LAST SLAVE CARGO.
The Story of a Schooner Lead of
Blacks From Loandi, Africa,
Landed in Mobile in 18G1
IN SriTE OF UNITED STATES LAW.
Captain iieaher, the Importer, and One of
His Chief Lieutenants Still Lir
ins in Alabama,
A DAEIXG SMUGGLING OPECATIOS
Utdeitektn Is Jest and Curi;d Oat it a Cost of $100,
, 000 taj Greit Dirger.
tCORHZEPOSDENCE Or THE DISPATCH.!
Mobile, Ai!a., Xovember 28. Business
called me recently to the residence of Captain
Tim Meader, three miles from this city.
The bouse is a two-story frame, situated
upon the crown of a red clay hill, and faces
to the south. An ordinary picket fence sur
rounds the house, which has a broad gallery
extending across the front. Upon this
gallerv. basking in the noonday sun of a
warm November day, enjoying the balmy
breeze that blew in iroin the gulf, was seated
the venerable Captain, fiom whose lips was
learned the story of the importation of the
last cargo of slaves into the South.
Captain Tim Header is one of the oldest
steamboatmen now living in this section of
'the country in fact, one cf the pioneers in
the navigation of the Alabama river. His
long li e is full of thrilling incidents, and
many stories are extant of his personal
prowess1. He is now 77 years of age, and is
living in retirement at his home. He is a
sufferer from partial paralysis, but his
bodily infirmities have in no wayaSected
his ikent-1 facult.es, and he converses
with an ease aud volubility that is
remarkable for one of his years. He
never seems to tire of relating reminiscences
oi his early career, and receives his visitors
with a cordial Southern welcome. He has
not visited the city for four years past, but
he reads the daily papers ana takes a lively
interest in current events.
UK CLE SAjI'S SLATE LA.TV.
During the year 185S Captain Meaher
commanded the steamboat Eozer B. Taney,
a WLikly nacket plymg the Alabama river
between this city and Montgomery. On
one ot tbe trip? o: this, boat he had, among
other passengers, several Northern gentle
men, who tere ranking a tour oi the South,
and were on their way to Montgomery.
During the passage a discussion arose con
cerning a law but recently passed by the
Federal Congress nicking it a capital offense
to import slaves. In the course of the dis
cussion the Northerners claimed that tbe
importation n slaves would cease, as no
man would rivk his neck in the hazardous
undertaking. The doughty captain treated
this assertion with a levitv that astonished
his Northern hearers, and declared that
nothing would be ea-ier than to import a
cargo of slaves, notwithstanding the new
law and its severe penalty.
The discussion was continued at some
length, until finally, to prove his faith by his
works, Captain Meaner agreed, in presence
of the assembled company, to land a cargo
ol slaves in the South within two years.
The Northerners received this assertion with
doubttul smiles while those of his hearers
who knew the Captain's character felt as
sured that he would at least make the effort
to carry out his hazardous undertaking.
Upon his return to Mobile Captain Mealier
began quietly to make Ins preparations.
Unfolding his scheme confidentially to sev
eral prominent slaveholders of that day,
thev each agreed to take a certain number
of slaves, the nrojeclor reserving some 30
ir himself. Thus the cargo of human
freight was apportioned for futuredehvery.
SEA I'KISOK OF THE SLAVES.
The schooner Clotilde was purchased at a
cost of 33,000, aud overhauled and fitted
out especially with a view to the work in
hand. A reliable and trustworthy man, as
cgen1- was shipped on the vessel as super
cargo. The Clotilde was loaded with a cargo
of lumbr, and cleared (or St. Thomas and
a msrket. The vessel set rail lor St.
Thomas, where in due time she armed
Ealely. The lumber was sold, and then the
Clotilde s oread her white wings and shaped
her course for Loandi, on the west coast of
Africa, it here she took aboard a cargo of
160 negroes.
Captain Mealier had given orders to a
number of his trusted employes to keep a
sharp lookout for any news of the vessel,
with instructions to rerort the first tidinzs
of her arrival immediately to him. Time
wore on and still there came no tidings ot
the ClotilcJe and her unlavrtul cargo. One
Sunday morning in 1861, while Captain
Meaher was seated on the identical gallery
where he related this storv, his attention
was arrested by tbe sound cf a horse's hoofs
upon the hard clay surlace of the road.
Intuitively he seemed to comprehend the
situation, but bif ire he could arise from
his seat the horse and rider were at the
gate. Dismounting from the horse, whose
sides, flecked with foam, bore evidence ot
the hard ride, the messenger hastened to the
gallerv, and excitediy announced in scarce
audible whisper, "The niggers have come!"
Captain Meaher received the startling an
nouncement without the least sign of trepi
dation. "With him to think was to act
He immediately hurried to the city and at
once began active preparations to land the
negroes out ot reach of the Government.
Trusty lieutenants were called to his aid,
and hastened hither and thituer to do his
bidding.
ANOTHER Or THE ACTOKS SOW L1VIXG.
A messenger was dispatched to find Cap
tain J. M. Holiingsworth, at that time a
prominent tugboat Captain and owner, who
is now living on his farm on the Gult coast
near Ocean Springs, Miss. He was found
in church, and without making known to
him the nature of the Clotilde's cargo. Cap
tain Meaher secured his services and those
of his fastest tug to tow the vessel in. Hii
brother, the late Captain Byrnes Meaher
who at that time commanded the steamboat
the Czr, was instructed to fire up and pro
ceed to tbe mouth of Spanish river
which debouches into Mobile Bay about
Jour or five miles east of this city, and there
await the Clotilde's arrival. Captain
Mealier also issued orders that supper must
not be served on the packet Roger i. Taney
on her trip the following Tuesday night un
til he boarded the boat at some point up the
Alabama river.
Having thus laid his plans he boarded
the tug and proceeded with all possible head
way to Mississipni Sound, where the Clo
tilde was-taken in tow and convevedto the
mouth of Spanish river. The cargo of ne
groes and the irev of the Clotilde were then
transferred to the steamboat the Czar, which
was in waiting, and the schooner was towed
into Bayou Connor, where she was set on
fire and scuttled. The Czar proceeded up
the river with her cargo, which was landed
in a cane brake on the plantation ol John
M- Dabney, on the Bigbee river. A lew
trusted men were left to look alter the ne
groes, and, with the crew of the Clotilde
ttill on board, the Czar returned down the
Bicbee and steamed into the Alabama river,
where she awaited the coming of the Mont
gomery packet, the Iioger B. Taney.
inE CAPTAIN' AKRF.STED.
