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groom NAV continue to haunt the shades of
Prospect Park and Goat Island, with moth
ing to remind them of sublunary things but
hotel bills and carriage hire
Other anxious souls have feared lest this
great diversion of water should iniure the
magnificent volume which pours over the
falls. They, too, may be treasured. The
entire amount diverted into the canal will
only equal four-tenths OF per cent?
Tie advantages claimed for the great
scheme may be briefly summarized.
First-Location, q central point between
the vast supply of raw material from the
West in cereals. lumber and ores, and the
vast demand of the East for finished prod
ucts. Vessels may pass down the lakes and
Niagara river and unload their cargoes
upon the docks of the power company .
Second-Cheap and continuous power.
Third-Unequaled TRANSPORTATION by
lake, by rail, by canal.
These are rainbow-tinted promises, but
may at least be said to have scriptural
sanction, inasmuch as the enterprise is
founded upon . rock" l. A. NJ.
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less worldly-wise. are bewailing their 'hind-
sight" as theT watch their cheaply-soid
properties rapidly growing into the heart
of one of the great manufacturing cit les OF
the future. So say the enthusiasts, who, If
they are not claiming ''the earth," are at
lead appropriating the waters thereof
The remarkable and difficult feature has
been, of course, the construction of the
sHbterranean tunnel. It is horseshoe in
shape, 2S feet high, Is wide and 600 feet
in length, with a slope of feet per ], 000
As the work of blasting the tunnel out of
the supposed solid rock progressed it was
discovered that the Niagara" limestone,
found here everywhere within few feet of
the surface, softened to such a degree upon
contact with the air that it was necessary to
line the entire length with four courses of
brick. This made an enormous additional
item in labor and expense, although the
work advanced at the rate of 100, 600 bricks
a dav.
a visit to this strange underground world
by our party of Pittsburgers while the
work was in progress will be remembered
as a Dante-esque vision. The dampness,
the darkness, in spite of incandescent
lamplets swung at intervals, the weird
activity, the throng of laboreis of every
tongue and color, the muf1ed resonance OF
the voices were all, to be mild, uncanny.
The only really human element in the
scene was not human at all-the patiently
stubborn, little mule, inferred here tor
months like Hindoo widow.
When we reflected upon 200 feet OF rock
above us, Niagara laundering near US, and
the treacherous river at the outlet before
US, we we're glad indeed to get back to the
warmer precincts of the cheerful day.
The Possibilities Through Electricity.
The power produced by the fall of water
upon the turbine wheels is to be used in two
ways-directlv, by mills heated on the spot,
or indirectly, being transmitted by various
devices to distance. And this subject of
secondary transmission of power, which
will, doubtless, be accomplished by means
of electricity, opens up the first leaf of q
new volume, whereof the end cannot yet be
surmised. Sir William Thompson, Presi-
dent of the international Niagara Commits
sion, suggested that the time might come
when New York and Philadelphia would be
lighted by electricity generated from the
Falls of Niagara Mr.. Coleman Sellers says
in recent magazine article:
This widespread service is what is con-
templated by the organizers of this mighty
enterprise. Such industries as the Baldwin
Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, cover
ing many city blocks, generate their own
electricity, and it is doing the work more
conveniently and economically than
by the same power transmitted by
shafting, only because it can make that
electricity cheaper than the companies Or
ganiZed tor lighting are willing to furnish
it. Many manufacturing establishments
are considering the concentration of their
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
SAINTS AS PINCusHIoNa
The Simple Peasants in France Have Some
Cur Gus Customs.

The Simple Peasants in France Have Some
Cur Gus Customs.
Pearson's weekly.l
Bre ton girls who want to get married go
to Sene, near Vannes, and stick pins in the
foot OF the wooden statue of saint called
St. Uferier, who marries his devotees
within a year. The pin must be well
pushed, for, if it falls out, the wedding will
fall through; and it must be strong straight
pin, for if it bends, the future husband may
be hunchback or cripple. This is on the
Atlantic coast.
On the Channel, on a rock accessi-
BILE at low tide, there is a little shrine
supported by four Roman columns,
and dedicated to st. Quirec, who landed
there from England in the sixteenth CEN
tury. His wooden image is stuck full Of
pins So is statue of St Lawrence near
Quintin. Here the pin must stick at the
fi-st push, for each failure postpones the
marriage for one year.
The same practice has been traced further
inland, at Laval, in the ancient province of
Maine, where the bare legs and arms of 4
colossal wooden statue of St Christopher
are covered with pin-holes and pins; and
both young men and maidens join in the
rite
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

