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COUGHS AM COLDS.
Valuable Hints That May Prove
Beneficial to the Afflicted.
POPULAR ERRORS POINTED ODT.
The Sudden Stoppage of a Conga Some
times Yery Dangerous.
THE ONE REMEDY FOE INFANTS
A cough, if at all persistent, is quite sure
in any case to excite apprehension of serious
disturbance of the lungs. And yet, not
withstanding that fact,it is one of the symp
toms which is most often neglected or but
indifferently self-treated. Possibly the rea
son is that of the actual causes and signifi
cance of cough, comparatively little is
known to the non-professional. .Hence.it is
assumed that something of interest may be
said on the subject, particularly now, when
pneumonia is filling many graves. It really
ought not to be necessary to emphasize the
fact that a rough is never a disease by itself,
but is merely a symptom, and a salutary
one in a large proportion of cases. Many
people forget this; and in attempting to
treat themselves simply aim to stop the
congh, ignoring the fact that the actnal
trouble is something beyond, which must be
overcome before that mere manifestation
can be made to disappear.
"With only an occasional exception, where
a congh exists it is sent as a means of re
lieving some disturbance of the air passages
or the lungs. In the later stages of all irri
tations of the mucous membrane which lines
those parts there is an excess of the natural
secretion mucus, for it is by greater activity
' of the glands producing it that repair is ac
complished. In a cold in the head, for
instance, when it first comes on there is a
dryness, or what is called stuffiness of the
nose, which is exceedingly disagreeable.
The lining; membrane is then inflamed,
swollen and dry; there is very little, if any,
secretion. In a day or two, however, the
membrane begins to recover itself, and soon
secretes amnch greater quantity of mucus
than when in a normal state. By this ex
cessive flow the inflammation is, as it were,
washed awav. These same changes go on in
the deeper air passages after they have been
irritated, and the cough is sent as a means
of expelling the secretion, which without its
service would rapidly accumulate, and in
some situations threaten life.
COUGH CHABACTEEISTICS.
Coughs have certain characteristics which
suggest the natnre and seat of the disturb
ance which gives rise to them. Thus a
cough, dry, tight, painful, and often hoarse,
appears in the early stage of acute bron
chitis; while after the disease has advanced,
. the cough is much less annoying, and is
soft, deep and loose. A short hacking cough,
scarcly noticeable to the patient at first,
appears early in consumption. In the last
stages of that much dreaded malady the
cough is deep and distressing. In croup
the cough is at first hoarse and barking; if
the disease is of the membraneous form, then
the cough becomes whistling. In pneumo
nia it is short and sharp, something like
that in the first stages of consumption.
Whooping cough is so peculiar there is
no mistaking it. "What is termed by phy
sicians sympathetic or nervous cough, is
dryand hollow; this form is comparatively
rare. Tbe matters raised in coughing also
have characteristics which point to the seat
oi the disease. In sore throat and in early
bronchitis the sputa is white, thin and
mucuus; in the latter, when advanced, it is
somewhat greenish in color. In pneumonia
there is a form ot sputa which is an unmis
takable symptom of that disease; it is called
the rusty sputa, on account of its redish
tint, like that of iron rust. Thick, yellow
ish sputa is observed in consumption.
The most prevalent affection accompanied
by cough, here in the North in winter, is
bronchitis. That is generally preceded by a
cold in the head. The inflammation travels
down, affecting the throat more or less, and
enters the bronchial tubes. "When those are
reached there are added to the symptoms of
a cold a sense of tightness, and ot soreness or
rawness in the chest. These painful sensa
tions are especially aggravated by thecongh,
which is often incessant When such an at
tack 'as this comes on patients who treat
themselves, as a rule, direct their efforts
entirely to stopping the congh, without
giving much thought to the disorder which
excites it.
POPULAR EEEOBS.
The remedies which they usually take,
while bringing, perhaps, some relief, yet
more often do more harm than good, and,
really, in the first stage of acute bronchitis,
there is seldom great need of what passes
under the head of cough medicines. "While
there is soreness or rawness in the chest, the
patient shonld be confined to his bed and
kept on a light diet. Mustard poultices
should be applied morning and night, and
left on until the pain from them is intoler
able. After they are removed, a towel
wrung out of warm water should be applied,
and over that a dry one laid, and then sev
eral folds of flannel. In the meantime, un
less the cough is incessant, there will
scarcely be anyneedtogivemedicinesforit,
and certainly if any are used thev should be
wisely selected. Flaxseed tea is an excellent
drink, having a soothing effect in such cases.
It should be prepared in this way: Place
one ounce of bruised flaxseed and two
drachms of bruised licorice root in a jug,
and pour over them one pint of boiling
water. Lightly cover, and allow it to stand
for three or four hours near a fire. Strain
through linen, and, if desirable, add a very
little sugar or lemon juice. This should be
taken oiten, and in considerable quantities
each day. If the patient is not under the
care of a physician, and will not consult
one, notwithstanding his cough is very
troublesome, keeps him awake, etc., he
might have put up at. the druggist's a mix
ture of sweet spirits oijiitre, paragonc and
'ipecac, of each one-half an ounce. Of this
mixture the dose for an adult is one tea
spoonful, and it may be taken every two or
three hours, in a wine glass of water. A
popular remedy with many people for the
couch in early bronchitis is "rock and rye,"
a pleasant preparation, but altogether too
stimulating in snch an inflamed condition of
thabronchial tubes.
TO CUBE BBONCHITIS.
