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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY, MARCH 4. 1890.
ALIVE AND THRITIN6
Bearer Falls Folks Too Bnsy to Take
an Interest in Politics.
COW LN'SURAME SOCIETY DEAD.
A Co-Operatira Association That Co-Operates
and Makes Money.
rUBLIC mraVMElTS IX rfiOGEESS
Beaver Falls is not niakin; much noise
these days, not hair so much as she did in
the days when the heathen Chinese came to
malfe knives at the cutlery works, but she is
forcing ahead at an astonishing rate never
theless The town is interesting to Pitts
burg and Allegheny people from the fact
that most of its population is a collection ot
lmy hives or colonies that have swarmed
from time to time in this city. The shovel
works, file works, saw works, Hartman's
wire fence works, and in fact all the mills
and factories in the town are running lull
head, and the shovel works are on double
turn.
One of the most interesting experiments
ot the past decade has resulted successfully
in Beaver Falls. The enterprise Giass
Companv was orcaniz-d in March, 1S79, and
began to till orders in June ot the same
year. The factory which was burned the
21th of last October, has been rebuilt and
the blowers began blowing ag-iin last Tues
iav week.
Thp comp3n v has ever since it began work,
in 1S79, been unable to fill it3 orders; its
stock sells away up, and outsiders cannot
get any of it. " AVhen a member dies, or
wants to retire, the company absorbs his
stock. It may eventually become a grasp
ing, toulless corporation, but up to the pref
ect time it is a shining example of co-operation,
that has really co-operated, and that
not on the communistic plan. Its members
:nix their religion, politics, etc., to suit
themselves and are only communists in a
business sense. They were originally
glassworkers who were disgusted
with the result of frequent and long strikes
and
CONCLUDED TO BE PROPRIETORS.
Their new factory is perhaps the finest of
its kind in the United States. It is an iron
clad, two stories high, and with a large
basement and covers, independent of out
buildings, 132x200 feet. The whole build
ing is heated by steampipes, and can be
thrown open on all sides, so as to be cool in
hot weather. The partitions are also iron,
so there is little danger of fire. Its present
capacitv is ten-pot, which will be increased
to 24, as orders cannot be filled with the
present rate ot working. The little Pitts
burg colony is compact, and almost all the
members have bought and paid for homes
out of their earnings in the last ten years,
and their capital is intact The secret of
success in this case has been, and yet is,
that while each member of the company is
just as large socially and generally as Man
ager J C. Weigel, his managerial capacity
is respected by all, and each leels that he is
something more than :t cog in a machine,
and that his interest is that of all, a thing
that is but rarely perfectly understood in
co-operative enterprises.
"wouldn't know it kott.
Could Marcus Tulliera Cicero Gould.
James Patterson, the elder Bradford, Town
send, and the other spirits that in olden
time led the van of progress in Old Brigh
ton and vicinity revisit "the glimpses of
the moon" the' would not know Beaver
Falls. "When the Enterprise factory was
built a mile above Brighton station, on the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway, it was in
the outskirts ol the town, and now it is
about central. Economite money give the
impetus, and natural gas and position have
done tne ret.
Progress, however, has killed one branch
ol business. The Cow Insurance Company
no longer exists. A year ago an anti-com
mon-cow-pasture Council was elected. Ivine
no longer graze on the out-lots, and roll their
great souluil eyes at passeng rs as they
whirl by on the three railroads that skirt
the town, and insurance society found
its occupation gone. The Cow Society,
however, still holds its weekly meetings,
and the members enjoy themselves as of
yore.
Liquor sellers expect a more liberal dis
tribution of licenses this year than for sev
eral years past, and this is about the only
bone of contention the people have to
wrangle about now, and they are too bnsy
generally to give even that question much
thought.
Preparations are in progress for the build
ing of another dam this season which will
give a mile of a splendid sheet of water for
pleasure boats and aquatics generally.
"William Scharff, the ex-oarsman, however,
is more interested in glass blowing now than
in rowing. There is more money and in
finitely more satisfaction in the lormer than
in the latter occupation.
ADVOCATES OF THE DAM.
The McKnight Fishing Club members
are ardent advocates of the dam, which will
be utilized for power as well as pleasure.
The town is already furnished with electric
light produced bv water power, but there is
some compHint that the source of the power
is not as well regulated as it might be.
Dick Myers, who has been at death's
door for some time past with typhoid fever,
is thought to be convalescent now. His
critical condition has cast a shadow over the
Cow Society lately.