power company was incorporated under the
laws OF the State of New York in 1886, and it
stands forth the energy, brains, patience and
capital which have been required to trans
late this vast scheme into a tangible fact.
The work has been done by the Cataract
Construction Company, among whose ock-
holders are names with the substantial ring
of Vanderbilt, Mills, Belmont, Seligman,
Drexel, Morgan s. Co., etc
A Great Land Speculation.
Leading manufacturers, owners of large
-four and paper mills and factories of vari-
Gus kinds have not been slow to go in and
possess the land. As a matter of course,
property along the line of the tunnel has
risen, as compared with its original cost, to
div values. A veritable Land of Canaan
it has proved to owners of small farms and
bomesteads, who had sufficient foresight to
retain them until they could make their
own terms with the power company Many,
TO whom death and taxes were the very GER
tainties of life, are now doing" Europe in
frst-class coupes! Others, it is understood,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
e1psetoraisd with the nonchalanoe Of .

expsetOrated with the nonchalance Of .
man.
Scenes in the Big Restaurant.
When through train comes in the restau-
rant is busy and interesting sight. First
the head eolored waiter announces to the
under male and female walters that train
number so and SO has arrived to have them
on their mettle for the omnivorous crowd
that Immediately pouuees in on them.
Never is man so ineredulous as when he ID
told BY railroad or restaurant emplOye
that he has lots of time for his train. No
body believes that statement, consequently
coffee is swallowed boiling hot, beefsteak
and sausage are eaten in chunks, and in
Tariably the passenger spends five minutes
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Electric Lamp Guard.

A useful guard has been put on the mar
ket for the protection of incandescent
lamps. In its construction care has been
taken to eliminate the disadvantages of
guards hitherto in use; and it not only re-
quires no clips or cacthes, but secures itself
firmly on the socket almost automatically.
socket, having a bearing contact longi-
tudinally on the shell Of over half an inch,
so that it is almost impossible Tor any but
the severest blow 10 force it against the
lamp. In appearance the guard is light
and symmetrical
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

in fashion everywhere. They want the
best accommodations on tine rail, and, if
railway employees are to be believed, they
give more trouble than any other class Of
passengers.
Now and then a bevy of fair girls and
their attendant swains invade the depot and
the amount of noise they make drowns even
the voice of the stout-lunged train crier.
Mamie or Harry is going on a visit to
friends in Philadelphia for few weeks or
some friend of Mamie or Harry is going
home after a month spent in Pittsburg, con-
sequentlY when the train gong sounds there
is great deal of kissing and embracing be-
tween the girls, which makes their swains
feel very envious. There is chorus of be
sure and don't forget to write and in few
seconds there is q sudden hush over the
depot.
Royalty Sometimes Drops In.
Occasionally royal parsonage honors the
grimy shades of the Union depot with its
presence. We once had Queen Kapiolani
of the Sandwich Islands, whom the Bos-
tonians irrevently termed Cafe au lait. She
was travelling to England to attend the
jubilee of Queen Victoria. She had break
fast served in her private car from the
depot restaurant, and was waited upon by
her kinsmen in color.
If we want to see solid citizens, bloated
bondholders and the lordly Englishman on
his travels we must be on hand when the
New York and Chicago limited rolls in at
night. Every titled or wealthy foreigner
when on his travels in this country must
travel on that train, as it is one of the big
gest sights of Uncle Sans domain.
In the morning dozens of accommodations
disgorge myriads of business men, clerks
and mechanics from their peaceful subur-
ban homes. These busy passengers straight
way make bee line for Office and workshop.
In the evening they make another bee line
for the depot, thence home, and thus their
placid, uneventtul life rounds off from year
to year with very little variety.
A sight often seen is group of Uncle
Sans pensioners-Indian chiefs-on their
wav TO Washington to see their Great
Father. One day I saw marty of chiefs
with beautiful squaw in the party, but
horror Of horrors-she chewed tobacco and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

generating power with electrical transmits
sion, and fully appreciate the advan tages OF
q cheap power transmitted to them in such
a way as would free them from the cost and
Inconvenience of their present steam sys-
tenn and give them additional space. The
plans of the Cataract Construction Com
pany ere in the direct line OF modern aG-
vanced thought. Ibis great work will in
1898 incline the people or the world who will
be attracted to Chicago. to consider the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Manning the Magnetic Field.

