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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17
MEETINGS AND NOTICES
Meetings.

L Q. o. F.-THE MEMBERS OF HENRY
j.. Lambert Lodge. No. as. are cordially invited
to attend the institution of Schenley Park Lodge,
IeS7, on FRIDAY EVENING. April 2, at and
O'Clock P. NJ; also members of sister lodges.
Sec. apl7-16S
nFFICERS AND MEMBERS TMANCHESTER
" Lodge No. 4O3. l. .. Q. F., are requested to
meet al their hall, corner Washington and Beaver
avs, SUNDAY, April IL, at p. M, sharp, to
attend the funeral of our late brother, John II.
ROwbottom.
Sister lodges are respectfully invited TO attend.
By order of N. G..
DR.. J. L. ROBERTSON,
Secretary pro. TEN. aplS-9o
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OFFICE OF
TREASURER ALLEGHENY COUNTY,


TREASURER ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
April 1, 1892. J
NoTTCF-IN PURSUANCE OF THE NV ENTY-
~ FIRST section Of an act relating to Allegheny
county. approved the lst day of May, 1851 and or
the amendment of said section, approved the Goth
day of March, A. ID. 1866. l do hereby give notice
that the duplicates for the several wards boroughs
and townships will be open, and will be prepared
10 receive the county, State and poor taxes for the
year of 1892 and after the first day of May 1892
Said taxes be paH at this Office until the lst day
Of August with a deduction of per cent for
prompt payment to all persons paying the whole
Rmouut Of these taxes.
There will be no reduction allowed during the
month of August
There will be 10 per cent added to ell taxes
naming unpaid on The LIST day of september. 1892.
JOHN A. BELL.
Hpl-9o Treasurer of Allegheny county.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17
NOTICES,

C1NCE APRIL 5LAST JOHN Fl. NICHOLSON,
- of Allegheny, has been and continues to be
the only representative of the Murphy Iron Works
for the territory of Pittsburg and Will act for us
In all matters relating TO the sale of our smokeess
furnace. which has been attended to heretofore by
r. G. McAuley ESQ. 63 Schmidt building. Our
Office has been removed TO Room 503 Lewis build
Ing, telephone numDer elG3. We desire our patrons
and friends To communicate to Mr.. Nicholson at
our new headquarters, and hope for the contnu-
bnce Of the very liberal patronage and preference
they lave shown for the Murphy furnace hereto
fore. MURPHY IRON WORKS, Detroit, Mich.
anl--S0
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

- Suburban Lots For Sale.
TTNA PLACE lots at 'Sharpsburg-Price from
Il $50 to 500 each: sold on easy payments of from
81 per week upward: no interest. no taxes until
paid. Holmes & Co., Agents, 40 Smith1eld ST.,
Pittsburg, Pa.
HOMESTEAD, Pa. building lots for sale: three
II minutes walk from steel works and railroad
stations 15O-foot frontage. which will be cut up to
suit: prices as low as $ per front foot cheapest
sirable residence lots on the market Thomas +.
Cain, Real Estate Agent, Homestead, Pa.
Cemetery Lots For Sale.
T OT-In best location Uniondale Cemetery for sale
u low. Inquire off. G.Rodgers, 90 Ohio st., Al
legheny.
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FOUND.

EOUND-That you can't do 4 better thing than
i call at once and select spring suit at j. j.
Aland7 = I3l Fifth av. Prices from go up.
EOUND-Evcrybody takes Ta-va-zon 7-Day
i Blood Cure: makes pure blood; hest on earth.
DIR. Griffith, Third av. and Grant. Pittsburg (copy
right.
EOUND-Last week. a lady's gold watch and
Il chain. Owner can have same by proving
property and paving expenses by addressing X. II.
L. Dispatch Office.
LOST.
T OST-Saturday evening, about 4:30 O'Clock, be-
L. tween Fifth ST. and Eleventh ST., Liberty,
pocketbook containing $50 cash and three checks
Finder Will be liberally rewarded by leaving same
at 2S Third ST., city.
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FOR SALE-BUSINESS.
Businesx Opportun{ties For Sale.

Business OppOrtuntfes For Sale.
EPER CENT interest in fourishing manu-
"A featuring business that yielded profit last
year of IS per cent: a capable business man may
secure this interest, along with an executive posi-
ton in the concern paving 81 200 year. for s. 600;
needed assistance to his successor. For few days
only full details may be had from Charles Somers,
129 Fourth
DOAT-HIRING BUSINESS. consisting of boat
D house. skifs, etc. Comerford, % River av..
Allegheny.
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Fast End Lota For saie.