"All but the approaches to the new Tenth
street bridge have been finished. It is ex
pected to be a dividend payer almost from
the start.
The population of all the towns
from Vanport, Beaver, Rochester,
New Brighton, Beaver Falls and the
galaxy ot other boroughs is sighing for
an electric railway that will connect them
all. They argue that there isn't a particle
of donbt that the venture will pay. The
solitary horse car line which runs from New
Brighton station to the upper part of Beaver
Falls was a 6 per cent payer from the start,
though the company laid the track amid
much ioreboding.
LOST ITS GRIP.
The old-time Quaker element has lost its
grip, or at least its conservative spirit.which
half a century ago had the creditor prevent
ing that valley from being the Fall River of
Pennsylvania. A. few people deplore the
political corruption that they say is growing
taster than population, and sigh for the sim
plicity and peace which reigned when every
family kept a cow and the professional"
dairyman was unknown, but the majority
are satisfied with the change that has raised
the price o land from S-50 to 5,000 an acre,
even though vice may have kept pace with
growth.
WILL FOWtU IN falCKNESS.
Tiio Desire to Live Una Broacht Many a
Man TUroach to Ilenllb.
Aiccent writer says that persons who
earnestly desire to live can keep a mortal
disease at bay niuMi longer than those who
are comparatively indifferent to their fate.
A resolute determination not to succumb is,
ascveryanny surgeon knows,the salvation of
many a wounded soldier, who without it
would assuredly die. In the Crimean war
the mortality among the wounded Turks
was much greater than among the wounded
French and English. The latter wrestled
stoutly with death and olten baffled him
when their doom seemed inevitable; but the
predestinarian Mussulman, when danger
ously injured, said "Kismet," turned his
face toward Mecca, and gave up the ghost.
Love ot lile and strength of will, have, be
yond question, been the means of restoring to
health thousands of patients who but or
these inevitable qualities must have per
ished.
WEAKstomacli.beecnam'sPills actlike ma"lc
1'BARS' Soap secures a beautiful complexion.
Try a case of Pilsner Beer,
teemed brew for family use.
The most es-
THE CHIMERA AND PI10EXIX.
A Mythical Mammal nnd n Bird That Figure
Largely In Mythology.
Newcastle (England) Chronicle.
A living chimera caused great jeopardy
of life and lmb in a district of Cyprus in
the time of the Crusaders. Cceur-de-Leon
is mentioned vaguely as having encountered
one there. The chimera possessed the head
of a lion breathing flames, the body of a
goat, and last, but not least, the tail of a
dragon. The most famous chimera was that
slain by Bellerophon, who was mounted on
the winged horse Pegasus, a mythical mam
mal of some small note. Nothing more is
known about the monster.
Unlike the chimera, the phcenix is of a
mild and retiring disposition. In appear
ance it resembles an eagle, but its plumage
is much more beautiful. This once famous
and revered bird has now descended to a
mundane and inglorious association, whh
insurance companies and iron foundries.
The phoenix lives 100 years, and then,
having found that life is not worth living,
constructs a funeral pyre, and burns itselt
upon it, having always recognized the bene
fits of cremation. From its ashes a new
phcenix arises, and so on ad infinitum.
Herodotus first brought the bird into
notice, and it is also mentioned in the Bible.
In the consulship of Quiutus Plancus, the
phcenix arrived in Egypt, was caught and
brought to Rome, as related by Piny. How
ever, the real home of the phcenix is in
Arabia, though some authorities support
Ethiopia and India. Again, its duration
of life is doubted, some affirming that it
lives 15 centuries instead of one. Alto
gether, everything is very vague about the
habits of the phcenix.
A DRUMMING FISU.
The Little Anlmnl Has n Very Interesting
Mmicnl Machine In It.
Newcastle, Eng , Chronicle.
At a recent meeting of the Berlin Physio
logical Society. Prof. Moebius described a
peculiar fish Balistes aculeatus which he
had met with in Mauritius. "While on a
visit to that island, last year, he observed a
bright blue-colored fish in the shallow
waters of the harbor, which, when caught
and held in the hand, emitted irom its
interior a most striking noise, like that of a
drum. A careful examination of the animal
failed to reveal any obvious movements,
with the exception of one part of the skin,
lying just beyond the gilt-slit, which was
in continuous vibration.