" After two or three days the cough in acute
bronchitis usually becomes soft and loose,
and the soreness and rawness in the chest
disappears. Then, instead of the medicine
advised, the syrup of wild cherry bark
should be taken in teaspoonful doses everv
three or four hours. If there is much to
raise (considerable expectoration), it will
be well to take, also, ot the syrup of squill
one-half a teaspoonful three or four times a
day. If one guards against exposure, the
affection is likely to subside quite rapidly;
less and Jess is raised, until finally the
amount of secretion is near that in health,
and the congh disappears. But as a
rule persons who are suffering from bron
chitis will not conne themselves long
enough to their rooms for a cure to be effect
ed, but will insist upon going out, and they
generally suffer some in consequence.
Where the bronchial tubes are yet inflamed,
or have recently been so, cold air is some
what irritating and excites coughing. There
fore, not unfrequentlv. as the result of the
indiscretion, a bronchial attack persists for
three or four weeks, or even longer. In such
cases the following mixture is often service
able, especially when the cough is inclined
to be tight and but little is raised: Muriate
p ?mtt?on5a and powdered licorice, each
one-half ounce; water, four ounces. Of
this, after .being well shaken, one
teaspoonlul may be taken bv an
adult, in a wineglassfnl of water, three
.or four times a day. It this medicine is
nsedifor a week, and the cough is not disap-
t- THE
pearing rapidly, then a physician ought by
all means to be consulted, it being remem
bered that acute bronchitis is very-liable to
run into the chronio form,whiclrototinately
resists a cure. Those who suffer from bron
chial cough are generally most troubled
with it at night, in coming on somewhat in
paroxysms. It the trouble has not long
persisted, wet packing the chestand drink
ing freely of cold water on retiring, lessens
much the liability to attacks. In bronchitis
of several weeks standing, cod liver oil
taken at night in whisky, the froth of beer
or coffee, has an admirable effect, loosing
and lessening the cough. The dose is one
or two tablespoonfuls, as can be well borne
on the stomach.
TO ALLAY TICKLING.
"A tickling in the throat" is what in
many cases excites much coughing. That
trouble may often be lessened by keeping
some confection, such as a gumdrop of
licorice, dissolving in the mouth. Patients
usually find much relief from.whiskv and
sugar. To a small quantity of the latter
just sufficient of tbe liquor is added to sat
urate it- A little of this taken occasionally
nas the desired effect. Sugar and powdered
sulphur, in equal quantities, is an old fash
ioned domestic remedy which was once
quite popular for a 'hacking cough, a
"pinch" being taken often as the cough
was troublesome. There is no knowing
how much actual good this preparation did.
It is, however, harmless, if .no more than a
teaspoonful is taken daily; and one would
be justified in giving it a trial, although it
is quite likely the good effect is largely in
the sugar.
As has already been stated, a purely
nervous cough is rarely met with. Such a
trouble is sympathetic; it is not due to dis
turbance in the air passages, but in some
other part of the system. In order to treat
it properly a knowledge of the actual excit
ing cause is absolutely necessary, and there
fore the advice of a physician is imperative.
A nervous element may be strongly marked
in any cough of long standing. That is in
very many cases the congh is more severe
and occurs oftener than is necessary to keep
the passages free. Coughing may not im
properly, then, be to a certain extent a habit
which it is possible to overcome.
PACTS TO THrsrCMivgrB.
In a lecture once delivered by the cele
brated Dr. Brown-Sequard he gave the fol
lowing directions, which may prove service
able to persons troubled with a nervous
congh: "Coughing can be stopped by press
ing on the nerves of the lips in the neigh
borhood of the nose. A pressure there may
prevent a cough when it is beginning.
Sneezing may be stopped by the same mech
anism. Pressing also in the neighborhood
of the ear may stop coughing. Pressing
very hard on the top of the month, inside,
is also a means of stopping coughing.
And, I may say, the will has immense
power, too. There was a French surgeon
who used to say, whenever he entered the
wards of a hospital: 'The first patient who
coughs will be deprived of food to-day.'
It was exceedingly rare that a patient
coughed then."
A word about giving cough medicines to
very young children. It cannot be known
that very much harm generally results from
their indiscriminate use. A cough in a baby
is sure to excite apprehension, and the aver
age mother doses it without delay. As a
rule the syrup of squill is the remedy chosen,
for that is the one most popular. In nine
cases out often altogether too much is given
the little patient, and, as a consequence, its
digestive organs are thoroughly upset, and
the trouble there created is infinitely more
serious than the cough. The dose of the
squill tor an adult is one-half a teaspoonful;
a person with a very strong stomach might
take one teaspoonful. Now, many mothers
in their ignorance of the use of the drug give
their infants scarcely a year old ss much at
one dose as would be proper for a grown per
son. The consequences can be readily esti
mated. In such instances only five or six
drops would be allowable. Flaxseed tea is
an admirable remedy for infantile coughs:
under its use alone many of them would! re
cover. Considering how extremely delicate
the mechanism oi a young child how easily
it is disturbed and seriously injured. If in
any ease this simple remedy does not prove
sufficient, then justice to the child demands
that it be intrusted to the care of a physi
cian. FIENDISH TRAIN WRECKERS.
An Express Derailed and the Engine and
Two Can Demolished.
Grand Bapids, Mich., April 18. The
8:40 Chicago express, on the Chicago and
"West Michigan Railroad, was wrecked
while running 30 miles an hour near Grand
ville last night. Someone had opened a
switch, and before Engineer Garney Conld
check its speed the locomotive was off the
track, bumping over ties, leaping an iight
foot cattle gnard and landing on iu side.
The engineer and fireman jumped and es
caped uninjured. The baggage car, the
smoker and locomotive were totally
wrecked.
A large number of passengers were
aboard, but none were hurt. General Man
ager Mulliken, of the road, and a party
were in the rear coach, the forward truck nf
which only left the track. There is no clew
to the tram wreckers.
Condemning a Turnpike.
The third hearing on a petition for the
condemnation of "the Bosstown and Mt.
