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pretty faces of the bottle babies which ap.
pear as the result Of particular combina.
tions in our magazine advertisements would
surprise her. The Russian babies Of this
institution know nothing of zone cows
mill" of 'Ga1 Borden's eagle brand" OF
barley water, and they get through their in
fancy without being experimental upon by
doctors and parents
| A great part of the establishment is on
the cottage plan. The babies sleep on the
| ground floor, and al the end OF each nurse g
bed stands one of the little cribs They are
never allowed to sleep with their nurses,
| and the greatest care is taken that all OF the
| surroundings should be healthy. The rooms
are we'll ventilated, and there are rooms
which are, as it were, incubating rooms
These are heated by steam, aud are kept at
what Judge is 700. 1t is the same with
the hospital proper. and the babies are
taken to cooler and cooler rooms as they
recover from sickness In the incubating
rooms / saw q score or so of babies in copper
tubs so made that hot water running around
their double walls kept the interior at al
most blood heat In these we're babies born
two or three months before their time.
These were wrapped in cotton, and they
hardly seemed alive, but could note the
quivering of their eyelids as the matron
opened the glass tops Of the tubs. The
most of such cases are, l am told, sue
cessful. The babies are washed once day
in bath tubs of copper. and noted that in
the bottom OF each tub there was pillow
on which the baby was placed and that its
sides were padded with soft flannel
The Babies Go by Numbers.
About so new babies are received on the
average by this institution every day, and
all babies are taken and no questions asked.
They are sometimes left on the steps of the
institution, but more often are brought by
their mothers or some friend. II the mother
has name for the child sne writes it on a
card and this name is given it, and at the
same time it is registered with a number
and a corresponding number is given to the
mother. This number is written on little
round tag of bone, and it is tied around the
neck of the child, and by this number it
goes in the institution. II the mother
wants it again she can bring back her check
and get her baby, and she can claim 1t at
any time up to the age of 10 years. The
babies are Kept in this institution only four
weeks and alter this time the nurses who
are in charge OF them take them to their
homes in tine village and there bring them up.
Each nurse gets 81 month for such ser
vice, and she is under the supervision of the
doctor Of the district and has to report her
baby to him from time to time. At the age
OF about six years the children are brought
back to the institution and are educated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
History of the Great Explorer and How He Found America
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
BY L. H. WEEKS AND PAUL LATZKE.
Rhted.l blythe eAuthors

on the rock and tell how Columbus was en-.
couraged by 1t. From certain distance
and in certain lights the markings of the
rocks do have shape that might easily b
mistaken for a sculptured horseman.
During his residence in Portugal Colum-
bus was more than ever devoted to his in
vestigations, adding to his already consid.
cradle store of knowledge. He read much
and found in the sacre Scriptures and In
books of the ancient Greeks snd Romans o
great deal to interest and encourage him.
His reading was thorough and broad for
that day. He afterward said of himself,
'sThe Lord endowed me richly with knowl-
edge in everything relating to the sea I
have studied all manner of works-history,
the chronicles, philosophy and other arts
for which the Lord hath given me UNDER
standing"
He began to correspond with geographers
and other scholars OF Italy and Portugal,
and received many suggestions from them.
The popular belief that the earth was fat
and consisted of the land of the eastern
hemisphere and the waters adjacent had
long been discredited by many thinkers.
The theory that the world was round was no
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

pire more than 100000 squalling infants
I saw last week 800 babies under weeks
cid in the St Petersburg institution, and as
1 write this letter 1900 little ones are
within the walls of the establishment here
at Moscow.
The Moscow foundling asylum is an i'm
perial institution. 1t was founded by Cath
crime IL, one of the loose stand the liveliest
of the Expresses of Russia's past, and it is
kept up to-day BY tax on PLAYING cards.
All of the cards used in Russia are made by
the Government Their Importation is
prohibited under heavy penalties, and ey-
cry gambler and every card party has to
contribute to the support of this institu-
tion. The servants of the Gar in the royal
red livery stand at its doors ari It's accounts
are looked over by the officers of the treas
ury department. 1t is in fact q model
among the baby hospitals of Europe, and
the scenes within it are such as you can see
nowhere else in the world.
A G srden for the Little Ones
This big Moscow foundling asylum lies
within stones throw of the Kremlin,
where the most sacred of all Russia's great
churches stand. 1t is on the banks of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

