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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
EAST AND WEST.
4 Tale Of a Century Ago.
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE.

duties Of an officers servant. Curwen made
a log like that which would have been used
in one of the Salem East India voyages, and
he made pretense of keeping a journal sof
the rapidity with which the boat sailed, us
ing this log as the basis of his observations.
This he had put into Phil Clendenin's
charge, and the easy work of throwing the
log, and making the notes Of the rapidity
of their voyage, relieved the boy from
further duty.
1t was clear enough, whenever they
stopped at night, that he was grateful for
the "Yankee's'' oversight, and was eager to
repay it, with sort of gentleness or good
breeding which had interested Harry from
the first. Harry always would find that his
bed was made ready, that the stumps were
carefully cut out, or the crooked snags
dragged out, which would else have broken
his back in his nights turnings,o or branches
would have been brought by Clendenin's
care, with which the bed should be made.
As they sat at the fire one night, Curwen
pressed the boy for old stories of frontier
life. In a more confding mood than usual,
the young Virginian gave some idea of the
way in which he was brought up, and he
told story of what happened in his very
earliest recollectionsy One cold night they
were all awakened by the barking of the
dogs outside their little cabin. II was
years DID," said Clendenin. "I should
never have thought of it again but for what
followed. My father got up in his shirt,
pushed open the door to see why the dogs
barked, and in an instant fell back on the
ground. A bullet had struck him in the
breast the moment the door was opened. My
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
THE GREAT AFRICAN FOREST.
Enormous Extent of the Timber Region of
the Dark Continent.

Enormous Extent of the Timber Region of
the Dark Continent.
New York SUM-
The great forest through which Stanley
recently passed, which he estimated to cover
246, 600 square miles, is only small part of
the great African forest which extends al
most unbrokenly from the west coast in
the Gaboon and Ogowe regions, with a
width ofseveral hundred miles, to the great
lakes. This belt of timber, trending away
to the heart of the continent in direction
little south of east, is, perhaps, the great
est forest region in the world. A part of 1t
strikes south of the Congo at the great
northern bend of that river, and the country
embraced within the big curve is covered
with a compact forest, the towering and
wide-spreading trees shutting out a large
part of the sunlight
In these forests, completely shut out from
the rest of the world, live hundreds of
thousands of people who are almost un-
known to the tribes living in the savanna
regions outside. Scattered through the big
woods within the Congo bend are little
communities of Batwa dwarfs, of whose ex-
istence the traveller has no inkling until he
suddenly comes upon them. Here also,
along the Sankuru river, are the tree habi-
tations described by DR.. Wolf, where the
natives live in huts built among the
branches TO escape the river foods. 1t was
in great clearing made in these forests that
Kund and Tappenbeck discovered some of
the most notable villages yet found In Afri-
ca, where well-built huts with gable roofs,
line both sides of neatly kept street that
stretches away for eight or nine miles. These
villages are even more interesting than the
street towns in the more sparsely timbered
regions south of them, which were regarded
as very wonderful when they were frst dis
covered by Wissmann. 1t was his account
of these villages that led Bishop Taylor to
choose this part of Africa as the goal he
wished to reach,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

with the pales ten feet high and the logs of
which they were made q foot or two IN
diameter. Within, however, was q parade
properly enough arranged, and, as it hap
pened, q company of men were at dress
parade when the boat arrived. They. were
also duly challenged by the sentry, and
other military forms were gone through, as
if they had been an invading army and the
garrison garrison of some thousands of
men. The boy liked Harmar, who was
quick and to the point, received him as
gentleman, and at once put him in the care
of an officer, who found him room in the
barracks and did his best to make him feel
at home With the military business that
passed between the lad and the old soldier
we need not now interfere. The matter
most on his heart is on ours. And we may
say at once that so soon as in decency he
could, he asked for boat and was carried a
little way up the Muskingum river to the
landing on the opposite shore of the colony,
which already had been named Marietta.
The streets Of the little village had been
laid out by the surveyors, and there was
every aspect of quite considerable be-
ginning on the matter which they had in
hand-a beginning, but everywhere be
ginning. Nothing was finished; the roads
were not finished, the fences were not
finished, the houses were not finished. He
had the Campus Martius" pointed out to
him. and with a grim smile, by the old
Yankee who led him up from the landing to
the village. When he was fairly on the
first street-First street it was already
called-it was easy to find General Putnam,
who was directing the whole as an old baron
might direct his vassals.
General Putnam knew the lad; they had
met more than once at the May meetings of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