Pleasant Turnpike Boad," running from
the village of Carlton to the county line, a
distance of seven miles, was held before the
master, "W. S. Patterson, yesterday after
noon. The testimony taken yesterday re
lated to the probable damages sustained by
the condemnation of the pike. The receiv
ers of to I testified that the receipts amount
to about 5300 per year. Another hearing
will be held next week.
Easter Morning
Is the most beautiful panel ever presented
as a souvenir. Presented all of this week
to each purchaser of 1 pound tea, 2 pound i
coffee, or 1 pound baking ponder, at all on -stores.
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
itwp
Easter Novelties.
"We call attention to Japanese flower
noiuers in various snapes, also eggs in por
celains, especially ior master.
JOS. F.ICKBAUM & Co.,
48 Fifth avenue.
Seo O nr Handkerchief Bargains Pare Linen
At 12 Wc and 15c, hemstitched 20c quality,
also the new drawn work corner style at 25c.
Jos. House & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Chest of Wedding Sliver
Containing any numoer of pieces in all the
very latest designs are a "specialty with E.
P. Roberts &Sons. t wp
White Suits
.From 2 to 16 years sizes. No such collec
tion has ever been seen at the People's
Store. Campbell & Sice.
83, 85, 87 and 89 Filth ave.
If Yon Want New Gloves for Easter
Come to our glove department. Kid and
silk, black and colors.
Hoene & Wabd, 41 Fifth ave.
New Dbess Goods Choice assortment
of plaids, checks and stripes, just opened;
two lines COe and 75c per yard.
invrsu - Huous &Hacke.
G. "W. Schmidt will sell yon one quart
or 1R80 pure rye export whiiky for fl, 95
and K7 Fifth avenue, citv.
Don't Fnll
To get "Easter lorniug" panel; at all the
stores of the Great Atlantic aud Pacific Tea
Co. this wcik. SIWP
PITTSBURG
BOTH ACT TOGETHER.
Westinghouse and Edison Join Hands
in a Big Electric Suit
FOE INFBINGEMENT OF PATENTS.
A Voluntary Flea of Manslaughter In the
Draper Murder Case.
GENERAL NEWS OP TEE COtJNTI COURTS
An electric litigation commenced yester
day in New York, the results of Which will
be watched with great interest by all the
electric companies of the "United States, be
cause it is to be made a test case of estab
lishing the rights of a patent which was ap
plied for seven years ago. The invention,
which is covered by the patent, has for sev
eral years been in use by most of the electric
companies in the country.
The suit was entered by the United States
Electric Company, as lessee of the "Westing
house Electric Company, against the Man
hattan Electric Light Company, Lim., of
New York, ior using electrio apparatus in
vented by .Edward "Weston, assignee to the
"Westinghouse Electric Company. The in
vention involves the construction of arma
tures for electric generators and other ap
paratus. Mr. "Weston applied for the patent
of his invention in 1882, and it was only
issued last Tuesday. The delay was oc
casioned by a protracted interference of
Thomas A. Edison. This interference ter
minated in the award of the patent to Mr.
"Weston.
Mr. Edison, however, who from the be
ginning realized the importance of the in
vention, as well as the fact that "Weston
wonld get his patent, obtained thereupon
from the TJnited States Electric Company a
license to operate the invention under the
patent On this account the patent can
only" be legitimately used by the "Westing
bouse interests and by the Edison company.
For this reason all the other companies, who
have aLo been operating under this patent
tbe invention, which is of great importance
and necessity to many direct and alternating
current apparatus, all electric companies,
except the Edison, are liable for infringe
ment. The object of the suit, therefore, is to
make these companies either cease using
the invention or else pay a royalty to the
"Westinghouse company.
A peculiarity of the case is that this is
the first time the interests of "Westinghouse
and Edison are identical, because the result
of the snit will affect them in tbe same man
ner. SURPRISE IN COURT
Becanso of a Voluntary Plea of Man
slaughter in Draper's Case.
The trial of "William Draper, charged
with the murder of George "Whalen at a
picnic held at Tom's Bun, June 24, 1888,
was continued yesterday morning before
Judge Magee. G. P. F. Wilhelm was first
called, and testified to being at the picnic
and saw the wagon containing beer around
which was a crowd. The witness wonld
not permit the wsgon to remain in the
grounds.
S. Martin was at the picnic and saw the
wagon and crowd near the gate, among
whom were the "Whalen brothers. He heard
the remarks "be sure of your man" and
"tell him you will fight him fair and if he
does anything dirty, ." The witness
heard no more until a shot was tired and saw
a man run toward the hill.
After the noon recess considerable sur
prise was manifested by B. H. Johnston,
Esq., counsel for the defendant, stating that
if the prosecution would withdraw the in
dictment for murder in the first degree, he
would put in a plea of voluntary man
slaughter. The prosecution accepted and
the jury was dismissed.
A large number of witnesses were then
called who were not of the "Whalen party
to show extenuating circumstances in favor
of the action taken by Draper. -Louis
Trimble was at the picnic, and saw a large
crowd around the wagon. He approached
and saw a man knocked down and then
heard a pistol shot, He could recognize
none of the parties.
John "Woods and Daniel McGinniss heard
of the affair and were at the picnic. Their
testimony, however, was so shaky that it
was characterized as "moonlight imagin
ation" by District Attorney Porter, and the
witnesses were dismissed. Henry Blymeyer,
John Nicholas, "William Askell and John
Plumber testified to seeing a man resem
bling. Draper knocked down in a crowd
around a beer wagon.
