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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
A PRETTY GIRL KIDNAPPED.
Two Men Foiled In an Attempt to Run
Away With Miss Lewis.

Two Men Foiled In an Attempt to Run
Away With Miss Lewis.
WILKES BARRE, Sept A.-[Spec;al J.
Two men in carriage attempted to abduct
pretty Miss Lewis, Is years old, of Red
House, Lackawanns county, last evening
The girl was walking to her home, accom-.
panied by her aunt, when the two men
overlook them. As Miss Lewis and her
aunt had some distance to 60, they accepted
an invitation from the men to ride to their
journeys end. The moment the girl got
into the carriage the horses were driven of
at breakneck speed, leaving the elder
woman standing in the road. She gave the
alarm, Miss Lewis screamed, and the men
attempted to gag her.
Two mine boys, mounted on mules,
started in pursuit of the kidnapers, and
soon all the farmers along the road Joined
In the chase. Miss Lewis captors became
alarmed, and. stopping for moment, set
her down on the road She was unconscious
when found, and has remained SO since.
The police are searching for the men, but
have very little Information to work
upon,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

WRITTEN FOR THE pIsrArcH.J
I'd des' lack ter know what's de reasun
Dat I'm de man sho' ter get lef'
Ef dere's onny chance fer ter be dat
doan' unnerstan' hit myself
I can't see dos why 1t doan' happen
De udder way sometimes; hit looks
Mighty strange dat dey all gifts showin'
But me fer ter git in DER hooks.
Hit bin so sence can remembah,
Ny luck run right long des de same.
De only ting git my share OBJ
Am pooty fair share OBJ all blame
gifts de burnt end OBJ de hoe.cake,
De entities wedge oh de pie,
De hunk OBJ sweet-cake wfdout rafsins,
An de aig dat's bout raidy ter fly.
De green, onripe eend OBJ be milyun,
De smalles' yam in dc pot,
De feesh-tail and back oh de chfckin.
Dey all on 'em falls ter my lot.
De loves down plank at de oirous,
De furdis' back seat in de chu'ch
Am mine, ez fer ridin' ter fuu'riIs,
Use sho' ter got lef' in de lurch.
De jolties' seat in de waggin,
De mules mule OBJ dom all
Wen bout ter set out fer de frolio
OBJ c'ose ter my lot got ter fall.
In de hoe-down, If scarse am de partners
Use allays de won dat's ler out,
Willie de udders goes whirlin' an tw1rlin'
An cuttin' dey capers erbout.
Hits all yo' own fault, sez de people
But knows hit amt no such truck
des' can't go crowdin' an pushin'
An den I was borned tor Bad luck.
Dey's one time Use gwin'ter git eben.
OATS wen comes up wild OIL Der,
I'll say "Tek de udders, doan' min me.
Use ust by dis time ter get ler."
Twud tu'hn out de oil way, I reckon.
AM I'd git TUX fus' one OBJ all,
Fer luck hit donn' change IN q ji1Yy,
sAn' Use got no good luck a. tall.
ANNE VIRGINIA CuLBERTsos.
ZAHEsvILLE O.. 1892
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
A Care in the Country.