BUILDING SITE-The finest building site on
ID Highland az, near Highland PARK: this lot Is
certainly the most desirable lot sale for
Highland av.: will sell on reasonable terms. G. H.
Love. % Fourth av.
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business OPPORTUNITIES
ss.ooo-General store, Leechburg, Pa.
4,0O0-General store, Leechburg, Pa.
IS. 000-General store, Derry. Pa.
,H HU-Grocery store Allegheny; & Pa. p,..,,
t,ooo-Grocery store. East End. Pittsbqrg. Pa.
s. OC0--Grocery and feed store. Apollo, Pa.
u. .O00-Four drugstores in Pittsburg.
N.0o0-Four drugstores In country towns.
q, 9l,000-Bakery in county seat town.
e,OO-Hotel In Ohio town..
e6.000-Hardware store in country town.
G.00O-Jewelry store In good town.
IS. $5.O0o-Bookstore in good Ohio town.
$750-Boarding house in Allegheny, IA.
$600-Tin shop in Pittsburg, Pa.
Printing Office in county seat town.
Eoo-Weekly newspaper in a new town..
$600-Meat market, Leechburg, Pa.
IS, Ooo-Srock in fire clay paving brick CO.
90. 000-Iron ore mining business.
g. 000-Fire clay and limestone business.
S,1o-Livery business in Allegheny.
4.W0-Coal business, Bolivar, Pa.
4l,500-Pool business in country town.
Partnership In country town store.
3500-Restaurant in good town.
$350-Rarber shop and business In Butler, PA,
G.000-Millinery store in city.
q 0oo-Sand business at New Castle. Pa.
l5000-First-class roller mill.
f2,000-Interest in brick business now organ
izing.
ss. oo0-Stock in manufacturing business.
81, ,000-1nterest in q real estate business.
f33. .00O-Completely equipped hotel.
rs, 0O-Interest In a musical business.
e3, ,700-Gents' furnishing goods store.
G,U0-Plumbing business In the city.
3l,0o-Interest In an electrical invention.
u, 900-1ce cream mandatory. county town.
AT CHAMBERS BUSINESS AGENCY,
Room e. 102 Eourth
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FOR SALE-LOTA
City Lots.

.--z.---e City Lots.
CLEGANT building site in the Seventh ward, for
T. either church or apartment house; this Is on
he very best portion OF Congress ST.. having q
rontage Of 30 feet BY 90 TO Elm st Black Baird.
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KNOXVILLE.
ToR sAIE-soME BEAUTTFUL HOMES


One Groom brick house. TWO lots, Orchard Plaes
n, 900.
One 7-room brick house. one lot, paved street,
a, 500.
Two 5-room brick houses. lots S,zx1oo each.
Orchard Place, "a, $50.
One 7-room frame house. one lot, paved street.
5000.
One s-room frame house. oneIot paved street.
One 5-room brick house. two Tots. paved street.
One 5-room brick house. one lot paved street.
Five 5-room frame houses paved street. each
TMelve7-room brick houses, paved streets, each
e. 300
Seven 4-room brick houses very pretty. q 100.
Eight 4-room brick cottages, one lot, eache 100.
Any of the above lovely homes in this greatly
favored city of beautiful homes will be sold on
terms to suit buyers.
BUILDING LOTS-2O0 of the most beautiful puild-
ing lots to be found in the county are offered at
prices murh less than property having similarly
attractive features can be had for. The p. 3.
Traction will have their new electric railway In
operation through the center of the borough by
May next This will give wonderful impetus
to values. ana those who secure any OF the
above properties lot will be fortunate.
TO LET-A number Of 8, 4, and 1-room houses
At moderate rents to good paying tenants. None
others need apply.
Take any of the Southside street cars.
KNOXVILLE LAND IMPROVEMENT CO.,
s. Knox avenue. Knoxvtlle.
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II VENSINGTON-Five new frame houses Of
II rooms and attic each; situated on Sixth st;
also two houses Of rooms Second av.; they are
Just completed and will be sold a. reasonable fs-
ures. Apply at the ofiicc Of the Burreu Improve
ment Co., at Kensington, Pa.
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Real Estate.
LNOR SALE-One of the finest duck,ng and fishing
L shores In Maryland. OH Middle river. known
as Turkey Point. ten miles from Baltimore by fine
shell road; 1852 acres, 100 under cultivation. two
fruits also sailboats. decoys. netting. etc. splen
did chance for u club. Address Capt. G. Myers, 43
Center Market Space Baltimore, Nd,
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rNWEHTY-TH1RD WARD-Level lots. near Sec
station; rs down, 80 per month; streets graded
and macadamixed; sidewalks laid: city water;
George c. Burgwin, Attorney ~ Law. $50 Fourth
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

