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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
NEW ADvERTfsEMESrs
b. & B.
SATURDAY. September q.
SPECIAL

HANDKERCHIEF SALE TO-DAY.
Some recent fortunate purchases
enable US to offer extraordinary
values in Linen Handkerchiefs, to
which We ask particular attention.
Ladies All Linen Plain Hem
stitched, Ioc, 1ahc, I5c, aoc, a5c,
35c, soc. All of these numbers in
H-inch, finch, IA-inch, 2-inch,
2H-inch hens.
Ladies' Printed Border Handker-
chiefs, Cotton and Union Cloths,
SC, 6Ac, 8Bc. On All Linen
Cloth, 1oc, Ia1zc, 15c, a5c, soc.
Ladies Embroidered Handker-
chiefs, white and colors: Union
goods, 1oc, 1a1sc. All Linen, 15c,
aoc, 25c, 35c, soc, 75c.
Fine White Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs, 81 to Sc each.
Ladies' Null Handkerchiefs,
fancy prints, 1oc, 1a1zc, 15c, 2se.
Ladies' Initial Unlaundried,
Union, 1aHc; All Linen, a5c;
special values.
Ladies' Mourning Handkerchiefs
in printed and embroidered borders,
both scalloped edge and hemstitch-
ed, 1oc, 1aHc, 15c, a5c and soc.
Ladies Fine Duchess Lace Hand
kerchiefs, 81, So, 81 50 to Sra each.
CENTS HANDKERCHIEFS,
All Linen, plain hemstitched, I5c,
2oc, 25c, 35c, soc.
Gents Fancy Printed borders,
Union Cloth, 1oc, 1aHc; All Linen,
I5c, 2oc, 25c, 35c, soc.
Gents Fancy Embroid cred White
and Colors, soc.
Gents All Linen Initials, hem
stitched, a5c or 81 IS doz.
A FEW SPECIALS.
100 doz. Ladies Revered Null,
oAc.
100 !doz. Ladies ALI Linen, hem
stitched, unlaundried, S15c.
200 doz. Ladies All Linen, En-
broidered, hemstitched and seal
loped, White and Colors, 15c.
Ladies All Linen Embroidered,
a5c, with fancy hemstitch, Blocks,
Revers and Scallops.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

100 dozen Camel's Hair Shirts
and Drawers, made from the best
grade of Wool and guaranteed free
from dye.
83c only.
2 cases extra quality, guaranteed
all-wool, natural Gray Shirts and
Drawers, the best Hygienic Under
wear obtainable and grand value at
90c only.
S cases extra quality all-wool
medicated Scarlet Shirts and
Drawers, Shirts with rib tail. These
are grand value at
99c only.
10 cases famous Morris Bros
fancy stripe all-wool Underwear,
guaranteed absolutely fast color
and non-shrinkable; 81 IS regular
price, but we'll sell at
ST. "a only.
Of dozen famous Glastonbury
Mills best grade of plain color, fast
dye, Wool Shirts and drawers,
ST. "a only.
60 dozen extra heavy Red and
White, Blue and White, Yellow and
White all-wool Shirts and Drawers;
well worth Sc 90, at
ST. 63 only.
@ o M Alucnc O. 40 ousv
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
Great as the Foregoing Bargains Are the Following
Are, if Anything, Greater.

I75 dozen Shirts and Drawers
made of fine Lambs Wool, free
from dye, drawers with extra long
cuffs,
83c only.
60 dozen White Hygienic Shirts
and Drawers, good make, fleece
lined and recommended for their
medicinal qualities,
83c only.
I44 dozen strictly all-wool fancy
stripe Shirts and Drawers, goods
that never sell under 81 24
99c only.
IL dozen plain natural color all
wool Camel's Hair Shirts and
Drawers. The celebrated Durham
Hosiery Co.'S goods.
ST "a only.
81 dozen natural Shirts and
Drawers, Shirts made double front
and back, free from all dyes,
ST. 10 only.
13o dozen fine all-wool drab
Shirts and Drawers, made from
selected Australian Wool andNun-
surpassed for wear,
81 SO only.
48 DOZ. SCOTCH WOOL SHIR
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
Socialists Lead the Strikers,

ROTTERDAM, September 27.-The strike
which started among the dock laborers is
spreading to other occupations. The en-
ployes of several cigar factories have Joined
the movement. The strikers, headed by
Socialist leaders, paraded the streets this
morning, and aiterward attempted to pre-
vent the loading of the steamer Holland
The police interfered and the loading of the
steamer proceeded
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
WILLIAM J. FLORENCE, tae q efos' fS'ra
contributes 10 the columns Of to-nOrroW's DIS
PATCH fascinating Irish american romance
entitled 1.-THE Rock on ElHatD0od HUI"
Licenses Granted Yesterday.
MARRIED.

