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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
NEW AND SECONDHAND CARPETS
- and furniture. piano, organ and miscella-
u5cuS goods at auction
T-T-E-S NJ Y NE N-rNc on.oho- %

w AND SECONI)-hAND. CARPETS
- and furniture. piano, organ and misceIla-
n5cUS goods at auction
TUESDAY MORNING October 2s
at 10 o'clock,
At the rooms, No. 81 Market ST.
Fifty pieces OF " iltnn, velvet. body Brussels
and Ingram carpets rug. bedding. hair and
husk mattresses, folding beds. dressing cases,
wardro0es, beGstedds. chlffoniers. chamber
SUES, handsome parlor suits, rattan, leather,
patent. cane and wood seat, chairs and rockers
center tables. bookcases, secretaries cabinets
desks, hall racks. china closets, extension ta-
tlps, sideboards dinner, tea and toilet sets lin
CleUm, pictures, etc.
HENRY AUCTION CO.,
0c-0-c4 Auctioneers.
uANDsoME PICTURES AT AUCTION
IL 1CESD DAY, OCTOBER Is
al no a NJ. at No 3Il Market st
Fine engravinCS, paintings, ETC.. all hand
somely framed and pleasing subjects
HENRY AUCTION CO., Auctioneers
oc26-S3
4 UCTION SALES
II h. 3. SMITHSON
Zeal Estate and General AucJioneer, room Is
Bsuer Building, Fifth and Wood street. Sales
OF JsweIry and MERCHANDISE at STORES. Furpi-
rure AZ residences promptly attended to-
or2zS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

COUTH HIGHLAND AVE.-HANDSOME
y residence; pressed brick; nine large rooms;
every modern convenience; arrangement and
finish of a choice order; lot 3Gxl3S: for the loca-
tion and character OF improvements price is low,
S. 500. CHARLES SUMERS & CO., 3l3 Wood St.,
6Ul9 Pehnay oc26-26r
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

0 OO-WILKINSBURG-AN EXCELLENT
OH property at actual value: handsome lot, on
choice street. convenient to station, 50xl32: mod
ern house. eight rooms, complete and perfect in
every particular: owner occupies: will accept low
price and vacate for prom pit purchaser; terms
or payment. CHARLES SOMERS & Co, sI3
Wood St.. 6U19 Penn ave oc24-4S-Fsu%
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

w WESTERN AVENUE-NBAR ALLEGHENY
w avenue. good substantial brick dwelling,
nine rooms. modern conveniences: lot 46x120 to
alley. Be34. Send for large catalogue, free.
BLACK & BAIRD, 95 Fourth avenue.
ocI2-5S- -Wsus
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

DRUSHTON STATION-NEW HOUSE ELF
ID CANT large lot, cozy home. to sell before
November at less than first cost: opportunity for
a barg ain: let show il TO you; s. 400. CHARLES
som ERS & CO., 3i3 Wood ST., 6019 Penn ave.
oc26-43s -
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

City Residences.

A RCH ST. - ABOVE TWENTY-EIGHTH
n street. Twelfth ward. leasehold property as
follows: Five frame dwellings of four rooms
each. $500 each, rent S. each; two frame dwellings
OF five rooms EACH $50 each rent SS each: one
frame dwelling of three rooms $500. rent $40 per
month: one frame dwelling of two rooms, 500,
rents for s. monthly; one frame dwelling of three
rooms, $4O0 rent $40 month: win sell separate
at above prices. Es3 Send for large catalogue,
free. BLACK BAIRD, 95 Fourth avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

w ES1ERN AVENUE-GooD TwO-STORY
w brick, rooms. hall, bathroom, W. c..
range, both gases slate mantels. nice furnace all
stable; will sell house and lot for $40 0GO vacant
lots for 5000 each. B2ll. Send for large cata-
logue just out. BLACK &,BAIRD, 95 Fourth ave.
se5-42-Sus
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26

HOTEL PROPERTY-AT A BARGAIN
II Good town. line of 2. X. R.. prominent
right at depot: substantial brick, II rooms;
large stable for livery: abundant ground afforded
to enlarge buildings: fine shade: property Of
fered for account of estate to he closed; a good
investment at the price, s6. 500. CHARLES
SUMERS & CO., 3l3 Wood ST., 6Ol9 Penn ave.
Oc26-2S-ThSuF
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-26
Financial.