Columbus was wrong. But even in the
error Of Columbus there was the seed of q
discovery more important than was dreamed
of in the widest imaginations of the day.
In Lisbon Columbus at first supported
himself principally by map making He
was then q good looking young man, tall,
well-formed and muscular and with re-
fined, dignifed bearing. His complexion
was fair and his face attractive, He could
talk we'll and his conversation and manners
held the attention of all who met him.
He attended religious services in the
chapel of the Convent of ALI Saints There
one day he caught passing glimpse of a
beautiful face and Immediately fell in love.
The young lady was Bonna Felipa Mpniz,
who is believed to have been of the Italian
which we're navigstors who had served
wealth. The lady was poor and so was
Columbus, but poverty never stands in che
way Of love and 30 they were married.
The couple went to live with the wife's
mother, and Columbus worked harder than
ever before making maps and charts and
selling books, His mother-in-law was the
widow of mariner and had many charts
and other documents once used by her hus-
band. Columbus had access to these. They
gave him new ideas and helped to fix hIm
more firmly in belief in his own theories
For short time he lived on Porto Santo
one of the Madeira Islands, and again at
Terceira, one of the Azores or Western
Islands. At both these places he found in
drifting wood, In the stories of sailors, and
in other things. what seemed to him new
evidences of the existence of western
world.
And a singular thing happened to him
right here. He had sailed for Terceira in a
little vessel for Portugal A terrific storm
came up and drove the ship far westward
out OF its course. One morning just at day
light the lookout saw land ahead. Driven
nearer by the storm and current, they found
two small uninhabited islands. As they
sailed by, one of the sailors, with cry of
alarm, crossed himself and pointed to the
cliffs of the smaller island.
"Heaven help US" he exclaimed, look,
Iook.'
They all looked. and there on the face of
The cliffs they saw the figure of gigantic
norleman with arm extended pointing west
ward. They were terrified, and thought
hat the sight ,betokcned that they were
doomed to destruction in the terrible waste
IF ocean to the west. Columbus saw some
hing different in the apparition. To him
t came as q good omen. He thought that
{ was intended as an encouragement to him
% persevere in his efforts to explore the un-
Inown west. He quieted the sailors as best
le could and devoutly thanked God for this
The little island upon which this figure
vas seen was Corvo, the most western OF the
Azores Wind and rain and ocean surges
lad fashioned the cliffs into this unusual
hspe that had alarmed the ignorant sailors.
70 thia day the inhabitants Of The iulsud
nd ~ neaS Asighhes peiat szt this Aguss
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bird arises I throw my 'tgun camera" to tho
shoulder and when on the bird ''pull" the
button. 1t looks easy to get the bird just
before being shot (by your assistant) or Just
after, but I frankly confess have never
caught it Just at the right moment
You don't get very good "pictures" BY
this method, but you will get some very
queer photographs, although have secured
some pretty pictures by pointing the camera
about halfway between the shooter and the
game. One easily learns the angle of his
lens, and the camera being on the under
side of what correspond to the barrels of the
gun, IS bound to hang level But 1t is not
"pictures" you are hunting with this ar
rangement, but odd photographs. and with
a little practice you will get them much
better than by the usual way. The ac-
companyipg rude drawing will give fair
idea of the "rig' and any one can fix
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Saved His ch, a.. Life.

