this yssk,
to make things hum, about 30.
meaO styles of good AAwooI
Chevlot Pants, called "We
Fa0orzte," at S2.25. Moy,
tvo dollars and a quarter is
but a small suus, and some
PEOPLE may think it isn't
enough for them to spend t0r :
Pants, but ne say to y0~ If
S2.25 mill do the work y1M
us that it mill take 81 to do
elsewhere, uhy mot take ad-
vantags of our Pants sale.
Ask for our S2.25 "Fa0or-
ties.
In oa,~ su,ts.. Well, every
other man in toaem Wears 01y
homemade Suits, and for
good reasons. First NE
guarantee them in repair free
Of charge t0r one year.; sec
OndN, y0n Tan saOs from So
10 SIS ON every suit
Why not Try nsP It's to
your interest See the aG
rance style, in 0ny Hat De-
Partment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
DO NOT DEL AZ

Advertising your vacant rooms. as those
who did SO last week In tbs crnt-a-w word
advertising columns Of THE DISPATCH
were satisfied with tho result.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

Rat-tatl A discreet knock is struck upon
the narrow door OF Six-four at the left cor
ner of the Rue Messagliere. This is one of
the most comfortable houses in Luktrop-
ii such word is known there-one of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

if it is made with Cottolene,
the new pure substitute for
lard. Cottolene is simply
pure cottonseed oil and
pure beef suet, two of the
healthiest foods known.
Properly combined they
are better tnan lard for all
kinds Of shortening, and
everyone can eat, digest,
and enjoyfood cooked with
1t. Food that was indiges-
tible when cooked with
lard is easily digested when
cooked with Cottolene, and
many of the leading house,
keepers of the land say
they can make nicer bread,
rolls, biscuit, cakes, cookies,
ginger bread, pies, patties,
|tarts, griddle cakes, cro-
quettes with Cottolene than
with either lard or butter.
Get itofyour grocer andtry
it. Beware of limitations.
Manufactured only by
N. X. FAIRBANk 4 CO.,
CHICAGO.
PfTrssuRoH AGENTS:
=. SELLERS 4 CO.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

Barnett House; strictly flrst-class; refitted
and refurnished throughout. Elegant
sample rooms. Rates, 81 20 and s. so.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
THE INEWTABLEEND
BY JULES VERNE.

richest, if gaining some millions of fretzers,
by hook or by crook, constitutes riches
The rat-tat is answered by a savage bark,
in which is much of lupine howl, as if a
wolf should bark. Then window is opened
above the door of Six-tour, and ILL
tempered voice says, "Deuce take people
who come Dothering herep'
A young girl, shivering in the rain
wrapped in thin cloak, asks if DR.. Triful-
gas is at home
HE is, or he is not, according to circum-
stances"
81 want him to come to my father, who
is dying"
"Where is he dyinc?"
"At Val Karnion, four kertzes from
here"
'And his name?"
wort Kartit.
''vort Kartiff, the herring-salter?"
"Yes; and if DR.. Trifulgas"--
''Dr Tritulgas is not at home"
And the window is closed with q slam,
while the swishes of the wind and the
swashes of the rain mingle in a deafening
uproar.
I'LL
A hard man, this DR.. Trifulgas, with
little compassion, and attending no one
unless paid cash in advance His old
Hurzof, mongrel of bulldog and spaniel,
would have had more feeling than be. The
house called Si1-four admitted no poor,
aud opened only to the rich Further, it
had regular tariff; so much for a typhoid
fever, SO much for fit, so much for a
pericarditis, and for other complaints
which doctors invent by the dozen. Now,
Wort Kartif, the herring-salter was a poor
man, and of low degree. Why should Dr.
Trifulgas have taken any trouble, and on
such a night?
as it nothing that should have had to
get up?" he murmured as he went back to
bed; that alone is worth 10 fretzers."
Hardly 20 minutes had passed, when the
iron hammer was again struck on the door
of Six-four.
Much against his inclination the doctor
left his bed, and leaned out of the window.
"Who is there?" he cried.
81 am the wife of Wort Kartif"
'The herring-salter of Val Karnion?".
sYes; and if you refuse to come, he will
die''
'tAll right; you will be a widow"
"Here are 20 fretzers"
Twenty fretzers for going to Val Kar-
MON, four kertses from herei Thank you!
Be of with youl''
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

wHEN Ill with pains and exhaustion Parker
Ginger Tonic is your surest relief.
HiNDxRcoRNs, the best cure FOR cornR lc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

You can save from s95 to $50 on each pur-
chase if You buy at Arnheim's sale, Thurs
day, August 25 at 10 o'clock A. NJ
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26

De WTrr's Little Early Risers. Best pill
for biliousness. sick headache, malaria
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
LAKE CHAUTAUQuA AND RETURN
% 90.
VIA ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILv

Niagara Fails and Return % 90.
Toronto, Canada, and Return 50 90.
VIA ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30.
Tickets good 10 days returning. Trains
leave Union station at $40 A. N and $50 P. NJ,
consisting of Eastlake coaches and Pullman
buffet parlor and sleeping cars.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
Contributed,

The progress of the society, "Dsugh.
ters of the Revolution" has far ex-
ceeded the expectations of the incor.
p orators. Women are not we'll &C.
customed to work or interest them.
selves outsIdethe "home circle, !"
except charities and church work,
and they do not readily adopt
the idea of other work. They
have been accustomed to have
all else managed to their entire Salts
faction by the men Of their families.
Such society could scarcely have
been formed in another generation,
many important links in the chain of
evidence would have been lost.
"At first thought, 1t will be hard to
believe this, but when you try to es-
tablish your claim, you will realize
it,"
lone of the most delightful features
of q society of this character, is the
renewal of lost links, among the
worthy descendants of some hero"
"Our motto, Liberty, Home and
should be broad enough
and grand enough to satisfy US ALL
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
Learning q Business.

