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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-04
STEAMERS AND EXCURSIONS.

(tUNARD LINE-NEW YORK AND LIVER
y POOL. VIA QUEENSTOWN-From Pier 40,
North river. Fast express mail service.
Umbria, April Q. 8 D. m. Umbria, May7 I'd. m.
Servia. April Is, a. m. Servia. May IA. a. m.
Etruria, April %. D. M Etruria. May u, 1 D. m.
Aurania. April ~. AIN. Aurania, May g, am.
Cabin passage. $50 and upward, according TO To-
cation: second cabin. s35.
Steerage tickets to and from all parts OF Europe
at very low rates.
For freight and passage apply to the eompany's
office. Bowling Green, New Y ork. VERNON H.
BROWN & CO. General Agents, or CHARLES P.
SMITH, Third av. and Wood ST., Agent for Pitts
burg. Pa. api-D
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i legheny. rooms, bath, gas, etc.. etc. ; possess
sion at once. Jas. w. Drape & Co.. 31S Wood St.,
Pittsburg.
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ITO LET-Nice fve-room dwelling-Federal st.
i extension. Inquire OF j. r. Mckee, 70s Penn
av.. Room Gil.
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Omces and Desk Room To Let.
ITO LET-Ofice: one-half Of first floor front room,
i Fourth av., between Wood and Market SITS. |;
suitable for real estate or stock broker. Address
Office, Dispatch Office, city.
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ITO LET'S Offices on second floor, No. 90 Fourth
1 av.;w. Co. gas washstand; rent only 200.
Black & Baird, & Fourth ~,
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TNO LET-Desirable three-story press brick DWELL
1 ing, nine rooms. bath laundry No. 1s sher-
ments including heater in hall. Robert Knox, Jr.,
Il sherman av., Allegheny City.
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1Sn large lots in Munhall Terrace plan. near
lCU Homestead and the great steel works of Car
negie Co.. over 160 already sold: grand chance for
speculation. Jas. w. Drape & Co., 3l3 Wood ST..
Pittsburg.
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ITO LET-AIegheny-Four new and elegant
J. three-story stone-front houses, corner Fayette
and Fulton sts. II rooms and reception hall hard
wood mantels and finish. lighted by electricity and
gas, electric bells Inquire at No. 66 Third av.,
pittsburR.
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HazeIwood Residences To Let.
ITO LET-on Hazewood av., near Sylvan, house
l. of eight rooms with laundry, city water, both
gases and bath room; fine situation. ample
grounds. fruit trees grapes, shrubbery etc. rent
moderate: possession Immediately. Apply H.
Burgwin, $50 Fourth av.
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LIVE MATTER WANTED.
The Clairvoyant Must Not Sec Throuf
Chestnutty spectaeIes.

The Clairvoyant Must Not Sec Through
Chestnutty spectaeles.
The lady who entered the apartments
of the fortune-teller shorty before
noon had red hair and an air of reserve
force that was very striking. 1t was
evident that the business on hand was
of the deepest moment to her, inasinuch
as her eyes had fixed expression and
her thin lips were firmly set. With
majestic mien she strobe into the inner
room, seated herself stifiy, and ex-
tended her hand to the clairvoyant.
.'Reveal to me-" she loftily directed,
''my future"
The fortune-teller darted swift
glance into the strong face before her
and bent attentively over the out
stretched palm.
1T is very plain" she quietly OBJ
served, ''you viii be married twice"
The brow beneath the clustering au-
burn curls contracted in a frown.
yes" the clairvoyant continued.
''there is a distinct break in the line of
Hymen. You are destined TO bless two
men with your wifely love.
"Two?"
The red-haired lady's tone was hard
and incisive, suggesting a trace of skep-
ticism.
"Ah, yes. The first husband viii die
under sad circumstances, but you will
be consoled and made happy in the de-
votion of the second"
1t seemed as if the ruddy trees which
had escaped from the elaborate couture
and depended witchingly beside the
shell-li1e ear was trembling, but it
might have been the play of dancing
sunlight.
But will make sure"
"Do so.'
The red-haired lady watched with UNI
feigned eagerness while the fortune
teller consulted horoscope and pack
of cards
spoken. You will marry twice"
The red-haired lady breathed hard
"All have their SORROWS" gently sug-
gested the clairvoyant.
The red-haired lady bit her finger-nail
"0ne dollar, please"
"Hey?"
"One dollar"
mot by a joyful"
AS the red-headed lady rose from her
seat her manner had not lost particle
of its majesty.
"0ne dollar, indeed Well, guess not.
Do you think came here to pay dollar
for lot of old information? Two hus-
bands! The idea! Why, / myself know of
more than that without anybody telling
me Yes, ma am. You might be interested
TO learn that / buried my fourth hus-
band as long as six weeks ago. Mar
ried twice! Why don't you try to tell
people something they don't know al
ready? You make me drowsy. You
ought to have lived ten years ago.
You're away behind the times"
The sunlight kept right along dane
ing, but the red-haired lady was gone
like dream that has fied.--Detroit
Tribune.
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NOTES OF FASHION.
styles and Designs fer Those who wa
Something New.