Tne portion of the skin which vibrates
stretches from the clavicle to the bronchial
arch, it is provided with four large bony
plates, and lies over the swim bladder,
which in this fish, for the most part, pro
jects out of the trunk muscles. Behind the
clavicle is a curiously shaped long bone,
which is attached to the clavicle at one
point in such a way as to form a lever with
two arms. The long arm of this bonv lever
is embedded iu the ventral trunk muscles,
and is capable of easy movement to and fro.
The short arm slides during this movement
over the rough inner side of the clavicle,
and gives rise to a crackling noise. This
noise is then intensified by the swim bladder,
which lies in close proximity to the short
arm of the lever, and acts as a resonator.
IDE GROWTH OF AN ISLAND.
Vhnt Warn n Shoal In 1SC7 li Now n Piece
of Land n Mile Square.
Newcastle, Eng., Chronicle.
In 1867 H. M. S. Falcon reported a snoal
in a position about 30 miles west of Namuka
Island of the Friendly or Tonga group. Ten
years later smoke was reported by H. M. S.
Sappho to be rising from the sea at this spot,
and eight later, in 1885, a volcanic island
was reported by a passing steamer, the Janet
Nichol.to have risen Irom the sea. In 1880 the
United States steamer Mohican visited the
new islands which bad emerged from the
ocean during a submarine eruption on Octo
ber 14 of the previous year when its length
was lound to be one and fonr-tenths of a
mile and its height 165 feet. JLast year the
island was thoroughly examined, and the
surrounding sea sounded by Her Majesty's
surveying ship Egeria, when it was found
to be one and one-tenth of a mile long and
nine-tenths of a mile wide.
A little steam issuing from cracks in the
Southern cliff was the sole sign of activity,
but there were many proofs existing that
the island still retains considerable heat
near the surface. From the condition of the
flat, it is apparent that it has neither risen
nor subsided during the past two or three
years. Unless there be a hard core, it seems
probable that its existence as an island will
be short. It has been named Falcon Island,
and soundiugs between it and Namuka
show that tbey are separated by a valley
6,000 feet deep.
WEAK1.NG 0LT SHOtS.
A Lone Walk In tho Wet Will Destroy tbo
Very Best of Footwear.
A writer, in answer to the question, "Are
more shoes worn out in wet than in dry
weather?" says there are more actually
worn out, particularly at the bottoms, when
the walking is fine; but the destruction of
shoes is at least 25 per cent greater during
wet spells. In the former case the shoes
have not the protection ol the rubber, and
they grind out rapidly; but then again, in
stormy seasons hundreds ot pairs of shoes
are caught in drenching rains without over
shoes, and they are more injured then than
they would be in a month of walking in dry
weather. A long walk in a thoroughly
soaked shoe causes it irreparable damaee.
The straining motions of the loot in this soft
mass wreak damage that could never be
possible in the same shoe when dry. Even
the soles ol shoes worn much in the wet,
especially those of the poorer grades, have
their term of usefulness considerably cur
tailed. CHINESE SHAKESPEARE.
An Incident That Shoves tbe Celestial Can
TJoderitnnil William.
Brooklvn Eagle.
A friend of mine has made qnite a study
of the Chinese who come to this city. He
not only studies their habits as exemplified
in the laundry, but through the kindness of
a charming young lady Sunday school
teacher has been able to follow John China
man into the school room. One of these
Celestials, the particular one who attends to
my friend's linen, has taken up the study
ol Shakespeare along with that of the
Bible. Anxious to ascertain if tbe China
man understood sufficient English to read
Shakespeare intelligently he said to him,
"What do the words 'go to' in this sentence
mean: 'Go to, i' faith, an' thou wilt needs
thrust thy neck into a yoke.' "
' 'Go to,' " said the Chinaman, "that is
allee same as 'Come off.' "
My friend is convinced thit many actors
know less of Shakespeare than does the
laundryman.
A Cnrions Epitaph.
Newcastle, Eng., Chronicle.
A gravestone in Ettriek Churchyard was
erected by the Ettriek Shepherd, and the
following inscription was composed by him:
Here Lyeth
Wm. Laidlaw.
Tbe far-famed Will o Phanp;
Who for feats of frolic, agility, and strength,
Had no equal in his day:
He was born at Craik, A. D. 1691,
And died in the 64th year of his age.
Held Over to Court.
Arthur Knight was arrested in New Cas
tle yesterday and brought to this city on a
warrant issued by Magistrate McKenna,
charging him with a serious assault The
information is made by a girl named Lizzie
Foster, who lives at 1627 Liberty street.
Knight was committed to jail to'await a
hearing.
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HOW TO GROW THIN.
A rrominent Physician's Interesting
Lecture on Obesity.