The common method of obtaining cross
section of the field of force of a-magnet By
means OF iron filings is very satisfactory
when only temporary representations of the
field are desired 1t often happens, how
ever, that permanent record of the field
Of force would be of the greatest service
This has hitherto been unattainable, but
now photography has been success. ully
pressed into service
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

that is for tobies which he prefers to the
finest cigars.
There is one sad picture that can not be
omitted. That is the streteher borne by
two men on its way to the baggage-room
with its shapless burden. In the majority
of the cases it is the old, old story of rail-
way employe killed while on duty.
DEWOLFE SCANLoN.
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work now being done a. Niagara Falls as
part OF America progress. Stranger things
have happened than that Niagara Falls itself
should exhibit its power in transmitted
force carried by wire to the International
Columbian Exposition.
The Plans Not All Utilitarian.
But the age is not wholly utilitarian.
The idea of a great commercial enterprise
encroaching upon the greatest of our natural
beauties has been source of real distress
to many. They may he reassured. The
territory owned and beautifed bv the State
of New York includes the Falls and all
picturesque and interesting points in their
vicinity, and upon this reservation the
Tunnel Company, under its State charter,
is forbidden to eneroach. The bride and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

n. n,
The regular army of the United States
consists of 2,17O officers and %, ,220 men, a
total of q, $50 men; the militia consists of
Ill, ,292 officers and men, with a population
liable to military duty of 9,760, 156. In
1891 there were Ga, 329 postofices in the
United States, of which 2,942 were 'Presi-
dental postoffices," filled by the President,
with salaries of over s., 900. and 81. 3S7 were
fourth-cIass Offices, with salaries of less than
81, ,000 filed by the Postmaster General.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

A man becomes naturalized while his
children are under age, do they become citi-
zens? w. c. H.
Yes, if they are in the country at the
time. The minor children who are in the
country when the final papers are issued to
their father, may "vote on those pape rs;"
that is, on proving that the papers were
issued while they were minors in the coun-
naturalized.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
How should copper or brass be melted'

Copper and brass can be melted in an iron
melting pot, because their fusing point is
below that of iron; but most metals are
melted in earthen pots-crucibles is the
technical name. These are earthenware
jars of various sizes and shapes, which stand
tremendous degrees of heat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

What is the difference in latitude between
New York City and LouisvilleS 20. V.
New York's latitude is 400, So and 90"
north; Louisyllle's is $50 81 north--a differ
ence of 90, so and 23", equal to 40 1-3
miles
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

over his food and 20 minutes in picking his
teeth and thinking what q fool he was TO De
in such a hurry.
There was a smart passenger one time In
old stage coach davs VINO arrived at an Inn
Just as the coach was starting. He told
mine host that he wanted his breakfast and
a seat in that coach. HI was told he would
have to do without the breakfast IT ne
wanted the seat. The smart passenger hid
all the silver spoons in one of the teapots,
and when he asked for spoon for his tea the
silver spoons could not be found. All the
passengers were hauled from the coach
despite their protestations and searched,
and bv the time this was over the belated
traveller had comfortably finished his break
fast.
landmarks of the Traveller.
There are many old employees around the
depot, veritable landmarks to the travelling
public. Station Master H. NJ. Butler has
been SO years in the service. He has
worldwide knowledge OF men and things
As a sailor he mas been all over the world
and has also made extensive trips through
Europe
Among the conductors are the following
veterans we'll known around the depot;
Kennedy, Hawkins, Din@iddie, Hodge,
Wherry, Wick, Borland, Pitcairn, Garrison,
Young, Walters and .Chesrown. Tieket
Agent Henry Carpenter has been in the
depot service II years, 6 OF which he has
spent at the ticket window. Baggage
Agents jenkins and MIngus, Restaurant
Manager Lee and Emigrant Agent Petgen
are also well known veterans.
One of the most popular characters
around the depot is Librarian Lemon, who
has filed the position for the past 10
years. Mr.. Lemon has one weakness and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

Why was Marion called "the Bayard of the
South" W. c. j.
Because of his resemblance to Chevalier
Bayard, French nobleman, famous as be-
ing "without fear and without reproach."
He was born in 1476 and killed in 1923 in
battle. "He combined the merits of skill
ful tactician with the romantic heroism,
piety and magnanimity of the ideal knight
errant" Francis Marion was much the
same sort of man; skillful tactician, dar-
ing, religious, magnanimous; perhaps the
comparison is hyperbolical, but certainly
Marion was without fear ani without re-
prosch He was born in South Carolina in
1882 and died in 1895.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

WHERE there are children, there Dr.. Bulls
Cough Syrup should be always handy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

FoR a clear head and steady nerves
Take Bromo.Seltzer-l0c u bottle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

ward, W., Mary L, Elizabeth, james L,
Charles l., Charles IL. William III.
and Mary IL and George II. The
others were buried in many different places;
William I. lies at Caen, in France; Will
lam Rufus at Winchester, Henry at
Reading, Stephen at Faversham, Henry IL.
and Richard L at Fontsvrault, in Fran ce;
John at Worcester, Edward IL at Glouces-
ter, Henry ". at Canterbury, Henry VI.
and Edward ". at Windsor, Richard Ill
at Leicester, Henry VIII. at Windsor,
James II. at St. Germans, in France;
George L at Hanover, George Ill, George
". and William ". st Windsor, and
FrOgmore is the burial place of the present
reigning house.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