TAPITALISTS-TO BUILD FIRE BRICK
" works at Bigler, Pa, on line of z. X. K. and
Beech Greek Railroad: good quality Of clay and
plenty of 1t. Address Fl. f., Box 2l5, Clearfeld.
Pa. ocl2-S2-Su
, 1890-03-29

Needles at 4.3O the next morning
and thence took a special train oser
the Atlantic and Pacific and the At
Gibson, Topeka, and Santa Fe, by
which Chicago was reached at 8
o'clock on the morning of January24.
From Chicago the trip Yves made by
the regular train over thee hicago,St.
Louis and Pittsburg and the ,Rensyl-.
%vanin, leaving at 1880 'A.oMo and
making schedule time throughout :
The train over the tranjscontfreu.
tai route was the only special convey.
ance taken over any part of the jour-
ney. The time from Oakland to
Chicago; 2574 miles, So hours, and.
from La Junta TO Chicago, 1880
miles, "a hours and 12 minutes, an
average of 424 miles per hour. tits
said that ON this part of the road 40.
miles were run in 118 minutes, and that
the rate of 1871 miles per hour was
kept up for a very long distance. The
route taken from San Francisco a
Over 213 miles longer than the direct
overland line, and the time made was
abo1t II hours less than the fastest
regular run by the short route
Scientific American.
, 1890-03-29
A Mysterious Murder.
Toronto, March 8.

The body of a man, nge1 about
thirty, was found u few days ago in ~
wood near Princeton, and it was clear
that the deceased had been murder
ed.
The corpse has now been indenti-
fed as thnt OF Mr.. Frederick G. Ben
well, an Englishman, who arrived in
New York in the BIitanic on Feb. ID.
He travelled with a young man nam
ed PelIv and with n married couple
named BurchelI, all going to Niagara
Falls. On leaving there, Mr.. Benwrll
went to London (Onlnrio), for The
purpose of buying a firm, and was
noe heard of again until his murdered
body was discovered.
Burchell has been arrested on sus.
pIcion.
Il is stated that when he was in
Canada last year he was known by
the name Of Somerset.
Toronto, Nlarch4.
A, statement mnde in CONNECTION
with The murder of Mr.. Benwel fe"ds
to show that a plot WIS c%oncoc'ed in
England to lure young men to- Cana
da and Ghere murder them ,-tor. their
money. The name OF the mar Bur
chplI, who has been arrested Q" fsus-
p%icion, is prominently mentioned in
this statement. .tt
Mr. Benwe!l il s"id TO be the son of
a Colonel Benwcll, living at CIfelien-
ham. and Mr.. PeIley, who travelled
with Mr BeuweII aud the BmrcFell*,
is described as the son Of an English
clrrgym"n.-16'd.
, 1890-03-29

three practical engineers whose hon
ours were announced yesterday by
the Prince of Wales nre all self
made men. Sir John Fowler, VII"
is in bis 73rd year, was born j"
Sheffield. TO him London owe its
underground railway system. Dir.
Benjamin Baker, although still young,
has carried on important works in
canada and NJ the Cape, and is
made in recogniti"" "a Knight tom.
mander of the Order of ST. Michael
and ST. George. Mr.. William Arr99'd
was originally q piecer in a Paisley
%cOtto1-mill, and when he received the
Freedom Of Ayr he mentioned that
thirty years back he entered the same
town "a poor blacksmith in search OF
employmenI.-Ibid.
, 1890-03-29
Around the World in ~ Days
6 Hours
8 HOua'ss

