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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

collection of the oldest fishes of the
world is now being prepared for exhibition
at the National Museum, Washington,
writes Pere Bache in an exchange They
were dug out of the rocks recently at Can
yon City, Col. Great scientific interest has
been aroused by the discovery, because they
are at least 10O, 900 years more ancient than
any creatures with backbones ever found be-
fore. They come from the sedimentary de-
posits laid down BY water in the distant
epoch called the silurian. No vertebrate
animals had been obtained previously be-
low the upper silurian. These are from the
lower silurian, and some notion of the diff
ference of time may be got from the fact
that the two horizons are separated in
the Appalachian region bv 10000 feet of
sediment. Where these fishes were found
was once a sand beach on the western
shore of a vast interior sea- which
extended eastward from the Rocky Noun
tains and covered large part of the conti-
nent. Biologists wandering through that
region, so prolific of treasures in the shape
of fossils, came upon the deposits accident
allv. The line of the ancient beach is still
visible, although it is overlaid by sedimen-
tarv rocks of subsequent formation. They
made excavations with pickax and blast
getting out a great quantity of material,
which was brought to Washington. Thirty
millions of years have perhaps elapsed
since the creatures thus dug out were liv-
Ing. 1t must have been q strange world in
which they had their being so far back in
the night of time. Even the reptiles which
fourished and attained such gigantic dimen-
sions at a later period did not yet exist
The only vertebrates were fishes
These fishes of the lower silurian were all
Ill l..
fishes which swarmed in the waters during
a later period, which has been called the
age of fishes. They were clad in armor,
being covered with plates of bone instead of
scales. Their skeletons were composed
wholly of cartilage, like those of the sharks
of TO-DAY, which themselves represent an
enormously ancient fnny pattern. Under
the microscope it is possible to see the
structure of the bone which composed the
plates In similar armor was the huge
and ferocicus dinichthys, as well as other
marine monsters of a subsequent epoch,
dressed.
Besides the fishes many invertebrate ami
mails were found in these same deposits
There were innumerable boring worms, and
it is very interesting to see the actual holes
which they made so long ago In fragments
of the rock. There were trilobites also
queer cruStaceaus which were the ancestors
of modern Holsters and crabs. Mollusks
were there in plenty, too, of species known
as the 'lingula," somewhat resembling
clans Millions upon millions of years ago
they we're good to eat. At the present time
the lingulas are very plentiful in Chesa-
peake Bay. OF these ancient creatures they
alone have survived; the others are all e1-
tinct. Together with the fossils above de-
scribed were discovered ever SO manv speci-
mems of the orthoceras, a mollusk resembling
the chsmbered nautilus, but having 9
straight she'll instead of q spiral one.
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STORIES ABOUT FISH.
Piscatorial Prose and Poetry for the
DeIectation of City Folk.
PRIVATE SAMPSON MEETS A BEAR.
Anew Yorker Pulls q Hideous Monster Out
of the Allegheny River.
FUNNY INCIDENTS AND ODD NoDERNs

Private Sampson was more than fond OF
trout fishing, writes Lieutenant F. P. Ere
mont, of the U. S. s., in a letter to THE
DISPATCH 1t was his first simmer in
Montana, and as the command was out re-
pairing the bridges on a road that led
through the widest part of the Rocky
Mountains, he had ample opportunity to
fish as often and as long as he chose. The
road wound along through succession of
deep canyons, from which the mountains
rose abruptly, covered with pine and tam
arack, and cold, deep torrents abounded.
On Saturday the command went into
camp early. and Private Sampson deter
mined to spend the afternoon at his favor
ite sport; SO he caught tobacco bag full
OF grasshoppers, and cutting pole to suit
his ideas, he was soon hauling out trout
that weighed two pounds and more.
The time passed away in this pleasant
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Better Than Srappin. TurfIe.