Under cover of night Captain Meaher ana
the Clotilde's crew were transferred to the
Taney. The crew of tbe slaver were stowed
nwayin the upper portion ot the boat, locked
in and supplied with cards and whisky. It
was 9:30 before supper was announced on
the Taney that night, and when the Captain
took his seat at the head of tbe table his
face wore a most nonchalant appearance,
and gave forth not the slightest intimation
that he had been engaged in other than the
legitimate performance of his duties. He
was plied with all manner of questions as
to his whereabouts during the earlier hours
of tbe trip, but to all of these interrogatories
he made evasive replies and was wholly non
committal. "When Montgomery was reached he did
not dare allow one of "the crew of the Clotilde
,to be turned adrilt in that citv, so officers
and crew were quickly placed on board a
train and sent to New'York City.where they
were paid off and discharged.
The news ot the importation of the slaves
was soon noi3cd about, and created consider
able excitement and commotion, which re
sulted in Captain Meaher's arrest and "sub
sequent rcleiw on bail. Alter a time the
Government officials ascertained the location
of the slaves, and the Government quietly
chartered the steamboat Eclipse to go after
them and bring them to Mobile. Captain
Meaher learned of this move through a
friend, and immediately set to work to
checkmate it The afternoon set lor the de
parture of the Eclipse fonnd the Rocer B.
Taney at the wharf t iking on freight for her
trip to Montgomery. Captain Meaher called
a trusted employe to him, and. slipping 550
in cold into his'hand, said: "The Eclipse is
going after the negroes this evening. Take
this and fix the crew with liquor."
GOT THE CHEW DBDXK.
Unconcernedly sauntering down to the
wharf, he ordered the freight handlers load
ing the Taney to cease their work after they
had rolled aboard several casks of bacon",
which were subsequently used as fuel. He
then ordered the boat to be in readiness to
leave at a moment's notice. Finailv the
lines were slipped and the Roger B.Taney
steamed up the river. By this lime the
crew of tbe Eclipse were so much under the
influence of the liquor paid far with Cap
tain Meaher's gold, that they were unfit for
duty, and several hours were lost in secur
ing another crew. Bv the time the Eclipse
started the Taney was 100 miles away. The
Taney proceeded to the Dabney planta
tion, took the negroes aboard, steamed
through tbe cutoff into tbe Alabama river
and landed the slaves in another canebrake
200 miles up that river. The Eclipse also
went to the Dabney plantation, where the
Government officials spent ten days in a
fruitless search lor the negroes.
Captain Meaher was tried lor the offense
in the United States Court and only saved
his neck thronch his ability to prove that
he had made 52 consecutive trips on the
Roger B. Taney between Mobile and Mont
gomery during that year, the attorneys thus
convincing the jury that he could not have
imported the slaves and made these trips
also. First aud last the undertaking cost
Captain Mealier 5100,000.
Alter the excitement incident to the slave
cargo had died away Captain Meaher's 30
slaves were brought down and quartered
near his home in the suburbs. This African
colony is now known locally as Yorkville,
and it is at present ruled oyyr by a woman,
who is known as the Queen. The are gov
erned by a code of their own and have never
mixed or mingled with other negroes. The
colony has grown until It now numbers
several hundred. Many of them are of the
original 30 who were brought here in the
Clotilde. They cultivate small gardens,
raise fowls and work in the adjacent saw
and shingle mills. They are an industrious,
peaceable community, aud it is the largest
and probably the only colony of pure
blooded Africans in this country.
RlCUACD HhfES, Je.
EHD OF A BHIE? HOHEYMOON.
The Bride Deserted and Penniless 4,000
Miles l"rom Her Home.
Mrs. Philippe Darey called at the Humane
Society office yesterday and asked for assist
ance in finding employment Mrs. Darey is
a Frenchwoman, and cannot speak a word
of English. Through an interpreter she
made the fact known that she had been
married but a lew weeks ago in Belgium.
Her husband had lived in this country sev
eral years. About six weeks ago he went to
the town in Belgium where she was living,
and alter an acquaintance of not more than
a week Darey asked her to marry him, rep
resenting himself as the owner of a large
tract of land situated near Imperial. She
wanted to come to America very much, and,
thinking this a good chance, accepted.
When they were married, Darey suddenly
remembered that he did not have enough
money to piy their passage JB America and
asked her it she could borrow it She told
him that she had saved some'money and she
wonld pay their passage. They left Belgium
about lour weeks ago and landed in Pitts
burg about ten days since. On Thursday
last Darey took her to Imperial to some ot
his friends, and while there got hold of her
money, about $500 in all, ana left for parts
unknown.
Mrs. Darey is about 30 years of age and
presents rather an intelligent appearance.
She also stated that Darey had been married
before, his former wife "dying about three
months ago.
A Noteworthy exception.
From the Kimball (3. D.) Graphic!
While the columns of the Graphic are
open to any and all unobjectionable adver
tisements, yet it is quite impossible for us
to speak knowingly ot the meriis of the va
rious articles of merchandise advertised.
Particularly is this true of patent medicines.
But there are exceptions occasionally, and a
noteworthy exception is the celebrated
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This now
universally known medicine has been ad
vertised in the Graphic, for four or five
years, but not until recently bad we any per
sonal knowledge of its wonderful efficacy,
which has come about through the prevail
ing influenza and the stubborn cough that
has so o!len attended it. In the writer's
family this medicine has on several occa
sions "this winter cured a cough that baffled
any and all other remedies; and the number
of families in Kimball and vicinity in
which this remedy has been used with like
effects attests to its value as a specific for
coughs and colds of every nature, tvsu
Do You Eat?
Couldn't we save lots of money if we did
not have to eat! Don't make use of such a
silly expression; it's lost time.
What you want is to "study how to save
money, and not only eat, but live on the top
of the pile.
You can do it by purchasing your sup
plies from Weldon's wholesale and retail
store. Don't fail to send for price list
Sugar cured ham per lb..... lOJc
15 Sis dried California crapes 51 00
1 g.-Ilon glass oil can, tin-covered 26
32 lbs Butler Co. buckwheat 1 00
8 Itn. white clover honey 100
3 ibi. new evaporated raspberries for... 1 00
10 cans (best salmon in the world) for. 1 00
4 ftu. Weyman's smoking tobacco 1 00
4 lt. best chewing tobacco 1 00
48 lbs new dried pea 100
7 lb fresh roasted coffee (ground) 1 00
16 fti standard A sugar 1 00
15J lbs granulated sugar 1 00
5 Bm tea (in all varieties) 1 00
50 liars family soap Try it 1 00
14 lbs cut lnai sugar '......... 1 00
Large family scales 1 95
lease, 2 doz. cans tomatoes 1 90
1 case, 2 doz. cans peas 1 G5
1 case, 2 doz. cans lima beans 1 90
1 case, 2 doz. cans string beans 1 70
1 case, 2 doz. cans solid packed corn... 1 90
1 doz. cans choice table peaches 2 .50
1 doz. cans large yellow peaches. 2 75
1 doz. cans French peas. .,... 1 50
1 dnz. cans California black cherries... 2 95
1 doz. cans California apricots 2 40
Family amber flour, per cack 1 15
Grandest flour in the city, per sack.... 1 45
Trv it and be convinced. In barrel.. 6 05
10 lb. Uitmackerel 1 00
Delivered to all parts of thetwo cities. To
parties living out of the city will prepay
freight on all orders of 510 ana" upward.
