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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28

Taking butter from milk
was known in the earliest
times. 1t was left for our
time to make a milk of cod
liver oil.
Milk, the emulsion of but
ter, is an easier food than
butter. SCOTS Emulsion of
cod-liver oil is an easier food
than cod-liver oil. 1t is rest
for digestion. 1t stimulates,
helps, restores, digestion;
and, at the same time, sup
plies the body a kind of
nourishment it can get in no
other way.
Scorr & BOVINE. Chemists, I3s South sfh Aveaua,
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scou's Emulsion Of esd-liver
ol-an druggists everywheTe Do. 81. ,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28
TOTAL ABSTINENCE NEWS

WHERE is the Public Meeting Committeef
THE Labor Bureau is expected to make q
glowing report to-day.
MASTER HARRY E. wALrxN, of Monongahela
City, is trying hard to organize . cadet soci-
ETY. at that point.
BISHOP PHELAN in his Lenten pastoral ad-
vises everyone to abstain from Intoxicating
drinks during Lent except when ordered by
physician.
TIE monthly meeting of the Union will be
held to-day at the cathedral in the old Epis-
copal residence. Among the important
matters to be considered will be the Labor
Bureau report. the massmeeting and rallies.
TIE first euchre of the 7. NJ. A. was SO
great a success q second one was held at the
residence Of Miss Dougherty, on NegleY
avenue, last Friday evening. Six tables
were filled and the guests were all highly
pleased with their entertainment
A PLEASANT meeting of the st. Johns
Ladies' Society of Johnstown was held last
Sunday. In the absence of the regular Sec
retary, Miss Mary McNelis, the President,
Miss Ella wilt, appointed Miss Regina
Maloy to act as Secretary pro tenn. Two new
members were received.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28
ELKcTR1CITY IN RELIGION.
A Decisdon as to the Ancient Law ON Kim
ding Fires on Sunday.

A Decision rs to tho Ancient Law ON Kim
ding Fires on Sunday.
A curious point, involving an important
Church rite has just been discussed in Eng
land. A strict Hebrew will not kindle a
fire on the Sabbath, although sometimes he
has no objection to allow Christian to do
it for him. But the question arises: May
he turn on an incandescent lamp2 This
puzzling query has been put to Prof Will
lam Crookes, who, after pointing out that
the sacredness of fire and fame in the old
Eastern religions was always intimately
connected with combustion, has decided that
the glow of the electric lamp does not come
within this description.
This is an ingenious way Of getting out Of
the difficulty. An obstructionist might say:
GLOW if the lamp derives its incandescence
from dynamo, which Is worked by steam,
which, in its turn, is produced by the COM
bustion of coal?" None the less is humanity
at large indebted to Prof. Crookes for his
solution Of the question.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28
TIE PoRTERHoUsE srEAK.

A Curious Story OF How the Favorite Cat
Beef Got Its Name.
The first porterhouse steak was 20 nam
In New York City In the famous old tave
of Martin Morrison, at No. 327 Pearl sire,
This was a favorite resort Of sesfsring me
A steak being called for BY an old pilot o
night, Morrison said he had no steaks, b
would cut and broil for him . thick sli
from the sirloin which had Just been pr
pared for roasting the next day. Mon
sons place was known as the Porter Hou
in the neighborhood, and its frequente
soon got to telling about the Porter Hou
steaks. Morrison finally told Gibbons, b
butcher in the Ely Market, to cut up 81
loins into steaks for him thereafter
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28

WE pack, haul, store, ship, alter, repair
refnish and reupholster furniture.
HAUGH 3 KEENAN,, 80 Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28

Nerve Restorer No fits after first days use. Mar
yelous cures Treatise and 81 90 trial bottle free to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28

To be sure there will be much interest CEN
tered in baseball matters this week. To-
morrow the committee having in charge the
formulating of national agreement viii
meet and on Tuesday the schedule meeting
will take place. Both are important, and
dare say everybody interested in the game
will be anxiously waiting to hear what the
schedule proposes. do not anticipate that
Pittsburg will get all the good things; in
deed will be surprised if she gets anything
like a fair share. Pittsburg Is not next the
throne during this regime, and suppose we
we will have to take the crumbs that fail
from the table.
But the schedule will be interesting mas
much as it will give us an idea of the fair
dealing spirit of the clique that now rule II
it d not founded on fairness, depend upon it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28
A Nation of Stair Climbers