'tOne daY was fishing in the Allegheny
and hooked what L thought was big
pickerel," says Gothamite in the New
York San, 81 had lively tussle with it,
and at last landed it. l Immediately wished
1 hadn't, for if had been ratified by the
mud puppy on the Scioto 1 was clean
knocked out by this specimen of Allegheny
river denizens. 1t moved toward me and
looked so fierce and threatening that 1
Skinned un a wild cherry tree on the bank
and yelled for a man who was fishing up the
river 100 yards or so. While he was COM
ing in response TO my call took the meas
ure of the object from my perch in the tree.
1t was two feet long, slate colored, and cov-
cred with dark brown spots It had big,
fat head, with a round snout, clear across
which was cut mouth in parabeic curve.
1t had short pair of legs or fippers IN
front, with four toes or fingers on each, the
outer one bordered with curious looking
fringe. The skin Law in folds on the sides
like the skin of rhinoceros. To set this
interesting object off with greater effect it
had a long tail, fat like paddle.
''By the time the man came along this
strange creature was making its way back
to the water The man grabbed him and
pulled him further out on shore.
Come down! the man said to me.
It's only a hell-bender, ana is as gentle as
lamb.
81 came down, and the man told me that
the only remarkable thing about the hell
bender besides its personal appearance was
its appetite. The hell-bender's diet is
snakes, lizards, worms, frogs, fish and craw-
fish. 1t is on record in the Allegheny VAL
lev that hell-bender has been known to
eat peck of crawfsh at one meal and
wanted more. The hell-bender also eats
part of itself every now and then. When
it sheds Its skin it swallows it with great
relish, probably under the impression that
it is favorite snake or lizard This one
that caught the man who rescued me from
it knocked on the head, and said if didn't
want it he would take it home.
"'What for?' 1 exclaimed.
ITO eat, of coursep replied the man.
They're better than snappin' turtler"
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A Rustic Convert,
(lnfing.l !

"You kant ketch nothin' with them thar
things,
With yarn for bodies an feathers fer wings,
You must think trout is terrible fools
Ter be ketched with such outlandish tools.
An look a that pole-why. that won't do;
a good, big trout would bust it in two,
An never think notlin' of what he did
As quick as lightnin' away he slid.
Wei, III be durn, you can shoot me dead
Ef here amt windlass filled with thread;
An ther littlest sort ov thread at that
Why, man. that wouldn't hold gnat!
You'll find a good T.lace over here,
Under the rapids deep an clear,
You'd better take worms an er hick'ry pole,
Or YOU won't ketch nothin', 'pon my souri,
Sixteen beauties, speckled bright,
The be- sSets bore ere the fall OF night.
He counted them DER on the bank of fern,
Ana all that he said was, "Wa'al-Ill be
durmrn
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ALWAYS HAD A BAD COLD,

II the Way Little Marie Smiths Mother De-
scribes Her Daughters Troub
"some time ago Marie had an attack of the
grip, which left her in very poor health, "
says Mrs. Smith. "She seemed always to
have very bad cold. Her nose was stopped
up on one side or the other all the time.
There was also profuse discharge from her
no5tr1ls, which necessitated the use OF two
or three handkerchiefs n day.
She was forced TO breathe almost entirely
through her mouth. Her sleep at night was
greatly disturbed She was nervous, rest
less and fretful, sometimes seeming hot and
feverish and again cold and chilly.
Under Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers'
care our little girl is now well again. She
has gained quite considerably, and all who
knew her now remark on how we'll she looks
To be sure, we appreciate the services of Drs
Copeland, Hall and Byers and the satisfac-
tory results Of her treatment"
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Henricks Music Company, Linn.

Some time ago we ordered large stock of
pianos in expectation of our warerooms be-
ing completed. The instruments are arriving
daily, and, although our sales have been
brisk for the last few days, we are still
crowded. Owing to some remodeling we
are doing to the OLD part of our building
only one-half of our immense wareroom can
be used; therefore it is impossible for US to
find place for the hundred pianos now ar
irving. However, we propose to clean out
all our old stock at prices which will startle
even the closest buyers. This is IL forced
sale and consequently prices will be slaugh-
tered. Such world-renowned pianos as the
Weber, Wheelock-Lindeman and Stuyvesant
will be included in this sale. We have also
a large stock of organs, all new, which will
which buyers will do we'll to investigate as
they are bona fde, and first corners will get
the choice. Remember the place.
HENRICKs Music COMPANY, LIN.
l01 and 103 Fifth avenue.
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Fish for the Coke Region,