Send lor price list.
Jas. J. Weldoit,
No. 201 Market street, corner Second ave
nue, Pittsburg.
Telephone 1864.
Wheit you fail to be suited in a present
at the price vou think yon can afford to in
vest, fall back on a silk handkerchief. This
makes a good present and ws are showing
an immense line from 49o to $1 49.
Baeoaius in lace curtains; 200 pairs
Nottingham lace curtains reduced from 56 50
to 53 75 per pair during our clearing tale.
ttssu Hugos & Hacks.
HERRING FISHERIES.
An Industry of Euormons Propor
tions on Scotland's Coasts.
WHEN SALT WAS FIRST USED.
Wonderful Skill With Which the Fish Are
Prepared -for Curing-.
WAGES A5D O0TEUXMEST BOUNTIES
rCOREESPOXDESCE OP TUE DISPATCH. 1
Lekwick, Shetland, November 13.
The herring fisberiesof Scotland form such
a stupendous interest, in capital invested,
in the number ol men, women and boats
employed, and product for homo consump
tion and export to the continent secured,
that I have been at pains to study the sub
ject for intelligent presentation to Ameri
can readers. The earliest date assigned
such fishing on the coasts of Britain is
about 1030, although herrings are men
tioned in the chronicles of Evesham in 709,
the Normans having probably then ac
quired the art of saltiug fish; and it is more
than probable that the use of salt was
known in tbe time of William the Con
querer, as Duliamel quotes one of Will
iam's charters which states that in tbe
eleventh century vessels irom Dieppe called
"Grand Drogueurs" went to the North to
fish for herrings in July and brought them
home in barrels salted.
The Dutch obtained privilege of Edward
I. to take herrings at Yarmouth, England;
and in the reign of the third Edward an act
was passed relative to supplying the British
fleet with herrings. During the middle
ages, and later still, British herring fishing,
which was always chiefly along the Scottish
coasts, was even encouraged through the
means of religious fast-days.
CUBING WITH SALT.
The Scottish herring fisheries owed their
rise and development to the jealousy of the
Dutch who la-gely Irequented the east coast
during the last century and who still annu
ally send a large fleet of fishing "busses" to
the Shetland Islands. Their method of cur
ing with salt is sai-1 to have been originated
in 1486 by one William Beukles, a native of
Flanders.
This humble fisherman may be said to
have laid the foundation of the Dutch her
ring fisheries, which have always proved
one of their greatest sources of national
wealth. The saying is that Amsterdam
itself was "built on herring bones;" while
Beukles memorv was so honored by the
Dutch that, in '1536. Charles V.. of the
Netherlands, and his sister, the Queen of
Hungary, p'aid a memorable visit to his
tomb. The Scotch adopted the Dutch
method of curing herring, and these two peo
ple with the fishermen of our own New
England coa'st are principal competitors for
the continental cured herring trade of
Europe. The Board of British White Her
ring Fisheries was established by Parlia
ment in 1809, and is still in existence under
tbe present title of the Fishery Board for
Scotland.
PKACTICALLY FBEE WATEBS.
Many restrictive measures have been en
acted during the preoeut century, slich as
"close" seasons, barring the use of circle
trawl-nets, and nets of certain size of mesh,
but without result; and since 1868 the Scot
tish herring fisheries have been practically
free from legislative control, even Sunday
fishing in leligious Scotland being largely
practiced. The Scottish Board has in its
service a General Inspector, oneassistant.and
30 sub-inspectors or officials. All of these
are not only graduate fishermen but have
also been fisli-euiers by occupation. For
the purpose of easv control and procuring
statistics, the coast-line of Scotland is divi
ded into 26 districts, the east coast having
17 and tbe west coast nine districts. Each
district is provided with at least one officer,
aud iome with two.
A bounty system for the encouragement of
herring fishing prevailed with curious re
sults from 1756 to 1830. Fishermen went to
sea to "catch the bounty rather than the
fish." It was paid on tonnage of vessels
instead of upon herrings landed. In 1759
this bonnty was 50 shillings per ton of ton
nage. Four barrels were taken. The ton
nage bounty paid was upward of 159.
THE GOVERNMENT BOUNTIES.
This being discontinued, from 1809 to 1815
the Government paid 2 shillings per barrel
of cured herrings and, altogether. 4 shillings,
8 pence if exported. Government bounties
ceased in 1830. Government branding, after
examination, was, however, continued; and
in 1859 a branding fee of 4 pence per barrel
was fixed, which still continues in force. In
a way the bounty system is still continued
as a concession to the fishermen, but in a
totally different form. Tbe Government
paid its bounty both to the vessel owner on
tonnage and the fishcurer on cured herrings.
Under the bounty system as retained by the
trade, the bounty is now exclusively paid
by the curer to the fisherman before lie puts
a net in the sea. This "trade bounty"
reached its height in 1884, when, on the
Aberdeenshire coast, it was trom 40 to C0
per boat, the fisherman also receiving 1 per
"cran" of herrings lauded.
This "trade-bounty," now greatly re
duced, is paid to the crew, or rather, to tbe
owner of the boat, before fishing begins, and
forms a mild sort of lottery. Thus, if the
bargain is 1 per cran and 60 bounty, and
tbe boat fish 100 crans, the cost to the curer
is 32 shillings per cran. If 200 crans are
landed the price is reduced to 26 shill
ings per cran. Again, all Jiei
ringsovera complement of, say, 200 or 250
crans will be delivered under the 1 rate,
and those delivered alter 9 o'clock at night
of ths day they are taken, are still cheaper
to the curer.
AN .ENOBMOUS BUSINESS.
In the early part of the century Scottish
herrings were chiefly exported to Ireland,
and to the West Indies as food for slaves.