"N4l'ie BLY," " reporter Of the New
York World, lntely completed 9 trip
around tho World in u DAYS hours
md II minutes. She left New York
November ID, at 9.40 A NJ, by the
Steamship Augusta Victorio arrived
on the 22nd at London Brindisi on
the 24,h; Ismnil'", vi" the Suez Can
al, on the 28th ; Alden: Decelilber 2;
Columbo, Ceylon, the 1Oth;%. Slrga-
pore December Ii; ,hence to Hong
Kong and arrived December "a Here
it was necessary to's'np until ne zS'h'
nlHl The next stage wns@tO Yokohama.
Arrived a, Yokohama January q
left on the 7th, aud reached San
Francisco on the morning ot!the 2lst,
one day ahead of lime. The Central
Pacific being blocked by snow, Nell
lie started for New York vim Molave,
leaving Oakland, opposite San Fran
/. cisco, at 90 A, NJ. She reached the
, 1890-03-29
DISASTROUS VOYAGE ACROSS
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

George Mercer, OptHcu an Ilqul'y W"
The body Of John Standfeld. a mem
her of lie institution OF Civil Engin-
GERS. the owner of the unfortunate
ateamer Vile de Calais, which was
wrecked off Margate in a snowstorm
and gale. The inquiry created a
treat deal OF interest, the evidence
being of a somewhat remarkable cha
racter.
Frank S%tand6eld, the only son OF
The deceased, said he lived with his
father n, A, Lillesh"lI.road Clap
hmm. The Vile de Calais exploded
with petroleum in Calais Harbour
about fifteen months ago, having then
recently been built at Hull. The mid
die was blown completely out. His
father bought her, and she had since
been partially with a Temporal,
nv bulkhead to enable her to proceed
TO London. They intended to 60 to
Grovesend. The part of the vessel
which they foated was the after part,
+ha bulkhead having been erected
across The breach. The other part OF
tba vessel was left ut Calais. The
work was not done under the super
vision of q Government official, but
he believed, at his fathers request,
the Harbourmaster inspected her be-
fore she left. The buIkhead consist
ed of iron plating, Ind formed the
how of the vessel, whichthus present
cd a fiat head 10 the sen. When they
decided TO leave the harbour on Sa-
urdnv. evening for London, in charge
Of the tug Challenger, the sea was
calm. About FIVE o'clock on Sunday
morning a gale and Snowstorm over
took them. They were then off The
North Sand Head. Shortly after this
when they were of the North Fore
land, the tow.rope broke, and all their
efforts to get another one on board
failed on account of the rough sen.
During their efforts the Challenger
struck their lifehoat and smashed it.
The Vile de Calais then became un-
manageable, and they tried to head
her in shore with the intention
Of Bleaching her, but before they
could do so she filled with water and
foundered. She probably filled
through a leak. They then tried to
lower The second boat, but in doing
30 the tackle broke, and about ten OF
the occupants were procipitated into
the water. The deceased was amongst
abem. and he saw him afterwards in
the water with q life-belt on him, but
he. with some others, rapidly drifted
astern. and wns lost sight of. His
father appeared to be striking Out,
and endeavouring to reach the YES
seI. Witness held on to n OF the
ropes, and man"gel 10 get back on
The steamer. He and the remainder
OF the crew got into the rigging, from
which thew were eventually rescued.
His father intended either to break
4he vessel up or repair her after she
renched London.
William Packet, of Gravesend, the
engineer; Albert Emptage, tho cox,
swain of the Margate lifeboat !; and
Charles Pri,chard, a Deal boatman,
- A# Al EnIy hovSn0
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-09-12
CORRESPONDENTS.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made. or opinions expressed by our
correspondents.
I.temperance Among Hawaiians.

