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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
PIUTEs GETTING UNEASY.

An Uprising of the Indians in California is
Feared.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-News is re-
ceived to-day from Inyo county, the most
isolated portion of California, that 800
Piute Indians are on the point of uprising.
The situation is reported very serious,
there being not over 600 whites in the
county, with arms and ammunition for only
half that number. The settlers demand of
the State authorities military companies
to be formed by the citizens at different
points in the county.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
Declared for a 14-Hour Day.
+ BY DUNLAP's CABLE COMPANY. ]

BERLIN, Dec. 15.-Delegaies of 1900
brickmakers OF Lippe Detmole held meet
ing to-day for the purpose of forming
union, and declared in favor of IA hours as
one days work and the abolition of labor on
the Sabbath. All members having any
leaning toward Socialism were strictly ex-
cluded from the meeting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
MRS. CRUIKSHANK DEAD.

The Widow of the Great Comic Artist Sur
wives Him Twelve Years.
TBY DUNLAP's CABLE CoMPANY.1
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Mrs. George Cruik-
shank, the widow of the well-known artist,
died in this city on Saturday within few
days of completing her SD year. She
survived her husband II years, and like him
she was an adherent of the temperance
cause, although she presented her husbands
original water color sketch, entitled "The
Worship of Bacchus," to the South Kens-
ington Museum.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
BANKER MEADs MURDER.
An Important Witness Secured to Testify
Against Tab Pryor.

Against Tab Pryor.
WAUPACA, WIS, Dec. 15.-Oficers,
who have been at work securing evidence
to be used at the examination of Tab Pryor,
charged with the murder of Banker Mead,
returned to-day from Dakota with Clarence
Sherman, who, it is said, will prove an inn
portant witness against Pryor and others,
whose names as yet are only connected with
the murder by rumor.
Sherman was employed in livery stable.
opposite the bank, when the murder took
place, and tits said that he will testify that
Pryor and two other men came to the barn
on the night OF the murder; that their hands
were bloody, and that they had bundle
which was afterward sunk in the lake.
Other arrests are expected to follow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
Riegers Cure Pronounced ouackery.

BERLIN, Dec. 15.-Dr. Nohler, district
surgeon for the Landschut, declares that the
cure for diphtheria, which it is alleged was
discovered by Rieger, peasant of Glogan,
and in which the Emperor is much inter-
ested, is common quackery, although he
does not dispute the fact that it may be very
effective in the treatment of the disease.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY.
Four Ohio Politicians Who viii Have to
ofC Corurf

-Four Ohio PoIucIans VINO VIII Have TO
Answer at Court.
PORTSMOUTH, o., December 15.-Henry
]. Thomas, George w. Petit and Peter
Pence, prominent Democratic politicians of
Adams county, were to-day arrested and
brought to Portsmouth.
RThey were arraigned before United States
Commissioner Evans, charged with bribing
four men with $40 each to- vote for j. w.
Pattison for Congress. They gave bond for
their appearance in the United States court
at Cincinnati.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16

Diamonds
Rarely beautiful rings.
Oddly grouped pendants,
Brilliantly matched earrings,
Carefully collected necklaces, ETC.,
Emeralds. rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and
all semi-preeious stones Stones and set
tings on hand and mounted to crafty your
Silversmiths and Art Dealers, 529 Smith
field street. IT'S
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16

LADIES cloth jackets-the largest and
most complete assortment OF stylish, neat
fitting and well made garmentsin the city.
TTssu HUGUs & HACKE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
TWO TOWNS WIPED OUT.

Disastrous Fires i'm Arkansas Destroy Whole
Business Blocks.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Dec. 1.-Two
thriving Arkansas towns. Dardennell and
Monticello were almost wiped out of ex-
istence Sunday night by fire.
Whole business blocks, including the
Dardennelli Post and the Monticelionian of
the last named town, were burned, together
with their contents. The loss will reach
$50. 90; only partially insured.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
Watches.