NO. $50 California av., Allegheny. modern we'll
~ built house OF ten rooms W. c.. and bath,
china closet buter's pantry and laundry, both
further Information INQUIRE on premises.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

FOR SALE-MISCELLANEO
Machinery and Metals For Sale.
A SPINWALL POTATO PLANTERS-Kept in
n stock and for sale by Morris, Frye & Co., 80
and 81 Ohio St., Allegheny.
d AILS-700 tons in lots to suit, 30-pound iron
~ rails, nearly new. P. o. Box 1905, Pittsburg,
Pa.
SAW TABLE-One secondhand table for
cheap: also about 20 printers stands. Apply at
the Dispatch business Office, cor. smithfeld and
Diamond SITS.
TYPEWRTTERS-Headq for the world:
all makes; dent pay manufacturers exor
bitant prices; we ship anywhere, giving thorough
examination before accepting; absolutely rst-cass
or less than half price; exchanging specially; in
struments rented anywhere; largest stock in the
tvpewriters; commercial rating for respon.
sibility illustrated catalogues and specimens free
Typewriter Headqnarters, 81 and 80 Broadway,
New YORK; lSG Monroe St, Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

ClAsH register, rgl-top desk and typewriter IS
~ Diamond st. --
EGGS-Standard, black Minorcas brown and
T. white leghorn, barred Plymouth rocks. 13 eggs
d Is. Torrance Pbulrry Farm, Fetterman r. o.,
Allegheny county,
DOR SALE-lc per roll wall paper. Thompson
Il Bros, 100 Federal st., Allegheny.
CAFE-Barnes Safe & Lock 90. maker; inside
~ measurement 17x30x4S inches; double doors
inside and out; combination lock; stored at No. %
First av. InQutIe John e. McCrickart No, 50
Fourth Av.
CODA FoUNTAIN-Cheap for cash. J. h. T.,
y Dispatch ofape.
Q000 buys furniture (cost S7ooS and lease Of
sDOOO nine7roo house II taken nowg rooms
now rented pay tent and gas, location Al, owner
esving city. Inquire 20 Dlnwtddis st, .
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E,ARM-A splendid farm Of 100 acres. IL miles
Il from SpringdaIe and 16 miles from Pittsburg;
land lies well and can be worked by machinery:
well watered: is rich and productive; 81 IT. vein
of coal underlies this farm 1-room dwelling good
bank barn and necessary outhouses; the orchard is
of the finest in the Country: only $50 acre:
terms to suit purchasers. See W. c. Beringer &
Co., 156 Fourth av.
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zelwood Residences For Sale.

AIIeEheny KeSidences For Sale.
FEDERAL ST. EXTENSION, Allegheny, .
L handsome modern built residence and grounds;
all modern improvements and conveniences: a de-
lightful location, elegant view, etc. c. H, Love,
The record-union., 1892-08-22
Carrier Pigeons In France.

Englishmen, it appears, enjoy in France
a curious privilege, which is rigidly with
held from Germans and Belgians, 1t is
that of flying carrier pigeons. This, how
ever, as explained;by Mr.. Tegetmeier in
his curious lecture on this subject. pub
lished in 1.-The Journal of the United
Service Institution" is on the strict con-
dition that both the birds and the senders
are English. In Belgium alone, accord
ing to this authority, there are 6OO. 600
racing birds, which, in case of war.
would be put at the disposal of the Gov
eminent, and every one of these is a
trained bird. They used, it is stated. to
train them over the south of France. but
that is now interdicted. and no bird from
Belgium or Germany is allowed to
be trained in France. The fear. of
course, is that in the event of
a war trained pigeons would be
smuggled into the interior, and thus
information could be carried out. Mr..
Tegetmeer sees no difficulty in establish
ing ''pigeon-lofts" for military pur-
poses. There is a military pigeon
loft at Rome, another at the island
of Magdalena. another at Cagliari
and they practice on what is called the
Cagliari Napoli line. The distance be-
tween these two places is 294 miles. They
throw the birds from ships, and they
have, we are assured, been known to do
distance of as much as 2S7 miles over
the sea, at about thirty-one miles an
hour.
The record-union., 1892-08-22
Horse-ShoelnC.