Are all dead kings and queens of England
buried in Westminster Abbey? U. E. p.
No; not quite half of them. Since Will
lam the Conqueror there have been "a
sovereigns of England, of whom 16 are
buried in Westminster. These are: Henry
Ill, Edward L, Edward Ill, Richard IL,
Henry ", Edward v, Henry VII, Ed
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

How many soldiers and how many post
Offices are there i'll the United States?
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-15
General Markets.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12s-S State and western
-four, super, S32513.5O; do. do. extras, S3650
$50; No winter family, S390lD4. Isl state roller,
straight, $4.2504.5O; western winter, clear.
S4.25@45O; do. do, straight. S45O0475; winter
patent. S4.I56D5; Minnesota. clear, S425Dt.50;
do, straight, Si.5OG4.y5; do. patent, 10.
Rye -four, 81. rs per barrel for choice.
Wheat Firmer, quiet, with $1.00H bid and
$l.0l1S asked for February; Sl.02 bid and
$l.02A asked for March; $1.o2 bid and S1.0211s
asked for April; SloON bid and sl.0lA asked
for May.
Corn Steady, dull, with 49c. bid and 4915c.
asked for February; 4s54c bid and l9c. asked
for March; 49c. bid and 49lsc asked for April;
fg14c. bid and 4911c. asked for May.
ats-Quiet, weak, with $50. bid and 3S1xc.
asked for February; sc. bid and 3SI<c. asked
for March; 3sc. bid and 3e1fc, asked for April;
38c. bid and 3s5<c. asked for May.
Beef Inactive, steady: extra mess. So0lO;
family. S1l012
Pork Dun, steady; mess, s9.T50iO.5G extra
prime. $40
LArd-Quiet. unchanged; steam rendered.
e8.6A
Eggs- Steady. q1ist. New York and Pennsyll
vania. S91fc.; western. 2sc.: southern, &c.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-15
AURORA BOREALIS.

Observer Geo. w. Vanmetre, Of the
Weather Bureau, carefully watched the
aurora Saturday evening and accord
ing to his records we take TIE follow
ing:
He says one Of the most beautiful
auroras, ever seen in this latitude APP
peared in the northern heavens Satur-
day evening. A gradual budding to-
gether Of a little bunch Of red light
first appeared at $50 o'clock, and
gradually became brighter till at 7:15
o'clock, it formed into well defined
arc, its altitude about 40 degrees,
the azimuth 40 degrees, and was most
brilliant at that time. Streaks of deep
red, mingled with green, yellow and
purple, shot up towards the zenith and
below, it assumed the color of deep
ocean blue. So it faded away it turned
to deep green, and then to bright
silvery white,and at 7:5O o'clock It was
gone. In nigh latitndes this phenom-
enon is not an unusual occurrence, but
in this latitudeit is very rare.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-15
coNrRAcT AwARpEp.
4. J. Miller The successful bidder
Buiiding 70 he Completed Oct. is.

I. j.. Miller The successful bidder.
Buiiding 20 be Completed Oct. is.
Parkersburg sentinel
President w. N. Chancellor to whom
had been delegated the paper at the
meeting Of the Worlds Fair Commits
sioners, this morning awarded the CON
tract for the construction Of West Vir-
ginias building at the Columbian Ex-
position to contractor Thos. j. Miller
Of this city, at his bid Of SIC, 900 for
the building completed in every detail
and ready to hand over to the Com
missioner.
We are informed that this bid was
about $1,000 lower than that Of any of
the local contractors and from $4,000
to $4,000 lower than any Of the out of
town bids, and was very close to the
architects estimated cost Of the build
ing complete.
The figures Of the other bidders
could not be obtained, as nearly all of
them were portions Of the work sepa-
rate and were 50 long that they would
be unintelligible to the general public.
Mr.. Miller will be required to give
bond in the sum Of $1,000, to be ap-
proved by the Commissioners for the
faithful performance of the contract,
the building to be completed on or be-
fore October Is, 1892
The successful bidder is resident
Of the east end, has built many houses
in this city and last season built 90
houses for the Monongah Coal s Coke
Co. at Monongah.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-15
cRusHEn no nEArH.

Saturday morning at about 9:45
o'clock, Mr.. John Richard, a well
known resident of Washington Coun-
u, was killed instantly by four-horse
wagon passing over his body. He was
about to cross the B. & o. Railroad,
near Rohrersville Station, when the
blowing Of the whistle Of an approach
ing train, scared his horses. He threw
himself in front Of the leader to stop
them, when his foot slipped and he
fell. The two front wheels passedoyer
his body, killing him instantly. John
Hollem, an employee, was with him at
the time.