Watches.
A remarkable collection,
Diamond incrusted,
Daintily enameled,
Richly engraved,
Bright polished,
Roman finished,
at
HARDY & HAYES,
Jewellers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers,
IT'S 529 Smithfeld street.
j. G. Bennett s. Co.,
Leading
Hatters and Furriers,
Corner Wood street
and Fifth avenue.
Rings. Rings. Rings.
All the popular combinations. We do
our own mounting, and we hatter ourselves
we have some different. from any shown
elsewhere.
Yellow Sapphires, Emeralds,
Pink Topaz, Olivines,
Black Pearls, Tourmalines,
Snake Rings, Jacinths,
Coraline, Pearls,
Opal, and many others.
HARDY & HAYES,
Jewellers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers,
IT'S 529 Smithfeld street.
For the Holidays.
We have made special arrangements
for a
very fine assortment of the
CHOICEST CUT FLOWERS
to be had at this season of the year. See
that you place your orders early.
n. PATTERSON,
Opposite Trinity. Al Sixth avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
DIED.

BOYLE-At Homestead, Tuesday, December
l6, 1890, at 12:l5 A. NJ, JAMES BOYLE, brother
OF Daniel Boyle, Of East Liberty, aged 90 years.
Notice of funeral hereafter,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16

SEE our embroidered silk suspenders for
holiday presents.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
DEATH FOLLOWED LYMPH.

An Operation on New York Infant Re-
suits Fatally.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The doctors to-
day reported case of death following the
use of the lymph. The case was that of an
lS-months' child in the New York Found
ling Asylum, which was operated upon by
DR.. jacob and his assistants.
The case was one of tuberculosis menin-
getis, and was at deaths door. The inocu-
lation was performed as q last resort.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16

Vatican of the Pope's recovery from very
severe cold, from which His Holiness mas
been suffering for some time past.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
The Pope Reported Dangerously M.

BERLIN, Dec. 15.--The Kreazeitung to-
day publishes special from Rome to the
effect that grave doubts are entertained at the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16

GaRISTMAS GIFTS-WE MAKE RE
" MITTANCES Of 81 and upward to anv
part of the Old Country. MAX ScHAM-
BERG CO., Foreign Bankers and Steamship
Agents, so Smithfield ST., Pittsburg. Pa. E41
tablished 1885 ue9awsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
MURDER NEAR AL LTo0NA.
THE HORRIBLE DISCOVERY OF A SON ON
RETURNING HOME.

His Mother Found on the Floor Dying
From the Effects of Brutal Attack and
Her Tongue Almost Cut Of-Tramps
Suspected.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16
HE FEARED DISGRACE.
THE PATHETIC SUICIDE OF A YOUNG
NEW YORK ATTORNEY,

Brought About by the Action of False
Friend, Who Lost SIT, 600 of the Unfor-
tunate Mans Money in Wall Street-A
Touching Letter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-16

Thomas Cocker, OF Illinois, an empIoye
in the Land Office, was questioned with re-
spect to statement alleged to have been
made by his son that McGilley, clerk in
the Pension Office, had said he owned re-
frigerator stock and expected to get pro-
NOTED. Witness recollection of the con-
versation was not very distinct;
but he said the impression his son left on him
was that there might have been a mistake,
and Mr.. McGilley subsequently said it was
real estate and not refrigerator stock. Wit
ness met General Raum on the street one
day and mentioned the matter to him. Gen.
eral Raum said it was absolutely false that
any Pension Office clerk had refrigerator
stock.
General Raum said he had never said
that clerks must make affidavit that they
had no stock.
Mr.. Cooper wanted to know il his son had
been an applicant for place in the Pension
Office. Witness responded in the afirma-
tive, and added that he did not get the
Dlace.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
Of d chair and herheels on the floor with
out the girl falling

Of d chair and herheels on the floor with
out the girlfalling.
Tho second, d cataleptic, stage wa
induced by the forcible opening Of the
girls eyelids, resulting in a stare as OF
enhancement. In this state the girl was
made to believe everything and any
thing. A gong was struck and she was
told it was q church bell, upon which she
struck a devotional attitude. A bit OF
red glass was put before her eyes
with the information that the
house was on fire, and at once
she became frantic with terror. A num-
Der of other experiments followed. which
most of us have seen done in exhibitions
Of mesmerisnn during the last thirty
wears; but whereas most of those vulgar
performances were im~postures, these
hypnotic manifestations are undoubtedly
genuine.
The third, or somnambulistic stage
was induced by rubbing the girls hair
on top of her head. She now saw things
around her as they we're, but the reason
ing power was deranged. Again she be-
lieved whatever was told her. One man
was an iceberg, and she shivered when
he came near her. She gnawed . steel
file, believing il to be chocolate, and 90
on. In this stage the doctor could
paralyze any limb at will.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
THE vIo7FM EXHAUSTED.

