mryrlf- jsp- 'zxfig.rz" TFrareFB? B3ppssr -igyqp '- ' 16 THE, PniTSBUB&i' DISPATCH SUNDAY, APRIL . S6, 1891. w-sawssw,4 y STATISTICS ON MILK. How the Intelligent Dairyman Should Improve His Stock. MANUFACTURE OF GRINDSTONES. Automatic Locking Envelope to Stop the Habit of Licking. INDIA ECBBEK TIRES FOE BICYCLES fWlUTTKW rOR TUB DISPATCH. The need for better cows for the dairy is coining to be very generally appreciated. Statistics collected in Iowa show that the average cow in that State gives bat 3,000 ponuds of milk annually, while good ones yirld from 5,000 to 5,000 pounds. How un equal is the supply of butter is shown by the fact that in the State of Vermont the average yield of butter per cow is only about 130 pounds per annum, while there are 30 dairies in the State that average over 300 pounds per cow. Some most important tacts were recently brought out bv a series of experiments with 12 cows, among which were Jersey, Ayrshire, Devon, Durham, Dutch and native cows, under the auspices of the Depirtment of Agriculture. The 5nost profitable cow was bought for 60, fed S4 days, and then sold for $28, making her vctual cost 32, and the feed cost $135 05, so that the total cah outlay was 167 05. The milk brought 203 35 at the creamerv. aud the manure was estimated to De worth 56 93, making the totjl value received lor feed consumed, S2G0 30. Subtracting the cash outlay of 167 05 from this, there remain; 93 25 as net return for feed consumed. De ducting the estimated value of the manure, the remainder, "return in excess of esti mated value oi the manure," i 36 32. In the average for the 12 cows, the net re turn was 50 43. and the return in excess of the estimated value of tne manure, only f 15 13. 'With the least profitable enw, the cash outlay for cow and feed exceeded the value of the aiilk and manure by 3 97; in other words, the net return lor :eed con sumed was JS 97 less than nothing. Sub tracting the value of the manure, the total loss was $34 25; that Is to sav, allowing for the value of the manure, the results with the 12 cows varied from a gain of 03 to a loss of 3 97; or, if the value cf the manure be left out o account, from a gain of 36 32 to a loss of $34 25. It was louud that the profit or loss did not depend upon cither the breed or the length of the fee nnr period. The most profitable cow and the least profitable but one were both of the same breed. Of the two most profitable cow, one wjs led lor 684 days and the other lor only 278 divs. Two things are brought out clearly by these experiments. One is that in certain localities tne value cf the manure goes far to decide the profit in feeding dairv cattle. Another is that cows which would ordinarily pass for good ones may differ widely in product. To tne prac tical dairyman, however, they teach the difference between cows which are profitable aud those which are not, and the importance of selecting the best cows and g2ttine rid of the poor ones; in other words, ot being thor oughly cognizant of the issues upon which the success or failure of hit business de pends. Increasing Use of Rubber Tires. The application of rubber to wheel tires his proved a great boon to bicyclists, and the increase in this branch of industry is re markable. There are 100,000 bicycles made every jear in this country, and 40,000 more are imported. As all these have tires of the best rubber, it can be seen that a good per centage of the world's supply is absorbed in this way. Each tire weighs on an average between three and four pounds, and this to gether with renewals involves a vearly con sumption of not far from 1,000,000 pounds. The bolia tire was first used, but the cushion and the pneumatic are now the popular lorm. Each of these, however, is being further modified and improved, and the comfort of bicycle riding is being daily in creased. The cushion tire is not liable to puncture, aud takes the jar well, but its weak point at preseut is its liability to crack at the sides in the interior. The pneumatic consKts of a .rubber tube jacketed in a stout canvas sack, which pre vents its being burst trom ovenuflation and other accidents. The whole is covered with a larger encasing tube of rubber. The canvas sack is cemented to the outer rubber tubing, and the interior is inflated by an air valve This form of tire, winch is not yet perfected, has the advantage of being easily repaired by the rider iu a few