'tFinally he lefs the busy, bustling city
and went far into the country, where he
found quiet old farm home that did not
stand near any public thoroughfare and
where he felt sure sorrow coul not find iti
way without guide book and . search war.
rant When the shades of night came on
and the frehies were dancing about through
the garden he sat In the easy rocker in the
front room BY the open window, through
which the night breeze brought the perfume
of o1d-fashioned roses The old wife, when
she had finished the duties Of the day, laid
aside her checked gingham apron and
offered to show him the pictures in the fam
ny photograph album.
"Guess you will hardly recognize this
one," she said, opening the book at the
front cover. It was the picture Of her hus-
band. "John had it taken before the team
ran off and crippled him, and he wasn't SO
thin then - he il now. And this picture
of me is fuller in the face than am since I
had the fever and nay hair came out That
Vicksburg. ALI the boy we had.
Here . faint sigh and glance at Q worn
soldier cap banging over the corner what
not
Sand this is our baby girl. She d be IS
years old coming Christmas If she'd a
lived, but she died when she was only 4
She had blue eyes like her fathers This is
a picture of Martha our grown-up daugh-
ter. Poor grill She became blind year
ago, and Is now at an infrmary, where the
doctors hope to restore her sight" And
the book was closed later on, and by and by
the melancholy man, with his head resting
on q snow-white pillow in the "spare
room," was thinking of the crippled sire,
the worn mother, the soldier boy shot at
Vicksburg, the dead baby girl with eyes
like her fathers, and the blind daughter,
when he heard voice in song. It was the
strangely sweet and wavering voice of the
old mother-yes, and there were the deeper,
shaky tones Of the old father. And this
was the song they sung:
Praise God from whom all blessings fovs
Praise Him, all Creatures here below,
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hostA
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
And on the morrow the melancholy man
went away relieved of his burden of trouble
through the efficacy of the faith cure. Or,
rather, he had not been cured of his sorrow,
but brought to a realization that he had
never known any trouble worth thinking
about
How much Dettor of we should all OF us be
Who fancy we're sadly distressed,
II we could-but We caEnot-forever be free
From the troubles we've never possessed
NIXON WATERMAN.
Copr7icht lSy3 bv the author.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
A HISTORIC LITTLE BELL

1t Was Cast From Clippings of the Liberty
Bell In Philadelphia
Chicago Trfbune.l
Nearly 80 years ago 1t was thought that
the tone of the famous Liberty bell in Phil
adelphia might be restored by process of
chipping around the crack. The task was
placed in the hands of Bonifund Bernard
& Brother, of Philadelphia, bell founders
From the clippings two small bells were
cast, one of which Mr.. Bernard gave to his
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
CHILE FORGIVEN BY UNCLE SAM
The New Government to Be Invited to At
tend the Naval Review at New York.

The New Government to Be Invited to At
tend the Naval Review at New York.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 24-[Special. j
Preparations are almost complete for the
sailing of the American squadron which
will take part in the friendly demonstration
which is to be given in the harbor of Val
paraiso. The mission to Chile has been
planned to show the Chileans that Uncle
Sam has forgott en- the late unpleasantness
The orders ori ginslly sent to Mare Island
fixed October as the day of sailing, but in
structions were afterward sent to have every
thing ready earlier.
The feet will comprise the San Francisco,
Charleston, Boston, Baltimore, and possibly
the Yorktown. The vessels will stop at
several South American ports, but will
tarry longest at Valparaiso, where there
will be general round Of entertainments
and exchange OF courtesies. Admiral
Gherardi will invite the new Government
of Chile to participate in the review which
will take place in the spring in New York
harbor
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
ILoPED IN THE GOOD OLD WAY,
But the Parents Declare They VIII Neve
Say Heaven Bless You.

But the Parents Declare They VIII Never
Say Heaven Bless You.
WnKEsBARRE, Sept 24-[SpecsaL j
Jehn Dixon and Miss Harriet Mahoney,
both Of Hyde Park, eloped last night in the
good old-fsshiened way. The young folks
had long been lovers, but the girls parents
objected to her marrying Dixon on account
of their differences in religion.
The Dixon family, however, with whom
pretty Miss Harriet is q great favorite,
strongly favored the match. By their aid
ladder was placed at the girls bedroom
window at midnight, and she escaped the
vigilance of her parents. A fast horse took
her and her lover to the depot, and together
they boarded train for Binghamton, where
they were married. The Mahoneys say
they will never forgive their daughter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