Iatsmperance Among Hawaiians.
Mr.. EDITOR: At the August
meeting Of the w. c. T. U. in Ho-
nolulu the following paper on the
subject Of "Intemperance among
Hawaiians ~ was read. It is from
the pen of one Of our most WE'LL
known and esteemed ladies, now
absent, and is published by the re-
quest Of the w. G. 7. o.. as it mer-
its a wide circulation and reading,
particularly Of our Legislators.
On reading an article recently in
one of our city dailies on the dcca-
dence of the native race, was inn
pressed with its truth. che cause
Tor one great cause) seems to be the
repeal Of the laws forbidding the
sale of liquors to natives. This re-
peal was celebrated with riot and
drunkenness, which continues to
the present day.
Memory recalls the then strange
sight of native riding to our shop
with bottles in his hand, calling to
our workmen to cease their labor
and have o drink. At that time an
honored native neighbor, living in
a house as comfortable as my own,
numerous family OF relatives
around him, was possessed OF horses
and cattle and lands, and occupied
q position OF responsibility and profit
on the plantation. A year or two
since the same native went down
to drunkard's grave utterly desti-
tute. Another native equally ia
vored living near us, with charm
ing family, ability and business,
now fills the same unhonored place.
/ could multiply instances Of this
sort, which have come under my
own observation. The question
was asked in one of the city papers,
"Why do not the natives ride as
formerly?"
/ can give tho reason why one
person walks, and fear it is not q
solitary instance The horse was
sold, q large case of liquor pur-
chased and grand neighborhood
spree ended the riding. A few
months ago on entering a native
house, 1 was surprised to have a
box offered to me for a seat.
Knowing that the house had been
comfortably furnished with chairs,
I inquired about their chairs. The
reply was: There has been drunk
In the neighborhood and the chairs
were broken up.
Those in the native trade have
told me that natives do not have rs
good clothes and shoes as formerly.
One reason they do not 60 to
church is they have no decent
clothes. The wages of the week
too often go for Sunday carousals.
Of course the downward road OF
the drunkard Is the same in all
lands, but it is so pitlful on Hawaii
where the numbers are very small.
If some fall from among millions
they are less missed, but Hawaii
has none to spare.
But, thank God, there are some
industrious. temperate natives, and
they are not without thrift. And
we, who from our long residence
here so love this fading race, can
care for the orphans left destitute.
By placing them in schools
where heart, head and hands
are cultivated, we hope with the
blessing of God that Hawaii may
yet arise, though now so small and
decaying. NJ 5. II.
September 1, 1890.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-09-12
embellishments.
NOTICE.

HAVING BOUGHT OUT Mr.. w. H.
Ii Page in the Honolulu Carriage Manu-
factory, at 128 Fort Street, am prepared
to continue the above business under the
old name of Honolulu Carriage Manufac-
tory and being an old experienced carriage
builder l solicit the patronage of my old
friends and the public in general, and with
my thorough knowledge of the business
and with experienced workmen and using
only the best material guarantee general
satisfaction. Please call and see me before
going elsewhere.
(Signed) GIDEON WEST.
Honolulu, Oct. %. 1899. 1O3-tf
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
FASHION NOTES.

Silver link belts and polonaise dress.
ess go together.
Numerous oddly tied knots are a fea-
turc of new black cord passemen terios.
Grelot fringes of metal vered balls
and pear-shaped drops are fashionable
for trimming Spanish jackets and hats.
Black lace collarettes fastened with
knot of green grass will suggest sty
lish combination for alpaca, glorioso
or silk.
Ribbons have not lost in popularity.
but are spoken of wi 4 as great conf
den ce as ever as garniture for summer
gowns.
Some Of the new Spanish laces for
trimming grenadine or silk dresses are
made with vandyked edges and finished
with fringe.
To wear over colored dresses are
Spanish jackets Of black silk cord passe-
menterie without beads, and also jack
cts OF fiat braid. :
Among the new trimmings for mourn
ing toilets are passementeries made Of
Grape bands, also wide crocheted points
of black silk, and narrow ones for edg-
ings.
Pretty narrow gimps for trimming
dresses are made with loops of jet on
each edge, with a straight line of color
through the middle, usually pink, green
or red silk.
A novel gar rniture to border summer
bcngalines, surahs and cashmeres is
white embroidery, like open-netted
lace, inserted in the midst of colored
embroidery.
Shoulder decorations, which are deep
enough to be worn as capes, are made
of Jet, or of black silk cords inter mixed
With silver or gold In vins or flower
psi.srn, Win ssslA sdssh
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
Confidence in the Old Horse.