But since 1846, continental Europe, es
pecially Germany and Russia, has been the
chief purchaser. The total product for 1888
was at least 1,100,000 barrels, exclusive of
the herrings used Iresh in fishing ports,
those "kippered," and those sent fresh to
Scottish and English markets, which amount
annually to 140,000 "crans;" and it should
be borne in mind that the cran measure is
equal to 37J4 imperial gallons. It is still
the standard of measure, although seldom
used as a utensil for measurement An idea
of the predominating importance of the. her
ring fisheries mar be gained Iroin the fact
that the total value of the herring, white,
shell and salmon, fisheries ot Scotland in
1886 was 2,550.778, of which herrings rep
resented 1,400,981.
The boats in use at the middle of the pres
ent century weie about 24 teet of keel, un
decked and carried 24 hemps nets, 40 yards
long, 7 yards deep, with 33 meshes after a
year's use. The boats built within the past
five years tire from 48 to 55 feet of keel.
Thev are decked and carry au average drift
of 50 cotton nets, each 60 yards long and 11
yards deep. The total of persons employed
in the fishing industry is 97,881 souls.
WAGES OP THE WOEKER3.
East coast summer herring fishing begins
about the 1st of July and' continues until
the 10th of September. Here in Shetland
the season opens a mouth earlier. Fisher
men, laborers, curcrs crew and what-not
come to all the east coast ports and to Shet
land from every pnrtioa of the North and
West of Scotland, including the outer Hi
brides. They are simply the crofters I have
spoken of in previous" articles, who take
this method of securing money with which
to pay the rent of their cro:ts, and without
which they could not exist throughout the
year.
At Wick 18 years ago the fishermen help
ers reeeived each a wage of irom 6 to 8
for a season oi about six months, with board
and lodging. A tew years since it was 6
to 8, with 1 shilling lor each cran of
herring landed, which, with other perqui
sites, increased their earnings to 15 or 20.
At present in Shetland, the principal seat of
the herring industry, the system generally
prevailing is to allow one-half of tbe pro
ceeds of the fishing to the owner or owners
of the boat, who provides all material, the
other half being equally divided bdtween
members of the crew, the owner receiving a
share as such if he be one of the crew. At
some ports mcu receive a certain proportion
of the boat's earnings, providing their own
subsistence on shore, butgetttng their "oil
skins" for sea use as a perquisite.
OPERATION OF CUBING.
The preparations of the fish curer are of
interest and importance. All winter long
coopers have been employed in making the
necessary supply of barrels. They receive
from lOd. to Is. tar each barrel made, and
during the herring season are paid regular
wages ranging from 25. to 30. per week.
The herring barrel must hold 26j imperial
gallons; the half barrels 13J4; but no official
cognizance is taken of quarters or less.
Having secured iicfficient ground for curing
purposes, which is called a curing yard or
"station," we will suppose he intends using
the fish landed by ten boats. He provides a
rectangular box with sides about two feet
high, into which the herrings are emptied
from the fishermen's baskets, or from bis
own carts, and around which the "crews" of
"curers" work.
Formerly the "creel," or square wicker
basket, was used in the delivery of fiib.
This has been superseded by the circular
"quarter-cran" basket, four of which make
the "cran" of 37 imperial gallons, the
standard measure upon which all estimates
on Scottish herring, and expense in secur
ing the same, are based. For handling the
fish of ten boats, the curer will employ three
coopers, and one crew of "gutters" or 30
"gutters" in all. The latter are invariably
women, crotters' wives, daughters, sisters.
Five tons or 200 bushels of salt to the 100
crans, will be needed; and he provides bar
rels and salt on the basis of an average
year's fishing giving him from 1,800 to 2,000
crans offish from tbe ten boats.
SOLD OUT AT AUCTION.
On the arrival of the "fleet" the fish are
sold by auction, a plan very recently intro
duced, and identical with that of our own
herring-fishers at Eastport, Maine. Samples
ot herring are retained by the auctioneer in
case of disputes. The salesman charges the
fishermen a small percentage, as at New
Haven, on the Firth of Forth; he becomes
responsible to the fishermen .or the money;
and payments are made daily or weekly, as
agreed. At an ordinary east-coast herring
fishing port, fully 1,000 "gutters" and
packers will be at work. Perhaps 600 of
these arc women.
As stated, three form a "crew." Two use
the knife and one "packs." They work
with marvelous rapidity. The herring is
held in the left hand. Inserting the knife
in the throat of the lisb, sidewise, with the
right hand, with one swiit movement in "a
pull-like cut," as one of the women de
scribed it to me, the herring is opened and
cleaned, and whisked into a basket. It is
so quickly done that the eye cannot iollovr
the process. The herrings are next sorted,
shifted iulo receiving-boxes, and then emp
tied into "rousing boxes," where they are
thoroughly "roused" or mixed with salt.
In the packing, which immediately follows,
the tiers are lormed, between layers of salt,
bv placing the herrings' backs downward.
One herring is laid in the center of a form
ing tier, and then a line ot the fish is run in
either direction to the barrel-sides, the
spaces left on each side of this line being
laid with fish, heads outward. Every alter
nate tier is laid transversely.
TILLING THE BARBELS.
The barrels are heaped two tiers above
their level, and are then known as "up
sets." In two days' time the salt is partlv
melted, and a portion of the "pickle"
is poured off. The herring have also
"pined," that is, shrunk. "Filling up"
follows. The barrels are then "lighted" by
the coopers, when they are commercially
known as "sea-sticks." Alter ten days thev
arc opened, the "pickle" again poured off,
more herrings are crowded into them, they
are again "lighted," solidly filled with
pickle through the bungs, laid in double
rows; and are now ready for official inspec
tion. The women forming these curcrs crews,
who nrejargely from the west coast and tbe
Hebrides, recefte 1 of bounty, called
'earnest money." which is known as "arles"
on the Aberdeen coast; about 8 pence per
barrel for cleaning and packing, and 3
pence per hour when at the final fillings.
They are usually found rude lodg
ings in addition, where, in "mess
es," they live with tbe- utmost econ
omy; for tbey are working here to keep the
croft-thatch above their heads at borne.
They often labor 16 aud 18 hours per day.
They are of all ages, from 15 to 50 year's.
Working upon perishable food, depending
upon uncertain delivery from the fisher
men, they do not come within the restrict
ing provisions as to hours of labor of the
British factory acts. Branding and inspec
tion are simple processes. Each curer must
brand hi: name aud place or port of cure on
the side of each barrel, as also "scrieve" on
the barrel the date ot "catch," day of
"cure" and grade of fish.
Edgar L. Wakesian.