out b pin through 1t. There was mo
blood, and when the pin was withdrawn
md the girl restored To consciousness she
told us she only felt as though she had
been pricked slightly.
Dr. Charcot divides the action OF hyp-
notism (which means the state of perfect
sleep) into three stages-frst, lethargy;
second, c~atalepsy, and third,
bulism. Oh the recent visit to his place
Of IN investigation DR.. Charcot produced
. young woman Of twenty four, atoutly
built, with d bright and intelligent faos.
She was q highly hysterical subject, hab-
itnally insensible to pain on the left half
Of the body. DIR. Charcot showed this by
nricking hsr with j pin on each side.
She vas hidden to gaze i~ntsntly on q
point near and above her eyes, when she
soon went off into Inconsistencies, and
the doctor closed her eyelids. Now the
probe could be inserted anywhere with
out any signs of pain. By touching GER
tain muscles, various actions were me
chanicaIIy performed BY the limbs and
angera and muscles Of the face. Then
thu doctor pressed on certain tendons,
Tie rssnss being the stifsning Of the
whols body; 60 rigid Was she that the
doet0x could piace her head On the back
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
A Lueky Shot.

a few days ago as James Knight, OF
Ehelter Point, near Nanaimo. British
Columbia, was working in the woods
close. TO his own house and barn he heard
o series of squeals from a litter of little
pigs which were running about the gar
den. Going in the direction of the sounds
he discovered a panther of very large
proportions carrying off one of the pork
ers. Running to the house with all pos
sible speed, he secured his gun, his dog
in the meantime chasing the marauder,
which took to the trees. Taking aim at
the beast, whose g~listening eyes shone
through the foliage and whose growls
made il impossible to mistake his where
abouts, he brought the animal down, pre-
venting him making a dying charge by a
well-directed shot into his brain. This
brute, and several others OF his kind,
with the assistance of the bears in the
neighborhood, have latterly made consid-
erable havoc among the smaller domesti-
Gated animals, and it is proposed ere long
to organize q shooting party with the OBJ
iect of exterminating them ietoriS
"a. On CoLonSst.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13

will. When it came to my turn to test
the experiment I took the operator right
back to the door, quite forty feet distant
from the sleeping girl, and there I
whispered as low as / could in his ear
something like THE: stLet her raise her
right arm, comb her hair with her fingers,
and then take hold of her left hand on
her knee The operator never opened
his lips nor moved from the spot, but he
stared piercingly at his patient. and in .
few seconds she performed the o
ments / had requested, slowly indeed,
but without failure in any point.
TO prove the soundness Of the girls
sleep, and her insensibility to pain while
In it, the operator borrowed q scarf-pin
from a spectator and thrust it right
through the ieshy part of the upper arm
SC that the point struck out q inch. She
was then made to extend her arm and
walk around US for close inspection,
which lasted ten minutes by the watch, q
feat which few strong men could do
without letting the arm drop, ven with
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13

H n A4@4
petriere in Paris, is bold enough to pub
fish in the fullest way the particulars of
the experiments he has for a long time
been making. So is DR.. Milne Bran
well, a physician in Goole, England,
who willingly shows his experiments to
scientific investigators.
That the hypnotic power is capable
of accomplishing wonders cannot be
doubted. /, myself, says a London cor
respondent of the New York Mail and
Express, recently saw a series of exceed
ingly interesting experiments, the sub
ject beng a French woman, young,
comedy and apparently of the peasant
class. She was of a plegmatic tempera-
ment, dreamy-eyed and generally what
we would call a weak-willed woman.
The operator was a very positive person,
q slim, why, keen-eyed Mephisto-
pheiean Frenchman. When she took her
seat the operator came where | stood,
about twenty feet or more away from
her. He simply asked her to look into
his eyes, he looking into hers at the
same time. In a moment she was fast
asleep, with her head sideways and her
arms hanging listlessly down.
i asked the operator to cause thsapa-
tient to do certain things such as HI a
hand or finger, OF cross or rearrange her
feet. Though nc word was spoken or
whispered to the sleeping woman, and
though the operator and myself were at
the opposite end of the room, she obeyed
every command Of the operators silent
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
A Potato for a PenWiper.