A gentleman who had induced
large publishing house to take his
son, rs boy, into It's employ at mod
crate rate of pay, not long since, was
especially anxious in his request that
the young man should De made to
work and learn the business.
This instruction was needless, as
although modern fashion has done a.
way with much .of the janitor and
porterage work of old times, yet the
young man found the selection of
stock for orders, packing the same,
entering. charging ditto, and occa
sional errands kept him actively en-
ployed for about ten hours a day,
with an hour out for dinner.
At the end of three weeks time he
failed to put in an appearance, but
the father walked in one morning
with the information that John would
not return to the position.
"Why not?" asked the boss.
"Well John has to have his break
fast at half-past seven every morning
to get here, and then he is not used
to carrying bundles, and sometimes
he's been sent with books right up to
the houses of people we know social
ly. My son has not been brought up
that way and L guess L won't have
him learn this business"
He did not; and what's more has
never learned any other business.
Now let US look at another actual
picture, that of the son OF wealthy
mill owner desiring to become man
ager of the mills.
"But that is impossible" said the
father, "unless you practically learn
the business"
THAT is what would like to do"
said the son.
"But to become superintendent or
manager, we prefer q man who has
risen from the ranks and understands
the mechanical department. and the
ways of the employees"
"Let me begin in the ranks then"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
replied the young man.

replied the young man.
To this the father assented, stipu-
lstinR that no favor should be shown
to his son, but he should actually be-
gin and work at actual labor in the
mechanical department.
Not only was this done, but the
young man went and boarded In the
manufacturing town at q workman's
boarding house, and went in and out
of the factory at bell call. In three
years he was foreman in one of the
departments, and q former classmate
and well known society man, calling
there upon him, was surprised at meet
ing q stalwart fellow in blue overalls,
with hands so soiled with machinery
Oil as to prevent the conventional
hand shake.
But this young man persevered,
made and paid his own way himself
and his father concluded 1t would not
iDjure his future prospects. Judging
from the fact that he is now mana
ger of mills at salary of ten thou.
sand year, and with ability to COM
mand even better compensation and
partnership. is evidence that learning
business, even by a man with good
education and rich father, pays q
good return, both 10 money and man.
ly Observation-Disclosures Com. Bull.
letOn
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-19
Eeotric vs.. Steam Roads.


In an article in a recent number
the Railroad Gazette on electric and
steam traction Tor suburban and
through lines, not car line traffic the
writer reaches the following conclu-
sioDs:
l. There is no prospect of electricity
replacing steam for long distance
freight traffic.
2. There is possibility of electrici-
ty becoming an economical substitute
for steam locomotives for high speed
service, wherever the traffic is suf-
ficiently heavy and constant to war.
rant the con struction OF lines of track
independent OF those used for moder-
ate speeds.
3. There are very few localities of
tn United States in which the condi-
ton are such as to make such sub
itItion commercially possible, with
the efficiencies at present obtained
with electrical machinery.
4. If the electrical equipment could
be purchased at reasonable prices,
there are few short Lines of steam
railroad on which the passenger trait
fic is such as to make electricity a
possible form OF motive power at
present speeds.
5.Itis probable the electric loco
motives will be used In tunnels and
for switching In cities where freedom
from smoke .s important.
6. No electric motor capable of do
ing the work of a medium weight
steam locomotive has Yet been can.
structed.
The first con clusion is evident from
the fact that the cost of the conductors
for the electric current and the loss
on the long lines due to leakage and
resistance would more than offset
what might be gained in the fuel saw
ing. The second conclusion Is also
evident, except that part calling for
independent tracks aud for high
speed traffic. Why the traffic must
be independent is not clear, as all
that Is needed is q clear track, and
that can be had with slow or high
speed trains. Perhaps constant
speed may be an essential condition,
but 1t may be high or low and yet be
constant. So far, the above quoted
journal says, electric construct /
companies have been simply talking,
and in that way they contrast strong
ly with makers of other mechanical
innovations, who do, as q rule, make
q try at q job at least before they talk
of the wonderful possibilities Of their
devices. But to do them justice, we
should say they are working in good
faith, only they prefer that some one
else should pay the cost of making
expensive experiments. The Balti-
more and Ohio tunnel job will give
them q chance to show what they
can do, as the horse power required
to haul the proposed trains at the
proper speeds up the given grades.
viz, 200 tons at fifteen miles an hour
and 500 tons at thirty miles an hour
up AZ foot grade, is about $50. This
is certainly enough to commence on.