leaving rs weak and depressed financially.
There is a bad taste In the pocketbook, and
even our credit may have Q coated tongue
and bloodshot eyes. But We have new
thoughts and new hopes and look forward to
other pleasures we mean to enjoy If fortune
will kindly favor us And once moro and
for all we determine that at last we will
cease trihing and henceforth on any and
every occasion possible put dollar in the
bank.
A rainy days s-comin', boys, as sure as ye're
alive,
When bees can't put q single drop o. honey
in the hive;
And busy ants won't dare ter show their
selves outside the door;
They'll erround an live on what they've
harvested before.
ant no weather prophet, as they call 'en.
but " bet
know the times a-comin' when it's likely
ter be wet,
An them as may prepare fer 1t IL have their
selves to thank
If, while the weather's fair, they put . dol
lar in the bank.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
Another Lizzie Borden Story Spoiled.

PROVIDENCE, R. L, Sept. 24.-Lycurgus
sayles, said to be the lawyer to whom Lizzie
Borden is alleged 10 have applied for in
formation as to the distribution of her
fathers estate in the event of his death,
said to-day that there was not word OF
truth in the story so far as he was con-
cerned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
A MALARIA CURE
Which Does Not Injure the System.
But Never Fails to Cure Malaria, Acute and
Chronic,

But Never Fails to Cure Malaria, Acute and
Chronic.
A person taking course of treatment
with Pe-ru-na for any malarIal affection will
find not only tnat he will be relieved quicker
than with quinine, but that his system is
not deranged in the slightest particular by
the drug. Pe-ru-na gently stimulates the
nervous system to resist the malarial poison,
and at the same time gradually eliminates
the poison itself from the system. which
quinine or similar preparations can not do.
In old cases OF malaria, where the victim
has gone the round of all kinds of treat
ment, has hopefully swallowed everything
recommended for chills, and still continues
to have them at the slightest exposure to
cold, wet or fatigue, Pe-ru-na demonstrates
its superiority over all other medicines by
permanently curing all such cases.
A treatise on malaria will be sent free to
any address by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manu-
featuring Company, of Columbus, O.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

forgetfulness" are even more delightful If
memory would only relinquish Its grasp on
few matters we might name and tighten
its hold on some others We can recall the
book of the past would make pleasanter
reading for rainy, storm-streaked after
noon. An ideal book of memories contains
only pleasant things.
Odd Combinations of Costumes.
People who have deIved in the city all
summer have begun to think that the year
is now we'll on toward winter, and dress &C
cerdingly. The result is that the outing
costumes of tagging home-comers contrast
strangely with those worn by people who
have almost forgotten that the summer was
here at all And the fashions one sees on
the street are even more sadly tangled be-
cause of the fact that summer still rules one
day and winter the next, and their half-and-
half alternating arrangement makes it
rather difficult for one to know Just how to
dress
This is the changeful season when
The weather tries the minds of men
And keeps them ever on the guess
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

What was Pennsylvania's vote for Cleve-
land and Blaine in 1884? Ms.
The vote for Cleveland was 392, 1856; for
Blaine, 473,S04; Blaine's plurality over
Cleveland, 81, 019.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
A Man Who Was Weary of Life.

have in mind a man whose spirits be-
came of such an ultramarine hue that he
didn't care q cent which political party got
into office. He used to stay about ceme-
teries indulging the hope that there would
arrive q funeral party which had thought
lessly forgotten to have the deceased &C
company it, and in the event of such an
emergency arising he meant to happily offer
himself as substitute or understudy for the
carried to finish Just as though nothing
had happened. His friends did not discern
his real purpose until he sought to act as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

And SO the very prudent man
Carries both overcoat and fan.
Now as.we go upon the street
We're always very sure to meet
Mon wearing sealskin coats and those
Still clinging to seersucker clothes,
Some don their arctic shoes and boots
And some are wearing tennis suits,
While others seize their latest chance
To air their ice cream summer pants.
Some fancy ear-muffs are the thing,
Who still to russell foot gear cling,
While mammoth winter ulsters hide
The summer blazers just inside.
It's quite enough to waken smiles
To note the awful tangled styles
That an observer may behold
Between these days of hot and cold
The man who'd have his dress to be
In warmth or GOODNESS the degree
The changing weather may demand
Should always have his trunk at hand.
Then, come the breeZes cold or hot,
He'd have his wardrobe on the spot,
Where he could suit each changing breath
And neither roast nor freeze to death.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