styles and Designs for Those who Want
Something New.
A novelty in guipure lace is in ivory
white with the pattern outlined and
veined in gold thread.
A unique fancy for the skirts of some
of the newest gowns in wide-stripe6
goods is to plat each alternate stripe In
very fine accordion plaits.
Valenciennes or Malines laces are the
trimming par excellence for the lawr
and other diaphanOus gowns that are SC
much the vogue this season.
The Ubiquitous silk blouse now forms
a part Of the most fashionable riding
habit. II is of firm surah. and matches
the habit in color. A covert-coat, like
the habit, is worn over it.
With gowns of dark.blue crepon ar.
worn waists of the Scotch plaid silk
that is now 50 fashionable in Paris.
About the waist is a wide girdle Of
the silk laid in folds with sash ends al
the back.
The Norfolk jacket, populated and
belted, and also the Russian blouse
with plain round skirts, are recon.
mended for cycling dresses. Water
proof serges, homespun and cheviots
are used for these suits.
Each week the popular blouse fronts
and chemisettes grow more and more
fanciful Notwithstanding that it is
quite common. IL is not easy to get &C.
customed to yellow chiffon blouse
front draped in white lace worn with d
blue serge blazer suit.
A stylish shirt waist is Of white dot.
ted Nainsook. 1t is made with a roll.
ing collar and square cuffs of linen.
The cuffs and collar are well starehed,
but not the waist. They are closed
with studs set in the center of single
box plat in the front.
The latest novelties in outing suits
are of linen duck. While they are
heavy and rather warm, they look cool
and are as rule much more becoming
than the familiar serge and chevoii
suits which, time out of mind, have
been used for this purpose.
The newest thing in corsets for the
summer girl is what is known as the
''ventilating corset" II is made OF
Russian net and strong ribbon bands
heavily bound. 1t is perfect in shape
and it is claimed that it will wear quite
as well as corsets of solid fabrics.
It'has come to pass that the haber-
dashers now make ladies' shirts OF
white cambria or of colorind Madras
cotton just as they do those worn by
men. These shirts for ladies are pro-
vided with neck and waist bands, &c
which fresh collars and cuffs may be
buttoned the same as those on mems
shirts.
The newest foulards have what is
known as jardiniere stripes on delicate
ly-colored grounds. These are used
for entire costumes that are trimmed
with rose platings. festooned laoes or
double ruches of the fabric. The stripes
which ornament these foulards are OF
flowers in their natural hues alternat.
ing with stripes in a solid color. IN. Y.
Post
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HIGH-PRicED DRUGS.
A Pill Pc ddier Denies That All His wares
Ketnrn tim big Profits.