A friend related similar experience.
He was making call in fashionable quar-
ter, and after lighting his way to the fourth
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-28

out upon beautlful park
wilhelm Invests in English Beds.
There is reason to fear the living Emperor
of Germany is a believer In the narrow bed
His favorite apartments at Potsdam, very
simply and handsomely furnished, contain
no other beds and I presume there is no
hope of reformation. / have Just heard
from a mutual friend that he recently
bought some bedsteads in England. That
implies broadguage blankets, quilts and
sheets. But this is so revolutionary it is
almost alarming.
Our European cousins, of all nations so
far as am acquainted with them, persist
emily subject themselves to a strange priva-
tion, that is q perpetual surprise, in the
matter of light in their houses. They may
brighten the streets and shops with peculiar
splendors, but it is the custom to dwell in
comparative darkness at home. OF course,
this is not universal. but it is prevalent.
Why, two candles are an illumination and
an extravaganza I called upon American
friends 1t was Just in that hour when solid
midnight sets in here e. o'clock, and
when, in response to ring, the heavy iron
door opened with q soft click, there were
revealed q few steps, and beyond them
was darkness. 1 did not know on what
story my friends dwelt, having only
the number of the house. After striking
several matches it appeared that those
sought did not dwell on the first or second
floors More matches were struck, and at
last the name appeared There was nothing
to say about so strange an adventure. It is
the way of the town. One has to get the
hang of of dark stairways, or stay in. first
class hotels.
A Nation of Stair Climbers.
A friend related a similar experience.
He was making call in fashionable quar-
ter, and after lighting his way to the fourth
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
The Stewards Apology,

A lady passenger much annoyed ths
luggage steward by having her lugcsss
got ready for being put ashore at various
places Of call, says the Spectator. Al
each place the passenger seemed to ate,
her mind and to form the desire Of going
on further. At last she said che would
20 on to Inverness Then the luggage
steward said: ooh go to the DEVIL" Th;
lady, i'll high state Of indignation, re
ported the man to the captain. THAI
gentleman told the steward he must 6nt
out the lady and apologize to her. Thu
ste ward consented to do SO.
At luncheon be appeared and accostet
the first lady at the table thus: "Wer'
you the lady l told to g to the devilF
"No." said this lady and several Others
all equally surprised and amused, A
last, by a series of separate interrogs
tons, he discovered the right lady. Sh
responded, with an Indignantly virtuou
air: Eyes, l am the lady" "Ah, then,
said the steward, "the captain told me 4
tell you that you needn't 60"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
Life . Game Of Cards.

Mans life is game of cards. First it
is "cribbage." Next he tries to go It
alone" at sort of "cut, shuttle and deal
pace. Then he raises the edeuce, which
his mother takes hand in" and con.
trary to Hoyle, "beats the little joker
with her five" Then with his "dia.
monds" he wins the "queen Of hearts"
Tired of "playing lone hand" he e.
presses a desire to ''assist" his fair
"partner." He throws out his cards
and the clergyman takes a $40 bin out o.
him on pair She "orders him up"
to build the fires. Like a "knave" he
joins the "clubs," where he often gets
"high," which is "low," too. II he
keeps straight" he is sometimes
flush. :" He grows old and ''bluf, !"
and sees IDEAL" of trouble. When be
at last ''shufiles" off this mortal coil and
passes in his checks" and is "raked
in" by "spade," life's game is ended,
and he waits the summons of Gabriel.
trump" which shall "order him up
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
A GREAT FIRST CAUSE.