Auction Sale
Of fine diamonds, watches, jewelry, silver
and silver-plated ware, onyx and marble
clocks, bronzes, etc. This is one of the fin
est stocks of gondx.in the city, all first-class.
This is your opportunity to buy holiday
goods in jewelry at your own price. This
stock and fixtures must be sold without re
serve previous to my removal to No. 36
Fifth avenue. All coods warranted. Sales
dailv at 10 A. 21.. 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. Ladies
especially invited. M. S. Cohen,
Diamond expert and jeweler, 533 Smith
field street
December Winds
Make an overcoat a great necessity. Bee
our $10 chinchilla, $10 kerseys and. $10
beavers all the desirable shades. A per
fect fit is guaranteed everyone.
P. C. C C, Pittsburg Combination
i Clothing Company, corner Grant and
Diamond streets, opposite the Court
5 House.
A Timely Suggestion.
If, in looking through our stock of holi
day goods, you see just what suits you and
yet are scarcely prepared to take it, you can
secure it for luture payment by paying a
small deposit, when it will be held to vour
order. Guskt's.
Here Is Your Chance.
Orders may be left for Xmas Photos
and crayons until Dec. 20, extra help and
ample facilities having been employed to
iurnish all work timely at Aufrecht's" Elite
Gallery, 16 Market st
Original Ideas.
Kennedy always has a new notion of
something to serve at eucher parties, recep
tions, teas, etc. When preparing for enter
taining go and see him. Sixth and Du
quesne way. - ttsu
Ladies' workboxes -and manicure sets, a
royal assortment at Gusky's, and the prices
are a good deal lower than such articles are
sold for at the fancy goods stores.
Communicated.
The Parisian gowns worn by Cora Tan
ner in "The Refugee's' Daughter" are said
to be exquisitely beautiiul. They are of
especial interest to ladies.
Cabinet photos $1 00 per dozen; good
work; prompt delivery.
Lies' Popular Gallery, 10, 12 Sixth st
ttsu
.
All kinds of cabinet work to order.
Haugh & Keenan, 33 Water st
su
Come now and look at the holiday goods.
The stock is just opened iresh and bright,
and a larger assortment than you'll hare
tbe chance of seeing again. Gusky's.
Stylish Suitings,
Overcoat and trouser material, of the
best quality at Anderson's, 700 Smltbfield
street Catting and fitting the very best su
Details of the New Method of Turning
Ont Leather in France.
USE OP ALCOHOL IN PKEDJI0NIA.
Cost of Lighting by Electricity In Some of
the Large Cities.
FIGURES FOE THE FLYING MACHINE
rrnEPARED FOB THS DISPATCJt.l
For some time past reports have been cur
rent as to the perfection in France of a
method of tanning by electricity, and the
matter has excited great curiosity through
out tbe country. This country is. as Amer
ica is, one of the largest leather-producing
countries in the world, and has no fewer
than 3,000 or 4,000 tanning establishments.
Within the present month the process has
actually been experimented with in America,
and the results are now exciting no small
amount of discussion and controversy in
leather circles. The process, which is the
invention of Worms & Bale, of Paris, has
been nnder trial abroad since 1887, in a
tannery in Paris, and another large tannery
has been started for the same purpose at Long
Jumean. A third plant has been established
in Berdmondsey, the great leather district
in London.
In this method the tanning is expedited
in two ways: First, by the agitation of tbe
skins in contact with the Tanning liquor,
and secondly by the passage ot the electric
current through the body of the liquid. To
attain these two ends, a circular drum is
employed, and as the drum rotates current is
passed through it by means of a wire brought
to contacts at its side. The skins to undergo
this process are prepared in the ordinary
way, the hair being taken off by lime, and
they are then put into the drum with the
tanning solution. The current to which
they are subjected averages about 70 to 100
volts, and the direction of the current is
changed every 12 hours, so as to act equally
on the skins, which constitute the electrodes.
During the operation the liberation of gas
is insignificant, so that the hides may be
considered to net in the same way as the
plates of an accumulator.
Goat and sheep skins require onlv about
24 hours lor complete tanning. Calf skins
require 48 hours. Cow, steers and horse
hides, require from 72 to 96 hours,
according to their texture. The
leather produced in this way has been ex
amined by experts, and is said to be of ex
cellent quality. Nine hundred and nine
teen pounds oi' hide, treated in this electrical
manner at Newark gave 1,278 pounds of
leather in four days, while 1,042 pounds of
hides, subjected to the action of the revolv
ing drum, but without the current turned on,
gave only 1,210 pounds of poorly tanned
hide. Hence there appear to be economies
additional to those involved in the saving of
time. As lar as the electrical process goes,
it uny be said that it is based upon thor
oughly sound theoretical considerations,
which have been tested and proved by some
of the best known olectriciaus in Franceand
England?
Flying Machine.
Although the solution of the problem of
an effective mode of flying by machinery
seems to be still afar off, experiments arc
being systematically conducted both in
England and in this country which are
gradually establishing a number of reliable
data that may at some future time bring
forth fruit in the construction of a practical
machine. Mr. Hiram S. Maxim has con
structed tbe most elaborate apparatus for
the scries of experiments on which he has
for some years been engaged, and has suc
ceeded in determining tbe efficiency of a
screw working in air, tbe amount of push
developed by a screw, the power required
for propelling planes through the air placed
at different angles, as well as sundry fric
tional phenomena and sundry other details
connected with the subject.
He has succeeded in making motors that
will develop one horse power for every six
pounds. He finds that 133 pounds can be
sustained in the air by the expenditure of
one horse power. He also finds that for a
successful flying machine a speed of at least
30 miles au hour is necessary. 50 miles
beinir still more favorable to good work,
and 100 miles an hour being well within the
limit of possible developments in aerial
locomotion.
Electric Heating of Feed Water.
A great deal of money has been spent in
this country in the attempt to solve the
problem of devising an economical feed
water heater apparatus, and the advantages
which electrio heating possesses fur this
purpose are rapidly securing recognition.
From statistics recently compiled it is easy
to see how large an economy can be effected
by improved methods ot heating. At a
meeting of a paper manufacturing firm not
long since it was stated that the firm used
250 tons of coal per week, and that au in
crease in the price of coal made an increase
uf $12,000 per annum in the fuel bill, and a
consequent reduction ot 4 per cent in the
dividend. A very moderate estimate of the
value of a beater which raises the feed
water from a normal temperature to about
200 is the saving of 10 per cent of the fuel
used. This, where coal costs about $5 per
ton and where, as in the case just stated,
250 tons per week are used, represents a
yearly saving of $6,250, or probably a divi
dend or from 50 per cent to 60 per cent
annually on the capital expended on the
feed-water heater apparatus.