The little son of General Crittenden
was devoted to his fathers war. horse.
that was named for the ilustriou, John
j. Crittenden, of Kentucky, the child s
grand father. He asked his father to
tell him of retreat h @ made during the
war, but at certain point said,
"Fathcr, were you on John J.2" Be-
ing answered affirmatively, the young
ster slid down from the paternal knee.
and was toddling off as fast us his little
legs could carry him, when his father,
said:
"Whcre are you going, my sop2"
Father" he said, turning and show
ing face full of rcproach, John j.
never would have retreatod if you hadn' t
turned him round"
This same boy grew to man hood, and
died with his face to the foe with Gus
ter and his men on the Little Big Horn.
-Harper's Magazine.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
The Strength Of the Hills is HIS.

The strength OF the Hills Is His.
The Strength of the Hills, inexorable power!
What might more stern than their granite
breasts
Sky-ward in their pride the mountains
tower,
Tossing pine-plumeso on their stately crests
Gray cliffs CLEAN out from the chasms
where
Sudden the hill-tops were wrenched apart,
Leaving the rock in its sternness bare,
Strong and silent, the mountains heart,
Above their purple grandeur. He
Whose strength is theirs, unbounded free,
Sits in resstless majesty
Dear heart Thy grief Jehovah wills,
His is the awful strength Of hills.
The Strength of the Hills, beneticent power.
Grading the light on their tender breasts,
Gently as mother-germs cradle the flower,
Softly as dew on the violet rests.
Rose-lights transfigure the mountains where
Noiseless the cloud-drifts above them part,
Raining the sun ON their foreheads bare,
Light and love to the mountains heart!
Throughout their blossomed beauty, He
Whose strength is theirs, protecting, free,
Whispers his boundless sympathy
o Friend, a Father reigns above,
The strength of the hills is rest, is love.
Jessie r. o. Donnell. in Housc@1s.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
A BONNET PROVIDED FOR.

When little julia Honore Grant is led
to the altar she will wear bridal bon.
net with history to it. Not long after
the death of her grandfather bill was
passed granting full pay to soldiers in
the Mexican War Notice to that effect
was sent to General Grants widow, who
refused to put in claim for the few
dollars the Government owed her hus.
band. On receipt of her letter General
Sherman wrote to Colonel Fred Grant,
suggesting that the money be collected
and reserved to buy wedding bonnet
for '.your little daughter Julia" An
application was sent to the United
States Pension Agent and the eighty
odd dollars of bnck pay collected. A
special investment drawing per cent,
was found for the amount, and princi-
pal and interest made payable to the
order of Julia Honore Grant. The lit
tic girl is not yet In her teens, but by
the time the wedding bells chime her
marriage there will be a fund of $128
to her credit for bridal bonnet.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
HUMOROUS.