Owing to certain erroneous methods
in vogue which confer powers Of making
without earning, machinery has ten
dency to degrade and Cypress labor. The
truth of this Is shown in the reduction
Of wages in the great watch works Of
Elgin, Illinois, which has recently taken
place. Wages have been reduced from
fifteen to sixty per cent and general
strike OF 300 men and women is threat
ened Tor the first time since the works
were established twenty.seven years
ago. 1t is an impressive story, strikingly
illustrative of the industrial drift. Many
Of the workmen have been with the
company from the start. They say that
from 1866 to 1875 the average workman
received from - to 81 u day. and for the
more expert $40 was not au uncommon
wage. But with the perfection of ma
chinery came gradual reduction OF pay
for piece work, on which most of the
employees are eng ged. With the i'm
provements of machinery also came
subdivisions of labor, until the work of
making q watch has been reduced or
extended to 500 distinct operations, and
the skill Of the average workmen has
been sharpened down to the performance
OF but one Of these operations. AS the
machines have grown in intelligence,
the need of intelligence in the operator
has decreased. Dexterity, easily &C.
CURED, in performing the same simple
operation day after day and year alter
year, is the chief requirement now, and
men who have worked at the business
for twenty years are now finding their
places taken by machinery operated be
girls at wages averaging hardly 90 cents
d1v bot nrct
or women are able to earn at piece work
is taken rs criterion, and when these
are found to be making more than what
the company deem a fair wage, the piece
rate is cut down for all. Thus it can be
seen that the less skilled and more ig.
norant have been gradually crowded
against the conditions of q bare liveli.
hood, and many have been driven tc
desperation, and some have become
tramps, vagabonds and criminals. There
is great first cause for all this. The
earnings Of labor through the machina.
tions of complicated systems are being
given to those who do not perform usefu
and productive work. The present in
direct system OF taxation has brought 8
goodly portion OF the burden which op
presses, degrsdes and aftlicts the ignoran
and weak the speculation profits from
land, owing to the taxation of thu prod
ucts of industry, is another weight which
is dragging men and women down; ant
the army OF useless Office holders, specia
agents and pensioners is no light weigh
upon the shoulders of the producers ant
laborers, the strong and skilled Of which
in their struggles, are simply turning
against and driving the weaker and les
skilled to the wall. No wonder SO many
poor creatures carrv in their breasts
bitter hatred Of their fellows--tfiose VIII
have managed to be successful!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
The New Leadvine.

The excitement at Creede, Colo, the
new mining camp on the Rio Grande
railway, is intense. People are Hooking
from all parts of the country and many
rough board houses have sprung up IN
short time. The mines are something
wonderful and almost equal to those OF
Leadville in its hest days. David IL.
Moffet was offered 81 900 900 by an En-,
glish company to bond the Holy Moses
mine at Creole, but refused to do so.
Since the first prospect hole was started
at Creole. nine months ago, there has
been 50 ,O0O, 900 worth of ore taken from
the mines there, although everything is
new and undeveloped as yet. l.. H.
Dickinson, Henry r. Walcott and f: D.
Walcott, Of Denver, Mr.. Ward. OF New
York, and Jake Saunders, Of Leadville'
purchased two-thirds interest in the
Last Chance mine, ut Creede, for $780,
900. This mine is shipping ninety tons
of ore day, which will average sl6O pei
ton.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18

From the Lewiston Journal.
Mark Island, the ledge off Small Point,
was the home for two or three years of y
mysterious family. The cottage there
was erected five or six years ago by a
man who came with fine yacht, his
vile and mnlatto boy aud took posses
sion. They made friends with no one
and never allowed anybody to land on
the island, unless someone broke an oar
Or was shipwIecked. There is Onlv one
place landing can be made, and from
its beach path leads IN the house. In
this path, at point which commanded
a full view of the landing, the mulatto
boy stood from daylight till dark with a
nlnsket on his shoulder. Two or three
years this strange family spent on the
island, and then one spring they did not
come, nor have they been seen or heard
from since. But three years ago man
was arrested either in Boston or New
York for passing counterfeit money, who
answered to the description Of the one
who lived on Mark Island. No at
tempt was made to find his workshop,
but some folks think this was the place.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
Speaker Crisp's Family.