~
Return T'ini big Profits.
1T Is n m stake To think a drug gist's
life is bed OF roses or that he has nc
heavy risk in his business" said drug
gist recently. "SoIne people think all
druggist has to do is to weigh out his
drugs and make 1000 per cent. profit.
Nothing is further from the truth.
True. there is large profit in drugs,
but then look at the drugs we have 10
keep ia stock which are called for sell
dom if ever. just let me name over a
few of these high-priced ones: Cocaine
muriate is called for very often and
costs $3.50 an ounce. AIuriate of hy
drastine costs , cents a grain or S24 an
ounce. PHO carpine costs sl7 an ounce.
Curarine costs 50, SO for fifteen-grain
vial and you can buy no smaller. Hom
atropine costs S256 an ounce; it is not
called for often and is used to promote
heart action. Hydrocine costs so cents
grain or $40 an ounce; il is used as
an hypnotic on sedative and enters
largely into the so-called liquor cures;
the dose is from 1-100 to l-150 of grain.
Hyoscyamine costs S256 an ounce and Is
prescribed in mental disorders. Stro
phantin costs $50 an ounce and is pre-
scribed as a heart tonic; the dose i
from 1-200 to 1-300 of "a grain. These
figures will show you that we have tc
keep in stock many drugs for which we
may not receive Il call once in a year.
II will give you few examples of the
way customers who write to rs murder
the English language. Most of these
are from people who are fairly well ed
ucated. White pisscippet,' for white
precipitate,' 'colera' for cholera,
'squashnet' for 'quassia, lodium' for
'laudanum.' Here as prescription vow
can copy in full: Twenty grains sui.
pherated link (zinc). two ounces NOR
purity (aqua pura).' A few days ago in
written order appeared corrosive
supplement- (sublimate) and red precipity
precipitate) caster oil and torpentine
(turpentine)' We frequently have quiz
nine spelled 'knine.' A few days ago a
lady asked me for antipyrine. | asked
her il she wanted it for an adult or an
infant. She said: i want it for a head
ache This is true story, and joking
aside. "a druggists life is no easy one.
and if doctor sends in prescription.
half dose of which would kill man.
il is the druggist who is blamed if he
compounds it and harm results. lie is
supposed to send back the prescription
to the physician for correction. You
can readily see the immense RESPONSE
bility resting upon a drug clerk
Rochester Post
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INTENSIVE FARMING.
The Kind of Cultivation which Assures
Good Results.

The Kind of Cultivation which Assures
Good Results.
As the agricultural areas gradually
grow less in proportion to population,
not only must better systems be APP
piled, but more thoroughncss in all de-
partments of land culture to obtain the
best results This would imply smaller
farms with a larger proportion of
profit. A writer upon the subject, re-
ferring particularly TO the south, says,
all over the country we see farmers who
are considering the advisability of rid
ding themselves OF the large farm and
its attendant cares and expenses, and
devoting their energies 10 the better
cultivation of fewer acres.
This is a move in the right direction
especially in the older and more thickly
settled regions of the country. In many
places farm lands have reached value
where it is extreme Y difficult to make
the staple crops pay net return an
acre that will equal the interest upon
the investment. Such branches as viii
give IA higher return an acre are being
looked to, such as gardening and fruit
farming, high-class dairyiug, etc. The
only trouble with this new movement
is that some of the men who go into II
think that these branches can be con-
Quoted on the same broad lines and
principles that they have applied in the
management of the general farm. This
is a grave error. and almost always
leads to disaster. Ii the farmer who is
thus changing his plans cannot make
practices also-in fact to begin at the
beginning and study the new agricul-
ture which is comprehended in the
phrase intensive cultivation''-he had
better turn the management of things
over to one of the new generation.
Send the oldest boy TO the agricultural
college, and when he comes home let
him take the elm.-Western Rural.
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MOSAIC PAvEMENTS.
Ancient and Modern Methods of Maxim
Truly Artistic Floor.

Truly Artistic Floor.
The general and best material, how
ever. both for color and shape, is GER
tainly marble-Carrara for white and
Belgian for black being used in modern
work-and it should be noted that the
old cubes are often tooth-shaped, by
which better hold on the bed was OBJ
tanned. The methods of the Romans in
the beds of their pavements are given
fully in Vitruvius' seventh book, amount
ing practically to the formation of a
deep bed of dry rubbish. on which was
laid concrete FIVE to two of smaller
stones and lime. this being rammed
from twelve to nine inches thick, and
followed by finer bed of one to three
lime and broken brick, pottery, etc,
brought to a true face, on which the
pattern was drawn; the tessere being
then placed, liquid cement was then
poured on, and uniform surface pro-
duced by friction with marble. For the
latter purpose large marble roller is
used in the present day, and forms a
characteristic feature in the laying of
pavement.
The application of too much polish is
TO be deprecated. as tending to detract
from the true mosaic effect Much
more detrimental practices are the over
close fitting of the cubes. their being
cut TO radiating wedges when trayers-
ing curves. and the forming of central
dots of four or more cubes. as closely
packed and cut to fit as neatly as pos
sible. These and other methods ignore
the essential conditions of mosaic as an
art and reduce it TO a mere copying of
inlaid marble pavements. contrary to
its free and unmechanical nature.--A.
Bolton, in Examples of Mosaic Pave
ments
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a without my host.