The defendant, "William Draper, was
placed on the stand. He was very much at
ease, and told the story of the trouble in a
straightforward manner. He left home in
company with a number of companions for
the picnic. Joseph Mitchell gave him a
revolver to carry for him. He had only
taken a little liquor. A largo crowd was
around one wagon. "About 10 o'clock at
night I went up to get a glass of beer, but
was refused," said the witness. "Then I
said 'I have money to pay for it' Some
one on the wagon called me a
, ancl I said 'don't call me
that again.' Then a party jumped
from the vagon and dealt me a powerful
blpw on the head with his fist. I was
knocked down and then took my revolver
and shot, at no one in particular, as I felt
dazed. I then ran up the hill and was pur
sued. After making my escape I went to
Indian Territory and subsequently surren
dered to the police officials in Kentuckv."
Detective Gilkinson testified to the con
fession received from Draper. The above
testimony closed the case. Judge Magee
will sentence Draper to-morrow.
ARGUaiENTS TO-DAX"
In tho Weighty Case of Lock and Dam Con
demnation. The taking of testimony in the proceed
ings to condemn lock No. 7, on the Monon
gahela river, was finished yesterday. Colo
nel R. T. Merrill testified that when the
lock was finished in 1884 the cement was in
good condition and the work looked all
right C. L McDonnell, who built the lock,
testified to the same effect
"William Martin, engineer at the Davis
Island dam, had passed through the lock
twice in 1887. The lower endot the river
wall was displaced and some of the joints
were open for two inches. He was asked
about the cement used and said they had
used a small quantity of it on a pair of
steps; it swelled; and wenld not hold. To
make a good job the river wall of lock No.
7 would have to be rebuilt
John "W. Arras, a civil engineer, said 30
feet of the river wall 'will have to be rebuilt.
If properljr constructed at first a dam will
improve with age; but if not built right it
cannot improve.
James H. Harlow, the engineer who had
charge of the dam when it was built,thought
the cement was all right when he used it
He had since found that it swells and parts
from the stone.
The arguments will take place this morn
ing. Mr Shiras will open, Mr. Allen will
follow and Mr. Carnahan Vill close.
It Was Compromised.
The contest of the will of the late "Wm.
Beynon was concluded yesterday by the
withdrawal of the caveat and the admitting
of the will to probate by Register Conner.
Beynon was an old man whe he married
the second time, taking for his second wife
a young woman. At his death it was found
that ho had left all his property to his
widow, not even mentioning in his will spy
PITTSBURG, ZRIDAT, APRIL
of his five children by his first wife. The
children at once filed a caveat protesting
against the admission of the will to probate,
alleging undue influence, etc. Before the
case was decided, however a compromise
was effected, the widow waiving her right
to letters testamentary and of administra
tion, and the will was admitted to probate.
A Dnmage Knit.
John Huckestein, yesterday, filed a state
ment in his suit against the Nunnery Hill
Incline Plane Company, to recover for
damages to his property on Fairmonnt
street, Allegheny, resulting from the build
ing of the Inclined plane. The amount
claimed by Mr. Huckestein is $30,000. He
has bis dwelling house and grounds, and
also a brickyard, on Fairmont street The
incline company in taking a right of way
took the entire front of the lot on which his
house is erected, injuring the property.
They also went through his brickyard,
dividing it in two.
Plenty of Divorces.
Decrees in divorce were granted yesterday
in the following cases: Anna Margaret
Sarver against John G. Sarver; Calvin A
"Watson against Ada S. "Watson; Mary E.
Brown against Lewis Brown: Joseph
rGreenstein against Sarah Greenstein; Sirah
A. Sterns against Lewis S. Sterns; .Mar
garet Musser against Frank P. Musser;
William Deisroth against Christine Deise
roth. Legal Tender.
Sat ubd ay's trial list is as follows In the
Criminal Court: Commonwealth vs George
Glljrh, Thomas McCloy, Samuel Moyer, Ed
ward Butler. Barney and Albert Fryer.
Ik the suit of Barbara Stembrunner against
the Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company
for damages for the death of her husband, who
was struck by a train and killed while driving
across the track in a wagon, a verdict was ren
dered yesterday giving Mrs. Stembrunner
$5,000.
The Rev. Walter S, Lowry, of Allegheny,
yesterday entered suit against bis landlady,
Mrs. Charlotte K Hoag, for $2,000 damages.
Mr. Lowry states that he rents a house from
Mrs. Hoag. It took about three weeks to com
plete repairs to his house, and during that
time the house was flooded with rain and Mr.
Lowry's goods damaged.
AWFUL WORK OP A WAT WARD SON.
He Shoots HI Father, Fires the House, and
Then Killi Hlm.elf.
Spbingpield, Mass.; April 18. "West
Farms, a farming hamlet lying midway be
tween "Westfield and Montgomery, five
miles from "Westfield Center, was the scene
of a horrible double tragedy this morning.
Joseph King, a wealthy, well-known
citizen, 78 years of age, was shot and killed
by Edgar King, his eldest son, and the
house fired and burned. Sometime after,
shots heards near by directed the assembled
neighbors to a spot 20 rods away, where the
murderer was found lying in a pool of
blood, having shot himself. The cause of
the crime is traceable to an unbalanced
mind, caused by dissolute habits.
The murderer and suicide had planned
for the deeds he committed. A few days ago
he gave to Charles dark a sealed manu
script, which he requested him to keep and
not open until some time in the future, say
ing he would soon go away and that the let
ter would reveal why he went and where he
would be. The papers were read to-day,
and reveal the determination of Edgar to
kill his father and also his aunt- The final
act was to be his own death. All this, with
one exception, has been done.
Edear was once in narinershin in the bus
iness of making whips, was worth copsidsr--,
aoie property, ana was married, hix years
ago his wile procured a divorce on the
ground of drunkenness. "When his property
was gone he led a bad life, and got what
money he could from his father, until the
latter refused to give any more.
The story of the morning is a brief one.
Mr. King wasJying asleep in bed, and his
wife, who had not undressed, was on a sofa
in the same room. It was about 2 o'clock
that she was awakened by revolver shots.