A. N. Dilferbough, York, Neb., says:
1.-THE other day came home and found my
little boy down with cholera morbus, my
wife scared, not knowing what to do /
went straightway and got 25-cent bottle
of Chsmberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhea Remedy, and gave 1t according to
directions You never saw such change
in child. His limbs and body were cold.
! rubbed his limbs and body with my
hands, and after I had given him the sec
ond dose he went TO sleep. and, as my wife
says, from desthbed he was up playing
in three hours.' II saved me DOCTOR bill
of about S3, and, what is better, it saved nv
child. I can recommend IL with a. cienr
conscience" For sale by drugglsta
wThsu
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hand cameras without injury to them. The
method of pressing the button is easily ar
ranged, the simplest being an old guitar
string which has all the stretch taken out
of it, running from the trigger on the stock
to spring near the button. By pulling the
trigger you press the button. When the
dogs stand / endcavor to locate the bird on
the ground, end telling my assistant who.
does the shooting to yell snow" just as he
pulled the trigger, snap the shutter, and by
having my 'gun camera" pointed about
half way between the shooter and the bird
get the whole scene about once in as times,
but have never gotten the supreme moment
vet But still we might just happen to
strike IT some day, and that would be our
reward,
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rhotorraphing whil. smor,n,

Photographic cigar holders are the latest
novelties among the gilded youth. With
each holder is supplied packet of plain
white Photographic papers about the size Of
q postage stamp. One of these 10 placed in
the interior of the holder, and az the
ammonia vapor arising from the consumed
tobacco passes over them the photograph is
deyeloped
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Big Chunk ef Wood.

The biggest oak block in the world has
just been sawed out of the parent trunk in
an Ohio forest. 1t is 30 inches square and
80 feet long. Its super6ces measure $3.50
square feet and its weight is % 500 pounds,
The tree out Of which It was cut measured
over s1S feet in diameter 20 feet from the
ground.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
SNAP sH0Th AT BIRDs..

Ingenious Arrangement to Catch Pictures
Of Them ON fhs Wing. y
1t has been my ambition to get pho
tograph of bird in the air the moment it
was struck by charge of shot, and have
tried to accomplish this end by attaching a
hand camera to piece of wood shaped like
q gun, says writer in Forest and Stream,
Instead of looking into my finder when q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Rivers Of Red Water,

Among the noteworthy things DR.. Oscar
LeuH saw when he Travelled through
Morocco awhile ago were two wide rivers
that once year, at the time Of the greatest
heat, are filled With red water. It is sup-
posed the color comes either from strsts Of
red clay, through which the streams msy
psss, Of from myrisds Of little red organ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28


HE biggest baby farm
in the world is here at
Moscow. Iteosts $780,
900 a year to run it,
and it has an annual
crop of 14.0O0 babies
1t has q branch farm
at St Petersburg,
which turns out q
yearly harvest OF s, 600
more, and since its
foundation it has sent
out into the country
It.+ri.%, IS t1s, T..
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= fIfe-Au dts stopped free by DR., Kline-s Great
Nerve Restofsy. 10 ats after hrst dsy's use. Mar
S's; W.: sss'.b b: ss 4 sRe ss & u. III l E i :
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smaller than any baby cribs you have ever
seen. They stand on iron legs, but they are
NOT Is big as the average family clothes
basket, and they are about two feet wide,
three feet long and two feet deep. Each
baby has q crib to itself, and there were, I
was told, 800 cribs standing in the garden
at the time I visited il. In some OF the
cribs babies were lying. They rested on
soft mattresses with their little heads,
many of which seemed to me no bigger than
baseball, upon little pillows, and over
them were drawn nets to shield their red
faces from the too ardent kisses of the wind.
They look most comfortable, and venture
you could get nowhere in the world ], 900
babies all under four weeks old who would
make less noise than these L. 600 odd Russian
babies were making.
Here and there about the grounds noted
tables on which the babies were laid when
their nurses wished to rearrange their toi-
lets, and noted how carefully the little
ones were handled. The tables, which were
about tour feet square, had had padded tops,
and as saw he dressing going on looked
in vain for safety pins and the other little
tortures which I have seen in American
baby dressing The baby is wrapped
close together and its little red body swad-
died up till it looks for all the world like q
big rag baby, with the exception OF where
its little red face and its bright eyes peep
out OF the white linen.
Every On, of Them Fed Naturally.
As looked at this baby being dressed
asked the young matron if they ,had
any "bottle babies on the grounds, and if
some of the babies were not brought up by
hand" A look of horror and disgust came
over her face, and she replied that they did
not consider such methods of baby farming
good or right, and that each baby had its
own nurse She had apparently never
heard of our patent baby foods. and the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
| 4GREAT BABY FARM.
The Largest Founding Asy-
lum in the World in the
Heart of Russia.
GAMBLERS PAY FOR IT
And Fourteen Thousand Waifi Are
Sent Out From 1t Each Year.
AN ACRE OF SQUALLING INFANTS.
lncubators for the Weaflings and the
Sanitary Precautions
HOw THE LITTLE ONES ARE RECEIVED