THE FOOD THAT MAKES ONE FAT.
A Yery Easy Method of Getting Bid of
Superfluous Flesh,
WITHOUT FASTING 0E USING DMJGS.
Kew York, March 3. At a meeting ot
the .New York Academy of Medicine the
paper of the evening was read by Dr. Walter
Mendelson. His subject was "The Physi
ological Treatment of Obesity." The most
recent investigations show clearly that the
albumen in the food is the principal source
of the fat formed in the body. This albu
men, after it has reached the cells of the
tissues, undergoes certain chemical changes
by which part of it is converted into fat, and
part goes to the nutriment of the tissue cells.
Many experiments have been made which
prove this conclusively. Thus dogs fed on
lean meat accumulated considerable fat.
One fed on lean meat and palm oil, which
contains no stearic acid, stored up fat, hav
ing the usual amount of stearic acid normal
to dog's fat.
It is not asserted that all fat deposited is
formed from Albumen. A certain amount
of that taken as food is stored up. But the
increase of body fat occurring after eating
much fat, though in part a direct result, is
chiefly bronght about indirectly, the food
fat shielding from oxidation that which has
previously been formed irom the albumen.
Thui, when a dog is fed on meat and mut
ton suet the dog gets fat, not because the
mutton suet is changed into dog's fat or is
deposited as suet, but because tbe oxidation
of the suet prevents the fat proper to the
animal's tissues from being destroyed by
the various activities of the animal.
pood that makes fat.
It is in the same way the starches and
sugars act. Thev are not ordinarily con
verted into fat, but are so converted only
when taken with the ordinary food, they are
more easily oxidized than the proper fat of
the body, and so the proper fat accumulates
instead of wasting.
The sources of fat in the body were found
to be three: First, the splitting up of the
albumen of the food; second, the transfer of
that fat ingested as food; and tnird, lat
formed from starches taken in too large
quantities. A man need not be a glutton to
grow stout. A slight excess will gradually
load up the body with fat. An excess is Dot
even necessary if certain contributory causes
become operative. Thus any one of the
causes that tend to diminish the powers of
the cells a too free use of alcohol, life in a
hot, close room Till promote the accumu
lation of fat, even though the quantity of
food consumed daily be diminished. The
tendency to become obese is also very often
inherited.
Iu treating obesity, the individuality
must be kept in the mind, but in general
the aim must be to make the consumption
of fat exceed the production. In the great
majority of cases, in spite of what fat people
say, the cause of the fat is the eating of
either too much food or food of an improper
quality, combined with a lack of exercise.
It remains, therefore, suitably to regulate
the diet and exercise, bearing in mind that
the change must be gradual to be benefi
cent, and that anything approacmng to
starvation must be avoided.
A DIET FOE THE OBESE.
It must be a general plan to give much
albumen and relatively little fats and
sweets. This is done in order that the cells,
from the abundance of nourishment brought
to them, shall be capable of great chemical
activity; and further, that the tissue fat
formed from the albumen shall not be pre
served from oxidation by the presence olthe
more readily oxidizable fats and starches.
For a diet list for a corpulent petson the
doctor recommended the following:
Breakfast One cup (6 ounces) tea or coffee,
with milk and sugar; 2 or 3 slices (2 nances of
bread; butter, half ounce; 1 egg, or 1J ounces
meat.
Dinner Meat or fish, 7 ounces; green vegeta
bles, such as spinach, cabbage, string beans,
asparagus, tomatoes, beat tops etc.. 2 onnces;
farinaceous dishes, snch as potatoes, hominy,
rice, maccaronl, etc., 3 ounces, or these may
be omitted and a corresponding amount of
green vegetables substituted: salad, with plain
dressing, 1 ounce; fruit, 3 ounces; water spar
ingly. Supper or Luncheon Two eggs or lean meat,
5 ounce?; salad, three-quarters of an ounce;
bread, 1 slice; fruit, 3 ounces; 2 ounces of
bread (2 slices) may be substituted for the fruit;
tea or coffee, 8 ounces; no beer, ale, cider,
champagne, sweet wines, or hard liquors mast
be taken, but claret and hock are prmitted in
moderation; milk, save as an addition to tea or
coffee, must be taken rarely,
STOUTNESS easily CURED.