The story that Speaker Crisp came OF a
family of actors recalls the fact that
pretty Minnie Crisp, the actress, who
died in Helena, Mon, on Christmas day,
1879, WAS the speakers niece. The Hell
ena Independent says: Henry Crisp
was a famous theatrical manager in his
day. lie had four children, the present
Speaker, Henry Crisp, jr., now dead, and
two daughters, Jessie and Celia. Jessie's
daughter played under the name of Min.
ME Crisp, and was the wife of Manager
French, now OF the Park theatre in Port.
land. Her mother is still alive. She
played ingenue parts in Sawtelle's old
stock company, member of which was
Harry Emery, now in Helena with his
wife, Kate Putnam. He remembers Min
ME Crisp rs an actress of great promise
and q woman Of charming personality.
She was very popular With players and
public alike. She was but twenty.foul
years old ut her DEATH"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
Coming Diplomats.

A neat specimen of diplomacy which
recently passed between Mr.. Miller and
MIR. Geer. They had met each other in
Salem, says the Albany Herald, and in
talking about political matters Mr.. Geer
asked Mr.. Miller to write to him in the
course of a few weeks, giving his views
as to the situation and the congressional
nomination in particular. After waiting
some weeks he decided to write to Mr..
Miller. Kecollecting the pickle Mr..
Hermann got himself into by excessive
letter-writing he did not desire to COM
NIT himself, and simply wrote:
SALEM, Or, -, 1891.
Hon. II. B. M,LLER-Dear Sir-Well?
Very truly,
+. I. GEER.
Mr.. Miller was equal to the occasion,
and by return mail MIR Geer received the
GRANTS Pass, Or. 1891,
FRIEND GEER:-I am very much
pleased to hear that you are well.
Yours Very Truly,
II. B. MILLER.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
Tobacco as AN Ans,...

From the louisville Courier Jon,.',
It has long been a popular onin;..
tobacco is an antiseptic, and pn ."s %
saripi has recently made soma a. Ia
ments on the supposed permic;SaI, pe!
tues Of tobacco smoke, which ssa. w
show that it has destruc,;vs eM
upon the growth Of bacilli. tho ~ assio|
organisms which are the cansa ".aol
many diseases. In order to im;,.,%
nearly as possible the processes oo;"s
in u smokers mouth. the Prots 9
passed tobacco fumes through a ~
zoutal tube into a receptacle Kent n nOr)
by damp cotton wool, which con,s;n uo',
colony of bacilli. 1t was found th., 'ca !,
smoke retarded the growth ~ 20
kinds Of bacilli, aud absolutelv 'o ~,
vented the growth of others. r'
the latter were the bacilli of cho,a,. 0a
typhus. II Prof. Tassarini's tests 49, - .
be relied on, it is evident that not ny ~,
is tobacco not the deadly enemy Of NJ.
that it is sometimes made out to 10 =.
that in many instances it is his ., "
friend, not only in the way Of solMee T.
as a warder off and destroyer of d.. II
germs that are only hiding their tins
cause disease and possibly death.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
The Whistling Girl.

From Harper's Magazine.
The whistling girl does not commonly
coiae to bad end. Quite AZ often as
any other girl she learns TO whistle a
cradle song, low and sweet and
charming. to the young voter in the
cradle. She is a girl of spirit, of indie
pendence OF character, Of dash and
flavor; and as to lips, why, you must
have sort Of presentable lips to whistle !;
thin ones will not. The whistling girl
does not come to bad end at all (if
marriage is still considered good occn-
pation), except cloud may be thrown
upon her exuberant young life by this
rascally proverb. Even if she walks the
lonely road Of life, she has this advan-
tage, that she can whistle to keep her
courage up. But in large eense, one
that this practical age can understand,
this is not true that the whistling girl
comes to bad end. Whistling pays.
1t has brought her money; it has blown
her name about the listening world.
Scarcely has q non-whistling woman
been more famous. She has set aside
the adage. She has done 40 much to-
ward the emancipation of her sex from
the prejudice created by an ill-natured
proverb which never had root in fact.
But has the whistling woman come to
stay? Is it well for women to whistle
Are the majority Of women likely to be
whistlers? These are serious questions,
not to be taken up in light manner at
the end OF grave paper. Win women
ever learn to throw q stone? There it
is. The future is inscrusaole. We only
know that where as they did not whistle
with approval, now they do-the preju-
dice OF generations gradually melts
away. And woman's destiny ia not
linked with that of the hen, nor to be
controlled by proverb-perhaps not by
anything.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
A Queer stomach.