LEW1S-TAYLOR-On September 26, 1889.
at P. NJ. at atLeechburg, by Rev. E. G. Loughry,
Mr.. JAMES H. LEWIS, of Pittsburg, and Mrs.
MARY ]. TAYLOR, of Leechburg, Pa.
THORSELL-CREA-On Thursday morn
ing, September 26 1889, by Rev. J. W. Mcmillan,
Mr.. JEAN R. THoRsELL and Miss MARY
CREA. all of Allegheny City. No cards.
IRWIN-lRWIN-0n Thursday evening,
September 26. 1859. at the residence of the
officiating minister, by the Rev. David McGnl,
d. D., Mr.. ALEX Fl. IRWIN, of Pittsburg, and
Mrs. ELIZABETH IRWIN, of Allegheny City.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
His Funny Debnf.

Ny. Fin Reynolds, the well-known Young
comedian, played the part of S5las Holu,n,
the Postmaster, in the ~. s. Mail. /" last
evening for the first time He gave an
original rendition of the character that was
simply excruciating, and his every entrance
was greeted with roars of laughter. Mr..
Reynolds is a great acquisition to an
already very strong company.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
HONORS FOR MR.. EDISON.

de ts made n Commander of the French
Legion of Honor.
PARIS, September 27.-The Grand Cross
of Commander of the Legion of Honor has
been bestowed upon Mr.. Thomas A. Edison.
NJ. spuller, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in
eonferring the decoration upon Mr.. Edison,
said it was given in honor of the services
rendered by him to science and for the part
taken by him in the Paris Exposition.
NJ. Spuller also said that America was
splendidly represented at the Exposition.
and that the presence of her exhibits testi-
fed to the indissoluble bonds which bind
France and America together.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

rTlDA DEIIE discovers a disousted
OLhnh DELLE and rebetISous latte
Lord Fduntteroy and S3ssfps about that and
other matters ~ t01lolTow's DISPATCH, :
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
JAMES ARCHIBALD & BRO,

LIVERY AND SALE STABLES,
IL, 1l9 and 1876 Third avenue, two doors below
Smithfield st., next door to Central Hotel
Carriages for funerals, So. Carriages for operas
parties, &C., at the lowest rates. All new car.
riages. Telephone communication. myl-ll-TTs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28

erly iOinds;; iUdrnler, fair ioeather on Sun
day.
PrrTsBURG, September "a, 1889.
The United States Signal Service ofhcer in
this city furnishes the following:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-28
The Coroner at Work.

Coroner Mcdowell went to Braddock yes
terday and began the inquest upon the body
of Michael King, the Hungarian. who was
killed. The inquest will be concluded to-
day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
Mrs. Cleveland in New York.

Every one who has seen Mrs. Cleve-
land since she arrived in this city has
remarked upon the great change in her
appearance. She is very much thinner,
having lost probably since her marriage
fully twenty pounds. Sho IS tall
woman, something like five feet seven,
and weighed when she married Mr..
Cleveland nearly one hundred and sixty
pounds, which did not seem at all too
much for her height. Now she looks dis.
tinctly thin and has lost, too, the bril-
liant color she had as girl. The life in
Washington has been, in some respects,
q hard one and the climate has never
agreed with her very well, she having
always been accustomed to colder and
more bracing atmosphere. This change
in her appearance has been greatly ac-
centuated by the change i'll the way of
wearing her hair which she has recently
made. The Cleveland coiffure, which
meant high coils on the head and a few
curled love-locks on the forehead, has
taken a distinct place among the fash
/ ions of hair dressing and has grown uni
versally familiar through the photo
! graphs of the ex-Presidcnt's wife. But
it is now entirely altered; she brushes
her hair straight back from her fore
head, without any suggestion of bang,
and pins it in n low, braided coil on the
back of her neck. Such n radical change
of coiffure makes almost as much differ
! ence in woman S appearance as would
! the shaving of his beard on the part of
| the man. 1t has changed Mrs. Cleve-
| land so much that very few people who
are not personally acquainted with her
would be able to recognize her. 1t is
4 cI, ln1 IN, Nxlan
sho made the change. She knew that
her face had become so familiar to every
one that she would not be able even to.
walk in tho streets or to appear in any
public place without Immediately being
pointed ont and stared at, and it was to
avoid this unp,casantncss that she
changed her hair dressing i'll order that
those people who knew her only through
photographs should not easily recognize
her She and Mrs. Folsom are already
beginning an executive session with the
tressmakers, preparing their spring
wardrobes, as they probably leave town
early in the season and wish to be be-
| forehand in their preparations. Mrs.
/ Cleveland has already made investments
in the pretty new ginghams and China
/ silks which are being shown in the shop
windows. She has u great fondness Tor
simple, girlish costumes for summer
wear, and with her fresh complexion
and slender, youthful outlines these are
extremely becoming to her. Mrs. Fol
som, however, dresses very quietly,
,loos not look very much older than her
daughter, and, indeed, as far as age is
concerned, might easily be an elder SIS
ter, being but little over seventeen years
her senior.-Nelo York World.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
MYTHS About the Moon.