minutes by the roadside. The repairing outfit consists of a hidden pressure tube filled with quicK arying solution, rubber lor patches, and a supply of canvas. These adaptations of rubb-r enable the rider to travel long distances, day after day. with but little ill efiect trom the concussion which once affected so materially the health and comfort of the bicyclist. To Imitate Mahogany. In the manufacture of furniture it is often found that excellent results both in econ ciy and effect are gained by the ability to imitate valuable hardwoods. The French artisan is especially skilled in this art, and will produce a surface so like the wood imi tated in texture, density of hue and polish that many expert judges will often mistake the imitation for the natural wood. Tne ap pearance of mahogany is given by the fol lowing process: Tha surface of the wood having been made perfectly smooth, diluted nitrous acid is rubbed in. To a filtered mixture of one and a half ounces of dragon's blood, dis solved in a pint ot spirits ot wine, 13 added one-third that quantity of carbonate of soda. This gives a very ihiu liquid, which is brushed with a soft brush over the wood. The process is repeated, and shortly the wood assumes the external appearance of mahogany. If the composition has been properly made the surface will resemble an artificial mirror, and should this brilliancy nt any time be impaired, it can be restored by rubbing the surface with a little cold drawn linsted oil. Smokeless Fuel. That the importance of a smokeless fuel to the public in general and to the manu facturer iu particular is recognized is shown by the fact that new methods of producing itare constantly being devised. A product of this kind has been tested in England, with promising results. The fuel consists of dust or waste coal reduced to a fine pow der, and then incorporated with a small proportion of pitch and some other mineral substances to the cxteut of from 7 to 10 per cent, according to the nature of the coal used. It is then, while in a plastic condi tion, molded in presses, where it is submit ted to a pressure of two tons to the square inch, and rsumcs the form of briquettes about 8 inches long by 5 inches wide and 1 inches thick. It is stated that the mineral ingredients thus added produce during combustion a gas which not only consumes the smoke that emanates from the coal, but also all noxious fumes. The sulphur is said to be rendered innocuous, and the heat engendered to be greater than that produced by ordinary coal alone. Feeding Farnace With Enwdast. The consumption of sawdust and shavings in sawmills effects a great economy iu fuel. "While sawdust is easily haudled, the larger chips from planers are not so readily dis posed of, and are often so bulky that if manipulated in the ordinary way much labor is entailed. An ingcuinus mode of overcoming this difficulty has been intro duced, consisting or a system of ventilation and boiler firing that removes all the chips and dust llpm the machines, transports them to a spccisl building and thence car- rits n supply to the boilers. The whole sys- tern is entirelv automatio and is under simple and perfect control. Danger In Ucklng Envelopes. The public is frequently warned by the medical profession of the danger which lurks in the practiceof damping the gum on envelopes with the tongue, and notwith standing the many cases of virulent and serious diseases, especially of the syphilitic type, which have been traced to such an origin, the practice is stilt almost universal. Among attempts which have been made to provide a means of escaping the necessity of licking the envelope is an automatio lock envelope, which has just been patented. On the flap of the envelope are two projecting flanges and all that is necessary to close the envelope is to fold these flanges by clearly denoted lines, and insert the flap thus nar rowed in a slot, whereupon the lolded flanges automatically lock themselves and the en velope cannot be opened without being torn. The operation sounds much more complicat ed than it' really is, for one of the new envel opes can be closed as readily as the better known gummed envelope. Still another remedy is a patent machine which moistens the open flaps of envelopes and similar articles drawn through it. This consists of a reservoir with convexed under surface, which is attached to the vertical mem ber of a frame. When the