Cost of Lighting Cities by Electricity.
A table has been compiled showing what
some American cities are paying corpora
tions for their electric lighting. Lafayette,
Ind., comes lowest, with a yearly cost of
$50 60 per light, and Yonkers next lowest,
paying $60 per light. Philadelphia is tbe
highest, paving $177, with the exception of
Boston, which pays a trine less than 1 per
cent per night for each light more than
Pniladelphia. In 1889 Philadelphia paid
its electric light companies the sum of
$164,780 30. New SToi-k', paying at the rate
ot $90 per light, paid the sum of $122,130.
New York, however, had 1,3S7 lights as
against 1,045 ot Philadelphia, and so saved
$42,650 33 as compared with the latter citv.
If New York had paid the high rate of $177
charged in Philadelphia, her expenditure
would have been $240,189 instead of $122,
130. If Philadelphia had secured the rate
at which the electric light company in
Yonkers can profitably afford to furnish the
light, the expenditure would have been but
$62,709 for 1,045 lights, a saving of $102,
OS0 33.
Scoring Baseball by Electricity.
Many of those who cater for the devotees
of the "diamond" and the "twirling sphere"
are likely to turn their thoughts to tbe con
sideration of a method jusfdevised of reg-J
istenng the points of the game of baseball in
such a way that everyone on the ground can
iustantly become cognizant of the stage at
which it has arrived and of the numerous
interesting and to the baseball enthusiast
vital issues upon which the game depends.
This is eflecied by the display of -colored
balls on a pile erected iu a conspicuous
place in the ball cround. The device can
be worked electrically and can be oDerated
at any distance by a person placed iu the
most favorable position for seeing tbe points
of the game.
Anti-Incrustators.
In using anti-incruit&tors the main con
sideration is, of course, to keep the boilers
clean and free from scale, but there are
other considerations of importance. The
material used as a scale preventive must be
entirely harmless to metallic surfaces and
absolutely free from any tendency to cause
corrosion, pitting or grooving. Some boiler
compounds while, preventing scale injure
the iron to such an extent that the boiler
soon becomes leaky, and stoppages for re
pairs are frequent. There are probably few
better all-around anti-incrustators than tri
sodium phosphate. It not only disintegrates
and removes old scale, but entirely prevents
the formation of new incrustations while
preserving the iron, keeping it free from
rust or corrosion of any kind.
Electric Railways.
Mr. Theodore P. Bailey recently gave
some interesting figures and facts in a lec
ture on electric railway! He stated that
the possible speed ot an electric car is meas
ured only by the limit of saiety. The res
ulation speed in tne majority of places is 12
miles an hour, and the average mileage per
.car per day is about 115. It is well known
that upon well regulated steam railroads the
locomotive rarely makes a continuous run
of over 100 miles per day, and with much
less care, and in every way better service,
the electric locomotive hat, there'ore, a dis
tinct advantage. The smallest town in the
United States which has an electric street
railway in operation is Southiugton, Conn.,
with a population of 5,400. Two cars are
in service over two miles of track, and the
average daily receipts are $9 per car. The
power !or the operation of thin road is lur
msbed by the local lighting company, and
costs $1 25 per car per day. The iareest
electric railway is at Boston, Mass. This
entire System comprises 284 miles ot track,
Ci of which are electrically equipped, and
there are 312 motor cars in operation. Dur
ing the month of August they had 300 motor
cars in service, making a total mileage of
384,700,000. As to the equipment of elec
trical railways, Mr. Bailey anticipates no
radical change for some time to come. The
development will be more in the line of de
tails. Just now the tendency seems to be in
the direction ot longer cars, double trucks
and heavier motors.
Tiews on Anaesthetics.
Dr. Horatio Wood shows by charts and
the results of experiments that, contrary to
the general belief, chloroform kills by par
alyzing the respiration as well as the heart,
aud that either kills by paralyzing the
heart before respiration has ceased. He
regards nitrous oxide as the safest anti
thetic only one death having occurred out
of 50,000 administrations. Ether is proba
bly safer thau chloroform in the ratio of 1
to 3 or 1 to 5, and the best method of ad
ministering it is to use the inhaler made of
cloth stretched across the wire Irame which
is surrounded by rubber or leather.
Plenty ot fresh air should be mixed with
tbe ether. Chloroform is probably more
fatal on account of its greater specific
gravity. It lies in the lungs and mixes
slowly with the air, completely poisoning
nerve centers before oxygen can gain ad
mission to the blood. It is less dangerous
iu hot climates, where it is more readily
volatilized. Ether is more volatile and
therefore less dangerous.
Novel Form of Flexible Tablng.
A new idea has been worked out in the
manufacture of tubing in the construction
of a flexible tube for conveying gas,
steam or liquids under considerable pres
sure. This tube has sufficient flexibility for
all practical purposes, with the additional
advantages of great strength and durability.
A triangular wire is pressed between the
coils of a round wire during the process of
constructing the tube, with sufficient force
to spread them apart, so that the contact
surfaces are at all times underpressure. The
triangular wire serves two purposes; one is
to spread the coils apart so that tbe pressure
will be exerted on the contact surfaces; the
other is to fill the irregularly shaped spaces
between the coils of tne round wire, adjust
ing itself to tbe changing form ot the spaces
caused by any given flexion.
Dragon Flies as Mosquito Hawks.
The offer, made last year, of a prize for
the best essay on a method of destroying the
mosqnitn, brought out a large number of
curious ideas on the subject. Dr.Lambern's
idea of artificially renring dragon flies for
the purpose of exterminating flies and mos
quitos seems to have met with little favor.
Mr. Weeks, to whom a prize was awarded,
considered that any attempt to destroy flies
and mosquitos by the artificial propagation of
dragon flies or any other insect would be "im
possible, unadvisable and impracticable."
Various methods of destruction have been
proposed, among which are sprayed petro
leum ('or the larva and pupa:), flushing
and grading of land, cultivation ot fungoids,
the employment of attracting lamps in the
neighborhood bt marshes, the rearing ot
fish, and the encouragement of water lowl
where fresh water is abundant
Now Hazard in Chemical Manufacture.
Attention has been drawn to the danger
of fire in tbe use of chlorate of potash, sugar
and muriate of ammonia in the manufacture
of tablets. While it is generally known
that chlorate of potash, together with or
ganic matter, forms a powerful explosive, it
should be understood that, under certain
conditions, it is an agent iu producing fire
without an explosion. Sugar alone requires
a temperature of 600 Fahrenheit, and if an
accumulation of dust or particles of the two
ingredients named should form a mixture
on tbe steam pipes of a factory a fire might
be caused. It is, therefore, urged that the
manufacture of the chlorate of potash and
muriate of ammonia tablets shall be re
stricted or prohibited as being dangerous to
tbe welfare of the communitv.