A maiden was accustomed to spin late
on Saturday in the moonlight. At one
time the new moon on the eve of Sunday
drew her up to itself, and now she sits
in the moon and spins and spins. And
now, when the "gossamer days" set in
late in the summer, the white threads
float around in the air. These threads
are the spinning of the lunar spinner,
SAYS DR.. F. S. Crauss in the Popular
Science.
The moon is especially ghostly aven-
ger of human arrogance, and has its
humors, according to which things go
well or i'll with it. In its increase it
has q special force and certain good will
for the earth and its inhabitants, while
in its decrease it is friendly to no one.
The good woman must not do any sew
ing in the decrease of the moon, for the
stitches will not hold; farming tools
must not be left in the field, because, it
is believed, if they are, crops will not
again thrive there. If an unbaptized
child is exposed to the moonlight it will
lose its luck for its whole life. If one
points at the moon with his finger he
will suffer from swelling around the nail
and whoever spits at the moon will lose
all his teeth.
These beliefs, too, are international
The same is the case with the religious
notions about the moon. Sorceries of
every kind, to be successful, must be
performed ON Sunday night of the new
moon. The hair must be cut only in the
increase of the moon, otherwise there is
danger of getting headache. If per-
son returning home i'll the evening sees
the full moon, he ought to take some
money out of Ii $ purse and utter an in
cantation that Will make it increase a
hundred times during the month.
The moon is also supposed to have an
influence over animals and plants,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
Hamilton's Commemorative Thir-
teen Trees.

On the grounds of "The Grange" at
New York City, as his country seat was
called, Alexander Hamilton planted with
his own hands circle of thirteen trees.
The act was touching commentary on
the statesman love for the union for
which he had labored as bravely in coun-
ell as he had fought valiantly in the
field. There is nothing in the early po-
litical history of the country which is
so entirely patriotic an act as this of
Alexander Hamilton no picture so
beautiful as that of the statesman per-
forming his labor of love in the quiet
shadow of his own home, his hands en-
Drowned with the soil into which he was
delving, his keenly intellectual face
sparkling with the pleasure which his
work gave him. An artist ought to have
made it his masterpiece long ago; a city
should have been as proud of it as it
was once of old Peter Stuyvesant's pear
tree, and at least as careful of it as of
the trees IN Central Park. 1t is not too
late to do something. The trees still
live, but i'll the midst of an abomination
of desolation which would have made
Hamilton weep to see. Yet, strange to
say, they bear to this day the imprint of
his master mind. They have kept pace
in point of size with the growth of the
commemorative whose names they bear.
New York, Pennsylvania and Massachu-
setts are the largest in the circle of thir-
teen, and Rhode Island and Delaware
are the smallest. The trees themselves
have hOnored the dead statesman where
to the mass of men he seems to have be-
come but the shadow of name, even in
the city where he made his home. .-Ne,o
York COnnerciaL Advertiser.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
Fight Between an Eagle and Ferret