gummed flap of an envelope is passed under a sponge which extends slightly downward within an open ing in the base of the frame, a spring arm is slightly lifted and raises a plug, allowing water to enter the reservoir and permitting its flow through the sponge, Thich is thus kept in a thoroughly moist condition. The immediate return of the plug to its position by the spring arm, after the envelope has been passed through, prevents further flow of the moistening fluid. To Clean Dull Gold. A correspondent who has found difficulty in restoring the color of dull gold will find advisable the use of a solution consisting of say 3 quarts of distilled water in which 80 grams calcium hypochlorite, 80 grams sodium bicarbonate and 20 grams table salt arc dissolved. This fluid must be kept in well corked bottles. Articles to be cleaned are placed in a basin and covered with the liquor. Alter a while they should be taken out, washed and rinsed in alcohol and dried in sawdust. They will then look like new. Vulcanite Grindstones. The manufacture of artificial grindstones now constitutes a very important industry in this country. The materials used in this manufacture are pulverized quartz, pow dered flint, powdered emery or corundum, and rubber dissolved by a suitable solvent These materials, after being carefully mixed together, form a substance that is exceed ingly -jurable, and that will, when used for sharpening tools, outwear by many years any natural stone known. During the process of mixing and knead ing there is a constant escape of. tar fumes, We can account if subject of IrfaMii Mr " 1 Mi 11 Full Line of Sailor Suits Beginning in Price at 69c Up. Jerseys in All the Popular Shades! A Royal Assortment From 89c Up. If SHORT-PIT SUITS Our stock is large enough to fit out every boy in Pittsburg and varied to suit the taste of his sisters, his and his aunts. STRONG AND SERVICE ABLE SUITS AT 111, 12 ii $11 Scores of nobby, stylish and well-finished suits between $3 and 5. There's only one thing against showing you the quality and style we do for the amounts named; it keeps you from buying the bet ter goods. ES?Our Boys' Department is a popular and profitable resort for the parents of the twin cities. very often rendering the covering of the mixers with a sheet-iron hood necessary. The compound is afterward calendered into sheets of one-half to three inches thick, shaped up and carefully vulcanized, and the process is completed by the wheels being trued up with tools made especially for the purpose. These wheels are used for the finest sort of grinding and polishing pur poses. Quitter for Sewing Machines. A very useful addition to the sewing ma chine has appeared in the shape of a quilt ing frame. This device can be easily ad justed to bold a quilt in convenient position for being worked on, and so that it cast be readily adapted to the feed of any sewing machine. The frame supporting the quilt may be brought in an instant into any de sired position, the suspended frame moving freely, and the device permitting of such arrangement in connection with a sewing machine that the feed of the machine will draw the qnilt and frame through it. The device can be adapted to all sizes of ma chines and for the quilting of any desired pattern. Protect Tour Health. Cold and moisture combined have a torporis intr effect UDon the bodily orzans. and the di gestive and secretive processes are apt to be more tardily performed in winter than in the fall. The same is true, also, of the excretorr functions. The bowels are often sluzgith, and the pores of the skin throw off but little waste matter at this season. The system, therefore, requires opening up a little, and also purifying and regulating, and the safest, surest and most thorough tonic and alterative that can be used for these purposes is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Persons who wish to escape the rheumatic twinges, the dyspeptic agonies, the painful disturbances ot the bowels, the bilious attacks and the nervous visitations so common at this time ot the year, will do well to reinforce their srstems with this renowned vegetable stomachic and invigorant. It Improves the ap petite, strengthens the stomacn, cheers the spirits and renovates the whole physique. 