The eminent Professor of Bussey In
stit1te, Harvard University, DIR. d. ID.
Slade, says on the subject of horseshoe
ing:
"In regard to the horses foot, it is a
piece of the most beautiful mechanism in
the animal kingdom.
I'm preparing the foot for the shoe
neither the sole nor the frog should be
cut. They should be left in state of
nature. The superfiuous growth will
shell off as supplied by new growth
without the application of the knife.
Blacksmiths like to cut the hoof and
hollow it out neatly. 1t cuts so smoothly,
so much like old cheese, that they seem to
take pleasure in pairing it down. 1t is an
almost universal fault with blacksmiths to
cut out the corners Of the frog at the heel
and thus destroy a very essential part of
the foot. Another fault Is rasping the
outside of the hoof to make it look
smooth. If kept clean it will maintain
its own polish and smoothness. 1t should
be rasped only below the nails to turn
off the edges above the shoe. The nails
should be driven within months growth
of the foot. and old ones should be ex-
tracted before new shoe is put on. The
weight of shoes is a matter of considera-
ton.
A Frenchman has made an estimate
that an omnibus horse shod with two
pound shoes lifted on his feet in a days
work an aggregate of fifty-two tons.
Shoes should be as light and simple as
possible and be put on perfectly even, so
that the foot should tread squarely on the
ground. The shoe should be fitted to the
foot, and not the foot to the SHOE / would
advocate applying shoe hot for an in
stant TO find its bearings on the foot, but
not to burn it into the hoof.
The record-union., 1892-08-22
FACTS ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS
Billions of Them Used Annually-The
Special Delivery Feature.

1t is barely fifty years since this conve-
nience was introduced into the United
States. The stamp is little older in
England. When first introduced postage
stamps were sold in solid sheets. Of
course great many were wasted in the
effort TO tear them apart when there were
no pertoratlons. Indeed, the loss and in
convenience was SO great, Kate Fields
Washington says, that the Government
offered liberal reward for a patent
which would overcome the difficulty,
The first machine submitted was one
which cut the stamps nearly but not en-
tirely apart. While the Postoffice De-
partment was considering this machine
The idea of perforating the sheets in rows
each way was offered and promptly ac-
cepted. Nothing better has ever been
sought. There was a time when better
paper and mucilage was used, and when
the printing was an improvement upon
the present stamps, but since we have
learned that damp sponge is fully as
good as the tongue in preparing the
stamps for adhesion the quality of the
materials used becomes of less impor-
lance.
The number of postage stamps used in
year is something enormous. For in
stance, the ordinary postal revenue for
the year ending June 80. 1891, exclusive
OF the money oroer business, was St;5.-
O65, 293 81. OF this S4I, 432. l29 90 came
from letter postage. The bulk of this is,
of course, IN 2-cent stamps, and it is safe
10 put the whole number of this denom-
ination used at more than two billions
per annum. The Issuing OF postage
stamps, stamped envelopes and news
paper wrappers all belong TO one OF tho
divisions under the care of the Third AS
sistant Postmaster General. There is an
other division of the same bureau which
looks alter the registered letters, and still
another which attends to the system for
sitication OF mail matter belongs to this
bureau, and it is with the Third Assistant
Postmaster-G General or his clerks that
newspapers and periodicals have to quar-
Tel over their rights to official entry as
second-class matter.
A ten-cent special delivery stamp on
letter is supposed to keep it in constant
motion from the time the letter is depos-
The record-union., 1892-08-22

tied in the main or branch postof1ice
until it is delivered to the addressee.
There is liable to be little delay in the
starting of a letter when it is deposited
IN letter box instead of postoffice,
but everything must make way for spe-
cial delivery letters after they once get
into the vicinity of a mailbag. The
clerk hustles them out with the first
mail leaving the Office, and puts them on
the outside OF packages or in bundle
by themselves, so that the next official
can see them at once. If the special de-
livery stamp is put on package of sec
ond, third or fourth-class matter it has to
be treated in first-class manner-that
is, 1t goes into pouch instead of a sack,
and is pushed through just as rapidly as
a letter bearing the same stamp. Last
year there were over two and half mill
ions OF pieces sent by special delivery,
and 1T is interesting to note that the
average time consumed in the delivery
of each parcel after it reached the post
Office of the addressee was only twenty
minutes
The record-union., 1892-08-22
IS A NATURAL MARVEL.
The Big Lagoon Up Near the Mouth of
the Klamath River