west of the Alleghenies are in the possession
of j. Tippman and D. McCarty, both Hv.
ing near Connellsville. They call them
''the hustler" and "the mugwump" Tipp-
man owns ''the hustler" while McCarty
''the mugwump." Both are hardy, active
fish and do we'll in small or large streams.
They will live longer out of water than any
other known fish and "the hustler i'm
proves by having some lager beer mixed
with his food. The gentlemen think if the
streams in the Western part of Perlsyl-
vania were stocked with these fish they
would thrive better than any other. Many
of the streams in the coke regions have q
great deal of sulphur in them and ordinary
fish do not thrive well in them.
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have coughed all my life, until the present
time, since taking thorough course Of ca
tarrhal treatment from Drs. Copeland, Hall
and Byers.
Besides this annoying cough had ali the
head symptoms I ever read of as accom-
panying this catarrhal affection, viz: dull
heavy feeling and pain over eyes and
through the temples nostrils cloeged up
first one side then the other, n constant dis
charge into the throat, etc. My ears became
involved, and had q continual roaring and
buzzing in them, with dizziness, spots be-
fore ewes, etc., etc. feel that If Drs. Cope
land, Hall and Byers can work such change
in man OF my age, there is no limit to the
possibilities of their treatment, and I
heartily fndorse them and their method of
treatment to all my friends and the pubIic ~
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
Adjacent to tine Humbird Land and I'm
provement Company Lots, Cumberland,

New Baltim ore and Ohio Shops and Yards,
provement Company Lots, Cumberland,
Md.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany, recognizing the Importance of Cum
berland as distributing point for the large
territory lying around, and the further IA
that its location made 1t desirable as the
terminus OF three OF its divisions namely
the second, third and Pittsburg, proposed
to the Mayor and City Council Of Cumber-
land that in consideration of the loan of
sl5o,ooo without interest, by the city. the
company would make Cumberland the end
OF the above divisions, and, in addition,
would purchase large tract of land within
the city limits, upon which they would erect
machine shops and round houses. The
proposition was submitted to the voters of
Cumberland on the. 17th Of June last, and
carried by maj jority OF four to one, showing
that the people of Cumberland appreciated
the vast importance of securing these i'm
provements.
The company has purchased 90 acres of
land, npon which will be erected their yards
and shops. The Baltimore and Ohio propose
to make Cumberland the Altoona of their
road and are constructing yard that will
con tain trackage for 5000 cars, which, in ad-
the company splendid facilities for the
handling of their immense traffic. The
shops will be constructed after an improved
pan of the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at
Altoona Pa, and will give employment to
1000 men,. Thetrain and other railToa men,
numbering al least 900 additional, will nee
essarily make their homes in Cumberland.
From these sources alone an increase of
population is confidently expected of 5000
to s, COO. It necessarily follows that the ad-
dition of this population to Cumberland will
bring others, of all professions and trades,
and it is safe to predict that the building
boom during the years 1892 and 1898 will as
sumo immense proportions,
The Humbird Land and Improvement
Company will have their first great public
Thursday, June and 9, 1892. Reduced rates
on all railroads. All are invited. For
further particulars, address the company's
land, Md, or Washington Danenhower, real
estate broker, 100 & street, N. W., Washing
ton, D. c., or w. o. Beckenbaugh, auctioneer,
Baltimore, Md.
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CONSIDERS 1T A DUTY.

That Is y nv Miss Sarah Irwin Gives Testi-
mony as to thu Success OF Drs. Copeland,
Hall and Byers.
"I never expected to see my name and
picture in the paper" says Miss Sarah Irwin,
who resides at Mansfield one of the many
lovely suburbs of Pittsburg, on the line of
the Panhandle Railroad, "but Drs. Copeland.
Hall and Byers' treatment of my case OF
catarrh was so thorough and scientific,
think 1T my duty to testify to their
ability and gentle and courteous treat
ment. Like great many others
was skeptical, and had but little
confidence at first. but their manner
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
mia, visited Beaver county last week on