tion. The laws of their forefathers have be-
come their laws, as they will become the
laws of their children and chlldren's chill
dren.
1t thus transpires that an old world
chsngelessness hangs over the rude walls
and crumbling buildings of their ancient
city. 1t is dirty, picturesque, oriental,
semi-barbaric. To clean or renovate would
be considered folly; to rebuild or remodel,
a desecration. A number of years ago the
walls of large public structure. from sheer
age, fell in. This structure occupied one of
the most desirable blocks in the town,
but 1t remains to-day, the same ruin it was
when its tottering foundation succumbed to
the raYaRe of time. and gave waY. A cen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
AN EARLY OHIO INDIAN CAMP FIRE.

eral Putnam could not think who there was
who could know anything about the Whit
combs, as he insisted upon calling the party
from the very first In short, Harry Curwen
had rushed his boat with unwonted speed,
had finished his business in half an hour,
instead of giving it day or two, had
dressed himself in his best and come over at
once to visit Sarah Paris, and it was as if
he bad come out in dream on the top of a
mountain when he had been expected to be
in the cabin of a yacht-there was no Sarah
Paris here; there were no Titcombs here;
nobody knew that they were coming, and
nobody believed that they would come.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
A SWEET sNUFF.TAKER.

Lovely Woman Who Takes vile Tobacco
in Her Delicate NostriIs.
New York SUM-
A young and well-dressed woman. who
was passenger on Brooklyn Bridge train
yesterday morning, was seen to take pack
age of snuff from her pocket and dispose of
good-sized pinch. She did it daintily, but
made no attempt to conceal it, and returned
the Mortified stare of her fellow passengers
with the calmest and most innocent face
imaginable. She was not particularly
pretty, but she looked intelligent and well
bred.
1t is not so unusual to see very old men
indulge in this obsolete custom nowadays,
but such sight as this was rare indeed.
She was not foreigner, either, as was clear
when she spoke to child who accompanied
her
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
A VERY DIRTY WORLD.
Millions of Atoms of Dust in Cubic Inch of
Air.

Air.
London Globe.1
Mr.. John Aitken is very ingenious
gentleman, but some of his discoveries have
a tendency to make one feel creepy. He has
invented an instrument by means of which
he is able to make a number of calculations
of the most uncomfortable kind. With the
aid of this apparatus he is able to count ex-
actly the particles of dust in sunbeam. In
a cubic inch of space near the ceiling of
room he found there Ss, $40, 900 atoms of
dust, and in the same space Of Bunsen,
fame ASS, 900, 900. Such discoveries make
us dread the air we breathe.
Not long ago Mr.. Aitken proved that in
the atmosphere of a room when the gases
are lit in the evening there are as many par-
ticles in each cubic inch as there are inhab-
itants in Great Britain, and that in three
inches from the gases of Bunsen fame
the particles of dust are as numerous as the
number of people in the world. 1t would
require more courage than is averagely pos
sessed to state the quantity of dust we in
hale with every breath.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
Automatic Bartenders.

New York HERALD
In the prohibition States they now use an
automatic bartender. with 8, 10 and % cent
slots, which set out the chosen liquor in
response 10 the dropped-in coin. They are
owned and shipped "loaded" by parties out
side the State. The worst which can hap
pen to them is months imprisonment,
which does not in the least harm the ma
chine or It's liquor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
CHAPTER VIII.
AT MARIETTA.