A Monster Slab.
Probably the most remarkable piece of
limestone ever quarried in this country, and
brought safely to tidewater, is now at Wil
bur. It fs 20 feet long by 24 feet 9 inches,
10 inches thick, and weighs over 20 tons.
It was taken out ol .i quarry near Kingston,
and bv its side the celebrated slab in front
of the Vanderbilt mansion in New Yurk,
which is 15 by 20 feet and 8 inches thick, is
shorn ot much ot its glory. This monster
stone is so large that it may have to be cut
in two for a buyer, which will detract Irom
its actual value about 20 per cent In its
present shape itis practically dead money to
its owners, as It is larger and wider either
way than anysidewalk in America.
Effect of Hammer Vibration.
A somewhat singular circumstance is re
ported from tbe Chatham, Eng., dockyard,
where a large clock is used to regulate the
duties of tbe whole department For some
time the clock has been working irregularly,
and it is now lound that its erratic move
ment' are owingto the proximity of tbe iron
vessels which are under construction. The
perpetual hammering caused such a degree
of vibration tbat the works or the clock
were affected, and it was ultimately found
necessary to remove the clock to another
part of the dockyard.
Nntrltlvo Properties of Cream.
The fact is not so well known as it de
serves to be that cream constitutes an ad
mirable nutriment for invalids. It is
superior to butter, containing more volatile
oils. Persons predisposed to consumption,
ayed persons, or those inclined to cold ex
tremities and lecble digestion are especially
benefited by a liberal use of sweet cream. It
is far better than cod liver oil, and besides
being excellent for medicinal properties it is
a highly nutritious food.
An Admonltor.
An engineer of Copenhagen, Denmark,
has invented a thermo-alarm apparatus,
which he calls an admonitor, for averting
danger as well as for saving in repairs by
reducing Indirectly tbe wear and tear in
duced by a rise in temperature of surfaces in
friction.. The invention is described as
cheap, easily adapted to existing machinery,
and as effective in every trial tbat has hith
erto been made of it.
Alcohol In Pneumonia.
Another fond delusion has been shattered
by ths relentless data of loience. Whisky
has long been regarded as of value in the
treatment of pneumonia, but a comparison
of the results attained in different hospitals
by its use in this capneitv shows that its em
ployment is not desirable. It is found that
in the New York hospitals 65 per cent of the
pneumonia patients die under alcoholic
treatment, while in Loudon, at the Object
Lesson Temperance Hospital, only 5 per
cent die.
Brick Machine.
A new brick machine possesses some ex
cellent points, among which arc a thorough
mixture of the clay, ihe production of a per
fectly homogeneous brick, sharp and clean
in the edge, strnight-siried and perfectly
uniform. It works hard or soft clay equally
well, the only labor required being that of
one man to feed it and two buys to take
awav the brick. The machine is said to turn
out 20,000 bricks per day often hours.
Hot Mixtures Cracking Glass.
A well-known scientific journal gives an
old- fashioned but excellent mode of pre
venting the cracking of glass from hot
water. A simple and never-failing plan is
to place a silver spoon or any other silver
instrument in the glass jar or bottle into
which the hot liquid is to be poured. This
method effectually prevents even the most
delicate glass from cracking.
The Colorado Coal Center.
Trinidad, Col., is looming up as one of
the future great coal centers in the United
States, and there are well iuformed coal men
who predict that the output will soon equal
that of the most famous Pennsylvania dis
tricts. The output three years ago.was in
its infancy, 1,000 tous per day. It has al
ready reached 8,000 tons per day, and is ex
panding as rapidly as the railroad can make
arrangements to haul away the coal to the
markets ot Texas, Kansas, Nebraska. Colo
rado, Arizona aaii even New Orleans. For
lull information address Trinidad Land and
Improvement Co., Trinidad, Col.
Beady for Christmas.
Fresh shipments each day, now, of Boyal
Dresden, Couldon, Crown Derby, Doulton,
Boyal Worcester and Boyal Stafford in new
shapes and decorations.
Dubbin & MoWattt,
Jewelers and Silversmiths,
Tusu 53 Fifth avenue.
Baegains in dress goods from 25e a yard
upward during our great holiday and clear
ing sale, ttssu Hugus & Hacks.
Diamonds! Diamonds t Diamonds!
Parties wanting anything in this line,
generally hunt a reliable, firm, as you must
have confidence in the seller. It will pay
intending purchasers tocall and see our dia
monds. Hauch's Jetvelrt Store,
295 Fifth avenue, established 1853.
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HOLDAY
Shopping really becomes a pleasure when one has ample variety from which to select.
In order to meet all tastes and suit all purses during the holidays, each department has
been carefully looked after, and now contains the newest, choicest and most seasonable
goods. Of tlie thousands of ornamental and useful things offered we name a few, and
would particularly call the attention of ladles to prices:
AN ARRAY OF FANCY THINGS.
Silver paper knives, 25c, 50c, 75s up.
Silver shoe hooks, 10c to 50c.
Silver shoe born and hook, per set, 50c
Silver match safes, 10c, 18c up.
Silver writing tablets, 25c and 60a.
Silver pocket mirrors, 25c
Silver card cases, 51 25.
Silver whist sets, CI 25.
Silver pin and jewel trays, 78c up.
Silver smokers' sets, $4.
Silver shaving mugs.
Silver shaving brushes.
Silver bon bon baskets.
Silver toilet bottles.
Silver brushes.
Silver hand mirrors.
Silver powder boxes.
Silver pufl boxes.
Silver frames. COc to $2 0.
Silver soap boxes.
All these goods come in oxidized and
Satin Finish, and are, beyond doubt, the
best values offered this season.
HANDKERCHIEFS I HANDKERCHIEFS I
Fine Initials, 60s to 51 50 a box of six.
Fine Hemstitched, 10c, 120. 15c. 18c. 20e, 25c
Fine Embroidered, 15c, 18c, 25c, 37c, 60a to 53.
Gents' Fine Hemstitched Haudkerchiefl, 12c, 18e, 23c, 37c, 50c,
Gents' Fine Initials, 25e to 50c.
Misses' Handkerchiefs, 20c to $1 a box.
Fine Fancy Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs, 23o to 75c
KID GLOVES.
Ladies' 4-hutton Kid Glove. 50c. 68c. 51, 51 25.
La-lies' 5-hook fine Kid Gloves, 89c, fl, 51 25.