A fishing party came to Mount Vernon,
Va. from the Capital recently, and, after
viewing the Washington estate and Sc
curing a fragment of the famous cherry
tree, a part of which is still on sale, went
several miles down the river to tempt
the finny tribe. The atmosphere was so
calm, and the water SO smooth that
scarcely ripple was visible upon its
surface, except when stirred by an occa-
sional passing boat. The sun was not
shining, but the weather was fair and
the day in every way delightful. The
fishing was excellent. Yellow perch and
Pike were received in abundance, two
splendid eels also being obtained. -
Toward evening when the piscatorial
sport was about to be abandoned for the
day and camp struck for the night, an
eagle was noticed approaching, bearing
in its talons burden that apparently
worried it. When over the fishermen
the birds eye weakened, and drop of
blood was noticed to fall on the canvas.
A moment later the eagle began rapidly
descending and soon fell to the
ground. fastening to the spot the bird
was found dying, yet firmly grasping in
his powerful talons q large sized ferret,
as its prey The animal was fighting
frantically for freedom, and had killed
its captor in the battle. The eagle had
evidently stolen a march upon its cum
ming victim, but had greatly mistaken
its game. The ferret was held i'll such a
manner as to inflict upon it no vital in
jury. Its head being entirely at liberty,
it had lacerated its captor i'll a terrible
manner, and at length killed it. The
eagle was monster, measuring four and
half feet from tip to tip. The ferret
was promptly slaughtered by the fisher
men. The pair will be mounted in then
warlike attitude.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
A CRUMBLING EMPIRE.
The Largest of South African Native
States Falling to Pieces.

A great native empire in Africa has
been going to pieces within the past two
years and is now the prey Of all its enc
mics. 1t is the empire of the Muata
Yamvo, whose dominions have embraced
territory as large as Germany, and who
was heard Of scores of years before any
white man visited Lunda, whose rulers
bear the title of Muata Yamvo.
When the Congo Independent State
was formed it was at first intended to
embrace in it the entire Congo basin,
except those small parts of it which had
been appropriated by the French and
Portuguese. 1t was thought, however, that
the Muata Yamvo was too powerful q per
son to moddlc with, and it was finally de
cided to let him alone. This is the reason
that the Congo S.atc has such a pecu-
liarly shaped southern frontier. On the
map it bears some resemblance to slice
of bread out of which an urchin has Bit
ten a large mouthful. The missing
chunk is the Muata Yamvo's empire.
1t was the pleasant custom of this
l1llcr not long ago to dispatch messen-
gers, sometimes hundreds of miles, to
chiefs VINO had incurred his i'll will. The
messenger would hand knife to the
object of the Empcror's wrath and in
innate that it was the royal will that he
kill himself. No instance has until re-
Gently been reported Of failure promptly
to accomplish this disagreeablc duty.
But while ago some of tho big chiefs
began to put on independent airs, de-
clined to play tribute any longer, and
even had the impudence to refuse to
/ kill themselves when their thoughtful
! master sent them the knife. The troub-
les of the Muata Yamvo began with the
detection of his powerful chiefs, and this
spirit of rebellion i'll Lunda has encour-
aged her enemies to make fornys into
the country for all they could find.
A little man, scarcely five feet high,
has done moro than any other person to
destroy the once famous Muata Yamvo.
He is Kangombe, the chief of the Lu-
vale country south of Lunda. Armed
With plenty Of guns, his bands have
swept like cloud of locusts lar over
Luuda for three years past returning
home with lots Of ivory and thousands
of slaves. A while ago Mr.. Arnot fol-
lowed in the wake of Kangombe's vic
torious army, and saw all the horrors of
savage warfare 1t was six days after
Kancombe' soldiers had passed over the
road, and yet Arnot found that some of
his victims who had been left to perish
were still alive. Some were tied to trees
with bark cords, and others were multi
lated SO that they could not walk.
The Muata Yamvo has sent armies to
fight Kancombe, but they had only ma
tive weapons, and melted away before
the firearms of the enemy. And here 4
curious fact may be mentioned. Weak
ened by his many reverses, and stripped
of much of his territory, the Muato
Yamvo has accepted protcctorate of
fered by Portugal. And yet it is tho
munitions of war that have poured into
Portuguese ports and been sold by Port
ugese traders to his enemies that havo
reduced the Muato Yamvo to his present
impoverished condition. York
| San,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
Photography in the Dark.