ssSee that potato2' said the clerk, in
one Of the large hotels, as he pointed to
. huge specimen gracefully balanced on
the boz of toothpicks.
ssYes, air; what Of itaa
ssThat is my penWiper. ! find il the
most improved ~penwiper Of the age.
When . guest signs the register, take
the pen and hurl its point into the pota-
10. In an instant the pen is perfectly
clean and ready fol- the next signer. The
juice Ia tbs potato keeps the nib Of the
pen soft and free from dirt. After the
potato gets too old itcan be thrown away
and replaced BY another. ! have tried
about everything IN the market, but [
think nothing il the line Of . penwiper
can compare with 8 good old potato.
Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
!. provided there Is an abundance Of it

IL. provided there Is an abundance Of it
always within reach of the COW, but u
is 80 rarely the case that the attention OF
dairymen in general should be called to
the Importance and difficulties that usu-
alIy surround this matter. Now. it is an
acknowledged scientific fact that IT the
COW is kept as warm as she should be toi
good milk yielding, which means about
fifty degrees Fahrenheit during the
tw~enty-four hours, she cannot as a physl.
cal impossibility drink enough even OF
luke-warm water to supply her wants al
one time. In order to do her best unde!
the most approved circumstances sn'
must have access to water at least twlce
within twenty-four hours, no matter
whether she is standing in a hot stable or
running in a hot pasture. Put this fact
in your head and see that your cows this
summer do not have to go too far for
water, the COW is naturally a lazy animal
and hates to walk far in the sun. Make
the division of pastures cross the creek
as often as possible, or else have some ar
tifclal means for watering them. Re-
member this, too, that water standing
still possesses wonderful powers Tor abb
sorbing rankness from the atmosphere.
IL left in that condition near the stable
just smell of it after standing a day and
see il you cannot smell the manure in it,
or any other f~oulness that may be near
by. The heat of acow's body will not
kill the germs that come from foul water
and they are almost sure to find their way
into the milk. Keep theirs out of the
milk by not letting them get into the
water is the only safe plan.-Chicago
Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13

The Philadelphia Press enumerates
these instances to prove that modern
commerce has curious effects on price
and on the lives Of animals: Camphor
has gone up in this country from sixty
to ninety cents q pound because it is
wanted ID Europe for smokeless pow
dess. Rubber has advanced from fifty
five TO ninety cents a pound because so
much Of It is wanted in electrical opera
tons. Copper, besides being wanted IN
telegraph, telephone and electric light
wires, has advanced because sulphate Of
copper has been found 70 be the only
sure cure NR ~phyloxera, Young male
elephants are I,einag hunted out in Africa
because their tusks make billiard balls,
and this, faster than any other demand,
Il likely to extinguish the elephant. Tit
fancy for alligator leather ii making alli,
gators extinct; the muskrats multiply
ana h~oneycoub the levees, and hence !
great Mississippi aood.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
A UNDER n

A few months since q barn OF my neigh
Dor, Charles Taylor, writes John Gould,
of Ohio, with its contents Of hay, straw,
and grain, was consumed by fire. In n
bay Of this barn was awooden silo, hold
ing about one hundred and twenty-five
tons. The wooden shell of the silo was
burned completely off, leaving the silage
standing. It wa found that less than
six inches of the surface and sides were
spoiled. A new '.shell" was put about
It as soon as possible. The burned por-
tons were first removed, and the sides
again tramped with fresh silage from the
surface. It is not expected thatthe keep
ing quality of this silage will be as per-
feet as would have been case under more
favorable conditions.-Ameriean Agrietl-
surist.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13

The Southwest seems to have d large
number of wealthy colored citizens.
A Galveston Texas) colored man named
Sylvester il reported to b. worth yer
$3.50. 900. Hghston, Texas, has !
colored real estate agent worth fully
sAO0, 900. His name Is Milton sterrett.
Then Senator Benton, Of Fort Bend
County, Texas, il worth over $500, 900.
Henry Black, the cattle man, is worth
nearly half q million. Robert Church, Of
Memphis, Tenn, has . fortune Of $780,
900. AL Of these colored people have
made their money in the past twenty
years. and many others might be men
toned Of equal standing. In Georgia
there are fen really wealthy colored peo-
pie. but properly is more equally divided
anoDg them, and they are known to be
worth about $50, 900. 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
PEAS FOR PIGS.