rcoRRrsroNpENcr OF rHE.pnrArcH.l
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Moscow, August II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-12
THE onoLllRA EPIpEs11o.


Tho Terrible RtvngSS of tho Plague in
Russia -Pitiable Condition osthe People.
sr. PETERSBURG, July lion Friday
one hundred and ninety-one new cases
Of cholera and thirty-two deaths were
reported in Astrakhan; sixty-fve cases
and sixteen deaths in saratotf; ono hum
dred and eighty cases and thirty-sevon
deaths at Bacu; six deaths in Tifis, and
nine new cases in Tsaris.
Three thousand enigrants from in
fected districts are quarantined in the
road at Astrakhan. They are in mis-
,erable condition, being without medical
aid and food and water being scarce.
Largo numbers OF the inhabitants are
fleeing from Astrakahan and saratotf.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-12
WILL nor SEE THEM.
No Hopes of oompromlse--Ac Case whs
Compulsory Arbitration Is Needed.

No Hopes OF Case Where
Compulsory Arbitration Is Needed.
PrrrsBUaou, PA, July 1.-THE COM
mittee of workmen which called on Mr..
Frick this morning was not from the
Homestead strikers, as at first supposed,
but a committee from the city mills of
the Carnegie Company, appointed at
a meeting OF the Amalgamated Associa-
ton in Pittsburgh last night to ask the
company to confer with the strikers.
The scale has been signed between
these men and tho company. The
committee disclaimed that they were
here for interference and wanted it ex.
pressly understood that they called
solely in the interest of peace.
Secretary Loyejoy, OF the Carnegie
company, said: mo, tho committee was
not from tho strikers, but from our men
who are at work. We would not re-
ceiyed the strikers. The men as mem
bers OF the Amalgamated Association,
called to ask US to confer with the
Homestead strikers. We declined to
do II. The strikers have taken posses
sion Of our property, and hqvc MUIR
dered our watchlnen, for which they
will have to answer to tho district at
torney. we will not see them."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-12
A PfNKERToN MAN
whose Mind was UaOalaneoa by til

whose Mind was Unbalanced by tho
Ordeal at Homestead.
CHICAGO, July 11.-A"I'm Pinkerton
Just back from Homestead, and I'd just
as soon shoot you dead as not" Ac-
cordiug to Mrs. Schmidt and Mrs. Hart
man, who live at sos Fifth avenue, that
is what Michael Slater said as he came
into their house last night with big
revolver, and began to shoot promis-
cuously about the place. "Don't resist
me-" he yelled, "I'm Pinkerton, and l
can turn the house upside down il I
want to. Tho women made affidavit
in court to-day that Slater shot four bull.
lets into the wall in endeavoring to kill
them. Slater denied intending to do
any harm. He said that he was one of
the Pinkerton men hold at bay on the
barges at Homestead, and that he was
all uustrung by the terrible experience.
His appearances sustained his asser.
tion, and the court expressed a fear that
he was somewhat unbalanced for the
time being by the ordeal he had under.
gonc. He was fined for disorderly con.
anet
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-12
THE LIBERAL vIoroRY
In Eagland-GIndstono Will Have sa
ThoaEh Small Majority.