On the northern coast of California.
about thirty miles below the mouth of the
Klamath River, is one of the most inter-
estlng natural formations to be found in
this country, known as the Big Lagoon.
Here the coast, which runs north and
south up to this point, takes sharp turn
inland, bordered by very high hills, run
ming to distance of about three miles.
then turning out again makes a sharp
bay, almost N-shaped, and for ages past
sandbar has been washing itself up
across the bay until the bar has raised up
out OF the water some ten to twelve feet.
having q width of about one hundred
feet and length of four miles, reaching
across the entire bay. This bar is in the
shape of root. When there is a storm
breakers will roll up the side of it. break
over and roll down into the BAY inside.
and it is novel sight to stand there and
watch the waters, mountain high on one
side and perfectly calm on the other, the
line between the two at intervals hidden
altogether. This bar is sort of short cut
and can be traversed on horseback, In a
storm horseman will one minute be
high and dry on land, the next minute a
large wave will roll up and running
under the horses feet to the depth of a
foot or more, the rider will be for an in
slant four miles or so at sea on horseback
with no land nearer than the high bluffs
of the mountain in sight.
Moss agates may be found in abund-
ance on the pebbly beach, and when the
sun shines they glitter with dazzling
brightness. The wild duck that freuuents
this part of the coast literally fills this
island bay, and the passing hunter,
should he take a shot at them, will raise
such cloud and such quacking that he
will think all the ducks OF the earth have
gathered there. Occasionally some wild
beast, like a bear or panther, will be
found crossing this bar, and the Indians
have much sport when such thing hap
pens, the animal rarely escaping capture
or death. Here the Digger Indians
abound, living on the she'll fish which
they catch along the beach, seldom going
over the ridge of hills to capture deer
which are plentiful. The ST, Louis So.
Sayings thinks it would astonish Har-
ward football man to come across this
scene some bright morning at low tide
and see the squaws and children PLAYING
lacrosse on the beach. They get SO ex-
cited with their sport that they keep it np
until the tide drives them from the beach.
often staying there until they have to
chase the ball down into the surf.
The record-union., 1892-08-22
WORKSHOP OF THE PLANET.
What the Great Mississippi Valley is
Clearly Destined TO Be.


Clearly Destined TO Be.
One hundred years ago the pioneers
from England. the advance guard of the
great column of Anglo-SaXon migration
That has during the interval marched to
the Pacific, abolishing the frontier and
conquering the desert. descended the
western slopes of the Alleghanies into the
valley of the Ohio and disappeared in It's
solltudes. Chicago, Cincinnati and st.
Louis were outposts of civilization, ex-
posed TO the brand and the tomahawk.
a lew log huts, trading stations and
nllsslon-houses were scattered along the
ruinollng banks of the rivers and in the
profound depths of the forests. There
were neither highways nor public con-
Veyances; commerce, agriculture or
manufactures; no schools, churches nor
society; nothing but nature and it's vicis-
STUDIES, the savage and his prey. From
That unsurveyed wilderness, in less than a
century, tWenty-one States have been adj
united into the Union, having an area of
ooo,oO0,OO0 acres, population of more
IMAM o2,OO0,O00 and wealth beyond meas
urement or computation. SparSely in
haDlted, with rude and unscientific
methods, its resources hardly touched,
the States of the Mississippi Valley last
year produced more than three-quarters
Oh the sugar, coal, corn, iron, oats, wheat,
cotton, tobacco, lead, hay, lumber, wool,
pork, beef, horses and mules of the entire
country, together with large fraction Of
its gold and silver. Their internal COM
merce is already greater than all the
foreign commerce of all the combined
nations of the earth, says ex-senator
ingalls, in LfppincOF,S.
CHINA supports four hundred million
people upon an area smaller and less
fertile. The civilization of Egypt, whose
monuments have for forty centuries ex-
cited the awe and admiration of mankind,
was nourished by the cultivation of less
than ten thousand square miles in the
narrow valley and delta Of the Nile. The
Delta OF the Rhine and the adjacent lands
reclaimed from the Zuyder Zee, less than
1lfteen thousand square miles, has long
sustained the United Kingdom of the
Netherlands, and given To dense popu-
Iatlen wealth, comfort and contentment.
The delta of the Mississippi, below its
junction with the Ohio, richer than the
Nile or the Rhine, exceeds the combined
area OF Holland and Egypt, and is des-
tined, under the stimulus of free labor
and the incentives of self-government to
build fabric of society more opulent
and enduring
Add to this the inexhaustible alluvion
OF the streams above and the fertile
prairies from which they descend. and
the arithmetic OF the past has no loga-
rlthms with which to compute the prob
lens OF the economic and commercial
future of the West. 1t will be predoni-
nant in the development, not of this
country alone, but of the hemisphere,
and will give direction to the destinies of
the human race. When its agricultural,
mining and manufacturing resources are
fully developed by steam and electricity
the Mississippi Valley will support and
enrich, without crowding, 500, O00, 600 peo-
pie, and be not only the granary, but the
workshop of the planet.