It is important to remember that as the
fat becomes reduced the diet must be modi
fied somewhat, giving more of the sweets and
fats, lest the albumen, as well as the fat of
the body, be consumed. Under a proper
diet the patient feels better instead of weak
or iu any way worse. A feeling of lassitude
is au indication that the muscular tissues,
as well as the fat, are being reduced. It is
imperative that the patient should not be
impatient or in a hurry to get lean. It is
only by slow degrees that the cells can be
habituated to a mode of action in harmony
with the welfare of the whole system.
In the discussion that followed the read
ing of the paper Dr. S. Baruch called at
tention to the value of cold baths for over
fat people, A simple cold bath was not
sufficient. A swim in cold water was the
best method of application, but a douche
from which the water was impinged under
pressure of two or three atmospheres'on the
flesh was nearly as good. A vanor bath
was better than either. It had been dem
onstrated by actual experiment that the in
crease of temperature incident to a vapor
bath promoted tissue metamorphosis to a
very marked degree. The vapor bath fol
lowed by the cold douche would afford re
sults that could be secured in no other way.
It was commonly agreed that with a
proper regulation of the diet and the ap
plication of cold baths with friction after,
and the avoidance at all times of the sorts
of liquors objected to by Dr. Mendelson,
the reduction of superfluous fat was certain
and easy of accomplishment.
FOUNDATIONS IN SAND.
A German Scientist Una n Process to Itlnlie
it Solid an RoeU.
Accessions to the number of devices by
which man will ultimately be able to con
quer the forces of nature are constantly
being made. No sooner has the practica
bility of overcoming the obstacle presented
by the flooding of shafts by means ot a
freezing process, been established, than a
German scientist patents a process of pre
paring foundations, the object of which is
to make loose sand firm and resisting as
solid rock. At present the universal method
of doing this is, if under water, to remove
all loose material and then make a beton or
other similar substructure. The process
under consideration, which is applicable
mainly to clean siliceous or calcareous sand,
aims at consolidating the grains by covering
them with a film of cement, which is forced
into the spaces between the particles by
compressed air, steam, or water under pres
sure. Sheet piles are employed to prevent
the spreading ot the cement over more
ground than is necessary.
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- 0EIGIN OF THE WAKE.
Far Back In HUtorr it Was a Popular
Religions Festival.
Newcastle, England, Chronicle.)
The wake is the popular English equiva
lent for the ecclesiastical term, vigil. The
"wake" or "revel" of a country parish was,
of old, the day of the week, and, afterward,
the day of the year, on which the church
had been dedicated. Oa these occasions the
population gave themselves up to wholesale
revelry, and the people disported themselves
in all kinds of games and athletic exercises.
These amusements occasionally drew together
large crowds, and the large crowds attracted
a legion of hawkers and merchants, until
the "wake," or dedication festival, degen
erated into a common fair, without any re
ligious elements in it.
To remedy some of the more glaring evils
Edward I, i'n 1285, passed a statute forbid
ding them to be held in church yards; and
in 1448 Henry VI enacted that no display
of wares and merchandise should be allowed
on the great festivals of the church. A fur
ther attempt was made to regulate them in
1536 by Henry VIII, who appointed that
the "wake" should be held in every parish
on the same day, the first Sunday in Octo
ber, but this was never generally observed.
In the "Book of Sports" of Charles I.
"wakes" are expressly mentioned among
the leasts which should be observed, and
though the custom, since the Restoration, has
gradually declined, it still holds good in
some rural parishes.
A "lyke" or "liche wake" is a watching
of a corpse all night by the deceased per
son's friends. It is now disused except in
parts of Ireland,
BESS AS WEATHER PE0FHETS.
An Observer nt the Hive Mny be Able to
Bent the hlennl Service.
Newcastle, Eng,, Chronicle.;
A new use may possibly be found for
bees. Not only are they honey-givers, but
it appears that they may be recognized as
weather-harbi ngers; but how far ahead the
bee may be able to look may be an
open question. A nice observer by
looking at them in the early morn
ing during tbe working season will very
soon be able to form an opinion as to what
the day will be, and that almost to a cer
tainty, for they will sometime appear slug
gish and inactive, although the morning is
very bright and snowing every appearance
for a fine day; but the sun soon becomes
clouded, and rain follows.
And again, the morning may be dull and
cloudy, and sometimes rain may be falling;
still the bees will be observed going out in
considerable numbers, and as sure as this
is seen the day becomes bright and fair.
Are bees, then, destined to take the place of
the weather plant, the failuie of which is
now an accepted fact?
TANNER STRIKES IT RICH.
The Corporal Is on His Wooden Feet Again
and Making Money.