81 25 TELVET CARPETS 81 00. Where? At JVH. Kunkel & Bro.'s, 1347-1349 Penn avenue. Our assortment large. Our prices will be a revelation to you. Palmetto Awitings At Mamaux & Son's, 639 Penn avenue. New Dress Novelties. Large and select stock of English and French plaids, Arlington suitings, Henri ettas, serges and fancy dress novelties at ex traordinary low prices, at H. J. Lvnch's, 438-440 Market street. WFSSu "HeiLO. 11861" "Hello." "Sendme a case of Pilsner beer. My folks like it best of any beer we know." Go Any Place You want, you can't find men's fine suits to equal the ones we will sell Monday at $7 0. P. c. c. c. Household goods packed and shipped. Hatjgh & Keen an. 33-34 "Water street su IN ilfa's mm "Man is born to sorrow, as the sparks fly upward." Wonder if the writer connected in his mind the sparks (children) of the family as they fly upward ? Anyway, we all admit that they are a great source of trouble, especially in the matter of dress. They are constantly out growing or out-kicking their suits. save y ou much trouble on their you'll let us. We have made the Boys' Clothing a study from the time when they don their first kilt up to the hour when they stand on the threshold of manhood and ask the old man for the last time to put up for a new suit Scores of styles IN KILTS, The charm and beauty of which win the ad miration of all who see them. Everybody's idea in a kilt, supplemented by numbers of striking and original designs made ex pressly for us. f almost enough cousins 1 rw. 1 MOR1 ? & rsI Aft- i I Hi 1 11 "JjvVi I I MM A Harvest of Patents. Tboie inventors who apply "early tnd often" reap the harvests, and among those who fellow this maxim are found the -names of some well-known Fennsylvanians: A. E. Dain, Pittsburg, bottle stopper; L. 8. Platan, Pittsburg, whifBetree; C. L. Goe gring, Allegheny, molding machine; P. Lange, Pittsburg, wall socket for incandes cent electric lamps; James Morgan, Pitts burg, feed table lor rolling mills; George Westinghouse, Jr., Pittsburg, electric loco motor; 6. W. Blair, Pittsburg, lamp chim ney. Reported by Higdon & Higdon, patent attorneys, 127 Fourth avenue, Pitts, burg. Honiton Awxnros At Mamaux & Son's, 39 Penn avenue. 1 25 VELVET CARPETS 81 00. 'Where? At J. H. Kunkel & Bro.'s, 1347-1349 Penn avenue. Our assortment large. Our prices will be a revelation to vou. Hanover' Awntnos At Mamaux & Son's, 639 Penn avenue. Patroxs of Dabbs' Photographie Stu dio need not hesitate to call on account of changes making in front of building, as it does not iuterfere with arrangements for making our usual first-class work. It is advisable for all to take advantage of these bright days -to secure a picture that ,will be a perfect portrait, giving an easy, natural pose, and bringing out vour best intellectual thought, which can only be done by an artist of intuitive ability, such as Dabbs. Eefeeshinq and thirst-quenching. Iron City Brewery's beer. Telephone 1186. Htacixth Awxraos-At Mamaux & Sou's, 39 Penn avenue. 1HE bTltlKG OF JJIKKNAL lUU'lH. Carlsbad may be truly termed the Spring of Eternal Youth. For centuries the Sprudel Spring has given forth the waters which are drunk by the hundreds of thonsands tbat flock there from all parts of the globe in search of healtb. If it is inconvenient for you to go to the Spring!, make them come to yon. In other words, you can carry the famous Sprudel Spring around with you. Buy the imported Carlsbad Sprudel salt, which is obtained from the Sprudel Spring by evaporation. It is tbo best natural remedy for constipation, catarrh of the stomach, dyspepsia and liver and kidney ported article only, which must have the s:gna- tnr. fit Pit... Jtr tfanatan. "" D.I. a . New Tort," on every package. w EISNER A MENDELSON'S CARLSBAD SPRUDEL SALTS. SOLD BY J03. FLEMING fc SON, . 12 Market street, mhl9-82 Pittsburg. Amusement advertisements appear on fourteenth page. THE For Popular Patronage We lead them all And in doing so we furnish an elegant object lesson of the old adage that "real merit wins." Real merit asks and demands' a hearing; it gets it. It does not go around the world complaining that the world owes it a living; it simply presents its bill and collects at sight. The people have recog nized the merit of our goods and prices and our endeavor to serve them honorably by according to us a very liberal share of their patronage. XjM-JJIJII h I fF"! W" f""! IP"! W Ii""! W IP1""! I 1 1 1 f The gentleman who means to buy a new Spring Suit and passes by our assortment simply narrows down his choice by one-half. While