after all
had reclxoned without my host.
This way. gentlemen. if you please, -
said the hatter's assistant, as he mo-
toned III t. follow him through door
leading towards the basement.
At the end of passage was u sort OF
little room with siOpiug roof; it was
exactly under the shop-front Side by
side were two easy chairs. beneath each
of which was winch for raising or
. lowering ths chair to any required
heIght.
Ny companion took his seat at once:
he was evidently used to the WAYS of
the place: then the assistant strapped
him in by means of two thick leather
bands with massive buckles. one at the
neck and the other AZ the waist Then
the shOpman suddenly opened the little
trap-doOr, some twelve inches square.
in the low. sioping roof of the apart
ment, and worked away actively at the
winch The chair slowly rose and the
head Of its occupant disappeared
through the little trap-door to the
shou ders. Then the man turned a
large tap. which was affixed 70 the back
my seat in the other one.
why do you strap us i'm" | asked
the man, as took my seat.
You'll know why. governor, by the
time you've earned that half crown"
said the man, with malignant grin.
Now. look here" he continued. IF
YOU want to sneeze. or cough. or any
thing. get IL done now. And don't you
go a larfing or larking with the boys at
the window; If you do il will be de-
Quoted for"
Then he began to wind me up. and l
made my first appearance in Mr..
wilkins shop front to a round of tn
multuous applause from crowd of
idlers in the street, who stared into the
shop windows. Then somebody care
fully fitted a hat on to my head and
gave it a knowing cock. Then the ma
hogany arrangement was drawn up
close To my neck. and there | sat, per
fectly comfortable. staring at the crowd
of idlers in the street.
And then a draught OF cool air began
To flow through the holes that sur
rounded my neck. Mr.. Wilkins really
took wonderful amount of trouble to
insure our comfort
At first the novelty of the situation
entirely occupied my mind. | felt in
clined-to laugh as | thought of myself
as bOdiless head. wearing ventilat
ing hat The boys in the street, too,
mopped and moved and made grimaces
at me. Then | took a look at my fell
low victim out of the corner of nv eve.
He was evidently already suffering
from the effects of his unventilated hat
His teeth were tightly set. he looked
anything but happy; great drops of
perspiratiOn already stood upon his
brow. | didn't trouble myself very
much about him
The time passed pleasantly enough.
and l heard the clock of Shoreditch
church at length strike four. As il did
50 l was startled to hear the wearer of
the unventilated hat give hollow
groan- looked at him once more out
of the corner of my eye lie had be-
come CHASTITY pale; he looked as if he
were melting gradually. In fact, the
poor fellO~ seemed very i'll indeed.
Strange that a badly-ventilated hat
should produce such marked effects.
Well. it wasn't my business.
After awhile the clock of Shoreditch
church struck half-past four. / heard
footsteps in the room below. and at the
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ating halter. But You can't keep on
with that long. You know; it's ruin TO
the constitution"
Anything was better. 70 my mind.
than the casual ward. so asked for
Wilkins address.
''Oh. you can't miss it." was the an
swer; you Just walk down ShOreditch:
there's always crowd outside Wilkins
shop. and all you've get to do i to ask
bOld-like for Wilkins: and when You
sees him you just ups and saws; I'd
like TO be in the way of earning hon
est 'alf-crOwn. sir Then he'll put Won
in the way at wunst.-
Then my friend nodded and took his
departure.
/ started of for Shoreditch at the
comfortable pace usually adopted by
the society fdHszr and the gentlemen of
the profession to which for the moment
belonged mean, OF course. the sand
wich-men
arrived at ShOreditch ! wasn't
long in finding Wilkins: there was a
crowd in front of the window In the
window were hundreds OF hats: every
one of them had a ticket bearing the
same legend: wilkins Nentilating
Hats" then followed the price. At first
didn't see any particular reason for
the crowd. which was staring into MIR
wilkins window in establishment
mingled with delight; bnt | gradually
elbOwed INV way TO the front row, and
then perceived what was the nature
of the exhibition that gave - much
pleasure to the inhabitants OF Shore
ditch.
In the center OF the array of hats
were two human heads, which were
protruded through two artfully con-
structed holes IN the polished mahOg-
any which formed the flooring of the
shop-front. Each head was covered by
what appeared to be an ordinary tall
hat. The head on the right had large
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A CURIOUS RELIGION.
People Who Pray to isuraloes From whicl
TEey Live.