I heard from Corporal Tanner yesterday
through a mutual friend who saw him re
cently iu Washington, says Carson Lake in
the New York Press. It will be pleasant
for his friends to Know that he "struck it
rich" at the capital. When he left the
Pension Bureau, thiDgs looked pretty
dark for him financially. His law buisness
in Brooklyn was broken up, lie had changed
his place of residence at considerable ex
pense, and he was in debt with no ready
money on hand. But he found friends who
advanced him capital to open a law office at
Washington and encouraged him to make a
specialty of pensions. I suspect that Gen
eral Alger, the head of the Grand Army,
could tell who helped the Corporal if he
would. The movement was a success, and
the Corporal now has a force of 12 clerks as
busy as they can be, while he has been
obliged to engage a fellow lawyer to assist
him also. His practice will amount to
520,000 or $20,000 this year.
INGALLS' I1ANDWE1TING.
Ono of the Railroad President's Letters Used
as n Pass.
Cincinnati Times-Star.l
M. E. Ingalls, the unbane, gentlemanly
and genial but hard-to-get-a-pass-from
President of the Big Four Railroad Com
pany, writes a hand which under some cir
cumstances is difficult to unravel. Some
body who thought he ought to have a pass
applied for one and in time received an an
swer written in a hurry by Mr. Ingalls.
Nobody could read any part of it but the
signature, except by hard work. It was a
pleasant, courteous refusal. The applicant
was stumped until tbe idea struck him 10
use the reiusal for a pass. He argued that
he couldn't readily decipher it, the proba
bilities were the conductors would not be
able to do so. He tried it. It passed and
until the deception was accidentally discov
ered he rode in chair cars by day and sleep
ing cars by night.
THE EXPENSIVE CIGARS.
It Is Impossible to Crowd 25 Cents Worth
of Tobacco Into One.
New York EvenfncTorkSnn.l
The costliest cigar smoked in New York
is said to be a Havana Henry Clay, which
is usually sold wrapped in gold or silver
foil and which costs SI 25 apiece at retail.
As to the cost of manufacture of such a
cigar a manufacturer says that it is wholly
impossible to make a cigar whose actual
cost, with the use of the choicest and most
costly material throughout can exceed 25
rents. The cigar retailed in the market for
$1 costs the manufacturer about 15 cents.
There is a small added item of expense in
stamping, and the boxing may be made
more or less costly; but even" with these
added it will be seen that the profit on the
higher grade of cigars is immense.
MOLLIE GAKFIELD'S HUSBAND.
J. Stanley Brown Isn't as Well Pleased With
His Titlo as Formerly.
New York Evening Sun.l
Mr. J. Stanley Brown is said to be very
averse to being spokeu of, as he usually is
in Washington, as "Mollie Garfield's hus
band," and to have insisted recently that he
hoped to be known for himself. Verily,
times and tastes are changed with him who
marries, as our shrewd philosopher, Mr.
Stevenson, somewhere remarks.
Three years ago, when Mr. Stanley Brown
was the confessed hut unaccepted lover of
pretty Mollie Garfield, the whisper which
usually ran after the mention ot his name
"Mollie Garfield's fiance," was enough to
send a look of ecstatic bliss over his face,
and to an apology once offered him for an
inadvertent expression of that kind he over
heard he replied with warmth: "Madam,
you have only given me the one honor in
the world I covet."
A BANK CASHIER'S 7EESES.
Borao Very Bright Ones Floating About
Credited to Eugene Field.
Current Literature. 1
Some of the delightful sonnets and bits of
verse floating about just now on the sea of
newspaperdom credited to Eugene Field in
the Chicago News, are really the work of
Mr. C. G. Blanden, a young bank cashier
of Fort Dodge, la. The original publica
tion in the News were properly credited,
and by the courtesy and appreciation of Mr.
Field appeared in his' own column, Sharps
and Flats. Mr. Blanden is a clever and
most promising writer. He has recently
gathered into a book Tancred's Daughter
his best work in verse done for the news
papers and periodicals, nnd critics have
mentined at approvingly.
Extra bargains this week in linen de
partment; don't miss tbe bargains in table
covers. ENABLE & Suusteb,
tx 35 Fifth ave.
A TALK WITH BLAINE.
The Secretary's Words and His Cor
dial Manner to a Fittsbunjer
BKING BOTH JOY. AND SATISFACTION
An Old Soldier Begins a Sonthern Journey
With a Double Purpose.
FLORIDA'S BEAUTIFUL HIGHLANDS.