In England Gladstone VIII Iave Safe
Thongli Small Majority.
LONDON. July 1.-THE Conservative
papers concur in conceding that Mr..
Gladstone will have small majority in
the next Parliament enabling him to
force the government to resign, but
offering no guarantee thatthe Liberals
will bc able to carry on businoss,
An exciting scene occurred ut Lib
eral meeting held in the forest OF Dean
division of Gloucester, where Sir
Charles Dixie is standing as the Liberpl
candidate against Mr.. Colchester We-
myss. "A resolution was oilored declar-.
ing against Sir Charles Dixie, and
adding that the electors Of tho district
desired only man of high moral char
acter TO represent them in Parliament.
The vile Of Sir Charles was on the
platform when tho resolution was put
and she wept bitterly. There was great
excitement during the vote, which was
heightened when it was declared that
tho resolution was carried. Friends OF
Sir Charles pnmandel that a recount be
made and this was done, only to con-
firm the previous result.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-12
THE sr. LonNs TIRn.

Tho E&tont of tho Dostruotion-Ths
Amount of the Insurance:
ST.. JOINS, N. +, July 1.-THE CORE
spondent ofthe Associated Press has
just returned from inspecting the burnt
district. The line OF fire is drawn at the
electorate OF S.. Johns cast and covers
nine.tenths OF the houses in that area,
or nearly all tho business houses, only
few remaining in st. James, west,
which almost wholly escaped. Small
buildings we're swallowed by the flames
as If it were an earthquake.
It is reported that five men were.
drowned aud several children wore
burned but it is not verified.
Last night thousands encamped i'll
sheds erected by the governme mt on the
New Era grounds and Bannerman Park.
A child was born in the park during
the night. There is much suffering,
provisions arc hourly expected from
Halifax and other cities.
In an interview with several business
men they said tho insurance will cover
six to ten millions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-12
THE FIRST CHAPTER

or the War only Faded by tho Militia.
There will be Moro Troub When They
Leave.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July ia meeting
OF the advisory committee this morning
was very hurriedly called after most Of
the members had been for two hours in
bed. The gathering was held at q pri-
vate house, and Chairman o'Donnell
was the last to arrive. The subject dis
cussed was, OF course, the coming OF the
militia, and from the first most pacific
and conservative tone dominated the
discussion. Mr.. 0'Donnell Is reported
to have said:
ave can't fight the state of Pcnnsyl-
vania and II we could, We cannot fight
the United States government, as we
would have TO do ii We beat Pennsylva-
MIA. The work before US is to keep the
men steady and prevent themfrom rum
ming against stone wall; and this will
be work enough"
Mr.. 0'Donnell's views were echoed by
several of the menin the meeting, nota-
bly, by Burgess McLuckie, who strongly
advised that every possible courtesy be
extended to the troops. The question
came up as to what the soldiers would
do when they came here and some Of
the membrs very anxtousty inquired
whether they would allow the Pinker-
tons to enter the works under their pro-
lection. It was evident that nobody
liked to answer, : but it was expected
that the troops would confine them
selves to putting the Carnegie company
in full possession OF the property under
the direction of tho sheriff and then
withdrawing from the city. Among the
men on the street corners last night and
this morning there is evident uneasi-
as to the military programme. The
great mass Of troops coming has over.
awed all but the most hot headed, and
these are the men who are more hot
headed in talk than in action.
The strikers who did tho real fighting
last week liaten to these fellows with
good humored content and call them
'irioters," because previous enGaaement
prevented them from taking any part
in last Wednesdays entertainment
James Boyce, one OF the strikers who
was in the melee, said: "You must pay
no attention to the mouth fighters.
They talk, but they won't shoot Those
OF us who mean business are not fools
enough to buck at the stat. Of Penn
sylvania, but the troops can't stay here
forever, and We can. The work means
q succession of riots whenever the men
got hold of bIacksheep ora Pinkerton.
Instead of ending the fight at Home.
stead, the militia will just end the first
chnntnr of IL ~