The two girls slept the sleep Of the right
eous, with the advantage which the right
eous do not always have, that one Of them
was but 20 years old and the other was
hardly ID. It was with struggle that
Sarah reused herself to consciousness in the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

for cooking purposes. The stove consists OF
a fat slab of stone, in which. are several
SQUARES followed out to contain the fuel. A
CRATE is placed in the bottom Of each, A
visit to the culinary department of the hotel
which affords you shelter, is not likely 70
inspire you with much confidence as regards
the cleanliness OF the dishes which will 60
to make up your dinner bill Of fare. ! don't
know why these people should be SO careless,
but it seems as natural for them to be dirty
as it is for New England housewife to De
clean,
TOO MANY SERVANTS.
The reason of this is in measure ex-
planned bv the fact that each establishment
contains a dozen or more black servants,
whose manifest duty it is to attend to each
and every department of the household.
Servants thus left to their own devices can
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
CONSERVATIVE CUBA.
People Who Cling to the Laws and
Customs of Their Forefathers.
A COSMOPOLITAN POPULATION.
The Oriental and Semi-Barbarie Marble
Homes of Havana.
HAP.HAZARD HOUSEKEEPING IN CUBA
A COSMOPOLITAN POPULATION.
HAP-HAZARD HOUSEKEEPING IN CUBA
CORRESPONDENT OF THE D1sPAToH.l

HAVANA, Gu
BA, April 5.-Any-
thing more uncom-
mon than the man
ners and customs of
the Cubans cannot
be conceived. They
are a people who
never change. As
their seasons are
merged into o n e
continual summer,
so their ideas seem
to run in a channel
to which there is
e-4lo% - Iauio
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
GETTING THE CORRECT TIME.

In the transit room of the observatory is
seen telescope of four inches aperture.
mounted en- a heavy horizontal axis, the
ends of which rest on massive stone piers.
This telescope can move in but one direc-
tion, viz, about this horizontal axis point
ing east and west, and thus it describes a
circle, in rotating, which, being prolonged
to the heavens, is the celestial meridian.
Across this celestial meridian every star
passes at a certain time each day, and, the
time of transit, as this passage is called,
being given by the American Nautical AL
manae for several hundred stars, all the
observer needs to do is to observe the time
and thus tell whether his clock is in error or
not.
The process may be briefly described. The
telescope being set to the proper declination,
the observer takes his position and watches
in the telescope for the stars passage. In
the field of.view are seven fine vertical
lines, across which the star passes under
his finger is an electric key, which he
presses as the star crosses each wire. Each
time the key is pressed mark is made on
a sheet of paper in the ehronograph in
another room, and as the clock also makes
a mark each second on the sheet, the time of
transit can pe gotten from a direct exami-
nation of the sheet 1t is needless to re-
mark that, although the astronomical clocks
keep wonderfully accurate time, they vary
fraction of second day, and observa-
tions are made on almost every fair night to
determine their error.
The Howard mean time clock" in the
transit room is arranged to send out the
electric signals. Whenever the time is
wanted sounder is put in the circuit pass
ing through the observatory, which is made
to beat each second. Ten seconds at the
oal n,,fa 4aI 4 IL
minute at the end of each hour, SO the min
,1te and second heats NAV be identified
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
THE GREAT TELESCOPE.
I,rce telescone ~ +be ohsorro+or

The large telescope of the observatory is
13 inches in aperture and about Is feet
focal length. 1t was made by Henry Fitz
and afterward remodeled and greatly i'm
proved by Alvan Clark, the maker of the
36-inch glass for the Lick Observatory.
More recently it has been overhauled by
Mr.. j. A. Brashear, our own telescope
maker, and is now very good instrupent,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
Hard to Suit.