vania, visited Beaver county last week on
legal business.
JUDGE SLAeLE will deliver an address to-
morrow evening at the meeting of Encamp-
ment No. l. on the services and death of
General Thomas A. Rowley.
AT the last meeting of No. 8 the Committee
on Memorial Services reported In favor Of
Sunday, June Il. rs the time for holding
them. The place will be in the Gregg build
ing on Federal street.
THE new Library Committee of No. l.
General A. L. Pearson, Hon. F. H. Collier,
Hon. J. F. Slagle, Hon. j. W. Over and
Colonel E. Z. Zigler-will probably double
the number of books in the library before
long. number of fine volumes were added
last week.
ENCAMPMENr No. will attend divine serv-
ices nt.the Duquesne Theater this morning.
Rev. W. &. Izer D. D., will preach a patriotic
sermon. The choir will be augmented.
Comrades of the encaInpment will assemble
at Legion headquarters at $50 A. N. and at 10
o'clock will move to the theater. 1t is e1-
pected that GOO members will attend.
On last Tuesday Comrade John Beers, of
81 Boyle street, Allegheny, and member of
No. 9, was 50 years old, and a large number
gratulate him. The boys of No. gave him
a splendid rocking chair. and he also got a
fine gold watch from his near relatives.
Colonel j. H. Stevenson, of No. 9, made the
SUCCESSFUL applicants for pensions for the
past week reported by ]. H Stevenson & Col
c. J. Logan, McKee's Rocks; James Early,
Pittsburg; John Stanford. springdale, Ind;
Adolph G. Ambrose, Pittsburg; John W.
Schmidt, Gibsonia, Pa: William H. Gray
Allegheny; George H. Kirkpatrick, White
Ash, Pa: Robert Jobes. Munhall; William
Nugcnt. Pittsburg: Frances A. Burns, Pitts
burg. widow of John S. Burns; Elizabeth
Freeland, Allegheny, Pa, widow of Fred
Freeand: Henry Robson, Gastonville. Pa.
Charles Duver, Pittsburp: Charles Andre
Pittsburg; William Mehaffy, Pittsburg;
Robert Campbell. Allegheny; Moses Dade,
T. Daniels, Pittsburg, Abe V. Weaver, Coal
Center, Pa.
ENcAMPMENT No. rs annual memorial
services for the dead of the past year will be
held at the Legion Hall, Sixth avenue, to-
morrow evening. Since June l, 1891, the en-
campment has lost 10 comrades by death as
follows: John S. jackson, John N. Kent,
Lambert Meeker, James s. X. HUFF, Samuel
II. Garrett. John D. Hughes, Robert Harper,
Theodore H.. Miller, Robert Barnett, James
McCracken. Frederick, Guedeman. Robert A.
Loomis, William McCleland, Louis Helm
rich, John S. Thomas Isaac Amber. Fred
erick W. Milley. George w. Ketten-
berg berg -, ra, and Ihomas A; Rowley.
memorial address. The musical portion of
the programme will be in charge of one of
the best .quartets in the city, consisting of
L. A: jackson, W. II. Slack, !: Harry Horner
as organist. A. +. Humphries will blow the
bugle calls. Members of the Legion rela-
tives and friends of the deceased members
and old soldiers and their friends are in
vited, The doors will be open at O'Clock.
1t is expected that the hall will be crowded,
and to avoid noise and confusion all are ex-
pected to be seated by 8 o'clock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
Kentucky Saddle and Driving Horses.

Mr.. Joe Arnheim shipped from Lexington,
KY, by express % head o. saddle and driv-
ing horses, which are without doubt as fine
as the blue grass affords. Amongst them are
the celebrated saddle 2eldings Duke and
Dandy, which have taken adj premiups in the
saddle ring in Kentucky, said to be the finest
educated horses shipped to Pittsburg; five
(5) teams of carriage and driving horses, all
com bined horses, all broke to all gaits ana
gentle to drive. We invite the public to see
our stock of fine horses and the Arnheim
in showing them, If wishing to purchase or
NOT ARNEEIN LIVE STook Co., LIMITED.
81 Second nvcnhe, Pittsburg, Pa
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everything ate, could not even retain beef
tea or milk on my stomach. I was very
much reduced in flesh. Indeed, had 1t not
been for the relief Drs. Copeland, Hall and
Byers afforded me, I would have soon
starved to death.
81 could not lie down for the smothering
sensation caused by the accumulation of gas
in my stomach and bowels. 1t also caused
shortness of breath, palpitation and f1utter-
ing of heart, cold hands and feet, ETC.. etc.
l had to often walk the floor all night Delch-
ing up gas from my stomach. This would
give me temporary relief until it would form
again.
Il tried everything could hear of. but
found no relief. Reading three months ago
of the remarkable cure of Mrs. Lewis Zol-
linger, whose symptoms were Identical with
mine, excepting the mouth trouble, l deter
mined to consult Drs. Copeland, Hall and
Byers, and place myself under their treat
ment. l thought as they had cured her they
could at least afford me some relief My
hopes were more than realized, for to-day 1
am a well woman and doing the housework
for a family of eight, where three months
ago some one had to wait on me. You can
not make this statement too strong, for the
half has not been told, and cannot be
realized. 1 will gladly tell any one who may
call upon me what Drs. Copeland, Hall and
ByerS have done for me-"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
Brass Bands and Drum Corps, Get Ready
for the Campaign.