The son had stolen in through the sitting
room, and, without a word, aimed closely
and fired three shots into the body of his
father. One shot took effect fiver the right
eye, one in the neck and one in the breast
Death was instantaneous. The son's only
reply to his mother's pleadings was to send
for Clarke. He then vainly endeavored to
enter the room occupied by his two aunts,
Mrs. Tuttle and Mrs. Moore. Failing in
this, he retired to the woodshed, setting fire
to the house, after which he disappeared,
and was not seen again until his dead body
was found.
PENNSYLVANIA INVENTORS.
The 1.1st of Patents Granted to Parties in
the Keystone State.
Washington, D. C, April 18. The
following is the list of patents issued from
the United Sates Patent Office for the past
week, for the State of Pennsylvania, as fur
nished by Milo B. Stevens & Co., solicitors
patents and claims, Glover Building,
"Washington, D. C.
Henry Aiken, Homestead, mill appliance: WIll
Hm F. Beiton, deceased, Greenville, J. O. Bel
ton, administrator, washing machine: Carl O. C
llulberp. Philadelphia, assignor to T. H. and G.
A. Daliett, Tnornburr, dynamo armature; Wm.
U. Drown, Johnstown, assignor to Johnson Steel
htreet Ball Company or Kentucky, cast metal
brace chaU for girder rails; Frederick Colley,
Johnstown, aslpnor to Johnson Steel Ball Com
pany. ofKentucicy, rolls for rolling three-flanged
slot rails, two rolls for rolling bulb-welded slot
rails, three rolls for rolling Z-shaped slot rails;
George A. Cooke, Philadelphia, Pa , photograph
ing Instrument; Clias. V. Cox and T. E. Van
llyfce, Philadelphia, Pa., electric lantern: Stan
ley a C. C'urrJe, Philadelphia, assignor to united
Electric Improvement Company, Albert
C. Darrsgb, Allegheny, oil filter:
Wellington Downing, Erie, paper folding ma
chine; William H. Englehard, Espey. milter box;
John H. Fredericks. Xockhaven. sifter: Robert
P. Garsed, Norrlstown, pneumatic bell; Henry
E. Gemrlg, Philadelphia, surgeon's knlfe;Charles
A. Glldemeycr, Haddonfield. N. J., assignor of
one-half to M. Rush, Philadelphia, electric wire
nail: Philip J. Grau, assignor to J. G. Donohue.
Philadelphia, low water Indicator for steam boil
ers: George E. Harris, Lawrenceyille, vehicle
spring: Frank Hebden, Philadelphia, shuttle box
Eattcrn mechanism for looms for wearing fabrics
avlngend borders: James W. Ivory, Philadel
phia, dredge box; Sylvester Jenkins, assignor of
one-hair to W. E. Uoan, Jr.. Lansdale, apparatus
for delivering liquids; Philip Lesser, BldgewaTi
gas burner for heating purposes; George W.Mnd
sey, Baltimore, assignor of one-third to J. B.
Budding, York, Pa., barrel cover; Thaddeus
S. C. .Lowe. Korrlstown, assignor to Guar
antee Trust and bafe Deposit ComDany,
trustees of Pennsylvania, apparatus for the
manufacture of gas; Henry E. ilarchand, Pltts
bnrg, machine for making hoes and shovels: Os
car D. McClellin, assignor by mesne assignments
to Sanitary and Fertilizer Company of the United
States, Philadelphia, feculent-matter receiver
William H. illfllVen, Philadelphia, elevator:
Alex. K. Murray and C. il.. Bradford, artificial
fuel; Benjamin H. Naves, assignor toF. Shubert
and J. O. Co tt Ingham, Philadelphia, snatch
'olock; William II. Newell, Philadelphia, basin or
bath waste and overflow; William H. Piper. Alle
gheny, lifting Jack: George N. filler, Braddock,
tube coupling: Anthony Koolors, Philadelphia,
candlestick; Horace C. Seplr. Phll.Haini.i. .!
gar making machine; James ll. Sternbergb,
screw cutting machine: (2), screw cutting ma
chine: Gilbert T. Butterley, Philadelphia, brace:
Max A. Zurcher, Puoenlxrllle, rallwaycar: (2),
railway car frame; (3), railway car.
Roberta ot Sons Wedding- Gifts
Are par excellence in beauty and style.
Their mammoth establishment is filled with
hundreds of new and novel appropriate arti
cles; corner Fifth ave. and Market st wp
See Onr Handkerchief Bargains Pore Linen
At 12c and 15c, hemstitched 20o quality,
also the new drawn work corner style at 25c.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Black Goods An elegant line of plain
and friesse grenadines, crepe dn cpene,
twisted silks, etc., just opened.
MWPSU HCGTJS & HACEE.
Eaiter Paper,
In new sizes and shades, stamped in white,
the newest thing. Very chaste and beauti
ful. Jos. Eichbaum & Co.,
48 Fifth avenue.
DISPATCH
19, 1889.
THE FARMERS' FRIEND
Steady Advance of the Barometer
tjpon Time-Honored Prejudices.
ALL HUMAN SIGNS HAVE FAILED,
And the 'Mechanical Weatber Prophet is
the Proper Thing
AMONG THE GRANGERS OP THI3 COUNT!
Ex-Councilman Porter C. Friend has
been farming both for pleasure and profit
out the Stenbenville pike, and his expe
rience with a barometer is a practical sug
gestion of farmers' needs. A large portion
of the rural population does not take kindly
to innovation, though the story of the"
farmer whipping his boy for dividing the
corn in the sack before putting it on his
horse's back to take to mijl has an odor
of fabrication. -Many farmers opposed the
threshing machine at first, fearing that its
use might be.lmpious, and the machine an
arch enemy of mankind intended to pro
mole idleness. They took to the lightning
rod more kindly than most other inventions,
thongh its nomination could never be made
unanimous.