.iailroad corporations are reticent--
they keep their own counsel.
Tcacher-Which teeth does nan get
lasta Johnny Knowitall-The false
ones, of course.
"You make me tired" said the wheel
to the wheelwright, as he unflinchingly
hammered away.
A table ware trust is to be formed.
Trust the servant girl to break it--the
tableware, we mean.
Sometimes the office seeks the man,
but generally the man knows when the
office is on his track.
Do not regard with suspicion the
man who adopts an alias. 1t is a proper
ambition in any one to desire to make
name for himself.
SUBWAY with newspaper in his
hand)-Here are some paragraphs head
ed "Police Intelligence" Gazzam-I
didn't know they had any.
Minister Ito convicD-My good man,
I'm very sorry to find you here in
prison. Convict IIIl-Yes, sir; but
you amt half so sorry as am.
Pm sure there's little would give for
The man who from his cares would fly.
For
When you have nothing left to live for,
You still have something less to die for.
Mamma to Maud-Your tastes are
really becoming quite too expensive, my
child. Remember that fine feathers do
not always make fine birds. Maud-No,
mamma; but you'll admit they make
fine bonnets.
'No use," said an impecunious debt
or to an importunate creditor, ''you
can't get blood out of turnip" II
know that" responded the creditor,
''but unless l get this money, I'll
have gore from beat.'
Michigan produces larger number
of shingles than any other state in the
Union. In spite of this fact it is very
doubtful if the small boy of Michigan
is any more obedient than the small
boy in any other state.
The intelligence of animals became
one of the subjects of discussion at Q
little dinner party. An enthusiastic
advocate of the dog was asked: "Do
you mean to tell us that there are some
dogs with more sense than their masters
can boast of" Certainly; have
eae."
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
WOMEN 8 QUEER WAYS.

The ways of women are queer.
A woman can faint away at the sig ht
OF bit of blood on her finger, have all
the children in the house scre aiming
with fright, require eau de cologne to
bring her to and be nervous for twenty
four hours after, yet the same woman
can, in perfect silence, stand by and
help doctor perform an operation
that may mean death to some one she
loves.
A woman can scorn what she calls
made over clothes, can laugh at indis.
criminate charity, and yet the samc
woman can cry as if her heart would
break and take oil her spending money
to buy an overcoat for newsboy she
met in the street cars because his face
was SO pitiful.
She can take two hours and half to
dress to go the theatre. and then tell
Charley she knows she looks like a
dowdy, but the same woman can pack
trunk with things enough to last her
for two weeks in twenty minutes when
she gets telegram saying: ''Come as
soon as possible; your mother is SICK"
-Neso York Sun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16

ROYAL LADIES.

Queen Marguerite, Of Italy, is no,
fair, but she is fat and forty. As 4
rule, to which there are few exceptions,
the royal families are not models oi
physical beauty. Tho Count de Paris
looks like an amiable green grocer,
Queen Victoria like aprosperous middle
class woman. the Prince of Wales like
q good natured bonvivant. The Queen
of Italy affects literary tastes, but her
success as an amateur author has not
been very brilliant, for the story goes
that having written story. she sent it
to one of the Italian journals, under an
assumed name. and that it was declined
with thanks. IN Y. Telegram.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
Freezing Process in Tunnellinp,

The freezing process is being effect
lively used in the cutting of the St.
Clair tunnel under the Detroit River.
Whenever water is met with the freez-
ing mixture is prof ,ctod by pipes, and
the water and friable debris become
solidified. AMI the work can be pro-
ceeded with. The tunnelling is pro-
crossing at the. rate OF seven feet per
day at each end. The shields are being
used. in the hard blue clay, by digging
out the centre with picks, and then
pushing them forward eighteen inches
at time by hydraulic rams.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-16
WHERE WOMEN ARE ALL SLAVES.

Throughout Central Africa the wom-
en- outnumber the men three or four ia
one, the men being killed off in the
wars and forays that are constantly be-
ing made by one tribe on another, and
by Arab slave traders on all. The
women are almost invariably slaves.
Usually thore are not more than three
or four free women in village. The
price of women is less than the price
of pigs or goats. There was, until re-
Gently, one district ruled by woman,
aud there that sex was supreme. With
in the last few years, however, tha
tribe was exterminated. and now the
degradation of woman all over Central
Africa is universal.