Pinny Poole (chalking his ue)-Did yer
get that place in the downtown store, Ally?
Ally Rounder-Naw.
Pinny Poole-What's the matter Didn't
yer have references?
Ally Rounder-I had nine of 'em from
places I've worked at in the last two years,
m the old bloke wasn't satisfied. He
wouldn't be satisfied with nothin', he
wouldn't. Bust 'em, Pinny.-Paek.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
sYNops1ssoF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

SYNOPSISsOF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
The story opens in old Salem 100 years ago
with an account of sleighride party and
dance to which the heroine, Sarah Paris. is es-
corted by Harry Curwen, who was somewhat
of spoiled darling. Sarah, who is an orphan
living with her uncle and aunt, determines to
join party of settlers going to Ohio. When
the news becomes known Harry Curwen offers
his heart and hand to Sarah, but is told that he
must first show that he has been of some SER
vice to his country. Harry Curwen, after some
difficulty secures an interview with General
Washington, and is accepted as volunteer ON
General Knox's staff. He is sent West on
business, and without knowing 1t, passes the
party with which his sweetheart was travelling.
The latter is thrown into the river from cap
sized boat, and swims ashore at an Indian
camp.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
WHERE TIME is MADE.
Interesting Facts About the Nature
Ofthe Work Done at
THE ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY.
How the Astronomers Are Enabled, by
Watching the Stars,
TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT TIME
THE ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY.
TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT TINE
twR1rrEN ron rHn p1srArcH.l J

N the top of one of
the many hills that
surround the Twin
Cities is located an
institution probably
best known to the in
habitants of Pitts
burg and Allegheny
by its giving name to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21

tury hence it will no doubt hide itself in
creeping foliage, but it will still be the heap
of stones and mortar it is at present writing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29
Adiuncts to Farmi ".

judge Howell Cobb, of Athe S, told the
Georgia farme S. who met in conVentio at
Brun,wick sometime ago, tha5 there was
money for them in the raising of poultry.
Hs said that the demand for pou try and
eggs Us greae err than the supply, and tina
as the cost of raising poultry in the south
mi sht be said to be nominal, the southern
farmers should pay more attention to
poultry.
Judge Cobb's suggestion doubtless is a
very good one, and he might have added
that there are various othar ways In who
sout ern farmers can MAXI money in con-
nsctiJn wi h farming. They 5lt give a
part Of their ate it,on to tue breedi of
horses and mule,. Some of them do, aud
those who do not only we the money that
they would otherwise pay for this kind of
STOCK, but they so make handsome pr fits
on tle sIles of their surplus horses and
mules. A Sava ma / man owns a Georgia
raised horse hich he bought from Pat
nam county farmer for SOD, and he is
negotiating for the purchase of another
from d If ,relt flrm9r of tlat county
Georgia farmers might also, and some of
them do, make money in the dairy busne 5.
The best butter that goes upon the tables of
Georgians is made in this sta g, and one of
the most extensive butter making counties
# the state has sold annually for some
years between 35 900 and $4,000 pounds of
butter, and this year it expeccs t. sell $500
or $4,000 p ulds. The introduction Of Jer-
sey cattle into &c rga has made the dairy
business one of consld rable Importance and
profit, and there will be demand for all
be go butter that ca lie made in the
state. Some Georgia d irymsn have sent
their butter t. New York, receiving 40
celts pould for ii.
The far uers who depend almost entirely
upon cotton for living are, as a rule, the
ones who complain that farmi d. esn't
Day
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29
Coming by thousands.

The emig alton from f Irope to this
country WITHIN the last lev mo lch' has
reached extraordinary pro lorti1lL 1t IS
est mattel hat fro 5000 TO 21,0))i nni-
grants 9 now c)m.Rg into this comfy
thro lgh the differe !. ports every week.
The steam5h p co upa lies are not le 10
hand e all the migrant traffic ofs-ei len,
although they are N I&ilg eat Efforts to
do 50.
Il Is not easy to understand why there is
sue n an outpauring f-on E1roDe at this
ii ne. The mi tons there 70 poor people
are no worse tia th Y have Ell for saw
eral wears, and the ildIcem nt5 10 this
countrY to Immigrants ara no better tina
tn = nave g a ways. Ia fac5. IN some
res )ects they are NJ. 50 good.
One of the reasons why this country is
receiving 50 uany i'm migrants is thai
EIrop an emig alton TO South A ne-ic has
practically ased. Those who have gone
the G have sent 10 their old ho mes sucl I'M
fav rable ports that thousands who in
tend ID gong have tura ID their faces in tae
di 'ect.on Of tt s country. Another reason is
that steamships nave d crease tae pric 8
of t sportation to this c)u try and tn .ir
agents have Ice very active il drunmi lg
up builess A very consid erable per-
centage Of the EIrop9auS who e6 HON s
here is d sap )oin cd. The representations
made to them by stea nship agents are not
always true.
1t is question whether this country is
not getting more Immigrants than it wants
and more Than it can well take care of. l.
is certai that ma ~ who reach our shores
500 lee ome a burden upon the commu Ii
ties in which they settle. They cause wages
t b. reduced, b cause they coma ia direc
competition with American LABOR Tnis
immigration q lestion is 0 g that on yht to
ecu " good deal OF the ate ltion of Goa
gress next wi tier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29
oklahoma's Remarkable city.