Many of the barriers of prejudice hare
been broken down, but the barometer has
not yet gotten much of a foothold. Some
wideawake farmers along the lines of rail
way consult the signal service bulletins,
but sometimes, as observed by J. B. Flack,
Esq., when a young and inexperienced man
has been put in charge-of the bureau and
frequently pulls the corks at the wrong time
the faith of the simple hearted granger is
sadly shaken.
HUMAITTJAROSIETEESTLAYED OUT.
Previous to 1860 every farmer of any ex
perience was a tolerably good barometer,
but since then the weather has been as
fickle as a maid of sweet 16, and though
maple and cabbage leaves may turn up, pigs
grunt and squeal, the peacockloudly howl,
etc., it may not rain, and though all signs
be to the contrary it may. When the ir
regularities were first noticed some people
attributed them to atmospherio disturbance
caused by heavy cannonading, but as that
has been over for 24 years the shattered
atmospheric strata should be composed bv
this time. It seems more likely the wood
man's ax and tbe drainage 9t marshes have
been the main causes of fickleness in the
weather department
"When Mr. Friend invested in a barometer
he had no definite idea of what he should
do with it other than hang it up, as he
didn't feel particularly .interested in mete
orology, and when he suggested its possible
utility to his farmer.the latter eyed it across
his nose and grunted contemptuously. This
estimation held in the farmer's mind until
one bright morning when he had several
tons of grass cut ana ready to haul in. He
proposed, as the weather was fine, to con
tinue cutting and leave the mowing to a
future time. Mr. Friend had looked at the
barometer, and it said "rain" unmistaka
bly, so he advised the farmer to let the rest
of the grass stand and take intothe,barn
what was cnt The' farmer dissented
strongly, but was finally perailed on to put
trust in the barometer.
AH UNPALTEBnjG PA2XH.
Scarcely had the cut jTrass been housed
when" the foods' dtteififfed and the rain
beat, but faith founded on barometrical pre
dictions saved that hay, while Mr. Friend's
neighbors, who had consulted the mere ap
pearance of the sky had an immense
amount of hay spoiled or badly damaged.
Since then that farmer has had his eye
glued to that barometer as closely as that of
the mariner is on the pole star. He "can't
keep house without it, and as Mr. Friend
persists in keeping it in his own house, and
as he doesn't follow Franklin's advice to
arise ere the dew Is off, a compromise has
been effected whereby the instrument is
placed opposite a window at night, and Mr.
Friend states that lie is frequently awakened
by his man scratching a match to consult
the mechanical weather prophet
It is related of a gnarly, hard-working
farmer that he once had occasion to visit a
city where abode a famous lawyer. Thought
the farmer, "I may never have another op
portunity, so I will now call on this lawyer
and get advice." As the farmer had no
lawsuit on hand, the lawyer was at first
puzzled to know what advice to give. But
as an intimation that it would cost the
yokel $3 did not have the effect to drive him
away, the lawyer wrote a maxim on a slip
of paper, sealed it and told his client not to
open it until he got home.
ON LEGAL ADVICE.
That day his boys had cut several acres of
hay in a valley, and the next morning they
thought, as the weather promised to remain
fine for some time, thev would attend a pic
nic. A consultation was held, and it was
finally voted to trust to Providence and go
and have some fun. Just then the old man
recollected his visit to the lawyer, and said:
"I'm not such a fool as to pay f3 for legal
advice and not use it" Accordingly he
broke the seal and read, "Never pnt off
until to-morrow what you can do to-day."
Said he, "Boyswe'll get in that hay."
'Twas done, and tbe night following the
clouds broke and all the rest of the mown
hay in the valley was carried away, and the
people almost bankrupt, save this farmer
and his family who acted on "legal" advice.
As they continued to act on it and contin
ued to thrive, their secret of success finally
leaked out, and a few years later the neigh
borhood began to bny carpets, musical in
struments, pictures, etc., and reached a de
gree of rennementnever previously dreamed
6f.
Newton's discovery of the laws of gravi
tation was considerable in its way, but the
spread of scientific knowledge and distribu
tion of parameters, etc., among jural homes,
might work a greater revolution than ever
yet witnessed in economio progress.
HAYB A CIGAR?
A Grain Man's Clerks Enjoy a Joke at His
Ezpcnae.
A drummer left a box of fine cigars with
a well-known grain merchant in this city
for his own use. As the merchant did not
smoke, and is therefore a poor judge of a
cigar, he concluded it would be a good plan
to distribute them among his customers.
How his clerks were smokers, and they
like a good cigar, so they bought a lot of
cheap tobies and substituted them for the
high-priced Havanas. The innocent mer
chant ignorant of what had been done,
would usually say to a visitor: "Have a
good cigar on me. I think yon will enjoy
one," at the Bame time presenting the box.
The visitors generally looked at the mer
chant significantly.
. A New Thing in Shnvlns Soap.
Colgate Co.'s Demulcent Shaving Soap
contains peculiar ingredients for softening the
beard and cooling the skin.
See Onr Handkerchief Bargains Paro Linen
At 12Uc and 15c. hemstitched 20c duality;
also the new drawn work corner style at
25 cents.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Onr Ladies' SI Four Button Real Kid
Gloves, are the best in the land at this
price. Ask to see them.
Hoene & "Waed, 41 Fifth ave.
Smoke the best La Perla del Fumar clear
Havana Key "West cigars. Three for 25c.
u. w. bchmidt, as and vi ifiitn ave.
REFLEX1 TROUBLE.
That Is What Experts Call Daisy Hutchin
son's Ailment.