all the other stocks in town put together might equal ours, no one stand ing alone begins to. To save time and trouble, come to headquarters; come where you can at once see the largest and md'st varied stock at pVices which not even inferior goods can beat. The Sack in many shapes, the Frock in as many more, the Single and Double-breasted Prince Albert, and the Full Dress are all represented, and the representation is so large and varied that every body can be pleased and suited. Just at present light colors have the call, and we have an immense as sortment from which to select. . . Strong, stout, yet stylish suits, at $5 and $6. Nobby Business Suits, in Cassimeres and Cheviots, $8, $10 and 12. Elegant Dress Suits, with a custom look and trim, 15 to JS18. ' T-T JEZL AJT Economy, with a big E, tells the story of our hat trade. We sell as many hats in a month as the ordinary hat store does in a year. This enables us to buy 'and sell' to better advantage than the hatters, and you get the benefit. All styles and all new shades of Spring Derbys from $i 24 up. Just opened, a magnificent stock of Boys' and Children's Straw Hats and Caps. ' ' GUSKY'S BORDERS BT MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MUSICALLY PERFECT Are the celebrated HARDMAN. A. K CHASE, KRAKAUER HMOS and VOSE HONEST PRICES! EASIEST TERM8I We have now some great bargains in "much for your money" Pianos and Organs, but little used, taken interchange. We must sell them. Came and name your own prices. Palace of Music," Established 1831, 77 FIFTH AVENUE. ap26-su D. L. Dowd's Health Exerciser.' Fcr Erals-wniers s Beiestirr Tenia: Gentlemen. Ladles. Yonthi: Athlete or Invalid. A .complete gymnititiia. ibkcb up DBt 0 m. squire ncor roam ; new, scientific, durable corcprehenslTft, cheap. Indoned by 30,000 pfcTilclaca. lawyers, clergymen, editors & otters now using It. fiend forlllustiated cir cular, 40 eszmlun, ro ciaif e. Frof. D. L. Dowd. Mclentlffc Phv.lMl u- , (tubs hue.) col Culture, East ltta bt,. M ew 3 oik. FOR DYSPEPSIA Distress after Eating, Stomach Catarrh, Head ache, Heartburn, and all forms of Indigestion. Prepared from the fruit of the Papaya Melon Tr,ee found la the tropics. Druggists sell them. -93-TTS XAPOID TABLETS-FOR DYSPEPSIA. SOLD BY JOS. FLEMING & SON, 412 Market street mbl9-82.TTSu Pittsbure. : I IB MWA JP IK i.wSRMMI REAT RAC :$ 300 TO 400 CjKSZBT ST. S iS THINK How well you can furnish your home through the help that our credit sys tem offers, PICKERING, UNEQHALED -Tea EXTENT, YAEIETT, QUALITI. SUITS HOES. Don't buy a poor article in shoes simply because its cheap. You can't afford it, neither can we afford to sell you such. Our reputation in the shoe line was built on selling a trustworthy ar ticle at a low price. Our shoe stock and prices are treading com petition under foot. We have the stock and the trade of this town, and are not allowing ourselves to be undersold by anybody. GUSKY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CASH. FURNITURE! CARPETS! REFRIGERATORS! BABY :: CARRIAGES! COR. TENTH ST. AND PENN AVENUE. CREDIT. ih Grand Army S Decoration Day draws near,and we are ready with the clothing needed to fit you for the interesting occasion. Pull Grand Army Suits at $61, $8, $9, $11 $12 1 Single and double-breasted, square and round cornered coats. The coats and vests all made with eyelets, and two sets of but tons go with each suit JFull suits or single garments, as may be desired. OUR white VESTrrrus one, and we can supply you with 49c up. v Up5-"" zZ-S&Zni1"' c gs. J jLnCtSafl I iff JlilPMk 1 V m.' ''vfcori 1 li-e-38Jsfv ANOTHER GRANDGIFT! LIFE AND DEEDS OF GENERAL SHERMAN. MEMORIAL EDITION. A large cloth-bound book, containing nearly 600 pages, filled with thrilling descriptions of battles, marches and, victories. Full account of the life of the great Commander and Patriot, embellished with numerous maps and illustrations. We have'secured several thousand of these valuable books, and shall begin to give them away to-morrow morning with every sale of Men's Clothing of $io and up. OURS Is a great credit house, where the housekeeper is made welcome. JA credit house in every sense of the word. -A. U- r-rr SB HOUSEFURNISHER, WE Have a world-wide reputation for being the cheapest and MOST - LENIENT HOUSE. $1 these from - t l-J&(g& Hr !n III I M SZ. A. 1 j U I (i I r 1 riii!w- ,"5 4 $f
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