From the New York Recorder.
New Haven has puzzling case that
the wi0est physicians up there shake
their heads over. K. H. Allen, q florist
in Church street, has for more than
thirty years suffered on account Of his
stomach. When II years old that organ
used to close up If he filled himself with
apples or pears. This might not have
been specially notable in view OF other
boys experiences, but Allen could not
get his food down without drinking water
very fast. 1t was then found that the
valve in the Gsophagus had the habit Of
closing and remaining rigid until it
could be forced back by some hard SUBJ
stance. For thirty years he has forced
his food into bis stomach. He eats a
good meal and then drinks about pint
Of some liquid very jast, and by sheer
will.power forces into his stomach the
food which has accumulated in the aso-
phsgus. If he did not do this his food
would remain clogged up in the esopha.
gus for several days and not enter the
stomach at all.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
Christmas In the Lighthouse.
m the London Graphic.

rom the London Graphic.
The lonely lightsnip keeper mark;,l
the entrance to the Thames and tn ny
English Chanpel-some of them fiftss|
miles from land-have had boistero~|
experience this winter. Almost ths;
only visitors in the course Of the vss'
are the Missions to Seamen, chapisin
from Deaf and Rochester and the;
readers from Ipswich, who minister !
their spiritual needs while supplvin'
them with books, periodicals and news
papers. Thanks to the kind aid Of van
GUS thoughtful friends the chaplains =,
enabled to furnish the lonely crews viii
Christmas cheer by taking out to m
lightships on Christmas Eve supply
geese, turkeys, beef, plum buildings, YER
etables and evergreens. The advent !
the Missions to Seamen boats is eaperl
watch d for, and the chaplains' Chris
mas ministry is by no means the lea,
welcome visit of the year. albeit board
ing a lightship in dirty weather is not a
easy operation even for all experience
seamen's chaplain
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
Death From Hunger aud Cold.

When the Pottawatomie reservation
was opened to settlers, K. V. Burneth
and family, consisting of bis wife, three
children and his brother, took I'D q
claim. Being poor and without sufficient
food or shelter, they suffered much, and
finally determined to 20 to 90 to some
town. They started in u wagon, but be-
ing overtaken by bl zzard took refuge
in shed. There they were attacked BY
the grip, and lay without any covering or
tite for several days, when travellers dis
covered them. The father was dead,
The mother and children were taken to a
farm house. and everything possible
done for them, but the mother died in a
lew days. The two older children, whose
limbs and vitals were frozen. soon fol.
lowed. The babe the mother held to her
breast, wrapped in her own clothes. still
lives. The brother was only partly
frozen and will likely recover.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18

From London It'd Bits,

:
A very interesting relic has fallen into
the possession of the well-known Birm-
ingf,am physician. Sir James Sawyer.
1t is one Of the hoofs of the identical
horse that Lord Cardigan rode in the
charge Of the Light Brigade. Lady Saw
yer's father, who was Lincolnshire
rector, received THE precious relic of the
historic charge from Lord Cardigan, and
it bears All inscription to this effect.
The four hoofs are now disposed of as
follows: The Prince of Wales, an honor
airy colonel of the Tenth Hussars, has
one; another belongs to the officers Of
that famous regiment, and it is brought
out at mesa on state occasions; the
Countess Of Cardigan owns third, and
the Last, which ia the oifhind boof,
graces the eideboard Of Sir James Saw.
yer. 1t is beautifully mounted in silver
and is naturally highly priced by it's
owner.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-02-18
Frozen to Death.

A young man named Brassfield was
frt zen to death near Mineral on FRIDAY
last. The Huntington Herald states that
on Friday three brothers who had oeen
working on Iron Mountain started 10
walk from that place to Weiser, 10 miles
distant. After proceeding several miles
one of the brothers became tired and con
cluded to turn back, wi ich he did, the
other boys continuing on to Weiser, sup,
posing Of course that their brother couiu
make his way without danger back 10
Mineral. On Sunday, not having heard
from him, they went back over the ROAD
and when near Iron Mountain found the
lifeless body Of their brother The re-
mains were brought to Huntington by
wagon and fiom here were taken yester
day by the train to Weiser for iutermeht'