The inquiry as to the sanity of Daisy
Hutchinson was continued yesterday be
fore John Shoemaker, Esq., the maS'
ter in the case. Dr. B. S. Sutton
testified that he has known Daisy
Hutchinson since 1879, when she was a pa
tient at Passavant's Hospital. He had
talked with her before the hearing began,
and noticed no particular change in her
condition, other than she seemed to be
more irascible in temper. He thbught she
was a victim of a mild form of insanity,
which be thinks is the outcome of an ail
ment from which she suffered; her insanity
was what is called histromania. He
thought there was no necessity to put her in
an asylum, in fact it would be cruel to
Elace her there. Dr. Sutton informed his
earers that they were dealing with" a case
of reflex trouble, and not insanity. He
thonght, however, that she would at times
be a victim of a paroxysm of temper, and
might, while in that condition, do some
harm to either herself or relatives; while he
thought she should not be confined in an
asylum, there shonld be a guardian ap
pointed for her. She was never addicted to
the use of drags or intoxicating liquors of
anv kind.
"VVhile Dr. Sutton was giving his testi
mony Miss Hutchinson sat watching him
with a grave fa:e; when in the midst of the
examination the question of confining her
in a lunatic asylum was spoken ot she
broke down and left the room crying bit
terly. Dr. Sutton stated that the fact of her
breaking down was evidence that she was
not clearly insane.
li. Markowitz testified that he had known
Daisy Hutchinson for 13 years. "Within
the last six months she has betn acting
queerly, and some time ago she told him,
when speaking of a paper she was supposed
to have signed, that she did not know what
she was doing, that she was crazy. He also
stated that he met her on Grant street some
time ago, and she accosted him and acted
lske a crazy woman. He stated that she
sold her household effects to Nora Lee for
$1,500, and made rather the best ot the bar
gain, as the goods were not worth half of
that amount
After hearing this witness an adjourn
ment was made until this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
A SUCH MISTAKEN MAN.
He Thonsht He Knew the Town bat
Learned He Was a Hayseed.
Detroit Free Fress.
"Can I speak to yon a uf&ment?" quietly
asked a young man of Officer Button at the
Third street depot the other day.
'Tes, sir. What is it? Why, sir, you are
all battered up. Yon look as if you had
been run over."
"Don't you remember that I landed here
yesterday forenoon with my hat on my ear
and conceit in my eye? I spoke to you right
over there."
"Oh, yes."
"I told you I was no hayseed."
"Yes. you did."
"And that flies didn't stay on me."
"Yes."
"And that th man who took me for a
spring chicken would get left"
"I remember." '
"Well, I want to apologize to you."
"Tome? What for?"
"For treating your fatherly advice with
scorn and contempt- I thought I had seen
the elephant I boasted that I knew the
ropes.v I haye been swindled, dragged,
lifced, knocked otKHlcppca-ow,Tobbe.d aiffl
rolled In ihe mud, and am going home to
drink pumpkin tonio for the rest of the
year. Officer, forgive me and sometimes
think kindly of me when I am far, far
away."
OFFICIAL ACT1TITI.
Good Friday Will Not be Observed bj
Public Servants.
Good Friday will be observed but little
as a legal holiday around City Hall. The
Mayor's and Controller's offices will be open
and bdth those officials expect to be on hand
as usual. Chief Bigelow has also ordered
nearly all his offices to be opened up as
usual and the Department of Public Works
will transact considerable business. The
Department of Public Safety will also run
along abont as usual. The Building In
spector's office employes and' the elevator
man will be on hand.
The postoffice people will do business the
same as any other day, tho windows being
open all day and the usual number of col
lections and deliveries.
The county and Federal courts, however,
will be closed for the day.
MILK GETS CHEAP.
The Creamery Company Supplies Retailers
nt Wholesale Prices.
Mr. Beed, of the CEartiers Creamery
Company, yesterday sent his agents all over
the city to drum up grocers and retail milk
dealers to take their fnture supply of milk
from him. The Creamery Company pro
poses to sell the milk to the grocers at 12
cents per gallon in the summer and at 20
cents in the winter.
The Producers' Union claim this to be a
great move against the dealers, because the
grocer is now enabled to get milk 5 cents
cheaper than the dealer ever furnished it.
The dealers say, however, that their cus
tomers will sooner pay them 17 cents for
milk than Mr. Beed.
New Way to Catch Itnti.
Carralton ;Ga.)TImes.1
Mr. S. E. Helton, of near Curtis, tells us
ot a novel way he has of catching rats. He
fills a washtub two-thirds full of water,
covers the water with cotton seed and
sprinkles a handful of meal on the seed.
The rat comes, jumps into the pot and is
drowned before it can get ont. Mr. Helton
says he bas caught at least 75 in the past
ten days, having got 15 in one night Bats
are a great pest and all farmers shonld try
this method of catching them.
Women In Jail.
Lizzie Davis was committed to jail yester
day by Alderman Eeilly for a hearing this
evening on a charge of selling liquor with
out license, at 216 Fifth avenue, on oath
of Constable Mclnerney. Mary Cornelius
will also have a hearing this evening before
the same magistrate on charges of keening a
bawdy house and selling liquor without
license.
Black Dbess Laces Entire new de
signs in chantilly flouncings, and best and
cheapest assortment ot fish, Bussian and
La Tosca nets in the city.
MWTSU HUGTS &2HACKE.
New Jackets by tbe Hundreds To-Day
In onr cloak room all the latest styles.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
FarasolaandLong-Handled Umbrellas.
All the novelties on display Friday and
Saturday. Come in and see them.
House & Wabd. 41 Fifth ave.
The celebrated XXX 1853 pure rye
whisky, the finest in the United States, can
always be had at O. W. Schmidt's, 95 and
97 Fifth avenue.
Faster Teck scarfs at James H. Aiken
& Co.'i, 100 Fifth ave.
Fine watch repairing, lowest prices, at
Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth avenue.
PAGES 9 TO 12.