During the last v eek our disPatC hes have
told a wonderful story-that of the D inging
into existence, as if by magic, of a city OF
5000 inhabitants. At II O'Clock last NJ m
d ny, GuJhri , Oklahoma, - as town olly
in imag nation Before the sun set that dav,
Guthrie contained 1900 inua italts,
streets / ad been laid Off, an election, at
which 10, 900 people voted, had been held
for mayor and uAcilmen, a post office, a
bank aud d ily new paper had been es e
ablished, aud various b lslusss ent rprises
we're being adveras d. B. ths end of tbs
week a sixty.roon hotel vas ops med to the
~ lie. Apparently the only thing the
people Of Guthrie could not do in a few
hour, t. give he place the appearance of
a city, was TO build houses. TueY could
have had them transported from states ad-
joining Oklahoma, but doubtless they were
50 thoroughly abso bed in the putt WA
stak S that they considered proper shelter
4 secondary consideration. After they
made good their Gains, they could see
about building or transPo ting houses.
The spring. e up Of this CITY in day is
striking ilsta zee of the western way of
ru hing matters. Such thing could rot
nave been accom- lished in any other
country. 1t shows also that the American
people. are always ready 20 i'll for tat
which is new. Public lands in various
tates have been open to settlement all the
while, and the peopls have seemed to be
''land hungry" and yet excellent lands in
prog essive states were ignored to a great
extent by them, and they rushed Off in
thousands to country that has ju,t been
opened for settlement.
The staement that Guthrie can never be
niue Of a city, Notwithstanding the faith
Of the settlers that it will be, is one which,
it is hoped, is not true. TIE soil in that
part of Oklahoma, according to our dis
patches, is sterile; the cou try is not
healthy, and Glizzards, cyclones and ex-
IRENE heat follow each ether in season. If
such is case, e)ple will be a alxiou,
to leave Guthrie after awhile as they were
TO go there a waak agp.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

decentralization Lodge No. IS, F. A. NJ;
DeKAlb Lodge No. 9. l. o. O. f.; S. F. & W. and
c. and S. Rail ways ssociatlon.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-A Proclamation by Gov.
Gordon Of Georgia Given Away With Balsam
Fir Soap at Heidt's; The City and Suburban
Railways Summer Sche lule; Special order First
Volunteer Regiment of Georgia; Special Notice
70 Base Ball Clubs; Battalion Savannah Voun-
teer Guards; S ,vannah Branch, Southern Trav-
eler's AS -ociation.
AUCTION SALEs-LeZh'rn Fowls. Dry Goods,
Notions, Etc, by J. dcLaI,nln & Son; Plrlor
and Bed Room Furniture, Etc, by c. Il Dor
sett.
STEAMSHIP scHEDULE-Ocean Steamship Com
pany
RAILWAY ScHEDULE-Ciy aud Suburban Rail-
way.
A MODEL 81, OO0 CorrAeE-By R. W. Saoppeu
Architect
CHEAP COLUMN ApvERrIsEAENrs Help
Wanted E nplb ymsnt Wanted; For Rent; For
Ss e; Miscellaneous.