Can gentleman procure a license to
marry in Pennsylvania without any mem
Der OF the lady's family being present, pro
vided both parties are of age?
Yes Ell that is necessary is to establish
that the lady is legally OF age.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

NEW York, Sept A.-The Order of
Commercial Telegraphers of the United
States and Canada has been incorporated.
1t has membership of 200 and its principal
branch is in this city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

When do or did the "dog days" begin,
When did the idea OF the "dog days. ori
ginate? J. 81. B.
The dog days begin on July 8, and enc
August II; they last 40 days altogether. q
days before and 20 days after the rising Of
the dog star, Sirius, the largest star in the
constellation CAMS Major. The ancien.
idea was that the dog star appeared at the
time of the greatest heat Once on q time
it did, and the dates we give were fixed upon
by the ancients as those for the dies cani.
culares; but Sirius is variable star and
now rises about the middle of
August, so that the present dog
days last from about July 80 to September
Z. The ancients, as far back as the Egypt
ians, believed in the dog days. The Egypt
ians thought that when the dog star rose
with the sun, either the Nile would rise
or else destructive droughts would occur
q cheerful way of looking for things, when
you think of it; that either tho fruitful
rain would come or else it wouldn't They
were so uncertain about which star caused
which effect that they blamed Procyon, the
chief star in the constellation CAMS Minor,
quite as much as they blamed Sirius The
Romans followed the Egyptians in their
ideas about the dog star; so you see that the
belief in the power of the star is old enough
to be respectable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
Builders, Exchange 10 MesA

A quarterly meeting Of the Builder Tx
change will be held at their rooms on Ninth
street next Tuesday. The present member
shin il ]. .O52
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
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The most POWERFUL tonio known. Be
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

Judge ofs baby show at Q county show.
Then they saw that he was tired of this
impalpable thing called life and was seek
ing in some subtle manner to quit 1t dead.
The doctors said his liver needed repair.
ing, 80 they went at it and supplied 1t with
futed, canopy top, patent, duplex, self
feed and an aluminium safety, mercurial
indicator. Then he tried patent medicines,
including seven kinds OF bitters, still life
was not sweet to him. Although it was not
his fault he was here he seemed to regret it
just as though he would be held personally
responsible. He carried sufficient sorrow
about with him to make two good sized
loads Of melancholy. His friends urged
him to hand it to someone in railway sta
tion to hold for q minute and then slip out
OF side door and never 70 back after It.
He was very unhappy and seemed to derive
his only pleasure from that fact.
Put . Dsllar in the Bank.
The summer vacation, while it strength
ems us physically, very often results in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

Following are some questions that have
come to THE DISPATCH Office recently
with what arc believed to be the correct
answers:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

September q excursion tickets to points
in North west, West, Southwest and South,
and on October Is to points in South and
Southwest, will be sold from principal
ticket stations on the Pennsylvania Lines
West of Pistsburg at very low rates.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

First-What members OF the Forty-second d
Congress composed the Committee on Coin.
age. Weights and Measures at the time
silver was demonetfzed? Second-Did the
Government ever issue legal tender notes
not payable in conf DEMOCRAT.
First - The Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures in the Forty-second
Congress consisted by William D. Kelley,
of Pennsylvania; Samuel Hooper, of Mas
sachusetts; John Beatty, of Ohio; William
L. Stoughton, Of Michigan; John Critcher.
of Virginia; William R. Roberts, of New
York, and Hosea w. Parker, Of New Hamp-
shire.
Second-No; every note declared, In the
act authorizing its emission to be q legal
tender, was redeemable in coin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25