ICOBBESPONDENCE OP THE DISPATCH. J
Orlanho, South Florida, )
En IJoute, February 28. J
"I intend to do something in that direc
tion," observed Mr. Blaine in his pleasantly
positive way, during a recent interview with
Mr. Dalzell, in the interest of your corres
pondent's aspirations in the diplomatic
service. For almost a year I had been one
of the G. A. R. of office seekers that are
besieging the capital. I wanted to go to
some foreign land as a consul to any place
at all the more foreign the better, and
had filed letters of indorsement by the peck,
but seemingly no attention had been paid to
the strong indorsement of the best of men.
I was indeed disconsolate, until Mr. Dalzell,
probably with a hope of getting me out of
the country, suggested: "Well, Mr. Blaine
is again at the department. Let's go up
there and find out just what we can do."
As usual, we fouud the long corridors of
the State Department lull of promenaders,
anxiously waitiug their opportunities to see
the Secretary. It is generally conceded
that Mr. Blaine is more difficult to reach
than the other Secretaries, but once ad
mitted to his presence, all come away ap
parently satisfied, even if they fail in their
mission. Though Senator Sawyer and one
or two Western Congressmen and some
ladies were seated in the ante-room, Mr.
Dalzell was at once invited into the office.
A MOMENT OF ANXIETY.
Mr. Blaine, seemingly immersed in a
flood of papers before him, rose and gave
the bright little member from Pittsburg a
cordial handshake. There was some earnest
conversation iu an undertone. From my
seat on the other side of the room I strained
all my faculties as a newsgatherer, but
could only hear a few such words as "We
went to school together in Pittsburg," "He
never had any office but that of a soldier
and officer in the war," and "He only asks
some unimportant place in South or Central
America, the primary object being to afford
facilities for visiting the canals 1. e. Pana
ma, Nicaragua and Tehuantepec as a dis
interested newspaper scout and to gather
some cold facts about the business possibil
ities of those countries for the press."
I had been expecting to get some cold
water down my backbone, but when I saw
the genial Secretary looking over the top of
his gold eye-glasses toward me, I felt some
what hopeful, but when he at once spoke,
half aloud, the words at the head ot this
column, I felt as if the matter had pre
viously been canvassed, and it only required
the personal attention of Mr. Dalzell to
clinch the rivet while it was hot.
Mr. Blaine subsequently stepped over to
me, shook my hand cordially, and in that
magnetic way one never can forget, said:
"Oh, yesl Mr. Kerbey, I know you very
well. You were the telegraph operator iu
the House, with my secretary, Tan Sherman,
while I was Speaker."
The recalling of the past seemed to take
the great man's memory back to his happ'er
days. He sighed deeply, as if his heart
were now almost broken by his recent be
reavement In my efforts to thank him I
could oniy say: "Everybody is sorrv for
you, Mr. Blaine."
THE SECRETARY'S REPORT.
"I presume you are the right man to send
out there. You can, no doubt, make good
use of your earlier experience as a war
scout, and your more recent training as
a newspaper fiend would enable you to look
after matters of general interest', and to in
telligently report your observations, but the
facts are we have more pegs than places to
put them in. But I'll try and find a hole
to stick you in."
With the Secretary's kind words and
manner in my mind I stepped briskly down
the State Department steps and felt so light
that I may say I "walked Spanish" around
town all tbe afternoon. It is now proposed
to take the 200,000 daily readers ot The
Dispatch along on this trip to the Spanish
Main. We shall try to find something to
interest all by traveling in an independent
way, out of the beaten paths of the tourists
and tell, in an unpretending way, just
what a Pittsburger would write in a per
sonal letter to his friends at home.
This is dated from "Away down South in
Dixie," a delightful stopoff on the back
bone of South Florida euroute to Tampa,
where it is the purpose to take a steamer to
Havana and Kingston, Jamaica. Florida
has already been so well and thoroughly ad
vertised that it does not seem 33 if anything
more could be said, but this section of the
State is entirely distinct from that usually
visited by the tourist.
IN THE LAKE COUNTRY.
To those who have traveled over miles of
the low sandy country it seems odd to men
tion a backbone, but in fact there is a vcrv
clearly defined divide and South Florida is
entirely different from the npper section.
"I write from the high lands of Florida,
from what is known as the Lake Countries.