TEeN Live.
The archbishop of Goa, Aleixo dC
Menezes, who directed the spiritua
concerns of the subjects of his most
faithful majesty, the king of Portugal
upon the storied western coast of India
was told In 1900 that a race of Christian:
called Todas lived fifty leagues away
from his remotest church. and he sen
a Jesuit father TO tend these wandering
sheep. which father. however, reported
that he found no Christianity in them,
ami seventy years later the procurator
general of the barcfoOted Carmelite:
said: These Todas pray to the buf
faloes 10y which they live, and hang ;
miserable little bell upon their necks
which is enough 10 insure them adora
tion. Though the buffaioes are very
often killed by tigers. vet the Todas dc
not slacken in their worship
OF this curious race, by some held Il
DC aborigines of southern India. by
some to be Manichaeans. aud by Others
to be one of the lost tribes of Israel
but six or seven hundred remain, scat
tered in tiny villages of oveu-shapet
wicker houses over the breezy down:
II the Nilgiri hills. Whatever be theil
origin-and probably they IRE aborig
inal inhabitants of the land they liv,
in-they worship nature in its lovelieS-
moods, and ever build on sloping lawn:
of emerald turf. by ripping rills o:
limpid water, and alongside little wood,
of lex. eugenia. and rhododendron
nesting in the folds of hills. whence {
glorious prospect stretches of hot anc
shimmering plain below. dotted will
giant ant hills. as they seem 10 the eye
with silver patches of irrigation lakes
sparkling in the sun. beyond which.
rising above a wall of fieecy clouds
looms in the distant view another range
of mountains as lofty and precipitous as
the Nj giris themselves. Nineteenth
Century
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same time was deprived Of my ycnti-
lating nat. - branl new hat was
placed upon my head, and the show
cards which stood behind our respect
i've heads were exchanged The
draughts of cool air which came
through the innumerable little holes
in the mahogany flooring around my
neck suddenly ceased. A current of
heated air supplied its place. looked
ont of the corner of my eye at the
other head; its face wore an ecstatic
smile. Then an extraordinary thing
took place. The easy chair in which
warm: il then became actually hot, uI-
pleasantly hot.
I saw through the whole fiendish
trick at once. | was to be tortured
tortured for IA period of an hour and
a half, for the amusement of an idle
crowd-in order that the public might
be gulled into the purchase of the so
called ventilating hats of the fiend vii.
kins.
felt-but | win not dwell on my
agonies; | will not dilate on the horri-
BILE sufferings | endured. was being
gradually cooked alive. and felt that
concentrated boiling gravy, not blood,
was coursing through my veins. My
features were contorted with agony;
the crowd in the street outside gave me
a tremendous round of applause.
tried to break loose. As | did so. 3
voice from the room below uttered the
following dreadful threat:
cts hundred aud twenty now, my
man. and il you move I'll make it 8
hundred and fifty,"
shed tears of rage, Indignation anG
suffering; endured the most dreadful
fortunes for a whole hour and a half
When | left wilkins establishment
with half crown in my pocket, | was
more dead than alive.
Ii is the dream of my life that ant
Mr.. Wilkins, the inventor of the venti
lating hat, may meet In some lonely
place. | am not revengeful man, bu'
feel that ! Owe Wilkins something
that shonld like to repay. |. Wills
I'm Black and White.
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Bells LITTLE ADVENTURE.
She Got a Banana and the spool of sTIl
as Well.

as Well.
One morning little Bel was sent by
her mamma to the button store" &
match a spool of silk She had otter
been trusted on such errands, though
only four years old. nd very proud she
used to feel as Sac trudged along
''helping mamma BE sure and get
Just that shade e blue and come right
back, little daughter" said mamma, as
she kissed or good-by. YES, ma'am, >
was the sturdy answer.
Now on the way to the button store
there was a fruit stand. and Bel otter
used to look at it with longing eyes.
This morning she saw something she
had not seen for a long time-great,
beautiful red bananas. If Bel liked
anything in the world il was a banana.
She wondered how much they woulo
cost. Then she thought she would ask.
Five cents" Why. she had just five
cents in her fat fingers that very min.
ute. Before you could think she hadn't
five cents at all, but had the banana
instead.
Do you think she went right home.
Not she. She marched straight to the
button store, and standing on tiptoe
reached her sample above the counter.
saying: ''Mv mother wants a spool of
silk like this" The lady smiled down
at the mite, matched the silk carefully.
and handed il to her. Flank you.
said Bel; she never forgets her man.
ners. But, little girl. called the lady,
didn't your mamma send any money
for the Sillx9s, ssNaS'm. buf I buved a
banana" Aud before the lady coulo
stop Laughing she was on the street.
hurrying home. Dolls Dressmaker.