Ladies' 7-hook extra fine Kid Glove. 51 25, 51 60, $3,
L-idies 8-button Snede Gloves, 89c, 51 25, 81 60.
Misses' 4-button Kid Gloves. 38a and 75c ' ;'
Misses' 5-hook Kid Gloves. 93c.
Ladie.' Fur Top Kid GIove, $1 to f2 2X
Gents' Kid GIove, 75c, Si,' 51 CO.
Gents' Fur Top Gloves, 51, 51 50. 52.
Silk and Cashmere Gloves, Silt Mitts, Wooleu Mittf, In great variety.
CLOAK BARGAINS.
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We do not attract you to our Cloak Department with glittering promises of "presents
thrown in with every garment Our bargains appeal to all who care to buy where ths
dollar goes farthest, and that's the pure and simple reason of the immense trade we enjoy.
Beaver Jackets, ?3 50, $4, $4 50.
Beaver Jackets, vet ironN. 55, 55 45, $6, 58 45.
Cheviot Jackets, 53 45. 53 75, 54 35, 54 75, 55.
Ladies' Newmarkets, 54, 55, 5t anil un.
Ladles' Fur-Trimmed Jackets, 56 75. 57 60. 59 75. $11 75 and up.
Ladies' Fine Seal Plnsh Jackets, 57 85, 58 75, 59 75 to 518.
Ladies' Fine Seal Plush Sacques, 510, 514 50, 516 50 to 529 75. , .
Ladies' Fine Cloth Wraps, elegantlv trimmed, 59; worth 516 50.
Misses' Jackets and Beefers, 51 60, 52 50, 53 60 to $9 75.
UMBRELLAS FOR CHRISTMAS.
As is our usual custom, we will engrave names or initials on all Umbrellas bought of
us during the holidays, free of charge.
Oar assortment this season surpasses any we have shown heretofore, both as regtrds
novelty of styles (most ol which are exclusively our own) and quantity. Our present
stock is the largest ever brought to this city.
These Umbrellas are all elaborately rich
would delight the most fastidious connoisseur. .
As to tbe handles, you trill find among others, Sterling Silver inlaid with pearl; Japa.
nese Ivory, with sterling silver deposits, Carved Ivory, Sterling Silver studded with
pearls, rubies and many other precious stones. Prices range from 55 to 520. Do not fail
to see this line of Umbrellas befere buying presents for Christmas.
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510 TO 514 MARKET STREET.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT WATCHES.
.."Jlf TT. iutJcS!ei n1 Placed on sale tho nandsomet lot of SOLID GOLD and
SILVER Y1 AT.iE?CT8r bown In this city. Among them are Ladies' Bolid Gold
Btem.WindingKtirlii Watches, costing from J18 to S4(i; Gents' Solid Gold Stera-Wiodiag
Watches from S to J90; Ladles' and Genu.' Uold Filled Watcbes from S15 np; Holla
Silver Stem-Winding Watcbes Irom S5 60 to $15. The above are all thoroughly regulated
and warranted goad timekeepers.
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'FIVE STORE8 IK ONE. k
032 and 934 Liberty St. and 703, 705 and 707 Smlthfleld.
Persons so desiring' can call, make their selection, and have goods put away for th
Holidays, nooQ-Thsa.
SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ABOUT AN
INFANT FIELD THERE
That ITas Raised tbo Hopes of IU Inhabit
ants rittsburs and Western Pennsylva
nia Capital and Brawn Interested A
Few Good Frodncers Come to the Front.
crrCIAI. TFLXUKAM If. Till DISFATCn.1
Omaha, November 29. There are two
unfortunate facts connected with the petro
leum industry of to-day. The first is the
prevalence of ruinously low prices in the)
Pennsylvania fields. The average Key
stone producer has to figure on astonishing
ly short margins in order to keep his profit
columns out of the s.raran. The second
fact is the presence of an oil field out West
here. This is unfortunate, because true.
This Western bear is still in his lair. Ha
is making no noise now; the music will
come later on.
Several years" ago a newspaper gave ths
world an account of the alleged discovery of
a lake of petroleum in Wyoming, whicb no
body believed.. Oue day an experienced
Pennsylvania producer came out this way.
He sized up the country around Florence,
Col. Tbe next spring this oleaginous pros
pector came back, this time accompanied by
a second Pennsylvania producer. Together
they examine the "ragweeds," an indica
tion in which Colonel Dyer, of Washingtoa
county. Pa., pins the most implicit faith.
Some capital was enlisted, partly Pennsyl
vanian, mostly local. They drilled and had
the usual mishaps.
Dav before yesterday theUnited Oil Com
panv's No. 49, at Florence, struck oil at
2,100 feet, and have what they claim is a
200-barrel producer. Their claims can be
discounted by 150 per cent and still there
will be a well. This well is important, from
the fact that its oil comes Irom a lower
horizon than the rest of the field. The ex
istence of two at least, and probably more,
producing sands sounds natural.
Yesterday M. J. Lee, foreman, and a
dozen tank builders from Biter and Conley,
of Pittsburg, arrived at Florence. They
have several large contracts for erecting
tanks for the Florence Oil Company. Thr
Bocky Mountain Comnany will have a Clnr
ot tank builders from Titnsville, Pa., to put
np a 35,000-barrel receiving tank. This
looks like business. The Colorado Coal
and Iron Company is about to erect a re
finery. They have" placed an order with
the State Penitentiary lor 200,000 bricks.
The stills, tanks, pipes ami pumps have
already been ordered of Beeves Bros.,
of Ohio. A crew irom Niles, O., will be)
there in a couple of weeks to start wort on.
the refinery. The Bocky Mountain Com
pany began yesterday pumping its No. 5.
The sucker-rod regime suits this well very
well; it is good for over 50 barrels.
This little Bocky Mountain field is not
much yet, but its production is something.
The field reports for November 23, put it at
1,800 barrels. At the present rate of de
velopment this should be near 3,000 barrels
a day before spring.
Plush, leather, wood and metal toilet
eases, SI to $25.
Manicure sets, 91 25 to SIS.
Manicure and toilet combination boxes.
Work boxes.
Collar and cuff boxes, single and corn
bination. i
Jewel cases.
Odor sets.
Smokers' Meti,
Smokers' tablets.
Shaving sets.
Ink stands.
Music rolls.
Albums, painted placquei, plctura
frames, easels.
Blacking sets.
Toilet bottles for covering.
Whisks, whlsfc holders, wall pockets,
holiday fans in satin, gauze, ostrich feather,
satin and gauze painted.
in appearance, marvels ef loveliness, which
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