An ingenious method for the photo
graphic study of the stars, rcsorted to
by an English artist, has excited much
interest in scientific circles. Observing
that the summit of Mount Blanc retained
after sunset, say, until half-past ten
o'clock, phosphorescent blush appear
ance, he thought it possible to utilize 1T
for obtaining photograph, OF the noun
tain. For this purpose he projected, by
means of a Photographic camera, the
image on plate, covered with layer
of Balmain'S luminous paint, and after
an exposure of a-few seconds, this plate
was held in contact in the dark with
dry photoga a)hic plate, and at the end
of an hour the image of the mountain
was obtained complete with all details,
as if taken in the ordinary way. This
interesting result permitted conclusions
to be drawn that the carbonate OF lime,
exposed during the day to brilliant
sunshine, emitted during the night IN
visible but very active rays. ENrer-
ments being make at Prague, very fair
photographs of objects were obtained
during the night time, thus appearing
to confirm the theory that light can be
absorbed ard slowly emitted, and that
the image of invisible objects may be
fixed in the darkness by means of actinic
rays-a process not only serviceablc In
the preparation of astronomical maps,
but applicable also in other ways.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
A Sheep-Raising People.

in the social condition of the Austria
lian people, in the absence of hereditary
rank, and the opportunities afforded of
acquiring such positions as can be
gained by wealth, intelligence or gener-
al ability, there is n close similarity with
the people of the United States. They
have also the same industry and persis-
tency, the same readiness to take ad-
vantage of opportunities presented,
whereby wealth can be produced with
the least amount of labor. Perhaps no
better illustration can be given of this
than the great success that hns attended
the raising of sheep in these colonies,
particularly in that of New South Wales.
That one colony has n larger number OF
sheep than all of the United States, and
the sheep-growers, although they pay to
those in their employ as high wages as
are given to those in the employ OF
sheep-raisers in the United States, find
not the least difficulty in getting wool,
sending it to London, and selling it al
prices which would be considered ruin
Gus by those in this country who are en-
gagged in n similar business
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
A Rare Phenomenon at Sea.

Captain Evarts, of the British steam
ship Mineola, which arrived at. New
York from Swansea recently, says that
he observed remarkable phenomenon
off Sable Island. ''It was blowing a
hurricane at the time" he said, ''and
the sea ragged fIriOusly. The barometer
intensely cold. The snn set behind dark
and angry clouds, and soon the
wind howled a tempest, throwing q
heavy spray over the vessel, which froze
as it struck, making heavy coating Of
ice over the rigging. The mercury fell
to 16 degrees above zero, while the
water registered 50. This difference in
temperature caused n dense vapor, such
as sometimes surrounds icebergs, and
the sea burst upward in several places
like geysers, and from these the vapor
came like a dense fog. Beyond this
pocket of vapor the wind could be heard
bowling furiously, and all through the
night we continued to work our way
slowly. When the sun rose in the morn
ing we could see the reflection of the
rays through the mist, while overhead
it seemed to be clear.
''We continued to pick our way
through this dense vapor until night,
continually apprehensive of danger, and
then we left it. That We all felt
alarmed at the strange phenomenon was
natural, as none of us had ever before
seen anything like it, and when We
passed beyond the white wall as the sun
went down we felt easier. The sea was
still tumultuous and the gale was still
blowing, but it broke before morning.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
Food of the Samoans.

The usual food of the native Samoans
is bread fruit, bananas, cocoanuts, fish,
fowl and pork. They have II curious
custom of buryinga cooked biscuit made
from cad-frllit, to use i'll case of want
or famine. Some was recently uncarthcd
near Leone, said to be fifty years old.
It's smell was quite similar to Limburgcr
cheese. They have no regular meal
hour. When anything comes in, or tho
cooking is ready, they eat They often
will be ont in the bush all day and cat
but n Young cocoanut. If there is plenty
in the hut they often will rise at mid
night to cat most heartily. Like our
Indians, they have a feast while food is
about. even if it is famine for days to
come. Their appetite is something
frishtful. One man will cat sucking
pig at a meal Fish they like raw, and
there is small species Of which they con-
sumo n hundred mt a sitting.
The panpan tree flourishos in Samoa.
The fruit is used by the natives as food.
Its chief use, however, is to make meat
tender. 1t is a veritablc vegetable pep
sin. If newly killed meat is suspended
in the tree so that it can absorb its ex-
halations it is enough to make the tough
est meat tender. So powerful is the
softening action of the juice that it
must be used with caution or the meat
will drop to pieces. Some of this juice
was experimented on in Berlin and found
TO be q most active digester of meat and
hard boiled albumen. - San Francisco
CbrOuirle