Brass bands and all players If band in.
struments are invited to call at II. Kleber &
Bro music store. No. SOC Wood street, and
examine their stock of the celebrated Hig-
hnm, Slater and Empire instruments. The
Higham instruments are acknowledged the
equal of any make, while the iprice is one
third less than that of other good makes.
kleber Bros. are also offering the Slater and
Empire makes, either of which is certainly
the best in the market for th5 price. Kleber
Bros stock OF tenor and bass drums, Il fes,
qses m and for tn
For high grade goods and bow prices you
will find the best inducements at III. Kleber
& Bros. Catalogue sent free.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
Union Veteran Legion.

CAPTAIN j. C. GOLDEN, OF No. !, is seriously
i'll at his home on Fulton street.
CoMRApE JAMES WAY, of No. 8, has gone up
to the pine woods of Pennsylvania for the
benefit of his health. -.'.
CAPTAIN W. w. FULL WOOD of No. /. has
been appointed an aide-de- camp on the staff
of National Commander Palmer.
AUGUST G. HAUMANN. late OF the Ninth
Pennsylvania Reserves, was admitted to
membership in No. at the last meeting.
J.B. J. YOUNG. of No 6, is building fne
dwelling on the Southside, ana the boys Of
No. expect to be ON hand whom It is dedt
Gated
CoNRApH B. j. COIL, OF No. 8. an old nom.
bsr OF the One Hundred and First Pennsyi.
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SLOWLY STARVING TO DEATH.

This Was the Condition Of Mrs. Mary Cor
man Previous to Consulting Drs. Cope
land, Hall and Byers-Now She Is Well
and Strong and Doing Household Work
for Family of Eight.
"It almost borders on the miraculous the
Success Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers had
in my case" says Mrs. Mary German, who
resides on Sawyer street. Eighteenth ward.
'I had been troubled long time with ter
rible neuralgia pains in my head and face.
ulcerated mouth and deranged stomach.
with ulcers, my appetite was poor and 1
had not eaten any solid food for weeks
before consulting them, on account
OF my mouth and stomach. vomited
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The Place OF Fish.

Writing from Kinzua, correspondent of
the Warren Ledger gives the following:
In the year 81 when this valley was
younger,
With game as abundant as hunter could
wish
The Indians had christened it "Kinzua," the
meaning,
In their tongue, they said, was "The-Place-
of-the-Fish.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

THE Iron City Brewing Company uses
nothing but the choicest qualities OF malt
and hops in the manufacture of its favorite
brands OF lager and Pilsner beer. This beer
Fifty thousand barrels OF it on hand in the
vaults of the Iron City Brewing Company.
Purity, age and quality combined.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

Complete photographic Outfit for S2 so
Call and see this marvel of cheapness; ex
amples of work on exhibition.
R. S. DAVIS & Co., Sc Fifth avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

SMALL in size, great in results: De Wits
best for sick headache and sour stomach,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

of receiving patients and mode of consulta-
tion and examination Immediately put me
at my ease and inspired confidence in their
skill.
"My trouble was principally Of local ma.
ture confined to the nose and throat, post
nasal and pharyngeal catarrh, 1 was in
formed, and was congratulated on having
consulted them before it had extended to
the lungs and stomach, causing thereby
constitutional symptoms. 1 had pains over
the forehead and through temples, clog.
ging up of the nostrils, with dropping of
mucus into the throat, which kept me hawk
ing and splitting to expel, raw and irrf-
tated condition of the throat, with all the
head symptoms we usually read of as ac-
companying this affection. Now 1 am happy
to say that 1 am freed of all these annoying
and distressing symptoms and cheerfully
recommend Drs Copeland, Hall and Byers'
treatment to all my friends and the public"
NEGLECTED COLDS.
Tbs Reason That So Many People Die of
Consumption Which Kills About Nine
Out OF Ten Who Die of Dissase-Two-
Thirds of the Death From Lung Trouble
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

GREAT bargains in fine wall paper, this
seasons goods. WIN. II. ALLEN,
5l7 Wood street, near Fifth avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
Come Before IL O'Clock.

If you want one of those fine $40 suits come
before 12 o'clock noon, Monday. We close
one-half day tomorrow.
P. C. C. c. Clothiers,
Cor Grant and Diamond streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29

DoN,r forgot that this time OF year is the
very best to have photograph taken. Mr.
Dabbs made some splendid negatives yester-
duv --