To whom is Justly given the honor Of dis
covering the American continent?
PEDAGoGUE.
Probably to the Norsemen. History in
dicates that monks from Ireland discovered
Iceland about 725 A. D.; that Norsemen
discovered the country in $50, and settled
there in S74 A. D.; that Eric the Red dis
covered Greenland in 9s3, and that in 995
Bjarni, driven out of his course from Nor
way to, Iceland, sailed along the coasts of
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador
until he reached Greenland; so he dis
covered the continent Of North America
Five years later Left, son of Eric, lands in
Rhode Island; and colony is maintained
there for II years Prince Madoc, of Wales,
is said to have discovered America, and
other explorers have been noted az claim
ing the discovery. But, as the late Philip
H. Welsh said in his comic history of the
United States, Columbus was the first per-
SON with the business sagacity to use his
discovery; and SO, although he was not the
first, even of the fifteenth century explor-
ers, to discover the mainland, to him
properly must be given the credit of bring
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
What Is q dynamo? d
r. Z. 3.


Briefly, the dynamo Is the only means
known of generating powerful currents of
electricity in an economical manner. The
principle which underlies the construction
of all dynamos is the inductive effect of
magnetism. The electro-magnet, when mag
netised, gives off from its poles an influence
which may be ikened to rays of light issu-
ing from the point of illumination. What
are represented by "rays" in light are called
'1ines of force" in magnetism. A conduc-
tor or wire, caused to pass in front of either
pole, so as to cut the lines of force, will have
induced into it a current of electricity. It
is only momentary current, and so soon as
the motion is stopped the current ceases.
II, however, a number of wires are bound
around framework, say in the form
of wheel, and the wheel is ro-
tated, currents of electricity would
wire in succession. The wheel, or
combination of coils, is technically known
as an srmature. If the currents generated
are to be utilized means must be provided
for their passage from the wire in which
they are induced. This is done in very
simple way. A number of metal sections
are bound together in circular form, occu-
pying what would be the hub or center of
the wheel already mentioned, and this de-
vice, which is called collector or commu-
tator, is revolved with the armature, and
receives the currents of electricity that are
induced From the commutator the cur
rent is taken by, what is called brush,
which usually consists of plates of copper,
wire gauze or carbon One end of the
brush is allowed to rest on the commutator,
and the other has wire attached to it.
Thus, when the commutator revolves, each
section with its charge of current passes,
and is slightly rubbed by the brush through
it to the external circuit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-25
DAT LUCK OBJ MIME

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsrArcH.J
I'd des' lack ter know what's de reasun
Dat I'm de man sho' ter get lef
Ef 6ere's onny chance fer ter be dat
doan' unnerstan' hit myself
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-06-16
TACTS! FACTS! FACTS!
UNCLAIMED MONEY AND ESTATES.

Money and Estates awaiting distribution
among absent heirs.
1t is an undoubtcd, interesting, and impor.
tant fact, that during recent years the mum.
l,er OF properties ana sums ofmoney awaiting
distribution among missing heirs and legatees
are rapidly on the increase. Recognizing this
fact, have for some years past engaged to a
limited extent in the investigation OF such
matters, in which have lad great SUCCESS.
I, therefore, offer my services to those who
believe that they are entitled to participate in
the distribution of money or estates. All
correspondence confidential. No charge
unless successful. Call on or address r. A.
RACER Office-Colncr Second and Court
Streets, Frederick. Md. p. y. Box-173.
jan 20 6m
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-06-16

UTUA FIRE
Insurance Company OF Carroll County, Md.
established 1870. All persons desiring to m
sure their property from loss l'y fire, hy call
ing in person at my Office III Mechanlcstow own
or by writing to me can ascertain the charges
and any information they desire III reference
reinsurance in said Companies.
FRED'K WHITE.