In this immediate neighborhood, in Orange
county, there are 800 of these beautiful
lakes, varying in size from one acre to seven
miles in extent. The water is of the clearest
and purest character, rising from natural
springs and the percolated drainage of the
surrounding pine forests. All of these lakes
are connected, forming a beautiful cluster
of pearls, in a setting of dark pine trees, its
monotony relieved by the coloring of miles
of oranse groves, pink and white oleander
trees, yellow jessamine -growing wild in
truth, all of the semi-tropical plants grow
ing in profusion." J. O. Keebey.
WILL BEGIN EARLY.
The Building Interests Getting Rcndy for a
Biff Scnson.
The office of the Inspector of Buildings
yesterday gave evidence that the building
season will begin early this year, and the
number of new buildings promises to be
very large. Fifteen permits were issued,
something very unusual for one day in early
March, mainly for small houses in the out
lying wards.
" The most important ones were one to Bob
inson, Bea & Co. for an iron-clad foundry
building, 04x107 feet, to be ererted bctwpeu
the Smithfield street bridee and South First
street, to cost $6,000. Mrs. Floyd, 0! Small
man street, got a permit for a two-story
brick dwpllintr, on Baum street, Twentieth
ward, to cost $5,000.
ROGERS' ROYAL
Tones and invigorates the stomach when
weakened by indigestion, corrects the appe
tite and nids assimilation of the food, while
as a nerve tonic it has no equal.
It may be taken immediately after eating
for DYSPEraiA, Flatulency or any Iitr.
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All druggists sell it. 81 per bottle.
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NERVINE
LIFE A BORDEN.
The Personal Statement Made
Mr, James Moore.
bv
A GREAT WORK COMPLETED
Mr. James Moore.a resident of Itedmond's
Mills, Pa., during a recent interview with
the writer, had the following to say about
his successful treatment with Drs. Copeland
and Blair:
"When I called at the office on Sixth ave
nue, I found Dr. W. H. Copeland person
ally in charge of his extensive practice, not
an assistant or substitute, as is the case in
many other offices in the city. I was in a
very serious condition at that time, and had
been suffering greatly for over six weeks.
My trouble had grown on me until I was so
weak nnd miserable that I felt as though
life had become a burden. My head would
stop up and my nostrils become clogged, first
ou one side and then on the other. There
was a constant dropping from my head to
my throat. This was especially bad at
night. I would often have to sit up iu bed
for hours. Wheii I would lie down the
mucus would gather in mr tbroat and cause
a smothering sensatiou. I would get up in
the morning feeling more tired than when I
went to bed the night before. I was con
stantly hawking and spitting during the
dv.
Mr. James Moore, Redmond's Mills, Pa.
"There were ringing and buzzing noises In
my ears. My tbroat became worse, and for
three months I was unable to take anything
but liquid nourishment. I was ad vised to go to
Drs. Copeland & Blair. I found their charges
even lower than patent medicines, so placed
mjself under their care.
"I bad not been under their treatment more
than two weeks when I noticed a decided
change in my condition, and I now feel as well
as I ever did.
"The dropping from my head has stopped.
My tbroat is no longer sore, and 1 can eat with
out difficulty. My head is clear, and tbe ring
ing in my ears has ceased. To state it briefly,
I am now free from the symptoms I name, and
owe my recovery to Drs. Copeland & Blair."
Mr. Moore lives, as stated, at Redmond's
Mills. Pa., and this interview can bo readily
verified.
As has been stated in previous issues of this
paper. Dr. W. H. Copeland has made this city
his permanent home, and H personally in
charge of his extensive practice.
HOME TREATMENT.
Mr. William Barnes, of Hickman, Pa., in
speaking of bis catarrbai trouble, said: My
head was stopped up. My throat, chest and
lung3 affected, and I had lost all sense of taste
and smell, when I was advised to try Drs. Cope
land & Blair. The result was a surprise to me.
Irm now perfectly well, and owe my recovery
to their treatment.
Some time ago Mr. Harry Phillips, of Hnlton,
Allegheny county. Pa., commenced a course uf
home treatment for bis catarrhal tronble, un
der the care of Drs. (Jopeland it Blair.
At that time his trouble had assumed a very
aggravated form. He stated to the writer as
follows: m
"My nostrils would clog up. My head ached
constantly. I had severe pains in my chest.
Thcro was a dropping of mucus from my head
to my tbroit. I had night sweats. My bearc
would palpitate rapidly, and be followed by a
slow, irregular beating and feeling of famtncs3.
I was daily growing weaker. The slightest ex
ertion tired me and I was unfit for work."
"How do you feel now?"
"Like another being. All tno symptoms I
have described to you have disappeared, and I
feel as well as I ever did in my life."
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