AUGUST SPIES' SPIEIT
Eeturns to Say That Governments Are
Godly Institutions and
TflATANAECHISM IS ALLWEONG.
He Suffers in the Spirit World for the EtU
He Did on Earth.
WILL NOT TALK ABOUT iflS PR01T WIPB
israelii. IXUSXIK TO THX DISPATCH.!
FrsDLAT, April 18. On West Sandusky
street in this city the section famous for its
ld families and handsome residences live
several well-known society ladies who are ar
dent and enthusiastic Spiritualists. Almost
nightly they meet in small circles and hold
communion with the inhabitants of that
land which is supposed to be beyond earth's
tears and fears; and many are the strange
messages they profess to receive from the
unseen world. Unlike most of those who.
assume to have the power to draw aside the
curtain separating the living from the dead,
these ladies claim they are frequently vis
ited by the spirits of those they never knew
on earth, who appear without invitation
and insist on unburdening their minds of
whatever seemingly onpresses them, doubt
less in the confidence that the message they
have to deliver will the more speedily reach
the person, br point, desiredjif intrusted to
women.
The other night a private seance was held
at an elegant mansion on West Sandusky
street, which was participated in by four or
five well-known and highly connected ladies,
one of the number acting as a medium.
To this circle, soon after it was formed,
came
THE SPIEIT OP AUGUST SPIE3,
the executed Anarchist, and insisted upon
delivering a message which he desired given
to the world.
He began by saying that since his soul
had put on the garments of immortality he
had become convinced that the doctrines he
had espoused while living, and for which
he had sacrificed his lite, were all wrong;
and that tbe earthly fate ot himself and as
sociates was but a natural sequence to the
teachings they had promulgated.
To a question from a medium as to
whether his condition in the- other world
was effected by his actions and belief, while
here on earth. Spies answered "Yes; I
have been made to feel and to suffer in the
spirit world for what I did, conscietionsly, as
an Anarchist while on earth, and each day
I am compelled to do penance for offenses
while in the flesh; and I can only hope, by
the most perfect obedience to the require
ments imposed on me in my present state,
to gain the peace which is attained by tho
celestial who bears all things meekly and
uncomplainingly. I therefore desire that
all my friends, and especially those in Chi
cago, who have leanings toward the doc
trines of anarchism, to at once discard all
the doctrines, and drive from their minds
whatever is not in harmony with the laws
of well organized government, for I am now
persuaded that governmentsare institutions
of God, through which all the world will
ultimately be saved and brought into His
kingdom."
WOULD IfOT TALK ABOUT OT2TA.
When asked what the Anarchists, in
spirit land, thought of the effort now being
made to secure a pardon for his comrade.
'Keebe, who escaped the scaffold and is now
Ueriin--troc1tlieoUetjeni. .
tenuary, spies repueu.
"We thinksthe movement an act 6T
mercy, and in our way we are doing every
thing possible to secure a pardon for Neebe,
being assured by the spirit powers that
work of this character will do much toward
bringing to us that peace of soul for which
we now hunger and thirst"
To the inquiry as to whether he ever com
municated with his proxy wife Nina, the
spirit of the dead Anarchist refused to
answer, only so far as to say that the rela
tion existing between hnsband and wife,
both oa earth and in the land of souls, was
too sacred to be the subject of conversation
between strangers.
This lastquestion, it also appears, offend
ed the spirit, lor despite the most persistent
efforts of the medium, not another word
could be obtained. Indeed, it seems to have
angered the whole spirit kingdom for the
time being, as nothing more from the farther
shore was vouchsafed that night, and the
circle soon dissolved, but not until the me
dium bad written out this interview with
Spies, which was" attested by all the ladies
present
The interview, substantially as given by
the medium, came into the hands of The
Dispatch correspondent on the promise
that the names of the ladies would not be
given publicity, as they da not crave spirit
ualistic notoriety.
PITTSB0RG TO THE PR0OT.
A TonnK Ulan From Here Has a Chicago
Firm Arrested for Swindling-.
Chicago, April 18. F. G. Loomis and
H. C. Loomis, of the Century Book and
Paper Company, were arrested again this
morning on another complaintof conspiracy
to obtain money under false pretenses. The
warrant was taken out before Justice Lyon
by Morton Smith, a young man from Pitts
burg, who claims to have been swindled out
of 285 by the same peculiar scheme which
cost Adam Baker, of Des Moines, Iowa,
$1,000, a man from Toledo $1,500 and a
number of others different sums. The Loom is
brothers were granted a continuance for five
days under 500 bonds each.
IMITATION LARD HOST PAI DUTT.
Franco Tired of Admitting Cottonseed Oil
Under nn Alias.
WASHiKOTOir, April 18. The United
States Consul at Havre, nnder date of April
4, informs the State Department that from
and after May 1 next, a duty of 60 cents per
100 pounds net will be levied on all impor
tations into France of lard mixed with
cottonseed oil, irrespective of the percentage
of such mixture, and that all lard imported
from the United States will be subject to
goyernmental examination.
SUPPRESSING THE SLATE TRADE.
Portngnese Vessels Capturing Vessels En
gaged in the Obnoxious Bnsinesa.
Washington, April ia The Depart
ment of State is in receipt of information
from the United States Consul at Mozam
bique that the Portuguese vessels engaged
in blockading tbe African coast, in order to
suppress the slave trade, have captured
three slavers. The blockade will be further
extended.
To be Cared For.
Major W. W. Greenland, the Quarter
master of the Second Brigade, N. G. P., re
turned from New York yesterday, where he
made arrangements for the soldiers, who are
going to New York on the coming centen
nial celebration. He stated that everything
will be prepared for the men, so as to assure
them good quarters and maintenance for the
time they will be there.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Beware of imitations.
New Jackets by the Hundred To-Bay
In our cloak room all the latest styles.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stem.
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