An economical food, and d fairly nu-
tritious for pigs, is peas, which can
be grown as the first or second crop on
some gravelly, loamy and moderately rich
soil. About two bushels of common
peas should be sown to the acre, the soil
having been properly pulverized and pre-
pared beforehand. When they are ripe
pick enough for seed and then turn the
pigs into the field. Pigs that have been
fed on 0 through the winter will n
joy this change, aud fatten up for the
early market. No corn should be given
them, but this should be saved for win
ter. After the pigs have eaten the peas
the ground will be in fine condition for
wheat. If it is not desirable to turn
the pigs into the field the vines can be
raked up and stacked, and fed to them
at pleasure; but this involves unneces-
sary work at the busiest time of the
year.-NeU York Noice.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
WORTH, THE FAMOUS DREssMAKER.

the suburb Of Paris where Gambetta
died. Worth receives his would-be cus-
toners with the dignifed air of q veri-
table sovereign. he listens to their in
tinations Of the style in which they be-
lieve the Forthcoming costume should be
sscreated, but he does not always follow
their suggestions. He refuses to be
rettered in any way in his "creations. =
The interview ended he waves his fair
visitor toward an adjoining room, where
Mile. Louise or some other of his chief
assistants, perhaps s.tries on a dress Of
the ttyle desired by the caller, and at
tends to the details of her order.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
DPELoUsAs,

IT'S noted By the New York San as
something remarkable that a Maryland
eolored man dreamed he was to die the
next day, and sure enough he died.
when . Pacific Islander wants to die,
be sits down and dies himself: Just
naturally dies by force Of will. He is
more likely 70 be three days about it
than one day. Then one Of the Difficult
ties in bringing African slaves to the
coast i that they will turn their tongues
back into thsir Threats and go of like
lambs
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13

The TonquIn pirate who recently
cleaned up $50, 600 as ransom for the re-
lease Of the three captive Frenchmen has,
observes the San Francisco Chronicle,
evidently become enamored Of the lucra-
tive business. He now offers y standing
reward of 800 to the native who will
deliver q Frenchmaa into his hands or
$50 TO one who will warn him that troops
are approaching. In country where a
coole works the whole year round for $5
this noble reward ought to insure the
entcrprising pirate a rush of business
until he has made living in the interior
Of Tonquin too expensive for the Euro
mean.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13

The Boston Oultioator believes that
<smen Of purely scientific training are Of
less assistance in practical affairs than
their education would suggest. The
man OF science has little faith In new
methods or new inventions. He is sell
dom an originator. His knowledge is
that of tradition. He frequently scouts
az new ideas IS impracticable, because
they are not recognized in books. The
inventor seldom travels in the same road
with the scientist. The inventor needs
to leave the beaten path and press on to
the unexplored forest OF possibilities.
He is often handicapped if he endeayors
to conform to rules already laid down
By pure science. Few college-bred men
have proved inventors. Original
thought. bold action, patient persistence,
knowledge Of natures laws are prime
factors in the successful career Of the
inventor
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
A Grateful Japanese Priest.

Iknow an American who commissioned
an agent to go to Japan in order to buy
the quantity carved panels which adorned
one of the best and last of the very
ancient temples of Japan. The old priest
in the temple disIiked to part with his
treasure and, indeed, he persistentIy de-
clined to do so while one bid after an
other, of increasing sums Of money, was
made to him. Not at all despairing of
the capture of this bric-a-brac, my
American friend went to a Fifth avenue
cabinet-maker and procured q handsome
rosewood set of bedroom furniture. This
he shipped to the priest. This gift so
delured the old Jap that he stripped his
temple not only of the panels but of
many other things priceless to q CON.
nossieur and sent them over to America.
Chatter.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-09-13
A Cure for Sauinting.

A cure for squinting, which is not SO
unsightly as the method at present
generally adopted-black goggles with q
hole in the centre-is highly recon-
mended. Let the person afflicted take
any pair Of spectacles that suit his sight,
or even plain glass, and in the centre Of
one lens let him gum a small blue or
black wafer, or spot Of black photo
graph varnish or Brunswick black, about
the size of d fen-cent piece. The result
is that the double image vanishes, and
the eye, without fatigue or heat, isforced
to look straight, and with time and
passnee Il cured,-Nsw Yoyk Herald.